Takahiro Iwamoto、Eiichi Kayahara、Nobuhiro Yasuda 等 5 位作者2014-05-13Angewandte Chemie International Edition
A cyclic tetramer of pyrene, [4]cyclo-2,7-pyrenylene ([4]CPY), was synthesized from pyrene in six steps and 18% overall yield by the platinum-mediated assembly of pyrene units and subsequent reductive elimination of platinum. The structures of the two key intermediates were unambiguously determined by X-ray crystallog…
Organic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistrySynthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
Takeshi Saito、Sigurd Wenner、Elisa Osmundsen 等 8 位作者2014-05-13The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics
Effects of addition of Zn (up to 1 wt%) on microstructure, precipitate structure and intergranular corrosion (IGC) in an Al–Mg–Si alloys were investigated. During ageing at 185 °C, the alloys showed modest increases in hardness as function of Zn content, corresponding to increased number densities of needle-shaped pre…
Corrosion Behavior and InhibitionAluminum Alloy Microstructure PropertiesAluminum Alloys Composites Properties
Fabiana Passos、Ivet Ferrer2014-05-13Environmental Science & Technology
Microalgal biomass harvested from wastewater treatment high rate algal ponds may be valorised through anaerobic digestion producing biogas. However, microalgae anaerobic biodegradability is limited by their complex cell wall structure. Thus, pretreatment techniques are being investigated to improve microalgae methane…
Algal biology and biofuel productionMicrobial Fuel Cells and BioremediationDiatoms and Algae Research
Catherine Dejoie、Philippe Sciau、Weidong Li 等 10 位作者2014-05-13Scientific Reports
Ancient Jian wares are famous for their lustrous black glaze that exhibits unique colored patterns. Some striking examples include the brownish colored "Hare's Fur" (HF) strips and the silvery "Oil Spot" (OS) patterns. Herein, we investigated the glaze surface of HF and OS samples using a variety of characterization m…
Magnetic Properties and Synthesis of FerritesMinerals Flotation and Separation TechniquesIron oxide chemistry and applications
Hassan El Fadil、F. Giri、Josep M. Guerrero 等 4 位作者2014-05-13IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
This paper deals with the problem of controlling a hybrid energy storage system (HESS) for electric vehicles. The storage system consists of a fuel cell (FC), serving as the main power source, and a supercapacitor (SC), serving as an auxiliary power source. It also contains a power block for energy conversion consisti…
Supercapacitor Materials and FabricationAdvanced Battery Technologies ResearchElectric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies
Guoxin Gao、Hao Bin Wu、Xiong Wen Lou2014-05-13Advanced Energy Materials
Hybrid nanostructures based on graphene and transition metal oxides hold great promise as high‐performance electrode materials for next‐generation lithium‐ion batteries. In this work, the rational design and fabrication of NiCo2O4 nanosheets supported on reduced graphene oxide (denoted as rGO/NiCo2O4) is presented as…
Advancements in Battery MaterialsGraphene research and applicationsSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
Ying Liu、Feifei Fan、Jiangwei Wang 等 11 位作者2014-05-13Nano Letters
Carbonaceous materials have great potential for applications as anodes of alkali-metal ion batteries, such as Na-ion batteries and K-ion batteries (NIB and KIBs). We conduct an in situ study of the electrochemically driven sodiation and potassiation of individual carbon nanofibers (CNFs) by transmission electron micro…
Advancements in Battery MaterialsSupercapacitor Materials and FabricationAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies
Shuaidong Huo、Shubin Jin、Xiaowei Ma 等 10 位作者2014-05-13ACS Nano
The aim of this study was to determine the size-dependent penetration ability of gold nanoparticles and the potential application of ultrasmall gold nanoparticles for intranucleus delivery and therapy. We synthesized gold nanoparticles with diameters of 2, 6, 10, and 16 nm and compared their intracellular distribution…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesRNA Interference and Gene Delivery
Lee‐Ping Wang、Todd J. Martı́nez、Vijay S. Pande2014-05-13The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
The development of accurate molecular mechanics force fields is a significant challenge that must be addressed for the continued success of molecular simulation. We developed the ForceBalance method to automatically derive accurate force field parameters using flexible combinations of experimental and theoretical refe…
Protein Structure and DynamicsMachine Learning in Materials ScienceQuantum, superfluid, helium dynamics
Alex K. Lancaster、Andrew Nutter-Upham、Susan Lindquist 等 4 位作者2014-05-13Bioinformatics
UNLABELLED: Prions are self-templating protein aggregates that stably perpetuate distinct biological states and are of keen interest to researchers in both evolutionary and biomedical science. The best understood prions are from yeast and have a prion-forming domain with strongly biased amino acid composition, most no…
Enzyme Structure and FunctionPrion Diseases and Protein MisfoldingOrigins and Evolution of Life
Mei Zhang、Guangxue Feng、Zhegang Song 等 12 位作者2014-05-13Journal of the American Chemical Society
We report a 2D layered metal-organic framework (MOF) with wide channels named NUS-1 and its activated analogue NUS-1a composed of Zn4O-like secondary building units and tetraphenylethene (TPE)-based ligand 4,4'-(2,2-diphenylethene-1,1-diyl)dibenzoic acid. Due to its special structure, NUS-1a exhibits unprecedented gas…
Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsMolecular Sensors and Ion DetectionLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials
Feng Hao、Constantinos C. Stoumpos、Robert P. H. Chang 等 4 位作者2014-05-13Journal of the American Chemical Society
Perovskite-based solar cells have recently been catapulted to the cutting edge of thin-film photovoltaic research and development because of their promise for high-power conversion efficiencies and ease of fabrication. Two types of generic perovskites compounds have been used in cell fabrication: either Pb- or Sn-base…
Perovskite Materials and ApplicationsQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
Ayaka Yamanaka、Susumu Okada2014-05-13Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
We studied the electronic properties of graphene nanoribbons with several edge structures under a parallel electric field using density functional theory with the effective screening medium method. Our calculations showed that the edge atomic sites of the nanoribbons with zigzag-shaped edges anomalously screen the ele…
Advancements in Battery MaterialsCarbon Nanotubes in CompositesGraphene research and applications
J. Judes、V. Kamaraj2014-05-13Materials Science-Poland
Abstract In order to overcome limitations in the processing parameters of powder compaction method, a novel processing technique based on sol-gel route has been developed to produce near-net-shaped prototype fine zirconia minispheres with required properties that could potentially be used as grinding media. Impact of…
Advanced ceramic materials synthesisAdvanced materials and compositesMicrowave Dielectric Ceramics Synthesis
Hualin Wang、Yanan Li、Suwei Jiang 等 6 位作者2014-05-13Journal of Applied Polymer Science
ABSTRACT Tetracycline hydrochloride loaded poly(vinyl alcohol)/soybean protein isolate/zirconium (Tet–PVA/SPI/ZrO2) nanofibrous membranes were fabricated via an electrospinning technique. The average diameter of the PVA/soybean protein isolate (SPI)/ZrO2 nanofibers used as drug carriers increased with increasing ZrO2…
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsAdvanced Cellulose Research StudiesElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
Masahiro Tsuchiya、Takahiro Shiozawa2014-05-13Applied Physics Express
An experimental technique for visualizing in-plane distributions of polarization states for an electromagnetic wave has been proposed and demonstrated successfully; distributions of rotating electric near-field vectors E xy as well as their elliptic traces have been imaged electrooptically at a series of distances fro…
Metamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsMicrowave and Dielectric Measurement TechniquesNear-Field Optical Microscopy
Francesco Ferranti、Giulio Antonini、Tom Dhaene 等 4 位作者2014-05-13IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility
The continuous increase of the operating frequency and density of integrated circuits leads to consider single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) as the most promising candidates for future interconnect technology because of their high current-carrying capacity and conductivity in t…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesLightning and Electromagnetic PhenomenaElectromagnetic Compatibility and Noise Suppression
Justyna Wiedemair、Loan Le Thi Ngoc、Albert van den Berg 等 4 位作者2014-05-13The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
We apply well-characterized silver nanowire grating (Ag-NWG) plasmonic surfaces as a Raman surface spectroscopy tool, which is based on surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), to study the surface conformation characteristics of amine terminated alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers (SAMs). The surface conformation…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesMolecular Junctions and Nanostructures
Maziyar Sabet、Hassan Soleimani、Azman Hassan 等 4 位作者2014-05-13Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering
Electron beam irradiation efffects on polymer cross-linking used for wire and cable insulations are still being researched. This study showed that upon irradiation, ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) and maleic anhydride grafted polyethylene (LDPE-g-MAH) addition as coupling agent to the LDPE/fillers, improved processing an…
Polymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesHigh voltage insulation and dielectric phenomenaPolymer Nanocomposite Synthesis and Irradiation
Riju Ren、Dengqiong Sun、Tingting Wei 等 5 位作者2014-05-13Organic Process Research & Development
Isolating enantiomers by crystallization via diastereomer salt formation is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry. Unfortunately, we found that, when some diastereomer impurity exists, oiling-out will take place and significantly decrease the resolution efficiency. To identify the role of impurities in oiling-out…
Computational Drug Discovery MethodsAnalytical Chemistry and ChromatographyCrystallization and Solubility Studies