D. Viehland、J. F. Li、A. Amin2002-09-19Journal of Applied Physics
Temperature dependent electromechanical investigations of 〈110〉, 〈001〉, and 〈111〉 oriented morphotropic phase boundary compositions of Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTi03 crystals have been performed. Softening of the dielectric constant, piezoelectric constant, and Young’s modulus was found for all three orientations, near a fer…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMultiferroics and related materialsAcoustic Wave Resonator Technologies
Ashutosh Sagar、C. D. Lee、R. M. Feenstra 等 5 位作者2002-09-19Journal of Applied Physics
The morphology of the porous network in porous SiC has been studied. It has been found that pore formation starts with a few pores on the surface and then the porous network grows in a V-shaped branched structure below the surface. The hydrogen etching rates of porous and nonporous SiC have been measured. Etch rates o…
Semiconductor materials and devicesThin-Film Transistor TechnologiesSilicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence
Noritsugu Kometani、Hidenori Doi、Kenji Asami 等 4 位作者2002-09-19Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Sensitized photoreduction of Ag+ ions and subsequent formation of colloidal Ag nanoparticles take place when an aqueous solution of a mixture of AgClO4, sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) and benzophenone (BP) is irradiated with near-UV light. In this study, the mechanism and kinetics of the reaction have been studied by mea…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsPhotochemistry and Electron Transfer StudiesSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
C. N. Kartalis、C. D. Papaspyrides、Rudolf Pfaendner2002-09-19Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Abstract A remelting–restabilization technique was applied to evaluate the closed‐loop recycling of postused, white pigmented, garden chairs made from CaCO 3 ‐filled polypropylene (PP). Analysis of the randomly collected postused chairs showed only an insufficient quantity of residual active stabilizers. Different sta…
Natural Fiber Reinforced CompositesPolymer Science and PVC
Theodore Steriotis、K.L. Stefanopoulos、U. Keiderling 等 5 位作者2002-09-19Chemical Communications
The contrast-matching SANS technique has been utilised to determine inter-pillar distances (and surface texture) in montmorillonite and beidellite pillared smectite clays; they lie in the range 1.40-1.80 nm, reflecting different inter-pillar orderings.
Concrete and Cement Materials ResearchMesoporous Materials and CatalysisClay minerals and soil interactions
Bryan C. Sih、A. Jung、Z.-G. Ye2002-09-19Journal of Applied Physics
Silver-doped SrBi2Ta2O9 (Ag:SBT) ceramics were synthesized by solid state reactions. The reaction mechanism has been deduced based on the crystal defect chemistry. It involves the diffusion of Ag+ and O2− ions into the (Bi2O2)2+ layers between the perovskite-like units to recover the bismuth and oxygen vacancies, resp…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMultiferroics and related materialsMicrowave Dielectric Ceramics Synthesis
Xiaohong Li、Mei Lu、Hu‐Lin Li2002-09-19Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Abstract Copolymer nanofibrils composed of pyrrole and thiophene were prepared by synthesizing the desired polymer within the pores of microporous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) template membranes. The copolymer nanofibrils were photographed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (T…
Organic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsConducting polymers and applicationsAnodic Oxide Films and Nanostructures
Ruofei Zhao、Gance Dai2002-09-19Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Abstract The comparison of the mechanical properties between poly(propylene)/ethylene‐propylene‐diene monomer elastomer (PP/EPDM) and poly(propylene)/maleic anhydride‐ g ‐ethylene‐propylene‐diene monomer [PP/MEPDM (MAH‐ g ‐EPDM)] showed that the latter blend has noticeably higher Izod impact strength but lower Young's…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesPolymer Nanocomposites and Propertiesbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
Yu. G. Gurevich、G. N. Logvinov、O. Yu. Titov 等 4 位作者2002-09-19Surface Review and Letters
We suggest a new approach to theory of contact thermoelectric cooling (Peltier effect). The metal–metal, metal–n-type semiconductor, metal–p-type semiconductor, p–n junction contacts are analyzed. Both degenerate and nondegenerate electron and hole gases are considered. The role of recombination in the contact cooling…
Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical MechanicsThermography and Photoacoustic Techniques
S. P. Doherty、R. P. H. Chang2002-09-19Applied Physics Letters
We describe a method to produce high-crystalline quality multiwalled carbon nanotubes from carbon black. By modifying the arc into a high-temperature oven, carbon black is converted into carbon nanotubes by a solid-state transformation without a catalyst. This process sheds new light onto the growth mechanism of carbo…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesGraphene research and applicationsFullerene Chemistry and Applications
Andrei V. Astashkin、Arnold M. Raitsimring2002-09-19The Journal of Chemical Physics
Electron spin echo envelope modulation (ESEEM) experiments with aqueous complexes of Gd3+ and Mn2+ have shown that a common and unusual feature of the primary ESEEM spectra of such high spin/weak crystal field systems is an extremely low intensity of the sum combination line. Numerical simulations of the ESEEM spectra…
Lanthanide and Transition Metal ComplexesElectron Spin Resonance StudiesNMR spectroscopy and applications
M. W. Cole、P. C. Joshi、Matthew H. Ervin 等 5 位作者2002-09-19Journal of Applied Physics
Successful integration of Ba1−xSrxTiO3 (BST) based thin films with affordable Si substrates has a potential significant commercial impact as the demand for high-frequency tunable devices intensifies. This work evaluates the material properties of postdeposition annealed Ta2O5 thin films fabricated via the metalorganic…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsSemiconductor materials and devicesMicrowave Dielectric Ceramics Synthesis
C. Tschirwitz、S. Benkhof、Thomas Blochowicz 等 4 位作者2002-09-19The Journal of Chemical Physics
Dielectric measurements (10−2–109 Hz) on plastically crystalline cyanocyclohexane reveal a glass transition where the rotational dynamics freezes at a vitrification temperature Tg=134 K. A full line-shape analysis of the dielectric loss spectra, which include a pronounced secondary relaxation contribution (β process)…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsMaterial Dynamics and PropertiesGlass properties and applications
Itsuki Tanaka、Masaaki Nakayama2002-09-19Journal of Applied Physics
We have investigated high-excitation photoluminescence properties of CuI thin films with a thickness of 100 nm grown on a NaCl substrate by vacuum deposition. The energies of the heavy-hole and light-hole excitons in the CuI thin film are split at low temperatures by the thermal strain resulting from the difference in…
ZnO doping and propertiesGaN-based semiconductor devices and materialsCopper-based nanomaterials and applications
Shashank Priya、Kenji Uchino、D. Viehland2002-09-19Applied Physics Letters
The dielectric and electrically induced strain characteristics of Fe-substituted Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3–PbTiO3 single crystals have been investigated. These investigations have shown that Fe substitution results in: (i) a lowering of the field level required to obtain large strains, (ii) an increased squareness in the ε−E r…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsAcoustic Wave Resonator TechnologiesMicrowave Dielectric Ceramics Synthesis
Matthias Schmidt、Matthias Fuchs2002-09-19The Journal of Chemical Physics
In order to study the effects of penetrability in mixtures of dissimilar particles we consider hard (colloidal) spheres and penetrable spheres. The latter may be taken to represent ideal, noninteracting polymer coils. Polymers and colloids interact by means of a repulsive step-function pair potential, which allows for…
Phase Equilibria and ThermodynamicsMaterial Dynamics and PropertiesRheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies
Francesca Nunzi、Francesco Mercuri、Antonio Sgamellotti 等 4 位作者2002-09-19The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been employed as models to investigate the functionalization of SWNTs sidewalls with transition metal complexes at the NL-DFT level, pointing out the most favorable coordination sites and the electronic properties of the resulting system. Molecular fragments topologically r…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesFullerene Chemistry and ApplicationsSynthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
Yoshiki Nakajima、Akira Kojima、Nobuyoshi Koshida2002-09-19Applied Physics Letters
A principle of planar-type visible light emission is presented using ballistic electrons as excitation source. The device is composed of a semitransparent top electrode, a thin film of fluorescent material, a nanocrystalline porous silicon (nc-PS) layer, an n-type silicon wafer, and an ohmic back contact. When a posit…
Thin-Film Transistor TechnologiesSilicon Nanostructures and PhotoluminescenceNanowire Synthesis and Applications
Carsten Bundesmann、M. Schubert、D. Spemann 等 10 位作者2002-09-19Applied Physics Letters
Infrared dielectric function spectra and phonon modes with polarization parallel and perpendicular to the c axis of high quality, highly relaxed, and single crystalline wurtzite MgxZn1−xO films with 0⩽x⩽0.2 prepared by pulsed-laser deposition on c-plane sapphire substrates were obtained from infrared spectroscopic ell…
ZnO doping and propertiesGas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsGa2O3 and related materials
Galo J. A. A. Soler‐Illia、Eduardo L. Crepaldi、David Grosso 等 5 位作者2002-09-19Chemical Communications
Large pore (a = 150-200 A) wormlike and highly oriented cubic (IM3m space group) and 2D-hexagonal (P6m) mesostructured xerogels have been reproducibly synthesised by Evaporation-Induced Self Assembly (EISA). Mesostructure control was attained by changing the template (nonionic block copolymer) and water (h = [H2O]/[Si…
Zeolite Catalysis and SynthesisMesoporous Materials and CatalysisPolyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications