Keiji Numata、Peter J. Baker2014-07-16Biomacromolecules
The blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) foot protein 5 (Mefp-5) is an adhesive protein that is mainly composed of glycine, l-lysine, and 3,4-dihydroxy-l-phenylalanine (DOPA). Thousands of adhesive pads have been analyzed in previous studies, whereby it has been found that adhesion is largely achieved by the redox-chemistry o…
Polymer Surface Interaction StudiesSilk-based biomaterials and applicationsNanofabrication and Lithography Techniques
Andrew Hopper、James M. Dugan、Andrew A. Gill 等 7 位作者2014-07-16Biomedical Materials
In this study, we report the production of amine functionalized nanodiamond. The amine functionalized nanodiamond forms a conformal monolayer on a negatively charged surface produced via plasma polymerization of acrylic acid. Nanodiamond terminated surfaces were studied as substrates for neuronal cell culture. NG108-1…
Diamond and Carbon-based Materials ResearchNerve injury and regenerationNeuroblastoma Research and Treatments
Tongbao Zhang、Yangcheng Lü、Guangsheng Luo2014-07-16ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
To develop a green, cost-efficient and robust peroxidase mimic, micro/nano hierarchical morphology (for ease of separation and reuse), relative chemically stable composition (for ease of storage) and stable crystal structure (for long-term stability) are highly desired. Herein, using phosphoric acid as a chelating lig…
Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesElectrochemical sensors and biosensorsAdvanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
A. Baruth、Myungeun Seo、Chun Lin 等 7 位作者2014-07-16ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Detailed experiments designed to optimize and understand the solvent vapor annealing of cylinder-forming poly(styrene)-block-poly(lactide) thin films for nanolithographic applications are reported. By combining climate-controlled solvent vapor annealing (including in situ probes of solvent concentration) with comparat…
Advancements in Photolithography TechniquesBlock Copolymer Self-AssemblyNanofabrication and Lithography Techniques
Gaurav Mittal、Indranil Lahiri2014-07-16Journal of Physics D Applied Physics
Field emission has been known to mankind for more than a century, and extensive research in this field for the last 40–50 years has led to development of exciting applications such as electron sources, miniature x-ray devices, display materials, etc. In the last decade, large-area field emitters were projected as an i…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesGraphene research and applicationsDiamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
Stefano Zanini、R Barni、Roberto Della Pergola 等 4 位作者2014-07-16Journal of Physics D Applied Physics
The effects of O2 plasma treatments on poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE) sheets are deeply investigated. The chemical modifications owing to the plasma treatment are studied by means of attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), while the surface top…
Surface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsPolymer Nanocomposite Synthesis and Irradiation
Qian Wang、Fangyuan Tian、Ziqian Feng 等 6 位作者2014-07-16International Journal of Food Science & Technology
Abstract Active packaging film was developed by incorporating Lycium barbarum fruit extract (LFE) into chitosan. The effects of LFE on physicochemical properties of the chitosan/LFE films were evaluated. When the weight ratio of LFE to chitosan was increased from 0:1 to 1:1, DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) free r…
Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life ManagementNanocomposite Films for Food PackagingMicroencapsulation and Drying Processes
Fahdzi Muttaqien、Yuji Hamamoto、Kouji Inagaki 等 4 位作者2014-07-16The Journal of Chemical Physics
We studied the dissociative adsorption of CO2 to CO + O on the Cu(111), Cu(221), Cu(211), and Cu(11 5 9) surfaces by using state-of-the-art density functional theory (DFT) within a generalized gradient approximation (GGA) and van der Waals density functional (vdW-DF) calculations. The activation energy for CO2 dissoci…
Advanced Chemical Physics StudiesCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceCO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
Hitesh Khandelwal、Roel Loonen、Jlm Jan Hensen 等 5 位作者2014-07-16Journal of Materials Chemistry A
An infrared (IR) polymer reflector based on chiral nematic (cholesteric) liquid crystals has been fabricated which can reflect more than 60% of solar IR energy without interfering with the visible solar radiation. Simulations show that the polymer bilayer film applied to a window of a typical building can have a signi…
Transition Metal Oxide NanomaterialsAerogels and thermal insulationThermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
Dikshitkumar Khamar、Jacek Żegliński、Donal Mealey 等 4 位作者2014-07-16Journal of the American Chemical Society
In previous work, it has been shown that the crystal nucleation of salicylic acid (SA) in different solvents becomes increasingly more difficult in the order: chloroform, ethyl acetate acetonitrile, acetone, methanol, and acetic acid. In the present work, vibration spectroscopy, calorimetric measurements, and density…
Thermodynamic properties of mixturesSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical StudiesCrystallization and Solubility Studies
C. W. Extrand、Sung In Moon2014-07-16Langmuir
Much of the modeling done on repellency and super hydrophobicity has focused on surfaces with rectilinear geometries, but their wetting behavior is simpler and can be quite different from that of repellent surfaces with curved features. In this study, we model the contact angles and sliding angles exhibited by the lot…
Surface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityFluid Dynamics and Heat TransferAdhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions
Jean‐Marie Lebrun、Rishi Raj2014-07-16Journal of the American Ceramic Society
A highly nonlinear increase in electrical conductivity and concomitant photoemission occurs not only during “flash sintering” but also in presintered, dense specimens. We report results from experiments with dense specimens that show a strong correspondence between the intensity of photoemission and electrical conduct…
Semiconductor materials and devicesAdvanced Memory and Neural ComputingElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Ikhlas Gadwal、Selmar Binder、Mihaiela C. Stuparu 等 4 位作者2014-07-16Macromolecules
A new synthesis of hyperbranched polymers through proton transfer polymerization of thiol and epoxide groups is presented. For this, an AB 2 monomer bearing two epoxides and a thiol groups is synthesized. Base-catalyzed proton transfer polymerization of this monomer led to the formation of a polythioether-based hyperb…
RNA Interference and Gene DeliveryLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsDendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers
Florian Jakubka、Stefan Grimm、Yuriy Zakharko 等 5 位作者2014-07-16ACS Nano
Near-infrared emission from semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) usually results from radiative relaxation of excitons. By binding an additional electron or hole through chemical or electrochemical doping, charged three-body excitons, so-called trions, are created that emit light at lower energies. Th…
Graphene research and applications2D Materials and ApplicationsNanowire Synthesis and Applications
M. Unlu、M. Reza Hashemi、Christopher Berry 等 6 位作者2014-07-16Scientific Reports
Active tuning and switching of electromagnetic properties of materials is of great importance for controlling their interaction with electromagnetic waves. In spite of their great promise, previously demonstrated reconfigurable metamaterials are limited in their operation bandwidth due to their resonant nature. Here,…
Metamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsPlasmonic and Surface Plasmon ResearchAdvanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
Qiang Chen、Guangfeng Wei、Wen‐Juan Tian 等 7 位作者2014-07-16Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Flat boron has recently emerged as a fascinating concept in cluster science. Here we present computational evidence for the quasi-planar all-boron aromatic B36 (C6v, (1)A1) and B36(-) (C2v, (2)A1) clusters, established as the global-minimum structures on the basis of Stochastic Surface Walking (SSW) searches. The ener…
Fullerene Chemistry and ApplicationsBoron and Carbon Nanomaterials ResearchBoron Compounds in Chemistry
Lifei Yang、Xuegong Yu、Mingsheng Xu 等 5 位作者2014-07-16Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Graphene-on-silicon (Gr–Si) heterojunction solar cells have recently attracted significant attention as promising candidates for low-cost photovoltaic applications. However, the power conversion efficiency of Gr–Si solar cells is generally smaller than 4% without chemical doping treatments. It is mainly limited by the…
Graphene research and applicationsNanowire Synthesis and ApplicationsSemiconductor materials and interfaces
Xufeng Zhang、Tianyu Liu、Michael E. Flatté 等 4 位作者2014-07-16Physical Review Letters
We experimentally demonstrate that the spin-orbit interaction can be utilized for direct electric-field tuning of the propagation of spin waves in a single-crystal yttrium iron garnet magnonic waveguide. Magnetoelectric coupling not due to the spin-orbit interaction and, hence, an order of magnitude weaker leads to el…
Magnetic properties of thin filmsMultiferroics and related materialsMagneto-Optical Properties and Applications
Javad Foroughi、Geoffrey M. Spinks、Dennis Antiohos 等 11 位作者2014-07-16Advanced Functional Materials
An efficient procedure for the fabrication of highly conductive carbon nanotube/graphene hybrid yarns has been developed. To start, arrays of vertically aligned multi‐walled carbon nanotubes (MWNT) are converted into indefinitely long MWNT sheets by drawing. Graphene flakes are then deposited onto the MWNT sheets by e…
Supercapacitor Materials and FabricationAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsConducting polymers and applications
Audrius Alkauskas、Qimin Yan、Chris G. Van de Walle2014-07-16arXiv
We develop a practical first-principles methodology to determine nonradiative carrier capture coefficients at defects in semiconductors. We consider transitions that occur via multiphonon emission. Parameters in the theory, including electron-phonon coupling matrix elements, are computed consistently using state-of-th…
Materials Science