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Off-lattice grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations of the clean diamond (111) surface, based on the effective many-body Brenner potential, yield the $(2\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}1)$ Pandey reconstruction in agreement with ab initio calculations and predict the existence of metastable states, very near in ener…
A thermodynamic theory of ferroelectric thin film multilayers is developed. The free energy function is written down using a multilayer model in which c-domain layers of one ferroelectric material alternate with a-domain layers of a second ferroelectric material. We assume that the interfaces are perfectly sharp and t…
This paper describes a novel hydrogel concept, which is based on self-assembling of enantiomeric lactic acid oligomers (stereocomplex formation) grafted to dextran. The hydrogels are prepared in an all-aqueous environment. For this purpose, l - and d -lactic acid oligomers were coupled to dextran, yielding dex−( l )la…
The reflectance of porous silicon carbide (PSC) thin films on SiC substrates is measured in the infrared reststrahlen region by Fourier transform infrared reflectance spectroscopy and is compared to simulated spectra based on phenomenological and Bergman statistical effective-medium dielectric functions. The phenomeno…
Electronic and structural properties of a hypothetical material, silicon nanotubes, are examined through first-principles calculations based on density functional theory. Even considering that Si nanotubes have never been observed, this paper attempts to establish the theoretical similarities between Si and C, like ba…
In metal nanoparticles the resonance wavelength of light-driven collective electron oscillations is determined by the particle shape. This shape dependence can be used for optical data storage by spectral coding. In this way the storage density can be increased by at least a factor of 5 compared with that for conventi…
Recent advances in the theory of polarization and the development of linear-scaling methods have revitalized interest in the use of Wannier functions for obtaining a localized orbital picture within a periodic supercell. To examine complex chemical systems it is imperative for the localization procedure to be efficien…
Size effects in cupric oxide nanocrystals, synthesized using a novel electrochemical route, having average diameters of about 4 and 6 nm, are probed by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Cu---O bond ionicity was found to increase with reduction in nanocrystallite size. Formation of pure CuO phase was confirmed from x-r…
ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTPhotoalignment of Liquid-Crystal SystemsKunihiro IchimuraView Author Information Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan Cite this: Chem. Rev. 2000, 100, 5, 1847–1874Publication Date (Web):April 15, 20…
The extracts of six plants selected on the basis of folk-medicine reports were examined for their antibacterial effects against eight pathogenic bacteria. The results showed that n-butanol extract of Calotropis procera proved to be the most effective against the bacteria tested using the paper disc diffusion method. T…
Macroscopic orientation of self-organized supramolecular polymeric materials has been demonstrated by oscillatory shear flow using in-situ small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). In the case when a homopolymer poly(4-vinylpyridine) and pentadecylphenol molecules are stoichiometrically complexed to form comb copolymer-lik…
A grafted weak polyelectrolyte brush has been prepared by the incorporation of one block of a diblock copolymer inside a latex particle. The preformed brush shows a maximum in its hydrodynamic layer thickness radius as a function of added salt. Beyond 0.025 M NaCl, the data can be fitted to the scaling relationship fo…
Phosphonate binding sites in guanidine and ammonium surface-functionalized silica xerogels were prepared via the molecular imprinting technique and characterized using solid-state 31 P MAS NMR. One-point, two-point, and nonspecific host−guest interactions between phenylphosphonic acid (PPA) and the functionalized gels…
We present a novel and simple method for generating micron-scale annular structures formed from polystyrene- b -poly(methyl methacrylate) (PS- b -PMMA) diblock copolymer on a silicon oxide substrate. This method is based on prewetting of the underlying substrate with a minor polar solvent before spin-casting of the di…
Thin films of polypyrrole (PPY) were deposited on alumina particles using hexanoic acid adsorbed on the particles as a template. The formation of the template on alumina was confirmed through studies of the adsorption of hexanoic acid at various pH values. The adsorption results could be fitted to the Langmuir adsorpt…
The methyltrioxorhenium(MTO)-catalyzed oxidation of silanes to silanols and the epoxidation of various olefins by aqueous 85% H(2)O(2) proceed in high yields and excellent product selectivities (no disiloxanes, diols) in the presence of the zeolite NaY. The oxidative species is located inside the 12-A supercages. This…
The synthesis and characterization of iron-containing MCM-41 porous silica using the exchange method of the template with the iron salts FeCl 3 ·6H 2 O and (Fe 3 Ac 6 O·3H 2 O)NO 3 is reported. Proper conditions under which the exchange reactions can be accomplished without destroying the lattice structure of the pare…
The synthesis and electrochemistry of a series of tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) and dithia-crown-TTF derivatives attached with one or two disulfide group(s) 7a-f are reported. The self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of these TTF disulfides on gold were prepared and characterized by reflection-absorption infrared spectroscopy.…
In this work we have determined, on a series of 0.5% Pd/C catalysts, the palladium particle sizes by the following physical techniques: (i) X-ray diffraction (XRD) line broadening (LB) method, associated with the Rietveld method, (ii) small-angle X-ray scattering, and (iii) transmission electron microscopy. The cataly…
We have utilized X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy to investigate the local atomic and electronic structure of iron incorporated into electrodeposited nickel hydroxide films. We found that cathodic codeposition from a solution containing Fe(II) and Ni(II) ions results in iron occupying Ni lattice sit…