Di Zhou、Hong Wang、Xi Yao 等 6 位作者2007-04-23Applied Physics Letters
Phase transformation from β-BiNbO4 to α-BiNbO4 in BiNbO4 bulk samples was studied. From x-ray diffraction patterns, the transformation from β to α phase of BiNbO4 could be observed by heating the bulk samples of β-BiNbO4 from low temperatures to 700–1030°C. Such a transformation did not occur in powder samples and in…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMicrowave Dielectric Ceramics SynthesisThermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity
Jan Kalfus、J. Jancar2007-04-23Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics
Abstract Fundamental principles of polymer physics were used for description of relaxation behavior of polymer chain near solid surface. In a nanocomposite, considerable portion of polymer matrix is in contact with the filler surface even at very low filler loadings. In this study, nanocomposite was considered as a tw…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesPolymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesPolymer Nanocomposite Synthesis and Irradiation
Hiroshi Fujihisa、Yuichi Akahama、Haruki Kawamura 等 9 位作者2007-04-23Physical Review Letters
There are six known phases for phosphorus at room temperature under high pressure. Only the structure of phase IV, which exists from 107 GPa to 137 GPa, remains unsolved. We performed a powder x-ray diffraction experiment and a Rietveld analysis and successfully determined its structure to be an incommensurately modul…
High-pressure geophysics and materialsCrystallography and molecular interactionsCrystal Structures and Properties
I. A. Ovid’ko、A. G. Sheĭnerman2007-04-23Applied Physics Letters
A special mechanism of strain hardening in deformed nanocrystalline materials (NCMs) is suggested and theoretically described. The mechanism represents generation of disclination dipoles at grain boundaries (GBs) due to GB sliding. It is shown that special strain hardening can effectively suppress plastic flow instabi…
Microstructure and mechanical propertiesHigh-Velocity Impact and Material BehaviorPowder Metallurgy Techniques and Materials
Kunquan Hong、Maohai Xie、Rong Hu 等 4 位作者2007-04-23Applied Physics Letters
Tungsten oxide W18O49 nanowires with diameters of 10–20nm were synthesized with high yield by thermal evaporation in a tube furnace. By heating tungsten trioxide powder at 900°C in vacuum (5×10−3torr), W18O49 nanowires with diameters of 10–20nm and lengths up to micrometers were produced with high yield on the Au-coat…
ZnO doping and propertiesGas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsTransition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
Yuhan Li、Rikizo Hatakeyama、Jun Shishido 等 5 位作者2007-04-23Applied Physics Letters
The authors report electrical transport properties of p-n junction based on semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). The formation of p-n junction is realized in SWCNTs, which are encapsulated with Fe nanoparticles at low filling fractions. The devices exhibit an excellent rectifying behavior, and no cu…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesAnalog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Designstochastic dynamics and bifurcation
Yuquan Wang、Zhengcao Li、Xing Sheng 等 4 位作者2007-04-23The Journal of Chemical Physics
A two-step method was proposed in synthesizing V2O5 nanorods on planar substrates, i.e., depositing a V2O3 thin film at approximately 220 degrees C (by heating a pure sheet of vanadium in a rough vacuum) and then heating it in air at approximately 400 degrees C. The V2O5 nanorods produced by this technique are single…
ZnO doping and propertiesGas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsTransition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
R M、X L Wei、Lun Dai 等 5 位作者2007-04-23Nanotechnology
High quality single-crystal CdS nanowire (NW) networks have been synthesized on Si(111) substrates via the chemical vapour deposition method. X-ray diffraction and selected area electron diffraction show that the NWs in the networks grow along the directions and their (0001) crystal planes are parallel to the Si(111)…
Quantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsNanowire Synthesis and Applications
Harish Kumar Yadav、K. Sreenivas、Vinay Gupta2007-04-23Applied Physics Letters
Enhanced ultraviolet (UV) photoresponse is observed in rf magnetron sputtered ZnO thin films interfaced with ultrathin overlayers of different metals (Al, Cu, Sn, Pb, Au, and Te). Electrons transferred from a metal layer to the semiconductor at the interface compensate the surface states and increase the dark conducti…
ZnO doping and propertiesGas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsGa2O3 and related materials
Wei Tian、V. Vaithyanathan、Darrell G. Schlom 等 7 位作者2007-04-23Applied Physics Letters
Epitaxial growth of (0001)-oriented BiFeO3 thin films on the (0001) surface of GaN has been realized using intervening epitaxial (111) SrTiO3∕(100) TiO2 buffer layers. The epitaxial BiFeO3 thin films have two in-plane orientations: [112¯0]BiFeO3‖[112¯0]GaN plus a twin variant related by a 180° in-plane rotation. BiFeO…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMagnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsMultiferroics and related materials
Andrew J. Archer、Paul Hopkins、Matthias Schmidt2007-04-23Physical Review E
We show that one may view the self-part and the distinct-part of the van Hove dynamic correlation function of a simple fluid as the one-body density distributions of a binary mixture that evolve in time according to dynamical density functional theory. For a test case of soft-core Brownian particles the theory yields…
Phase Equilibria and ThermodynamicsMaterial Dynamics and PropertiesTheoretical and Computational Physics
James N. Wilking、Thomas G. Mason2007-04-23Physical Review E
Many materials weaken through fracturing when subjected to extreme stresses. By contrast, we show that breaking down repulsive bits of matter dispersed in a viscous liquid can cause a dramatic and irreversible increase in the dispersion's elasticity. Anionically stabilized microscale emulsions subjected to a history o…
Proteins in Food SystemsPickering emulsions and particle stabilizationBiocrusts and Microbial Ecology
R. S. Ningthoujam、V. Sudarsan、S.V. Godbole 等 6 位作者2007-04-23Applied Physics Letters
Sn O 2 : Eu 3 + nanoparticles uniformly dispersed in TiO2 matrix were prepared at 185°C in ethylene glycol. Unlike in SnO2:Eu3+, significant improvement in the exciton mediated energy transfer between SnO2 and Eu3+ ions was observed when SnO2:Eu3+ nanoparticles are dispersed in TiO2 matrix, and this is attributed to e…
Luminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsPerovskite Materials and ApplicationsGas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
Jochen Salber、Stefan Gräter、Marc Harwardt 等 13 位作者2007-04-23Small
Mechanical stress is a decisive factor for the differentiation, proliferation, and general behavior of cells. However, the specific signaling of mechanotransduction is not fully understood. One basic problem is the clear distinction between the different extracellular matrix (ECM) constituents that participate in cell…
Cellular Mechanics and InteractionsPolymer Surface Interaction StudiesNanofabrication and Lithography Techniques
Youngkuk Kim、Kwangsik Jeong、M.-H. Cho 等 6 位作者2007-04-23Applied Physics Letters
Changes in the electronic structures of Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST) and N-doped Ge2Sb2Te5 film during the phase transition from an amorphous to a crystalline phase were studied using synchrotron radiation high-resolution x-ray photoemission spectroscopy. The changes in tetrahedral and octahedral coordinated Ge 3d peaks are closel…
Glass properties and applicationsChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsPhase-change materials and chalcogenides
M. I. Eremets、Alexander Gavriliuk、Ivan Trojan2007-04-23Applied Physics Letters
The authors synthesized polymeric nitrogen at pressures above 110GPa with laser heating above 2000K. To prove its cubic gauche (cg) structure, the authors have grown single crystals which produced strong reflections at large diffraction angles. The authors found nine peaks in the 2Θ=35° range with a special diamond an…
High-pressure geophysics and materialsDiamond and Carbon-based Materials ResearchCatalysis and Oxidation Reactions
L. Qiao、Weitao Zheng、H. Xu 等 5 位作者2007-04-23The Journal of Chemical Physics
The geometrical structures and field emission properties of pristine and N-doped capped (5,5) single-walled carbon nanotubes have been investigated using first-principles density-functional theory. The structures of N-doped carbon nanotubes are stable under field emission conditions. The calculated work function of N-…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesGraphene research and applicationsBoron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research
Chunyu Li、Tsu-Wei Chou2007-04-23Applied Physics Letters
A versatile simulation method for modeling percolation in nanocomposites containing multiple fillers of arbitrary shapes is proposed. The regular or irregular filler shape is approximated by a polygon. The contact status between two fillers is identified by a sequential side-by-side procedure. An effective fitting app…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesPolymer crystallization and propertiesPolymer Nanocomposites and Properties
R. Pérez‐Casero、J. Perrière、Araceli Gutiérrez‐Llorente 等 7 位作者2007-04-23Physical Review B
An oxygen-deficient phase has been formed by pulsed-laser ablation of strontium titanate under vacuum conditions $({10}^{\ensuremath{-}7}\phantom{\rule{0.3em}{0ex}}\mathrm{mbar})$. By the complementary use of Rutherford backscattering spectrometry and x-ray diffraction, the composition and structure of films were dete…
Semiconductor materials and devicesMagnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Yongxia Zhang、Kadir Aslan、Michael J. R. Previte 等 4 位作者2007-04-23Applied Physics Letters
In this letter, the authors report the observation of metal-enhanced fluorescence emission from fluorophores deposited on copper (Cu) substrates. Different thicknesses of Cu particulate films (from 1 to 5nm) were deposited onto glass slides using thermal vapor deposition. Fluorophores positioned in close proximity to…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesPlasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research