M. W. Matsen2006-02-16The Journal of Chemical Physics
We investigate the ability of an applied electric field to convert the morphology of a diblock-copolymer thin film from a monolayer of spherical domains embedded in the matrix to cylindrical domains that penetrate through the matrix. As expected, the applied field increases the relative stability of cylindrical domain…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationBlock Copolymer Self-Assembly
Zhipeng Huang、Yin Wu、Hui Fang 等 6 位作者2006-02-16Nanotechnology
Templated catalytic etching has been developed as an effective method for preparing highly ordered, wafer scale Si 1− x Ge x quantum dot arrays on an Si substrate. Process parameters including etching time, etching temperature, and the diameter and dosage of polystyrene spheres can be independently adjusted to control…
Semiconductor materials and devicesSilicon Nanostructures and PhotoluminescenceNanowire Synthesis and Applications
Giuseppina Cioffi、Rokia Sanogo、Antonio Vassallo 等 7 位作者2006-02-16Journal of Natural Products
The whole plant of Leptadenia pyrotechnica afforded 18 new pregnane glycosides (1-18) with sarcostin, 11-hydroxysarcostin, and deacetylmetaplexigenin as the aglycon moieties and acetyl, benzoyl, cinnamoyl, p-coumaroyl, and nicotinoyl ester moieties linked at C-12 and/or C-20 of the aglycon and hexopyranose, 6-deoxy-3-…
Marine Sponges and Natural ProductsCancer Treatment and PharmacologyPhytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds
Han‐Lang Wu、M. Chen‐Chi、Yuting Yang 等 6 位作者2006-02-16Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics
Abstract The functionalized multi‐walled carbon nanotubes (MWNT) had been prepared by free radical reaction with vinyltriethoxysilane. Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)‐based poly(urea urethane) (PUU) was also synthesized. PUU was further end‐capped with aminopropyltriethoxysilane (A‐silane), or with phenyltrimethoxysilane…
Polymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesElectromagnetic wave absorption materialsTribology and Wear Analysis
Michi Nakata、R.‐F. Shao、Joseph E. Maclennan 等 5 位作者2006-02-16Physical Review Letters
We demonstrate the homogeneous and permanent reversal of the chirality of a condensed phase by an applied electric field. Tilted chiral smectic layers exhibit a coupled polarization density and molecular orientation fields which reorient about the layer normal as couple of fixed handedness in response to small applied…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical StudiesMolecular spectroscopy and chirality
Takeshi Asari、Shigeo Arai、Atsushi Takano 等 4 位作者2006-02-16Macromolecules
Self-assembled phase structures of ABA/CD block copolymer blends were investigated. A pair of poly(2-vinylpyridine- block -isoprene- block -2-vinylpyridine) (PIP-91) whose molar ratio of polyisoprene and poly(2-vinylpyridine) is 0.93:0.07 and poly(styrene- block -4-hydroxystyrene) (SH-91) whose molar ratios is 0.86:0.…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsSurfactants and Colloidal SystemsBlock Copolymer Self-Assembly
Longshan Xu、Xiaohua Chen、Yurong Wu 等 7 位作者2006-02-16Nanotechnology
A wealth of superfine single-crystal hollow cuprous oxide (Cu2O) spheres with nanoholes have been prepared for the first time with glucose as the reducing agent and gelatin as a soft template. The mechanism of the formation of these hollow crystals with nanoholes has been studied, and the UV–visible absorption spectru…
ZnO doping and propertiesQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesCopper-based nanomaterials and applications
Chun‐Pei Cho、Chengkun Wu、Tsong‐Pyng Perng2006-02-16Advanced Functional Materials
Abstract Amorphous tris(8‐hydroxyquinoline)aluminum (AlQ 3 ) nanoparticles can be grown directly into α‐phase crystalline nanowires in a one‐step heat treatment. At the most appropriate Ar pressure, heating time, and heating temperatures (between 150 and 190 °C), fine and long nanowires are obtained. The growth of the…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsAdvanced ceramic materials synthesisLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials
Takio Noguchi、Jun‐ichi Anzai2006-02-16Langmuir
Polyelectrolyte multilayer thin films were prepared by an alternate deposition of poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) and anionic polysaccharides {carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) and alginic acid (AGA)} on the surface of a gold (Au) disk electrode, and the binding of ferricyanide [Fe(CN)(6)](3)(-) and hexaammine rutheni…
Conducting polymers and applicationsElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical ApplicationsPolymer Surface Interaction Studies
Enrica Fontananova、Laura Donato、Enrico Drioli 等 6 位作者2006-02-16Chemistry of Materials
Novel catalytic membranes have been prepared by linking phosphotungstic acid H 3 PW 12 O 40 (W12), a polyoxometalate having interesting properties as photocatalyst, on the surface of plasma-modified membranes. Porous flat-sheet membranes made of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) have been prepared by a phase-inversion te…
biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesPolyoxometalates: Synthesis and ApplicationsMarine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
Alessia Irrera、F. Iacona、I. Crupi 等 12 位作者2006-02-16Nanotechnology
We report the results of a detailed study on the structural, electrical and optical properties of light emitting devices based on amorphous Si nanostructures. Amorphous nanostructures may constitute an interesting system for the monolithic integration of optical and electrical functions in Si ULSI technology. In fact,…
Thin-Film Transistor TechnologiesSilicon Nanostructures and PhotoluminescenceNanowire Synthesis and Applications
Thomas Steinbrecher、David A. Case、Andreas Labahn2006-02-16Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
In this study we show that a combination of different theoretical methods is a viable approach to calculate the binding affinities of new ligands for the human neutrophile elastase. This protease degrades elastin and likely aids neutrophils in fulfilling their immunological functions. Abnormally high human neutrophil…
Protein Structure and DynamicsProtease and Inhibitor MechanismsEnzyme Structure and Function
Takeru Ito、Hisashi Yashiro、Toshihiro Yamase2006-02-16Langmuir
A regular two-dimensional photoluminescent array of Anderson-type polyoxometalates (POMs) was constructed as built-up Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films. LB films of hexatungstoantimonate (SbW(6)) and -manganate (MnW(6)) were successfully fabricated by using dimethyldioctadecylammonium (DODA) as cationic partner, while hexa…
Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsPolyoxometalates: Synthesis and ApplicationsChemical Synthesis and Reactions
Sulin Zhang、Roopam Khare、Ted Belytschko 等 6 位作者2006-02-16Physical Review B
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can undergo collapse from their customary cylindrical configurations to ribbons. The energy minima corresponding to these two states are identified using either atomistic molecular mechanics or the theory of finite crystal elasticity with reduced dimensionality. The minimum energy path between…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesGraphene research and applicationsBoron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research
Changjie Cong、L Liao、Q Y Liu 等 5 位作者2006-02-16Nanotechnology
Mn-doped ZnO nanoparticles were synthesized by a rheological phase-reaction–precursor method and the thermal decomposition of the oxalate precursors was studied by thermogravimetry and differential thermal analysis in air. The Mn-doped ZnO obtained at lower temperature crystallizes in a wurtzite structure and a new ph…
ZnO doping and propertiesMultiferroics and related materialsCopper-based nanomaterials and applications
Apurba Dev、Soumitra Kar、Supriya Chakrabarti 等 4 位作者2006-02-16Nanotechnology
The solvothermal process was employed to grow ZnO nanorods at low temperature on conducting substrate, which is extremely important for making efficient electrical contacts in various applications based on ZnO nanorods. Efforts were made to find the ideal growth parameters for better alignment of the ZnO nanorods with…
ZnO doping and propertiesGas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsGa2O3 and related materials
John A. Pojman、Colin D. Whitmore、Maria Liria Turco Liveri 等 7 位作者2006-02-16Langmuir
We report definitive evidence for an effective interfacial tension between two types of miscible fluids using spinning-drop tensiometry (SDT). Isobutyric acid (IBA) and water have an upper critical solution temperature (UCST) of 26.3 degrees C. We created a drop of the IBA-rich phase in the water-rich phase below the…
Fluid Dynamics and Heat TransferInnovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques InnovationPickering emulsions and particle stabilization
Tobias Ambjörnsson、Gautam Mukhopadhyay、S. Peter Apell 等 4 位作者2006-02-16Physical Review B
We present an analytic theory for the optical properties of ellipsoidal plasmonic particles covered by anisotropic molecular layers. The theory is applied to the case of a prolate spheroid covered by chromophores oriented parallel and perpendicular to the metal surface. For the case that the molecular layer resonance…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesPlasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
Nicolas Le Thomas、U. Woggon、O. Schöps 等 6 位作者2006-02-16Nano Letters
We report on a strongly coupled cavity quantum electrodynamic (CQED) system consisting of a CdSe nanocrystal coupled to a single photon mode of a polymer microsphere. The strong exciton-photon coupling is manifested by the observation of a cavity mode splitting variant Planck's over 2piOmega(exp) between 30 und 45 mic…
Quantum Information and CryptographyPhotonic and Optical DevicesQuantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
Yuling Wang、Hongjun Chen、Shaojun Dong 等 4 位作者2006-02-16The Journal of Chemical Physics
A sandwich structure consisting of Ag nanoparticles (NPs), p-aminothiophenol (p-ATP) self-assembled monolayers (SAMs), and Ag NPs was fabricated on glass and characterized by surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). The SERS spectrum of a p-ATP SAM in such sandwich structure shows that the electromagnetic enhancement…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsPlasmonic and Surface Plasmon ResearchQuantum Dots Synthesis And Properties