Jiwei Zhai、Haydn Chen2003-04-17Applied Physics Letters
Antiferroelectric PbZrO3 films had been grown on LaNiO3/Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si wafers using a sol-gel process. The electric field-induced antiferroelectric (AFE) to ferroelectric (FE) phase switching behaviors was examined by the polarization versus electrical field measurements as a function of temperature and film thickness.…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMultiferroics and related materialsAcoustic Wave Resonator Technologies
Jifa Qi、Angela M. Belcher、John White2003-04-17Applied Physics Letters
Photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy of individual silicon nanowires has been investigated. A narrow emission band (85 meV) was observed associated with a fast luminescence decay in the picosecond region and is considered due to the recombination relaxation of confined electronic states. The optical anisotropy was foun…
Silicon Nanostructures and PhotoluminescenceNanowire Synthesis and ApplicationsSemiconductor materials and interfaces
Jin Huang、Lina Zhang、Fangeng Chen2003-04-17Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Abstract A series of biodegradable plastics from soy protein isolate (SPI) and lignosulfonate (LS) with a weight ratio of 0:10 to 6:4 were prepared with 40 wt % glycerol as a plasticizer by compression molding. Their properties were investigated by wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction (WAXD), differential scanning calorimetry…
Nanocomposite Films for Food Packagingbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesLignin and Wood Chemistry
Weibing Xu、Guodong Liang、Wei Wang 等 6 位作者2003-04-17Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Abstract The melt‐direct intercalation method was employed to prepare poly(propylene) (PP)–maleic anhydride grafted poly(propylene) (PP‐g‐MAH)–organic‐montmorillonite (Org‐MMT) nanocomposites. X‐ray diffractometry (XRD) was used to investigate the intercalation effect, crystallite size, and crystal cell parameter in t…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesPolymer Nanocomposites and Propertiesbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
Xiaozhou Liao、A. Serquis、Q. X. Jia 等 6 位作者2003-04-17Applied Physics Letters
Transmission electron microscopy was used to probe the compositions of individual Co–Mo bimetal catalyst particles and the morphologies of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) catalyzed by these particles under flowing carbon monoxide at 700 °C. It was found that the composition of the catalyst particle at a CNT tip and the distri…
Advancements in Battery MaterialsCarbon Nanotubes in CompositesGraphene research and applications
Fengxia Hu、Maxim Ilyn、A.M. Tishin 等 9 位作者2003-04-17Journal of Applied Physics
The magnetocaloric effect was investigated in LaFe11.7Si1.3, which undergoes a first-order transition at ∼188 K from the ferromagnetic to paramagnetic state. The magnetic entropy change upon a field increase from 0 to 5 T is as large as 29 J/kg K (212 mJ/cm3 K). The adiabatic temperature change obtained via direct mea…
Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsRare-earth and actinide compoundsMagnetic Properties of Alloys
Fritz Vollrath、Patrick Barth、A Basedow 等 5 位作者2003-04-17PubMed
Spider silks were implanted subcutaneously in pigs for a study of the tolerance against this material. Four types of spider silks of high purity and cleanliness were implanted: (i) major ampullate dragline silk reeled from the golden silk spider Nephila clavipes, (ii) native (unsterilised) silk reeled from a Brachypel…
Antimicrobial Peptides and ActivitiesSilk-based biomaterials and applicationsSilkworms and Sericulture Research
K. Zahn、Ada Wille、G. Maret 等 5 位作者2003-04-17Physical Review Letters
Elastic constants of two-dimensional (2D) colloidal crystals are determined by measuring strain fluctuations induced by Brownian motion of particles. Paramagnetic colloids confined to an air-water interface of a pendant drop are crystallized under the action of a magnetic field, which is applied perpendicular to the 2…
Material Dynamics and PropertiesTheoretical and Computational PhysicsAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Daniel Burkey、Karen K. Gleason2003-04-17Journal of Applied Physics
Pulsed-plasma chemical vapor deposition of 1,3,5-trimethyl-1,3,5-trivinylcyclotrisiloxane (V3D3) and water produced thin films with significant Si–OH content. Subsequent annealing of the films resulted in condensation of proximal Si–OH groups, further generating a Si–O–Si network and strengthening the film. Fourier-tr…
Thin-Film Transistor TechnologiesTransition Metal Oxide NanomaterialsCopper Interconnects and Reliability
Anju Dixit、S. B. Majumder、Ram S. Katiyar 等 4 位作者2003-04-17Applied Physics Letters
In the present work, we have reported the phase transition behavior of sol–gel-derived BaZr0.4Ti0.6O3 (BZT40) thin films. The dielectric properties of these films were measured as a function of temperature in the frequency range of 1 kHz to 1 MHz. A broad dielectric anomaly coupled with the shift of dielectric maxima…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMicrowave Dielectric Ceramics SynthesisDielectric properties of ceramics
Marie‐Laure Bocquet、Angelos Michaelides、David Loffreda 等 6 位作者2003-04-17Journal of the American Chemical Society
Reaction mechanisms and activation energies for the complete conversion of ethene to ethene epoxide on two recently characterized oxidized Ag{111} surfaces have been determined from density functional theory. On both surfaces, epoxidation proceeds through a two-step nonconcerted mechanism via an oxametallacycle interm…
Catalytic Processes in Materials SciencePorphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistryCatalysis and Oxidation Reactions
Daisuke Ito、Norifumi Fujimura、Takeshi Yoshimura 等 4 位作者2003-04-17Journal of Applied Physics
Ferroelectric properties of YMnO3 epitaxial films were studied. The ferroelectric properties of epitaxially grown (0001) YMnO3 films on (111)Pt/(0001)sapphire (epi-YMO/Pt) with an excellent crystallinity were compared to (0001)-oriented poly crystalline films on (111)Pt/ZrO2/SiO2/Si. The epi-YMO/Pt had saturated polar…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMagnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsMultiferroics and related materials
Jinwoo Lee、Jaeyun Kim、Taeghwan Hyeon2003-04-17Chemical Communications
Bimodal mesoporous silica material composed of 30-40 nm sized nanoparticles with 3.5 nm sized three-dimensionally interconnected mesopores was synthesized under neutral conditions using sodium silicate as a silica source. Using the bimodal mesoporous silica as a template, bimodal mesoporous carbon having 4 nm sized fr…
Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceZeolite Catalysis and SynthesisMesoporous Materials and Catalysis
Th. Blochowicz、Ch. Tschirwitz、St. Benkhof 等 4 位作者2003-04-17The Journal of Chemical Physics
In order to describe the slow response of a glass former, we discuss some distributions of correlation times, e.g., a generalized gamma distribution (GG) and an extension thereof (GGE), the latter allowing us to reproduce a simple peak susceptibility such as of the Cole–Davidson type as well as a susceptibility exhibi…
Material Dynamics and PropertiesGlass properties and applicationsThermodynamic properties of mixtures
Ling Chen、Shing‐Chung Wong、Sreekumar Pisharath2003-04-17Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Abstract Maleic anhydride‐modified polypropylene was compounded with commercially available surface‐modified montmorillonite in a twin‐screw extruder. Recompounding ensured the removal of visible tactoids from the extrudate but TEM and XRD techniques showed nonuniform dispersion of clay platelets. In this study, we in…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesPolymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesTribology and Wear Analysis
Jui‐Ming Yeh、Chih‐Ping Chin、S. Chang2003-04-17Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Abstract A series of electronically conductive nanocomposite materials that consisted of soluble polypyrrole (PPY) and layered montmorillonite (MMT) clay platelets were prepared by effectively dispersing the inorganic nanolayers of MMT clay in organic PPY matrix via an in situ oxidative polymerization with dodecylbenz…
Conducting polymers and applicationsAnalytical Chemistry and SensorsSmart Materials for Construction
Min Gao、Jian‐Min Zuo、R. D. Twesten 等 6 位作者2003-04-17Applied Physics Letters
In this letter, we report an electron diffraction determination of chiral vectors (n,m) of individual single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). Electron diffraction patterns from individual SWNTs were recorded on imaging plates using a parallel electron beam over a section of tube of ∼50 nm long. Using two tubes of 1.39 a…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesGraphene research and applicationsAdvanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
R. P. Doerner、D.G. Whyte、D. M. Goebel2003-04-17Journal of Applied Physics
The sputtering yields of molybdenum, titanium, beryllium, and carbon have been measured during xenon ion bombardment from a plasma in the energy range between 10 and 200 eV. The erosion rates of Mo, Be, and C are measured both spectroscopically in the plasma and using the standard weight loss technique. Spectroscopic…
Fusion materials and technologiesNuclear Materials and PropertiesIon-surface interactions and analysis
Jan Swenson、Stefan Adams2003-04-17Physical Review Letters
We have applied the bond-valence technique to reverse Monte Carlo produced structural models of mixed alkali phosphate glasses in order to elucidate the mixed alkali effect (MAE) in glasses. For the first time, the MAE is reproduced and understood directly from structural models in quantitative agreement with availabl…
Luminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsMaterial Dynamics and PropertiesGlass properties and applications
Guangyu Zhang、Xin Jiang、Enge Wang2003-04-17Science
We report the synthesis of tubular graphite cones using a chemical vapor deposition method. The cones have nanometer-sized tips, micrometer-sized roots, and hollow interiors with a diameter ranging from about 2 to several tens of nanometers. The cones are composed of cylindrical graphite sheets; a continuous shortenin…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesGraphene research and applicationsMolecular Junctions and Nanostructures