Niloufar Raeis‐Hosseini、Jang‐Sik Lee2014-12-16ACS Nano
A solution-processed, chitosan-based resistive-switching memory device is demonstrated with Pt/Ag-doped chitosan/Ag structure. The memory device shows reproducible and reliable bipolar resistive switching characteristics. A memory device based on natural organic material is a promising device toward the next generatio…
Advanced Memory and Neural ComputingConducting polymers and applicationsNeuroscience and Neural Engineering
Chen Shi、Xin Cui、Lei Xie 等 7 位作者2014-12-16ACS Nano
A combination of atomic force microscopy (AFM) and reflection interference contrast microscopy (RICM) was used to measure simultaneously the interaction force and the spatiotemporal evolution of the thin water film between a bubble in water and mica surfaces with varying degrees of hydrophobicity. Stable films, suppor…
Surface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityFluid Dynamics and MixingMinerals Flotation and Separation Techniques
Fei Guo、Hamed Azimi、Yi Hou 等 10 位作者2014-12-16Nanoscale
In this work, we report efficient semitransparent perovskite solar cells using solution-processed silver nanowires (AgNWs) as top electrodes. A thin layer of zinc oxide nanoparticles is introduced beneath the AgNWs, which fulfills two essential functionalities: it ensures ohmic contact between the PC60BM and the AgNWs…
Perovskite Materials and ApplicationsQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesConducting polymers and applications
Zhenyu Wang、Wei Guan、Yanjuan Sun 等 6 位作者2014-12-16Nanoscale
Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) is a visible light photocatalyst, limited by low activity mainly caused by rapid recombination of charge carriers. In the present work, honeycomb-like g-C3N4 was synthesized via thermal condensation of urea with addition of water at 450 °C for 1 h. Prolonging the condensation time cau…
Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesZnO doping and propertiesPerovskite Materials and Applications
Xiang Lan、Xuxing Lu、Chenqi Shen 等 6 位作者2014-12-16Journal of the American Chemical Society
A great challenge for nanotechnology is to controllably organize anisotropic nanomaterials into well-defined three-dimensional superstructures with customized properties. Here we successfully constructed anisotropic Au nanorod (AuNR) helical superstructures (helices) with tailored chirality in a programmable manner. B…
Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesMetamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsSupramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
Xiaoyu Xu、Bing Yan2014-12-16ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
A layerlike MOF (MIL-124, orGa2(OH)4(C9O6H4)) has been prepared and chosen as a parent compound to encapsulate Eu(3+) cations by one uncoordinated carbonyl group in its pores. The Eu(3+)-incorporated sample (Eu(3+)@MIL-124) is fully characterized, which shows excellent luminescence and good fluorescence stability in w…
Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsMolecular Sensors and Ion DetectionCovalent Organic Framework Applications
J. A. Pescador Rojas、A.I. Oliva2014-12-16Materials and Manufacturing Processes
Ternary films of CdxZn1-xS were deposited on Corning glass substrates by the chemical bath deposition technique at 80°C. A process for depositing thin films of the ternary CdxZn1-xS is proposed. Different induction times in the methodology for films deposition were included. The chemical bath was composed of zinc chlo…
Quantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsCopper-based nanomaterials and applications
Ahmad K. Omar、Ben Hanson、Ryan T. Haws 等 7 位作者2014-12-16The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Recent experiments have reported that the self-assembly of conjugated polymers mimicking rod-coil-rod triblock copolymers (BCPs) in selective solvents exhibits unique aggregate morphologies. However, the nature of the arrangement of the polymers within the aggregates and the spatial organization of the aggregates rema…
Advanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationSurfactants and Colloidal SystemsBlock Copolymer Self-Assembly
Andrea Hofmann、Z. Salman2014-12-16Journal of Physics Conference Series
We present calculations of the dipolar field distribution acting on a single molecule magnet due to its neighbours in thin films. The calculations are presented for different packing/configuration scenarios, with different easy axis orientations. The potential for controlling the molecular spin dynamics by tuning the…
Magnetism in coordination complexesLanthanide and Transition Metal ComplexesElectron Spin Resonance Studies
Z. Tarnawski、K. Zakrzewska、N.-T.H. Kim-Ngan 等 8 位作者2014-12-16Advances in Natural Sciences Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
We have investigated the hydrogen storage ability and the effect of hydrogenation on structure and physical properties of Ti/V and their oxides-based thin films. A series of Ti–TiO 2 and VO x –TiO 2 thin films with different layer structures, geometries and thicknesses have been prepared by the sputtering technique on…
ZnO doping and propertiesCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceTransition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
V. A. Tyumentsev、A. G. Fazlitdinova、D. V. Dozhdikova 等 4 位作者2014-12-16Inorganic Materials
The effect of nanoadditives on the fine structure and formation kinetics of CaSO 4 · 2H 2 O crystals has been studied by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. The results demonstrate that the formation of gypsum dihydrate occurred most actively in a material containing microadditions of nanotubes. The ca…
Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and InhibitionMinerals Flotation and Separation TechniquesCrystallization and Solubility Studies
Małgorzata Sierant、Sławomir Kaźmierski、A. Rozanski 等 6 位作者2014-12-16New Journal of Chemistry
Nanocapsules with reverse cross-linked polymer walls containing coumarin moieties are capable of encapsulating 5-fluorouracil and accomplishing a comprehensive strategy in a drug delivery system.
Mesoporous Materials and CatalysisSynthetic Organic Chemistry MethodsSynthesis and properties of polymers
Yuya Kawaguchi、Kazunari Yoneda、Takao Torikata 等 4 位作者2014-12-16Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry
To characterize the hydrogen-bonding network in lysozyme, we focused on the residue of Asp48 located at the active site in hen egg-white lysozyme. We constructed a mutant lysozyme (D48A) and analyzed using (GlcNAc)3 and chitin-affinity chromatography. The substrate binding of subsites D-F in D48A and the activity agai…
Protein Structure and DynamicsGlycosylation and Glycoproteins ResearchEnzyme Structure and Function
Bin Shao、Min Feng、Xu Zuo2014-12-16Scientific Reports
Using first-principles calculations, we predict that the magnetic anisotropy energy of Co-doped TiO2 sensitively depends on carrier accumulation. This magnetoelectric phenomenon provides a potential route to a direct manipulation of the magnetization direction in diluted magnetic semiconductor by external electric-fie…
Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsMultiferroics and related materialsAdvanced Condensed Matter Physics
Chahira Bouzidi、Wafa Frigui、Mohamed Faouzi Zid2014-12-16Acta Crystallographica Section E Crystallographic Communications
The new phase potassium penta-sodium trimanganese hexa-kis(molybdate), KNa5Mn3Mo6O24, has been synthesized using solid-state methods. The structure is composed of M 2O10 (M = Mn, Na) dimers and MoO4 tetra-hedra (point group symmetry 2) sharing corners and forming layers parallel to (100), which are linked via common c…
Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsCrystal Structures and PropertiesPolyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications
Rosalind A. Davies、David R. Hewett、Paul A. Anderson2014-12-16Advances in Natural Sciences Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Non-stoichiometry and bulk cation transport have been identified as key factors in the release and uptake of hydrogen in the Li–N–H system. Amide halide phases have been synthesized that have ionic conductivities several orders of magnitude greater than lithium amide, a faster rate of hydrogen release and elimination…
Advanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesHydrogen Storage and MaterialsAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
Kjartan Thor Wikfeldt2014-12-16Journal of Physics Conference Series
A one dimensional model of a coupled hydrogen (H) bonding chain is developed and parametrized to density functional theory (DFT) calculations on squaric acid, a prototypical H-bonded antiferroelectric crystal. The energetics of single and collective proton jumps and its dependence on H-bond length, as obtained by DFT,…
Crystallography and molecular interactionsAdvanced NMR Techniques and ApplicationsSolid-state spectroscopy and crystallography
Chang Su、Cunbin Zhao、Lihuan Xu 等 4 位作者2014-12-16Journal of Macromolecular Science Part B
Two types of acrylate rubber (AR)-based damping blends were prepared by using two types of phenolic resins (PF), a resole resin (RR) and a novolac resin (NR), as organic fillers. The structure and damping properties of the AR/RR and AR/NR blends obtained by hot-pressing were characterized and compared by Fourier trans…
Polymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesPolymer composites and self-healingTribology and Wear Analysis
Marcus Adam、Remo Tietze、Nikolai Gaponik 等 4 位作者2014-12-16Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie
Abstract Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) bear a huge potential in different application fields due to their unique properties. Unfortunately, their limited stability against environmental influences and the limited processability of the colloidal solutions restricts, among other factors, their widespread implementation.…
Quantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
Tien-Hsin Lee、Jiun‐Tai Chen、Chain‐Shu Hsu2014-12-16Liquid Crystals
Liquid crystalline materials possessing negative dielectric anisotropy (Δε) have attracted considerable attention because they can be used to formulate eutectic mixture for several display applications. The negative Δε can be achieved by introducing a lateral polar substituent onto the mesogen core of a liquid crystal…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsPhotonic Crystals and ApplicationsSynthesis and properties of polymers