Da‐Jun Shu、Shu-Ting Ge、Mu Wang 等 4 位作者2008-09-12Physical Review Letters
Comprehensive first-principle calculations on strained rutile TiO2(110) indicate that the formation energy of different types of oxygen vacancies depends on the external strain. For the unstrained state, the energetically favorable oxygen vacancy (EFOV) appears on the bridging site of the first layer; when 3% tensile…
Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceElectronic and Structural Properties of OxidesSemiconductor materials and devices
Ying‐Bing Lu、Ming‐Sheng Wang、Wei‐Wei Zhou 等 6 位作者2008-09-12Inorganic Chemistry
Two novel manganese(II) tetrazolate coordination polymers, Mn 3(Hbta) 4(mu 2 -OH) 2(H 2O).2H 2O ( 1) and Mn(bta)(H 2O) ( 2), were obtained by the hydrothermal reaction of MnCl 2.4H 2O with N, N-bis[1(2) H-tetrazol-5-yl]amine (H 2bta) in different pH values. Compound 1 exhibits a 2-D (4,4) layer structure, which is bui…
Magnetism in coordination complexesLanthanide and Transition Metal ComplexesMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
Xuelian Yu、Chuanbao Cao2008-09-12Crystal Growth & Design
Elegant Bi 2 S 3 nanoflowers were prepared via a simple vapor deposition process. Compared to the Bi 2 S 3 nanorods bundles, the conductivity of the nanoflowers is much more sensitive to simulated sunlight exposure. The light-induced conductivity increase allows us to reversibly switch the nanoflowers between “OFF” an…
Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesNanowire Synthesis and Applications
Mingjun Yang、S. L. S. Stipp、John H. Harding2008-09-12Crystal Growth & Design
Polysaccharides control the growth of calcite in coccoliths by adsorbing preferentially onto particular surfaces of the calcite crystal. We chose four units from the coccolith associated polysaccharide (CAP) that is known to promote formation of vicinal faces in Emiliania huxleyi, namely, galactose, mannose, xylose, a…
Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and InhibitionClay minerals and soil interactionsIron oxide chemistry and applications
K. Jensen、Kwanpyo Kim、A. Zettl2008-09-12arXiv
Mechanical resonators are widely used as inertial balances to detect small quantities of adsorbed mass through shifts in oscillation frequency[1]. Advances in lithography and materials synthesis have enabled the fabrication of nanoscale mechanical resonators[2, 3, 4, 5, 6], which have been operated as precision force[…
Materials Science
C. D. Weis、A. Schuh、A. Batra 等 11 位作者2008-09-12arXiv
We report on progress in ion placement into silicon devices with scanning probe alignment. The device is imaged with a scanning force microscope (SFM) and an aligned argon beam (20 keV, 36 keV) is scanned over the transistor surface. Holes in the lever of the SFM tip collimate the argon beam to sizes of 1.6 um and 100…
Materials Sciencecond-mat.other
Juncong She、Zhiming Xiao、Yuhua Yang 等 7 位作者2008-09-12ACS Nano
Both electrical and field emission measurements were carried out to study the correlation between resistance and field emission performance of individual one-dimensional (1D) ZnO nanostructures. Three types of 1D ZnO nanostructures were investigated (i.e., agave-like shape, pencil-like shape, and hierarchical structur…
Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsGa2O3 and related materialsZnO doping and properties
Dong‐Keun Ki、Dongchan Jeong、Jaehyun Choi 等 5 位作者2008-09-12Physical Review B
Charge carriers in a graphene sheet, a single layer of graphite, exhibit distinct characteristics from those in other two-dimensional electronic systems because of their chiral nature. In this paper, we focus on the observation of weak localization in a graphene sheet exfoliated from a piece of natural graphite and na…
Graphene research and applicationsQuantum and electron transport phenomenaTopological Materials and Phenomena
Michele Ceriotti、Thomas D. Kühne、Michele Parrinello2008-09-12arXiv
In a recent paper we have suggested that the finite temperature density matrix can be computed efficiently by a combination of polynomial expansion and iterative inversion techniques. We present here significant improvements over this scheme. The original complex-valued formalism is turned into a purely real one. In a…
Materials Science
Q. Fowler、B. Richard、A. Sharma 等 7 位作者2008-09-12arXiv
We use current-perpendicular-to-plane (CPP) exchange-biased spin-valves to directly measure spin diffusion lengths lsf for N = Cu(2.1 at.%Ge) and Ag(3.6 at.%Sn) alloys. We find lsf(Cu2%Ge)) = 117+10-6 nm and lsf(Ag4%Sn)= 39 +/- 3 nm. The good agreement of this lsf(Cu2%Ge) with the value lsf(Cu2%Ge) = 121 +/- 10 nm der…
Materials Science
Biqin Huang、Hyuk-Jae Jang、Ian Appelbaum2008-09-12arXiv
Evidence of spin precession and dephasing ("Hanle effect") induced by an external magnetic field is the only unequivocal proof of spin-polarized conduction electron transport in semiconductor devices. However, when spin dephasing is very strong, Hanle effect in a uniaxial magnetic field can be impossible to measure. U…
cond-mat.otherMaterials Science
Y. C. Lin、Y. W. Lin、T. M. Hong2008-09-12arXiv
An energy-minimal simulation is proposed to study the patterns and mechanical properties of elastically crumpled wires in two dimensions. We varied the bending rigidity and stretching modulus to measure the energy allocation, size-mass exponent, and the stiffness exponent. The mass exponent is shown to be universal at…
Materials ScienceSoft Condensed Matter
Majid Rashidi-Huyeh、Sébastian Volz、Bruno Palpant2008-09-12Physical Review B
Relaxation dynamics of embedded metal nanoparticles after ultrafast laser pulse excitation is driven by thermal phenomena of different origins, the accurate description of which is crucial for interpreting experimental results: hot electron-gas generation, electron-phonon coupling, heat transfer to the particle enviro…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanicsnanoparticles nucleation surface interactions
Anna N. Morozovska、Sergei V. Kalinin、Eugene А. Eliseev 等 5 位作者2008-09-12Physical Review B
The interaction of ferroelectric $180\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}$-domain wall with a strongly inhomogeneous electric field of biased scanning probe microscope tip is analyzed within continuous Ginzburg-Landau-Devonshire theory. Equilibrium shape of the initially flat domain-wall boundary bends, attracts, or re…
Force Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsFerroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMultiferroics and related materials
Dirk Dietzel、Claudia Ritter、Tristan Monninghoff 等 6 位作者2008-09-12arXiv
One of the most fundamental questions in tribology concerns the area dependence of friction at the nanoscale. Here, experiments are presented where the frictional resistance of nanoparticles is measured by pushing them with the tip of an atomic force microscope. We find two coexisting frictional states: While some par…
cond-mat.otherMaterials Science
Qinghua Zhang、Fang Fang、Xin Zhao 等 6 位作者2008-09-12The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Well-dispersed multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWNT)/polystyrene composites have been prepared. Transmission and scanning electron microscopy were employed to observe the distribution of the MWNTs in the composites in a microscopic scale, indicating a nanotube network formed in the matrix. The dispersion of the nanotubes…
Polymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesCarbon Nanotubes in CompositesNanotechnology research and applications
B.L. Dietrich、Karen I. Goldberg、D. Michael Heinekey 等 5 位作者2008-09-12Inorganic Chemistry
Dehydrogenation of amine boranes is catalyzed efficiently by the iridium pincer complex (kappa (3)-1,3-(OP ( t )Bu 2) 2C 6H 3)Ir(H) 2 ( 1). With CH 3NH 2BH 3 (MeAB) and with AB/MeAB mixtures (AB = NH 3BH 3), the rapid release of 1 equiv of H 2 is observed to yield soluble oligomeric products at rates similar to those…
Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen ReductionHydrogen Storage and MaterialsHybrid Renewable Energy Systems
C. Ortix、J. Lorenzana、C. Di Castro2008-09-12arXiv
We identify two "universality" classes in the Coulomb frustrated phase separation phenomenon. They correspond to two different kind of electronic compressibility anomalies often encountered in strongly correlated electronic systems. We discuss differences and similarities of their corresponding phase diagrams in two-…
Strongly Correlated ElectronsMaterials Science
Sumit Mazumdar、Zhendong Wang、Hongbo Zhao2008-09-12arXiv
We describe both pi-conjugated polymers and semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes because of the remarkable similarities in their behavior under photoexcitation. The common themes between these two seemingly different classes of materials are pi-conjugation, quasi one-dimensionality, and strong Coulomb interac…
Materials ScienceStrongly Correlated Electrons
Rakesh Kumar Tekade、Tathagata Dutta、Virendra Gajbhiye 等 4 位作者2008-09-12Journal of Microencapsulation
Rakesh Kumar Tekadea, Tathagata Duttab, Virendra Gajbhiyea & Narendra Kumar Jain*aa Pharmaceutics Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar, Indiab School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD, AustraliaAddress for correspondence: Pharmace…
RNA Interference and Gene DeliverySynthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic CompoundsDendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers