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Binary polymer nanoparticles were synthesized by the reprecipitation of poly(4-vinylpyridine) in the presence of poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) and further used to make polymer-coated Ag nanoparticles. Polymer shells around Ag nanoparticles were formed by two methods: the reduction of Ag(2)O in the presence of…
The terminology ``Peierls distortion (PD)'' has been widely accepted in disordered systems ever since the discovery of PD in liquid As [R. Bellissent et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 59, 661 (1987)]. It has not been clarified, however, to what extent the PD in liquids mirrors the PD in crystals. Here we report the observation…
Using calculations based on density-functional theory, we explore the configurations that water molecules (2,3,4;6) assume on the surface a sodium 2:1 smectite clay with isomorphic substitutions both on octahedral and tetrahedral sheets. The hydrophilicity of the surface is inhomogeneous, depending on the specific loc…
A method for creating tailorable bioactive surface coatings by targeted cross-linking of network-forming CRC protein polymers is presented. The proteins are triblock constructs composed of two self-associating leucine zipper end domains (C) separated by a soluble, disordered central block (R) containing a cell or mole…
This paper describes a simple chemical co-precipitation method for preparing nano-sized zinc oxide (ZnO) nanospheres. The morphological, thermal, structural, and chemical features of ZnO nanospheres were systematically studied and characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (T…
Silk fibroin coated CdSe quantum dots (SF-CdSe QDs) were successfully synthesized via a one-step gamma-radiation route in an aqueous system at room temperature. The as prepared products were characterized by transmission electron microscope (TEM), energy dispersion spectrum (EDS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS…
Size and ligand effects are the basis for the novel properties and applications of metallic nanoparticles (NPs) in nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, and biotechnology. This work reports the first observation of enhanced photoelectron emission from metallic Au NPs ligated by alkanethiols. The enhancement is based on a…
There is a recent interest to use inorganic-based magnetic nanoparticles as a vehicle to carry biomolecules for various biophysical applications, but direct attachment of the molecules is known to alter their conformation leading to attenuation in activity. In addition, surface immobilization has been limited to monol…
Single crystals of ScAlOC were obtained by reacting Sc(2)O(3) and C in an Al melt at 1600 degrees C. The crystal structure (space group R3m, Z = 6, a = 3.2599(7) A, c = 30.116(9) A, 190 refl., 15 param., R(1)(F) = 0.0212, wR(2)(F(2)) = 0.0397) can directly be derived from the binary nitrides AlN and ScN. ScAlOC repres…
The interaction between carbon buckminsterfullerene (C60) and carbon nanohorns (also referred to as nanocones) with different tip angles is investigated theoretically. Attachment of C60 to both the interior and the exterior of the horns are considered. Calculations cover a range of cone angles from flat graphene, thro…
Vertically aligned, ultraslim ZnO nanowire arrays, ≤ 10 nm in diameter, were fabricated by depositing a homobuffer layer on a Si substrate by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition and their growth mechanism was examined. During the heating process, the side facet planes of the nanosheets were transformed from high in…
Single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) have been incorporated into a polypropylene (PP) matrix in different concentrations (range: 0.25-2.5 wt%). The nanotubes were blended with PP particles (approximately 500 microm in size) before mixing in an extruder. Finally, rectangular plates were obtained by compression mouldin…
The thermodynamic quantities associated to the transformation of carbon in single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) bundles to carbon in graphite were determined from 750 to 1015 K by a CaF2 solid electrolyte galvanic cell: (-) Mo | Cr3C2,CrF2,C'' | CaF2s.c. | Cr3C2,CrF2,C' | Mo (+). The trend with temperature of the ele…
Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) were surface modified firstly oxidizing them with a H2SO4/HNO3 mixture to obtain more reactive carboxylic groups on their surface and then higher functionality. Secondly the oxidized nanotubes (MWCNT-COOH) were dispersed in tetrahydrofuran (THF) and made react via esterification wi…
Well-oriented and twin ZnO nanoarray assemblies have been fabricated using the aqueous solution deposition technique at low temperature. Polyethylenimine was added to the zinc nitrate hexahydrate−hexamethylenetetramine aqueous solution during the deposition processes at 88 °C. The formation mechanism of twin ZnO nanoa…
The effect of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and processing methods on the morphological, crystalline, dynamic mechanical, mechanical and electrical properties of MWCNT/polypropylene (PP) composites has been investigated by using field emission scanning electron microscopy (SEM), differential scanning calorime…
We show that there are strong similarities in the spin-lattice relaxation of nonmagnetic organic charge-transfer salts and that these similarities can be understood in terms of spin fluctuations. Further, we show that, in all of the $\ensuremath{\kappa}$-phase organic superconductors for which there is nuclear-magneti…
Silicon nitride (Si3N4) materials with 1.8 and 5.3 vol.% of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were densified using 7 wt% of sintering additives (Y2O3 +Al2O3). The mixing and sintering procedures produced quite homogenous and dense MWCNT/Si3N4 composites. The nanotubes condition was followed by micro-Raman spectro…
We studied the interaction of hematoporphyrin IX (HpIX) with bilayers of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) containing cholesterol at a molar fraction between 0 and 0.5. The membrane-associated fraction of HpIX decreases significantly over a period of hours, for porphyrin concentrations in the aqu…
Large modulations of up to 2 orders of magnitude are observed in the Raman intensity of pristine, suspended, quasimetallic, single-walled carbon nanotubes in response to applied gate potentials. No change in the resonance condition is observed, and all Raman bands exhibit the same changes in intensity, regardless of p…