Masahiro Seo、Yoko Serizawa2003-01-01Journal of The Electrochemical Society
The changes in surface stress of a platinum electrode in acidic and alkaline sulfate or alkaline fluoride solutions were measured by the bending-beam method in connection with the surface oxygenation reaction of platinum. The surface stress exhibited a maximum in the electrical double layer potential region of platinu…
Corrosion Behavior and InhibitionElectrochemical Analysis and ApplicationsAnalytical Chemistry and Sensors
T. Hirai、M. Rubel、V. Philips 等 10 位作者2003-01-01Physica Scripta
Tungsten and tantalum were examined in the TEXTOR tokamak as test limiters in order to compare their performance under plasma operation and to recognise fuel recycling on endothermic (W) and exothermic (Ta) hydrogen absorbers. Differences have been noticed in the distribution and microstructure of co-deposits, in the…
Magnetic confinement fusion researchFusion materials and technologiesNuclear Materials and Properties
Tetsuji Saito2003-01-01MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS
The microstructures and magnetic properties of Co90−xZr10+x (x=0–20) alloy ingots and those melt-spun ribbons were examined in order to clarify the phase and microstructure of the Co–Zr system alloys. The Co90Zr10 alloy ingot and melt-spun ribbon consisted of Co, Co23Zr6, and Co11Zr2 phases. Although the Co80Zr20 allo…
Rare-earth and actinide compoundsMagnetic Properties of AlloysMetallurgical and Alloy Processes
H. T. A. Wilderbeek、Mark G. M. van der Meer、Martijn Jansen 等 9 位作者2003-01-01Liquid Crystals
Novel phenyl benzoate-based and biphenyl-based liquid crystalline thiol-ene monomers were synthesized and their properties investigated. By varying the bridging unit and spacer length, the type of mesophase can be tuned from the low ordered nematic and smectic A phase in the case of the phenyl benzoate-based monomers,…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsSurfactants and Colloidal SystemsPhotochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
Andreas Gisler、Thomas Bürgi、Alfons Baiker2003-01-01Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
The epoxidation of cyclohexene over titania–silica aerogel catalysts using t-butylhydroperoxide (TBHP) was investigated by in situ attenuated total reflection (ATR) infrared spectroscopy. In order to distinguish between relevant and spectator species and to increase sensitivity, ATR was combined with modulation spectr…
Mesoporous Materials and CatalysisCatalysis and Oxidation ReactionsAerogels and thermal insulation
Jun‐ya Ueda、Yasuhiro Tezuka、Arjun H. Banskota 等 7 位作者2003-01-01Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
Sixteen cardenolides, two hemiterpenoids, two phenylpropanoids and a phenylethanoid isolated from the roots of Streptocaulon juventas (LOUR.) MERR. were examined for their antiproliferative activity toward three human-derived (HT-1080 fibrosarcoma, lung A549 adenocarcinoma, cervix HeLa adenocarcinoma) and three murine…
Natural product bioactivities and synthesisPhytochemical Studies and BioactivitiesPhytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds
Paritosh Mohanty、S. Ram2003-01-01Journal of Materials Chemistry
Dispersed Eu2O3 nanoparticles in amorphous Al2O3 have a strong photoemission in the visible 560 to 720 nm region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Four distinct bandgroups occur with the most intense band in the spectrum at ∼666 nm (contributing as much as 50% integrated intensity It in the four bands). The It value va…
Luminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsAnodic Oxide Films and NanostructuresGa2O3 and related materials
Hiromichi Sakamoto、Jianbei Qiu、Akio Makishima2003-01-01Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
Ultraviolet absorbing CeO2–TiO2 coatings were prepared by the sol–gel spin-coating process heat treated at 500 8C. The films obtained were brilliant yellow, adherent and had some pattern on the soda-lime glass substrate. The optical transmittance, thickness and hardness of the films as a function of the number of coat…
TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar CellsZnO doping and propertiesCatalytic Processes in Materials Science
G D'Anna、P Mayor、G Gremaud 等 5 位作者2003-01-01Europhysics Letters (EPL)
Motivated by recent experiments on the approach to jamming of a weakly forced granular medium using an immersed torsion oscillator ( Nature , 413 (2001) 407), we propose a simple model which relates the microscopic dynamics to macroscopic rearrangements and accounts for the following experimental facts: 1) the control…
Material Dynamics and PropertiesNonlinear Photonic SystemsQuantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect
Bingang Xu、Xiao Ming Tao2003-01-01Textile Research Journal
This paper is the first part of a series investigating yarn twist propagation in rotor spinning and methods to produce modified rotor spun yarns. Here. an integrated mechan ical approach is presented for dynamic twist distribution in the yarn-forming process from fibers collected in the rotor groove to the twisted yar…
Textile materials and evaluationsFluid Dynamics Simulations and InteractionsVibration and Dynamic Analysis
Pham Xuan Thao、Toshihide Tsuji、Masamichi Hashida 等 4 位作者2003-01-01Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan
High temperature thermoelectric properties of Ca1-xDyxMnO2.98 (x=0, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 0.20) have been measured in the temperature range from 300 to 1273K. Ca1-xDyxMnO2.98 (x=0.10, 0.15, 0.20) exhibited the metal-insulator transition in the relation between electrical resistivity and temperature, and the transition tem…
Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesMagnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsTransition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
Makoto Chiba、Masahiro Seo2003-01-01Journal of The Electrochemical Society
In situ (as kept at 0.25 V vs. SHE in solution) and ex situ (in air) nanoscratching tests were performed to the iron single crystal (110) and (100) surfaces passivated at 0.25 V (SHE) in pH 8.4 borate solution to evaluate the correlated mechanical and electrochemical properties, i.e. , mechanoelectrochemical propertie…
Corrosion Behavior and InhibitionMetal and Thin Film MechanicsHydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals
Yasuhide Nakayama、Akiko Furumoto、Satoru Kidoaki 等 4 位作者2003-01-01Photochemistry and Photobiology
In this study photoinduced cation generation, based on the photochemical properties of malachite green (MG), was used for the surface design and in vitro photochemical control of cell adhesion and proliferation. The MG-derivatized surface was prepared by coating a photoreactive polymer as a substrate onto a poly(ethyl…
Surface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityPolymer Surface Interaction StudiesNanofabrication and Lithography Techniques
Frank Schön、Wolfram Gronski2003-01-01Kautschuk Gummi Kunststoffe
The contribution of the filler network to the reinforcement of rubber is discussed for silica and organoclay-filled SBR. Mechanical and dynamic-mechanical experiments are performed to investigate the influence of the filler network and the data are fitted with a theoretical model. The percolation threshold is much low…
Structural Behavior of Reinforced ConcretePolymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesSilicone and Siloxane Chemistry
Shoichi Takenaka、Satoshi Sato、Ryōji Takahashi 等 4 位作者2003-01-01Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
MgO and NiO–MgO with large mesopores were prepared by using the corresponding nitrates and carboxylic acids. Their pore structures were characterized by N2 adsorption, and reduced Ni–MgO samples were used in the liquid-phase hydrogenation of ketone. The mesopore size of MgO was controllable with the alkyl-chain length…
Advanced ceramic materials synthesisMesoporous Materials and CatalysisLayered Double Hydroxides Synthesis and Applications
Sławomir Dutkiewicz、D. Grochowska-Łapienis、W. Tomaszewski2003-01-01Fibres and Textiles in Eastern Europe
In this work. the results of the synthesis of high molar weight poly(L(+) lactic acid) (PLA) which is able to thermally crystallise have been described. Such PLA can be used in fibre formation. The synthesis of poly(L(+) lactic acid) was carried out in a solution of o-dichlorobenzene, p-xylene, o-chlorotoluene, and di…
biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisSilicone and Siloxane Chemistry
Aurélie Lafuma、Sandrine Chodorowski‐Kimmès、Francis X. Quinn 等 4 位作者2003-01-01European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
Abstract The photochromism of two spiro compounds, a spiropyran and a spirooxazine, dissolved in alcoholic solutions of metal alkoxides M(OR) n (M = Zr, Al) has been studied. In the case of the aluminium alkoxide Al(O s Bu) 3 , special photochromic behaviour is observed characteristic of complexation between the colou…
Photochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryPhotoreceptor and optogenetics research
A. S. Baturin、I. N. Yeskin、Andrey Trufanov 等 6 位作者2003-01-01Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing Measurement and Phenomena
The electron gun with field emission cathode is developed. The cathode was made of a bundle of carbon fibers. Specific properties of electron gun with bundles of carbon fibers are related to mechanical displacement of carbon fibers in the bundle. Specific types of emission current instability in connection with mechan…
Scientific Measurement and Uncertainty EvaluationNuclear Physics and ApplicationsElectron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
Hidetoshi Somekawa、Hiroyuki Watanabe、Kenji Higashi2003-01-01MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS
Applicability of the diffusion bonding was examined in a superplastic magnesium alloy, AZ31, on two different grain sizes of 28 and 11 μm. In order to investigate the superplastic behavior, the tensile test was carried out at the strain rates from 10−4 to 10−2 s−1 at elevated temperatures. These materials showed a sup…
Microstructure and mechanical propertiesMagnesium Alloys: Properties and ApplicationsAluminum Alloys Composites Properties
Masamitsu Watanabe、Yasuhiro Higashi、Toshihiro Ichino2003-01-01Journal of The Electrochemical Society
We characterized corrosion products formed on copper plates exposed to different outdoor conditions in urban, rural/coastal, and hot spring areas by means of field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES). FE-SEM observation revealed that the surface morphology was different…
Corrosion Behavior and InhibitionGas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsConcrete Corrosion and Durability