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Abstract A series of polymer–clay nanocomposite (PCN) materials consisting of organic poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and inorganic montmorillonite (MMT) clay platelets were prepared successfully by the effective dispersion of nanolayers of the MMT clay in the PMMA framework through both in situ emulsion polymerizati…
The following paper pretends to analyze different processes in order to lightweighters gypsum as an alternative way at the cellular fillers addition, in order to establish the most suitable ones for the manufacture of plasterboard. Outstanding the process which uses foamings addition to lighten gypsum uses nowdays onl…
We report a bistable organic memory made of a single organic layer embedded between two electrodes, we compare to the organic/metal nanoparticle/organic tri-layers device [L.P. Ma, J. Liu, and Y. Yang, Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 2997 (2002)]. We demonstrate that the two devices exhibit similar temperature-dependent behavio…
pH-Sensitive bipolar ion-permselective films of polyelectrolyte multilayers were prepared by layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly and photo-cross-linking of benzophenone-modified poly(acrylic acid) (PAA-BP) and poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH-BP). The multilayer structure and ionizable group composition was finely tuned…
The review surveys different aspects of chemical studies of semiconducting clathrates belonging to a unique family of inclusion compounds. The classification, crystal and electronic structures, properties and methods for the synthesis of semiconducting clathrates are considered on the basis of analysis of recent publi…
Abstract Summary: Biobased epoxy materials were prepared from diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) and epoxidized castor oil (ECO) initiated by a latent thermal catalyst. The physicochemical and mechanical interfacial properties of the DGEBA/ECO blends were investigated. As a result, the thermal stability of the cu…
We present {\it ab initio} total energy and band structure calculations based on Density Funtional Theory (DFT) within the Local Density Aproximation (LDA) on group-V mixing effects in the optoelectronic material $(ZnSi)_{1/2}P_{1/4}As_{3/4}$. This compound has been recently proposed by theoretical design as an optica…
We study propagation of light in square and hexagonal two-dimensional photonic crystals. We show, that slabs of these crystals focus light with subwavelength resolution. We propose a systematic way to increase this resolution, at an essentially fixed frequency, by employing a hierarchy of crystals of the same structur…
We study the electronic structure of the recently discovered diluted magnetic semiconductor Ga$_{1-x}$Cr$_{x}$N ($x$ = 0.01-0.10). A systematic study of the changes in the $occupied$ and $unoccupied$ ligand (N) partial density of states (DOS) of the host lattice is carried out using N 1$s$ soft x-ray emission and abso…
We demonstrate that a hexagonal two dimensional photonic crystal can act as an isotropic medium with an effective refractive index n_eff = -1, therefore capable of unrestricted superlensing. We study the superlensing by calculating the photonic band structure, and the propagation maps of the electromagnetic waves thro…
We present ab initio time-dependent-density-functional calculations and non-resonant inelastic x-ray scattering measurements of the dynamical structure factor of rutile TiO2. Our calculations are in good agreement with experiment and prove the presence of large crystal local-field effects below the Ti M-edge, which yi…
We use millimeter-wave radiation to manipulate the populations of the energy levels of a single crystal of molecular magnet ${\mathrm{Fe}}_{8}$. When continuous-wave radiation is in resonance with the transition from the ground state to the first excited state, the equilibrium magnetization exhibits a peak or dip whos…
The fractal structure of a white cauliflower is investigated by box-counting method of its cross-section. The capacity dimension of the cross-section is $1.88 \pm 0.02$ independent of directions. From the result, we predict that the capacity dimension of the cauliflower is about 2.8. The vertical cross-section of the…
We propose a new method for carrying out field-theoretic simulations of polymer systems under conditions of prescribed external stress, allowing for shape changes in the simulation box. A compact expression for the deviatoric stress tensor is derived in terms of the chain propagator, and is used to monitor changes in…
We report the effect of Al substitution on the Mn site of the bilayered half doped manganite ${\mathrm{La}}_{1}{\mathrm{Sr}}_{2}{\mathrm{Mn}}_{2}{\mathrm{O}}_{7}$. This substitution dilutes the magnetically active Mn-O-Mn network without introducing an appreciable distortion in the lattice, and ionic considerations le…
A novel approach is presented for the large-scale fabrication of ordered TiO 2 nanobowl arrays. The process starts with a self-assembled monolayer of polystyrene spheres, which is used as a template for atomic layer deposition of a TiO 2 layer. After ion-milling, toluene-etching, and annealing of the TiO 2 -coated sph…
Here we demonstrate, for the first time experimentally, a nanopipette action for metals using multiwalled carbon nanotubes. The process relies on electromigration forces, created at high electron current densities, enabling the transport of material inside the hollow core of carbon nanotubes. In this way nanoparticles…
Two polymer chains that occupy equal volumes when covalently linked together at one end self-assemble into an alternating lamellar morphology that has a characteristic period dictated by the molecular weight. When such copolymers are confined within alumina membranes that have cylindrical pores with diameters comparab…
We demonstrate an enhancement in the thermopower of PbTe nanostructures with grain sizes on the order of $30--50\phantom{\rule{0.3em}{0ex}}\mathrm{nm}$, relative to bulk. The enhancement is similar in magnitude to that reported in the literature for $\mathrm{Pb}\mathrm{Te}∕\mathrm{Pb}{\mathrm{Se}}_{x}{\mathrm{Te}}_{1\…
The optimization of diamond films as valuable engineering materials for a wide variety of applications has required the development of robust methods for their characterization. Of the many methods used, Raman microscopy is perhaps the most valuable because it provides readily distinguishable signatures of each of the…