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We present a combined x-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy study on the phase behavior and molecular dynamics of n-hexadecanol in its bulk state and confined in an array of aligned nanochannels of 8 nm diameter in mesoporous silicon. Under confinement the transition temperatures between the liquid, the rotator…
We develop a method that can constrain any local exchange-correlation potential to preserve ba-sic exact conditions. Using the method of Lagrange multipliers, we calculate for each set of given Kohn-Sham orbitals, a constraint-preserving potential which is closest to the given exchange-correlation potential. The metho…
Abstract In this work, polysaccharide nanocrystals—rodlike cellulose whiskers (CWs)—were surface‐grafted with polycaprolactone (PCL) via microwave‐assisted ring‐opening polymerization, and filaceous cellulose whisker‐ graft ‐polycaprolactone (CW‐ g ‐PCL) nanoparticles were produced. Moreover, the resultant nanoparticl…
A bis-aniline-cross-linked Au nanoparticles (NPs) composite is electropolymerized on Au surfaces. The association of trinitrotoluene, TNT, to the bis-aniline bridging units via pi-donor-acceptor interactions allows the amplified detection of TNT by following the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) reflectance changes as a…
We designed a metamaterial field rotator that can rotate electromagnetic wave fronts. Our starting point was the transformation-media concept. Effective medium theories and full simulations facilitated the actual design process. We created at a very simple structure comprising of an array of identical aluminum metal p…
We investigate the impact of ligands on the morphology, electronic structure, and optical response of the Cd(33)Se(33) cluster, which overlaps in size with the smallest synthesized CdSe nanocrystal quantum dots (QDs). Our density functional theory calculations demonstrate significant surface reorganization for both th…
We have studied the crystal structures and photophysical properties of four 9,10-distyrylanthracene (DSA) derivatives. Their crystal structures exhibit nonplanar conformations due to the supramolecular interactions resulting in rigid molecules and relative tight stacking. The four DSA derivatives possess a typical agg…
A green chemical method to synthesize nanogold-bioconjugate and its eco-friendly promising role to purify contaminated waters has been described. Gold nanoparticles of 10 nm average diameter are produced on the surface of Rhizopus oryzae , a fungal strain, by in situ reduction of chloroauric acid (HAuCl(4)). The nanog…
Because of growing environmental concerns and increasingly stringent regulations governing auto emissions, new more efficient exhaust catalysts are needed to reduce the amount of pollutants released from internal combustion engines. To accomplish this goal, the major pollutants in exhaust-CO, NO(x), and unburned hydro…
Cerium dioxide nanoparticles (CeO2 NPs) are increasingly being used as a catalyst in the automotive industry. Consequently, increasing amounts of CeO2 NPs are expected to enter the environment where their fate in and potential impacts are unknown. In this paper we describe the fate and effects of CeO2 NPs of three dif…
Nanocomposites reinforced with hybrid fillers of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and carbon black (CB) are developed, aiming at enhancing the electrical conductivity of composites with balanced mechanical properties while lowering the cost of the final product. Epoxy-based nanocomposites were prepared with varying combination…
Water droplets on rugged hydrophobic surfaces typically exhibit one of the following two states: (i) the Wenzel state [Wenzel RN (1936) Ind Eng Chem 28:988-994] in which water droplets are in full contact with the rugged surface (referred as the wetted contact) or (ii) the Cassie state [Cassie, ABD, Baxter S (1944) Tr…
Bigger isn't better: Gold nanoclusters exhibit enhanced electrocatalytic activity in oxygen reduction when the core size decreased from Au(140) to Au(11), as reflected by the onset potential E(onset) and peak current density J(K) (see picture). The increasing fraction of surface atoms with low coordination numbers and…
Recently, the synthesis of organic materials with high porosity has received considerable scientific interest, and various chemical approaches have been applied to the build-up of microporous polymer networks. In a novel catalyst-free process using Schiff base chemistry, melamine has been reacted with various di- and…
Graphene has been attracting great interest because of its distinctive band structure and physical properties. Today, graphene is limited to small sizes because it is produced mostly by exfoliating graphite. We grew large-area graphene films of the order of centimeters on copper substrates by chemical vapor deposition…
Physical backgrounds for highly sensitive optical sensors of mechanical perturbations based on flow phenomena in liquid crystals are presented. It is shown that linear declinations of the optical axis of a nematic liquid crystal induced by a pressure gradient from the initial homeotropic orientation which are register…
An element-specific study of the Nd(3)Fe(27.5)Ti(1.5) compound using the hard x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) technique is presented. The Nd L(2) and L(3) edge XMCD, as well as the Fe K edge XMCD, were measured in a magnetically oriented sample, parallel and perpendicular to its alignment direction. The XMCD…
Abstract In this work, we chemically modified linear low‐density polyethylene with maleic anhydride in the molten state using, in a first step, different doses of ultraviolet irradiation to generate hydroperoxide groups, which were highly reactive at the processing temperature. Then, in a second reactive extrusion ste…
No AccessNano- and Micromechanics of Polymer Blends and CompositesMay 2009Modeling of Polymer Clay Nanocomposites for a Multiscale ApproachP. E. Spencer, J. SweeneyP. E. SpencerSearch for more papers by this author, J. SweeneySearch for more papers by this authorhttps://doi.org/10.3139/9783446430129.015SectionsAboutPD…
No AccessNano- and Micromechanics of Polymer Blends and CompositesMay 2009Nanoparticles/Polymer Composites: Fabrication and Mechanical PropertiesM. Q. Zhang, M. Z. Rong, W. H. RuanM. Q. ZhangSearch for more papers by this author, M. Z. RongSearch for more papers by this author, W. H. RuanSearch for more papers by this…