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Abstract Periodic, self‐consistent density functional theory calculations (DFT‐GGA‐PW91) on Pt(1 1 1) and Pt3Re(1 1 1) surfaces, reaction kinetics measurements, and microkinetic modeling are employed to study the mechanism of the water–gas shift (WGS) reaction over Pt and Pt–Re catalysts. The values of the reaction ra…
N-Decanoyl-L-alanine (DA) was mixed with either colorless 4,4'-bipyridine (BP) or various derivatives such as chromogenic oligo(p-phenylenevinylene) (OPV) functionalized with isomeric pyridine termini in specific molar ratios. This mixtures form salt-type gels in a water/ethanol (2:1, v/v) mixture. The gelation proper…
Titanium and its alloys are able to grow a stable oxide layer on their surfaces and have been used frequently as substrates for anodization in an electrochemical surface treatment. A nanotubular oxide layer is formed in the presence of fluorine anion (F−) via anodization due to the competition between oxide formation…
The fluorescence of GFP-like chromophores in aqueous solutions is turned on upon forming aggregates or embedment in cell membranes as a result of exclusion of solvent-solute H-bonding.
An electropolishing procedure for pure titanium in a methanol–perchloric acid–ethylene glycol electrolyte and the resulting surface characteristics are described. Based on the potential–current curves, and optical and atomic force microscopy examinations, it is shown that commercially available pure titanium can be el…
Switching of the magnetic exchange coupling from ferro- to antiferromagnetic or vice versa in a single molecule is an appealing but rarely occurring phenomenon in molecular magnetism. Here, we report this for an unprecedented pure organic system, computationally designed by tailoring a conformationally restricted, kno…
Bio-based polymers are of increasing interest in packaging applications as alternatives to petroleum-based polymers. Xyloglucan (XG) derived from tamarind seed waste was recently explored as a high performance biopolymer for packaging applications. Xyloglucan films have high strength, stiffness and oxygen barrier perf…
Gold nanorods have attracted more attention than other gold particle morphologies because of their tunable optical response, which is a product of simply changing the rod’s aspect ratio. Advances in bottom-up synthetic methods of gold nanorods have greatly improved yields as well as allowed access to a range of aspect…
The effectiveness of two non-reducing sugars, both analogues of sucrose, to conserve degraded waterlogged wood was examined. The two sugars examined are trehalose and sucralose, both stable and relatively unreactive. The ability of these sugars to conserve a series of degraded tongue depressors was measured by determi…
According to recent research reports, addition of small amounts of a secondary fluid to a suspension could dramatically increase viscosity of suspension. Results of this study indicate another interesting behavior that the secondary fluid could form a thin hydrophobic membrane around particle surface and significantly…
Surface graft polymerization on multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) with several grafting mechanisms is nowadays a demanding field of nanocomposites in order to enhance the load carrying capacity, thus improving the overall performance of the composites. Here, we demonstrate the covalent grafting of a sulfonic acid…
We present a combined structural analysis on the powder of the Ca2Al3O6F phase using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectroscopy techniques. The crystal structure of Ca2Al3O6F has been refined in the rhombohedral system, R3[combining macron] space group, a = 17.3237(7) Å, c = 7.00017(4) Å, V = 1819.38(2) Å(3), Z =…
Rapid and precise synthesis of macromolecules has been a grand challenge in polymer chemistry. In this letter, we describe a convenient, rapid, and robust strategy for a one-pot synthesis of various precisely defined giant surfactants based on polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS). The method combines orthogonal…
Using Raman and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, we delineate the bond and defect structures in nuclear block graphite (NBG-18) under neutron and ion irradiation. The strengthening of the defect (D) peak in the Raman spectra under irradiation is attributed to an increase in the topological, sp2-hybridized defects. Us…
We theoretically predict magnetic superatoms in the 4d-transition-metal-doped Mg8 clusters using a spin-polarized density functional theory method. We demonstrate that TcMg8 is highly energetically stable in both structure and magnetic states, and identify it as a magnetic superatom with a magnetic moment as large as…
There is much recent interest in the field of molecular gels because of their potential use in many different applications, including biomedicine and electronic materials. Functional Molecular Gels details the latest research on molecular gels from the fundamentals of molecular gel formation to their uses in a variety…
Nitrogen doping in carbon nanostructures has attracted interest for more than a decade, and recent implementation of such structures in energy conversion systems has boosted the interest even more. Despite numerous studies, the structural conformation and stability of nitrogen functionalities in small diameter single-…
A novel Ca(2+) ion responsive particulate emulsifier, which is based on copolymer nanoaggregates, is reported in this work. Results from dynamic light scattering (DLS) and cryo-transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) indicate that the formation of poly (4-styrenesulfonic acid-co-maleic acid) sodium salt (PSSMA) na…
A facile and scalable technique to fabricate optically transparent, mechanically flexible and self-cleanable superhydrophobic films for practical solar cell applications is proposed. The superhydrophobic films were fabricated simply by transferring a transparent porous alumina layer, which was prepared using an anodic…
The cytotoxic and genotoxic potential of rod and spherical zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) were evaluated on human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). Their sizes and shapes were determined by Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and physical characterizations were done by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Dyna…