Tuo Wang、Andre M. Salazar、Olga A. Zabotina 等 4 位作者2014-04-10Biochemistry
The polysaccharide structure and dynamics in the primary cell wall of the model grass Brachypodium distachyon are investigated for the first time using solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). While both grass and non-grass cell walls contain cellulose as the main structural scaffold, the former contains xylan wi…
Food composition and propertiesAdvanced Cellulose Research StudiesPolysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
Peter Kim、Alex E. Yuan、Ki‐Hwan Nam 等 5 位作者2014-04-10Biofabrication
Although synthetic polymers are desirable in tissue engineering applications for the reproducibility and tunability of their properties, synthetic small diameter vascular grafts lack the capability to endothelialize in vivo. Thus, synthetically fabricated biodegradable tissue scaffolds that reproduce important aspects…
Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchTissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
HyukSu Han、Calvin Davis、Juan C. Nino2014-04-10The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Fast-fired barium titanate ceramics have been shown to exhibit room temperature colossal permittivity (ε r ′ ≈ 10 5, tan δ ≈ 0.05 at 1 kHz) when synthesized via the spark plasma sintering technique. Broadband dielectric spectroscopy analysis is here utilized to identify the active conduction mechanisms in the compound…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMultiferroics and related materialsDielectric properties of ceramics
Peng Peng Zhang、Dong Shen Tong、Chun Xiang Lin 等 8 位作者2014-04-10Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering
ABSTRACT The production of nanocellulose with controlled structure from plant sources with easy availability and good sustainability is very important in science and engineering. In this work, the isolation of cellulose from bamboo and the effects of the hydrolysis of different acids on the morphology, structure, and…
Natural Fiber Reinforced CompositesAdvanced Cellulose Research StudiesLignin and Wood Chemistry
Vinay K. Singh2014-04-10Science and Engineering of Composite Materials
Abstract In the present work walnut particle reinforced composite material was developed. Ten wt%, 15 wt%, 20 wt% and 25 wt% (weight percentage) of walnut particles were mixed with epoxy resin (CY-230). Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) shows that the walnut particles were well dispersed in the epoxy resin matrix. Ad…
Natural Fiber Reinforced CompositesSoil Mechanics and Vehicle DynamicsAgricultural Engineering and Mechanization
Helmi Hamdi、Roberto De La Torre-Roche、Joseph Hawthorne 等 4 位作者2014-04-10Nanotoxicology
The effect of non-functionalized and amino-functionalized multiwall carbon nanotube (CNT) exposure, as well as the impact of CNT presence on coexistent pesticide accumulation, was investigated in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.). Lettuce seeds were sown directly into CNT-amended vermiculite (1000 mg L(-1)) to monitor phyto…
Nanoparticles: synthesis and applicationsGraphene and Nanomaterials ApplicationsNanotechnology research and applications
Stephan Schmidt、Antje Reinecke、Felix Wojcik 等 6 位作者2014-04-10Biomacromolecules
Mussels withstand high-energy wave impacts in rocky seashore habitats by fastening tightly to surfaces with tough and self-healing proteinaceous fibers called byssal threads. Thread mechanical behavior is believed to arise from reversibly breakable metal coordination cross-links embedded in histidine-rich protein doma…
Bone Tissue Engineering MaterialsPolymer Surface Interaction StudiesMarine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
The An Nguyen、Jae‐Ung Lee、Duhee Yoon 等 4 位作者2014-04-10Scientific Reports
The dependence of the Raman spectrum on the excitation energy has been investigated for ABA-and ABC- stacked few-layer graphene in order to establish the fingerprint of the stacking order and the number of layers, which affect the transport and optical properties of few-layer graphene. Five different excitation source…
Graphene research and applications2D Materials and ApplicationsGraphene and Nanomaterials Applications
Franz-Philipp Schmidt、Harald Ditlbacher、Ulrich Hohenester 等 6 位作者2014-04-10Nature Communications
Dimensionality has a significant impact on the optical properties of solid-state nanostructures. For example, dimensionality-dependent carrier confinement in semiconductors leads to the formation of quantum wells, quantum wires and quantum dots. While semiconductor properties are governed by excitonic effects, the opt…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsPlasmonic and Surface Plasmon ResearchSurface and Thin Film Phenomena
L. A. Lubbers、J. H. Weijs、L. Botto 等 6 位作者2014-04-10Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Abstract The equilibrium shape of liquid drops on elastic substrates is determined by minimizing elastic and capillary free energies, focusing on thick incompressible substrates. The problem is governed by three length scales: the size of the drop $R$ , the molecular size $a$ and the ratio of surface tension to elasti…
Surface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityFluid Dynamics and Heat TransferPickering emulsions and particle stabilization
Fabian Schuster、Bernhard Laumer、Reza R. Zamani 等 7 位作者2014-04-10ACS Nano
In this work, simulations of the electronic band structure of a p-GaN/n-ZnO heterointerface are presented. In contrast to homojunctions, an additional energy barrier due to the type-II band alignment hinders the flow of majority charge carriers in this heterojunction. Spontaneous polarization and piezoelectricity are…
ZnO doping and propertiesGaN-based semiconductor devices and materialsGa2O3 and related materials
Chiun-Yan Lin、Jhao-Ying Wu、Cheng-Pong Chang 等 4 位作者2014-04-10arXiv
We derive the generalized magneto-absorption spectra for curved graphene nanorib- bons and carbon nanotubes by using the Peierls tight-binding model. The main spectral characteristics and the optical selection rules result from the cooperative or competitive relationships between the geometric structure and a magnetic…
Mesoscale and Nanoscale PhysicsMaterials Science
Luca Costa、Mario S Rodrigues2014-04-10arXiv
Quantifying the tip-sample interaction at the nanoscale in Amplitude Modulation mode AFM is challenging, especially when measuring in liquids. Here, we derive formulas for the tip-sample conservative and dissipative interactions and investigate the effect that spurious resonances have on the measured interaction. Both…
Materials Sciencephysics.ins-det
B. Fisher、J. Genossar、K. B. Chashka 等 5 位作者2014-04-10arXiv
The layered compound BaCo1-xNixS2-y (0.05
Materials ScienceStrongly Correlated Electrons
Michał Cieśla2014-04-10Physical Review E
Saturated random packing of particles built of two identical, relatively shifted spheres in two- and three-dimensional flat and homogeneous space was studied numerically using a random sequential adsorption algorithm. The shift between centers of spheres varied from 0.0 to 8.0 sphere diameters. Numerical simulations a…
Theoretical and Computational PhysicsPolymer Surface Interaction StudiesPickering emulsions and particle stabilization
Sijie Lin、Xiang Wang、Zhaoxia Ji 等 14 位作者2014-04-10ACS Nano
We have previously demonstrated that there is a relationship between the aspect ratio (AR) of CeO2 nanoparticles and in vitro hazard potential. CeO2 nanorods with AR ≥ 22 induced lysosomal damage and progressive effects on IL-1β production and cytotoxicity in the human myeloid cell line, THP-1. In order to determine w…
Nanoparticles: synthesis and applicationsAir Quality and Health ImpactsAdvanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
Cláudia Simão、Worawut Khunsin、N. Kehagias 等 7 位作者2014-04-10Nanotechnology
Directed self-assembly of block copolymer polystyrene-b-polyethylene oxide (PS-b-PEO) thin film was achieved by a one-pot methodology of solvent vapor assisted nanoimprint lithography (SAIL). Simultaneous solvent-anneal and imprinting of a PS-b-PEO thin film on silicon without surface pre-treatments yielded a 250 nm l…
Advancements in Photolithography TechniquesBlock Copolymer Self-AssemblyNanofabrication and Lithography Techniques
Mykola Dvornik、Arne Vansteenkiste、Bartel Van Waeyenberge2014-04-10arXiv
In this work, a self-consistent thermodynamic approach to micromagnetism is presented. The magnetic degrees of freedom are modeled using the Landau-Lifshitz-Baryakhtar theory, that separates the different contributions to the magnetic damping, and thereby allows them to be coupled to the electron and phonon systems in…
Materials Science
Ivan Madan、Toru Kurosawa、Yasunori Toda 等 7 位作者2014-04-10arXiv
In classical superconductors an energy gap and phase coherence appear simultaneously with pairing at the transition to the superconducting state. In high-temperature superconductors, the possibility that pairing and phase coherence are distinct and independent processes has led to intense experimental search of their…
Materials ScienceStrongly Correlated ElectronsSuperconductivity
Takao Kotani2014-04-10arXiv
We have developed the quasiparticle self-consistent GW (QSGW) method based on a recently developed mixed basis all-electron full-potential method (the PMT method), which uses the augmented plane waves (APWs) and the highly localized muffin-tin orbitals (MTOs) simultaneously. We call this PMT-QSGW. Because of the two k…
Materials Science