Bart Van de Vijver、Myriam de Haan、Horst Lange‐Bertalot2014-07-14Plant Ecology and Evolution
Background and aims – The past few years, the limnoterrestrial and aquatic diatom flora of the entire Antarctic Region (sub-Antarctic islands, Maritime Antarctic Region, Antarctic Continent) is currently under revision. One of the genera that still needed a revision is the genus Eunotia, quite common in wet to semi-we…
Microbial Community Ecology and PhysiologyDiatoms and Algae ResearchPolar Research and Ecology
Asif Islam Khan、Pu Yu、Morgan Trassin 等 6 位作者2014-07-14Applied Physics Letters
We study the effects of strain relaxation on the dielectric properties of epitaxial 40 nm Pb(Zr0.2Ti0.8)TiO3 (PZT) films. A significant increase in the defect and dislocation density due to strain relaxation is observed in PZT films with tetragonality c/a < 1.07 grown on SrTiO3 (001) substrates, which results in signi…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMultiferroics and related materialsMicrowave Dielectric Ceramics Synthesis
Bo Zhu、Zhongling Lang、Nana Ma 等 5 位作者2014-07-14Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Density functional theory (DFT) calculations and natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis were carried out to investigate the electronic structures and bonding features between the ruthenium(ii) atom and the SO2 molecule in two ruthenium-sulfur dioxide (SO2) adducts, trans-Ru(NH3)4(SO2)Cl(+) and [{SiW11O39}Ru(II)(SO2)](6-)…
Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and ApplicationsChemical Synthesis and ReactionsSulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques
Bingpo Zhang、Chunfeng Cai、Shuqiang Jin 等 6 位作者2014-07-14Applied Physics Letters
Step-scan Fourier-transform infrared photoreflectance and modulated photoluminescence spectroscopy were used to characterize the optical transitions of the epitaxial PbTe thin film grown by molecular beam epitaxy on BaF2 (111) substrate in the vicinity of energy gap of lead telluride at 77 K. It is found that the intr…
Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsAdvanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials
Nikolaus Meyerbröker、Michael Zharnikov2014-07-14ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Patterns of nanoparticles (NPs) on solid supports are usually restricted to a particular substrate or a class of substrates. Here we present a procedure that decouples the patterning step from the target substrate, enabling the fabrication of custom designed NP assemblies on nearly any solid support, including nonflat…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsPolymer Surface Interaction StudiesNanomaterials and Printing Technologies
Guicun Wu、Zuozhi Wang、Xiaoshan Bian 等 5 位作者2014-07-14Pharmaceutical Biology
CONTEXT: Polymeric nanoparticles (NPs) have been used frequently as drug delivery vehicles. Surface modification of polymeric NPs with specific ligands defines a new biological identity, which assists in targeting of the nanocarriers to specific cancers cells. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to develop a kind of m…
Nanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryRNA Interference and Gene DeliveryAdvanced Drug Delivery Systems
Maryam Fereydoon、Seyed H. Tabatabaei、Abdellah Ajji2014-07-14Polymer Engineering and Science
In this study, the effect of uniaxial stretching on the thermal, oxygen barrier and mechanical properties of aliphatic polyamide 6 (PA6) and aromatic Poly(m‐xylene adipamide) (MXD6) nylon films as well as their in‐situ polymerized nanocomposites with 4 wt% clay were studied. Cast films were prepared by extrusion proce…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesPolymer Nanocomposites and Propertiesbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
James Palmer、Jan Kunc、Yike Hu 等 7 位作者2014-07-14Applied Physics Letters
We address the question of control of the silicon carbide (SiC) steps and terraces under epitaxial graphene on SiC and demonstrate amorphous carbon (aC) corrals as an ideal method to pin SiC surface steps. aC is compatible with graphene growth, structurally stable at high temperatures, and can be removed after graphen…
Graphene research and applicationsSilicon Carbide Semiconductor TechnologiesDiamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
Vicente Salinas、Y. Vargas、Olivier Louisnard 等 4 位作者2014-07-14Ultrasonics Sonochemistry
The cavitation field in a cylindrical vessel bottom-insonified by a 19.7kHz large area transducer is studied experimentally. By adding controlled amounts of Poly-Ethylene Glycol (PEG) to water, the viscosity of the liquid is varied between one- and nine-fold the viscosity of pure water. For each liquid, and for variou…
Fluid Dynamics and MixingUnderwater Acoustics ResearchUltrasound and Cavitation Phenomena
Amitesh Paul、Christoph Reitinger、Carmine Autieri 等 11 位作者2014-07-14Applied Physics Letters
Multiferroics in spintronics have opened up opportunities for future technological developments, particularly in the field of ferroelectric (FE)-ferromagnetic (FM) oxide interfaces with functionalities. We find strong exchange bias shifts (up to 84 Oe) upon field cooling in metal-oxide (Fe/BaTiO3) films combining FM a…
Magnetic properties of thin filmsMagnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsMultiferroics and related materials
Maria Amprazi、Dina Kotsifaki、Mary Providaki 等 8 位作者2014-07-14Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The dimeric Repressor of Primer (Rop) protein, a widely used model system for the study of coiled-coil 4-α-helical bundles, is characterized by a remarkable structural plasticity. Loop region mutations lead to a wide range of topologies, folding states, and altered physicochemical properties. A protein-folding study o…
Protein Structure and DynamicsEnzyme Structure and FunctionEnzyme Production and Characterization
Zhigang Xia、Hui Liu、Jingjing Huang 等 5 位作者2014-07-14Textile Research Journal
Ring spun yarn hairiness can be reduced by such methods as spinning with a contact surface and Z-twisting the staple strand in a “left diagonal” yarn path (denoted as LDP). Actually, the LDP method already exists in sirofil spinning technology. In this study, mechanism analysis of controlling and trapping staple fiber…
Mechanical Behavior of CompositesTextile materials and evaluationsStructural Analysis and Optimization
Gao Min2014-07-14Measurement Science and Technology
This paper describes a measurement principle of determining thermoelectric properties based on obtaining current–voltage ( I – V ) curves under two different operating conditions: (1) constant temperature difference and (2) constant thermal input flux. In addition to thermoelectric figure-of-merit, other thermoelectri…
Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesThermal properties of materialsSurface and Thin Film Phenomena
Qi Sun、Cong Zhang、Huan Sun 等 4 位作者2014-07-14Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Novel porous magadiite/Al-magadiite heterostructures (PMH/PAMH) and aluminated derivatives of PMH ( x Al-PMH, x = Al/Si in feeding) were fabricated upon two-dimensional interlayer cosurfactant-directing TEOS hydrolysis–condensation–polymerization from synthetic Na-magadiite/Na-[Al]magadiite and postgrafting of Al into…
Zeolite Catalysis and SynthesisMesoporous Materials and CatalysisLayered Double Hydroxides Synthesis and Applications
Benjamin R. Betzler、William R. Martin、Brian C. Kiedrowski 等 4 位作者2014-07-14Journal of Computational and Theoretical Transport
This paper presents results from the application of a Monte Carlo Markov Transition Rate Matrix Method to calculate forward and adjoint α eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of one-speed slabs, and perform eigenfunction expansion to approximate the time-dependent flux response to user-defined sources. The formulation of th…
Nuclear reactor physics and engineeringNuclear Physics and ApplicationsElectron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
Amit Kumar、Rampal Pandey、Rakesh Kumar Gupta 等 5 位作者2014-07-14Dalton Transactions
Novel tetranuclear copper |2 + 4| cubanes 1 and 2 have been synthesized from the reaction of hydrated copper salts/precursors with N,O chelating β-ketoaminato ligands. Creation of 1 and 2 occurs by in situ generation of the tridentate chelating species HL1O(2-) via copper mediated C-O bond formation and dearomatizatio…
Magnetism in coordination complexesPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistryMetal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms
Zhicai Yu、Yanhua Lu、Hualing He 等 7 位作者2014-07-14Journal of Industrial Textiles
In this research, a hollow spindle spinning machine was used to manufacture the multifunctional metal hybrid yarns with stainless steel wire (SSW) as core material, antibacterial nylon (AN) filaments and bamboo charcoal polyester filaments (BC-PETs) as inner and outer wrapped yarn, respectively. The wrapping numbers o…
Electromagnetic wave absorption materialsThermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
Sangbum Han、Ramjee Balasubramanian2014-07-14Langmuir
Resorcinarenes with three different quaternary ammonium headgroups were synthesized and evaluated for their ability to stabilize gold nanoparticles in organic and aqueous medium. Aqueous dispersions of citrate stabilized gold nanoparticles of dimensions up to 29 nm could be extracted into organic solvents by resorcina…
Nanoparticles: synthesis and applicationsGold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsNanomaterials for catalytic reactions
Zeynep Beyazkiliç、Gerard Lligadas、Juan C. Ronda 等 5 位作者2014-07-14Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
The synthesis of a vinylsulfide‐containing hydroxy acid (VSHA) from undecylenic fatty acid via thiol‐yne monoaddition is described. Metal‐ and enzymatic‐catalyzed polycondensation of VSHA is investigated to obtain functional polyesters with a view to further modification. Higher molecular weights are obtained when usi…
biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisChemical Synthesis and Reactions
R Autay、Mohamed Kchaou、Fakhreddine Dammak2014-07-14Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part J Journal of Engineering Tribology
Tribological behaviour of induction hardened ISO 42CrMo4 low alloy steel was evaluated under unlubricated sliding conditions. The effect of hardening depth and test conditions on the friction and wear properties was investigated. The tribological tests were carried out on a reciprocating tribometer. Cylinder-on-flat c…
Metal and Thin Film MechanicsHigh Entropy Alloys StudiesMetal Alloys Wear and Properties