E.E.M. Ahmad、A. S. Luyt2012-05-03Polymer Composites
Abstract Sisal whiskers were used as biobased nanofillers to prepare poly(lactic acid) (PLA)‐based nanocomposites. The whiskers were prepared from sisal fibers via sulfuric acid hydrolysis. Freeze drying of the aqueous whisker suspension was carried out to obtain loosely packed dry sisal whiskers. The nanocomposites w…
Natural Fiber Reinforced Compositesbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
M. Popinciuc、V. E. Calado、X. L. Liu 等 6 位作者2012-05-03Physical Review B
We report electronic transport measurements of graphene contacted by NbTiN electrodes, which at low temperature remain superconducting up to at least 11 T. In devices with a single superconducting contact, we find a more than twofold enhancement of the conductance at zero bias, which we interpret in terms of reflectio…
Graphene research and applicationsQuantum and electron transport phenomenaMolecular Junctions and Nanostructures
Sadananda Mandal、Santanu Bhattacharyya、Victor Borovkov 等 4 位作者2012-05-03The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
This paper focuses on the spectroscopic studies and self-assembly behavior of zinc octaethylporphyrin (ZnOEP) doped semiconducting [poly( N -vinylcarbazole) (PVK)] polymer nanoparticles (NP) using steady state and time-resolved spectroscopy. The bathochromic shift of both Soret (by 12 nm) and Q bands (by 6–8 nm) in th…
Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistryPhotochemistry and Electron Transfer StudiesNonlinear Optical Materials Studies
Hitoshi Tamiaki、Shinnosuke Machida、Keisuke Mizutani2012-05-03The Journal of Organic Chemistry
Methyl mesopyropheophorbide-a possessing an ethyl group at the 3-position, its 3(1)-demethyl analogue (3-methyl homologue), and its 3(1)-deethyl analogue (3-unsubstituted chlorin) were prepared by modifying naturally occurring (bacterio)chlorophylls bearing 3-vinyl, formyl, acetyl, and 1-hydroxyethyl groups. These syn…
Photosynthetic Processes and MechanismsPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistryMetal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms
Steve Landsmann、Martin Wessig、Marius R. Schmid 等 5 位作者2012-05-03Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Hot under the surface: Surfactants with purely inorganic head groups, comprising a ruthenium-substituted polyoxotungstate cluster, are used to unlock the enormous potential of a synergistic combination of surfactant self-assembly and stimuli-responsive properties. The system can dynamically respond to a chemical trigg…
Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsPolyoxometalates: Synthesis and ApplicationsSupramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
Li Chen、Saiwei Lam、Qinghua Zeng 等 5 位作者2012-05-03The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
The growth mechanism of hexagonal tungsten oxide (h-WO 3 ) nanorods is investigated using molecular dynamics simulation. The results show that cation intercalation has a great impact on the formation of h-WO 3 nanorods, reflected from the attractive interaction between the growth species (polytungstate anion, W 10 O 3…
Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsConducting polymers and applicationsTransition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
Hajime Maeda、Tomohiro Maeda、Kazuhiko Mizuno2012-05-03Molecules
Silyl-substituted naphthalene derivatives at the 1- and 1,4-positions were synthesized and their UV absorption, fluorescence spectroscopic properties, and fluorescence lifetimes were determined. Analysis of the results shows that the introduction of silyl groups at these positions of the naphthalene chromophore/fluoro…
Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistryPhotochemistry and Electron Transfer StudiesLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials
Kohei Johmoto、Takashi Ishida、Akiko Sekine 等 5 位作者2012-05-03Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science
The crystal structures of the salicylideneaniline derivatives N-salicylidene-4-tert-butyl-aniline (1), N-3,5-di-tert-butyl-salicylidene-3-methoxyaniline (2), N-3,5-di-tert-butyl-salicylidene-3-bromoaniline (3), N-3,5-di-tert-butyl-salicylidene-3-chloroaniline (4), N-3,5-di-tert-butyl-salicylidene-4-bromoaniline (5), N…
Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistryPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistrySynthesis of Organic Compounds
Chaochao Fu、Guangshe Li、Minglei Zhao 等 6 位作者2012-05-03Inorganic Chemistry
In this work, a novel solvent-driven room-temperature synthesis of BiPO(4):Eu(3+) nanoparticles was presented. By virtue of 11 solvents with different properties and function groups, phase structure and composition of BiPO(4):Eu(3+) can be systematically tailored. Hexagonal phase (HP) of BiPO(4):Eu(3+) was obtained in…
Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesLuminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsGas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
Clément Blanchet、Alexey Zozulya、Alexey Kikhney 等 12 位作者2012-05-03Journal of Applied Crystallography
A setup is presented for automated high-throughput measurements of small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) from macromolecular solutions on the bending-magnet beamline X33 of EMBL at the storage ring DORIS-III (DESY, Hamburg). A new multi-cell compartment allows for rapid switching between in-vacuum and in-air operation,…
Protein Structure and DynamicsEnzyme Structure and FunctionX-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis
Thomas Gnäupel-Herold2012-05-03Journal of Applied Crystallography
A program is introduced that calculates diffraction elastic constants for the Reuss, modified Voigt, Hill, Kröner and inverse Kröner models. For materials with preferred orientation it uses the orientation distribution function (ODF) to calculate the anisotropic stress factors. The ODF is read in text format as output…
Numerical methods in engineeringComposite Material MechanicsX-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
Manawwer Alam、Anees A. Ansari、Mohammed Rafi Shaik 等 4 位作者2012-05-03Arabian Journal of Chemistry
Polyaniline(PANI)/Tin oxide (SnO2) hybrid nanocomposite with a diameter 20–30 nm was prepared by co-precipitation process of SnO2 through in situ chemical polymerization of aniline using ammonium persulphate as an oxidizing agent. The resulting nanocomposite material was characterized by different techniques, such as…
Conducting polymers and applicationsTransition Metal Oxide NanomaterialsAnalytical Chemistry and Sensors
Fabrice Pierron、Pascal Forquin2012-05-03Strain
Abstract: For one decade, spalling techniques based on the use of a metallic Hopkinson bar in contact with a concrete sample have been widely employed to characterise the dynamic tensile strength of concrete at strain rates ranging from a few tens to hundreds of s −1 . However, the processing method based on the use o…
Rock Mechanics and ModelingHigh-Velocity Impact and Material BehaviorFire effects on concrete materials
Amir Pakdel、Chunyi Zhi、Yoshio Bando 等 5 位作者2012-05-03Nanotechnology
Boron nitride nanotube (BNNT) films were grown on silicon/silicon dioxide (Si/SiO(2)) substrates by a catalytic chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method in a horizontal electric furnace. The effects of growth temperature and catalyst concentration on the morphology of the films and the structure of individual BNNTs were…
Thermal properties of materialsBoron and Carbon Nanomaterials ResearchMXene and MAX Phase Materials
Gunnar K. Pálsson、Moritz Wälde、Martin Amft 等 8 位作者2012-05-03Physical Review B
The dipole force components in nanosized metal hydrides are quantitatively determined with curvature and x-ray diffraction measurements. Ab initio density functional theory is used to calculate the dipole components and the symmetry of the strain field. The hydrogen occupancy in a 100-nm-thick V film is shown to be te…
Metal and Thin Film MechanicsFusion materials and technologiesHydrogen Storage and Materials
Guowei He、N. Srivastava、R. M. Feenstra2012-05-03arXiv
The formation of graphene on the SiC(000-1) surface (the C-face of the {0001} surfaces) has been studied, utilizing both disilane and neon environments. In both cases, the interface between the graphene and the SiC is found to be different than for graphene formation in vacuum. A complex low-energy electron diffractio…
Mesoscale and Nanoscale PhysicsMaterials Science
Guangxi Jin、Kun Cao、Guang‐Can Guo 等 4 位作者2012-05-03Physical Review Letters
Cupric oxide is a unique magnetic ferroelectric material with a transition temperature significantly higher than the boiling point of liquid nitrogen. However, the mechanism of high-T(c) multiferroicity in CuO remains puzzling. In this Letter, we clarify the mechanism of high-T(c) multiferroicity in CuO by using combi…
Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsMultiferroics and related materialsAdvanced Condensed Matter Physics
Alan Levin、Deyin Zhang、Eric Polizzi2012-05-03arXiv
In a recent article [1], the FEAST algorithm has been presented as a general purpose eigenvalue solver which is ideally suited for addressing the numerical challenges in electronic structure calculations. Here, FEAST is presented beyond the "black-box" solver as a fundamental modeling framework which can naturally add…
Materials ScienceChemical Physicsphysics.comp-ph
Huiyang Fei、Amit Abraham、Nikhilesh Chawla 等 4 位作者2012-05-03Journal of Applied Mechanics
The micro-pillar compression test is emerging as a novel way to measure the mechanical properties of materials. In this paper, we systematically conducted finite element analysis to evaluate the capability of using a micro-compression test to probe the mechanical properties of both elastic and plastic materials. We fo…
Microstructure and mechanical propertiesMetal Forming Simulation TechniquesHigh-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior
Matthias Kühne、C. Faugeras、P. Kossacki 等 7 位作者2012-05-03Physical Review B
The micro-Raman-scattering response of a graphenelike location on the surface of bulk natural graphite is investigated both at $T=4.2K$ and at room temperature in magnetic fields up to 29 T. Two different polarization configurations, cocircular and crossed circular, are employed in order to determine the Raman-scatter…
Graphene research and applicationsQuantum and electron transport phenomenaTopological Materials and Phenomena