Youqing Shen、Yihong Zhan、Jianbin Tang 等 8 位作者2008-09-23AIChE Journal
Abstract Polymer nanoparticles are extensively explored as drug carriers but they generally have issues of premature burst drug release, slow cellular uptake, and retention in acidic intracellular compartments. Herein, we report multifunctioning three‐layered nanoparticles (3LNPs) that can overcome these problems. The…
Nanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryPolymer Surface Interaction StudiesGraphene and Nanomaterials Applications
Paul A. Sigala、Daniel A. Kraut、José M. M. Caaveiro 等 8 位作者2008-09-23Journal of the American Chemical Society
Enzymes are classically proposed to accelerate reactions by binding substrates within active-site environments that are structurally preorganized to optimize binding interactions with reaction transition states rather than ground states. This is a remarkably formidable task considering the limited 0.1-1 A scale of mos…
Protein Structure and DynamicsEnzyme Structure and FunctionToxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
Jai A. Pathak、Jeffrey N. Twigg、Kenneth E. Nugent 等 10 位作者2008-09-23Macromolecules
Extensional stress−strain measurements on a polyurea (PU) were carried out at strain rates up to 830 s −1, in combination with ex post facto small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) measurements and temperature-dependent SAXS. The elastomer is of interest because of its application as an impact-resistant coating. The highe…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesPolymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesStructural Response to Dynamic Loads
Alison Evans、Brianna C. Thompson、Gordon G. Wallace 等 8 位作者2008-09-23Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A
Release of neurotrophin-3 (NT3) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) from hair cells in the cochlea is essential for the survival of spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs). Loss of hair cells associated with a sensorineural hearing loss therefore results in degeneration of SGNs, potentially reducing the performance of…
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsConducting polymers and applicationsNeuroscience and Neural Engineering
Marco Polini、Andrea Tomadin、Reza Asgari 等 4 位作者2008-09-23Physical Review B
We outline a Kohn-Sham-Dirac density functional theory (DFT) scheme for graphene sheets that treats slowly varying inhomogeneous external potentials and electron-electron interactions on equal footing. The theory is able to account for the unusual property that the exchange-correlation contribution to chemical potenti…
Graphene research and applicationsQuantum and electron transport phenomenaSurface and Thin Film Phenomena
Teresa M. Barnes、Jeffrey L. Blackburn、Jao van de Lagemaat 等 5 位作者2008-09-23ACS Nano
We present a comprehensive study of the effects of doping and temperature on the conductivity of single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) networks. We investigated nearly type-pure networks as well as networks comprising precisely tuned mixtures of metallic and semiconducting tubes. Networks were studied in their as-produ…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesGraphene research and applicationsThermal properties of materials
Nianjun Yang、Hiroshi Uetsuka、Eiji O̅sawa 等 4 位作者2008-09-23Nano Letters
Vertically aligned diamond nanowires with controlled geometrical properties like length and distance between wires were fabricated by use of nanodiamond particles as a hard mask and by use of reactive ion etching. The surface structure, electronic properties, and electrochemical functionalization of diamond nanowires…
Semiconductor materials and devicesDiamond and Carbon-based Materials ResearchNanowire Synthesis and Applications
Ronghui Wu、Ming Yang、Yi-Lin Lu 等 6 位作者2008-09-23The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Semiconducting carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have demonstrated extreme sensitivity to molecules such as NH 3, NO, NO 2, ans so forth. Yet, intrinsic CNTs cannot be used to detect some highly toxic molecules such as CO and HCN. In this article, we examine the possibility of silicon carbide nanotubes (SiCNTs) as a potential g…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesGraphene research and applicationsBoron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research
Chao Ma、Minoru Taya、Chunye Xu2008-09-23Polymer Engineering and Science
Abstract Smart sunglasses based on electrochromic polymers are proposed and developed in this study. This article discusses the design, processing, and the optical and electrical performance of a prototype smart sunglasses based on cathodic electrochromic (EC) polymers, which show several merits compared with traditio…
Conducting polymers and applicationsTransition Metal Oxide NanomaterialsPhotochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
Sung Hun Wee、Amit Goyal、Yuri L. Zuev 等 4 位作者2008-09-23arXiv
Epitaxial NdBa2Cu3O7-x films with a hybrid nanoscale defect structure comprised of BaZrO3 nanodot arrays aligned along the c-axis in one half of the film thickness and aligned perpendicular to the c-axis in the other half thickness of the film were fabricated. Transmission electron microscopy images confirm the orient…
Materials ScienceSuperconductivity
J. H. Shim、K. Haule、G. Kotliar2008-09-23arXiv
To investigate the x-ray absorption (XAS) branching ratio from the core 4d to valence 5f states, we set up a theoretical framework by using a combination of density functional theory in the local density approximation and Dynamical Mean Field Theory (LDA+DMFT), and apply it to several actinides. The results of the LDA…
Materials ScienceStrongly Correlated Electrons
Y. Takata、Yōsuke Kayanuma、Seiki Oshima 等 16 位作者2008-09-23Physical Review Letters
High energy resolution photoelectron spectroscopy of conduction electrons in the vicinity of the Fermi edge in Al and Au at excitation energies of 880 and 7940 eV was carried out using synchrotron radiation. For the excitation energy of 7940 eV, the observed Fermi energy of Al shows a remarkable shift to higher bindin…
Advanced Chemical Physics StudiesElectron and X-Ray Spectroscopy TechniquesSurface and Thin Film Phenomena
J.E. Gray-Munro、Christine Seguin、Michael Strong2008-09-23Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A
In recent years, magnesium alloys have been proposed as a new class of metallic bioabsorbable implant material. Unfortunately, the production of hydrogen gas and an increase in alkalinity are both by-products of the degradation process of these materials. This necessitates the development of magnesium alloys with cont…
Corrosion Behavior and InhibitionMagnesium Alloys: Properties and ApplicationsHydrogen Storage and Materials
Sayani Majumdar、Himadri S. Majumdar、Daniel Tobjork 等 4 位作者2008-09-23arXiv
We report the study of magnetotransport properties of regio-regular poly (3-hexyl thiophene) based organic diodes. The devices were fabricated using two different techniques of spin coating and inkjet printing. Positive magnetoresistance (MR) effect was observed at room temperature in all the devices. The highest MR m…
Materials ScienceSoft Condensed Matter
Peter Zijlstra、Anna L. Tchebotareva、James W. M. Chon 等 5 位作者2008-09-23Nano Letters
We present the first acoustic vibration measurements of single gold nanorods with well-characterized dimensions and crystal structure. The nanorods have an average size of 90 nm x 30 nm and display two vibration modes, the breathing mode and the extensional mode. Correlation between the dimensions obtained from electr…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsMicrofluidic and Bio-sensing TechnologiesNanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
Meng Fatt Leong、Mohamed Zulfikar Rasheed、Tze Chiun Lim 等 4 位作者2008-09-23Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A
One of the obstacles limiting the application of electrospun scaffolds for tissue engineering is the nanoscale pores that inhibit cell infiltration. In this article, we describe a technique that uses ice crystals as templates to fabricate cryogenic electrospun scaffolds (CES) with large three-dimensional and interconn…
Bone Tissue Engineering MaterialsElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical ApplicationsTissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Deepak Venkateshvaran、W. Kaiser、A. Boger 等 8 位作者2008-09-23Physical Review B
The anomalous Hall effect (AHE) has been studied systematically in the low-conductivity ferromagnetic oxide ${\text{Fe}}_{3\ensuremath{-}x}{\text{Zn}}_{x}{\text{O}}_{4}$ with $x=0$, 0.1, and 0.5. We used (001), (110), and (111) oriented epitaxial ${\text{Fe}}_{3\ensuremath{-}x}{\text{Zn}}_{x}{\text{O}}_{4}$ films grow…
Magnetic properties of thin filmsMultiferroics and related materialsMagnetic Properties and Synthesis of Ferrites
Vitaly B. Svetovoy2008-09-23arXiv
The Lifshitz formula for the dispersive forces is generalized to the materials, which cannot be described with the local dielectric response. Principal nonlocality of poor conductors is related with the finite screening length of the penetrating field and the collisional relaxation; at low temperatures the role of col…
Materials Sciencequant-ph
Jessica L. McChesney、Aaron Bostwick、Taisuke Ohta 等 7 位作者2008-09-23arXiv
We present a self-consistent analysis of the photoemission spectral function A(k, w) of graphene monolayers grown epitaxially on SiC(0001). New information derived from spectral intensity anomalies (in addition to linewidths and peak positions) confirms that sizeable kinks in the electronic dispersion at the Dirac ene…
Materials ScienceStrongly Correlated Electrons
Takao Kotani、Rei Sakuma2008-09-23arXiv
We present a method to analyze the metal-insulator transition (MIT) due to the band overlap mechanism. It is based on a model with the knowledge of the homogeneous electron gas, combined with results based on the quasiparticle self-consistent $GW$ method. Because of the long-range nature of the Coulomb interaction, th…
Materials Science