Reo Kometani and Sunao Ishihara2009-01-01Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
Nanoelectromechanical devices, which can be used as nanotools in nanofactories, were fabricated by focused ion beam chemical vapor deposition (FIB-CVD). The devices are made of diamond-like carbon (DLC), deposited on a Si substrate using gasified phenanthrene (C14H10) as a carbon source. The Young modulus and density…
Norihiro Suzuki, Yoshio Sakka and Yusuke Yamauchi2009-01-01Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
Silica and alumina with macro-meso-type hierarchical pore systems are synthesized by dual templating using both surfactants and polystyrene (PS) spheres. After calcination, scanning electron microscope images show uniform macropores with a diameter of approximately 200 nm. This size coincides with that of the original…
Bernd Baufeld and Omer van der Biest2009-01-01Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
Shaped metal deposition is a novel technique to build near net-shape components layer by layer by tungsten inert gas welding. Especially for complex shapes and small quantities, this technique can significantly lower the production cost of components by reducing the buy-to-fly ratio and lead time for production, dimin…
Hideki Yamochi and Shin-ya Koshihara2009-01-01Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
The multi-instability of the electronic structure of (EDO-TTF)2PF6, where EDO-TTF means ethylene-dioxytetrathiafulvalene, is reviewed. This complex showed the metal–insulator transition at 280 K associated with distinct molecular deformations. The mechanism is interpreted as the cooperation of Peierls transition, char…
Chen Hongli、Tian Ge、Tian Yan 等 12 位作者2009-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Multidrug resistance (MDR) in tumor cells is a significant obstacle to the success of chemotherapy in many cancers. The purpose of this research is to test the possibility of docetaxel-loaded poly (ε-caprolactone)/Pluronic F68 (PCL/Pluronic F68) nanoparticles to overcome MDR in docetaxel-resistance human brea…
Wang Yiqian、Li Xiaoru、Song Guojun 等 7 位作者2009-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Highly ordered Ni nanotube and nanowire arrays were fabricated via electrodeposition. The Ni microstructures and the process of the formation were investigated using conventional and high-resolution transmission electron microscope. Herein, we demonstrated the systematic fabrication of Ni nanotube and nanowir…
Zhu Jian2009-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Transverse surface plasmon resonances (SPR) in Au–Ag and Ag–Au core–shell structure nanowires have been investigated by means of quasi-static theory. There are two kinds of SPR bands resulting from the outer surface of wall metal and the interface between core and wall metals, respectively. The SPR correspond…
Chen Ji-Yao、Peng Qian、Yang Wuli 等 8 位作者2009-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Internalization and dynamic subcellular distribution of thiol-capped CdTe quantum dots (QDs) in living cells were studied by means of laser scanning confocal microscopy. These unfunctionalized QDs were well internalized into human hepatocellular carcinoma and rat basophilic leukemia cells in vitro. Co-localiz…
Stec Anna、Richard Hull T、Wang De-Yi 等 7 位作者2009-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract A novel one-step synthetic route, the double in situ approach, is used to produce both TiO2nanoparticles and polymer (PET), and simultaneously forming a nanocomposite with multi-functionality. The method uses the release of water during esterification to hydrolyze titanium (IV) butoxide (Ti(OBu)4) forming nan…
Zamani Cyrus、Kamali Heidari Elham、Marzbanrad Ehsan 等 4 位作者2009-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Ultrafine WO3 nanoparticles were synthesized by nanocasting route, using mesoporous SiO2 as a template. BET measurements showed a specific surface area of 700 m 2/gr for synthesized SiO2, while after impregnation and template removal, this area was reduced to 43 m 2/gr for WO3 nanoparticles. HRTEM results sho…
Rhim Hyewhon、Kim Sunoh、Park Seung-Han 等 9 位作者2009-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract We report on the compatibility of various nanowires with hippocampal neurons and the structural study of the neuron–nanowire interface. Si, Ge, SiGe, and GaN nanowires are compatible with hippocampal neurons due to their native oxide, but ZnO nanowires are toxic to neuron due to a release of Zn ion. The inter…
Yohji Misaki2009-01-01Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
The synthesis, structure and properties of tetrathiapentalene-based (TTP) organic conductors are reviewed. Among various TTP-type donors, bis-fused tetrathiafulvalene, 2,5-bis(1,3-dithiol-2-ylidene)-1,3,4,6-tetrathiapentalene (BDT-TTP) and its derivatives afford many metallic radical cation salts stable down to low te…
Cheng Ching-Yuan、Ko Wen-Yin、Chen Wei-Hung 等 4 位作者2009-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Cu particles with different architectures such as pyramid, cube, and multipod have been successfully fabricated on the surface of Au films, which is the polycrystalline Au substrate with (111) domains, using the electrodeposition technique in the presence of the surface-capping reagents of dodecylbenzene sulf…
Lu Qingshan、Wang Zhongying、Li Jiangong 等 5 位作者2009-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract The two-solvent method was employed to prepare ZnO encapsulated in mesoporous silica (ZnO/SBA-15). The prepared ZnO/SBA-15 samples have been studied by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscope, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, nitrogen adsorption–desorption isotherm, and photoluminescence spectros…
Chen Di、Ouyang Shuxin、Ye Jinhua2009-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Nanostructured PbSnO3photocatalysts with particulate and tubular morphologies have been synthesized from a simple hydrothermal process. As-prepared samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, Brunauer–Emmet–Teller surface area, transmission electron microscopy, and diffraction spectroscopy. The photoacti…
Yang Hongwei、Fan Ningning、Luan Weiling 等 4 位作者2009-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Microreaction provides a controllable tool to synthesize CdSe nanocrystals (NCs) in an accelerated fashion. However, the surface traps created during the fast growth usually result in low photoluminescence (PL) efficiency for the formed products. Herein, the reproducible synthesis of highly luminescent CdSe N…
Mohanty Paritosh、Landskron Kai2009-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract One-dimensional periodic mesoporous organosilica (PMO) nanoparticles with tunable aspect ratios are obtained from a chain-type molecular precursor octaethoxy-1,3,5-trisilapentane. The aspect ratio can be tuned from 2:1 to >20:1 simply by variation in the precursor concentration in acidic aqueous solutions con…
Meng Xianwei、Tang Fangqiong、Peng Bo 等 4 位作者2009-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract A general approach has been designed to blue, green, and red pigments by metal ions doping hollow TiO 2. The reaction involves initial formation of PS at TiO2 core–shell nanoparticles via a mixed-solvent method, and then mixing with metal ions solution containing PEG, followed calcining in the atmosphere. The…
Fernanda de Carvalho Panzeri Pires‐de‐Souza、Heitor Panzeri、Marcelo A. C. Vieira 等 5 位作者2009-01-01Materials Research
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact and fracture resistance of acrylic resins: a heat-polymerized resin, a high-impact resin and an experimental polymethyl methacrylate with elastomer in different proportions (10, 20, 40 and 60%). 120 specimens were fabricated and submitted to conventional heat-polyme…
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Meenakshisundaram Senthilkumar and Rajagopalan Vijayaraghavan2009-01-01Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
Polycrystalline samples of Ca3−xNaxCo2−xMnxO6 (x=0.0–0.5) have been prepared by the sol-gel cum combustion method using sucrose in order to investigate the effects of the coupled substitution of Na and Mn on Ca and Co sites on the transport properties of Ca3Co2O6(Co326). The products were characterized by Fourier tran…