Vinitha Josh、Mohammad Y. Al‐Haik、Ahmad I. Ayesh 等 5 位作者2012-10-12Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Abstract Solid polymer membranes from poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and poly(acrylamide‐co‐acrylic acid) (PAA) with varying doping ratios of sorbitol were prepared using the solution casting method. The films were examined with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, differential scanning calo…
Advancements in Battery MaterialsAdvanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesConducting polymers and applications
Irène Burghardt、Rocco Martinazzo、Keith H. Hughes2012-10-12The Journal of Chemical Physics
A reduced dynamics representation is introduced which is tailored to a hierarchical, Mori-chain type representation of a bath of harmonic oscillators which are linearly coupled to a subsystem. We consider a spin-boson system where a single effective mode is constructed so as to absorb all system-environment interactio…
Advanced Chemical Physics StudiesSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical StudiesSolid-state spectroscopy and crystallography
Jin An、C. S. Ting2012-10-12Physical Review B
We study theoretically, using a quantum-mechanical approach, the general scattering problem of a straight step defect on the surface of the topological insulator ${\mathrm{Bi}}_{2}{\mathrm{Te}}_{3}$ with a strong warping effect. At high energy where the warping effect is large, an electron incident on a step defect ru…
Graphene research and applicationsTopological Materials and PhenomenaQuantum many-body systems
Pei Xu、Tian Guo、Chun Zhao 等 6 位作者2012-10-12Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Abstract The semi‐interpenetrating polymer network technique was applied in the preparation of anion exchange membranes for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs). Poly(vinyl alcohol) was chosen as the polymer matrix and quaternized polyethyleneimine was used as the cationic polyelectrolyte. To modify the polymer membrane…
Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel CellsFuel Cells and Related MaterialsMembrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
Jia Liang Lan、Da‐Jun Shu、Mu Wang2012-10-12Physical Review Letters
Surfaces with high reactivity usually have a low area percentage, which greatly limits the efficiency of surface reactivity. In this Letter we demonstrate a generic way of increasing the percentage of the highly reactive surface by using external strain. Bulk and surface elastic properties of TiO2 are studied via dens…
TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar CellsAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Yusuke Hirose、Toshihiko Kishino、Jyunya Sakaguchi 等 11 位作者2012-10-12Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
We succeeded in growing single crystals of LaNiC 2 with the non-centrosymmetric orthorhombic structure by the Czochralski method, and measured the electrical resistivity, de Haas–van Alphen effect, and specific heat to clarify the Fermi surface and superconducting properties. This compound has been studied from a view…
Rare-earth and actinide compoundsIron-based superconductors researchInorganic Chemistry and Materials
I. Ruiz-Bustinza、Inmaculada Cañadas、J. Rodríguez 等 7 位作者2012-10-12steel research international
Abstract In order to achieve a balanced development in the application of materials for structural or functional purposes, one of the priority objectives of future work is to achieve the goal of “zero waste” in the different production lines. As would be expected from what was agreed in the Kyoto Protocol and the meet…
Metallurgical Processes and ThermodynamicsIron and Steelmaking ProcessesGraphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies
Mazen Alshaaer、Bassam El‐Eswed、R.I. Yousef 等 5 位作者2012-10-12Journal of Saudi Chemical Society
This paper deals with the development of functional geopolymers based on local resources such as kaolinitic soil and zeolitic tuff for the construction of water storage containers and water transfer channels. The effect of water content on the mechanical performance and physical properties of synthesized geopolymers w…
Concrete and Cement Materials ResearchRecycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials productionMagnesium Oxide Properties and Applications
Padmini Krishnakumar、Purushottam B. Tiwari、S Staples 等 7 位作者2012-10-12Nanotechnology
We have fabricated porous membranes using a parylene encapsulated vertically aligned forest of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs, about 7 nm inner diameter). The transport of charged particles in electrolyte through these membranes was studied by applying electric field and pressure. Under an electric field in the…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesMicrofluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis ApplicationsNanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
Iman Zand、Mohammad Sadegh Abrishamian、Tavakol Pakizeh2012-10-12IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
A class of nanoplasmonic loaded slot cavities composed of a silver nanorod placed in the center of a metal-insulator-metal slot cavity is introduced. Based on the nanocircuit concepts and transmission-line theory, a circuit model for the loaded structure is proposed. The numerical results together with the theoretical…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsOptical Network TechnologiesPlasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
M.‐Y. Xie、Ferenc Tasnádi、Igor A. Abrikosov 等 5 位作者2012-10-12Physical Review B
We present a theoretical analysis on the applicability of Vegard's linear rule in In${}_{x}$Al${}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}$N alloys in relation to strain related elastic and piezoelectric properties. We derive the elastic stiffness constants and biaxial coefficients, as well as the respective deviations from linearity (Vega…
GaN-based semiconductor devices and materialsAcoustic Wave Resonator TechnologiesGa2O3 and related materials
Kiarash Vakhshouri、Enrique D. Gomez2012-10-12Macromolecular Rapid Communications
We have examined the effects of crystallization kinetics of poly(3-hexylthiophene) and poly[2,5-bis(3-hexadecylthiophen-2-yl)thieno(3,2-b)thiophene] on microstructure and charge transport. Rapid crystallization increases the density of tie molecules in polythiophenes. As a consequence, ordered regions are better conne…
Organic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsConducting polymers and applicationsForce Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Augusto Batagin‐Neto、Eliezer Fernando Oliveira、Carlos F. O. Graeff 等 4 位作者2012-10-12Molecular Simulation
Modelling polymers with side chains is always a challenge once the degrees of freedom are very high. In this study, we present a successful methodology to model poly[2-methoxy-5-(2′-ethyl-hexyloxy)-p-phenylenevinylene] (MEH-PPV) and poly[3-hexylthiophene] (P3HT) in solutions, taking into account the influence of side…
Organic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsConducting polymers and applicationsMolecular Junctions and Nanostructures
Sergio Conti、Georg Dolzmann、Carolin Kreisbeck2012-10-12Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - S
Modern theories in crystal plasticity are based on a multiplicativedecomposition of the deformation gradient into an elastic and a plastic part.The free energy of the associated variational problems is given by thesum of an elastic and a plastic energy. For a model with one slip systemin a three-dimensional setting it…
Elasticity and Material ModelingNonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro/nano structuresElasticity and Wave Propagation
K. Sato、Koichiro Fujimoto、Katsuyuki Kawamura 等 5 位作者2012-10-12The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
A rheological mechanism of long-term self-assembly induced by H 2 O molecules is highlighted for layered saponite nanoparticles based on the results of thermogravimetry and differential thermal analysis, time-resolved length change measurement with high-resolution dilatometry, solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance, p…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsMaterial Dynamics and PropertiesMuon and positron interactions and applications
Kaikai Xu、G.P. Li2012-10-12IEEE photonics journal
A Si- p-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (PMOSFET)-like LED has been developed for light emission modulation. In contrast to a two-terminal Si-diode LED modulated by current signal, a major advantage of this three-terminal Si-PMOSFET LED is that the optical intensity modulation can be controll…
Semiconductor materials and devicesSilicon Nanostructures and PhotoluminescenceNanowire Synthesis and Applications
Hyun Woo Cho、Gyemin Kwon、Bong June Sung 等 4 位作者2012-10-12Physical Review Letters
The dynamics of tracers in disordered matrices is of interest in a number of diverse areas of physics such as the biophysics of crowding in cells and cell membranes, and the diffusion of fluids in porous media. To a good approximation the matrices can be modeled as a collection of spatially frozen particles. In this L…
Material Dynamics and PropertiesTheoretical and Computational PhysicsStochastic processes and statistical mechanics
Wei Jiang、Julius Rebek2012-10-12Journal of the American Chemical Society
The majority of building blocks in self-assembled capsules feature high symmetry. Reducing this symmetry inevitably leads to expanded possibilities for isomerism. Here, we report a deep cavitand host with one short and three long walls. Its dimerization to hydrogen-bonded capsules in the presence of suitable guest mol…
Supramolecular Chemistry and ComplexesCrystallography and molecular interactionsSupramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
Youhei Takeda、Satoru Enokijima、Toshiki Nagamachi 等 5 位作者2012-10-12Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry
Abstract A direct synthetic method for producing oxazoline‐fused fullerenes, that is, fullerooxazoles, from [60] fullerene and readily available carboxamides by radical pathways has been developed. The method presented allows efficient access to a variety of fullerooxazoles with high functional compatibility under mil…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesGraphene research and applicationsFullerene Chemistry and Applications
Colan E. Hughes、P. Andrew Williams、Thomas R. Peskett 等 4 位作者2012-10-12The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
We report the discovery of new polymorphic forms of solids by exploiting a solid-state NMR technique that has been developed for in situ monitoring of the evolution of crystallization processes. The capability of the technique to reveal the existence of new polymorphic forms of molecular solids is illustrated by the d…
Advanced NMR Techniques and ApplicationsSolid-state spectroscopy and crystallographyChemical Synthesis and Characterization