Dario Narducci2011-09-05Applied Physics Letters
This paper will show that, while ZT is an appropriate performance index when optimizing the heat conversion rate, it may mislead research in view of applications aiming at large electric power production. This is of special relevance when related to the surge of research in the area of low-dimensionality semiconductor…
Thermal Radiation and Cooling TechnologiesThermal properties of materialsAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
Fatima Toor、Howard M. Branz、Matthew Page 等 5 位作者2011-09-05Applied Physics Letters
We characterize the optical and carrier-collection physics of multi-scale textured p-type black Si solar cells with conversion efficiency of 17.1%. The multi-scale texture is achieved by combining density-graded nanoporous layer made by metal-assisted etching with micron-scale pyramid texture. We found that (1) reduci…
Nanowire Synthesis and ApplicationsThin-Film Transistor TechnologiesSilicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence
Donald A. Tomalia2011-09-05New Journal of Chemistry
The term dendritic effects has been used extensively by many dendritic polymer scientists since the early 1990s to describe certain intrinsic physico-chemical and application property patterns exhibited by dendrons and dendrimers. Until the present, this terminology has been used to report the dependency of these uniq…
Advanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationRNA Interference and Gene DeliveryDendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers
N. A. Poklonski、S. A. Vyrko、A. G. Zabrodskii2011-09-05arXiv
Expressions for dependences of the pre-exponential factor σ_3 and the thermal activation energy ε_3 of hopping electric conductivity of holes via boron atoms on the boron atom concentration N and the compensation ratio K are obtained in the quasiclassical approximation. It is assumed that the acceptors (boron atoms) i…
Materials Science
Alejandro Gaita-Ariño、Moshe Schechter2011-09-05arXiv
Tunneling two level systems (TLSs) are believed to be the source of phenomena such as the universal low temperature properties in disordered and amorphous solids, and $1/f$ noise. The existence of these phenomena in a large variety of dissimilar physical systems testifies for the universal nature of the TLSs, which ho…
cond-mat.dis-nnMesoscale and Nanoscale PhysicsMaterials Science
Elena A. Zubova、Alexander V. Savin、Nikolay K. Balabaev2011-09-05arXiv
Almost all the polymer crystals have several polymorphic modifications. Their structure and existence conditions, as well as transitions between them are not understood even in the case of the 'model' polymer polyethylene (PE). For analysis of polymorphism in polymer crystals, we consider the simplest possible model o…
Materials Science
Manuel Núñez-Regueiro、Gastón Garbarino、María Dolores Núñez-Regueiro2011-09-05arXiv
In several superconductors above the superconducting transition temperature Tc, the electrical resistivity is of the form ρ =AT^2. We show that there exists an empirical relation between Tc and A when both vary with an external parameter, e.g. pressure. The more resistive the sample the higher the Tc. Landau theory sh…
Materials ScienceSuperconductivityStrongly Correlated Electrons
Aaron M. Kushner、Zhibin Guan2011-09-05Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Under eons of evolutionary and environmental pressure, biological systems have developed strong and lightweight peptide-based polymeric materials by using the 20 naturally occurring amino acids as principal monomeric units. These materials outperform their man-made counterparts in the following ways: 1) multifunctiona…
Silk-based biomaterials and applicationsSupramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsDiatoms and Algae Research
Paridah Md Tahir、Amel B. Ahmed、S.O.A. SaifulAzry 等 4 位作者2011-09-05OpenAlex
Retting is the main challenge faced during the processing of bast plants for the production of long fibre. The traditional methods for separating the long bast fibres are by dew and water retting. Both methods require 14 to 28 days to degrade the pectic materials, hemicellulose, and lignin. Even though the fibres prod…
Advanced Cellulose Research StudiesNatural Fiber Reinforced CompositesTree Root and Stability Studies
Jian Dai、Shudong Lin、Du Cheng 等 5 位作者2011-09-05OpenAlex
On the double: A highly packed interlayer-crosslinked micelle (HP-ICM) with pH and reduction sensitivity was developed for targeted drug release (see picture; DTT=dithiothreitol, red circles=doxorubicin). The HP-ICM suppresses drug leakage in blood circulation while rapidly releasing drug inside lysosomes of cancer ce…
RNA Interference and Gene DeliveryDendrimers and Hyperbranched PolymersNanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
Jinliang Liu、Yi Liu、Qian Liu 等 6 位作者2011-09-05OpenAlex
Chromophoric iridium(III) complex-coated NaYF(4): 20%Yb, 1.6%Er, 0.4%Tm nanocrystals are demonstrated as a ratiometric upconversion luminescence (UCL) probe for highly selective detection of cyanide anion and bioimaging of CN(-) in living cells through inhibition of the energy transfer from the UCL of the nanocrystals…
Luminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsMolecular Sensors and Ion DetectionLuminescence Properties of Advanced Materials
Tobias Korn、S. Heydrich、M. Hirmer 等 5 位作者2011-09-05arXiv
The band structure of MoS2 strongly depends on the number of layers, and a transition from indirect to direct-gap semiconductor has been observed recently for a single layer of MoS2. Single-layer MoS2 therefore becomes an efficient emitter of photoluminescence even at room temperature. Here, we report on scanning Rama…
2D Materials and ApplicationsMXene and MAX Phase MaterialsGraphene research and applications
Thomas J. Robinson、Brian K. Via、Oladiran Fasina 等 5 位作者2011-09-04BioResources
Wood pyrolysis oil consists of hundreds of complex compounds, many of which are phenolic-based and exhibit hydrophobic properties. Southern yellow pine was impregnated with a pyrolysis oil-based penetrant using both a high pressure and vacuum impregnation systems, with no significant differences in retention levels. P…
Lignin and Wood ChemistryThermochemical Biomass Conversion ProcessesNatural Fiber Reinforced Composites
T. Zhang、Xiaoqing Wang、Q.F. Fang2011-09-04The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
The magnetic properties of the bulk and nanosized Pr 0.67 Ca 0.33 MnO 3 particles were investigated. For the bulk materials, the obvious field dependence of the electronic phase separation, i.e., with increase in the field, the ferromagnetic (FM) fraction increases and the antiferromagnetic (AFM) fraction shrinks and…
Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsMagnetic properties of thin filmsPhysics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
Fabian Peters、Mitcheell Maestre-Martínez、Andrei Leonov 等 7 位作者2011-09-04Journal of Biomolecular NMR
Here we present Cys-Ph-TAHA, a new nonadentate lanthanide tag for the paramagnetic labelling of proteins. The tag can be easily synthesized and is stereochemically homogenous over a wide range of temperatures, yielding NMR spectra with a single set of peaks. Bound to ubiquitin, it induced large residual dipolar coupli…
Lanthanide and Transition Metal ComplexesAdvanced NMR Techniques and ApplicationsElectron Spin Resonance Studies
Kyuho Lee、André K Kelkkanen、Kristian Berland 等 8 位作者2011-09-04arXiv
Detailed experimental data for physisorption potential-energy curves of H2 on low-indexed faces of Cu challenge theory. Recently, density-functional theory has been developed to also account for nonlocal correlation effects, including van der Waals forces. We show that one functional, denoted vdW-DF2, gives a potentia…
Materials Science
Yoshiyuki Inaguma、Kie Tanaka、Takeshi Tsuchiya 等 9 位作者2011-09-04Journal of the American Chemical Society
We synthesized two high-pressure polymorphs PbNiO(3) with different structures, a perovskite-type and a LiNbO(3)-type structure, and investigated their formation behavior, detailed structure, structural transformation, thermal stability, valence state of cations, and magnetic and electronic properties. A perovskite-ty…
Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsMultiferroics and related materialsAdvanced Condensed Matter Physics
Dipankar Mandal、Sun Yoon、Kap Jin Kim2011-09-04arXiv
The preparation of polymorphism control of Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) by silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) is investigated. The Ag NPs were prepared by simple one step process from AgNO3, where N,N-dimethylformamide(DMF) act as reducing agent as well the solvent of the host polymer, PVDF. It was observed that PVDF i…
Materials Science
Chia-Ren Hu2011-09-04arXiv
"Spin Ice" is an exotic type of frustrated magnet realized in "pyrochlore" materials Ho_{2}Ti_{2}O_{7}, Dy_{2}Ti_{2}O_{7}, Ho_{2}Sn_{2}O_{7}, etc., in which magnetic atoms (spins) reside on a sublattice made of the vertices of corner-sharing tetrahedra. Each spin is Ising-like with respect to a local axis which connec…
cond-mat.othercond-mat.stat-mechMaterials Science
Meshude Akbulut Söylemez、Dhana Lakshmi、Michael J. Whitcombe 等 7 位作者2011-09-03ACS Combinatorial Science
Here we present a new and versatile method for the modification of the well surfaces of polystyrene microtiter plates (microplates) with poly(N-phenylethylene diamine methacrylamide), (poly-NPEDMA). The chemical grafting of poly-NPEDMA to the surface of microplates resulted in the formation of thin layers of a polyani…
Conducting polymers and applicationsPolymer Surface Interaction StudiesAnalytical Chemistry and Sensors