Brad Slepetz、Miklós Kertész2013-11-14Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Diffusion of monovacancies in diamond creates various trapped multivacancy clusters. The simplest diffusion process leads to a divacancy, V2. The formation of V2 is a critical step in the formation of larger vacancy clusters. We explored the relaxed potential energy surfaces in the formation of V2 by ab initio density…
Diamond and Carbon-based Materials ResearchAdvanced materials and compositesElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Maryam Fereydoon、Seyed H. Tabatabaei、Abdellah Ajji2013-11-14Polymer Engineering and Science
In this study, rheological, crystal structure, barrier, and mechanical properties of polyamide 6 (PA6), poly( m ‐xylene adipamide) (MXD6) and their in situ polymerized nanocomposites with 4 wt % clay were studied. The extent of intercalation and exfoliation as well as type of crystals, crystallinity, and thermal trans…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesPolymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesDielectric materials and actuators
Youngwoo Yi、Noel A. Clark2013-11-14Liquid Crystals
We study the alignment behaviour of the chromonic liquid crystal phases of sunset yellow (SSY)/water, disodium cromoglycate (DSCG)/water and their mixtures when confined in cells by polymer films topographically imprinted with linear channels of 250 nm width, depth and spacing. A variety of novel alignment effects are…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsOrbital Angular Momentum in OpticsAdvanced Materials and Mechanics
Yanqin Yang、Qiang Zhang、Suobo Zhang 等 4 位作者2013-11-14RSC Advances
Two novel porous copolymers PBP-N-25 and PBP-N-50 were synthesized from triphenylamine and 4,4′-bis(chloromethyl)biphenyl using a combination of oxidative polymerization and Friedel–Crafts alkylation process promoted by anhydrous FeCl3. The polymers were predominantly microporous, with apparent BET surface areas of 13…
Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsMembrane Separation and Gas TransportCovalent Organic Framework Applications
Joseph Moll、Sanat K. Kumar、Frank Snijkers 等 9 位作者2013-11-14ACS Macro Letters
Flow-fields are typically used to intimately mix large μm-sized particles with polymer melts. Here we show, using rheology, X-ray scattering, and electron microscopy, that shear flows do not improve the spatial dispersion or ordering of spherical nanoparticles (NP) grafted with polymer chains over the ranges of flow f…
Surface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityRheology and Fluid Dynamics StudiesPickering emulsions and particle stabilization
Milan Bouša、Otakar Frank、Ivan Jirka 等 4 位作者2013-11-14physica status solidi (b)
Electrochemical reduction of few-layer graphene oxide (FLGO) is a simple method for a partial restoration of sp2 network of the graphitic planes damaged by the previous oxidation/exfoliation process, and it is especially interesting for the in situ activation of FLGO in applications for energy conversion and storage.…
Advancements in Battery MaterialsGraphene research and applicationsSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
Jianxiang Wen、Tingyun Wang、Fufei Pang 等 6 位作者2013-11-14Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
The energy levels associated with structural models of different valence states of Bi ions in Bi-doped silica optical fiber are investigated using the density functional theory of quantum-chemical calculation. The Bi 5+ , Bi 3+ , and Bi + local structure models with and without Al ion are analyzed and compared with re…
Luminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsGlass properties and applicationsLanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes
Yoshihiro Tsunemi、Nobuhide Yokota、Shota Majima 等 6 位作者2013-11-14Optics Express
We designed and fabricated a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) incorporating a polarization-independent high-index-contrast subwavelength grating (HCG) mirror on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) for a novel polarization-bistable device on a silicon substrate. The VCSEL consists of the HCG mirror, an active laye…
Photonic and Optical DevicesSemiconductor Lasers and Optical DevicesOptical Coatings and Gratings
W. Oliferuk、Michał Maj、Krzysztof Zembrzycki2013-11-14Experimental Mechanics
The presented work is devoted to a new simple method of determination of the energy storage rate (the ratio of the stored energy increment to the plastic work increment) that allows obtaining distribution of this quantity in the area of strain localization. The method is based on the simultaneous measurements of the t…
Advanced machining processes and optimizationHigh-Velocity Impact and Material BehaviorAdvanced Measurement and Detection Methods
Anastasia Zelenina、Sergey A. Dyakov、Daniel Hiller 等 17 位作者2013-11-14Journal of Applied Physics
Superlattices of Si3N4 and Si-rich silicon nitride thin layers with varying thickness were prepared by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition. After high temperature annealing, Si nanocrystals were formed in the former Si-rich nitride layers. The control of the Si quantum dots size via the SiNx layer thickness was…
Semiconductor materials and devicesSilicon Nanostructures and PhotoluminescenceNanowire Synthesis and Applications
Yunfeng Yan、Daniel J. Siegwart2013-11-14Polymer Chemistry
Functional polyester chemistry is well suited to improve delivery of biomacromolecular drugs because it enables tuning of degradation profiles and inclusion of key functional groups (e.g. cationic charges for nucleic acid binding). However, current approaches to introduce functionality suffer from inadequate scalabili…
Advanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationFuel Cells and Related Materialsbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
Yanjing Yang、Yongfeng Liu、Hui Wu 等 6 位作者2013-11-14Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
We demonstrate the synthesis, crystal structure and thermal decomposition behavior of a novel ammonia-stabilized mixed-cation borohydride where the NH3 groups enable the coexistence of Li and Mg cations as an "assistant". Li2Mg(BH4)4·6NH3, which is comprised of orderly arranged Mg[NH3]6(2+) ammine complexes and Li2[BH…
Hydrogen Storage and MaterialsBoron and Carbon Nanomaterials ResearchAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
Alexander Kuhn、Tanja Holzmann、Jürgen Nuß 等 4 位作者2013-11-14Journal of Materials Chemistry A
We report on the facile production of single-layered tin sulfide nanosheets by a direct solid-state reaction, followed by quantitative liquid exfoliation in water. The new solid solution of SnS2 and Li2S with composition Li4xSn1−xS2 serves as a versatile solid-state precursor with tunable relative lithium and tin cont…
2D Materials and ApplicationsQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
Svenja Bäßler、Tim Böhnert、Johannes Gooth 等 6 位作者2013-11-14Nanotechnology
Nanowires of bismuth antimony telluride and bismuth telluride selenide (Bi15Sb29Te56 and Bi38Te55Se7) were grown by template-based pulsed electrodeposition. The composition and the crystallinity of the nanowires were determined by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. The thermoelectric properties (Seebeck…
Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesThermal properties of materialsThermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
Xitao Liu、Xinqiang Wang、Xin Yin 等 8 位作者2013-11-14CrystEngComm
Bulk single crystals of diguanidinium phosphate monohydrate (G2HP) with dimensions up to 55 × 28 × 27 mm3 have been grown by solution growth methods. Thermal properties including specific heat, thermal conductivity and thermal expansion were investigated as a function of temperature. The specific heat was measured to…
Crystal Structures and PropertiesNonlinear Optical Materials ResearchSolid-state spectroscopy and crystallography
Muthukrishnan Sathiyabama、G. Akila、Rajachristu Einstein Charles2013-11-14Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection
The in vitro antifungal properties of chitosan and its role in protection of tomato from early blight disease were evaluated. Chitosan inhibited the radial and submerged growth of Alternaria solani at 1 mg/ml, and controls tomato plants from blight pathogen. Chitosan induces the level of chitinase activity and new iso…
Plant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityNanocomposite Films for Food PackagingComposting and Vermicomposting Techniques
Sean Yu McLoughlin、Mark Kastantin、Daniel K. Schwartz 等 4 位作者2013-11-14Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
A method was developed to monitor dynamic changes in protein structure and interfacial behavior on surfaces by single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer. This method entails the incorporation of unnatural amino acids to site-specifically label proteins with single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer pro…
Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesPolymer Surface Interaction StudiesPesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
Mónica Fernández-Ujados、Laura Trapiella‐Alfonso、José M. Costa‐Fernández 等 5 位作者2013-11-14Nanotechnology
A one-step aqueous synthesis of highly fluorescent water-soluble copper nanoclusters (CuNCs) is here described, based on direct reduction of the metal precursor with NaBH4 in the presence of bidentate ligands (made of lipoic acid anchoring groups, appended with a poly(ethylene glycol) short chain). A complete optical…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsNanocluster Synthesis and ApplicationsAdvanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
S. K. Mahesh、P. Prabhakar Rao、Mariyam Thomas 等 5 位作者2013-11-14Inorganic Chemistry
Stannate-based pyrochlore-type red phosphors CaGd(1-x)SnNbO7:xEu(3+), Ca(1-y)Sr(y)Gd(1-x)SnNbO7:xEu(3+), and Ca(0.8-x)Sr0.2GdSnNbO(7+δ): xEu(3+) were prepared via conventional solid-state method. Influence of cation substitution and activator site control on the photoluminescence properties of these phosphors are eluc…
Luminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsAdvanced Condensed Matter PhysicsNuclear materials and radiation effects
H Arvela、Olli Holmgren、H Reisbacka 等 4 位作者2013-11-14Radiation Protection Dosimetry
Low-energy and passive house construction practices are characterised by increased insulation, high air tightness of the building shell and controlled mechanical ventilation with heat recovery. As a result of the interaction of mechanical ventilation and high air tightness, the pressure difference in a building can be…
Risk Perception and ManagementGraphite, nuclear technology, radiation studiesNuclear and radioactivity studies