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Silica encapsulation of nanoparticles has had important applications in areas as diverse as catalyst support in heterogeneous processes to controlled drug release. Current methods of production often require stringent conditions which can lead to degradation of the encapsulated material. Recently, we have developed a…
We implemented the heterodyne near-field scattering (HNFS) technique [Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 4109 (2002)]], showing that it is a fairly valid alternative to traditional elastic low-angle light scattering and quite suitable for studying complex fluids such as colloidal systems. With respect to the original work, we adop…
Using selective laser extraction technique combined with sensitive ion-counting mass spectrometry, we have analyzed the isotopic structure of fission noble gases in U-free La-Ce-Sr-Ca aluminous hydroxy phosphate associated with the 2 billion yr old Oklo natural nuclear reactor. In addition to elevated abundances of fi…
A comprehensive study has been conducted to compare the adsorptions of alkali metals (including Li, Na, and K) on the basal plane of graphite by using molecular orbital theory calculations. All three metal atoms prefer to be adsorbed on the "middle hollow site" above a hexagonal aromatic ring. A novel phenomenon was o…
In the present study, a poly(isoprene-block-dimethylamino ethyl methacrylate) diblock copolymer (PI-b-PDMAEMA) is used to structure-direct a polysilazane pre-ceramic polymer, commercially known as Ceraset. To the polymer was added a 2-fold excess in weight of the silazane oligomer (Ceraset). The resulting composite wa…
In-situ synchtrotron small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) are used to follow the isothermal crystallization (lamellar thickness, crystallinity, orientation, and parent-to-daughter ratio) of a polydisperse isotactic polypropylene subjected to “short term shearing” as a function of…
ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTNMR Studies on Two-Dimensional Molecular Conductors and Superconductors: Mott Transition in κ-(BEDT-TTF)2XKazuya Miyagawa, Kazushi Kanoda, and Atsushi KawamotoView Author Information Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656,…
We show that, contrary to intuition, small (< or =1 microm) transparent particles can be trapped and manipulated in a nematic liquid crystal using an intense laser beam, although their index of refraction is lower than both refractive indices of the surrounding birefringent fluid. Two mechanisms are identified that ar…
Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were used as the active elements for the first time for affinity-based elimination of ionic dyes. MWCNTs were encapsulated in cross-linked alginate (ALG) microvesicles using Ba2+ as the bridging ion. The Ba2+-alginate matrix constitutes a cage which holds the physically trapped MW…
Gold nanoclusters are grown by 1.8 MeV Au^\sup{2+} implantation on c-Al\sub{2}O\sub{3}(0001)substrate and subsequent air annealing at temperatures 1273K. Post-annealed samples show plasmon resonance in the optical (561-579 nm) region for average cluster sizes ~1.72-2.4 nm. A redshift of the plasmon peak with decreasin…
ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTOptical Properties of Two-Dimensional Organic Conductors: Signatures of Charge Ordering and Correlation EffectsMartin Dressel and Natalia DrichkoView Author Information 1. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, D-70550 Stuttgart, Germany Cite thi…
We consider the non-equilibrium dynamics of a molecular level interacting with local phonon modes in the case of a strong polaronic shift which prevents a perturbative treatment of the problem. Instead, we find that in an adiabatic regime when the electronic states react faster than the phonon modes it is possible to…
Matrix-assisted formation of ferrihydrite, an iron oxide hydroxide analogue of the protein ferritin-core, in a sol-gel derived organic-inorganic hybrid is reported. The hybrid network (named di-ureasil) is composed of poly(oxyethylene) chains of different average polymer molecular weights grafted to siloxane domains b…
Poly(methyl methacrylate)s (PMMA) containing both tethered and untethered polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS) were examined through the use of wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and rheological characterization. The presence of tethered-POSS in entangled copolymers l…
Abstract Polymer coatings with features of differing hydrophilicity, mobility, and topography, distributed across a substrate in microscopic and nanoscopic patches were designed as complex materials equipped with sufficient variability in composition, structure, and dynamics to inhibit interactions associated with bio…
The conducting polymer polypyrrole (PPy) was electrochemically grown on hydrogel scaffolds deposited on the surface of microfabricated neural prosthetic devices. It is shown that the pyrrole monomer can be grown vertically through the hydrogel layer up to the surface without affecting the adjacent sites on the probes.…
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Recent experiments indicate that proton irradiation triggers ferromagnetism in originally nonmagnetic graphite samples while He ion bombardment has a much smaller effect. To understand the origin of irradiation-induced magnetism, we have performed spin-polarized density functional theory calculations of the magnetic p…
By coupling two nonlinear one dimensional lattices, we demonstrate a thermal diode model that works in a wide range of system parameters. We provide numerical and analytical evidence for the underlying mechanism which allows heat flux in one direction while the system acts like an insulator when the temperature gradie…
The combination of porous ultra low k dielectric and copper metallization is an attractive alternative to meet the requirements of ITRS roadmap concerning the 65 nm interconnection technology, but very little is known about the reliability of such an approach. Porous materials are usually unstable and sensitive to moi…