Sejin Choi、Kahp Y. Suh、Hong H. Lee2008-04-26Journal of the American Chemical Society
describe a one-step UV-replica molding method for fabricating a biomimetic dual-scale hierarchical structure. The use of UV-curable, acrylate-functionalized perfluoropolyethers allows for a high fidelity replication of a low-energy surface with multiscale texture, thereby directly creating a superhydrophobic surface w…
Surface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsAdhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions
Andrey Milchev、Dimitar Dimitrov、Kurt Binder2008-04-26Polymer
We present an efficient method for direct determination of the excess free energy ΔF of a nanoparticle inserted into a polymer brush. In contrast to Widom's insertion method, the present approach can be efficiently implemented by Monte Carlo or Molecular Dynamics methods also in a dense environment. In the present inv…
Polymer Surface Interaction StudiesForce Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsElectrostatics and Colloid Interactions
Markus Valtiner、Sergiy Borodin、Guido Grundmeier2008-04-26Langmuir
A combined approach of pH-dependent in-situ AFM topography and ex-situ LEED studies of the stability and dissolution of single-crystalline ZnO(0001)-Zn surfaces in aqueous media is presented. Hydroxide-stabilized and single-crystalline ZnO(0001)-Zn surfaces turned out to be stable within a wide pH range between 11 and…
ZnO doping and propertiesGas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Boon‐Beng Lee、Ravindra Pogaku、Eng‐Seng Chan2008-04-26Chemical Engineering Communications
The drop weight method has been used as a standard method for surface and interfacial tension measurement. However, lack of appropriate guidelines in using this method has resulted in errors. The specific objective of this critical review is to present the experimental setup, the limitations on the correction factors,…
Surface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityFluid Dynamics and Heat TransferElectrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
Janina Kneipp、Xiangting Li、Margaret E. Sherwood 等 7 位作者2008-04-26Analytical Chemistry
Nanoaggregates formed by metal spheres of different radii and interparticle distances represent finite, deterministic, self-similar systems that efficiently concentrate optical fields and act as "nanolenses". Here we verify experimentally the theoretical concept of nanolenses and explore their potential as enhancing n…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsNonlinear Optical Materials StudiesLaser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles
Kenji Higashiguchi、Kei Yasui、Hirotsugu Kikuchi2008-04-26Journal of the American Chemical Society
The three-dimensional structure of polymer-stabilized blue phase with the order of optical wavelength was nondestructively investigated by a confocal laser scanning microscope. The periodical patterns corresponding to the bcc lattice were observed not only on the surface but also in the internal region. The visualizat…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsAdvanced Fluorescence Microscopy TechniquesPhotonic Crystals and Applications
P. R. Sagdeo、R. J. Choudhary、D. M. Phase2008-04-26arXiv
The resistivity and magnetoresistance measurements were carried out on thin film of La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 to investigate the possible origin of low temperature resistivity minimum observed in these samples. We observed large hysteresis in the magnetoresistance at low temperature; 5K and the sample current I has large effect…
Materials ScienceStrongly Correlated Electrons
Yan Zhou、C. L. Zha、S. Bonetti 等 5 位作者2008-04-26arXiv
The spin torque oscillator (STO), where the magnetization of the fixed layer is tilted out of the film plane, is capable of strong microwave signal generation in zero magnetic field. Through numerical simulations of the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert-Slonczewski equations, within a macro-spin approximation, we study the micr…
Materials Science
Hyun-Tak Kim、Bong-Jun Kim、Kwang-Yong Kang2008-04-26arXiv
On the basis of both the inhomogeneity of a superconductor, BSCCO-2212, and the effect of measurement, we reveal that an anomalously large gap anisotropy known as evidence of dx2-y2-wave symmetry [Phys. Rev. Lett. 70 (1993) 1553] is not intrinsic, and that the constant Fermi velocity at node as an unsolved problem [Na…
Materials ScienceSuperconductivity
Kevin Leung2008-04-26arXiv
The permeation, rejection, and transport of electrolytes in water-filled nanopores are critical to ion current gating and desalinalion processes in synthetic porous membranes and the functions of biological ion channels. Mile the effects of confinement pore polarizability, and discrete channel charge sites have been m…
Materials Sciencecond-mat.stat-mech
A. Gil、S.A. Korili、Miguel Á. Vicente2008-04-26Catalysis Reviews
Several methods have been developed and applied in recent years in the characterization of the structure of microporous materials, in general, and of pillared clays, in particular. In the present article, the latest results obtained in the control of the microstructure developed in alumina‐pillared clays and various a…
Zeolite Catalysis and SynthesisMesoporous Materials and CatalysisCovalent Organic Framework Applications
Carlos Márquez‐Álvarez、Naděžda Žilková、Joaquín Pérez‐Pariente 等 4 位作者2008-04-26Catalysis Reviews
The synthesis of organized mesoporous aluminas has opened a very interesting area for application of this type of materials, particularly as catalysts or catalyst supports. This review focuses on the individual synthesis routes to produce organized mesoporous aluminas with large surface areas and narrow pore size dist…
Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceZeolite Catalysis and SynthesisMesoporous Materials and Catalysis
Mark A. Iron、Andreas Heyden、Grażyna Staszewska 等 4 位作者2008-04-25Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
We present a new electronic structure approximation called Tight Binding Configuration Interaction. It uses a tight-binding Hamiltonian to obtain orbitals that are used in a configuration interaction calculation that includes explicit charge interactions. This new method is better capable of predicting energies, ioniz…
Protein Structure and DynamicsComputational Drug Discovery MethodsMachine Learning in Materials Science
B. Tan、H. Rodrigo、N.L. Allen2008-04-25IET Science Measurement & Technology
Experimental observations are presented of the development and propagation of positive impulse corona near the breakdown condition in a point plane gap in air at atmospheric pressure in the presence or absence of insulators having simple cylindrical and profiled surfaces. Optical techniques have been used and the effe…
High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomenaLightning and Electromagnetic PhenomenaAerosol Filtration and Electrostatic Precipitation
Jincheng Wang、Yuehui Chen、Yuan Yan Tang 等 4 位作者2008-04-25High Performance Polymers
Novel polyurethane adhesives (PUA) were prepared by the incorporation of organic montmorillonite (OMMT). The structure of the PUA/OMMT adhesives was analyzed by wide angle X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. It was observed that the OMMT layers in the PUA w…
Polymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesPolymer composites and self-healingSilicone and Siloxane Chemistry
Pantelis N. Mikropoulos2008-04-25IET Science Measurement & Technology
Results concerning streamer propagation along cylindrical insulators coated with room-temperature-vulcanised silicon rubber coatings are presented. Experiments were carried out in a three-electrode arrangement consisting of a 12 cm long parallel-plane gap with an auxiliary needle in the earthed anode. Insulators could…
High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomenaLightning and Electromagnetic PhenomenaPower Transformer Diagnostics and Insulation
H. Gross、Andreas Rathsfeld、Frank Scholze 等 5 位作者2008-04-25Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE
The solution of the inverse problem in scatterometry, i.e. the determination of periodic surface structures from light diffraction patterns, is incomplete without knowledge of the uncertainties associated with the reconstructed surface parameters. With decreasing feature sizes of lithography masks, increasing demands…
Optical measurement and interference techniquesAdvanced Measurement and Metrology TechniquesOptical Coatings and Gratings
George I. Anthoulis、E. Kontou、Alexander Fainleib 等 5 位作者2008-04-25Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics
Abstract The advantages of cyanate esters (CEs) versus competitor systems such as epoxies and polyimides, as well as the great reinforcing potential of organoclays properly dispersed into a polymeric matrix, have been examined in a series of polycyanurate (PCN)/montmorillonite (MMT) nanocomposites prepared under appro…
Polymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesEpoxy Resin Curing ProcessesSynthesis and properties of polymers
F. Demmel、W.S. Howells、C. Morkel2008-04-25Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
The temperature dependence of the density correlation function at next-neighbour distances has been investigated for the liquid metal lead. This correlation function is a sensitive parameter for changes in the local environment and its Fourier transform was measured in a coherent inelastic neutron scattering experimen…
Material Dynamics and PropertiesSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical StudiesSolid-state spectroscopy and crystallography
Sergey Pogodin、M. Rachel Suissa、Amalia Levy 等 5 位作者2008-04-25European Journal of Organic Chemistry
Abstract The overcrowded bistricyclic aromatic enes (BAEs) [10‐[10‐(dicyanomethylene)‐9(10 H )‐anthracenylidene]‐9(10 H )‐anthracenylidene]propanedinitrile ( 7 ) and [10‐[10‐oxo‐9(10 H )‐anthracenylidene]‐9(10 H )‐anthracenylidene)]propanedinitrile( 8 ) were synthesized by a condensation of bianthrone ( 2 ) with malon…
Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistrySynthesis and Properties of Aromatic CompoundsPhotochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry