Abeni Wickham、Mohammad Mirazul Islam、Debasish Mondal 等 10 位作者2014-03-24Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B Applied Biomaterials
The myocardium is unable to regenerate itself after infarct, resulting in scarring and thinning of the heart wall. Our objective was to develop a patch to buttress and bypass the scarred area, while allowing regeneration by incorporated cardiac stem/progenitor cells (CPCs). Polycaprolactone (PCL) was fabricated as bot…
Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical ApplicationsTissue Engineering and Regenerative MedicineGraphene and Nanomaterials Applications
Binbin Weng、Jijun Qiu、Lihua Zhao 等 5 位作者2014-03-24Applied Physics Letters
n-CdS/p-PbSe heterojunction is investigated. A thin CdS film is deposited by chemical bath deposition on top of epitaxial PbSe film by molecular beam epitaxy on Silicon. Current-voltage measurements demonstrate very good junction characteristics with rectifying ratio of ∼178 and ideality factor of 1.79 at 300 K. Detec…
Quantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsSemiconductor materials and interfaces
Ulrich Roß、Andriy Lotnyk、Erik Thelander 等 4 位作者2014-03-24Applied Physics Letters
Knowledge about the atomic structure and vacancy distribution in phase change materials is of foremost importance in order to understand the underlying mechanism of fast reversible phase transformation. In this Letter, by combining state-of-the-art aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy with im…
Quantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsPhase-change materials and chalcogenides
Katherine P. Rice、Robert R. Keller、Mark P. Stoykovich2014-03-24Journal of Microscopy
We report the effects of varying specimen thickness on the generation of transmission Kikuchi patterns in the scanning electron microscope. Diffraction patterns sufficient for automated indexing were observed from films spanning nearly three orders of magnitude in thickness in several materials, from 5 nm of hafnium d…
Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy TechniquesSurface Roughness and Optical MeasurementsSurface and Thin Film Phenomena
Debosruti Dutta、Brandon C. Wood、Shreyas Y. Bhide 等 5 位作者2014-03-24The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Using van-der-Waals-corrected density functional theory calculations, we explore the possibility of engineering the local structure and morphology of high-surface-area graphene-derived materials to improve the uptake of methane and carbon dioxide for gas storage and sensing. We test the sensitivity of the gas adsorpti…
Graphene research and applicationsGas Dynamics and Kinetic TheoryMembrane Separation and Gas Transport
Surajit Sutar、Pratik Agnihotri、Everett Comfort 等 6 位作者2014-03-24Applied Physics Letters
Realizing basic semiconductor devices such as p-n junctions are necessary for developing thin-film and optoelectronic technologies in emerging planar materials such as MoS2. In this work, electrostatic doping by buried gates is used to study the electronic and optoelectronic properties of p-n junctions in exfoliated M…
2D Materials and ApplicationsNanowire Synthesis and ApplicationsMXene and MAX Phase Materials
Harish N. S. Krishnamoorthy、You Zhou、Shriram Ramanathan 等 5 位作者2014-03-24Applied Physics Letters
We present a metal-free tunable anisotropic metamaterial where the iso-frequency surface is tuned from elliptical to hyperbolic dispersion by exploiting the metal-insulator phase transition in the correlated material vanadium dioxide (VO2). Using VO2-TiO2 heterostructures, we demonstrate the transition in the effectiv…
Metamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsOptical Wireless Communication TechnologiesTransition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
Jinjin Zhang、Ryan Chamberlain、Michael L. Etheridge 等 7 位作者2014-03-24Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
PURPOSE: Iron-oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) have proven utility as contrast agents in many MRI applications. Previous quantitative IONP mapping has been performed using mainly T2 * mapping methods. However, in applications requiring high IONP concentrations, such as magnetic nanoparticles based thermal therapies, conven…
Nanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryAdvanced MRI Techniques and ApplicationsUltrasound and Hyperthermia Applications
Li Guo、Tong Zhang、Meng Li 等 11 位作者2014-03-24Current Stem Cell Research & Therapy
Electrospinning has been employed extensively in tissue engineering to generate nanofibrous scaffolds from either natural or synthetic biodegradable polymers. Three-dimensional electrospun scaffolds can create a multi-scale environment capable of facilitating cell adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation. One such…
Dental Implant Techniques and OutcomesElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
R. Mbarki、N. Baccam、Kaushik Dayal 等 4 位作者2014-03-24Applied Physics Letters
Most technologically relevant ferroelectrics typically lose piezoelectricity above the Curie temperature. This limits their use to relatively low temperatures. In this Letter, exploiting a combination of flexoelectricity and simple functional grading, we propose a strategy for high-temperature electromechanical coupli…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsVibration Control and Rheological FluidsNonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro/nano structures
Rajgopal Sharma、Jessica D. Knoll、Philip D. Martin 等 6 位作者2014-03-24Inorganic Chemistry
Ruthenium(II) tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine (TPA) is an effective caging group for nitriles that provides high levels of control over the enzyme activity with light. Two caged nitriles were prepared, [Ru(TPA)(MeCN)2](PF6)2 (1) and [Ru(TPA)(3)2](PF6)2 (2), where 3 is the cathepsin K inhibitor Cbz-Leu-NHCH2CN, and characte…
Radical Photochemical ReactionsPhotochromic and Fluorescence Chemistrybioluminescence and chemiluminescence research
S. G. Zhang、Xinru Zhang、X. Liu 等 7 位作者2014-03-24Applied Physics Letters
Few-layer graphene was transferred directly on top of Ag nanoparticles, and the coupling between graphene and localized surface plasmons (LSPs) of Ag nanoparticles was investigated. We found that the surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy of graphene was increased approximately 7-fold by near-fields of plasmonic Ag nanop…
Graphene research and applicationsGold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsPlasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
Yan Qian、Qi Wei、Gonzalo del Pozo 等 11 位作者2014-03-24Advanced Materials
H-shaped oligofluorenes as gain media exhibit excellent photo- (large robustness against oxidation) and thermal stabilities in ambient atmosphere for large σe and low-threshold (0.22 nJ pulse(-1) ) deep blue distributed feedback (DFB) lasers. Their amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) thresholds increase less than 3-f…
Organic Light-Emitting Diodes ResearchAdvanced Fiber Laser TechnologiesLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials
Bernice H. L. Oh、Alexander Bismarck、Mary B. Chan‐Park2014-03-24Biomacromolecules
High internal phase emulsion (HIPE)-templating is an attractive method of producing high porosity polymer foams with tailored pore structure, pore size and porosity. However, this method typically requires the use of large amounts of surfactants to stabilize the immiscible liquid phases, and polymerizable monomers/cro…
Proteins in Food SystemsSurfactants and Colloidal SystemsPickering emulsions and particle stabilization
Chihiro Urata、Benjamin Masheder、Dalton F. Cheng 等 7 位作者2014-03-24Langmuir
The dynamic dewettability of a smooth alkyl-terminated sol-gel hybrid film surface against 17 probe liquids (polar and nonpolar, with high and low surface tensions) was systematically investigated using contact angle (CA) hysteresis and substrate tilt angle (TA) measurements, in terms of their physicochemical properti…
Surface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityNanomaterials and Printing TechnologiesFluid Dynamics and Thin Films
Qian Wang、Jonathan Maddock、Edward T. F. Rogers 等 8 位作者2014-03-24Applied Physics Letters
We demonstrate high-density, multi-level crystallization of a Ge2Sb2Te5 thin film using tightly focused femtosecond laser pulses. The submicron spots with 8 distinct data storage states are written on a 1.08 μm square grid. The significant change in reflectivity of every specific state of crystallized spot allows easy…
Phase-change materials and chalcogenidesAdvanced Optical Imaging TechnologiesPhotoreceptor and optogenetics research
Ranjit Konwar、Abdul Baquee Ahmed2014-03-24International Research Journal of Pharmacy
In the last 30 years, particle size reduction technologies turned from an exploratory approach into a mature commercial drug delivery platform. Nanonization technologies have gained a special importance due to a steadily increasing number of development compounds showing poor aqueous solubility. Many drug delivery com…
Nanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryDrug Solubulity and Delivery SystemsSurfactants and Colloidal Systems
Xun Yuan、Bin Zhang、Zhentao Luo 等 7 位作者2014-03-24Angewandte Chemie
Abstract We report a NaOH‐mediated NaBH4 reduction method for the synthesis of mono‐, bi‐, and tri‐thiolate‐protected Au25 nanoclusters (NCs) with precise control of both the Au core and thiolate ligand surface. The key strategy is to use NaOH to tune the formation kinetics of Au NCs, i.e., reduce the reduction abilit…
Nanocluster Synthesis and ApplicationsPharmacological Effects and Toxicity StudiesAdvanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
Chandan Sharma、Sanjay Kumar、A. Raman Unni 等 6 位作者2014-03-24Journal of Applied Polymer Science
ABSTRACT Foam stability and segmented polymeric phase morphology of polyurethane foams synthesized partially and completely from castor oil are investigated. Preliminary analysis of the impact of alterations in the polymeric phase on macroscopic stress dissipation in foams is also carried out. The stability and morpho…
Advanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationPolymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesPolymer composites and self-healing
Deyang Zhang、Hailong Yan、Yang Lu 等 9 位作者2014-03-24Nanoscale Research Letters
Hierarchical mesoporous NiCo2O4 nanoneedle arrays on carbon cloth have been fabricated by a simple hydrothermal approach combined with a post-annealing treatment. Such unique array nanoarchitectures exhibit remarkable electrochemical performance with high capacitance and desirable cycle life at high rates. When evalua…
Advancements in Battery MaterialsSupercapacitor Materials and FabricationAdvanced battery technologies research