Materials Literature
按标题、摘要、年份、主题和来源检索公开元数据。结果保留作者、摘要、分类与原始来源链接。
We report a mechanism of the continuous pitch variation of the cholestric liquid crystal (CLC) with reactive mesogen based on the phase separation model and the 4 × 4 matrix analysis. From the density variation of the polymerized RM with chirality, the corresponding pitch variation was directly estimated and the refle…
Nanocomposites consisting of liquid crystals and nanoparticles have been studied for their applications in devices, such as photovoltaics and to model biological devices. Understanding the structure the liquid crystal assumes in the vicinity of the nanoparticles, and how it compares to the bulk structure of the liquid…
A facile microwave‐assistant route was developed for the synthesis of hybrid nanocrystals. Colloidal hybrid nanocrystals, Ag2S‐CdS, were prepared by using Ag2S nanocrystals and cadmium diethyldithiocarbamate as raw materials under microwave irradiation. The fast ion conductor, Ag2S nanocrystal, catalyzes the growth of…
In this paper, we report large‐scale high‐quality SrWO4 3D microspheres synthesized in aqueous solutions under mild conditions with cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide as a simple cationic surfactant. These crystals have been characterized by X‐ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy and field emission scanning…
5,5′-Bis(2-phenylethynyl)-2,2′-bithiophene derivative 1 containing dendritic moieties linked through amide groups was synthesized. Compound 1 exhibits a rectangular columnar phase on slow cooling from the isotropic liquid. In contrast, a cubic phase is formed as a metastable liquid-crystalline phase by rapid cooling o…
As a result of its strong adaptation to wheat and rye sourdoughs, Lactobacillus sanfranciscensis has the smallest genome within the genus Lactobacillus. The concomitant absence of some important antioxidative enzymes and the inability to synthesize glutathione suggest a role of cystine transport in maintenance of an i…
Self-assembled peptide/protein nanofibers are valuable 1D building blocks for creating complex structures with designed properties and functions. It is reported that the self-assembly of silk-elastin-like protein polymers into nanofibers or globular aggregates in aqueous solutions can be modulated by tuning the temper…
The hybrid structures composed of gold nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes were prepared using porous alumina membranes as templates. Carbon nanotubes were synthesized inside the pores of these templates by the non-catalytic decomposition of acetylene. The inner cavity of the supported tubes was used as nanoreactors to…
Plasma-polymerized organosilicone coatings can be used to impart abrasion resistance and barrier properties to plastic substrates such as polycarbonate. Coating rates suitable for industrial-scale deposition, up to 100 nm/s, can be achieved through the use of microwave plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD)…
The reaction between boron trifluoride methanol complex and sodium methoxide in methanol solution was investigated using conductivity as the reaction indicator. The reaction conditions were examined and a mechanism of this reaction was proposed. Moreover, proper reaction conditions were proposed for boric acid prepara…
We numerically investigate structural and optical properties of a highly chiral liquid crystal when it is confined in a thin planar cell imposing strong homeotropic anchoring. Various stable exotic defect structures different from those of bulk cholesteric blue phases are found depending on temperature and cell thickn…
Three polyoxometalate supramolecular assemblies based on rigid 2-(4-thiazolyl)benzimidazole (L) and two types of polytungstate anions, [CuII2Cl(L)4(PW12O40)]·3H2O (1), [CuII(L)2(H2O)]2[P2W18O62]·(HL)2·6H2O (2), and [ZnII(L)3]4[H(KPW12O40)3] (3), have been synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffracti…
We present a critical reexamination of individual electronic and collective optical nonlinearities of nematic liquid crystals (NLC) in the context of all-optical transmission switching of femtoseconds – CW lasers, and report recent observations of similar optical nonlinearities in Blue-phase liquid crystals (BPLC) and…
The applications of synchrotron radiation (SR) in medical imaging have become of great use, particularly in angiography, bronchography, mammography, computed tomography, and X-ray microscopy. Thanks to recently developed phase contrast imaging techniques non-destructive preclinical testing of low absorbing materials s…
Human airway smooth muscle (HASM) contraction plays a central role in regulating airway resistance in both healthy and asthmatic bronchioles. In vitro studies that investigate the intricate mechanisms that regulate this contractile process are predominantly conducted on tissue culture plastic, a rigid, 2D geometry, un…
Diverse and elaborate pathways for nutrient utilization, as well as mechanisms to combat unfavourable nutrient conditions make Pseudomonas putida KT2440 a versatile micro-organism able to occupy a range of ecological niches. The fatty acid degradation pathway of P. putida is complex and correlated with biopolymer medi…
Zirconium‐doped ceria hollow slightly‐truncated nano‐octahedrons (HTNOs) (Ce1‐xZrxO2) were synthesized by a one‐pot, facile hydrothermal method. The morphology and crystalline structure were characterized with powder X‐ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) an…
ABSTRACT In this study, bisphenol A epoxy resin (DGEBA) was chemically modified by 9,10‐dihydro‐9‐oxa‐10‐phosphaphenanthrene‐10‐oxide (DOPO), and the molecular structure of the modified epoxy resin was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectra. The effects of DOPO on liquid oxygen compatibility of DGEBA were…
An intense surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) effect is realized by depositing Ag nanoparticles (NPs) into the nanogaps of a Ag substrate. The nanogaps are formed by the thermal annealing of a Ag film on a silicon substrate. This SERS substrate has an enhancement factor (EF) of 2.3 × 106 and a strong signal enha…
In this work, the plasma polymerization of propanethiol is investigated with the aim to control the thiol density [SH] in the coatings. The results reveal a nearly constant evolution of [SH] regarding the mean power dissipated in the discharge. This peculiar behavior is explained considering (i) mass spectrometry data…