Megan L. Robertson、Jessica M. Paxton、Marc A. Hillmyer2011-08-08ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Poly(l-lactide) (PLLA) is a renewable resource polymer derived from plant sugars with several commercial applications. Broader implementation of the material is limited due to its inherent brittleness. We show that the addition of 5 wt % castor oil to PLLA significantly enhances the overall tensile toughness with mini…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
Yanfeng Zhang、Hua Lu、Yao Lin 等 4 位作者2011-08-08Macromolecules
Water-soluble polypeptides adopting α-helical conformations with unprecedented high helicities were obtained by elongating the charge-containing side chains of the constituent amino acids to allow the terminal charges to be situated distally from the peptide backbone. Poly(γ-(4-aminoethylthiopropoxyl)-benzyl-(L)-gluta…
Advanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationChemical Synthesis and AnalysisSupramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
Albane le Maire、Muriel Gelin、Sylvie Pochet 等 8 位作者2011-08-08Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography
X-ray crystallography is now a recognized technique for ligand screening, especially for fragment-based drug design. However, protein crystal handling is still tedious and limits further automation. An alternative method for the solution of crystal structures of proteins in complex with small ligands is proposed. Crys…
Protein Structure and DynamicsProtein purification and stabilityEnzyme Structure and Function
Luigi Sorrentino、Marco Aurilia、Salvatore Iannace2011-08-08Advances in Polymer Technology
Abstract The aim of this work was to investigate the foaming process of high‐performance thermoplastic polymers such as polyethersulfone (PES), polyphenylsulfone (PPSU), polyetherimide (PEI), and poly(ethylene‐2,6‐naphthalate) (PEN) expanded by using supercritical carbon dioxide as a blowing agent. All polymers were c…
Polymer composites and self-healingCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisPolymer Foaming and Composites
Shamashis Sengupta、Kevin Wang、Kai Liu 等 7 位作者2011-08-08Applied Physics Letters
We study field-effect transistors realized from VO2 nanobeams with HfO2 as the gate dielectric. When heated up from low to high temperatures, VO2 undergoes an insulator-to-metal transition. We observe a change in conductance (∼6%) of our devices induced by gate voltage when the system is in the insulating phase. The r…
Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsAdvanced Memory and Neural ComputingTransition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
Debmita Goswami、Samar Kumar Medda、Goutam De2011-08-08ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
The paper deals with the fabrication of sol-gel-derived superhydrophobic films on glass based on the macroscopic silica network with surface modification. The fabricated transparent films were composed of a hybrid -Si(CH(3))(3)-functionalized SiO(2) nanospheres exhibiting the desired micro/nanostructure, water repelle…
Surface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityPhotonic Crystals and ApplicationsAerogels and thermal insulation
Toshiharu Makino、Kiyoshi Yoshino、Norihiro Sakai 等 12 位作者2011-08-08Applied Physics Letters
We demonstrate high-efficiency excitonic emission with deep-ultraviolet (DUV) light of 235 nm at room temperature for a (111)-oriented diamond p-i-n junction light-emitting diode (LED) by introducing a thick i-layer. Significant enhancement in excitonic emission efficiency of over 500 times was observed for a diamond…
Diamond and Carbon-based Materials ResearchAdvanced Fiber Laser TechnologiesLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials
Spomenka Simović、Nasrin Ghouchi-Eskandar、Aw Moom Sinn 等 5 位作者2011-08-08Current Drug Discovery Technologies
In this review article we collect and analyse preparation, chemistry and properties of silica materials relevant for drug delivery applications. We review some of the most relevant milestones in the research of silica materials for implantable, oral, intravenous and dermal drug delivery systems. Preparation, chemistry…
Nanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryMesoporous Materials and CatalysisAdvanced Drug Delivery Systems
Ashish Chhaganlal Gandhi、Chih-Yeh Huang、Chun‐Chuen Yang 等 7 位作者2011-08-08Nanoscale Research Letters
The nanosized effects of short-range multimagnon excitation behavior and short-circuit diffusion in NiO nanowalls synthesized using the Ni grid thermal treatment method were observed. The energy dispersive spectroscopy mapping technique was used to characterize the growth mechanism, and confocal Raman scattering was u…
ZnO doping and propertiesGas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsTransition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
Yan Sun、Chang He、Kai Sun 等 7 位作者2011-08-08Langmuir
Controllable nanostructures with tunable dimensions were obtained via self-assembly of CBZ-L-lysine-functionalized tetrachloroperylene bisimides (4ClPBI-Lys). Depending on the nature of substitute, solvent polarity, and sample concentration, 4ClPBI-Lys could form nanosphere, nanowire, nanobelt, and nanosheet, which we…
Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistrySupramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsPolydiacetylene-based materials and applications
Kiran Chaturvedi、Anandrao R. Kulkarni、Tejraj M. Aminabhavi2011-08-08Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Blend microspheres of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) and cellulose acetate phthalate (CAP) have been prepared in compositions of 2:1, 1:1, and 1:3 (w/w) by the solvent evaporation technique. These pH-sensitive polymers were utilized to investigate the colon delivery of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), an anticancer drug. The sur…
Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applicationsbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesAdvanced Drug Delivery Systems
M. Alos-Palop、M. Blaauboer2011-08-08Physical Review B
We investigate adiabatic quantum pumping through a normal-metal--``insulator''--superconductor (NIS) junction in a monolayer of graphene. The pumped current is generated by periodic modulation of two gate voltages, applied to the insulating and superconducting regions, respectively. In the bilinear response regime and…
Graphene research and applicationsQuantum and electron transport phenomenaTopological Materials and Phenomena
Michael Krumrey、Gudrun Gleber、Frank Scholze 等 4 位作者2011-08-08Measurement Science and Technology
Nanoobjects have at least one dimension in the range from 1 to 100 nm. Thus, if radiation is used for dimensional metrology, it should preferably have a wavelength in or below this range. For example, x-ray reflectometry (XRR) using x-ray tubes with Cu Kα radiation is widely used for layer thickness measurements with…
X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence AnalysisScientific Measurement and Uncertainty EvaluationElectron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
Jawad Nisar、Cecilia Århammar、Erik Jämstorp 等 4 位作者2011-08-08Physical Review B
The electronic structure of kaolinite with and without intrinsic defects has been studied by the Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof (PBE) and Heyd-Scuseria-Ernzerhof (HSE) functionals and by the G${}_{0}$W${}_{0}$ approach. The band gap of defect-free kaolinite was estimated to between 6.2 and 8.2 eV. Analysis of the formation en…
Clay minerals and soil interactionsGeochemistry and Geologic MappingMineralogy and Gemology Studies
William R. Collins、Wiktor Lewandowski、Ezequiel Schmois 等 5 位作者2011-08-08Angewandte Chemie International Edition
On the GO: The basal plane allylic alcohol functionality of graphite oxide (GO) can be converted into N,N-dimethylamide groups through an Eschenmoser–Claisen sigmatropic rearrangement by using N,N-dimethylacetamide dimethyl acetal. Subsequent saponification of these groups affords the carboxylic acids (see picture), w…
Graphene research and applicationsMolecular Junctions and NanostructuresGraphene and Nanomaterials Applications
Hélder A. Santos、Luís M. Bimbo、Vesa‐Pekka Lehto 等 6 位作者2011-08-08Current Drug Discovery Technologies
Major challenges in drug formulation are the poor solid state stability of drug molecules, poor dissolution/solubility and/or poor pharmacokinetic properties (bioavailability), which may lead to unreliable in vitro-in vivo (IVIV) correlation. To improve current therapeutical strategies, novel means to deliver poorly w…
Silicon Nanostructures and PhotoluminescenceAdvanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
A. Mardana、Stephen Ducharme、S. Adenwalla2011-08-08Nano Letters
We demonstrate unambiguous evidence of the electric field control of magnetic anisotropy in a wedge-shaped Co film of varying thickness. A copolymer ferroelectric of 70% vinylidene fluoride with 30% trifluoroethylene, P(VDF-TrFE) overlays the Co wedge, providing a large switchable electric field. As the ferroelectric…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsMultiferroics and related materials
Eduardo V. Castro、M. P. López-Sancho、María A. H. Vozmediano2011-08-08Physical Review B
We study the effect of pressure on the localized magnetic moments induced by vacancies in bilayer graphene in the presence of topological defects breaking the bipartite nature of the lattice. By using a mean-field Hubbard model, we address the two inequivalent types of vacancies that appear in the Bernal stacking bila…
Graphene research and applicationsQuantum and electron transport phenomenaDiamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
L. Qiao、Timothy C. Droubay、Mark Bowden 等 6 位作者2011-08-08Applied Physics Letters
Stoichiometric, epitaxial LaCrO3 films have been grown on SrTiO3(001) by molecular beam epitaxy using O2 as the oxidant. Films grew in a layer-by-layer fashion, giving rise to coherently strained, structurally excellent films and surfaces which preserve the step-terrace structure of the substrate. The critical thickne…
Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsAdvanced Condensed Matter PhysicsElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Patric Müller、Thorsten Pöschel2011-08-08Physical Review E
The coefficient of restitution of colliding viscoelastic spheres is known analytically as a complete series expansion in terms of the impact velocity where all (infinitely many) coefficients are known. While being analytically exact, this result is not suitable for applications in efficient event-driven molecular dyna…
High-pressure geophysics and materialsMaterial Dynamics and PropertiesGranular flow and fluidized beds