Natalia Ignatieva、О. Л. Захаркина、И. В. Андреева 等 8 位作者2007-05-01Photochemistry and Photobiology
The purpose of this study was to characterize essential changes in the structure of annulus fibrosus (AF) after hydrothermal and infrared (IR) laser treatment and to correlate these results with alterations in tissue state. Polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography imaging was used to measure collagen birefr…
Tendon Structure and TreatmentLaser Applications in Dentistry and MedicineCollagen: Extraction and Characterization
David J. Frankowski、Michael D. Capracotta、James D. Martin 等 5 位作者2007-05-01Chemistry of Materials
Melt intercalation of montmorillonite (MMT) into polymeric matrices to improve the mechanical properties of polymers has evolved into a subject of tremendous fundamental and technological interest. The thermal treatment experienced during processing or end use can substantially affect the clay and diminish the target…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesPolymer Nanocomposites and Propertiesbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
Sanghyun Ju、Jianye Li、N. Pimparkar 等 6 位作者2007-05-01IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology
Nanorod field-effect transistors (FETs) that use multiple Mg-doped ZnO nanorods and a SiO2gate insulator were fabricated and characterized. The use of multiple nanorods provides higher on-currents without significant degradation in threshold voltage shift and subthreshold slopes. It has been observed that the on-curre…
ZnO doping and propertiesGaN-based semiconductor devices and materialsGa2O3 and related materials
Xianfeng Du、Youlong Xu、Hanxiao Ma 等 5 位作者2007-05-01Journal of the American Ceramic Society
A highly stable, reproducible and water‐based bismuth titanate (BTO) sol system has been synthesized by an aqueous sol–gel method. First bismuth nitrate was dissolved in acetic acid, and then it was mixed with a solution of lactic acid dissolved tetra‐ n ‐butyl titanate, subsequently, water was added to adjust sol con…
Bone Tissue Engineering MaterialsFerroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMicrowave Dielectric Ceramics Synthesis
Martin Lepage、Jinqiang Jiang、Jérôme Babin 等 6 位作者2007-05-01Physics in Medicine and Biology
The encapsulation of molecules into nanocarriers is studied for its potential in delivering a high dose of anticancer drugs to a tumor, while minimizing side effects. Most systems either release their content in a non-specific manner or under specific environmental conditions such as temperature or pH. We have synthes…
Nanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsLanthanide and Transition Metal ComplexesMRI in cancer diagnosis
L. Dobrzhinetskaya、Harry W. Green2007-05-01International Geology Review
Recent studies of microdiamonds from orogenic belts related to continental collisions induced experimentalists to explore new crystallization media possible for diamond synthesis. This has led to considerable progress in diamond-synthesis experiments under high pressures and high temperatures. Diamond was found to gro…
Geological and Geochemical AnalysisHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsDiamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
Michael D. Shultz、Matthew Allsbrook、Everett E. Carpenter2007-05-01Journal of Applied Physics
Variations in cation occupancy in mixed metal ferrite systems can affect their electronic and magnetic properties. It is known that different synthesis parameters can lead to various cation distributions and the ability to tune these distributions is of great interest. This study uses the extended x-ray-absorption fin…
ZnO doping and propertiesMultiferroics and related materialsMagnetic Properties and Synthesis of Ferrites
Bin Fang、En–Hou Han、J. Wang 等 4 位作者2007-05-01CORROSION
Slow strain rate tests (SSRT) were used to investigate stress corrosion cracking (SCC) behavior of an X-70 pipeline steel in a soil solution and NS-4 solution, both saturated with 5% carbon dioxide (CO2)/balance N2 gas mixture at different potentials and strain rates. It was found that transgranular SCC occurred in th…
Corrosion Behavior and InhibitionHydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metalsNon-Destructive Testing Techniques
Ana R. Brás、Sara Carolina Henriques、Teresa Casimiro 等 8 位作者2007-05-01Liquid Crystals
In the present work a simple but selective reversed‐phase high performance liquid chromatographic method (HPLC) was developed for the analysis of the nematic liquid crystal mixture E7 to determine precisely the composition of the liquid crystal mixture used in PDLC film preparation. Ultraviolet absorption spectrophoto…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsSurfactants and Colloidal SystemsPhotochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
Clement Yuen、S. F. Yu、Eunice S. P. Leong 等 7 位作者2007-05-01Journal of Applied Physics
The use of combined filtered cathodic vacuum arc (FCVA) technique and laser ablation to fabricate high-quality As doped ZnO (ZnO:As) films at room temperature is proposed. This is possible because FCVA technique is capable of realizing high-quality undoped ZnO films with extremely high resistivity (i.e., extremely low…
ZnO doping and propertiesGa2O3 and related materialsElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Jeng-Jong Lin2007-05-01Textile Research Journal
In this study, the shrinkages of warp and weft yarn in the finished woven fabrics can be estimated by neural net. The shrinkages of warp and weft yarn in woven fabrics are affected by various factors such as loom setting, fabric type, and the properties of warp and weft yarns, which are hard to be defined and estimate…
Dyeing and Modifying Textile FibersTextile materials and evaluationsIndustrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection
O. Yaroshchuk、J. Ho、Vladimir G. Chigrinov 等 4 位作者2007-05-01Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
We demonstrate the excellent photoalignment capability of sulfuric azodyes for polymerizable liquid crystals (PLC) whose anisotropic films are extensively studied as basic elements of many passive optical devices (e.g., retardation films, polarizers, and color filters). These dyes exhibit a high affinity to various su…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsPhotonic Crystals and ApplicationsAdvanced optical system design
Ayato Kawashima、Hiromichi Toyota、Shinfuku Nomura 等 7 位作者2007-05-01Journal of Applied Physics
An experiment was conducted for generating high-frequency plasma in supercritical carbon dioxide; it is expected to have the potential for applications in various types of practical processes. It was successfully generated at 6−20 MPa using electrodes mounted in a supercritical cell with a gap of 1 mm. Emission spectr…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesDiamond and Carbon-based Materials ResearchPlasma Applications and Diagnostics
Jiri Vojtech Kabelac、Sujoy Kumar Ghosh、P. S. Dobal 等 4 位作者2007-05-01Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing Measurement and Phenomena
Bi Fe O 3 (BFO) thin films were grown epitaxially by rf oxygen plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy on SrTiO3 (001) substrates with and without SrRuO3 (SRO) thin film electrodes. BFO thin films show excellent crystalline quality and x-ray diffraction studies show the presence of only one phase. Polarized Raman spect…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMultiferroics and related materialsAdvanced Condensed Matter Physics
Guan‐Yeow Yeap、Wan‐Sinn Yam、Masato M. Ito 等 9 位作者2007-05-01Liquid Crystals
A new homologous series of 7‐acyloxy‐3‐(4‐acyloxyphenyl)‐4H‐1‐benzopyran‐4‐ones was synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis and spectroscopic techniques along with thermal behaviour study using differential scanning calorimetry. Texture observation was performed under the polarizing optical microscope from…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsPhotochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
Kwamina Bedu-Amissah、J. M. Rickman、Helen M. Chan 等 4 位作者2007-05-01Journal of the American Ceramic Society
The diffusive transport of chromium in both pure and Y‐doped fine‐grained alumina has been investigated over the temperature range 1250°–1650°C. From a quantitative assessment of the chromium diffusion profile in alumina, as obtained from electron microprobe analysis, it was found that yttrium doping retards cation di…
Advanced ceramic materials synthesisIntermetallics and Advanced Alloy PropertiesAdvanced materials and composites
Lars Bocklage、Jan M. Scholtyssek、U. Merkt 等 4 位作者2007-05-01Journal of Applied Physics
We present point-contact Andreev reflection (PCAR) spectroscopy on Permalloy (Ni80Fe20) and on the half-metallic Heusler alloy Ni2MnIn. The thin Permalloy films are deposited on Si, the Ni2MnIn films on Si as well as on in situ cleaved (110) surfaces of InAs. A highly conductive layer under the ferromagnetic film almo…
Magnetic properties of thin filmsMagnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsHeusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties
Yong Liu、Kerry J. Gilmore、Jun Chen 等 5 位作者2007-05-01Chemistry of Materials
Conductive and electroactive nanofibers of SIBS/SWNT can be obtained from SIBS/SWNT dispersions by electrospinning. This useful combination of properties, combined with the compatibility of the SIBS/SWNT fibers with L-929 cells, opens up the possibility of using these materials for studies of the effects of electrical…
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsConducting polymers and applicationsElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
Ruiqin Pan、Zijian Xu、Zhiyuan Zhu2007-05-01Chinese Physics Letters
Dependence of the thermal conductivity on the length of two armchair single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) is studied by the nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (MD) method with Brenner II potential. The thermal conductivities are calculated for (5, 5) and (7, 7) SWNTs with lengths ranging from 22 to 155 nm. The result…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesGraphene research and applicationsThermal properties of materials
Anne E. V. Gorden、Jide Xu、G. Szigethy 等 6 位作者2007-05-01Journal of the American Chemical Society
A single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis of the mixed salt of hydroxypyridonate Pu(IV) complexes is presented; [Pu(1,2-HOPO) 3 (H 2 O) 2 ·ClO 4 ] [Pu(1,2-HOPO) 4 ] crystallizes in P 2 1 with the asymmetric unit containing two distinct eight-coordinate Pu(IV) complexes, one tris(bidentate) and the other tetrakis(bid…
Metal complexes synthesis and propertiesLanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes