A. Janner2006-08-23Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography
The standard Caspar & Klug classification of icosahedral viruses by means of triangulation numbers and the more recent novel characterization of Twarock leading to a Penrose-like tessellation of the capsid of viruses not obeying the Caspar-Klug rules can be obtained as a special case in a new approach to the morpholog…
Quasicrystal Structures and Properties
Mohammad Reza Nabid、Roya Sedghi、Parisa Rajabali Jamaat 等 5 位作者2006-08-23Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Abstract The porphyrin‐catalyzed, template‐guided polymerization of aniline was carried out in an aqueous buffer solution. Hydrogen peroxide and iron(III) tetrasulfonated tetraphenyl porphyrin catalyzed the polymerization of aniline in the presence of sulfonated polystyrene as a template. The polymerization was carrie…
Electrochemical sensors and biosensorsConducting polymers and applicationsPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
Sebastian Gauza、Shin‐Tson Wu、Anna Spadło 等 4 位作者2006-08-23Journal of Display Technology
High birefringence and low viscosity isothiocyanates liquid crystal single compounds and eutectic mixtures, based solely on laterally fluorinated aromatic rigid core structures, are reported. Extraordinarily high values of figure-of-merit were observed at room temperature and also elevated temperatures for the nematic…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsPhotonic Crystals and ApplicationsSemiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
Chaganti Srinivasa Reddy、Chapal Kumar Das2006-08-23Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Abstract This article reports a comparative study of polypropylene (PP) nanocomposites synthesized with nanosilica (NS) and diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A, an epoxy‐resin‐grafted nanosilica (ENS), as nanofillers. These nanocomposites were prepared with the melt‐mixing method at a constant loading level of 2.5 wt %; t…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesPolymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesSynthesis and properties of polymers
Paul Wheeler、Bruce X. Fu、Joseph D. Lichtenhan 等 5 位作者2006-08-23Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Abstract An array of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) compounds, including metal, methacrylate, and amine functional POSS, and POSS copolymers were incorporated into aromatic and aliphatic dental resins. Heptaphenyl‐propylamine POSS and methacrylate derivatives were synthesized by corner‐capping and Michael…
Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compoundsMarine Biology and Environmental ChemistrySilicone and Siloxane Chemistry
O‐Pil Kwon、Seong‐Ji Kwon、Mojca Jazbinšek 等 7 位作者2006-08-23Crystal Growth & Design
Configurationally locked polyene crystals grown in the absence and in the presence of their tailor-made auxiliaries, which are slightly modified substrate molecules, were investigated. The effects of the tailor-made auxiliaries on the crystal characteristics were investigated by X-ray crystal structure analysis and no…
Crystallography and molecular interactionsNonlinear Optical Materials ResearchLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials
Juan A. Reyes‐Labarta、Marı́a del Mar Olaya、A. Marcilla2006-08-23Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Abstract The transitions and reactions involved in the thermal processing of binary mixtures of polyethylene and poly(ethylene‐ co ‐vinyl acetate) copolymers with different concentrations of a foaming agent (azodicarbonamide) were studied using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The effect of ZnO as a kicker als…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesThermal and Kinetic AnalysisPolymer Science and PVC
Yi Zhao、Yi Dan2006-08-23Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Abstract In this study, a polymerizable UV‐stabilizer, 2‐hydroxy‐4‐(3‐methacryloxy‐2‐hydroxylpropoxy)benzophenone (BPMA), was synthesized using 2,4‐dihydroxybenzophenone (UV‐0) and glycidyl methacrylate (GMA). It was copolymerized with methyl methacrylate (MMA) to prepare poly(MMA‐ co ‐BPMA) by emulsion polymerization…
Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterizationbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesPolymer Science and PVC
Patricia Fernández、M.J. Ocio、José M. Lagarón2006-08-23Biopolymers
Abstract This pioneering study reported about the film‐forming properties of high‐molecular‐weight chitosan as followed in situ by attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (ATR‐FTIR) spectroscopy, and has implications in fields such as biomedical, pharmaceutical, packaging, and coating applications. From…
Nanocomposite Films for Food PackagingAntimicrobial agents and applicationsPolydiacetylene-based materials and applications
Souad Mbarek、Mohamed Jaziri、Christian Carrot2006-08-23Polymer Engineering and Science
Abstract The article addresses the issue of recycling of poly(ethylene terephtalate) (PET) by melt blending with polycarbonate (PC). PET/PC blends containing various amounts of the immiscible polymers were prepared in a twin‐screw extruder. Selected compositions were also prepared in the presence of an Sn‐based cataly…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesPolymer Nanocomposites and Propertiesbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
Ryan D. Bennett、A. John Hart、Andrew C. Miller 等 6 位作者2006-08-23Langmuir
We report a route for synthesizing patterned carbon nanotube (CNT) catalysts through the microcontact printing of iron-loaded poly(styrene-block-acrylic acid) (PS-b-PAA) micellar solutions onto silicon wafers coated with thin aluminum oxide (Al(2)O(3)) layers. The amphiphilic block copolymer, PS-b-PAA, forms spherical…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesBlock Copolymer Self-AssemblyNanofabrication and Lithography Techniques
Min‐Su Kim、Dong‐Woo Kim、Subhendu Ray Chowdhury 等 4 位作者2006-08-23Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Abstract Hydrophobic polymers such as polyethylene and polypropylene are very difficult to use for preparing nanocomposites without a compatibilizer. However, in this study, polybutadiene rubber (BR; a hydrophobic polymer) nanocomposites were produced successfully without a compatibilizer with a melt‐compounding metho…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesPolymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesPolymer composites and self-healing
Tatsuya Nabeshima、Hayato Miyazaki、Atsushi Iwasaki 等 7 位作者2006-08-23Chemistry Letters
Abstract Homo metal cluster containing seven Zn atoms was efficiently synthesized in high yield via a template effect of a trisaloph ligand and characterized by NMR, MS, X-ray crystallography, etc. The homo cluster can be converted quantitatively to Zn3·La hetero metal cluster.
Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsMagnetism in coordination complexesNanocluster Synthesis and Applications
Jeong Hak Lim、Jun Sung Kang、Hyoung Chan Kim 等 5 位作者2006-08-23Inorganic Chemistry
Two cyano-bridged Cu(II)-M(V) [M = Mo (2), W (3)] complexes formed by self-assembly of octacyanometalates [M(CN)8]3- (M = Mo, W) with a new molecular precursor [Cu(L2)]2+ (1) (L2 = a macrocyclic ligand) in a 2:3 ratio have been investigated in terms of structures and magnetic behaviors. The M2Cu3 repeating unit of bot…
Magnetism in coordination complexesLanthanide and Transition Metal ComplexesOrganic and Molecular Conductors Research
Gerard Lligadas、Juan C. Ronda、Marina Galià 等 4 位作者2006-08-23Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry
Abstract A new phosphorous‐containing fatty acid diepoxide was obtained from 10‐undecenoyl chloride and 10‐(2′,5′‐dihydroxyphenyl)‐9,10‐dihydro‐9‐oxa‐10‐phosphaphenanthrene‐10‐oxide and crosslinked with 4,4′‐diaminodiphenylmethane and bis( m ‐aminophenyl)methylphosphine oxide. The properties of the thermosetting mater…
biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesFlame retardant materials and propertiesSynthesis and properties of polymers
Márcia Cristina Branciforti、Lucineide Balbino da Silva、R. E. S. Bretas2006-08-23Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Abstract The polarized infrared (IR) spectroscopy technique was used to evaluate the surface uniaxial molecular orientation of films of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), two thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers (LCPs), Vectra®A950 and Rodrun®LC5000, and their blends obtained by extrusion. The molecular orientati…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsPolymer crystallization and propertiesPolymer Nanocomposites and Properties
Masakazu Tanaka、Robert J. Young2006-08-23Biomacromolecules
Molecular orientation distributions in the crystalline and amorphous regions of a biaxially oriented poly(L-lactic acid) film were analyzed fully by polarized Raman spectroscopy. Raman bands at 926 and 875 cm(-1) were chosen for the determination of the most probable molecular orientation distribution functions for th…
Food composition and propertiesNanocomposite Films for Food Packagingbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
Magdy K. Zahran、Mohamed Rehan2006-08-23Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Abstract When the flax fibers (machine tow) were treated with KMnO 4 solution, MnO 2 was deposited over‐all the fiber surface. The amount of MnO 2 deposited relied on the KMnO 4 concentration. Subjecting the flax‐containing MnO 2 to a solution consisting of monomer (acrylic acid, AA) and citric acid, CA (or any acid u…
Natural Fiber Reinforced Compositesbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
S.Gomez Torres、Ingo Pantenburg、Gerd Meyer2006-08-23Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie
Abstract Anhydrous europium(III) acetate, Eu(OAc) 3 ( 1 ), its sesquihydrate Eu(OAc) 3 (H 2 O) 1.5 = [Eu 2 (OAc) 6 (H 2 O)](H 2 O) 2 ( 2 ) and the “hydrogendiacetate” [Eu(H(OAc) 2 ) 3 ](H 2 O) = [Eu 2 (OAc) 6 (HOAc) 2 (H 2 O) 2 ](HOAc) 4 ( 3 ) were obtained as colourless single crystals by direct oxidation of europium…
Magnetism in coordination complexesRadioactive element chemistry and processingLanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes
Aju Joseph、Snoopy George、Kuruvilla Joseph 等 4 位作者2006-08-23Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Abstract The melting and crystallization behaviors of isotactic polypropylene (PP)/acrylonitrile–butadiene rubber (NBR) blends were investigated with differential scanning calorimetry. The samples were scanned at a heating rate of 20°C/min in a nitrogen atmosphere. The effects of blend ratio, compatibilizer, and fille…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesPolymer Nanocomposites and Propertiesbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties