Daoxin Dai、Sailing He2004-02-10Applied Optics
A detailed analysis of the polarization characteristics (birefringence) of a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) rib waveguide is given. The fundamental TE- and TM-polarized modes of the SOI rib waveguide are calculated by a semivectorial finite-difference method. The rib width and the slab height of the SOI rib waveguide are…
Photonic and Optical DevicesSilicon Nanostructures and PhotoluminescenceMagneto-Optical Properties and Applications
Masafumi Fukuto、Ralf K. Heilmann、P. S. Pershan 等 5 位作者2004-02-10The Journal of Chemical Physics
The microscopic structure of Langmuir films of derivatized gold nanoparticles has been studied as a function of area/particle on the water surface. The molecules (AuSHDA) consist of gold particles of mean core diameter D approximately 22 angstroms that have been stabilized by attachment of carboxylic acid terminated a…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesNanocluster Synthesis and Applications
Abhijit Chatterjee、Takeo Ebina、Yoshio Onodera 等 4 位作者2004-02-10The Journal of Chemical Physics
We used both localized and periodic calculations on a series of monovalent (Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, Cs+) and divalent (Mg2+, Ca2+, Sr2+, Ba2+) cations to monitor their effect on the swelling of clays. The activity order obtained for the exchangeable cations among all the monovalent and divalent series studied: Ca2+ > Sr2+…
Soil and Unsaturated FlowClay minerals and soil interactionsIron oxide chemistry and applications
Philippe Beaudot、M.E. de Roy、J.P. Besse2004-02-10Chemistry of Materials
Intercalation of metallic oxalato complexes CoOx 2 2 -, CuOx 2 2 -, MnOx 3 3 -, and GaOx 3 3 - in [Zn 2 Al] and [Mg 2 Al] LDHs was successfully carried out leading to well characterized products in which metallic complexes lying between layers were subjected to minor modifications following intercalation as confirmed…
Layered Double Hydroxides Synthesis and ApplicationsInorganic Chemistry and MaterialsMagnesium Oxide Properties and Applications
Hans R. Kricheldorf、Heiko Hachmann‐Thießen、Gert Schwarz2004-02-10Biomacromolecules
L-lactide was polymerized as concentrated solution in chlorobenzene with Bi(OAc)3 as initiator. When tetra(ethylene glycol) was added as co-initiator (CoI), telechelic polylactides having two CH-OH end groups were obtained. With 1,1,1-tri(hydroxy methyl)propane (THMP) as co-initiator, three-armed stars having three CH…
Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysisbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
Kenichi Nakamura、Masahisa Wada、Shigenori Kuga 等 4 位作者2004-02-10Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics
Abstract Poisson's ratios of cellulose I β and cellulose II were determined for purified ramie and mercerized samples by X‐ray diffractometry. Poisson's ratio was 0.38 for [200]/[004] of cellulose I β and 0.30 for [200]/[004] and 0.46 for [110]/[004] of cellulose II. The smaller [200]/[004] Poisson's ratio for cellulo…
Advanced Cellulose Research StudiesLignin and Wood ChemistryMaterial Properties and Processing
Krasimir Vasilev、Wolfgang Knoll、Maximilian Kreiter2004-02-10The Journal of Chemical Physics
The fluorescence intensity from a planar multilayered system with a chromophore separated from a gold film by a dielectric spacer is measured quantitatively. The direction of excitation and the spacer thickness are varied and the angular distribution of the emission is recorded as well as its polarization. The experim…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsPlasmonic and Surface Plasmon ResearchMolecular Junctions and Nanostructures
J. I. Oh、Michael Naughton2004-02-10Physical Review Letters
Cantilever magnetometry has been used to measure the upper critical magnetic field H(c2) of the quasi-one-dimensional molecular organic superconductor (TMTSF)2ClO4. From simultaneous resistivity and torque magnetization experiments conducted under precise field alignment, H(c2) at low temperature is shown to reach 5 T…
Physics of Superconductivity and MagnetismMagnetism in coordination complexesOrganic and Molecular Conductors Research
Julien Marchal、Tyrone John、Rita Baranwal 等 5 位作者2004-02-10Chemistry of Materials
We report here the synthesis of yttrium−aluminum garnet oxide (Y 3 Al 5 O 12 ) nanopowders by liquid-feed flame spray pyrolysis (LF-FSP) of combinations of yttrium and aluminum precursors dissolved in EtOH, n BuOH, and/or THF. These include solutions of the following: yttrium and aluminum nitrates in EtOH or n BuOH; y…
Luminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsGlass properties and applicationsSolid State Laser Technologies
Katherine A. Kantardjieff、Bernhard Rupp2004-02-10Bioinformatics
MOTIVATION: Increased efficiency in initial crystallization screening reduces cost and material requirements in structural genomics. Because pH is one of the few consistently reported parameters in the Protein Data Bank (PDB), the isoelectric point (pI) of a protein has been explored as a useful indirect predictor for…
Protein Structure and DynamicsAdvanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsEnzyme Structure and Function
Tom G. Mackay、Akhlesh Lakhtakia2004-02-10Physical Review E
The propagation of plane waves in a Faraday chiral medium is investigated. Conditions for the phase velocity to be directed opposite to the direction of power flow are derived for propagation in an arbitrary direction; simplified conditions which apply to propagation parallel to the distinguished axis are also establi…
Metamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsLiquid Crystal Research AdvancementsElectromagnetic Scattering and Analysis
Jeffrey R. Errington2004-02-10The Journal of Chemical Physics
The phase-switch Monte Carlo method of Wilding and Bruce [Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 5138 (2000)] is extended to enable calculation of solid-liquid phase coexistence for soft potentials. The method directly accesses coexistence information about a system while avoiding simulation of the interfacial region. Order parameters…
Material Dynamics and PropertiesTheoretical and Computational Physicsnanoparticles nucleation surface interactions
Y. Ohashi、A. Griffin2004-02-10arXiv
We discuss the effect of a molecular Bose condensate on the energy of Fermi excitations in a trapped two-component atomic Fermi gas. The single-particle Green's functions can be approximated by the well-known BCS form, in both the BCS (Cooper pairs) and BEC (Feshbach resonance molecules) domains. The composite Bose or…
Materials ScienceSoft Condensed Mattercond-mat.stat-mechSuperconductivity
Wolfgang H. Binder、Michael J. Kunz、Christian Kluger 等 5 位作者2004-02-10Macromolecules
New telechelic polyisobutylenes (PIB) with hydrogen-bonding motifs were prepared. Nucleobases such as thymine, uracil, and cytosine as well as chelate-type hydrogen-bonding donor−acceptors were affixed onto the end groups of the PIB. Starting with PIB of defined molecular weight, prepared by living cationic polymeriza…
Advanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationSynthetic Organic Chemistry MethodsSynthesis and properties of polymers
Changjoo Shin、George G. Chase2004-02-10AIChE Journal
Abstract Coalescence filtration is very effective for the separation of secondary emulsions that contain water droplets with diameters less than 50 μm. The factors that control the performance of coalescer filter media are fiber size and wettability. High wettability materials for water‐in‐oil dispersion promote coale…
Surface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityAerosol Filtration and Electrostatic PrecipitationElectrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
V. M. Silkin、A. Garcia-Lekue、J. M. Pitarke 等 6 位作者2004-02-10arXiv
A novel collective excitation is predicted to exist at metal surfaces where a two-dimensional surface-state band coexists with the underlying three-dimensional continuum. This is a low-energy acoustic plasmon with linear dispersion at small wave vectors. Since new modern spectroscopies are especially sensitive to surf…
Materials Science
V. V. Osipov、A. M. Bratkovsky2004-02-10arXiv
Spin valve ultrafast spin injection devices are described: an amplifier, a frequency multiplier, and a square-law detector. Their operation is based on injection of spin polarized electrons from one ferromagnet to another through a semiconductor layer and spin precession of the electrons in the semiconductor layer in…
Materials Science
Yunrui Song、Hongzhou Zhang、Chia-Hung Lin 等 7 位作者2004-02-10Physical Review B
Nitrogen-doped $\ensuremath{\beta}\ensuremath{-}{\mathrm{Ga}}_{2}{\mathrm{O}}_{3}$ nanowires (GaO NWs) were prepared by annealing the as-grown nanowires in an ammonia atmosphere. The optical properties of the nitrogen-doped GaO NWs were studied by measurements of the photoluminescence and phosphorescence decay at the…
ZnO doping and propertiesGaN-based semiconductor devices and materialsGa2O3 and related materials
J. Lefebvre、James M. Fräser、Paul Finnie 等 4 位作者2004-02-10Physical Review B
Photoluminescence (PL) and photoluminescence excitation (PLE) spectra are obtained from individual single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). Individual SWNT spectra are compared with spectra from ensembles. The PL spectrum of an individual SWNT in air at room temperature has a single asymmetric peak of width typically 1…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesMechanical and Optical ResonatorsNanotechnology research and applications
Ying‐Zhong Ma、Jens Stenger、Jörg Zimmermann 等 7 位作者2004-02-10The Journal of Chemical Physics
Ultrafast carrier dynamics in individual semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes was studied by femtosecond transient absorption and fluorescence measurements. After photoexcitation of the second van Hove singularity of a specific tube structure, the relaxation of electrons and holes to the fundamental band edge…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesFullerene Chemistry and ApplicationsMechanical and Optical Resonators