Xian Jun Loh、S. H. Goh、Jun Li2009-08-11The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
A series of biodegradable multiblock poly(ester urethane)s having poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate] (PHB), poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), and poly(propylene glycol) (PPG) segments was prepared. The critical micellization concentration (CMCs) of these water-soluble poly(ester urethane)s were determined at different temperature…
Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applicationsAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterizationbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
Junyong Zhang、Yonghui Deng、Jing Wei 等 11 位作者2009-08-11Chemistry of Materials
In this paper, we demonstrate a successful synthesis of highly ordered mesoporous carbons with large pores and tunable pore walls by using a home-designed ABC amphiphilic triblock copolymer poly(ethylene oxide)- block -poly(methyl methacrylate)- block -polystyrene (PEO- b -PMMA- b -PS) with gradient hydrophilicity as…
Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsMesoporous Materials and CatalysisCovalent Organic Framework Applications
Lihong Liu、Mingdi Yan2009-08-11Nano Letters
We present a simple and efficient method to immobilize graphene on silicon wafers using perfluorophenylazide (PFPA) as the coupling agent. Graphene sheets were covalently attached to PFPA-functionalized wafer surface by a simple heat treatment under ambient conditions. The formation of single and multiple layers of gr…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesGraphene research and applicationsGraphene and Nanomaterials Applications
Satoshi Okamoto2009-08-11arXiv
The surface magnetic phase transition of a double-exchange model for metallic manganites is studied using a Schwinger-boson mean-field method. About three unit-cells wide surface layers are identified. The magnetic moment in these layers decreases more rapidly than that in the bulk when the temperature is increased. T…
Materials ScienceStrongly Correlated Electrons
Lifen Xiao、Yanqiang Zhao、Yin Jia 等 4 位作者2009-08-11Chemistry - A European Journal
Hollow ZnV(2)O(4) microspheres with a clewlike feature were synthesized by reacting zinc nitrate hexahydrate and ammonium metavanadate in benzyl alcohol at 180 degrees C for the first time. GC-MS analysis revealed that the organic reactions that occurred in this study were rather different from those in benzyl alcohol…
Advancements in Battery MaterialsTransition Metal Oxide NanomaterialsAdvanced battery technologies research
Joseph B. Schlenoff2009-08-11Langmuir
The layer-by-layer, or multilayer, method of thin film growth has evolved into a widely-used enabling technology. Starting in the mid 1990's, an exponentially increasing number of publications on the topic, many appearing in this Journal, have shown how multilayers may be adapted to passive and active coatings, device…
Polymer Surface Interaction StudiesMolecular Junctions and NanostructuresDendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers
Igor Aharonovich、Stefania Castelletto、David Simpson 等 7 位作者2009-08-11Nano Letters
The fabrication of stable ultrabright single photon sources operating at room temperature is reported. The emitter is based on a color center within a diamond nanocrystal grown on a sapphire substrate by chemical vapor deposition method and exhibits a two-level electronic behavior with a maximum measured count rate of…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesDiamond and Carbon-based Materials ResearchNonlinear Optical Materials Studies
Shaojun Chen、Jinlian Hu、Chun‐wah Marcus Yuen 等 5 位作者2009-08-11Polymers for Advanced Technologies
Abstract Remembering more than one permanent shape is an attractive research topic for shape memory materials (SMMs). In this paper, multiple crystalline shape memory polyurethanes (SMPUs) are prepared with PCL10000 and PTMG2900 by a three‐step polymerization method. DSC and WAXD results show that the obtained polyure…
Polymer composites and self-healingShape Memory Alloy TransformationsMarine Sponges and Natural Products
Xingjun Wang、L. S. Vlasenko、S. J. Pearton 等 5 位作者2009-08-11Journal of Physics D Applied Physics
Oxygen and zinc vacancies are unambiguously shown to be formed in as-grown ZnO bulk crystals grown from melt without being subjected to irradiation, from electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) studies. Concentrations of the defects in their paramagnetic charge states V-O…
ZnO doping and propertiesPerovskite Materials and ApplicationsGa2O3 and related materials
Biman B. Mandal、Subhas C. Kundu2009-08-11Nanotechnology
In recent times self-assembled micellar nanoparticles have been successfully employed in tissue engineering for targeted drug delivery applications. In this review, silk sericin protein from non-mulberry Antheraea mylitta tropical tasar silk cocoons was blended with pluronic F-127 and F-87 in the presence of solvents…
RNA Interference and Gene DeliveryAntimicrobial Peptides and ActivitiesSilk-based biomaterials and applications
Adam Pluskota、Eva Horzowski、Olaf Bossinger 等 4 位作者2009-08-11PLoS ONE
While expectations and applications of nanotechnologies grow exponentially, little is known about interactions of engineered nanoparticles with multicellular organisms. Here we propose the transparent roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans as a simple but anatomically and biologically well defined animal model that allows f…
Nanoparticles: synthesis and applicationsGenetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model OrganismsSelenium in Biological Systems
Fernando Guevara Vasquez、Graeme W. Milton、Daniel Onofrei2009-08-11Physical Review Letters
A new cloaking method is presented for 2D quasistatics and the 2D Helmholtz equation that we speculate extends to other linear wave equations. For 2D quasistatics it is proven how a single active exterior cloaking device can be used to shield an object from surrounding fields, yet produce very small scattered fields.…
Metamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsElectromagnetic Scattering and AnalysisAdvanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
Jiaming Hao、Qijun Ren、Zhenghua An 等 7 位作者2009-08-11Physical Review A
We present the design, characterization, and modeling of a specific optical metamaterial, and employ it to manipulate the light polarizations at optical frequencies. Experimental results reveal that the maximum polarization conversion efficiency, i.e., the energy portion converted from $s$ to $p$ polarization after re…
Metamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsPlasmonic and Surface Plasmon ResearchOptical Wireless Communication Technologies
Gianfranco Romanazzi、F. Mlikota Gabler、Dennis A. Margosan 等 5 位作者2009-08-11Phytopathology
Chitosan is a natural biopolymer that must be dissolved in an acid solution to activate its antimicrobial and eliciting properties. Among 15 acids tested, chitosan dissolved in 1% solutions of acetic, L-ascorbic, formic, L-glutamic, hydrochloric, lactic, maleic, malic, phosphorous, and succinic acid. To control gray m…
Essential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityPostharvest Quality and Shelf Life ManagementNanocomposite Films for Food Packaging
D. Chandra、Shu Yang2009-08-11Langmuir
Because of their increased mechanical compliance, arrays of high-aspect-ratio microstructures are susceptible to deformation by capillary forces. In the literature, the collapse of a 1D array of tall line patterns during liquid evaporation off of their surface has been attributed to the Laplace pressure difference due…
Surface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsNanomaterials and Printing Technologies
F. Livet、G. Beutier、M. De Boissieu 等 7 位作者2009-08-11arXiv
Using coherent x-ray scattering, we evidenced atomic step roughness at the [111] vicinal surface of a silicon monocrystal of 0.05 degree miscut. Close to the (1/2 1/2 1/2) anti-Bragg position of the reciprocal space which is particularly sensitive to the [111] surface, the truncation rod exhibits a contrasted speckle…
Materials Science
J. A. Haigh、M. Wang、A. W. Rushforth 等 8 位作者2009-08-11arXiv
We have studied the magnetic reversal of L-shaped nanostructures fabricated from (Ga,Mn)As. The strain relaxation due to the lithographic patterning results in each arm having a uniaxial magnetic anisotropy. Our analysis confirms that the magnetic reversal takes place via a combination of coherent rotation and domain…
Mesoscale and Nanoscale PhysicsMaterials Science
L. Uma Devi、S. S. Bhagawan、Sabu Thomas2009-08-11Polymer Composites
Abstract The dynamic mechanical properties of randomly oriented intimately mixed hybrid composites based on pineapple leaf fibers (PALF) and glass fibers (GF) in unsaturated polyester (PER) matrix were investigated. The PALFs have high‐specific strength and improve the mechanical properties of the PER matrix. In this…
Natural Fiber Reinforced CompositesTree Root and Stability StudiesMechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research
Nuru R. Mlyuka、Gunnar A. Niklasson、Claes G. Granqvist2009-08-11physica status solidi (a)
Abstract Vanadium dioxide (VO 2 ) shows an abrupt and reversible change in optical and electrical properties when the temperature is raised beyond a critical point of ∼68 °C. Films made from this material have a potential to be used in energy efficient “smart” windows with temperature‐dependent throughput of solar rad…
Advanced Memory and Neural ComputingTransition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
Thomas Schmid、Boon Siang Yeo、Grace Leong 等 5 位作者2009-08-11Journal of Raman Spectroscopy
Abstract Many outstanding questions in biology and medicine require analytical tools that provide imaging and chemical information with high spatial resolution. Tip‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) has been shown to allow both topographic and label‐free chemical information to be obtained with a lateral resolution o…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsSpectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical ResearchNear-Field Optical Microscopy