Marina Shamis、Doron Shabat2007-05-04Chemistry - A European Journal
Self-immolative dendrimers are a unique class of molecules that are able to disassemble upon undergoing a specific triggering reaction through domino-like fragmentations. We have designed and synthesized a novel AB(6) self-immolative dendritic adaptor that amplifies a single cleavage event into the release of six repo…
RNA Interference and Gene DeliveryLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsDendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers
Muhammad Yasar Razzaq、Lars Frormann2007-05-04Polymer Composites
Abstract High thermal conductivity polyurethane shape memory polymer (SMP) composites filled with aluminum nitride (AlN) were fabricated, and their thermal and thermomechanical properties were studied. The purpose of this microstructure is to improve the thermal properties of the SMPs at low filler content. Morphology…
Conducting polymers and applicationsPolymer composites and self-healingMarine Sponges and Natural Products
Sheng‐Joue Young、Liang‐Wen Ji、Shoou‐Jinn Chang 等 7 位作者2007-05-04Nanotechnology
The mechanical properties of vertical single-crystal ZnO nanowires on ZnO:Ga/glass templates were characterized by nanoindentation experiments in this work. The results from x-ray diffraction and Raman spectra show good crystal quality for the ZnO nanowires. The buckling loads were found to be 1465 and 215 μN for ZnO…
ZnO doping and propertiesMetal and Thin Film MechanicsAcoustic Wave Resonator Technologies
Douglas A. Gish、Francis Nsiah、Mark T. McDermott 等 4 位作者2007-05-04Analytical Chemistry
Glancing angle deposition was used to produce approximately 150-nm-thick silver nanoparticle films, which were evaluated as localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) biosensors. The films have a strong extinction peak around 368 nm in air due to LSPR. As the refractive index of the surrounding environment is increase…
Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon ResearchPhotonic and Optical DevicesOptical Coatings and Gratings
Xiao Hu、XU Hong-sheng、Zhong‐Ming Li2007-05-04Macromolecular Materials and Engineering
Abstract The morphology, crystalline behavior, and mechanical and thermal properties of poly( L ‐lactide)/hollow glass beads (PLLA/HGBs) composites were investigated. The incorporation of HGBs enhanced the crystallization rate and crystallinity of PLLA, but slightly decreased its elongation at break. In addition, HGBs…
Natural Fiber Reinforced Compositesbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
Jianguo Lü、Qunian Liang、Yinzhu Zhang 等 5 位作者2007-05-04Journal of Physics D Applied Physics
N-doped, p-type ZnO (ZnO : N) thin films were prepared by magnetron sputtering using NO as the N-doping source. The introduction of Ar in the growth ambient could evidently improve the p-type conductivity and crystal quality of the ZnO : N films, with the lowest room-temperature resistivity of 3.51 Ω cm obtained at an…
ZnO doping and propertiesGa2O3 and related materialsElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Yongxin Li、Ping Yang、Po Wang 等 5 位作者2007-05-04Nanotechnology
Water-soluble CdS nanocrystals (NCs) capped with mercaptoacetic acid (MA) were synthesized in aqueous solution. Hydrogen peroxide directly oxidized the MA-capped CdS NCs and produced strong chemiluminescence (CL) emission in basic conditions. It was found that the CL of CdS NCs was size-dependent, and the CL intensity…
Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesNanocluster Synthesis and Applications
Yali Li、Liang-Hong Zhang、Xiao‐Hua Zhong 等 4 位作者2007-05-04Nanotechnology
Highly pure single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with their contents >96% of the total products were achieved by chemical vapour deposition gas flow reactions using ethanol as the carbon source. The high purity SWNTs were formed under critically controlled synthesis conditions and by applying a high hydrogen flow, u…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesGraphene research and applicationsDiamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
A Subramania、G. Vijaya Kumar、A. R. Sathiya Priya 等 4 位作者2007-05-04Nanotechnology
The main aim of this work is to prepare MgO nanoparticles and nanowires by a novel polyol-mediated thermolysis (PMT) process. The influence of different mole concentration of magnesium acetate, polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP; capping agent) and ethylene glycol (EG; solvent as well as reducing agent) on the formation of na…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsElectronic and Structural Properties of OxidesMagnesium Oxide Properties and Applications
Velichko Hristov、J. Vlachopoulos2007-05-04Macromolecular Materials and Engineering
Abstract The influence of coupling agents on the melt rheological properties of natural fiber composites has been investigated in this work using capillary and rotational rheometers. Scanning electron microscopy was also employed to supplement the rheological data. It was found that molecular weight and molecular weig…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesNatural Fiber Reinforced CompositesPolymer Foaming and Composites
Qinghao Meng、Jinlian Hu、Lapyan Yeung2007-05-04Smart Materials and Structures
In this paper, an electro-active shape memory fibre was fabricated successively by incorporating multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNT). The shape memory polyurethane (SMP–MWNT) composite was prepared by in situ polymerization and the SMP–MWNT fibre was prepared by melt spinning. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and t…
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsConducting polymers and applicationsPolymer composites and self-healing
Thomas Tao、Linda Bateman、Jeff Bentley 等 4 位作者2007-05-04ECS Transactions
The Liquid Tin Anode Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (LTA-SOFC) is a modified version of SOFC that allows the direct oxidation of carbonaceous fuels. The LTA-SOFC uses many conventional SOFC components but differs from conventional SOFC because its anode is liquid tin allowing directly oxidization of fuel without fuel reforming…
Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionAdvancements in Solid Oxide Fuel CellsFuel Cells and Related Materials
Meghan Jebb、P. K. Sudeep、P. Pramod 等 5 位作者2007-05-04The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Gold nanorods synthesized using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and tetraoctylammonium bromide as stabilizers are functionalized with a thiol derivative of ruthenium(II) trisbipyridyl complex [(Ru(bpy)3(2+)-C5-SH] in dodecanethiol using a place-exchange reaction. The changes in the plasmon absorption bands and transmis…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesMolecular Junctions and Nanostructures
Christian X. Weichenberger、Manfred J. Sippl2007-05-04Nucleic Acids Research
The current Protein Data Bank (PDB) contains about 40 000 protein structures with approximately half a million incorrect atom positions resulting from erroneously assigned asparagine (Asn) and glutamine (Gln) rotamers. These errors affect applications in protein structure analysis, modeling and docking and therefore t…
Protein Structure and DynamicsGlycosylation and Glycoproteins ResearchEnzyme Structure and Function
Suresh Narayanan、Dong Ryeol Lee、Aleta Hagman 等 5 位作者2007-05-04Physical Review Letters
X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy was used in conjunction with resonance-enhanced grazing-incidence small-angle x-ray scattering to probe slow particle dynamics and kinetics in gold/polystyrene nanocomposite thin films. Such enhanced coherent scattering enables, for the first time, measurement of the particle dyna…
Material Dynamics and PropertiesForce Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsBlock Copolymer Self-Assembly
Der‐Jang Liaw、Kun‐Li Wang、Feng‐Chyuan Chang 等 5 位作者2007-05-04Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry
Abstract A new diamine containing a pyridine heterocyclic group and a naphthalene substituent, 4‐(2‐naphthyl)‐2,6‐bis(4‐aminophenyl) pyridine (NBAPP), was synthesized with the Chichibabin reaction and used in the preparation of poly(pyridine imide) by direct polycondensation with 4,4′‐hexafluoroisopropylidenediphathal…
Organic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsConducting polymers and applicationsSynthesis and properties of polymers
R.G. Singh、Fouran Singh、Vivechana Agarwal 等 4 位作者2007-05-04Journal of Physics D Applied Physics
This paper reports on the intense broadband photoluminescence (PL) emission from the ZnO/porous silicon nanocomposite films. The porous silicon (PS) samples were formed by electrochemical anodization on p-type (1 0 0) silicon wafer and ZnO thin films are deposited by the sol–gel spin coating technique in the pores of…
ZnO doping and propertiesSilicon Nanostructures and PhotoluminescenceGa2O3 and related materials
Dongsik Kim、Jun S. Lee、Carol M. F. Barry 等 4 位作者2007-05-04Microscopy Research and Technique
For polymer nanocomposites, the small size of the fillers makes it difficult to analyze the degree of mixing quantitatively and often requires direct assessment via transmission electron microscopy (TEM). To date, qualitative comparisons and indirect measurements of the degree of mixing by measurement of certain prope…
Asphalt Pavement Performance EvaluationPolymer crystallization and propertiesPolymer Nanocomposites and Properties
Suhan Kim、Jinhan Cho、Kookheon Char2007-05-04Langmuir
Thermally stable nanoporous organosilicate thin films were realized by the microphase separation of pore-generating polymers mixed with an organosilicate matrix to be antireflective coatings (ARCs), for which a thin film with a refractive index (n) of 1.23 for zero reflection is required. The refractive index of such…
Surface Modification and SuperhydrophobicitySemiconductor materials and devicesOptical Coatings and Gratings
Minoo Naebe、Tong Lin、Wendy Tian 等 5 位作者2007-05-04Nanotechnology
In this study, we have electrospun poly(vinyl alcohol)(PVA) nanofibres and PVA composite nanofibres containing multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) (4.5 wt%), and examined the effect of the carbon nanotubes and the PVA morphology change induced by post-spinning treatments on the tensile properties, surface hydrophilici…
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical ApplicationsPolymer Nanocomposite Synthesis and Irradiation