Mojtaba Barani Motlagh2012-07-02Soil Research
Availability of soil copper (Cu) to plants is dependent on the release into the soil solution of Cu from the solid phases. To ascertain the pattern of Cu release and the soil characteristics affecting it, the kinetics of Cu release by diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA) from 14 calcareous soils of northern Iran…
Soil and Unsaturated FlowClay minerals and soil interactionsIron oxide chemistry and applications
L Q Wang、Bernhard Schaffer、Ian MacLaren 等 6 位作者2012-07-02Journal of Physics Conference Series
High resolution scanning transmission electron microscope (HRSTEM) and electron energy loss spectroscopy spectrum imaging (EELS SI) methods have been successfully applied to the analysis of planar antiphase boundaries in (Bi 0.85 Nd 0.15 )(Fe 0.9 Ti 0.1 )O 3 (BNFT) ceramics. Two distinct structures for these boundarie…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMultiferroics and related materialsDielectric properties of ceramics
De Bruyn R、Treurnicht Nf2012-07-02SUNScholar (Stellenbosch University)
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Metal Forming Simulation TechniquesAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesMaterial Selection and Properties
Fatemeh Abdi、Araz Siabi-Gerjan、Hadi Savaloni2012-07-02Journal of theoretical and applied physics
Abstract The use of glancing angle deposition technique provides opportunities for the deposition of sculptured nanostructures of different shape. The optical properties of such nanostructures that are a function of the shape of these nanostructures may be investigated, using the discrete dipole approximation theory w…
Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon ResearchPhotonic Crystals and ApplicationsOptical Coatings and Gratings
Linlin Li、Yanqi Zhang、Nanjing Hao 等 5 位作者2012-07-02Chinese Science Bulletin
Silica nanorattle with hollow and mesoporous structure has been proven to be an excellent drug carrier. However, how to control the drug release from silica nanorattle is still a challenge. In this study, we designed two methods, in-situ polymerization method and water in oil in water (W/O/W) double emulsion method, t…
Nanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryMesoporous Materials and CatalysisAdvanced Drug Delivery Systems
Yury V. Ryabchikov、С. А. Алексеев、Vladimir Lysenko 等 5 位作者2012-07-02Nanoscale Research Letters
A comparative photoluminescence analysis of as-prepared and chemically modified (by alkyl chains -C18H37) silicon and carbon nanoparticles dispersed in low-polar liquids is reported. Influence of the low-polar liquid nature and ambient temperature on photoluminescence of the nanoparticles has been investigated from th…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesSilicon Nanostructures and PhotoluminescenceMechanical and Optical Resonators
J.A. Hinks、Abbie Jones、Alex Theodosiou 等 5 位作者2012-07-02Journal of Physics Conference Series
Graphite is employed as a moderator and structural component in 18 of the UK's fleet of Magnox and Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors (AGRs). During the operational lifetime of a reactor, graphite undergoes complex physical and mechanical property changes including dimensional modification, owing to the effects of temperatu…
Fusion materials and technologiesGraphite, nuclear technology, radiation studiesNuclear and radioactivity studies
Rachel Wallace、Andy Brown、Rik Brydson 等 6 位作者2012-07-02Journal of Physics Conference Series
ZnO nanoparticles are used in a variety of commercial products including sunscreens. The potential for accumulation in the aquatic environment has driven investigation into the toxicity of nanoparticulate ZnO. Thorough characterisation of the physicochemical properties of nanoparticulates is required in order to gain…
Nanoparticles: synthesis and applicationsMercury impact and mitigation studiesGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Agnes Zoller、A. Marcilla2012-07-02Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Abstract The foaming of PVC‐VA [Poly (vinyl chloride‐ co ‐vinyl acetate)] plastisols is a complex combination of processes involving the simultaneous curing of the paste with the evolution of gases caused by the decomposition of the chemical blowing agent. The extensional viscosity is a fundamental characteristic of t…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesPolymer Science and PVC
Mirosława El Fray、H. Daniel Wagner2012-07-02Designed Monomers & Polymers
With the growing progress in tissue engineering, the search for new scaffolding materials has recently intensified considerably. Focusing on this, we synthesized hydrophilic–hydrophobic terpolymers containing poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and two different polyester units: butylene terephthalate and butylene linoleate.…
Conducting polymers and applicationsbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
Matthias Gabriel、Dennis Strand、Christian‐Friedrich Vahl2012-07-02Artificial Organs
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is one of the most frequently used polymers for the manufacturing of medical devices. Limitations for its usage are based upon unfavorable surface properties of the polymer including its hydrophobicity and lack of functionalities in order to increase its versatility. To address this issue, wet…
Surface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityPolymer Surface Interaction Studies3D Printing in Biomedical Research
Yamina Belmiloud、M. Ouraghi、Mohammed Brahimi 等 6 位作者2012-07-02Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience
This work deals with the butterfly conformation control of the anti-HIV TIBO molecule confined into carbon nanotubes (CNT). This theoretical study concerns the variation of some pertinent conformation descriptors such as butterfly angle, wingspan, volume, dipole moment, solvation energy and confinement energy versus c…
Chemical Synthesis and AnalysisClick Chemistry and ApplicationsDendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers
Satoshi Aya、Khoa V. Le、Yuji Sasaki 等 6 位作者2012-07-02Physical Review E
We report an anchoring transition of a liquid crystal under the influence of an electric field (E field) in the vicinity of a first-order anchoring transition (ATr) temperature showing bistable homeotropic (H) and planar (P) states. By means of polarizing microscopy combined with retardation and switching and dielectr…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical StudiesNonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation
Dawei Shi、Junyang Chen、Saira Riaz 等 5 位作者2012-07-02Nanotechnology
Multiphase core-shell nanowires have been fabricated by controlling the ion transport processes of the microfluids in the nanochannels of the template. Both forced convection and pulsed potential induced migration can be applied to tune the morphologies of the nanostructures obtained by manipulating the ion transport…
Nanowire Synthesis and ApplicationsNanopore and Nanochannel Transport StudiesAnodic Oxide Films and Nanostructures
Florian Binder、Katrin Lemme、Roland C. Preston 等 4 位作者2012-07-02Angewandte Chemie
Als Cluster von Wassermolekülen, die auf einem Gerüst präsentiert werden – ein „präorganisiertes Wasseroligomer“ –, lässt sich Sialyl-Lewisx (sLex) beschreiben. Den Antrieb für die Bindung von sLex an E-Selectin liefern der hohe Grad an Präorganisation, der ein Netzwerk von gerichteten Wasserstoffbrücken ermöglicht, u…
Glycosylation and Glycoproteins ResearchCarbohydrate Chemistry and SynthesisSupramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
Guanghua Shi、Shengxiang Bao、Wei-Ming Lai 等 6 位作者2012-07-02Scanning
An electron beam inducing method for sprouting large quantities of silver nanoparticles on the surface of silver chloride particles is reported. The electron beam driven process was characterized by time-dependent scanning electron microscope (SEM) and energy dispersive spectrum (EDS), allowing for observing several k…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsElectron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniquesnanoparticles nucleation surface interactions
A. Z. Msezane、Z. Felfli、Kelvin Suggs 等 5 位作者2012-07-02Gold bulletin
The oxidation of CH 4 has been investigated in the presence and absence of the atomic Au − ion catalyst. We have employed the first principles density functional theory (DFT) and dispersion-corrected DFT calculations for the transition state on the Au − ion and analyzed the thermodynamics properties of the reactions a…
Advanced Chemical Physics StudiesCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceCatalysis and Oxidation Reactions
Misook Suh、M. Meyyappan、Sanghyun Ju2012-07-02Nanotechnology
We have investigated the change in structural and electrical properties of In(2x)Ga(2-2x)O(3) nanowires (x = 1, 0.69 and 0.32) grown with varied indium (In) and gallium (Ga) contents. The as-grown In(2x)Ga(2-2x)O(3) nanowires kept the cubic crystal structure of In(2)O(3) intact even when the atomic percentages of Ga w…
ZnO doping and propertiesGas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsGa2O3 and related materials
T. Harada、I. Ohkubo、Mikk Lippmaa 等 8 位作者2012-07-02Advanced Functional Materials
Abstract A high‐performance spin filter tunnel junction composed of an epitaxial oxide heterostructure is reported. By independently controlling the magnetic orientations of ferromagnetic tunnel barrier and electrode layers, a tunnel magnetoresistance ratio exceeding 120% is obtained purely by the spin filtering effec…
Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsAdvanced Condensed Matter PhysicsElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Frank Hubenthal、David Blázquez‐Sánchez、Frank N. Trager2012-07-02Applied Sciences
The morphology of small gold particles prepared by Volmer–Weber growth on sapphire substrates have been investigated by two different characterization techniques. First, by non-extensive atomic force microscopy (AFM) in combination with optical spectroscopy and modeling of the optical properties using a theoretical mo…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applicationsnanoparticles nucleation surface interactionsLaser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles