S. Siriwardena、H. Ismail、U. S. Ishiaku2001-08-31Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering
The effect of dynamic vulcanization and influence of filler loading of white rice husk ash filled elastomer rich ethylenepropylene diene terpolymer and propylene blends were investigated. Blends with filler loading ranging from 0 to 60 php (Parts per hundred of total polymer by weight) were prepared in a Brabender pla…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesPolymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesAdvanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions
Hyunsoo Park、J. Barbier2001-08-31Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online
The crystal structure of a new ternary borate, lead gallium boron tetraoxide, PbGaBO4, has been determined by X-ray diffraction using a single-crystal grown from a PbO flux. The structure consists of infinite [010] chains of edge-sharing GaO6 octahedra bridged by BO3 triangles. The Pb2+ cations and their stereoactive…
High-pressure geophysics and materialsCrystal Structures and PropertiesX-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
Robson F. Storey、Brian Mullen、Kim M. Melchert2001-08-31Journal of Macromolecular Science Part A
A functional cyclic carbonate, 5-methyl-5-benzyloxycarbonyl-1,3-dioxan-2-one (MBC), was utilized in the synthesis of novel poly(ester-carbonates) containing pendent carboxylic acid groups. Copolymers with ε-caprolactone (CL) and L-lactide (LLA) were synthesized by ring-opening polymerization (ROP) using either an Al-a…
Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterizationbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
Ichiro Yonenaga、Masaki Sakurai2001-08-31Physical review. B, Condensed matter
We measured the effect of alloy composition on the atomic bonding in bulk ${\mathrm{Ge}}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}{\mathrm{Si}}_{x}$ alloys grown by the Czochralski method across the whole composition range $0<x<1.$ Extended x-ray-absorption fine-structure measurements performed at the Ge K edge at 20 K found that the…
Thin-Film Transistor TechnologiesSilicon Nanostructures and PhotoluminescencePhase-change materials and chalcogenides
Hisataka Kobayashi、Noriko Sato、Satomi Kawamoto 等 9 位作者2001-08-31Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
Noninvasive methods to visualize blood flow in the intratumoral vasculature have not previously been studied. In the present study, the use of a novel intravascular MR contrast agent with a generation-6 polyamidoamine dendrimer core (G6-(1B4M-Gd)192; MW: 175kD) was investigated, and the vasculature in experimental tum…
Advanced MRI Techniques and ApplicationsDendrimers and Hyperbranched PolymersMRI in cancer diagnosis
John A. Rotole、Peter M. A. Sherwood2001-08-31Chemistry of Materials
Phosphate films with thicknesses on the order of the original native metal oxide have been formed on oxide-free aluminum and iron surfaces by electrochemical treatment in 5M phosphoric acid. Electrochemistry was performed under inert atmosphere in a previously described anaerobic cell. The metal phosphate films formed…
Iron oxide chemistry and applicationsElectron and X-Ray Spectroscopy TechniquesElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Thomas Stöckli、Jean–Marc Bonard、A. Châtelain 等 5 位作者2001-08-31Physical review. B, Condensed matter
Electron energy loss spectroscopy is a well adapted tool for the investigation of the valence excitations of individual nanometer-size particles. The interpretation of the loss spectra of such small particles, however, relies in most cases on a quantitative comparison with simulated excitation probabilities. Here we p…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesFullerene Chemistry and ApplicationsNanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
Michael Möller、Fredric Nederberg、Lisa S. Lim 等 9 位作者2001-08-31Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry
Abstract A general method for the controlled synthesis of polylactide in solution and from solid supports is presented. The evaluation of stannous(II) trifluoromethane sulfonate [Sn(OTf) 2 ] and scandium(III) trifluoromethane sulfonate [Sc(OTf) 3 ] as catalysts for the ring‐opening polymerization (ROP) of L ‐, D ‐, an…
Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterizationbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesPolymer Surface Interaction Studies
Frederic Chaumel、Hongwei Jiang、Ashok Kakkar2001-08-31Chemistry of Materials
Sol−gel processing of new materials for second-order nonlinear optics promises to be a simple and highly versatile synthetic route among those that have been evaluated to achieve large and stable second-harmonic generation. Introduction to various types of organic chromophore−inorganic matrix hybrid materials that hav…
Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistryNonlinear Optical Materials ResearchNonlinear Optical Materials Studies
D. van Effenterre、R. Ober、Marie‐Pierre Valignat 等 4 位作者2001-08-31Physical Review Letters
The behavior as a function of temperature of very thin films (10 to 200 nm) of pentylcyanobiphenyl on silicon substrates is reported. In the vicinity of the nematic-isotropic transition we observe a coexistence of two regions of different thicknesses: thick regions are in the nematic state while thin ones are in the i…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsNonlinear Dynamics and Pattern FormationFluid Dynamics and Thin Films
H. Ismail、L. Mega2001-08-31Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering
The effects of a compatibilizer, poly(propylene-ethylene acrylic acid) (PPEAA) and a silane coupling agent, 3-aminopropyl-triethoxy silane (3-APE), on properties of white rice husk ash (WRHA) filled polypropylene (PP)/natural rubber (NR) blends were investigated. The incorporation of WRHA into PP/NR blends improved te…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesNatural Fiber Reinforced Compositesbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
Hyunjoo Lee、Jongheop Yi2001-08-31Separation Science and Technology
Mesoporous silica was synthesized as a support for the removal of copper ions in aqueous solutions. The Sol-gel method in conjunction with neutral surfactants was used. The remaining surfactants were removed by either the Soxhlet or microwave extraction method. Both extractions resulted in the same pore structure of t…
Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceZeolite Catalysis and SynthesisMesoporous Materials and Catalysis
Danuta Michalska、Wiktor Zierkiewicz、Dariusz C. Bieńko 等 5 位作者2001-08-31The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
The infrared spectra of phenol and phenol-OD are thoroughly reinvestigated, to resolve the contradictory assignment of some vibrations. The harmonic frequencies, integrated IR intensities, and potential energy distribution (PED) have been calculated by the B3LYP method with the 6-311++G(df,pd) basis set. The Fourier t…
Nonlinear Optical Materials ResearchMolecular Spectroscopy and StructureFree Radicals and Antioxidants
Yimin Zhang、Shouren Ge、B. Tang 等 15 位作者2001-08-31Macromolecules
The effects of carbon black and pyrogeneous silica fillers on the interfacial properties of a homopolymer [polybutadiene, (PB)] and a terpolymer [brominated poly(isobutylene- co - p -methylstyrene), (BIMS)] are reported. Neutron reflectivity (NR) was used to study the interfacial structure. The results are complemente…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesPolymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesFiber-reinforced polymer composites
Gian‐Marco Rignanese、F. Detraux、Xavier Gonze 等 4 位作者2001-08-31Physical review. B, Condensed matter
Using the variational density-functional perturbation theory, we investigate the dynamical and dielectric properties of tetragonal zirconia $(t\ensuremath{-}{\mathrm{ZrO}}_{2}).$ We obtain the phonon frequencies at the center of the Brillouin zone, the Born effective charge tensors, and the dielectric permittivity ten…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsSemiconductor materials and devicesAdvanced NMR Techniques and Applications
Peter C. LeBaron、Thomas J. Pinnavaia2001-08-31Chemistry of Materials
A synthetic fluorohectorite clay in which the exchange cations have been replaced by hexadecyltrimethylammonium ions, abbreviated C 16 FH, has been shown to readily intercalate linear poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) molecules containing terminal hydroxyl groups. The extent of gallery swelling increased with increasing P…
Polymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesDielectric materials and actuatorsSilicone and Siloxane Chemistry
J. T. Garrett、Christopher A. Siedlecki、James Runt2001-08-31Macromolecules
As part of our continuing study of the solid-state morphology of poly(urethane urea) segmented block copolymers, we focus in the current paper on the use of atomic force microscopy to visualize the structure of phase-separated microdomains. Free surface and bulk images were obtained from two series of PUU films, for c…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesPolymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesBlock Copolymer Self-Assembly
Andrea Marini、Giovanni Onida、Rodolfo Del Sole2001-08-31arXiv
We present an accurate, first-principles study of the electronic structure and absorption spectrum of bulk copper within Density Functional Theory in the Local Density Approximation (DFT-LDA), including the study of intraband transitions. We construct norm-conserving pseudopotentials (PPs) including the 3d shell (and…
Materials ScienceStrongly Correlated Electrons
Elisabeth Smela、Nikolaj Gadegaard2001-08-31The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
The electrochemically induced volume change in conjugated polymers is of interest for actuator applications. Important parameters include the magnitude and speed of the volume change and how volume correlates with potential and current. In this paper, atomic force microscopy was used to examine the expansion and contr…
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsConducting polymers and applicationsForce Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Saikat Mandal、Anand Gole、Neeta L. Lala 等 6 位作者2001-08-31Langmuir
The surface modification of aqueous silver colloidal particles with the amino acid cysteine and the cross-linking of the colloidal particles in solution is described. Capping of the silver particles with cysteine is accomplished by a thiolate bond between the amino acid and the nanoparticle surface. The silver colloid…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesPickering emulsions and particle stabilization