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Well-controlled synthesis of nanocrystals is necessary to unambiguously correlate the structural properties of nanocrystals with the catalytic properties. The most common low-index surfaces are (111) and (100). Therefore, model materials with {111} and {100} facets are highly desirable, in order to understand the cata…
The contact angle that a liquid drop makes on a soft substrate does not obey the classical Young's relation, since the solid is deformed elastically by the action of the capillary forces. The finite elasticity of the solid also renders the contact angles differently from those predicted by Neumann's law, which applies…
This work elucidates the possible reasons for the outstanding, but never reproduced thermoelectric properties of the doped Ti(0.5)Zr(0.25)Hf(0.25)NiSn Heusler compounds. The structural investigations done via synchrotron X-ray diffraction measurements and scanning electron microscope measurements, which clearly show t…
Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) is a powerful method to study the structural properties of materials at the nanoscale. Recent progress in instrumentation and analysis methods has led to rapidly growing applications of this technique for the characterization of biological macromolecules in solution. Ab initio and r…
The use of polymeric additives is an increasingly common approach for inhibiting crystallization from the supersaturated solutions used to enhance the delivery of poorly water-soluble drugs. Maintaining supersaturation by employing polymeric additives depends on their ability to inhibit nucleation and crystal growth.…
Dopa (3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine) is recognized as a key chemical signature of mussel adhesion and has been adopted into diverse synthetic polymer systems. Dopa's notorious susceptibility to oxidation, however, poses significant challenges to the practical translation of mussel adhesion. Using a surface forces apparat…
Some bacteria can synthesize cellulose when they are cultivated under adequate conditions. These bacteria produce a mat of cellulose on the top of the culture medium, which is formed by a three-dimensional coherent network of pure cellulose nanofibers. Bacterial cellulose (BC) has been widely used in different fields,…
Recently, a new field in photovoltaics (PV) has emerged, focusing on solar cells that are entirely based on metal oxide semiconductors. The all-oxide PV approach is very attractive due to the chemical stability, nontoxicity, and abundance of many metal oxides that potentially allow manufacturing under ambient conditio…
High transparency is important to the performance of optical equipment and devices, such as windows, lenses, solar panels, and safety goggles. As many of them are constantly exposed to various environmental conditions, it is highly desirable to develop a self-cleaning coating that can prevent microbial growth, fouling…
Thermoelectric materials can realize significant energy savings by generating electricity from untapped waste heat. However, the coupling of the thermoelectric parameters unfortunately limits their efficiency and practical applications. Here, a single-layer-based (SLB) composite fabricated from atomically thick single…
Carbon nanodots (CDs) have been synthesized at gram scale with a high yield (41.8%) by carbonization of sucrose with oil acid in one simple step. The synthesized CDs are monodisperse with a narrow size distribution (average 1.84 nm in size), and show a high fluorescence quantum yield (21.6%) without passivation. The P…
Bending rigidity and Gaussian bending stiffness are the two key parameters that govern the rippling of suspended graphene-an unavoidable phenomenon of two-dimensional materials when subject to a thermal or mechanical field. A reliable determination about these two parameters is of significance for both the design and…
Organic catalysis in ring-opening polymerization (ROP) has become a powerful alternative to more traditional metal-based catalysts. The field has developed to a point at which there are not only excellent low cost and easy to use organocatalysts for day-to-day polymerizations, but the ability to precisely control the…
The existing structural models of graphene oxide (GO) contradict each other and cannot adequately explain the acidity of its aqueous solutions. Inadequate understanding of chemical structure can lead to a misinterpretation of observed experimental phenomena. Understanding the chemistry and structure of GO should enabl…
Due to the superior mechanical properties of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) materials, they are vastly used in industries such as aircraft manufacturers. The aircraft manufacturers are switching metal to composite structures while studying reliability (R-value) of CFRP. In this study, a numerical simulation me…
We report resistivity, magnetization and (19)F NMR results in a polycrystalline sample of SmFeAsO(0.86)F(0.14). The resistivity and magnetization data show a sharp drop at 48 K indicating a superconducting transition. The nuclear spin-lattice rate (1/T(1)) and spin-spin relaxation rate (1/T(2)) clearly show the existe…
Composites {Me2(WO4)3 − xWO3} (Me = Sc, In) (x = 0.5–99%) are synthesized and characterized by XRD and electron microscopy methods and also by the density and specific surface measurements. Temperature dependences of the total conductivity of composites are measured. The contributions of σtot and σel are assessed by t…
The bare response functions and the dielectric function tensor in AA-stacked bilayer graphene are investigated analytically within the tight-binding model and the random-phase approximation. They are dominated by the interlayer atomic interactions. The main features of the single-particle excitations are associated wi…
An analysis of the magnetically induced ferroelectric phase in the high-temperature multiferroic CuO by optical second harmonic generation (SHG) reveals a rich variety of contributions coupling to the multiferroic order. Observation of a “giant” SHG efficiency points to the presence of electronic contributions to the…
Various generations of zero α,ω-alkylenediamine core poly(amidoamine) PAMAM dendrimers (tetra-amine terminated substrates, A4) were allowed to react with sub-stoichiometric amounts (i.e., 2.0 equivalents) of Boc anhydride to give product mixtures consisting of the symmetrical tetra-Boc product (B4) and four partial Bo…