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Slow reduction of platinum salt in soft template made by direct hexagonal mesophases leads to Pt nanoballs with hexagonal cells formed by connected nanowires. The mesophases can be doped by high concentrations of platinum (up to 0.2 M) which leads to relatively large quantities of Pt nanostructures.
Expansion of the surface layers of a facetted hemispherical nanocrystal of Pb is reported at a temperature just below the melting point. Inversion of the coherent x-ray diffraction pattern yields quantitative three-dimensional maps of the deformation of the crystal from its equilibrium lattice spacing. Most of the sur…
Abstract The synthesis and characterization of three highly water‐soluble perylenetetracarboxdiimide (“perylene bisimide”, PBI) dyes 1 and 2b is presented. The water solubility is provided by peripheral dendronization with 1G‐ and 2G‐Newkome dendrons. The aggregation behaviour of these amphiphiles in water and that of…
We compare the near-surface composition and electroactivity of commercial indium tin oxide (ITO) thin films, activated by plasma cleaning or etching with strong haloacids, with ITO films that have been freshly deposited in high vacuum, before and after exposure to the atmosphere or water vapor. Conductive-tip AFM, X-r…
Regulating the twist: Tunable supramolecular chirality is induced in an achiral helical self-assembly (P, M; see picture) by hydrogen-bonded chiral guest molecules (yellow and purple rods). Chiroptical probing of the π-conjugated chromophore reveals the mechanistic pathways of chiral induction. “Majority rules” and “s…
This paper concentrates on a study where finite conductivity corrections are included in the theoretical description of the effects of roughness on the Casimir force. The roughness data were taken from gold films evaporated onto Silicon and polysterene spheres. We conclude that for a detailed comparison with experimen…
Using a one-parameter case as an example, we demonstrate that multicanonical simulations allow for accurate estimates of the residual combinatorial entropy of partially ordered ice. For the considered case corrections to an (approximate) analytical formula are found to be small, never exceeding 0.5%. The method allows…
Protein patterning was carried out using a simple procedure based on photolithography wherein the protein was not subjected to UV irradiation and high temperatures or contacted with denaturing solvents or strongly acidic or basic solutions. Self-assembled monolayers of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) on silicon surfaces w…
With a facile one-pot strategy, up-conversion and down-conversion luminescent LaF3 and NaLaF4 nanorods are successfully prepared. Owing to their high up-conversion and down-conversion luminescence, ease of processing, and simple fabrication, these luminescent inorganic nanocrystals may find great potential application…
Benzin mit B und N? Der Ammoniak-Boran-Komplex, H3NBH3, besteht zu 19.6 Gew.-% aus Wasserstoff und wird daher als H2-Quelle für Automobil-Brennstoffzellen in Erwägung gezogen. Hier werden aktuelle Fortschritte vorgestellt, besonders bei der übergangsmetall- und säurekatalysierten H2-Freisetzung unter milden Bedingunge…
Abstract We study the segmental dynamics of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) from microscopic simulations in the neat polymer and a polymer electrolyte (PEO/LiBF 4 ) by analyzing the normal modes. We verify the applicability of the Rouse theory, specifically for the polymer electrolyte where dynamic heterogeneities, arising…
We calculated functions for the potential, Vch, in the channel of a field effect transistor with various densities of the localized states (DOS) by using a device simulator. In the saturation condition, Vch is found to fit satisfactorily to the analytical function, Vch(y)=Vg(1-(1-y/L) k), where Vg is the gate bias, y…
We report on the electrical resistivity, magnetic susceptibility and heat-capacity measurements on a new intermetallic compound CePd5Al2, crystallizing in the ZrNi2Al5-type tetragonal structure, with lattice parameters a = 4.156 A and c = 14.883 A. The compound presents Kondo lattice behavior and an easy-plane antifer…
Not a bit like his brother: DFT studies show that ammonia–borane dehydrogenations by iridium pincer complexes occur by concerted hydride and proton transfer from ammonia–borane to the catalyst, not through BH activation and subsequent β-hydride elimination from the nitrogen end, as had been suggested. Such a concerte…
The direct synthesis of H2O2 at low temperature (2 degrees C) from H2 and O2 using carbon-supported Au, Pd and Au-Pd catalysts is described and contrasted with data for TiO2, Al2O3 and Fe2O3 as supports. The Au-Pd catalysts all perform significantly better than the pure Pd/TiO2 and Au/ TiO2 materials. The Au Pd/carbon…
Monodisperse ternary ferrite (MFe 2 O 4, M = Co, Ni, Mn, and Fe) nanocrystals have been synthesized through a facile and general route involving thermolysis of an intimately mixed binary metal−oleate complex with similar decomposition temperature of the constituents.
Improved electron transport along a carbon nanotube (CNT) fiber when it is spun from an array of longer nanotubes is reported. The effect of chemical post-treatments is also demonstrated. For example, the covalent bonding of gold nanoparticles to the CNT fibers remarkably improves conductivity (see figure), whereas an…
The B all and N all? Ammonia–borane (AB, H3NBH3) contains 19.6 weight % H, and is one of the materials currently being examined as a possible H2 source for use in fuel cells to power automobiles. Challenges for this technology are noted, and recent advances, especially in the development of both transition-metal and a…
A strong substrate-graphite bond is found in the first all-carbon layer by density functional theory calculations and x-ray diffraction for few graphene layers grown epitaxially on SiC. This first layer is devoid of graphene electronic properties and acts as a buffer layer. The graphene nature of the film is recovered…
A form of optical circuitry is overviewed in which a tapestry of subwavelength nanometer-scale metamaterial structures and nanoparticles may provide a mechanism for tailoring, patterning, and manipulating local optical electric fields and electric displacement vectors in a subwavelength domain, leading to the possibil…