Yu Hua、Hu Nan、WANG Ya-nan 等 6 位作者2008-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract An innovative route is reported to fabricate nano-particles in aqueous solution from oxyfluoride glass by the thermal induction and corrosion treatment in this letter. The investigations of X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscope based on nano-particles in glass ceramics (GCs) and aqueous solut…
Amato P、Cerofolini GF、Narducci D 等 4 位作者2008-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Self-similar patterns are frequently observed in Nature. Their reproduction is possible on a length scale 102–105 nm with lithographic methods, but seems impossible on the nanometer length scale. It is shown that this goal may be achieved via a multiplicative variant of the multi-spacer patterning technology,…
Gu Chang-Zhi、Duvail Jean-Luc、Wan Mei-Xiang 等 5 位作者2008-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract In this paper, we focus on current–voltage (I–V) characteristics in several kinds of quasi-one-dimensional (quasi-1D) nanofibers to investigate their electronic transport properties covering a wide temperature range from 300 down to 2 K. Since the complex structures composed of ordered conductive regions in s…
Mario Hoyos, Pilar Tiemblo and José Manuel Gómez-Elvira2008-01-01Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
In the present work we aim to clarify the role of the microstructure and the crystalline distribution from the thermo-oxidation of solid isotactic PP (iPP) and ethylene-propylene (EP) copolymers. The effects of the content and quality of the isotacticity interruptions, together with the associated average isotactic le…
Chen ZP、Xu RZ、Zhang Y 等 4 位作者2008-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Monodisperse magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) were synthesized by thermal decomposition of iron-oleate and functionalized with silanes bearing various functional groups such as amino group (NH2), short-chain poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), and carboxylic group (COOH). Then, silanes-functionalized magnetic nanoparti…
Navaladian S、Viswanathan B、Varadarajan TK 等 4 位作者2008-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Palladium nanoparticles of average size around 8 nm have been synthesized rapidly by UV irradiation of mixture of palladium chloride and potassium oxalate solutions. A rod-shaped palladium oxalate complex has been observed as an intermediate. In the absence of potassium oxalate, no Pd nanoparticles have been…
Sablon KimberlyAnnosha2008-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Shi Hong Zhang et al2008-01-01Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
Micron-size Ni-base alloy (NBA) powders were mixed with both 1.5 wt.% (hereinafter %) micron-size CeO2 (m-CeO2) and also 1.5% and 3.0% nano-size CeO2 (n- CeO2) powders. These mixtures were coated on low-carbon steel (Q235) by 2.0 kW CO2 laser cladding. The effects on the microstructures, phases and electrochemical cor…
Taichi Ikeda and James Fraser Stoddart2008-01-01Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
Recent investigations on the design and synthesis of electrochromic materials based on switchable three-station [2]catenanes are summarized. The reasoning and preliminary experiments behind the design of electrochemically controllable red–green–blue (RGB), donor–acceptor [2]catenanes are presented. A basis for color g…
Yoshiyuki Kuroda et al2008-01-01Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
Core-shell particles were prepared by the layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly of imogolite (IMO) nanotubes and poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) (PSS) on polystyrene particles (diameter: 800 nm) coated preliminarily with poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDDA). PSS and imogolite were alternately adsorbed on the particle…
Toshiyasu Nishimura2008-01-01Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
In the Ultra-steel project at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), which run from 1996 to 2005, high-Si–Al-content ultrafine-grained (UFG) weathering steel was developed by grain refinement and weathering guidance. It was found that this steel has excellent strength, toughness and corrosion resistance.…
Chao-Hua Xue et al2008-01-01Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
Superhydrophobic surfaces were fabricated by the complex coating of silica nanoparticles with functional groups onto cotton textiles to generate a dual-size surface roughness, followed by hydrophobization with stearic acid, 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorodecyltrichlorosilane or their combination. The wettability and morpholo…
Evgeny A Ekimov, Vladimir A Sidorov, Andrey V Zoteev, Yury B Lebed, Joe D Thompson and Sergey M Stishov2008-01-01Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
Superconducting boron-doped diamond samples were synthesized with isotopes of 10B, 11B, 13C and 12C. We claim the presence of a carbon isotope effect on the superconducting transition temperature, which supports the 'diamond-carbon'-related nature of superconductivity and the importance of the electron–phonon interact…
Masayori Suwa et al2008-01-01Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
In this study, the use of an innovative atmospheric magnetophoresis, which enables us to measure the mass magnetic susceptibility and mass of a microparticle simultaneously, was demonstrated. Using this technique, we determined the magnetic susceptibility of a crystalline deposit of iron/cobalt carbonyl, mainly compos…
Pravas Kumar Panigrahi and Amita Pathak2008-01-01Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
Tungsten disulfide (WS2) nanowires have been synthesized through a microwave-assisted chemical route that uses tungstic acid, elemental sulfur and monoethanolamine as starting reagents for obtaining a precursor solution of tetrathiotungstate ions. Acidification of the precursor solution yields amorphous precipitates,…
Manisha Kundu et al2008-01-01Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
We examined the structural properties of copper sulfide films as a function of the sulfurization time of 70-nm-thick Cu films. Copper sulfide films with various phases such as mixed metallic Cu-chalcocite, chalcocite, roxbyite, and covellite phases were formed with increasing sulfurization time. To evaluate the struct…
Seiji Kuroda et al2008-01-01Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
In recent years, coating processes based on the impact of high-velocity solid particles such as cold spraying and aerosol deposition have been developed and attracting much industrial attention. A novel coating process called 'warm spraying' has been developed, in which coatings are formed by the high-velocity impact…
Hisaaki Tobushi et al2008-01-01Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
In shape-memory polymers, large strain can be fixed at a low temperature and thereafter recovered at a high temperature. If the shape-memory polymer is held at a high temperature for a long time, the irrecoverable strain can attain a new intermediate shape between the shape under the maximum stress and the primary sha…
Kuen-Song Lin et al2008-01-01Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
The main objectives of the present study were to investigate the chemical reduction of nitrate or nitrite species by zero-valent iron nanoparticle (ZVIN) in aqueous solution and related reaction kinetics or mechanisms using fine structure characterization. This work also exemplifies the utilization of field emission-s…
Zhiqing Yuan, Hong Chen, Jide Zhang, Dejian Zhao, Yuejun Liu, Xiaoyuan Zhou, Song Li, Pu Shi, Jianxin Tang and Xin Chen2008-01-01Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
Porous superhydrophobic linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) surface was prepared by a simple method. Its water contact angle and sliding angle were 153±2° and 10°, respectively. After contamination, 99% of the contaminant particles were removed from the superhydrophobic LLDPE surface using artificial rain. The sup…