S.A. Nair、Tomohiro Nozaki、Ken Okazaki2007-04-24Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Nonthermal plasma-assisted methane conversion has been widely investigated as a potential low-temperature process. The desired end objective is synthesis gas production, one-step production of liquid oxygenates, or coupling products. Either oxygen or steam or both is used as a second reactant or reactants, to provide…
Catalytic Processes in Materials SciencePlasma Applications and DiagnosticsCatalysis and Oxidation Reactions
Fulvio Bisi、S. Romano、Epifanio G. Virga2007-04-24Physical Review E
Over the last few years, renewed interest has been raised by the simplified general interaction models proposed by Straley for mesogenic molecules possessing the D{2h} symmetry and capable of producing biaxial nematic order. It has already been shown that, in the presence of certain special symmetries, just two out of…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsMaterial Dynamics and PropertiesSurfactants and Colloidal Systems
Meng Ni、Michael K.H. Leung、Dennis Y.C. Leung2007-04-24Chemical Engineering & Technology
Abstract A mathematical model was developed to investigate the coupled transport and electrochemical reactions in a nickel‐yttrial‐stablized zirconia (Ni‐YSZ) anode for use in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). The modeling results were consistent with experimental data from the literature. Comparison between conventiona…
Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel CellsFuel Cells and Related MaterialsElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Wen‐Hua Zhang、Xiaoning Zhang、Zile Hua 等 9 位作者2007-04-24Chemistry of Materials
Isocyanurate-containing silsesquioxane-bridged periodic mesoporous organosilicas (ICS−PMOs) were synthesized by self-assembly of the nonionic surfactant P123, EO 20 PO 70 EO 20, and trimethoxysilyl-functionalized isocyanurate (ICS−Si) under acidic conditions in the presence of inorganic additives. The ICS−PMOs have be…
Mesoporous Materials and CatalysisPolyoxometalates: Synthesis and ApplicationsSilicone and Siloxane Chemistry
Yonghao Wang、Jing Zhang、Yanlian Yang 等 9 位作者2007-04-24The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
In this work, the crystal growth kinetics of ZnS nanoparticles coarsened under 100 degrees C with NaOH concentration from 2 to 8 M was investigated, aiming to study the role of NaOH concentration on the oriented attachment growth kinetics. It reveals that 2 M NaOH is sufficient to lead to two-stage growth kinetics of…
Quantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsCopper-based nanomaterials and applications
Zhilin Wu、B. Ondruschka、Patrick Bräutigam2007-04-24Chemical Engineering & Technology
Abstract To provide an efficient lab‐scale device for the investigation of the degradation of organic pollutants driven by hydrodynamic cavitation, the degradation kinetics of chloroform and carbon tetrachloride and the increase of conductivity in aqueous solutions were measured. These are values which were not previo…
Cavitation Phenomena in PumpsUltrasound and Cavitation PhenomenaEnvironmental and Industrial Safety
Chong‐Uk Bang、Atsushi Shishido、Tomiki Ikeda2007-04-24Macromolecular Rapid Communications
Abstract Grating waveguide couplers with a flat surface were fabricated in an azobenzene liquid‐crystalline polymer film by holographic lithography using Ar + laser beams at 488 nm. When a probe beam at 633 nm was incident to one grating of a grating waveguide coupler, the beam propagated in the waveguide and an outpu…
Photonic and Optical DevicesLiquid Crystal Research AdvancementsPhotorefractive and Nonlinear Optics
Arnab Halder、Ashim K. Datta、S.S.R. Geedipalli2007-04-24Journal of Food Science
Alternatives to first-order model of death kinetics of microorganisms have been proposed as improvements in the calculation of lethality for a thermal process. Although such models can potentially improve predictions for many situations, this article tries to answer the question of whether the added complexities of th…
Listeria monocytogenes in Food SafetyThermal and Kinetic Analysisthermodynamics and calorimetric analyses
B. Lassagne、J-P. Cleuziou、Sébastien Nanot 等 9 位作者2007-04-24Physical Review Letters
We report on magnetoconductance experiments in ballistic multiwalled carbon nanotubes threaded by magnetic fields as large as 55 T. In the high temperature regime (100 K), giant modulations of the conductance, mediated by the Fermi level location, are unveiled. The experimental data are consistently analyzed in terms…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesGraphene research and applicationsQuantum and electron transport phenomena
Lihi Adler‐Abramovich、Rotem Perry、Amit Sagi 等 5 位作者2007-04-24ChemBioChem
Timed release. An AB3 self-immolative dendron has been used as a platform for the controlled release of peptide nanotubes. The enzyme penicillin G amidase triggers the release, and the self-assembled peptide is simple diphenylalanine.
Supramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsDendrimers and Hyperbranched PolymersPolydiacetylene-based materials and applications
Christophe Déjugnat、Karen Köhler、M. Dubois 等 7 位作者2007-04-24Advanced Materials
Soft X-Ray microscopy is used for the quantitative analysis of temperature-sensitive hollow polyelectrolyte microcapsules made of poly(sodium styrene sulfonate) and poly(diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride) (see figure). Upon heating to 90 °C they shrink and the polymer membrane becomes denser. The analysis of such sys…
Material Dynamics and PropertiesPolymer Surface Interaction StudiesBlock Copolymer Self-Assembly
Renkang Zhu、Catherine Nowierski、Zhifeng Ding 等 5 位作者2007-04-24Chemistry of Materials
The corrosion resistance of titanium and its alloys is a desirable property for many applications in materials science. In this report, the properties of the passive oxide film (TiO 2 ) were examined by scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM). A homemade closed-loop scanning electrochemical microscope was used to s…
Corrosion Behavior and InhibitionHydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metalsElectrochemical Analysis and Applications
Han‐Pu Liang、Nathan S. Lawrence、Timothy G. J. Jones 等 5 位作者2007-04-24Journal of the American Chemical Society
By gradually decreasing the Pd concentration on Au nanoparticles from complete to incomplete surface coverage, in which well-dispersed nanoparticles are eventually obtained on the Au, we have demonstrated that the electrochemical response of hydrogen at Pd is critically dependent on the size and structure of the Pd su…
Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionGas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsHydrogen Storage and Materials
J. Hlinka2007-04-24Ferroelectrics
Phenomenological theory of dissipation-limited motion of ferroelectric domain walls under external bias field is applied to the case of 90-degree domain wall in a defect-free BaTiO3 crystal. Quantitative estimation for the limiting mobility (μE∼ 5 × 10− 4 m2/Vs at room temperature) is obtained in the framework of Land…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsAcoustic Wave Resonator Technologies
Rujiang Ma、Beilei Wang、Yanling Xu 等 7 位作者2007-04-24Macromolecular Rapid Communications
Abstract Complex micelles with a P4VP core surrounded by a mixed PNIPAM/PEG shell were prepared by comicellization of PNIPAM 93 ‐ b ‐P4VP 58 and PEG 114 ‐ b ‐P4VP 58 in aqueous solutions. Increasing the temperature above the LCST of the PNIPAM induced a phase separation of the mixed shell due to the collapse of the PN…
Nanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationSurfactants and Colloidal Systems
Elena Groppo、Serena Bertarione、F. Rotunno 等 9 位作者2007-04-24The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
The vibrational properties of adsorbed carbonyls on heterogeneous Pd/oxide systems (SiO 2 −Al 2 O 3, Al 2 O 3, and MgO) are compared and discussed. On the basis of the surface science literature, the complex IR spectra of carbonyls formed on Pd particles are interpreted in terms of what occurs on well-defined Pd(111)…
Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceMesoporous Materials and CatalysisCatalysis and Oxidation Reactions
J. C. Woicik、Eric L. Shirley、C. Stephen Hellberg 等 11 位作者2007-04-24Physical Review B
$\mathrm{Ti}\phantom{\rule{0.3em}{0ex}}K$ and $\mathrm{Ti}\phantom{\rule{0.3em}{0ex}}{L}_{2,3}$ x-ray absorption fine-structure near-edge spectra of ${\mathrm{SrTiO}}_{3}$ thin films grown coherently on $\mathrm{Si}(001)$ reveal the presence of a ferroelectric (FE) distortion at room temperature. This unique phase is…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsSemiconductor materials and devicesElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Wai Yin Wong、Siu Wing Or、H.L.W. Chan 等 5 位作者2007-04-24Journal of Applied Physics
We report experimentally and theoretically the converse magnetoelectric (CME) effect in a three-phase piezoceramic-metal-cap-magnet composite made by sandwiching a thickness-polarized Pb(ZrxTi1−x)O3 (PZT) disk between two truncated conical brass caps and two thickness-magnetized SmCo disks. The reported CME effect ori…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMultiferroics and related materialsMagnetic Field Sensors Techniques
Soumayajit Sarkar、S.C. Deevi、Gary Tepper2007-04-24Macromolecular Rapid Communications
Abstract A new method is reported for minimizing the inherent fiber instability in the electrospinning process. The method, dubbed “biased AC electrospinning”, employs a combination of DC and AC potentials and results in highly‐aligned mats of polymer or composite polymer fibers. The relationship between specific proc…
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsConducting polymers and applicationsElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
Ning Xu、Matthieu Wyart、Andrea J. Liu 等 4 位作者2007-04-24Physical Review Letters
The excess low-frequency normal modes for two widely used models of glasses are studied at zero temperature. The onset frequencies for the anomalous modes for both systems agree well with predictions of a variational argument, which is based on analyzing the vibrational energy originating from the excess contacts per…
Material Dynamics and PropertiesGlass properties and applicationsPhase-change materials and chalcogenides