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Hydrogen adsorption isotherms were measured both at cryogenic temperatures below 1 atm and at ambient temperature at high pressures, up to 90 atm, on selected porous carbons with various pore structures. The nonlocal density functional theory (NLDFT) model was used to calculate the pore size distributions (PSDs) of th…
Abstract Highly ordered crystalline Pt-loaded CdS nanowire arrays were prepared using a hard template of mesoporous silica and show good photocatalytic activity for hydrogen production under visible-light irradiation.
The gas-phase dynamics of two classes of photochromic molecules, three spiropyrans and one spirooxazine, have been investigated here using both time-resolved mass spectrometry and photoelectron spectroscopy approaches. It is, to our knowledge, the first gas-phase experiment done of these kinds of molecules. The molecu…
We report on the first synthesis of Li-intercalated manganese-phthalocyanine (MnPc) in the bulk form and on the evolution of the structural and magnetic properties as a function of Li concentration, x. We find that solid beta-MnPc, which comprises rodlike assemblies of individual planar molecules, is best described as…
Treatment of tetraphenylporphyrinato(aluminum) chloride, Al(TPP)Cl, with Na/Hg in THF yields the stable radical Al(TPP)(THF)2. Similarly, treatment of aluminum phthalocyanine chloride, Al(Pc)Cl, with Na/Hg in THF yields the stable radical Al(Pc)(THF)2. Solution-phase magnetic susceptibility measurements show that both…
Highly ordered mesoporous SiC materials were prepared by infiltrating viscous liquid preceramic polymer, allylhydridopolycarbosilane, into two types of surface modified nanoporous silica templates: mesoporous silica SBA-15 and mesocellular siliceous foam. The silica templates were subsequently etched off after pyrolys…
ZnO nanoparticles are synthesized using a new bio-friendly method. The experimental conditions are very mild: aqueous solution at near-neutral pH and 37 degrees C. The as-obtained nanoparticles show the stable wurtzite structure without the need of annealing. The two reagents used are aqueous solutions of zinc nitrate…
The encapsulation of biological enzymes within polyelectrolyte microcapsules is an important step toward microscale devices for processing and analytical applications, one which could be applied to the realization of minimally invasive sensing technology. In this work, the encapsulation and functional characterization…
Adhesion force analysis using atomic force microscopy clearly revealed for the first time the mechanism underlying the specific binding between a titanium surface and ferritin possessing the sequence of Ti-binding peptide in its N-terminal domain. Our results proved that the specific binding is due to double electrost…
CdS one-dimensional nanoforms such as nanowires, nanoribbons, network-like nanowires, pearl necklace type nanowires, helical-like nanowires, and nanowire arrays were formed on Si substrates by a simple thermal evaporation route. The shapes of the one-dimensional CdS nanoforms were controlled by varying the experimenta…
Aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition (AACVD) of Sb[(TePiPr2)2N]3 results in pure hexagonal Sb2Te3 nanoplates between 375 and 475 degrees C on glass substrates, with a potential for enhanced thermoelectric properties for novel nanodevices.
Well-defined single-crystalline PbS nano- and microstructures including dendrites, multipods, truncated nanocubes, and nanocubes were synthesized in high yield by a simple solution route. Novel star-shaped PbS dendrites with six symmetric arms along the 100 direction, each of which shows one trunk (long axis) and four…
Interfaces play a critical role in nanoscale ferroelectricity. We perform a first-principles study of ultrathin KNbO(3) ferroelectric films placed between two metal electrodes, either SrRuO(3) or Pt. We show that bonding at the ferroelectric-metal interfaces imposes severe constraints on the displacement of atoms, des…
The scaling behavior of the Portevin-Le Chatelier (PLC) effect is studied by deforming a substitutional alloy, Al-2.5%Mg and an interstitial alloy, low carbon steel (0.15%C, 0.33%Mn, 0.04%P, 0.05%S, 0.15%Si and rest Iron) at room temperature for a wide range of strain rates. To reveal the exact scaling nature, the tim…
While a perfect hcp (0001) surface has three-fold symmetry, the diffraction patterns commonly obtained are six-fold symmetric. This apparent change in symmetry occurs because on a stepped surface, the atomic layers on adjacent terraces are rotated by 180 degrees. Here we use a Low-Energy Electron Microscope to acquire…
Purification and size-based separation of nanoparticles remain significant challenges in the preparation of well-defined materials for fundamental studies and applications. Diafiltration shows considerable potential for the efficient and convenient purification and size separation of water-soluble nanoparticles, allow…
Sr x Ba 1- x Nb 2 O 6 (SBN) ceramics were synthesized from Sr 0.45 Ba 0.55 Nb 2 O 6 (45SBN) to 75SBN according to x content, and the mineral phases of ceramics were identified by XRD. Some SBN single crystals were grown by Czochralski method. There was only one single phase in from 45SBN to 70SBN when synthesizing at…
Carbon-doped silicon oxide (SiCOH) low-k films were deposited with plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) using divinyldimethylsilane (DVDMS) with two vinyl groups and tetravinylsilane (TVS) with four vinyl groups compared with vinyltrimethylsilane (VTMS) with one vinyl group. With more vinyl groups in the…
The functionalization of bentonite by intercalation of surfactants dodecylamine, hexadecylamine, octadecylamine, and the octadecyltrimethylammonium cation is described. Products are characterized by elemental analysis, thermal analysis, FT–IR spectra, and powder X-ray diffraction analysis. Laminar amine-clay nanocompo…
4′-Methyl-biphenyl-4-carbonitrile and the 4′-Methoxy-biphenyl-4-carbonitrile homologous series are known to exhibit calamitic (nematic and/or smectic) liquid crystal phases. In this work, aspect ratios x (length/diameter) for these molecules are computed from electronic structure calculations using ab initio HF/3-21G/…