Daisuke Fujita and Keisuke Sagisaka2008-01-01Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
Recent developments in the application of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) to nanofabrication and nanocharacterization are reviewed. The main focus of this paper is to outline techniques for depositing and manipulating nanometer-scale structures using STM tips. Firstly, the transfer of STM tip material through the…
Ciofani Gianni、Raffa Vittoria、Menciassi Arianna 等 4 位作者2008-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is increasingly being used in the treatment of several aggressive cancers, including cerebral glioblastoma multiforme. The main requirement for this therapy is selective targeting of tumor cells by sufficient quantities of10B atoms required for their capture/irradiation wi…
Mitchell DRG、Sriram S、Bhaskaran M 等 5 位作者2008-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract We report the first instance of deposition of preferentially oriented, nanocrystalline, and nanocolumnar strontium-doped lead zirconate titanate (PSZT) ferroelectric thin films directly on thermal silicon dioxide. No intermediate seed or activation layers were used between PSZT and silicon dioxide. The deposi…
Gradzielski Michael、Mehta SK、Kumar Sanjay 等 5 位作者2008-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Synthesis of semiconductor nanoparticles with new photophysical properties is an area of special interest. Here, we report synthesis of ZnS nanoparticles in aqueous micellar solution of Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). The size of ZnS nanodispersions in aqueous micellar solution has been calculated usin…
George JinuJacob、Bhowmick Anil2008-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Carbon nanofiber (CNF) is one of the stiffest materials produced commercially, having excellent mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties. The reinforcement of rubbery matrices by CNFs was studied in the case of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA). The tensile strength was greatly (61%) increased, even for very…
Jiang Daixun、Cao Lixin、Liu Wei 等 7 位作者2008-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract In this paper the influence of ZnO shell thickness on the luminescence properties of Mn-doped ZnS nanoparticles is studied. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images showed that the average diameter of ZnS:Mn nanoparticles is around 14 nm. The formation of ZnO shells on the surface of ZnS:Mn nanoparticles…
Hope Greg、Liang Chaolun、Li Haohua 等 7 位作者2008-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Single crystalline indium nanowires were prepared on Zn substrate which had been treated in concentrated sulphuric acid by galvanic displacement in the 0.002 mol L−1In2(SO4)3-0.002 mol L−1SeO2-0.02 mol L−1SDS-0.01 mol L−1citric acid aqueous solution. The typical diameter of indium nanowires is 30 nm and most…
Miah M2008-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Cu-doping effects in CdI2nanocrystals are studied experimentally. We use the photostimulated second harmonic generation (PSSHG) as a tool to investigate the effects. It is found that the PSSHG increases with increasing Cu content up to 0.6% and then decreases due to the formation of the Cu-agglomerates. The P…
Babu Kothandapani、Dhamodharan Raghavachari2008-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
AbstractPoly(methyl methacrylate) in the brush form is grown from the surface of magnetite nanoparticles by ambient temperature atom transfer radical polymerization (ATATRP) using a phosphonic acid based initiator. The surface initiator was prepared by the reaction of ethylene glycol with 2-bromoisobutyrl bromide, fol…
Yin Shu、Takabatake Kouta、Zhnag Peilin 等 5 位作者2008-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract ZnO nanorods and nanodisks were synthesized by solution process using zinc chloride as starting material. The morphology of ZnO crystal changed greatly depending on the concentrations of Zn2+ion and ethylene glycohol (EG) additive in the solution. The effect of thermal treatment on the morphology was investig…
Cervellino Antonio、Vitaliano Rosa、Fratoddi Ilaria 等 11 位作者2008-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract In this work the synthesis and characterization of gold nanoparticles functionalized by a novel thiol-organometallic complex containing Pd(II) centers is presented. Pd(II) thiol,trans, trans-[dithiolate-dibis(tributylphosphine)dipalladium(II)-4,4′-diethynylbiphenyl] was synthesized and linked to Au nanopartic…
Mwakikunga BW、Katumba G、Mothibinyane TR2008-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Coatings of carbon nanoparticles dispersed in SiO2, ZnO and NiO matrices on aluminium substrates have been fabricated by a sol–gel technique. Spectrophotometry was used to determine the solar absorptance and the thermal emittance of the composite coatings with a view to apply these as selective solar absorber…
Sideras-Haddad E、Forbes A、Mwakikunga BW 等 4 位作者2008-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Laser pyrolysis has been used to synthesize WO3nanostructures. Spherical nano-particles were obtained when acetylene was used to carry the precursor droplet, whereas thin films were obtained at high flow-rates of oxygen carrier gas. In both environments WO3nano-wires appear only after thermal annealing of the…
Wang ShiXing、Zhou Yang、Guan Wen 等 4 位作者2008-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
AbstractIn this work, the main attention was focused on the synthesis of stimuli-responsive magnetic nanoparticles (SR-MNPs) and the influence of glutathione concentration on its cleavage efficiency. Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) were first modified with activated pyridyldithio. Then, MNPs modified with activated pyri…
Tripathy SurajKumar2008-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
AbstractLaser-induced thermal fusion and fragmentation of poly-(vinyl) alcohol (PVA)-capped silver nanoparticles in aqueous medium have been reported. PVA-capped silver nanoparticles with an average size of 15 nm were prepared by chemical reduction technique. The laser-induced photo-fragmentation of these particles ha…
You Jia、WANG Jun、Li Zhanshuang 等 6 位作者2008-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
AbstractNovel magnetic hydrotalcite-like compounds (HTLcs) were synthesized through introducing magnetic substrates (Fe3O4) into the Co–Al HTLcs materials by hydrothermal method. The magnetic Co–Al HTLcs with different Fe3O4contents were characterized in detail by XRD, FT-IR, SEM, TEM, DSC, and VSM techniques. It has…
Chi Feng、Yuan Xiqiu、ZHENG Jun2008-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
AbstractWe theoretically propose a double quantum dots (QDs) ring to filter the electron spin that works due to the Rashba spin–orbit interaction (RSOI) existing inside the QDs, the spin-dependent inter-dot tunneling coupling and the magnetic flux penetrating through the ring. By varying the RSOI-induced phase factor,…
Teng I-Ju、Lu Jian-Ming、Jian Sheng-Rui2008-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
AbstractIn this study, details of Berkovich nanoindentation-induced mechanical deformation mechanisms of metal-organic chemical-vapor deposition-derived GaN thin films have been systematic investigated with the aid of the cathodoluminescence (CL) and the cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy (XTEM) techniqu…
Harle Arti、Deshpande Aniruddha、Khomane Ramdas 等 6 位作者2008-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
AbstractSulfur nanoparticles were synthesized from hazardous H2S gas using novel biodegradable iron chelates in w/o microemulsion system. Fe3+–malic acid chelate (0.05 M aqueous solution) was studied in w/o microemulsion containing cyclohexane, Triton X-100 andn-hexanol as oil phase, surfactant, co-surfactant, respect…
Sablon KimberlyAnnosha2008-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters