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NH 3 -selective catalytic reduction (SCR) is applied worldwide to DeNOx of combustion exhausts of stationary and mobile sources, but a greater DeNOx activity at low temperatures is desired to meet forthcoming restrictive legislations and to increase energy efficiency in specific applications. We have obtained high NO…
Gold nanorods (GNRs) with a longitudinal surface plasmon resonance peak that is tunable from 600 to 1100 nm have been fabricated in a cetyl trimethylammoniumbromide (CTAB) micellar medium using hydrochloric acid and silver nitrate as additives to control their shape and size. By manipulating the concentrations of silv…
The surface alignment of lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals can not only be planar (tangential) but also homeotropic, with self-assembled aggregates perpendicular to the substrate, as demonstrated by mapping optical retardation and by three-dimensional imaging of the director field. With time, the homeotropic nematic…
We report the synthesis of single-layer graphenes from ethanol using, what we call, “flash cooling” just after chemical vapor deposition. The single-layer graphenes synthesized are high-quality and several micrometers in grain size as revealed by Raman spectroscopy. Detailed comparison of the cooling processes suggest…
Iron-chalcogenide single crystals with the nominal composition ${\text{FeSe}}_{0.5}{\text{Te}}_{0.5}$ and a transition temperature of ${T}_{c}\ensuremath{\simeq}14.6\text{ }\text{K}$ were synthesized by the Bridgman method. The structural and anisotropic superconducting properties of those crystals were investigated b…
A combination of two synchrotron X-ray techniques, X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), and pair distribution function analysis (PDF) with complementary Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy measurement, was used to characterize the composition distributions of PdAu and PtCu bimetallic particles after treatme…
The crystallization behavior of crystalline−crystalline (CC) diblock copolymers has been shown to be dependent on the crystallization temperature and relative molecular size of each component. The behavior of copolymers with similar crystallization temperatures is controlled by the block with the larger weight fractio…
Electroluminescence (EL) of the metal-insulator-semiconductor light-emitting diodes (MISLEDs) made by Si-rich SiNx and SiOx films with buried Si nanocrystals are compared. The SiNx facilitates carrier transport and EL from MISLED with turn-on current and voltage of 4 μA and 12 V by reducing barrier heights at indium t…
Template-free controlled aggregation and spectral properties in fluorescent organic nanoparticles (FONs) is highly desirable for various applications. Herein, we report a nontemplated method for controlling the aggregation in near-infrared (NIR) cyanine-based nanoparticles derived from a group of uniform materials bas…
The synthesis and properties of a new family of pi-extended dipyrrins capable of forming brightly fluorescent complexes with metal ions are reported. The metal complexes possess tunable spectral bands and exhibit different emission properties depending on the mode of metal coordination.
The separation of micron-sized bacterial spores (Bacillus cereus) from a steady flow of water through the use of ultrasonic standing waves is demonstrated. An ultrasonic resonator with cross-section of 0.0254 m x 0.0254 m has been designed with a flow inlet and outlet for a water stream that ensures laminar flow condi…
We demonstrated the Au nanoparticle (NP) decoration as an effective way to enhance both photocurrent and photoconductive gain of single ZnO nanowire (NW) photodetectors (PDs) through localized Schottky effects. The enhancement is caused by the enhanced space charge effect due to the existence of the localized Schottky…
We report a systematic empirical study of nanoparticle internalization into cells via non-specific pathways. The nanoparticles were comprised of commercial quantum dots (QDs) that were highly visible under a fluorescence confocal microscope. Surface-modified QDs with basic biologically significant moieties, e.g. carbo…
We demonstrate that supermolecular templating allows tuning the pore size of ordered mesoporous materials in the once elusive range from 30 nm to more than 60 nm through simple control of synthetic variables (salt/supermolecule concentration and hydrothermal temperature). Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) within the extra-la…
We present a broadly-applicable, physically-motivated first-principles approach to determining the fundamental gap of finite systems. The approach is based on using a range-separated hybrid functional within the generalized Kohn-Sham approach to density functional theory. Its key element is the choice of a range-separ…
We present a calculational method to predict terminations of growing or as-deposited surfaces as a function of the deposition conditions. Such characterizations are valuable for understanding catalysis and growth phenomena. The method combines ab-initio density functional theory (DFT) calculations and experimental the…
We have fabricated a metamaterial of metal/semiconductor/metal sandwich nanostrips structure comprising a pair of gold strips and a vanadium dioxide (VO2) strip. The optical response of the metamaterial has been studied. The results indicate the nanostructure with VO2 strips can be used as a temperature-controlling op…
We demonstrate a facile colloidal method for synthesizing Janus nanoparticles, whose eccentric polymer shells are exploited to fabricate eccentric bimetallic cores.
Redox “B”ees: Rational design of a new series of boron-functionalized NiIII/NiIV–bis(dicarbollide) clusters results in a family of robust and tunable redox shuttles (see diagram; EDG and EWG denote electron-donating and -withdrawing groups, respectively). This offers a means to rationally control the redox properties…
We report the synthesis of nanostructured tungsten trioxide (WO 3 ) films and their electrochromic characteristics. Plate-like monoclinic WO 3 nanostructures were grown directly on fluorine-doped tin oxide glass substrates by a simple and low-cost crystal-seed-assisted hydrothermal method. The growth mechanism of the…