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The photoresponsive behaviors of a smectic liquid crystal, 8CB, tuned by an azobenzene chromophore have been systematically investigated. For the smectic 8CB doped with the azobenzene chromophore, 4-n-hexyl-4′-(1-bromopropyloxy)azobenzene (AB), the smectic phase could be switched to nematic and then to isotropic phase…
The use of biomass for energy generation is a promising alternative due to its potential to satisfy environmental compatibility. Rice is one of the world’s most important food crops. Processing of paddy leads to the generation of crop and agro-industrial wastes, which are voluminous and difficult to handle. By upgradi…
Neutron diffraction is used to reinvestigate the magnetic phase diagram of the noncentrosymmetric tetragonal antiferromagnet Ba${}_{2}$CuGe${}_{2}$O${}_{7}$. An incommensurate double-$k$ magnetic phase is detected near the commensurate-incommensurate phase transition. This phase is stable only for field closely aligne…
A strategy of combining physical embedding and covalent crosslinking was developed to encapsulate cysteamine-capped quantum dots (QDs) into agarose hydrogel microbeads (AHM). Cysteamine-capped QDs were encapsulated into the pores of agarose hydrogel microbeads by virtue of hydrogen bonding between the amino groups of…
Four members of the rhenium tris(dithiolene) electron transfer series have been prepared, [Re(S(2)C(2)R(2))(3)](z) {R = Ph, z = 1+ (1), 0 (2), 1- (3); R = CN, z = 2- (4)}, with the anions in 3 and 4 structurally characterized. The intraligand C-S and C-C bond lengths for 3 vs 2 are indicative of ligand reduction conco…
Commercially pure (99.9%) copper was severe plastically deformed by equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP) following route-Bc in three different processing regimes in order to obtain ultrafine-grained (UFG) microstructures leading to improved mechanical properties. In regime-1, the billets were processed at room temper…
A 1D anionic polyoxometalate, [Mn(4)(H(2)O)(18)WZnMn(2)(H(2)O)(2)(ZnW(9)O(34))(2)](4-), undergoes 1D to 3D single-crystal-to-single-crystal structural transformations that are induced by transition-metal cations (Co(2+) and Cu(2+)) and solvent molecules. These solid materials present interesting catalytic activity for…
BACKGROUND: Gelatine coating was previously shown to effectively reduce the cytotoxicity of CdTe Quantum Dots (QDs) which was a first step towards utilising them for biomedical applications. To be useful they also need to be target-specific which can be achieved by conjugating them with Folic Acid (FA). RESULTS: The m…
The present study examines the acute, sub-acute toxicity, and cytotoxicity of paclitaxel elastic liposomal formulation in comparison to a marketed Cremophor EL (polyoxyethylated castor oil):ethanol (1:1, v/v) based formulation. In the previous study, Cremophor EL free paclitaxel elastic liposomal formulation was devel…
Rapid development in the field of nanomedicine is bringing novel opportunities for improved disease diagnosis and drug delivery. Among various nanomaterials involved in nanomedicine, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) possessing a unique one-dimensional structure with interesting intrinsic mechanical, physical, and chemical prop…
The proton dynamics of palladium catalysts on activated carbon, of palladium on calcium carbonate, and of lead-modified palladium on calcium carbonate (the Lindlar-catalyst), hydrogenated in situ to comparable equilibrium pressure, were measured by means of inelastic incoherent neutron scattering. Isolated primary par…
A controlled ambipolar-to-unipolar (n-type) conversion, along with a maximum fourfold increase in the electron mobility, in graphene field-effect transistors (FETs) is achieved by coating the surface of graphene with a layer of a mixed polymer system, poly(ethylene imine) (PEI) in poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG). The PEG…
Gold nanoparticle theranostic agents have dramatic potential in the fight against disease, particularly cancer, as multifunctional platforms combining biocompatibility, unique optical properties for detection/activation, and heat generation. In this vein, a new thiol-functionalized enediyne surfactant ligand was synth…
In this paper, we report the possibility of forming a phosphorus (P)-doped layer on silicon (Si) at low temperatures. Using the radicals catalytically generated from phosphine (PH 3 ), a thin n-type layer is formed on a crystalline Si (c-Si) wafer at 150 °C. The secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) profile of doped…
Control over cell-material surface interactions is the key to many new and improved biomedical devices. It can only be achieved if interactions that are mediated by nonspecifically adsorbed serum proteins are minimized and if cells instead respond to specific ligand molecules presented on the surface. Here, we present…
We report a method in the framework of surface wave holography to manipulate the electromagnetic wave on the metallic surface for realizing complicated electromagnetic wave transport functionalities in three-dimensional (3D) space. The method allows for direct determination of the metallic surface structure morphology…
Stimuli-responsive organic tubes are an attractive supramolecular assembly which has potential applications as a controlled release vehicle. We synthesize a smart organic tube by the coassembly of lithocholic acid (LCA) and taurolithocholic acid (TLCA) in aqueous solution. The coassembled LCA/TLCA tubes can be longitu…
A synergistic effect between UV down-conversion and IR up-conversion is witnessed in YbF3:Er3+ phosphors by employing the dual wavelength (369 nm and 980 nm) excitation source. The synergistic effect originates from an abnormal energy transfer between Er3+ ions, in which the Er3+ ions in metastable states excited by 3…
We consider statistical mechanical properties of the primitive chain network (PCN) model for entangled polymers from its dynamic equations. We show that the dynamic equation for the segment number of the PCN model does not reduce to the standard Langevin equation which satisfies the detailed balance condition. We prop…
Er3+ doped CaF2-fluorophosphate (FP) glass microcomposites were produced by heat-treating the mixture of Er3+:CaF2 precipitate and FP glass powder above the melting temperature of the FP glass. The appearance of CaF2 crystallites in the resulting composites was confirmed by x ray diffraction. Despite the fact that the…