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Spatially separated ZnO nanopillars were grown on Pt-thin-film-coated Si substrates by electrochemical deposition in Zn(NO 3 ) 2 aqueous solution. The effects of growth parameters, such as Zn(NO 3 ) 2 concentration, cathodic potential, bath temperature, and growth time, were studied with respect to the morphological,…
Here we present a simple but general method for constructing complex binary colloidal crystals with an almost full range of size ratios, which is referred to as "template-assisted electric-field-induced assembly (TAEFIA)". The dependence of the structures of binary colloidal crystals on size ratio (gamma) and volume f…
Ultra-small-angle X-ray scattering was performed on suspensions of anisotropic polystyrene particles of varying degrees of anisotropy. The wave vector dependence of particle form factors is well described by a model developed by Debye for the scattering from fused spheres. As volume fraction is raised, all suspensions…
To understand the spinning process of dragline silk by spiders, the protein conformation before spinning has to be determined. Raman confocal spectromicroscopy has been used to study the conformation of the proteins in situ in the intact abdominal major ampullate gland of Nephila clavipes and Araneus diadematus spider…
Green emission of ZnO microcrystallites has been studied in detail by directly investigating the luminescence from the different crystal surfaces of ZnO microcrystallites by means of room temperature cathodoluminescence (CL). The relative strength of the green emission was found to be strongly dependent on the crystal…
The aquatic colonial stalked diatom, Didymosphenia geminata, has acquired notoriety in recent years because of huge increases in many rivers of temperate regions. However, in some streams in northern England it has probably or, in the case of the R. Coquet (Northumberland), certainly been abundant for many decades. Th…
This paper evaluates the o-hydroxycinnamic platform for designing efficient caging groups with fluorescence reporting upon one- and two-photon excitation. The model cinnamates are easily prepared in one step by coupling commercial or readily available synthons. They exhibit a large one-photon absorption that can be tu…
A series of 2-iminopyrrole ligand precursors with increasing bulkiness [HNC4H3C(R)=N-2,6-R'2C6H3] (R = R' = H, 1a; R = Me, R'= H, 1b; R = H, R' = Me, 1c; R = R' = Me, 1d; R = H, R' = iPr, 1e; R = Me, R' = iPr, 1f) were synthesized and deprotonated with NaH to give the corresponding iminopyrrolyl sodium salts 2a-f. A s…
We present the synthesis, crystal structure, and temperature and field dependence of the magnetic properties of a new molecule-based magnet, [Co(hfac)2].BNO* (1), where hfac = 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoroacetylacetonato and BNO* is the chiral triplet bis(nitroxide), 1,3-bis(N-tert-butyl-N-oxylamino)-5-{1'-methyl-1'-[2' '-(S…
The structure and properties of the possible multiferroic, BiMnO 3, are calculated using the LDA+ U method of density functional theory. The symmetry is found to be centrosymmetric C 2/ c with zero ferroelectric polarization. The stereochemically active Bi lone pairs form local dipole moments which order in an anti-po…
We have designed a type of colloidal particle whose surface characteristics are sensitive to the pH of the aqueous phase in which they are dispersed. Particles of polystyrene latex stabilized by poly(acrylic acid) can act as stabilizers of aqueous foams by adsorbing at the air-water surface. Foams can be prepared and…
Multifluorescent silica nanoparticles were synthesized by the Stöber method using conjugates of (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane and fluorescent dye-N-hydroxysuccinimide esters. The nanoparticles containing the fluorescent dyes were well dispersed and showed high, stable, and tunable fluorescence intensities. In additio…
We report a detailed kinetic study of the RAFT polymerization of methyl 6- O -methacryloyl-α- d -glucoside (a methacrylic ester-type glycomonomer) with the chain transfer agent (CTA) (4-cyanopentanoic acid)-4-dithiobenzoate and initiator 4,4‘-azobis(4-cyanopentanoic acid) in homogeneous aqueous media. The influence of…
Novel coaxial structures consisting of nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube (MWNTs-CNx) cores with external concentric shells of pure carbon were produced by the pyrolysis of toluene over Fe-coated MWNTs-CNx. These materials were thoroughly characterized by SEM, HRTEM, X-ray diffraction, and TGA; a possible growth scenario…
The interaction of cyanobacterial biomass (Plectonema boryanum UTEX 485) with aqueous palladium(II) chloride (PdCl2 degrees ) has been investigated at 25-100 degrees C for up to 28 days. We report that the release of organic materials from the cyanobacteria promoted the precipitation of Pd(0) as crystalline spherical…
The regulation mechanism of organic additives on the crystallization of inorganic crystal is fundamentally important in biomineralization. Experimentally, it was found that the amino acids glycine (Gly) and glutamic acid (Glu) could lead to the formation of rod- and plate-like hydroxyapatite (HAP) crystallites, respec…
This paper considers fracture strength, fracture origins, and hydrothermal degradation of 3Y‐TZP with grain sizes in the range of 110–480 nm. Biaxial fracture strength testing was used to show that the fracture strength increases with grain size and is governed by the concurrent change in fracture toughness. Hydrother…
Nine one-dimensional (1D) lanthanide(III) coordination polymers with the formulas {[La(pta)(H 2 O) 4 ]·2H 2 O} n ( 1 ), {[Ln(pta)(H 2 O) 5 ]·4H 2 O} n [Ln = Sm ( 2 ), Eu ( 3 ), Tb ( 4 ), Ho ( 5 )], and {[Ln(pta)(H 2 O) 3 ]·4H 2 O} n [Ln = Dy ( 6 ), Er ( 7 ), Tm ( 8 ), Yb ( 9 )] (H 3 pta = 2,4,6-pyridinetricarboxylic a…
We use first-principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations to investigate the ground state structures of both BaCeO_{3} (BC) and Pd-doped BC (BCP). The relaxed structures match closely with recent experimental scattering studies, and also provide a local picture of how the BC perovskite lattice accommodates…
In this communication, we demonstrate an approach for shape control of PbTe nanocrystals. We succeeded in synthesizing three different shapes of PbTe nanoparticles, including cubes, cuboctahedra, and octahedra. These morphologies were prepared by changing the molar ratio between the Pb and Te precursors and also by ch…