Won‐Hwa Park、Sung‐Hyun Ahn、Zee Hwan Kim2008-10-20ChemPhysChem
Reliable SERS: The fabrication of SERS-active metal structures with predictable and reliable signals is notoriously difficult. This problem is overcome by producing self-assembled nanoparticle–molecular monolayer plane junctions that generate remarkably reproducible SERS signals at the single-junction level (see figur…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsPlasmonic and Surface Plasmon ResearchSpectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research
Mengtao Sun、Shasha Liu、Maodu Chen 等 4 位作者2008-10-20Journal of Raman Spectroscopy
Abstract We describe the chemical and electromagnetic enhancements of surface‐enhanced resonance Raman scattering (SERRS) for the pyridine molecule absorbed on silver clusters, in which different incident wavelength regions are dominated by different enhancement mechanisms. Through visualization we theoretically inves…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsProtein Interaction Studies and Fluorescence AnalysisNanocluster Synthesis and Applications
Changlong Jiang、Feng Wang、Nianqiang Wu 等 4 位作者2008-10-20Advanced Materials
Single-crystalline, cubic ZrO2- and HfO2 nanobelts have been fabricated via a direct thermal-decomposition process under atmospheric pressure. The formation of cubic nanobelts can be controlled by varying the dopant concentration of nanobelt precursors, heating temperatures, and heating rates. The lanthanide-doped nan…
ZnO doping and propertiesLuminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Hamdy Khalil、Choonghyun Kang、A. Khairul 等 5 位作者2008-10-20Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites
The mechanical properties of the vinyl ester reinforced with oil palm of empty fruit bunch fibers (EFB) laminated at different layer arrangements with glass fiber (CSM) composites were investigated. The EFB and CSM fibers were laminated at different layer arrangements and then were impregnated with vinyl ester resin u…
Mechanical Behavior of CompositesWood Treatment and PropertiesNatural Fiber Reinforced Composites
Susanna Ahola、Petri Myllytie、Monika Österberg 等 5 位作者2008-10-20BioResources
Polymer adsorption on cellulose nanofibrils and the effect on nanofibril water binding capacity were studied using cellulose nanofibril films together with quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D) and surface plasmon resonance (SPR). The experiments were performed in the immersed state, and special attenti…
Nanocomposite Films for Food PackagingAdvanced Cellulose Research StudiesElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
L Shi、Sundaram Gunasekaran2008-10-20Nanoscale Research Letters
Pectin-ZnO nanocomposite was prepared in the aqueous solution condition at room temperature. The Fourier transform infrared, X-ray diffraction, and transmission electron microscope (TEM) measurements confirmed the nanoscaled structure of pectin-ZnO composite. According to the TEM observation, the average composite gra…
ZnO doping and propertiesNanocomposite Films for Food PackagingAdvanced Cellulose Research Studies
J. Toulouse2008-10-20Ferroelectrics
In this report, we compare the temperature evolution of several physical properties of the relaxor systems, PZN, PMN and KTN. We show that three rather than two characteristic temperatures can be identified, T B , T* and T f , and discuss their meaning in light of dielectric, Raman and neutron scattering experimental…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsSolid-state spectroscopy and crystallography
B. Vamsi Krishna、Susmita Bose、Amit Bandyopadhyay2008-10-20Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B Applied Biomaterials
Porous NiTi alloy samples were fabricated with 12-36% porosity from equiatomic NiTi alloy powder using laser engineered net shaping (LENS). The effects of processing parameters on density and properties of laser-processed NiTi alloy samples were investigated. It was found that the density increased rapidly with increa…
Bone Tissue Engineering MaterialsShape Memory Alloy TransformationsTitanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties
Ilke Akartuna、André R. Studart、Elena Tervoort 等 4 位作者2008-10-20Advanced Materials
Macroporous ceramics are fabricated using emulsions stabilized with particles of various chemical compositions. Stabilization with particles hinders extensive droplet coalescence during solvent extraction, allowing for drying and sintering of the emulsions directly into macroporous materials in the absence of any chem…
Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesPickering emulsions and particle stabilizationCovalent Organic Framework Applications
Piotr Czub2008-10-20Polymers for Advanced Technologies
Abstract A method of synthesis of liquid high‐molecular‐weight epoxy resins from modified vegetable oils as natural raw materials is proposed. The possibility of application of epoxidized soybean, rapeseed, linseed, and sunflower oils as well as hydroxylated soybean and rapeseed oils as raw materials in the fusion pro…
Polymer composites and self-healingSynthesis and properties of polymersSilicone and Siloxane Chemistry
Dongdong Li、Richard S. Thompson、Gerd Bergmann 等 4 位作者2008-10-20Advanced Materials
Cobalt nanotube arrays embedded in AAO templates are synthesized by direct electrodeposition with low current density. The nanotubes exhibit an hcp structure with the easy axis perpendicular to the tube. MFM imaging shows only a weak magnetic signal and SQUID measurements reveal sheared hysteresis for the field parall…
Nanowire Synthesis and ApplicationsSemiconductor materials and interfacesAnodic Oxide Films and Nanostructures
P. Gille、B. Bauer2008-10-20Crystal Research and Technology
Abstract Czochralski growth of large metallic alloy single crystals of Al 13 Co 4 and Al 13 Fe 4 from Al‐rich solutions has been demonstrated for the first time. A detailed description of all decisive steps of the growth procedure is given with particular emphasis to seeding from a native phase as well as spontaneous…
Aluminum Alloy Microstructure PropertiesSolidification and crystal growth phenomenaQuasicrystal Structures and Properties
Hidenori Hiramatsu、Takayoshi Katase、Toshio Kamiya 等 5 位作者2008-10-20Applied Physics Letters
The epitaxial thin films of LaFeAsO were fabricated on MgO(001) and mixed-perovskite (La,Sr)(Al,Ta)O3(001) single-crystal substrates by pulsed laser deposition using a Nd-doped yttrium aluminum garnet second harmonic source and a 10at.% F-doped LaFeAsO disk target. Temperature dependences of the electrical resistiviti…
Corporate Taxation and AvoidanceIron-based superconductors researchInorganic Chemistry and Materials
Yanmin Jia、Haosu Luo、Xiangyong Zhao 等 4 位作者2008-10-20Advanced Materials
Combining a piezoelectric/magnetostrictive laminated composite with a piezoelectric transformer (see figure) generates a giant magnetoelectric (ME) response. The output ME voltage is amplified by the additional piezoelectric transformer layer. The outstanding advantages of the proposed structure include giant ME volta…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMultiferroics and related materials
Kwang‐Soon Ahn、Yanfa Yan、Sudhakar Shet 等 7 位作者2008-10-20Applied Physics Letters
We report on synthesis of a uniform and large area of a new form of ZnO nanocorals. These nanostructures can provide suitable electrical pathways for efficient carrier collection as well as large surface areas for the photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells. PEC devices made from these ZnO nanocoral structures demonstrate si…
TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar CellsZnO doping and propertiesTransition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
Guoguang Rong、Judson D. Ryckman、Raymond L. Mernaugh 等 4 位作者2008-10-20Applied Physics Letters
We report a label-free porous silicon membrane waveguide biosensor based on a 1μm thick freestanding porous silicon film with 100nm diameter pores. The sensor operates in the Kretschmann configuration. A formvar polymer film provides robust adhesion of the porous silicon membrane to a rutile prism and enables confinem…
Photonic and Optical DevicesSilicon Nanostructures and PhotoluminescenceNanowire Synthesis and Applications
R.Y. Sato-Berrú、Rocı́o Redón、América R. Vázquez-Olmos 等 4 位作者2008-10-20Journal of Raman Spectroscopy
Abstract A simple synthesis method of silver nanoparticles and its application as an active surface‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) colloid are presented in this work. The photoreduction of AgNO 3 in presence of sodium citrate (NaCit) was carried out by irradiation with different light sources (UV, white, blue, cya…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsSpectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical ResearchElectrochemical Analysis and Applications
Ilya V. Shadrivov、Alexander B. Kozyrev、Daniel W. van der Weide 等 4 位作者2008-10-20Applied Physics Letters
We study the properties of a tunable nonlinear metamaterial operating at microwave frequencies. We fabricate the nonlinear metamaterial composed of double split-ring resonators and wires where a varactor diode is introduced into each resonator so that the magnetic resonance can be tuned dynamically by varying the inpu…
Metamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsPlasmonic and Surface Plasmon ResearchAcoustic Wave Phenomena Research
Zhen Guo、Dongxu Zhao、Yichun Liu 等 6 位作者2008-10-20Applied Physics Letters
Closely packed ZnO nanowire array was fabricated on a n-type Si (100) substrate by a magnetron cosputtering method. The ZnO nanowire/n-Si heterojunction showed good diode characteristics with rectification ratio of above 1.6×102 at 4V in the dark. Experiments demonstrated that the diode could be used to detect either…
ZnO doping and propertiesGas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsGa2O3 and related materials
Qiang Mei、Chris J. Benmore、Sabyasachi Sen 等 5 位作者2008-10-20Physical Review B
By combining the methods of isotopic substitution in neutron diffraction and high-energy x-ray diffraction, we have determined partial structure factors of vitreous ${\text{SiO}}_{2}$. A discussion of the effect of systematic and statistical errors is presented. The experimental results are found to be in good (but no…
Geological and Geochemical AnalysisGlass properties and applicationsMineralogy and Gemology Studies