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Field-effect transistors based on carbon nanotubes have been shown to be faster and less energy consuming than their silicon counterparts. However, ensuring these advantages are maintained for integrated circuits is a challenge. Here we demonstrate that a significant reduction in the use of field-effect transistors ca…
Colloidal gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) have been employed as single entities for rapid scanning and sequestration of Hg(II) from multicomponent aqueous solutions containing low pollutant concentrations. Under the studied conditions, sodium citrate has been identified as the reducing agent and Au NPs as the catalyst in…
A synthetic route for producing Cu(2)ZnGeSe(4) nanocrystals with narrow size distributions and controlled composition is presented. These nanocrystals were used to produce densely packed nanomaterials by hot-pressing. From the characterization of the thermoelectric properties of these nanomaterials, Cu(2)ZnGeSe(4) is…
Magnesium (Mg) and its alloys have been proposed as degradable replacements to commonly used orthopedic biomaterials such as titanium alloys and stainless steel. However, the corrosion of Mg in a physiological environment remains a difficult characteristic to accurately assess with in vitro methods. The aim of this st…
We report on the observation of nanoscale conduction at ferroelectric domain walls in hexagonal HoMnO(3) protected by the topology of multiferroic vortices using in situ conductive atomic force microscopy, piezoresponse force microscopy, and Kelvin-probe force microscopy at low temperatures. In addition to previously…
Nonstick: Dynamically oleophobic surfaces have been produced from low-molecular-weight poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) brush films. Despite the statically oleophilic nature of these nonroughened, nonperfluorinated surfaces, ultralow tilt angles (TAs) that set drops of various nonpolar liquids in motion were achieved. He…
A simple and efficient method to repair defects in graphene oxide (GO) is reported, accompanied by a simultaneous reduction process by a methane plasma. The graphene after repair is of high quality. For a typical monolayer after repair and reduction, the minimum sheet resistance at the Dirac point and the Raman D/G pe…
We demonstrate template-guided self-assembly of gold nanoparticles into ordered arrays of uniform clusters suitable for high-performance SERS on both flat (silicon or glass) chips and an optical fiber faucet. Cluster formation is driven by electrostatic self-assembly of anionic citrate-stabilized gold nanoparticles (~…
Biomineral formation is widespread in nature, and occurs in bacteria, single-celled protists, plants, invertebrates, and vertebrates. Minerals formed in the biological environment often show unusual physical properties (e.g. strength, degree of hydration) and often have structures that exhibit order on many length sca…
Transition-metal oxide nanocrystals are interesting candidates for localized surface plasmon resonance hosts because they exhibit fascinating properties arising from the unique character of their outer-d valence electrons. WO(3-δ) nanoparticles are known to have intense visible and near-IR absorption, but the origin o…
Multifunctional composite microspheres with spinel Fe(3)O(4) cores and anatase TiO(2) shells (Fe(3)O(4)@TiO(2)) are synthesized by combining a solvothermal reaction and calcination process. The size, morphology, microstructure, phase purity, and magnetic properties are characterized by scanning electron microscopy, tr…
In this work the synthesis and characterization of the nanostructure of polymer blends of polycarbonate (PC) and poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) obtained from their inclusion complexes with γ-cyclodextrin are reported. The blends prepared by this method present differences in their miscibility compared with those b…
Monodisperse ϵ-caprolactone (CL) oligomers with different end groups (t-butyldimethylsilyl, benzyl, hydroxyl, and carboxylic acid) and different numbers of repeating units (4–64) have been studied by differential scanning calorimetry and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) in order to gather information regarding the…
Abstract Most soils in Nigeria are known to be slightly acidic and very low in plant‐available P. These soils need to be fertilized for optimal crop production but cost and scarcity of mineral P fertilizers shifted attention to making direct application of indigenous phosphate rock viable alternative. Laboratory and g…
Diarylethene 1 shows reversible transformation between the open-ring isomer ( 1o ) and the closed-ring isomer ( 1c ) by alternate UV and visible light irradiation, accompanied with reversible melting and crystallization of the microcrystalline film of 1 at 67 °C, which is the eutectic temperature of 1o and 1c . The re…
Electron beam irradiation induced, bending of Iron filled, multiwalled carbon nanotubes is reported. Bending of both the carbon nanotube and the Iron contained within the core was achieved using two approaches with the aid of a high resolution electron microscope (HRTEM). In the first approach, bending of the nanotube…
Abstract The interaction of the negatively charged Ln 3+ chelate Ln–DOTP with β‐ and γ‐cyclodextrins bearing ammonium groups at the upper rim (CD + s) was investigated using mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopic techniques. Mass spectroscopy shows the presence of 1:1 adducts of Ln–DOTP and both β‐ or γ‐CD + . The pe…
We have studied the effect of gallium chloride and tin chloride solutions on the water oxidation of aluminum at SnCl2 concentrations of 0.68 and 6.32 wt %, GaCl3 concentrations of 0.56 and 2.67 wt %, and MCl n : Al(M = Sn, Ga; n = 2, 3) molar ratios from 0.017 to 0.3. The results indicate that, when aluminum is oxidiz…
Abstract In this article, we combine the approximate spin projection (AP) and the spin‐restricted (R) calculations based on ONIOM method for a geometry optimization of large biradical systems such as polynuclear metal complexes. This two‐layer quantum mechanics/quantum mechanics′ (QM/QM′) (AP/R) method treats atoms of…
We present structural, electronic, bonding and vibrational properties of new type hydrogen storage material calcium amidoborane Ca(NH(2)BH(3))(2) by first principles density functional theory using plane wave pseudopotential method. The calculated ground state properties are in good agreement with experiments. The com…