Jens Gläser、Jian Qin、Pavani Medapuram 等 4 位作者2014-01-13Macromolecules
We present a detailed comparison of simulations of disordered melts of symmetric AB diblock copolymers to predictions of the renormalized one-loop (ROL) theory. The behaviors of the structure factor S ( q ) and of single-chain correlations are studied over a range of chain lengths ( N = 16, ..., 128) for two models: o…
Material Dynamics and PropertiesTheoretical and Computational PhysicsBlock Copolymer Self-Assembly
Yayang Wu、Chi Cheng、Lijuan Jiao 等 8 位作者2014-01-13Organic Letters
A facile synthetic route to a new class of near-IR β-thiophene-fused BF2-azadipyrromethenes (aza-BDTPs) is presented. Sharp absorption and fluorescence emission bands at around 800 nm were observed for these highly photostable aza-BDTPs, with a large absorption coefficient and very low absorptions in the visible range…
Molecular Sensors and Ion DetectionLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsPhotochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
Huaimin Wang、Jie Liu、Aitian Han 等 11 位作者2014-01-13ACS Nano
Understanding specific protein-peptide interactions could offer a deep insight into the development of therapeutics for many human diseases. In this work, we designed and synthesized a far-red/near-infrared (FR/NIR) fluorescence light-up probe (DBT-2EEGWRESAI) by simply integrating two tax-interacting protein-1 (TIP-1…
Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsSupramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
Limin Xu、Lingxiang Jiang、Markus Drechsler 等 10 位作者2014-01-13Journal of the American Chemical Society
It is hard to obtain spatially ordered nanostructures via the polyion complexation process due to the inherent flexibility of polymers and isotropicity of ionic interactions. Here we report the formation of polyion assemblies with well-defined, periodically regular internal structure by imparting the proper stiffness…
Molecular Sensors and Ion DetectionLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsCovalent Organic Framework Applications
Christian Borchert、Erik Temmel、Holger Eisenschmidt 等 6 位作者2014-01-13Crystal Growth & Design
Online microscopy has received much attention in the field of crystal shape control over recent years, since commonly used measurement techniques cannot provide enough information for this purpose. In this work, we present an estimation scheme that serves to reconstruct the 3D crystal shape from the measured 2D crysta…
Crystallization and Solubility Studies
Qingliang He、Tingting Yuan、Xingru Yan 等 10 位作者2014-01-13Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
Flame‐retardant polypropylene (PP)/carbon nanotubes (CNTs) nanocomposites influenced by surface functionalization and surfactant molecular weights are studied. 3‐Aminopropyl‐triethoxysilane (APTES) is utilized to modify the CNTs (f‐CNTs), and maleic‐anhydride‐grafted PP (MAPP) with two molecular weights ( of 800 and 8…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesPolymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesFlame retardant materials and properties
Daan Glas、Joris Hulsbosch、Philippe Dúbois 等 5 位作者2014-01-13ChemSusChem
There is an urgent need for green technologies to remove halogens from halogenated polymers at the end of their lifetime. Ionic liquids (ILs) were used to dehydrochlorinate and/or dissolve the chlorinated polymers poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) and chlorinated polyethylene (CPE). The dehydrochlorination activity of an IL…
Environmental remediation with nanomaterialsPolymer Science and PVCChemistry and Chemical Engineering
Chao Zhou、Sihao Chen、Jianzhong Lou 等 8 位作者2014-01-13Nanoscale Research Letters
The so-called graphane is a fully hydrogenated form of graphene. Because it is fully hydrogenated, graphane is expected to have a wide bandgap and is theoretically an electrical insulator. The transition from graphene to graphane is that of an electrical conductor, to a semiconductor, and ultimately to an electrical i…
Advancements in Battery MaterialsGraphene research and applicationsGraphene and Nanomaterials Applications
S. Hirose、Kohei Haruki、Akira Ando 等 4 位作者2014-01-13Applied Physics Letters
Magnetoelectric (ME) properties were investigated for BaSrCo2−xZnxFe11AlO22 ceramics with the Y-type hexaferrite structure. This system exhibits a magnetic ordering above room temperature (RT) and high electrical resistivity exceeding 500 MΩ·cm by annealing under 10 atm O2. It is found that the samples with x ≤ 0.4 ex…
Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsMultiferroics and related materialsAdvanced Condensed Matter Physics
David H. Wang、Jeong Jae Wie、Kyung Min Lee 等 5 位作者2014-01-13Macromolecules
Azobenzene-functionalized polyimide materials can directly transduce light into mechanical force. Here, we examine the impact of polymer backbone rigidity on the photomechanical response in a series of linear, azobenzene-functionalized polymers. The rigidity of the backbone was varied by the polymerization of five dia…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsAdvanced Materials and MechanicsSynthesis and properties of polymers
Tushar Kumeria、Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman、Abel Santos 等 6 位作者2014-01-13Analytical Chemistry
In this study, we report about the structural engineering and optical optimization of nanoporous anodic alumina rugate filters (NAA-RFs) for real-time and label-free biosensing applications. Structurally engineered NAA-RFs are combined with reflection spectroscopy (RfS) in order to develop a biosensing system based on…
Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesAcoustic Wave Resonator TechnologiesAnodic Oxide Films and Nanostructures
Federico Bianchini、Laerte L. Patera、Maria Peressi 等 5 位作者2014-01-13The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Through a combined scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and density functional theory (DFT) approach, we provide a full characterization of the different chemisorbed configurations of epitaxial graphene coexisting on the Ni(111) single crystal surface. Top-fcc, top-hcp, and top-bridge are found to be stable structures…
Graphene research and applicationsMolecular Junctions and NanostructuresSurface and Thin Film Phenomena
Millicent P. Schmidt、Andrew J. Ilott、Brian L. Phillips 等 4 位作者2014-01-13Crystal Growth & Design
Amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) is a common transient precursor to biogenic crystalline calcium carbonate, but factors controlling the amorphous to crystalline transformation remain unclear. We present a structural analysis and comparison of hydrated and partially dehydrated, synthetic ACC samples. Thermogravimetric…
High-pressure geophysics and materialsCalcium Carbonate Crystallization and InhibitionCephalopods and Marine Biology
Wei Li、Tianlong Wu、Wei Wang 等 5 位作者2014-01-13Applied Physics Letters
Broadening the bandwidth of electromagnetic wave absorbers has greatly challenged material scientists. Here, we propose a two-layer hybrid absorber consisting of a non-planar metamaterial (MM) and a magnetic microwave absorbing material (MAM). The non-planar MM using magnetic MAMs instead of dielectric substrates show…
Metamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsElectromagnetic wave absorption materialsAdvanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
Hou–Yong Yu、Zong-Yi Qin、Chenfeng Yan 等 4 位作者2014-01-13ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
Functionalized cellulose nanocrystals (PHCNs) were synthesized by grafting poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) onto cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs). The resultant PHCNs with high loading levels were uniformly dispersed into a PHBV matrix to produce fully biodegradable nanocomposites, which showed superio…
Nanocomposite Films for Food PackagingAdvanced Cellulose Research StudiesLignin and Wood Chemistry
Varpu Marjomäki、Tanja Lahtinen、Mari Martikainen 等 8 位作者2014-01-13Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Development of precise protocols for accurate site-specific conjugation of monodisperse inorganic nanoparticles to biological material is one of the challenges in contemporary bionanoscience and nanomedicine. We report here a successful site-specific covalent conjugation of functionalized atomically monodisperse gold…
Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesSyphilis Diagnosis and TreatmentNanocluster Synthesis and Applications
Jianping Wang、Guang-Can Guo、Lixin He2014-01-13arXiv
We derive analytically the change of exciton fine structure splitting (FSS) under the external stresses in the self-assembled InAs/GaAs quantum dots using the Bir-Pikus model. We find that the FSS change is mainly due to the strain induced valence bands mixing and valence-conduction band coupling. The exciton polariza…
Mesoscale and Nanoscale PhysicsMaterials Science
H. Navirian、Daniel Schick、P. Gaal 等 6 位作者2014-01-13Applied Physics Letters
We investigate the thermoelastic response of a nanolayered sample composed of a metallic SrRuO3 electrode sandwiched between a ferroelectric Pb(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3 film with negative thermal expansion and a SrTiO3 substrate. SrRuO3 is rapidly heated by fs-laser pulses with 208 kHz repetition rate. Diffraction of X-ray pulse…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsThermal properties of materialsThermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity
Heike Papavlassopoulos、Yogendra Kumar Mishra、Sören Kaps 等 9 位作者2014-01-13PLoS ONE
With increasing production and applications of nanostructured zinc oxide, e.g., for biomedical and consumer products, the question of safety is getting more and more important. Different morphologies of zinc oxide structures have been synthesized and accordingly investigated. In this study, we have particularly focuse…
Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
Georgios A. Sotiriou、Fabian H. L. Starsich、Athanasia Dasargyri 等 8 位作者2014-01-13Advanced Functional Materials
Tumor ablation by thermal energy via the irradiation of plasmonic nanoparticles is a relatively new oncology treatment. Hybrid plasmonic‐superparamagnetic nanoaggregates (50–100 nm in diameter) consisting of SiO 2 ‐coated Fe 2 O 3 and Au (≈30 nm) nanoparticles were fabricated using scalable flame aerosol technology. B…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsNonlinear Optical Materials StudiesLaser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles