Dirk Lützenkirchen−Hecht、Ralph Wagner、S. Szillat 等 7 位作者2014-05-12Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
The layout and the characteristics of the hard X-ray beamline BL10 at the superconducting asymmetric wiggler at the 1.5 GeV Dortmund Electron Accelerator DELTA are described. This beamline is equipped with a Si(111) channel-cut monochromator and is dedicated to X-ray studies in the spectral range from ∼4 keV to ∼16 ke…
X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence AnalysisNuclear Physics and ApplicationsElectron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
Justin P. Lomont、Son C. Nguyen、Charles B. Harris2014-05-12Accounts of Chemical Research
The importance of spin state changes in organometallic reactions is a topic of significant interest, as an increasing number of reaction mechanisms involving changes of spin state are consistently being uncovered. The potential influence of spin state changes on reaction rates can be difficult to predict, and thus thi…
Organometallic Complex Synthesis and CatalysisMetal complexes synthesis and propertiesMagnetism in coordination complexes
Sandeep Badoga、Rajesh Sharma、Ajay K. Dalai 等 4 位作者2014-05-12Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Mesoporous mixed metal oxides, TiO 2 –Al 2 O 3, ZrO 2 –Al 2 O 3, and SnO 2 –Al 2 O 3, were synthesized using a novel method and were used as a support material for the NiMo hydrotreating catalyst. The catalyst was prepared via the incipient wetness sequential impregnation method. All catalysts were characterized using…
Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceCatalysis and Hydrodesulfurization StudiesPetroleum Processing and Analysis
Sandip Das、Sandeep K. Chaudhuri、Raghu N. Bhattacharya 等 4 位作者2014-05-12Applied Physics Letters
Defect levels in kesterite Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 (CZTSSe) solar cells have been investigated by current-mode deep level transient spectroscopy. Experiments were carried out on two CZTSSe cells with photoconversion efficiencies of 4.1% and 7.1% measured under AM 1.5 illumination. The absorber layer of the 4.1% efficiency cell…
Quantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsCopper-based nanomaterials and applications
Huan Ma、Jiabao Li、Weiwei Liu 等 7 位作者2014-05-12Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Novel corncob-derived solid acid catalysts were successfully synthesized for the first time by the hydrothermal method. The influences of different preparation conditions were investigated, and the structure-function relationships of the resulting catalysts were also discussed on the basis of the analysis of structure…
Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceCatalysis for Biomass ConversionCatalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
Chenyi Liao、Zhou Jian2014-05-12The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
The adsorption of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) on the hydroxyapatite (001) surface was investigated by a combination of replica-exchange molecular dynamics (REMD) and conventional molecular dynamics (CMD) methods. In CMD, the protein cannot readily cross the surface water layer, whereas in REMD, the protein c…
Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applicationsCollagen: Extraction and CharacterizationFibroblast Growth Factor Research
Jingjing Zhang、Yingnan Wu、Tanushree Thote 等 6 位作者2014-05-12Biomedical Materials
Different forms of biomaterials, including microspheres, sponges, hydrogels and nanofibres have been broadly used in cartilage regeneration; however, effects of internal structures of biomaterials on chondrogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) remain largely unexplored. Here we investigated the effect of physical…
Osteoarthritis Treatment and MechanismsMesenchymal stem cell researchSilk-based biomaterials and applications
Neelam Pathak、Saba Khan、Arpit Bhargava 等 11 位作者2014-05-12Nutrition and Cancer
Intervention to decelerate, arrest, or reverse the process of carcinogenesis by the use of either natural or synthetic agents individually or in combination has emerged as a promising and pragmatic medical approach to reduce cancer risk. In the present study, we examined the cancer chemopreventive potential of a flavo…
Nanoparticles: synthesis and applicationsHerbal Medicine and Trade CooperationPapaya Research and Applications
Wan‐Chen Lin、Christopher M. Davenport、Alexandre Mourot 等 8 位作者2014-05-12ACS Chemical Biology
Optogenetics has become an emerging technique for neuroscience investigations owing to the great spatiotemporal precision and the target selectivity it provides. Here we extend the optogenetic strategy to GABAA receptors (GABAARs), the major mediators of inhibitory neurotransmission in the brain. We generated a light-…
Retinal Development and DisordersPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryPhotoreceptor and optogenetics research
Yiguo Su、Liman Peng、Jianwei Guo 等 6 位作者2014-05-12The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
The present work explores a solid state route to synthesis of trivalent ions (Eu 3+, La 3+, etc.) doped NaTaO 3 with controlled nonstoichiometric chemistry and lattice parameters with an aim to exploring electronic structure and photocatalytic performance. All samples were fully characterized using X-ray diffraction (…
Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesLuminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsPerovskite Materials and Applications
Benjamin K. Miller、Peter A. Crozier2014-05-12Microscopy and Microanalysis
Operando transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of catalytic reactions requires that the gas composition inside the TEM be known during the in situ reaction. Two techniques for measuring gas composition inside the environmental TEM are described and compared here. First, electron energy-loss spectroscopy, both in the…
Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceCO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
Wenbing Hu、Rebecca L. Peterson2014-05-12Applied Physics Letters
Amorphous oxide semiconductors are of increasing interest for a variety of thin film electronics applications. Here, the contact properties of different source/drain electrode materials to solution-processed amorphous zinc tin oxide (ZTO) thin-film transistors are studied using the transmission line method. The width-…
ZnO doping and propertiesThin-Film Transistor TechnologiesTransition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
Νικόλαος Λιάρος、E. Koudoumas、Stelios Couris2014-05-12Applied Physics Letters
The transient nonlinear optical response of few layered graphene oxide dispersed in different organic solvents was studied and its nonlinear optical properties were determined under visible and infrared, nanosecond laser excitation. Few layered graphene oxide was shown to possess important and broadband optical limiti…
Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistryNonlinear Optical Materials StudiesLaser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles
Vivek Raj Shrestha、Sang‐Shin Lee、Eun‐Soo Kim 等 4 位作者2014-05-12Scientific Reports
Nanostructure based color filtering has been considered an attractive replacement for current colorant pigmentation in the display technologies, in view of its increased efficiencies, ease of fabrication and eco-friendliness. For such structural filtering, iridescence relevant to its angular dependency, which poses a…
Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon ResearchPhotonic Crystals and ApplicationsOptical Coatings and Gratings
Qiang Chang、Eric Herbst2014-05-12The Astrophysical Journal
We have designed an improved algorithm that enables us to simulate the chemistry of cold dense interstellar clouds with a full gas-grain reaction network. The chemistry is treated by a unified microscopic-macroscopic Monte Carlo approach that includes photon penetration and bulk diffusion. To determine the significanc…
Astrophysics and Star Formation StudiesAdvanced Physical and Chemical Molecular InteractionsChemical and Physical Properties of Materials
Xu Zhang、Hao Ren、Soonjae Pyo 等 6 位作者2014-05-12IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
This paper presents a high-efficiency dc–dc boost converter to interface a miniaturized 50 μL microbial fuel cell (MFC) having 1 cm2vertically aligned carbon nanotube anode and 1 cm2Cr/Au cathode.Geobacteraceae-enriched mixed bacterial culture in growth medium and 100 mM buffered ferricyanide solutions are used as the…
Supercapacitor Materials and FabricationMicrobial Fuel Cells and BioremediationNeuroscience and Neural Engineering
Gayla J. Berg、Tao Gong、Christopher R. Fenoli 等 4 位作者2014-05-12Macromolecules
A Diels–Alder (DA) network containing dissolved multiacrylate monomers is demonstrated as a novel two-stage reactive polymer network, with a potential application in self-supporting stereolithography. Initially, a thermoreversible Diels–Alder “scaffold” network is formed, containing unreacted acrylate monomers and pho…
Advanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryPhotopolymerization techniques and applications
Robert Warmbier、Alexander Quandt、Gotthard Seifert2014-05-12The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
The electronic structure of a class of [Zn 4 O(CO 2 ) 6 ] based metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) is theoretically analyzed by means of density functional perturbation theory. The calculated static dielectric constants vary in a range between 1.33 and 1.54, characterizing the structures as ultralow- k dielectric materia…
Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsX-ray Diffraction in CrystallographyInorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds
Dayong Li、Dalei Jing、Yunlu Pan 等 5 位作者2014-05-12Langmuir
In this article, we have studied the surface nanobubbles on polystyrene (PS)/water interfaces using tapping mode atomic force microscopy (TM-AFM). Detailed bubble coalescence phenomenon of differently sized surface nanobubbles (with lateral size up to about ∼10 μm) was obtained. The quantity of gas molecules, before a…
Surface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityMinerals Flotation and Separation TechniquesCharacterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles
Zedong Xu、Lina Yu、Xiaoguang Xu 等 5 位作者2014-05-12Applied Physics Letters
The effect of oxide/oxide interface for controlling the migration process of oxygen vacancies (or oxygen ions) on resistive switching behaviors has been investigated by fabricating the ZrO2/ZnO oxide heterostructures. Completely different resistive switching behaviors are observed in the heterostructures with a set pr…
Advanced Memory and Neural ComputingElectronic and Structural Properties of OxidesFerroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices