Yeng‐Fong Shih、Yu‐Chih Chieh2007-01-16Macromolecular Theory and Simulations
Abstract Thermal degradation behavior of a biodegradable polymer (PBS) has been investigated by conventional and MTGA methods. The kinetic parameters of degradation were calculated by a general analytical solution and by the Coats‐Redfern, Ozawa, Horowitz‐Metzger, and MTGA methods. The results reveal that the reaction…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesThermal and Kinetic AnalysisPolymer Science and PVC
Cristèle J. Nonckreman、Paul G. Rouxhet、Christine C. Dupont‐Gillain2007-01-16Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A
Human fibrinogen (Fg) and albumin (HSA) were labeled with (3)H and (14)C, respectively. Dual counting allowed the adsorbed amount of the two proteins to be determined simultaneously. Single adsorption, adsorption of the two proteins in competition, but also exchange (substitution by molecules of the same nature) and d…
Surface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityPolymer Surface Interaction StudiesBlood properties and coagulation
Emmanuel Terazzi、Laure Guénée、Pierre‐Yves Morgantini 等 7 位作者2007-01-16Chemistry - A European Journal
The opposite orientation of the ester spacers in the rodlike ligands L 4C12 (benzimidazole-OOC-phenyl) and L 5C12 (benzimidazole-COO-phenyl) drastically changes the electronic structure of the aromatic systems, without affecting their meridional tricoordination to trivalent lanthanides, Ln(III), and their thermotropic…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsMagnetism in coordination complexesLanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes
Miriam Fontes Araújo Silveira、Nilda de Fátima Ferreira Soares、Robson Maia Geraldine 等 5 位作者2007-01-16Packaging Technology and Science
Abstract Antimicrobial films of 25 and 70¯m thickness, incorporated with 7 and 3% sorbic acid, respectively, were layered with pastry dough without additive and evaluated for sorbic acid migration and antimicrobial efficiency. Pastry dough containing potassium sorbate layered with low‐density polyethylene films (LDPE)…
Nanocomposite Films for Food Packagingbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesAntimicrobial agents and applications
C. Gould、K. Pappert、G. Schmidt 等 4 位作者2007-01-16Advanced Materials
Abstract In this Review, we discuss the rich anisotropic properties of the ferromagnetic semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As, and their implications in transport studies. We review the various sources and types of anisotropy seen in the material, discuss its magnetization reversal process, and demonstrate how basic transport prop…
Magnetic properties of thin filmsZnO doping and propertiesElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Jieyu Liu、Yong Min、Jingyu Chen 等 5 位作者2007-01-16Macromolecular Rapid Communications
Abstract In this article, electrospinning technique has been demonstrated for the synthesis of ultra‐low dielectric constant polyimide fiber membranes. Poly(amic acid) fiber membranes have been prepared as precursor. After the treatment of thermal imidization, ultra‐low dielectric constant polyimide fibers membranes c…
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical ApplicationsSynthesis and properties of polymers
K. Sugawara、T. Sato、S. Souma 等 5 位作者2007-01-16Physical Review Letters
We have performed ultrahigh-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy on high-quality single crystals of graphite to elucidate the character of low-energy excitations. We found evidence for a well-defined quasiparticle (QP) peak in the close vicinity of the Fermi level comparable to the nodal QP in high-T(c…
Physics of Superconductivity and MagnetismGraphene research and applicationsSuperconductivity in MgB2 and Alloys
Livia Giordano、Peter V. Sushko、Gianfranco Pacchioni 等 4 位作者2007-01-16Physical Review B
We have studied the structure and spectroscopic properties of the paramagnetic nonbridging oxygen hole center and of the ${E}_{\ensuremath{\gamma}}^{\ensuremath{'}}$ center at the hydroxylated silica surfaces using density functional theory and an embedded-cluster model. To investigate the influence of the local envir…
Luminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsGlass properties and applicationsCrystal Structures and Properties
Marcin Stępień、Bertrand Donnio、Jonathan L. Sessler2007-01-16Angewandte Chemie
Hochstapler: Die Sulfate diprotonierter substituierter Cyclo[8]pyrrole bilden zusammen mit elektronarmen Acceptorverbindungen diskotische Flüssigkristalle. Die kolumnaren Mesophasen (siehe Bild; rot: Trinitrobenzol, grün: Cyclo[8]pyrrol-Einheiten, gelb: Sulfationen, grau: von den Substituenten ausgefüllter Raum) werde…
Magnetism in coordination complexesPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistryPhotochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
Zhiguo Zhu、Junge Zhi、Anhua Liu 等 8 位作者2007-01-16Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry
Abstract We report the synthesis and characterization of a series of novel mesogen‐jacketed liquid‐crystalline polymers, poly[2,5‐bis(4′‐alkoxycarbonylphenyl)styrene]s ( 1‐ m , where m is the number of carbon atoms in the alkyl tails), along with the corresponding monomers, 2,5‐bis(4′‐alkoxycarbonylphenyl)styrenes ( 2…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationSynthesis and properties of polymers
Kun Zhou、А. А. Назаров、Mao S. Wu2007-01-16Physical Review Letters
This Letter reports a molecular dynamics study of the temperature and size dependence of disclination relaxation in a bicrystalline titanium nanowire. The simulations show that an unstable disclination may relax via crack nucleation and/or structural transformation. The critical disclination strength to nucleate a cra…
Microstructure and mechanical propertiesIon-surface interactions and analysisnanoparticles nucleation surface interactions
E.E. Oguzie、G.N. Onuoha、E. N. Ejike2007-01-16Pigment & Resin Technology
Abstract Purpose – This paper aims to appraise the effectiveness of Gongronema latifolium extract as an environmentally friendly corrosion inhibitor for aluminium in strong acid (2 M HCl) and alkaline (2 M KOH) environments. Design/methodology/approach – Corrosion rates were determined using the gas‐volumetric techniq…
Corrosion Behavior and InhibitionConcrete Corrosion and DurabilityMagnesium Oxide Properties and Applications
Henrik Ingvarsson、M.J. Mate、Martin Högbom 等 8 位作者2007-01-16Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography
Mycobacterium tuberculosis caseinolytic protease ClpP1 (Mt ClpP1) is a self-compartmentalized protease consisting of two heptameric rings stacked on top of each other, thus enclosing a catalytic chamber. Within the chamber, which can be reached through two axial pores, each of the 14 identical monomers possesses a ser…
RNA and protein synthesis mechanismsEnzyme Structure and FunctionBiochemical and Molecular Research
Anatoliy Volkov、M. Messerschmidt、Philip Coppens2007-01-16Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography
The University at Buffalo theoretical databank of aspherical pseudoatoms has been tested in the refinement of high-resolution (HR; d(max) < or = 0.44 A) and truncated ;low-resolution' (LR; d(max) = 0.83 A) X-ray diffraction data sets from the tripeptide Tyr-Gly-Gly monohydrate [Pichon-Pesme et al. (2000), Acta Cryst.…
Enzyme Structure and FunctionX-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence AnalysisX-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
Virgil Percec、Emad Aqad、Mihai Peterca 等 11 位作者2007-01-16Chemistry - A European Journal
The synthesis and self-assembly of twelve semifluorinated first-generation dendrons or minidendrons attached to electron-acceptor (n-type) groups generated from various combinations of eight acceptors and three dendrons are reported. Dendrons attached to small electron-acceptor molecules mediate their self-assembly in…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsSupramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
Shun‐Li Shang、Yi Wang、Zi‐Kui Liu2007-01-16Physical Review B
The phonon and thermodynamic properties of the divalent alkaline-earth hexaborides, $M{\mathrm{B}}_{6}$ ($M=\mathrm{Ca}$, Sr, Ba), and the reference elements $\ensuremath{\alpha}\text{\ensuremath{-}}\mathrm{B}$, fcc-Ca, fcc-Sr, and bcc-Ba are investigated on the basis of first-principles projector augmented wave metho…
Rare-earth and actinide compoundsBoron and Carbon Nanomaterials ResearchSuperconductivity in MgB2 and Alloys
Hossein Ali Khonakdar、Seyed Hassan Jafari、Sorour Rasouli 等 5 位作者2007-01-16Macromolecular Theory and Simulations
Abstract Shape memory was induced in crosslinked low‐density polyethylene by a heating‐stretching‐cooling cycle. The effect of crosslink content on thermal properties and temperature dependence recovery behavior was studied experimentally. The importance of stretching temperature and crosslink content on recovery beha…
Polymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesPolymer composites and self-healingPhotopolymerization techniques and applications
Jean‐Pierre Dognon、Carine Clavaguéra、Pekka Pyykkö2007-01-16Angewandte Chemie International Edition
The predicted endohedral icosahedral clusters Pu@Pb12 (see picture; Pu blue, Pb yellow) and [Am@Pb12]+ have an outermost 32-electron system corresponding to formally occupied 7s, 7p, 6d, and 5f actinide orbitals, each of which interacts with a Pb 6p-based orbital of the [Pb12]2− cage. This study provides the first exa…
Advanced Chemical Physics StudiesSynthesis and Properties of Aromatic CompoundsNanocluster Synthesis and Applications
Ji Huang、Piyi Du、L. X. Hong 等 5 位作者2007-01-16Advanced Materials
A series of BaTiO3–Ni0.55Zn0.45Fe2.03O4 composites are synthesized. The composites exhibit excellent dielectric and magnetic properties in the neighborhood of the percolation threshold—a high dielectric constant that is nearly temperature and frequency independent (see figure)–and considerable initial permeability wit…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMultiferroics and related materialsDielectric materials and actuators
Xuefeng Wang、Tapash Chakraborty2007-01-16Physical Review B
Coulomb screening and the excitation spectra of electrons in a graphene layer with spin-orbit interaction (SOI) are studied in the random phase approximation. The SOI opens a gap between the valence and conduction bands and between the intraband and interband electron-hole excitation continuum of the semimetal Dirac s…
Graphene research and applicationsQuantum and electron transport phenomenaTopological Materials and Phenomena