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We investigate the cooperative behavior of two carbene additions to a (5,5) armchair single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) and find that in certain configurations, double additions are more stable than uncorrelated distant double additions by 7 to 24 kcal/mol. We also find certain configurations to be very unstable. We…
We present a thermokinetic description of anomalous diffusion of single particles and clusters in a viscoelastic medium in terms of a non-Markovian diffusion equation involving memory functions. The scaling behavior of these functions is analyzed by considering hydrodynamics and cluster-size space random walk argument…
Orotidine 5'-monophosphate decarboxylase (ODCase) has evolved to catalyze the decarboxylation of orotidine 5'-monophosphate without any covalent intermediates. Active site residues in ODCase are involved in an extensive hydrogen-bonding network. We discovered that 6-iodouridine 5'-monophosphate (6-iodo-UMP) irreversib…
Our objective was to characterize the variations of tofu textural profiles as affected by physical parameters and to correlate the data with that of the sensory method. The textural profiles of 13 selected tofu types were characterized using various crosshead speeds and 2 degrees of penetration using an Instron univer…
We report the efficient aqueous dispersion of pristine HiPco single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with ionic liquid (IL)-based surfactants 1-dodecyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide (1) and 1-(12-mercaptododecyl)-3-methylimidazolium bromide (2), the thiolation of nanotube sidewalls with 2, and the controlled self-assembl…
Cartilage regeneration using a fibroin sponge and a stirring chamber was investigated to improve the potential of articular cartilage tissue engineering. Chondrocytes seeded on the fibroin-sponge scaffolds were cultured in the stirring chamber (a bioreactor facilitating mechanical stimulation) for up to 3 weeks. Chang…
A gradient combinatorial approach was used to examine the effect of substrate surface energy on the morphology and stability of films of a poly(isoprene-b-styrene-b-ethylene oxide) triblock copolymer that exhibits an alternating gyroid morphology in the bulk. Atomic force microscopy data across our surface energy (wat…
Phenosafranine and safranine have been oxidized with ammonium peroxydisulfate in acidic aqueous solution. The oxidative coupling of both safranines was proved by gel permeation chromatography demonstrating the presence of oligomeric chains of mass-average molar masses 6500 and 4500 g mol-1 for polyphenosafranine and p…
The growth of covalently bonded nitrophenyl layers on atomically smooth boron-doped single-crystalline diamond surfaces is characterized using cyclic voltammetric attachment and constant-potential grafting by electrochemical reduction of aryl diazonium salts. We apply atomic force microscopy (AFM) in contact mode to r…
The catalytic performance of Au/oxide catalysts can vary significantly upon the change of oxide species or under different catalyst preparation conditions. Due to its complex nature, the physical origin of this phenomenon remains largely unknown. By extensive density functional theory calculations on a model system, C…
In this paper, a novel strategy for the one step synthesis of the carbon nanotube/gold (MWCNT−Au) nanocomposites to obtain a well-defined conductive nanomaterial has been explored and incorporated into the electrochemical system to facilitate the electron exchange between the electrode and the electrochemical probe.
A hierarchical procedure bridging the gap between atomistic and mesoscopic simulation for polymer-clay nanocomposite (PCN) design is presented. The dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) is adopted as the mesoscopic simulation technique, and the interaction parameters of the mesoscopic model are estimated by mapping the…
The potential solid oxide fuel cell anode material Sr 2 MgMoO 6 adopts a √2 × √2 × 2 I1̄ superstructure of the simple perovskite cell, derived from an a 0 a 0 c - tilt system via distortion of the Mg- and Mo-centered octahedra. Reduction of Sr 2 MgMoO 6 appears to be correlated with antisite disorder at either point o…
The synthesis, structural characterization, and magnetic properties of crystalline manganese oxide nanoparticles are presented. The procedure is based on the reaction of benzyl alcohol with the two precursors: potassium permanganate KMnO 4 and manganese(II) acetylacetonate Mn(acac) 2 . Depending on the precursor used,…
A novel method for preparing an acellular xenogeneic extracellular matrix scaffold for tissue engineering was developed. Bovine vocal fold lamina propria specimens were treated with high-concentration sodium chloride, nucleic acid digestion, and ethanol dehydration for decellularization and removal of immunogenic fore…
A simple model for the autolocalization of a free charged particle is presented. The polarization well in the model is deep enough for only one localized level. In dielectric materials with a sufficiently large dielectric constant, two charged identical particles can be localized in one polarization potential well, fo…
Molecular dynamics simulation study based on the EAM potential is carried out to investigate the effect of pressure on the rapid solidification of Aluminum. The radial distribution function is used to characterize the structure of the Al solidified under different pressures. It is indicated that a high pressure leads…
This article describes the aqueous atom transfer radical polymerization synthesis of poly(3-sulfopropylmethacrylate) brushes onto gold and Si/SiO2 surfaces in a controlled manner. The effect of Cu(I)/Cu(II) ratio was examined, and a quartz crystal microbalance was used to study the kinetics of the brush synthesis. The…
Novel systems of layered graphene are attracting interest for theories and applications. The stability, band structures of few-layer graphite films, and their dependence on electric field applied along the c-axis are examined within the density functional theory. We predict that those of Bernal type and also rhombohed…
Square porphyrin nanosheets with uniform thickness (7−12 nm) and aspect ratios up to 100 have been synthesized for the first time using a reprecipitation method. They retain the photocatalytic activity of the precursor molecules and can be self-metallized with Pt, Pd, and Au. Their unique morphology, photocatalytic pr…