Kirstin Purdy、Szabolcs Varga、Amparo Galindo 等 5 位作者2005-02-07Physical Review Letters
We report experimental measurements of the phase behavior of mixtures of thin (charged semiflexible fd virus) and thick (fd-PEG, fd virus covalently coated with polyethylene glycol) rods with diameter ratio varying from 3.7 to 1.1. The phase diagrams of the rod mixtures reveal isotropic-nematic, isotropic-nematic-nema…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsMaterial Dynamics and PropertiesSurfactants and Colloidal Systems
Yiqing Wang、Huifeng Zhang、You-Ping Wu 等 5 位作者2005-02-07Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Abstract Natural rubber (NR)–clay (clay is montmorillonite) and chloroprene rubber (CR)–clay nanocomposites were prepared by co‐coagulating the rubber latex and clay aqueous suspension. Transmission electron microscopy showed that the layers of clay were dispersed in the NR matrix at a nano level, and the aspect ratio…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesPolymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesPolymer Nanocomposite Synthesis and Irradiation
Kaushik Mallick、Mike J. Witcomb、A. Dinsmore 等 4 位作者2005-02-07Macromolecular Rapid Communications
Abstract Summary: We report a new method for the preparation of polyaniline nanoballs by using HAuCl 4 as an oxidizing agent. During the reaction, aniline is oxidized and forms polyaniline whilst the hydrogen tetrachloroaurate is reduced and forms gold nanoparticles. These gold nanoparticles are found to decorate the…
Electrochemical sensors and biosensorsConducting polymers and applicationsElectrochemical Analysis and Applications
Priya Sony、Alok Shukla2005-02-07arXiv
In a recently performed experiment Korovyanko et al [Phys. Rev. B 67, 035114 (2003)] have measured the photo-induced absorption (PA) spectrum of phenyl-disubstituted polyacetylenes (PDPA) from 1$B_{u}$ and 2$A_{g}$ excited states. In 1$B_{u}$ PA spectrum they identified two main features namely PA1 and PA2. While in t…
Materials Science
S. A. Tarasenko、E. L. Ivchenko2005-02-07arXiv
As is well known the absorption of circularly polarized light in semiconductors results in optical orientation of electron spins and helicity-dependent electric photocurrent, and the absorption of linearly polarized light is accompanied by optical alignment of electron momenta. Here we show that the absorption of unpo…
Mesoscale and Nanoscale PhysicsMaterials Science
O. Zaharko、H. M. Ronnow、A. Daoud-Aladine 等 8 位作者2005-02-07arXiv
Neutron scattering studies on powder and single crystals have provided new evidences for unconventional magnetism in Cu2Te2O5Cl2. The compound is built from tetrahedral clusters of S=1/2 Cu2+ spins located on a tetragonal lattice. Magnetic ordering, emerging at TN=18.2 K, leads to a very complex multi-domain, most lik…
Materials ScienceStrongly Correlated Electrons
Michael Sarrazin、Jean-Pol Vigneron2005-02-07arXiv
This work confirms that not only surface plasmons but many other kinds of electromagnetic eigenmodes should be considered in explaining the values of the transmittivity through a slab bearing a two-dimensional periodic corrugation. Specifically, the role of Brewster-Zennek modes appearing in metallic films exhibiting…
Materials Sciencephysics.optics
Y. Shinba、T. Konno、K. Ishikawa 等 5 位作者2005-02-07Journal of Applied Physics
The crystal structure and morphology of the Nd-rich phase in postannealed sintered Nd–Fe–B hard magnets were investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The Nd-rich phase at grain boundaries thinner than about 2nm was found to be amorphous; as the boundary region broadened, it assumed a face-centered cubic…
Magnetic properties of thin filmsRare-earth and actinide compoundsMagnetic Properties of Alloys
K. Petukhov、W. Wernsdorfer、A. -L. Barra2005-02-07arXiv
Presented are magnetization measurements on a crystal of Fe8 single-molecule magnets using a Hall probe magnetometer. Irradiation with microwaves at frequencies of 92 and 110-120 GHz leads to the observation of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) detected via magnetization measurements. A quantitative analysis of th…
Mesoscale and Nanoscale PhysicsMaterials Science
Damian Scherlis、Nicola Marzari2005-02-07arXiv
The pi-stacking between aromatic oligomers has been extensively studied for many years, although the notion of exploiting this phenomenon as the driving force for molecular actuation has only recently emerged. In this work we examine with MP2 and Car-Parrinello ab initio calculations the actuation properties of a nove…
Materials Science
Manh‐Huong Phan、Seong‐Cho Yu、Nam Hwi Hur2005-02-07Applied Physics Letters
This letter reports on the superior magnetocaloric properties of La0.7Ca0.3−xSrxMnO3 (x=0.05, 0.10, 0.20, and 0.25) single crystals. Upon 50 kOe applied field, the magnetic entropy changes (ΔSM) reach values of ∼10.5, 7.45, 6.97, and 6.86J∕kgK for x=0.05, 0.10, 0.20, and 0.25 compositions, respectively. The large magn…
Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesMagnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsAdvanced Condensed Matter Physics
Xiaojing Zheng、X. E. Liu2005-02-07Journal of Applied Physics
To overcome some deficiencies in previous constitutive models of giant magnetostrictive materials, a nonlinear and coupled model is suggested to describe the constitutive relations for a Terfenol-D rod subjected to an axial pre-stress and then located in an axial magnetic field. The numerical simulation by the model p…
Magnetic properties of thin filmsMicrostructure and Mechanical Properties of SteelsMagnetic Properties and Applications
Н. Ногинова、R. Bah、D. Bitok 等 6 位作者2005-02-05Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
ESR spectra are studied in a series of diamagnetically diluted manganites, single crystals of LaGa 1− x Mn x O 3 , in a broad range of the Mn ion concentration, . With increase in Mn concentration, a complex multi-line spectrum, typical for low Mn concentrations, evolves to an exchange-narrowed several- or single-line…
Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsRare-earth and actinide compoundsAdvanced Condensed Matter Physics
Asel Sartbaeva、Stephen A. Wells、Simon A. T. Redfern 等 5 位作者2005-02-05Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
Ionic diffusion in the quartz–β-eucryptite system is studied by DC transport \nmeasurements, SIMS and atomistic simulations. Transport data show a large \ntransient increase in ionic current at the α–β phase transition of quartz (the \nHedvall effect). The SIMS data indicate two diffusion processes, one in…
Material Dynamics and PropertiesGlass properties and applicationsIon-surface interactions and analysis
Lijie Shi、Bang‐Gui Liu2005-02-05Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
The structural stability of half-metallic zinc-blende pnictides and the robustness of their half-metallic ferromagnetism in the presence of tetragonal and orthorhombic crystalline deformations are studied using a full-potential linear augmented plane wave method within the density-functional theory. The total energies…
Magnetic properties of thin filmsZnO doping and propertiesHeusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties
David A Reece、Jennifer M. Pringle、Stephen F. Ralph 等 4 位作者2005-02-05Macromolecules
Aqueous solutions containing pyrrole and calix-6-arenehexasulfonic acid were found to undergo polymerization in the absence of either a chemical oxidant or electrochemical oxidation. The product was an unstable colloidal suspension consisting of spherical polypyrrole particles measuring ≥500 nm in diameter. Conductivi…
Electrochemical sensors and biosensorsConducting polymers and applicationsAnalytical Chemistry and Sensors
Fabien Capon、P. Ruello、J-F Bardeau 等 9 位作者2005-02-05Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
In this work a systematic comparison of DC electrical conductivity and IR optical properties of thin films of , where and R = Sm or Eu, is performed. Independently of the nature of R, it is confirmed that the metal–insulator transition temperature ( T MI ) in as well as in RNiO 3 is driven by the mean lattice distorti…
Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsTransition Metal Oxide NanomaterialsAdvanced Condensed Matter Physics
H. Peter Lu2005-02-05Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
Site-specific spectroscopy is critical for a molecular-level understanding of the mechanisms and dynamics of the inhomogeneous chemical processes crucial for catalysis, surface and interfacial chemistry, and membrane protein dynamics in living cells. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy and microscopy…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsSpectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical ResearchProtein Interaction Studies and Fluorescence Analysis
Soo‐Young Park、Sang‐Cheol Moon、Thuy D. Dang 等 6 位作者2005-02-05Macromolecules
The rigid-rod polymer poly(1,5-naphthalenebenzobisthiazole) (Naph-1,5-PBT) was synthesized and spun into fibers from the lyotropic mesophase of the polymer in polyphosphoric acid by a dry-jet wet spinning method. The crystal structure of naph-1,5-PBT fibers was investigated using X-ray diffraction and molecular modeli…
biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesSynthesis and Properties of Aromatic CompoundsSynthesis and properties of polymers
Yonghu Chen、Bo Liu、Chaoshu Shi 等 7 位作者2005-02-05Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
The luminescent properties of Gd 2 SiO 5 powder crystals doped with Eu 3+ were investigated using synchrotron radiation and a VUV laser (157.6 nm) as excitation sources. The excitation spectra in the range of 160–330 nm monitoring the red emission from Eu 3+ ions reveal bands corresponding to intraconfigurational 4f–4…
Luminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsGlass properties and applicationsNuclear materials and radiation effects