Christophe Caloz、T. Itoh2004-06-01IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters
An array factor approach of leaky-wave (LW) antennas is proposed for efficient and fast computation of the radiation patterns of complex metamaterial LW structures of arbitrary length from the analysis of a single periodic unit cell. This approach is demonstrated in one-dimensional and two-dimensional composite right/…
Antenna Design and AnalysisMetamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsAdvanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
Jae Dong Chung、Alan J. H. McGaughey、Massoud Kaviany2004-06-01ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
The role of phonon dispersion in the prediction of the thermal conductivity of germanium between temperatures of 2 K and 1000 K is investigated using the Holland approach. If no dispersion is assumed, a large, nonphysical discontinuity is found in the transverse phonon relaxation time over the entire temperature range…
Graphene research and applicationsThermal properties of materialsThermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity
Marta Alfaro、S. C. Jarvis、Peter Gregory2004-06-01Soil Use and Management
Abstract. A set of lysimeter based experiments was carried out during 2000/01 to evaluate the impact of soil type and grassland management on potassium (K) leaching. The effects of (1) four soil textures (sand, loam, loam over chalk and clay), (2) grazing and cutting (with farmyard manure application), and (3) K appli…
Groundwater and Isotope GeochemistrySoil and Unsaturated FlowClay minerals and soil interactions
G.S. Duffó、Elvar Quezada-Castillo2004-06-01CORROSION
The corrosion behavior of dental alloys often is evaluated in artificial saliva solutions. In the literature, it was found that several solutions have been used, but no information indicating whether they really behave as natural saliva does, or whether they can be compared with each other, was mentioned. In the prese…
Corrosion Behavior and InhibitionHydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metalsConcrete Corrosion and Durability
Peter Erri、Pavol Pranda、Arvind Varma2004-06-01Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Aqueous (solution) combustion synthesis of iron oxide is investigated using iron(III) nitrate nonahydrate and three model fuels, each containing one specific functional group. The investigated ligands, in order of experimentally determined reactivity, are −NH 2 > −OH > −COOH, where only the amino group triggers a vigo…
Electrochemical Analysis and ApplicationsThermal and Kinetic AnalysisSubcritical and Supercritical Water Processes
Sungjoon Lim、Christophe Caloz、T. Itoh2004-06-01IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters
A novel electronically scanned periodic microstrip leaky-wave (LW) antenna based on the concept of composite right/left-handed (CRLH) metamaterials is presented. This antenna includes varactors modulating the capacitive loading of the unit cell and therefore the propagation constant of the structure, which results in…
Antenna Design and AnalysisMetamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsAdvanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
Wenhao Zhang、Xiao‐Bing Lu、Jinghai Xiu 等 9 位作者2004-06-01Advanced Functional Materials
Abstract Direct synthesis (co‐condensation reaction) and post‐synthesis reaction (grafting) are combined for the first time to efficiently fabricate bifunctionalized ordered mesoporous materials (OMMs). Ethylenediamine‐containing OMMs (ED‐MCM‐41) were first synthesized via direct synthesis and then further modified by…
Supercapacitor Materials and FabricationMesoporous Materials and CatalysisLayered Double Hydroxides Synthesis and Applications
Junhua Wu、Ling Bing Kong2004-06-01Applied Physics Letters
Complex permittivity spectra of the multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWNT)-epoxy composites with mass concentrations up to 25.9% were measured from 10 MHz to 20 GHz. The composites exhibit high real and imaginary relative permittivities over broad bandwidth, showing strong dependence on the MWNT loading. It is observed th…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesElectromagnetic wave absorption materialsDielectric materials and actuators
Alessandro Pegoretti、Elena Fabbri、Claudio Migliaresi 等 4 位作者2004-06-01Polymer International
Abstract E‐glass and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) fibres were used to produce both homogeneous and hybrid composites with an orthophthalic unsatured polyester resin. Results are presented regarding the tensile and impact behaviour of both intraply and interply hybrid composites, with particular regard to the effects of t…
Mechanical Behavior of CompositesNatural Fiber Reinforced CompositesTextile materials and evaluations
Arnulf Scheel、Hartmut Komber、Brigitte Voit2004-06-01Macromolecular Rapid Communications
Abstract Summary: Novel hyperbranched poly([1,2,3]‐triazole)s were synthesized from several AB 2 monomers by a 1,3‐dipolar cycloaddition reaction. The compound 3,5‐bis(propargyloxy)benzyl azide was polymerized thermally at room temperature leading to 1,4‐ and 1,5‐disubstituted poly([1,2,3]‐triazole) and catalytically…
RNA Interference and Gene DeliveryClick Chemistry and ApplicationsDendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers
N. G. Cogan2004-06-01Mathematical Medicine and Biology A Journal of the IMA
Although the initiation, development and control of biofilms has been an area of experimental investigation for more than three decades, the role of extra-cellular polymeric substance (EPS) has not been well studied. We present a mathematical description of the EPS matrix to study the development of heterogeneous biof…
Pickering emulsions and particle stabilizationBiocrusts and Microbial EcologySlime Mold and Myxomycetes Research
A. V. Kavokin、I. A. Shelykh、M. M. Glazov2004-06-01arXiv
Bose-condensation of mass-less quasiparticles (photons) can be easily achieved at the room temperature in lasers. On the other hand, condensation of bosons having a non-zero mass requires usually ultra-low temperatures. Recently, it has been shown that polaritons, which are half-light-half-matter quasi-particles, may…
Materials ScienceSuperconductivity
J. E. Villegas、E. M. Gonzalez、M. P. Gonzalez 等 5 位作者2004-06-01arXiv
A vortex lattice ratchet effect has been investigated in Nb films grown on arrays of nanometric Ni triangles, which induce periodic asymmetric pinning potentials. The vortex lattice motion yields a net dc-voltage when an ac driving current is applied to the sample and the vortex lattice moves through the field of asym…
Materials ScienceSuperconductivity
Dong Soo Hwang、Hyo Jin Yoo、Jong Hyub Jun 等 5 位作者2004-06-01Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Mussel adhesive proteins have been suggested as a basis for environmentally friendly adhesives for use in aqueous conditions and in medicine. However, attempts to produce functional and economical recombinant mussel adhesive proteins (mainly foot protein type 1) in several systems have failed. Here, the cDNA coding fo…
Polymer Surface Interaction StudiesAdhesion, Friction, and Surface InteractionsMarine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
Jean‐Benoît Le Cam、Bertrand Huneau、Erwan Verron 等 4 位作者2004-06-01Macromolecules
The present paper deals with the fatigue crack growth in a carbon black filled cis -1,4-polyisoprene rubber under relaxing loading conditions. The study focuses on the determination of the scenario of crack growth. For this purpose, an original “microcutting” method is employed to observe microscopic phenomena involve…
Polymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesElasticity and Material ModelingTribology and Wear Analysis
Roberto Caputo、Luciano De Sio、Alessandro Veltri 等 5 位作者2004-06-01Optics Letters
We present a new kind of UV-cured holographic grating that consists of polymer slices alternated with pure nematic films. By preventing the appearance of the nematic phase during the curing process, it is possible to avoid the formation of liquid-crystal droplets and obtain a sharp and uniform morphology, which reduce…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsPhotonic Crystals and ApplicationsPhotorefractive and Nonlinear Optics
Haihong Jiang、D. Pascal Kamdem2004-06-01Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology
Abstract Poly(vinyl chloride)/wood fiber (flour) composites are currently experiencing a dramatic increase in use. Most of them are used to produce window/door profiles, decking, railing, and siding by using conical counterrotating intermeshing twin‐screw extruders. Heat stabilizers, processing aids, impact modifiers,…
Polymer Nanocomposites and Propertiesbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesPolymer Foaming and Composites
D. M. Apalkov、P. B. Visscher2004-06-01arXiv
We describe a new approach to understanding and calculating magnetization switching rates and noise in the recently observed phenomenon of "spin-torque switching". In this phenomenon, which has possible applications to information storage, a large current passing from a pinned ferromagnetic (FM) layer to a free FM lay…
Materials Sciencecond-mat.stat-mech
M. D. Glinchuk、P. I. Bykov2004-06-01arXiv
We have performed the calculations of the size effect in the temperature dependence of BaTiO3 nanograin ceramics specific heat and dielectric permittivity. We took into account the distribution of the grain sizes, that exists in any real nanomaterial. This distribution lead to the distribution of the temperatures of t…
Materials Science
Ling Yang、Rajesh H. Somani、Igors Šics 等 7 位作者2004-06-01Macromolecules
Development of shear-induced crystallization precursor structure was studied by in-situ rheo-SAXS (small-angle X-ray scattering) and rheo-WAXD (wide-angle X-ray diffraction) techniques using binary polymer blends of high and low molecular weight polyethylenes near their nominal melting temperatures (120 °C). Two low m…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesRheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies