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Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) were covalently modified with DNA via carbodiimide-assisted amidation, yielding a highly water-soluble adduct. The specific and nonspecific interactions between DNA and SWNTs were examined by UV−vis spectroscopy and confocal fluorescence microscopy. Fluorescence imaging of individ…
Solvothermal synthesis in a monodentate ligand, namely, n-butylamine, is a general route for the synthesis of semiconductor chalcogenide nanorods from cheap inorganic reactants. The amine proved to be a good shape controller for producing CdS, CdSe, ZnSe, and PbSe nanorods (see picture) under relatively mild condition…
Bulk quantities of single-crystal MoO3 nanobelts were synthesized by a low-temperature, simple solution method without using any templates or catalysts. X-ray powder diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, selected area electron diffraction, and energy-dispersiv…
Abstract Residual lignocellulosic flour from spruce and ground olive stone was used as a natural filler in poly(hydroxybutyrate‐co‐valerate) (PHBV)‐based composites. The morphology and the thermal properties of these composites were investigated by scanning electron microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry, re…
Nanoelectrode arrays (NEAs) were fabricated from low site density aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The CNTs were grown by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition on Ni nanoparticles made by electrochemical deposition. Each nanotube is separated from the nearest neighbor by several micrometers. NEAs of 1 cm 2 consist…
Mg–Ni alloy thin films were prepared by dc magnetron sputtering using Mg and Ni targets, and their optical switching property for hydrogen exposure has been investigated. Pd-capped MgNix (0.1<x<0.3) films show a good switchable mirror property. Optical transmittance of these Mg-rich Mg–Ni thin films in t…
The adsorption of rare gases on metal surfaces serve as the paradigm of weak adsorption where it is typically assumed that the adsorbate occupies maximally coordinated hollow sites. Density-functional theory calculations using the full-potential linearized augmented plane wave method for Xe adatoms on Mg(0001), Al(111…
A lattice Boltzmann (LB) scheme is described which recovers the equations developed by Qian--Sheng for the hydrodynamics of a nematic liquid crystal with a tensor order parameter. The standard mesoscopic LB scalar density is generalised to a tensor quantity and the macroscopic momentum, density and tensor order parame…
A generalization of the Anderson model that includes pseudo-Jahn-Teller impurity coupling is proposed to describe distortions of an endohedral impurity in a carbon nanotube. Treating the distortion within mean-field theory, spontaneous axial symmetry breaking is found when the vibronic coupling strength g exceeds a cr…
We review some of the current research on two of the ultra-high piezoelectric relaxors Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 (PMN) and Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3 (PZN). The discovery of a monoclinic phase in Pb(Zr1-xTix)O3 (PZT) in 1999 by Noheda et al. forced a reassessment of the structural symmetries found near the morphotropic phase boundary in…
Modeling of materials systems for long times commonly requires the use of separation of time scale methods. We discuss this general approach and present two example systems, a-Si3B3N7 and the generation of homogeneous sinters.
Carbon nanotubes are chiral molecular objects and therefore exist in two forms that are each other’s mirror image. Many aspects of these fascinating new materials have recently been explored but their chirality has hardly been addressed. We have investigated the charge transport through individual single-walled carbon…
A comprehensive investigation is presented on the factors governing the photoluminescence (PL) quantum yields (QYs) and size dispersion of colloidal CdSe nanocrystals. The temporal evolution of the ensemble PL properties (absorption and luminescence spectra, QYs and lifetimes) during growth at different temperatures (…
Yes, [email protected]12 is icosahedral! We provide experimental verification of the recently proposed new class of gold clusters. Anion photoelectron spectroscopy and relativistic density functional calculations were used to show that both [email protected]12 and [email protected]12 are highly stable icosahedral clus…
Upcycled synthesis and extraction of carbon‐encapsulated iron carbide nanoparticles for gap Plasmon applications in perovskite solar cells,
Abstract Several polymer‐layered silicate (clay) nanocomposites (PLSNs) were analyzed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction (XRD) in an effort to characterize the nanoscale dispersion of the layered silicate. The PLSNs investigated included thermoset (cyanate esters) and thermoplas…
Monodisperse samples of silver nanocubes were synthesized in large quantities by reducing silver nitrate with ethylene glycol in the presence of poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP). These cubes were single crystals and were characterized by a slightly truncated shape bounded by [100], [110], and [111] facets. The presence o…
Abstract An aqueous solution of glycerol was applied to a polymeric biomaterial, leather, to evaluate its effects on the physical properties of leather, particularly stiffness. The initial strain energy, Young's modulus, and acoustic‐emission methods were used to characterize the stiffness of the resultant leather tre…
The S-function potential for single-site particles has been recently introduced as an extension of the Gay–Berne potential. With the S-function potential, we can model particles of other and, possibly, more realistic shapes than Gaussian overlap ellipsoids and we can simulate mixtures in a systematic manner. As an exa…
We have developed a new method for the synthesis of Pd nanoparticles with controllable sizes within a silica matrix using solid-supported surfactants in supercritical CO2. XRD, HRTEM and CO chemisorption data show that unformly sized Pd nanoparticles are evenly distributed within the porous silica and are chemically t…