Karthikeyan Subramani、Ameen Khraisat、Anne George2008-05-01Current Nanoscience
Self- assembly of biological molecules forms the basic principle in the formation of complex biological structures. Numerous proteins and peptides have been emerging as nanobiomaterials due to their ability to self-assemble into nanoscale structures like nanotubes, nanovesicles, helical ribbons and three dimensional f…
Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
Martin Kráľ、Akihisa Ogino、Masaaki Nagatsu2008-05-01Journal of Physics D Applied Physics
This work reports the effect of hydrogen concentration on the amino group introduction by the plasma treatment of the polyethylene surface. The amino group selectivity on the polyethylene sheet treated by the surface-wave plasma in various N2/H2 gas mixtures was examined by chemical derivatization combined with x-ray…
Surface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityAtomic and Molecular PhysicsPlasma Diagnostics and Applications
Anteo Smerieri、Victor Erokhin、Marco Fontana2008-05-01Journal of Applied Physics
We present a model for describing electrical properties of an electrochemically controlled heterojunction between a conducting polymer (polyaniline) and a solid electrolyte (lithium salt doped polyethylene oxide). In particular, the difference in the kinetics of the conductivity variation for different polarities of t…
Organic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsAdvanced Memory and Neural ComputingConducting polymers and applications
Sung‐Hoon Hong、Heon Lee2008-05-01Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
A phase change memory device, consisting of Ge 2 Sb 2 Te 5 chalcogenide, a Mo electrode and a SiO 2 dielectric layer, was fabricated in order to investigate the failure mechanism. During the pulsed mode switching of the device with a reset pulse (5.0 V, 90 ns) and a set pulse (1.5 V, 30 µs), some devices failed to res…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsPhase-change materials and chalcogenides
Hong-Hsin Huang、C.-Y. Huang、Ping‐Chih Huang 等 5 位作者2008-05-01Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Titanium oxide films were prepared by RF magnetron sputtering onto glass substrates. The effects of RF power and deposition temperature on crystalline structure, morphology and energy gap were investigated, which were analyzed by X-ray diffraction, SEM and UV-Vis spectrometer, respectively. Results show that rutile ph…
ZnO doping and propertiesGas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsCopper-based nanomaterials and applications
Takeshi Oshio、K. Masuko、Atsushi Ashida 等 5 位作者2008-05-01Journal of Applied Physics
The Mn doping effects on the electric and dielectric properties of ZnO epitaxial films were studied. To optimize the stoichiometry of undoped ZnO film prepared by pulsed laser deposition, we evaluated the intensity ratio of the optical emission from excited oxygen atoms (O*) and excited zinc atoms (Zn*) generated by a…
ZnO doping and propertiesGas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsGa2O3 and related materials
Mutsuo Ishikawa、Norihito Takiguchi、Hiroshi Hosaka 等 4 位作者2008-05-01Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
Nondoped potassium niobate (KNbO 3 ) ceramics were synthesized with fine powders obtained by a hydrothermal method. The hydrothermal method employs a chemical reaction in a solution. Low reaction temperature and self-assembly growth resulted in high-quality KNbO 3 powders. In this study, various temperature conditions…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsAcoustic Wave Resonator TechnologiesMicrowave Dielectric Ceramics Synthesis
B. R. Westphal、Kenneth J. Bateman、C.D. Morgan 等 10 位作者2008-05-01Nuclear Technology
The development of a head-end processing step for spent oxide fuel that applies to both aqueous and pyrometallurgical technologies is being performed by the Idaho National Laboratory, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute through a joint International Nuclear Energy Researc…
Nuclear reactor physics and engineeringRadioactive element chemistry and processingNuclear Materials and Properties
Dong Guoping、Xiudi Xiao、Ren Jin-Jun 等 9 位作者2008-05-01Chinese Physics Letters
Near-infrared luminescence is observed from bismuth-doped GeS 2 —Ga 2 S 3 chalcogenide glasses excited by an 808 nm laser diode. The emission peak with a maximum at about 1260 nm is observed in 80GeS 2 -20Ga 2 S 3 :0.5Bi glass and it shifts toward the long wavelength with the addition of Bi gradually. The full width o…
Luminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsGlass properties and applicationsPhase-change materials and chalcogenides
Zhang Wei-Ying、Sheng Zhong、Sun Li-Jie 等 4 位作者2008-05-01Chinese Physics Letters
N-ZnO/p-Si heterojunctions are prepared by sputtering deposition of intrinsic ZnO films on p-Si substrates. Thicknesses of ZnO films are altered by varying the deposition time from 1 h to 3 h. The electrical properties of these structures are analysed from capacitance-voltage (C-V) and current-voltage (I-V) characteri…
ZnO doping and propertiesChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsCopper-based nanomaterials and applications
Lei Zhang、Lei Chen、Qian‐Hong Wan2008-05-01Chemistry of Materials
A novel method is described for the preparation of nearly monodispersed and highly magnetic responsive microspheres with magnetite nanocrystals formed in a polymeric matrix by hydrothermal reduction. The method is based on the formation of iron hydroxide/polymer composite microspheres by acid-catalyzed condensation po…
Nanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryMesoporous Materials and CatalysisIron oxide chemistry and applications
Philip J. Stackhouse、Michael Hird2008-05-01Liquid Crystals
A series of novel symmetrical and unsymmetrical triphenylene‐based discotic liquid crystalline materials with one or six branched peripheral alkoxy chains have been prepared. These materials have been compared with analogous known symmetrical and unsymmetrical compounds to reveal a balance between steric and space‐fil…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsSurfactants and Colloidal SystemsAdvanced Materials and Mechanics
Qingyu Xu、Heidemarie Schmidt、H. Hochmuth 等 8 位作者2008-05-01Journal of Physics D Applied Physics
Nd and Mn were codoped into ZnO films which have been grown on a-plane sapphire substrates by pulsed laser deposition with the thickness ranging between 46 and 971 nm. The room temperature resistivity of the codoped films is independent of film thickness. Large positive magnetoresistance and clear anomalous Hall effec…
ZnO doping and propertiesMagnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Yu. V. Shemouratov、K. A. Prokhorov、G Yu Nikolaeva 等 10 位作者2008-05-01Laser Physics
The Raman spectra of the ethylene-propylene copolymers (EPC) synthesized using new metallocene catalytic systems and the polypropylene/polyethylene/diblockcopolymer of propylene and ethylene (PP/PE/DBC) blends obtained using the sequential polymerization are studied. The copolymer and reactor blend spectra are analyze…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesPolymer Nanocomposites and Propertiesbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
Yuemin Wang2008-05-01Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie
High resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy (HREELS) is a powerful method for the study of vibrational and electronic excitations at solid surfaces and has been extensively applied to metal single crystal surfaces. As a result of experimental difficulties, unfortunately, much less information is available on ads…
Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceSemiconductor materials and devicesElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
M.-G. Barthés-Labrousse、Jean Dubois2008-05-01The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics
Although the industrial development of complex metallic alloys (CMAs) and quasicrystals (QCs) has remained quite limited so far, these materials exhibit interesting and sometimes unexpected properties in terms of technological applications. A few selected examples of the most promising properties and trends for potent…
Quasicrystal Structures and PropertiesNanocluster Synthesis and ApplicationsMineralogy and Gemology Studies
Tomoka Yamaguchi、Yukinari Sunatsuki、Hiroyuki Ishida 等 9 位作者2008-05-01Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
Abstract Heterotrinuclear [(NiIIL)2LnIII(NO3)] complexes (where H3L = 1,1,1-tris[(salicylideneamino)methyl]ethane and Ln = Gd (1), Eu (2), Tb (3), and Dy (4)) were prepared by treating [Ni(H1.5L)]Cl0.5 with Ln(NO3)3·6H2O in the presence of triethylamine. Complexes 1·2CH3OH, 3·2CH3OH, and 4·C2H5OH·0.5H2O crystallized i…
Magnetism in coordination complexesLanthanide and Transition Metal ComplexesMetal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms
Kui Du、Chang‐Hoon Kim、A. H. Heuer 等 5 位作者2008-05-01Journal of the American Ceramic Society
X‐ray diffraction (XRD) and electron microscopy investigations have been performed on Sc 2 O 3 ‐stabilized ZrO 2 as‐sintered and after aging in air or in wet‐forming gas at 850°C for 1000 h. Some tetragonal to monoclinic transformation had occurred in the near‐surface regions of 4 mol% Sc 2 O 3 samples after aging; th…
Advanced ceramic materials synthesisAdvancements in Solid Oxide Fuel CellsElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Jin Xin Cao、L.I. Vergara、J. L. Musfeldt 等 7 位作者2008-05-01Physical Review Letters
Application of a magnetic field offers an incisive opportunity to tune competing interactions in complex materials. Here we probe field-induced changes in the local structure of DyMn2O5 by using magnetoinfrared spectroscopy. The high tunability of the dielectric constant and ferroelectric polarization with field is we…
Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsMultiferroics and related materialsAdvanced Condensed Matter Physics
Ajay Kumar Mishra、C. Bansal、Horst Hahn2008-05-01Journal of Applied Physics
The electrical conductivity of nanoporous gold was measured in situ during the charging and decharging of the surface of the metal. The nanoporous gold samples were prepared by the process of selective dealloying of Ag from Au–Ag alloy. Charge was induced on the surface by making the sample a working electrode in an e…
Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionAnodic Oxide Films and NanostructuresNanoporous metals and alloys