David N Githinji、Charles K Nzila、John T Githaiga 等 6 位作者2016-10-26arXiv
The demand for building material is ever increasing owing to population growth. Compacted clay bricks are an important integral building material especially for low cost durable and affordable housing segment. This is a valued building material since its properties can be modified to suit various loading conditions. I…
Materials Science
David N. Githinji2016-10-26arXiv
The appraisal of metallic materials requires application of advanced characterisation techniques. In this paper, the use has been made of Scanning Electron Microscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy techniques to characterise morphological, structural…
Materials Science
Nhat Truong Nguyen、Selda Ozkan、Imgon Hwang 等 5 位作者2016-10-26arXiv
In the present work we grow self-organized TiO2 nanotube arrays with a defined and controlled regular spacing between individual nanotubes. These defined intertube gaps allow to build up hierarchical 1D-branched structures, conformally coated on the nanotube walls using a layer by layer nanoparticle TiO2 decoration of…
Materials Science
Francisco J. Perez-Reche2016-10-26arXiv
Solids subject to continuous changes of temperature or mechanical load often exhibit discontinuous avalanche-like responses. For instance, avalanche dynamics have been observed during plastic deformation, fracture, domain switching in ferroic materials or martensitic transformations. The statistical analysis of avalan…
Materials Sciencecond-mat.stat-mech
Siddulu Naidu Talapaneni、Ji Hoon Lee、Sang Hyun Je 等 8 位作者2016-10-26Advanced Functional Materials
A scalable, template‐free synthetic strategy is presented for the preparation of ultramicroporous carbon nitride frameworks (CNFs) through a chemical blowing approach by using ammonium chloride as blowing agent and hexamethylene tetraamine as the C and N precursor and a subsequent potassium hydroxide chemical activati…
Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsSupercapacitor Materials and FabricationCovalent Organic Framework Applications
Tejas A. Shastry、Itamar Balla、Hadallia Bergeron 等 6 位作者2016-10-26ACS Nano
Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have recently attracted attention due to their superlative optical and electronic properties. In particular, their extraordinary optical absorption and semiconducting band gap have enabled demonstrations of photovoltaic response from heterostructures composed of…
Perovskite Materials and Applications2D Materials and ApplicationsMXene and MAX Phase Materials
Kishore Jaganathan、Yonina C. Eldar、Babak Hassibi2016-10-26CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology)
Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264Classic Approaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Recent Approaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .…
Advanced X-ray Imaging TechniquesGeochemistry and Geologic MappingX-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
Lei Hu、Jun Chen、Jiale Xu 等 12 位作者2016-10-26Journal of the American Chemical Society
The controllable isotropic thermal expansion with a broad coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) window is intriguing but remains challenge. Herein we report a cubic MZrF 6 series (M = Ca, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni and Zn), which exhibit controllable thermal expansion over a wide temperature range and with a broader CTE window (…
Advanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesThermal Expansion and Ionic ConductivityThermodynamic and Structural Properties of Metals and Alloys
Qianhui Zhang、Zhenyue Chang、Guanzhong Xu 等 13 位作者2016-10-26Advanced Functional Materials
Strain‐dependent electrical and optical properties of atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides may be useful in sensing applications. However, the question of how strain relaxes in atomically thin materials remains not well understood. Herein, the strain relaxation of triangular WS2 deposited on polydimethylsi…
Perovskite Materials and Applications2D Materials and ApplicationsMXene and MAX Phase Materials
Solomon Mengistu Lemma、Frédéric Bossard、Marguerite Rinaudo2016-10-26International Journal of Molecular Sciences
(weight-average molecular weight) = 102 kg/mol) and PEO (M (molecular weight) = 1000 kg/mol) were selected to optimize the electrospinning process parameters. The PEO powder was solubilized into chitosan solution at different weight ratios in 0.5 M acetic acid. The physicochemical changes of the nanofibers were determ…
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsNanocomposite Films for Food PackagingElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
Kiran Kumarvarma Chakrahari、Jian‐Hong Liao、Samia Kahlal 等 7 位作者2016-10-26Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Abstract The first structurally characterized copper cluster with a Cu 13 centered cuboctahedral arrangement, a model of the bulk copper fcc structure, was observed in [Cu 13 (S 2 CN n Bu 2 ) 6 (C≡CR) 4 ](PF 6 ) (R=C(O)OMe, C 6 H 4 F) nanoclusters. Four of the eight triangular faces of the cuboctahedron are capped by…
Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsMetal complexes synthesis and propertiesNanocluster Synthesis and Applications
Mary‐Luyza Avramescu、Pat E. Rasmussen、Marc Chénier 等 4 位作者2016-10-26Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Solubility is a critical component of physicochemical characterisation of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) and an important parameter in their risk assessments. Standard testing methodologies are needed to estimate the dissolution behaviour and biodurability (half-life) of ENMs in biological fluids. The effect of pH, p…
Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
L. I. Isaenko、Alexander Yèlisseyev2016-10-26Semiconductor Science and Technology
Abstract Analysis of new, promising wide-band-gap nonlinear crystals for the mid-IR is given. We focused on ternary and quaternary chalcogenides and based on their physical and chemical properties, which in addition to linear and nonlinear optical properties, determine the efficiency of crystal usage in certain laser…
Nonlinear Optical Materials ResearchPhotorefractive and Nonlinear OpticsPhase-change materials and chalcogenides
Prerak Gupta、Mimi Adhikary、Joseph Christakiran Moses 等 6 位作者2016-10-26ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Composite biomaterials as artificial bone graft materials are pushing the present frontiers of bioengineering. In this study, a biomimetic, osteoconductive tricomposite scaffold made of hydroxyapatite (HA) embedded in non-mulberry Antheraea assama (A. assama) silk fibroin fibers and its fibroin solution is explored fo…
Bone Tissue Engineering MaterialsPeriodontal Regeneration and TreatmentsSilk-based biomaterials and applications
Xiaoying Zhang、Pei-Ying Zhang2016-10-26Current Nanoscience
Background: The worldwide medicine research is dedicated towards improvement of patients’ health and diseased state. The use of nanotechnology is an upcoming area which is at present, is highly focused in the filed of medicine. Continuous studies in the area have given rise to the development of a novel field called “…
Nanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryDendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers
Han Zhang、Han Zhang、Ning Sui 等 9 位作者2016-10-26ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
A study of hybrid inverted quantum-dot (QD) light-emitting diodes constructed with and without Al 2 O 3 interlayers is presented. The Al 2 O 3 interlayers are deposited at ZnO/QDs or/and QDs/4,4′-bis(carbazol-9-yl)biphenyl interfaces, resulting in large improvement of device performance, including luminance, current e…
Semiconductor Quantum Structures and DevicesQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesMolecular Junctions and Nanostructures
Guangzhao Qin、Xiaoliang Zhang、Shengying Yue 等 7 位作者2016-10-26Physical review. B./Physical review. B
Two-dimensional (2D) phosphorene, which possesses fascinating physical and chemical properties distinctively different from other 2D materials, calls for a fundamental understanding of thermal transport properties for its rapidly growing applications in nano- and optoelectronics and thermoelectrics. However, even the…
2D Materials and ApplicationsAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesThermal properties of materials
Yuan Li、Jeffrey D. Cain、Eve D. Hanson 等 10 位作者2016-10-26Nano Letters
There are emerging opportunities to harness diverse and complex geometric architectures based on nominal two-dimensional atomically layered structures. Herein we report synthesis and properties of a new core–shell heterostructure, termed Au@MoS 2, where the Au nanoparticle is snugly and contiguously encapsulated by fe…
Graphene research and applications2D Materials and ApplicationsQuantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
Luis Rodríguez-de Marcos、Juan I. Larruquert、Jose A. Méndez 等 4 位作者2016-10-26Optical Materials Express
16 págs.; 8 figs.; 1 tab. ; OCIS codes: (120.4530) Optical constants; (310.6860) Thin films, optical properties; (230.4170) Multilayers; \n(260.7210) Ultraviolet, vacuum; (260.7190) Ultraviolet; (260.7200) Ultraviolet, extreme
Laser Material Processing TechniquesOptical Coatings and GratingsSurface Roughness and Optical Measurements
Shuhui Li、Jianying Huang、Zhong Chen 等 5 位作者2016-10-26Journal of Materials Chemistry A
In this review, we have briefly summarized the fundamental theoretical models and characterization methods of textile surfaces with special wettability, various fabrication technologies and potential applications.
Surface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsNanomaterials and Printing Technologies