McPheeters Claiborne、Yu Edward、Hu Dongzhi 等 4 位作者2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract A new measure to enhance the performance of InAs quantum dot solar cell is proposed and measured. One monolayer AlAs is deposited on top of InAs quantum dots (QDs) in multistack solar cells. The devices were fabricated by molecular beam epitaxy. In situ annealing was intended to tune the QD density. A set of…
Scharmach William、Swihart Mark、Antipov Andrei 等 8 位作者2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract We investigate nanosecond photoluminescence processes in colloidal core/shell CdSe/ZnS nanoparticles dissolved in water and found strong sensitivity of luminescence to the solvent state. Several pronounced changes have been observed in the narrow temperature interval near the water melting point. First of all…
Fang Xiaopeng、Xuan Yimin、Li Qiang2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract A novel spectral transmittance approach for measuring the extinction coefficient of magnetic fluids is proposed. The measuring principle and accuracy of the approach are analysed. Experiments are conducted to measure the extinction coefficient of magnetic fluids with different particle volume fractions. The r…
Duan Fei、Kwek Dingtian、Crivoi Alexandru2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract An investigation on viscosity was conducted 2 weeks after the Al2O3-water nanofluids having dispersants were prepared at the volume concentration of 1-5%. The shear stress was observed with a non-Newtonian behavior. On further ultrasonic agitation treatment, the nanofluids resumed as a Newtonian fluids. The r…
Ding Yulong、He Yurong、Qi Cong 等 6 位作者2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract A lattice Boltzmann model is developed by coupling the density (D2Q9) and the temperature distribution functions with 9-speed to simulate the convection heat transfer utilizing Al2O3-water nanofluids in a square cavity. This model is validated by comparing numerical simulation and experimental results over a…
Lan Tianmin、Zhang Liying、WANG Jian 等 6 位作者2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract One-dimensional cobalt nanostructures with large aspect ratio up to 450 have been prepared via a template-free hydrazine reduction route under external magnetic field assistance. The morphology and properties of cobalt nanostructures were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffractometer, an…
Chan Yue、Hill James2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract In this article, we investigate the storage of lithium ions between two parallel graphene sheets using the continuous approximation and the 6-12 Lennard-Jones potential. The continuous approximation assumes that the carbon atoms can be replaced by a uniform distribution across the surface of the graphene shee…
Lok Shu Kin、Wang Gan、Sou Iam Keong2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract High-resolution transmission electron microscopy was used to characterize the microstructures of ZnSe nanotrenches induced by mobile Au-alloy droplets. The contact side interfaces between the AuZnδ alloy droplets and the ZnSe as well as the four side walls of the resulting <011>-oriented nanotrenches were fou…
Yu Ing-Song、Cheng Henry、Mashanov Vladimir 等 7 位作者2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract The surface morphology of Ge0.96Sn0.04/Si(100) heterostructures grown at temperatures from 250 to 450°C by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and scanning tunnel microscopy (STM) ex situ has been studied. The statistical data for the density of Ge0.96Sn0.04 nanodots (ND) depending on their lateral size have been o…
Chen Baoan、Li Jingyuan、CHEN Chen 等 5 位作者2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Poly (lactic acid) (PLA) polymer has the promising applications in the biomedical field because of its biodegradability and safe elimination. In this study, we have explored the bio-application of new nanocomposites composed with PLA nanofibers and Au nanoparticles as the potential drug carrier for an efficie…
Gröger Roland、Förste Alexander、Litvinov Dimitri 等 7 位作者2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract In this study, we investigated pre-structured (100) GaAs sample surfaces with respect to subsequent site-selective quantum dot growth. Defects occurring in the GaAs buffer layer grown after pre-structuring are attributed to insufficient cleaning of the samples prior to regrowth. Successive cleaning steps were…
Zhao Xiangfu、Scott Shelley、Huang Minghuang 等 8 位作者2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Because of the large surface-to-volume ratio, the conductivity of semiconductor nanostructures is very sensitive to surface chemical and structural conditions. Two surface modifications, vacuum hydrogenation (VH) and hydrofluoric acid (HF) cleaning, of silicon nanomembranes (SiNMs) that nominally have the sam…
Zhang Yan、Dhawan Anuj、Vo-Dinh Tuan2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract This paper describes the design and fabrication of fiber-optic nanoprobes developed for optical detection in single living cells. It is critical to fabricate probes with well-controlled nanoapertures for optimized spatial resolution and optical transmission. The detection sensitivity of fiber-optic nanoprobe…
Caboni Alessandra、Godignon Philipe、Camara Nicolas 等 8 位作者2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Using high-temperature annealing conditions with a graphite cap covering the C-face of, both, on axis and 8° off-axis 4H-SiC samples, large and homogeneous single epitaxial graphene layers have been grown. Raman spectroscopy shows evidence of the almost free-standing character of these monolayer graphene shee…
Buffaz Amandine、Doyennette Laetitia、Berger Vincent 等 11 位作者2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Photocurrent measurements have been performed on a quantum cascade detector structure under strong magnetic field applied parallel to the growth axis. The photocurrent shows oscillations as a function of B. In order to describe that behavior, we have developed a rate equation model. The interpretation of the…
Hu Lin-wen、Gerardi Craig、Buongiorno Jacopo 等 4 位作者2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Infrared thermometry was used to obtain first-of-a-kind, time- and space-resolved data for pool boiling phenomena in water-based nanofluids with diamond and silica nanoparticles at low concentration (<0.1 vol.%). In addition to macroscopic parameters like the average heat transfer coefficient and critical hea…
Rubio-Peña Luis、Kudrin Alexey、Danilov Yury 等 9 位作者2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract In this study, transparent conducting nanocrystalline ZnO:Ga (GZO) films were deposited by dc magnetron sputtering at room temperature on polymers (and glass for comparison). Electrical resistivities of 8.8 × 10-4 and 2.2 × 10-3 Ω cm were obtained for films deposited on glass and polymers, respectively. The c…
Chen Shutian、Li Zhengcao、Zhang Zhengjun2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Regular arrays of TixSn1-xO2 nanoflakes were fabricated through glancing angle sputter deposition onto self-assembled close-packed arrays of 200-nm-diameter polystyrene spheres. The morphology of nanostructures could be controlled by simply adjusting the sputtering power of the Ti target. The reflectance meas…
Fujiki Aya、Miyake Yusuke、Oshikane Yasushi 等 6 位作者2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract We have investigated the emission properties of N,N'-diheptyl-3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic diimide thin films by the tunneling-electron-induced light emission technique. A fluorescence peak with vibronic progressions with large Stokes shifts was observed on both highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) an…
Zhou Shuyun、Tan Furui、Qu Shengchun 等 6 位作者2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Dispersive SnS2 colloidal quantum dots have been synthesized via hot-injection method. Hybrid photovoltaic devices based on blends of a conjugated polymer poly[2-methoxy-5-(3",7"dimethyloctyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] (MDMO-PPV) as electron donor and crystalline SnS2 quantum dots as electron acceptor have be…