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Radially oriented submonolayer surfaces of 10-15 nm diameter cellulose nanowhiskers (CNWs) were prepared by spin-coating. The response of myoblasts (muscle cells) to the surfaces was assessed using atomic force microscopy (AFM), immunocytochemistry, and image analysis. Despite the small size of the CNWs, the myoblasts…
The optimized structures of graphitic-like sheets (i.e., single and multilayered) as well as tubular structures (i.e., both single-wall and double-wall) of SiC including their electronic structures are investigated using ab-initio simulations within the framework of the density-functional theory. We find that: (i) SiC…
CuO nanorods were synthesized by hydrothermal methods with three different chemical combinations: (i) copper nitrate, lactic acid, and sodium hydroxide; (ii) copper sulfate, sodium lactate, and sodium hydroxide; and (iii) copper nitrate and sodium hydroxide. Physical parameters, concentration, temperature, and aging t…
Catalyst-transfer Suzuki−Miyaura coupling polymerization of 2,5-bis(hexyloxy)-4-iodophenylboronic acid ( 1b ) with t Bu 3 PPd(Ph)Br ( 2 ) was investigated. When 1b was polymerized with 2 at 0 °C in the presence of 4 equiv of CsF, 8 equiv of 18-crown-6, and a small amount of water (to dissolve CsF), poly( p -phenylene)…
Recent experimental observations have demonstrated interesting instability phenomenon during thermal drawing of microstructured glass/polymer fibers, and these observations motivate us to examine surface-tension-driven instabilities in concentric cylindrical shells of viscous fluids. In this paper, we focus on a singl…
We study, using simulated experiments inspired by thin film magnetic domain patterns, the feasibility of phase retrieval in X-ray diffractive imaging in the presence of intrinsic charge scattering given only photon-shot-noise limited diffraction data. We detail a reconstruction algorithm to recover the sample's magnet…
First-principles calculations are used to investigate the magnetic properties of ${\text{Ti}}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}{\text{Cr}}_{x}\text{N}$ solid solutions. We show that the magnetic interactions between Cr spins that favor antiferromagnetism in CrN is changed upon alloying with TiN leading to the appearance of ferromagn…
Random networks of carbon nanotubes and metallic nanowires have shown to be very useful in the production of transparent, conducting films. The electronic transport on the film depends considerably on the network properties, and on the inter-wire coupling. Here we present a simple, computationally efficient method for…
Palladium is an ideal system for understanding the behavior of hydrogen in metals. In Pd, H is located both in octahedral sites and in dislocation cores, which act as nanoscale H traps and form Cottrell atmospheres. Adjacent to a dislocation core, H experiences the largest possible distortion in alpha-Pd. Ab initio de…
We report detailed measurements of temperature dependence and ab initio lattice dynamical calculations of the phonon density-of-states of two Sr based iron pnictide parent compounds; SrFe2As2 and SrFeAsF. Although both compounds undergo a magnetic as well as a tetragonal-to-orthorhombic structural phase transitions, n…
The size effect in ferroelectrics is treated as a competition between the geometrical symmetry of the ferroelectric sample and its crystalline symmetry. The manifestation of this competition is shown to be polarization rotation, which is driven by temperature and/or size variations, thus providing a qualitative indica…
In structural mechanics, Nadai's sand hill analogy is the interpretation of an ultimate torque applied to a given structural member with a magnitude that is analogously twice the volume of stable sand heap which can be accommodated on a transverse cross-section basis. Nadai's analogy is accompanied by his observation…
The Landau theory of phase transitions of Ba0.8Sr0.2TiO3 thin film under external electric field applied in the planar geometry is developed. The interfacial van-der-Waals field Ez=1.1x10^8 V/m oriented normal to the film-substrate interface was introduced in to the model calculation to explain experimentally observed…
A model based on optical phonon scattering is developed to explain peculiarities in the current drive, transconductance, and high speed behavior of short gate length GaN transistors. The model is able to resolve these peculiarities, and provides a simple way to explain transistor behavior in any semiconductor material…
The design of functionalized polymers that can elicit specific biological responses and the development of methods to fabricate new devices that incorporate biological cues are of great interest to the biomedical community. The realization of nanostructured matrices that exhibit biological properties and that comprise…
Silicon nanocrystals are an extensively studied light-emitting material due to their inherent biocompatibility and compatibility with silicon-based technology. Although they might seem to fall behind their rival, namely, direct band gap based semiconductor nanocrystals, when it comes to the emission of light, room for…
Covalent functionalization of pristine graphene poses considerable challenges due to the lack of reactive functional groups. Herein, we report a simple and general method to covalently functionalize pristine graphene with well-defined chemical functionalities. It is a solution-based process where solvent-exfoliated gr…
We have fabricated transistor structures using fluorinated single-layer graphene flakes and studied their electronic properties at different temperatures. Compared with pristine graphene, fluorinated graphene has a very large and strongly temperature-dependent resistance in the electroneutrality region. We show that f…
BACKGROUND: The antibacterial effect of silver nanoparticles has resulted in their extensive application in health, electronic, consumer, medicinal, pesticide, and home products; however, silver nanoparticles remain a controversial area of research with respect to their toxicity in biological and ecological systems. R…
Cerium oxide nanoparticles (nanoceria) have shown great potential as antioxidant and radioprotective agents for applications in cancer therapy. Recently, various polymer-coated nanoceria preparations have been developed to improve their aqueous solubility and allow for surface functionalization of these nanoparticles.…