Santi Prestipino、Alessandro Laio、Erio Tosatti2013-02-14The Journal of Chemical Physics
We focus on the Gibbs free energy ΔG for nucleating a droplet of the stable phase (e.g., solid) inside the metastable parent phase (e.g., liquid), close to the first-order transition temperature. This quantity is central to the theory of homogeneous nucleation, since it superintends the nucleation rate. We recently in…
Theoretical and Computational PhysicsSolidification and crystal growth phenomenananoparticles nucleation surface interactions
Viktoria Babenko、Wojciech Dzwolak2013-02-14FEBS Letters
Formation of chiral amyloid superstructures is a newly recognised phenomenon observed upon agitation-assisted fibrillation of bovine insulin. Here, by surveying several amyloidogenic precursors we examine whether formation of such entities is unique to bovine insulin. Our results indicate that only bovine, human, and…
Protein Structure and DynamicsAlzheimer's disease research and treatmentsSupramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
André F. Martins、M. Isabel M. Prata、Sérgio Paulo Jorge Rodrigues 等 9 位作者2013-02-14Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging
Recent reports have claimed a superior performance of HEPES buffer in comparison to alternative buffer systems for (67/68) Ga labeling in aqueous media. In this paper we report spectroscopic ((1) H and (71) Ga NMR), radiochemical, mass spectrometry and theoretical modeling studies on the Ga(3+)/HEPES system (HEPES = N…
Lanthanide and Transition Metal ComplexesRadiopharmaceutical Chemistry and ApplicationsSynthesis and Biological Evaluation
Hoon-Seok Seo、Dae-Kyu Kim、Jeong-Do Oh 等 5 位作者2013-02-14The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Air-stable, ambipolar heterojunction-based organic light-emitting field-effect transistors (OLEFETs) with a top-contact, multidigitated, long-channel geometry were produced, and the current–voltage–light emission ( I–V–L ) characteristics were systematically examined. Two active layers of p -type pentacene and n -type…
Organic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsOrganic Light-Emitting Diodes ResearchConducting polymers and applications
Alena Paulenová、M. Yu. Alyapyshev、В. А. Бабаин 等 5 位作者2013-02-14Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange
New ethyltolyl-substituted derivatives of dipicolinic acid, N,N-diethyl-N',N'-ditolyl diamides (DPA) have been synthesized and evaluated for their extraction capability toward americium and lanthanides. These diamides were studied as a stand-alone extractant in conjunction with a polar solvent FS-13 (trifluoromethylph…
Analytical chemistry methods developmentRadioactive element chemistry and processingLanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes
D. Eric Aston、J. Bow、Dev Gangadean2013-02-14International Materials Reviews
Fundamental investigations into mechanical behaviour and properties, e.g. elasticity, plasticity, hardness, toughness, strength and failure, exhibited at the nanoscale have increased rapidly in number and in breadth over the past two decades as experimental techniques and theoretical treatments have advanced. This rev…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesForce Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsMechanical and Optical Resonators
Masoud Daneshi、M. Zare、Mohammad Reza Salimpour2013-02-14ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
In this research, we consider the generation of conductive heat trees at microscales and nanoscales for cooling electronics which are considered as heat-generating disk-shaped solids. With the advent of nanotechnology and the production of electronics in micro- and nanoscales in recent years, designing workable system…
Heat Transfer and OptimizationThermal properties of materialsAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
L. Nikolova、Thomas LaGrange、Mark J. Stern 等 9 位作者2013-02-14Physical Review B
Crystallization of amorphous germanium (a-Ge) by laser or electron beam heating is a remarkably complex process that involves several distinct modes of crystal growth and the development of intricate microstructural patterns on the nanosecond to ten microsecond time scales. Here we use dynamic transmission electron mi…
Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsEnzyme Structure and FunctionIon-surface interactions and analysis
Changhe Guo、Derek Kozub、Sameer Vajjala Kesava 等 6 位作者2013-02-14ACS Macro Letters
Resonant soft X-ray scattering (RSOXS) is a complementary tool to existing reciprocal space methods, such as grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering, for studying order formation in polymer thin films. In particular, RSOXS can exploit differences in absorption between multiple phases by tuning the X-ray energy…
Organic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsThin-Film Transistor TechnologiesConducting polymers and applications
Peter Klaus Sawinski、Martin Meven、Ulli Englert 等 4 位作者2013-02-14Crystal Growth & Design
High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide Pure guanidine crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pbca (no. 61) and a = 8.5022(2) Å, b = 9.0863(2) Å, c = 15.6786(4) Å at 100 K, Z = 16, with two Y-shaped molecules in the asymmetric unit. The compound features a three-dimensional network of classical N–H···…
Crystallography and molecular interactionsSolid-state spectroscopy and crystallographyChemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure
Roberto Fernández de Luis、M. Karmele Urtiaga、José L. Mesa 等 7 位作者2013-02-14Inorganic Chemistry
Four isomorphic compounds with formula [{Co2(H2O)2(Bpe)2}(V4O12)]·4H2O·Bpe, CoBpe 1; [{CoNi(H2O)2(Bpe)2}(V4O12)]·4H2O·Bpe, CoNiBpe 2; [{Co0.6Ni1.4(H2O)2(Bpe)2}(V4O12)]·4H2O·Bpe, NiCoBpe 3; and [{Ni2(H2O)2(Bpe)2}(V4O12)]·4H2O·Bpe, NiBpe 4, have been obtained by hydrothermal synthesis. The crystal structures of CoBpe 1…
Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsPolyoxometalates: Synthesis and ApplicationsVanadium and Halogenation Chemistry
Denggao Huang、Xian Zhang、Tianwei Liu 等 8 位作者2013-02-14Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
A novel method for the synthesis of high-performanced titanium silicalite-1 (TS-1) zeolite at a very low usage of tetrapropylammonium hydroxide (TPAOH) was developed in this work. The method involved a temperature-programmed hydrothermal crystallization (TPHC) of a batch with a TPAOH/SiO 2 molar ratio of as low as 0.0…
Zeolite Catalysis and SynthesisMesoporous Materials and CatalysisCatalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
Nimalan Thavandiran、Sara S. Nunes、Yun Xiao 等 4 位作者2013-02-14Stem Cell Research & Therapy
Tissue engineering has developed many paradigms and techniques on how to best integrate cells and extracellular matrix to create in vitro structures that replicate native tissue. The strategy best suited for building these constructs depends mainly on the target cells, tissues, and organ of interest, and how readily t…
Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchTissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
John R. de Bruyn、Maria Goiko、Maryam Mozaffari 等 10 位作者2013-02-14PLoS ONE
We study the effect of isoforms of osteopontin (OPN) on the nucleation and growth of crystals from a supersaturated solution of calcium and phosphate ions. Dynamic light scattering is used to monitor the size of the precipitating particles and to provide information about their concentration. At the ion concentrations…
Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and InhibitionFluoride Effects and RemovalBone and Dental Protein Studies
Meng‐Ju Sher、Yu-Ting Lin、Mark T. Winkler 等 6 位作者2013-02-14Journal of Applied Physics
Silicon hyperdoped with heavy chalcogen atoms via femtosecond-laser irradiation exhibits strong broadband, sub-bandgap light absorption. Understanding the origin of this absorption could enable applications for hyperdoped-silicon based optoelectronic devices. In this work, we measure absorption to wavelengths up to 14…
Thin-Film Transistor TechnologiesLaser Material Processing TechniquesSilicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence
Run Hu、Yiman Wang、Yong Zou 等 6 位作者2013-02-14Journal of Applied Physics
In this study, we studied the phosphor sedimentation effect in white phosphor-converted light-emitting diode packages by modeling the multi-layer phosphors with gradient concentrations. The essence of phosphor sedimentation can attribute to the variation of phosphor concentrations. By modifying the Kubelka-Munk theory…
Semiconductor Quantum Structures and DevicesGaN-based semiconductor devices and materialsQuantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
Didier Mathieu2013-02-14The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
Among the subsequent steps leading from impact to explosive decomposition in nitro compounds, the ability of early exothermic reactions to trigger the decomposition of neighboring molecules before the released energy has dissipated away is assumed to be critical. The rate of this process is roughly estimated using as…
Energetic Materials and CombustionCombustion and Detonation ProcessesThermal and Kinetic Analysis
Minoru Yamaji、Mayumi Kida2013-02-14The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
The photothermal tautomerization processes between enol and keto forms of 4-tert-butyl-4'-methoxydibenzoylmethane (trade name, Avobenzone) in acetonitrile have been studied by steady-state and laser flash photolysis. The keto form is produced upon photolysis of the enol in only acetonitrile with a quantum yield of 0.0…
Atmospheric chemistry and aerosolsPhotochemistry and Electron Transfer StudiesPhotochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
Nikita Tretyakov、Marcus Müller、Desislava Todorova 等 4 位作者2013-02-14The Journal of Chemical Physics
We study equilibrium properties of polymer films and droplets on a solid substrate employing particle-based simulation techniques (molecular dynamics) and a continuum description. Parameter-passing techniques are explored that facilitate a detailed comparison of the two models. In particular, the liquid-vapor, solid-l…
Surface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityNanopore and Nanochannel Transport StudiesFluid Dynamics and Thin Films
Pixian Jia、Yong Yang、Changjun Min 等 5 位作者2013-02-14Optics Letters
We propose and experimentally demonstrate a new method for free-space optical (FSO) communication, where the transmitter encodes data into a composite computer-generated hologram and the receiver decodes through a retrieved array of sidelobe-modulated optical vortices (SMOVs). By employing the SMOV generation and dete…
Metamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsOrbital Angular Momentum in OpticsOptical Wireless Communication Technologies