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Temperature scanning Fourier transform infrared, TS-FTIR, spectroscopy of various amorphous sugar matrixes was conducted to investigate the relationship between the glass transition temperature, T(g), of an amorphous sugar matrix and the nature of the hydrogen bonds in the matrix. An amorphous sugar matrix was prepare…
We developed a unique method to produce ZnO thin films by kinetically controlled catalytic hydrolysis of a molecular precursor at low temperature, operating in conjunction with the vectorial control of crystal growth. Using a system in which the diffusion of a volatile catalyst into a solution of molecular precursor o…
High-precision nanocasting using crystalline ceria/zirconia nanoparticle sols is employed for successful replication of hierarchical wood tissue. Full retention of the spiraling cellulose microfibril orientation after template removal is unambiguously proved for the first time using small angle X-ray scattering (see f…
It is often assumed that crystal structures have to be obtained at sufficiently high resolution in order to perform macromolecular refinement. In several recent structures, the threshold of what is considered ;acceptable' has been pushed to lower diffraction resolutions. Here, considerations and modifications to stand…
[reaction: see text] A simple-structured molecule L1, a diethylenetriamine bearing two end pyrene fragments, demonstrates triple-mode fluorescence consisting of monomer and short- and long-lived excimer emissions in water, which are precisely controlled by pH and an addition of a less-polar organic solvent.
Growth of polymer brushes from solid substrates is an attractive method for generating robust surfaces with controlled properties and functionality. This work demonstrates enhanced control over such films through variation of the areal density of the immobilized initiators used for their growth. Reaction of mercaptoun…
A pulse radiolytic investigation has been conducted to establish whether a redox reaction takes place between dopaquinone and 5,6-dihydroxyindole (DHI) and its 2-carboxylic acid (DHICA) and to measure the rate constants of the interactions. To obviate possible confounding reactions, such as nucleophilic addition, the…
The first self-assembly of nanoscale metallodendrimers that have a hexagonal cavity as a core via the directional-bonding approach is reported. All metallodendrimers were characterized by multinuclear NMR (1H and 31P), mass spectrometry (ESI-MS and ESI-FT-ICR), and elemental analysis.
[structure: see text] New dicyanovinyl-substituted 1-(alkyl)aryl-2-(2'-thienyl)pyrroles 2 were synthesized and characterized. The solvatochromic behavior of the synthesized compounds was investigated. All the derivatives showed reversible oxidation and reduction on the CV time scale. The hyperpolarizabilities (beta) o…
The pentose metabolism of Archaea is largely unknown. Here, we have employed an integrated genomics approach including DNA microarray and proteomics analyses to elucidate the catabolic pathway for D-arabinose in Sulfolobus solfataricus. During growth on this sugar, a small set of genes appeared to be differentially ex…
A procedure for fitting of ligands to electron-density maps by first fitting a core fragment of the ligand to density and then extending the remainder of the ligand into density is presented. The approach was tested by fitting 9327 ligands over a wide range of resolutions (most are in the range 0.8-4.8 A) from the Pro…
Bi2S3 colloidal nanocrystals have been synthesized through a heterogeneous gram-scale hot-injection method yielding a low-polydispersity, shape-controlled product (dots or rods). Plasma polymerization of nanocrystal assemblies into flexible films is demonstrated (see figure) and characterized.
Steady-state current flow through a nonuniform medium generally alters the local carrier density. In particular, driving conventional high-mobility charge carriers through a region in which they collapse into low-mobility small polarons propels the small-polaron density beyond its equilibrium value. There are two cont…
Temperature and applied magnetic field dependent magnetization measurements on 34 single crystalline samples of (R, R',R''...)Ni2Ge2 compounds (R, R', R'', etc. being primarily Gd-Lu, Y), were made. These measurements reveal that, despite extremes in local moment anisotropy, the average de Gennes parameter is a remark…
We present a model for the disorder of the heterointerfaces in GaAs quantum wells including long-range components like monolayer island formation induced by the surface diffusion during the epitaxial growth process. Taking into account both interfaces, a disorder potential for the exciton motion in the quantum well pl…
A solvent-free electrically conductive glue using conducting PEDOT:PSS is reported. This electric glue exhibits a conductivity of 102 S cm–1, and can effectively laminate various materials electrically and mechanically. The organic electronic devices fabricated through a lamination process using this electric glue exh…
Photoinduced polymer actuation by relieving stress unevenly through the thickness of a chemically crosslinked, rubbery polymer upon light exposure is demonstrated (see figure). The sensitivity of this method to light is greater than previously developed photoinduced actuation techniques, as the recurring chain-transfe…
A series of ternary tetrapodal nanocrystals of CdSe(x)Te(1-x) with x = 0 (CdTe), 0.23, 0.53, 0.78, 1 (CdSe) were synthesized and used to fabricate hybrid nanocrystal/polymer solar cells. Herein, the nanocrystals acted as electron acceptors, and poly(2-methoxy-5-(2'-ethyl-hexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene vinylene) (MEH-PPV) was…
Magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) with partially oxidized 9 ÅAlO$_x$-barriers were recently shown to have the necessary characteristics to be used as magnetoresistive sensors in high-density storage devices. Here we study dielectric breakdown in such underoxidized magnetic tunnel junctions, focusing on its dependence o…
Metal-semiconductor contacts play a key role in electronics. Here we show that for quasi-one dimensional (Q1D) structures such as nanotubes and nanowires, side contact with the metal only leads to weak band realignment, in contrast with bulk metal-semiconductor contacts. Schottky barriers are much reduced compared wit…