Andrew D. Sommers、Tyler Brest、Khalid Eid2013-08-23Langmuir
This paper describes a method for creating a topography-based gradient on a metallic surface to help mitigate problems associated with condensate retention. The gradient was designed to promote water droplet migration toward a specified region on the surface which would serve as the primary conduit for drainage using…
Surface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityElectrohydrodynamics and Fluid DynamicsAdhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions
Jing Li、Goichi Ben、Junhe Yang2013-08-23Science and Engineering of Composite Materials
Abstract Hemp fiber-reinforced green composites with organoclay-filled poly(butylene succinate) (PBS) matrix were fabricated by pultrusion process. Morphological studies revealed that the clay particles were intercalated/partially exfoliated when the clay content was lower than 6 wt%. The tensile modulus and strength…
Natural Fiber Reinforced CompositesPolymer Nanocomposites and Propertiesbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
Tom Willhammar、Yifeng Yun、Xiaodong Zou2013-08-23Advanced Functional Materials
Knowing the structure of porous materials is essential for understanding their properties and exploiting them for applications. Electron crystallography has two main advantages compared to X‐ray diffraction for structure determination. Crystals too small or too complicated to be studied by X‐ray diffraction can be stu…
X-ray Diffraction in CrystallographyMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsZeolite Catalysis and Synthesis
Bilu Liu、Jia Liu、Xiao Tu 等 6 位作者2013-08-23Nano Letters
Structurally uniform and chirality-pure single-wall carbon nanotubes are highly desired for both fundamental study and many of their technological applications, such as electronics, optoelectronics, and biomedical imaging. Considerable efforts have been invested in the synthesis of nanotubes with defined chiralities b…
Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport StudiesCarbon Nanotubes in CompositesSynthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
C. S. Suchand Sandeep、Sybren ten Cate、Juleon M. Schins 等 9 位作者2013-08-23Nature Communications
Carrier multiplication, the generation of multiple electron-hole pairs by a single photon, is of great interest for solar cells as it may enhance their photocurrent. This process has been shown to occur efficiently in colloidal quantum dots, however, harvesting of the generated multiple charges has proved difficult. H…
Quantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsNear-Field Optical Microscopy
M. Micoulaut、Ali Kachmar、Mathieu Bauchy 等 6 位作者2013-08-23Physical Review B
The structural, electronic, and vibrational properties of glassy Ge${}_{x}$Se${}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}$ are studied using density-functional-based molecular dynamics. The focus is on four compositions ($x=10%,20%,25%,33%$) spanning the rigidity transitions and representing typical compositions of flexible, intermediate,…
Material Dynamics and PropertiesGlass properties and applicationsPhase-change materials and chalcogenides
Philipp Wachsmuth、Ralf Hambach、M. K. Kinyanjui 等 6 位作者2013-08-23Physical Review B
In this joint experimental and theoretical work, we investigate collective electronic excitations (plasmons) in free-standing, single-layer graphene. The energy- and momentum-dependent electron energy-loss function was measured up to $50\phantom{\rule{0.28em}{0ex}}\mathrm{eV}$ along two independent in-plane symmetry d…
Quantum and electron transport phenomenaAdvanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsGraphene research and applications
Sheng-Ying Yue、Qing-Bo Yan、Zhen-Gang Zhu 等 6 位作者2013-08-23arXiv
The geometrical, electronic, and magnetic properties of twisted zigzag-edged graphene nanoribbons (ZGNRs) and novel graphene Möbius strips (GMS) are systematically investigated using first-principles density functional calculations. The structures of ZGNRs and GMS are optimized, and their stabilities are examined. The…
Materials ScienceMesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Ivan S. Maksymov、Mikhail Kostylev2013-08-23arXiv
We propose a rigorous solution to a long-standing problem of the impact of eddy currents on the dispersion relation of surface spin waves propagating in thin conducting magnetic films. Our results confirm the prediction of the Almeida-Mill's exchange-free theory that the inclusion of the eddy current contribution resu…
Materials ScienceMesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Maurice Kleman、Jonathan M. Robbins2013-08-23arXiv
The singularities of an irrotational magnetic field are lines of electric current. This property derives from the relationship between vector fields and the topology of the underlying three-space and allows for a definition of {cosmic field} flux tubes and flux ropes as \textit{cores} (in the sense of the physics of d…
physics.space-phMaterials Science
Chenxing Liao、Renping Cao、Zhijun Ma 等 7 位作者2013-08-23Journal of the American Ceramic Society
In this article, we propose a facile method for synthesis of K 2 SiF 6 : Mn 4+ phosphor and discuss its promising application in warm‐white light emitting diodes ( LED ). The K 2 SiF 6 :Mn 4+ was synthesized from SiO 2 powders through redox reaction in HF / KMnO 4 solution. The optical properties of LED s containing d…
Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsLuminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Nikolay Bagraev、Eduard Danilovskii、Dmitrii Gets 等 8 位作者2013-08-23arXiv
We present the first findings of the vacancy-related centers identified by the electron spin resonance (ESR) and electrically-detected (ED) ESR method in the non-irradiated 6H-SiC nanostructure. This planar 6H-SiC nanostructure represents the ultra-narrow p-type quantum well confined by the δ-barriers heavily doped wi…
Mesoscale and Nanoscale PhysicsMaterials Science
Nikolay Bagraev、Leonid Klyachkin、Roman Kuzmin 等 5 位作者2013-08-23arXiv
Nanoscale silicon p(+)-n junctions with very high concentration of boron, 5 10^21 cm-3, are found to demonstrate interesting optical properties. Emission band dominated in near-infrared electroluminescence (EL) spectra possesses high degree of the linear polarization along preferred crystallographic axis which can be…
Mesoscale and Nanoscale PhysicsMaterials Science
J. Kobak、T. Smoleński、M. Goryca 等 14 位作者2013-08-23arXiv
Solotronics, optoelectronics based on solitary dopants, is an emerging field of research and technology reaching the ultimate limit of miniaturization. It aims at exploiting quantum properties of individual ions or defects embedded in a semiconductor matrix. As already shown, optical control of a spin of a magnetic io…
Materials ScienceMesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Joshua A. Anderson、Eric Jankowski、Thomas L. Grubb 等 5 位作者2013-08-23arXiv
Current trends in parallel processors call for the design of efficient massively parallel algorithms for scientific computing. Parallel algorithms for Monte Carlo simulations of thermodynamic ensembles of particles have received little attention because of the inherent serial nature of the statistical sampling. In thi…
Soft Condensed MatterMaterials Sciencephysics.comp-phcond-mat.stat-mech
Maurice Kleman2013-08-23arXiv
In this paper, the second part of a survey of the geometric properties of defects in quasicrystals studied from the Volterra viewpoint (see ref. [1]), we show that: 1$- $ a {\sf disvection line} L$_{||} \subset \mathrm E_{||}$ of Burgers vector $\textbf b =\textbf b_{||}+\textbf b_\bot $ splits naturally along L$_{||}…
Materials Science
Sriram Venkatesan、Morten H. Madsen、Herbert Schmid 等 6 位作者2013-08-23arXiv
Straight, axial InAs nanowire with multiple segments of GaInAs were grown. High resolution X-ray energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) mapping reveal the distribution of group III atoms at the axial interfaces and at the sidewalls. Significant Ga enrichment, accompanied by a structural change is observed at the GaInAs/…
Mesoscale and Nanoscale PhysicsMaterials Science
Kumar Ankit、Abhik Choudhury、Cheng Qin 等 6 位作者2013-08-23arXiv
We investigate the lamellar growth of pearlite at the expense of austenite during the eutectoid transformation in steel. To begin with, we extend the Jackson-Hunt-type calculation (previously used to analyze eutectic transformation) to eutectoid transformation by accounting for diffusion in all the phases. Our princip…
Materials Science
Junjie He、P. Zhou、N. Jiao 等 6 位作者2013-08-23arXiv
We propose a concept of half-semiconductor antiferromagnets in which both spin-polarized valence and conduction bands belong to the same spin channel with completely compensated spontaneous magnetization. Using density functional theory plus Hubbard U (DFT+U) methods, we find a viable approach to achieve the half-semi…
Materials Science
Farrukh Iqbal Dar、Kevin R. Moonoosawmy、M. Es‐Souni2013-08-23Nanoscale Research Letters
We process one-dimensional (1D) NiO nanostructures in anodized alumina templates starting from electrochemically deposited Ni nanotubes (NTs), and characterize their morphology-dependent supercapacitance behavior. The morphology of the 1D NiO nanostructures is controlled by the time of annealing at 450°C. After 25 min…
Supercapacitor Materials and FabricationNanoporous metals and alloysElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion