Yokoyama Tomohiro、Eto Mikio2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract We propose a multi-terminal spin filter using a quantum dot with spin-orbit interaction. First, we formulate the spin Hall effect (SHE) in a quantum dot connected to three leads. We show that the SHE is significantly enhanced by the resonant tunneling if the level spacing in the quantum dot is smaller than th…
Shenoy Vivek、Gao Huajian、PAN Hui 等 4 位作者2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract The magnetic properties of metal-functionalized graphitic carbon nitride nanotubes were investigated based on first-principles calculations. The graphitic carbon nitride nanotube can be either ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic by functionalizing with different metal atoms. The W- and Ti-functionalized nanotu…
Othonos Andreas、Zervos Matthew2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Straight GaN nanowires (NWs) with diameters of 50 nm, lengths up to 10 μm and a hexagonal wurtzite crystal structure have been grown at 900°C on 0.5 nm Au/Si(001) via the reaction of Ga with NH3 and N2:H2, where the H2 content was varied between 10 and 100%. The growth of high-quality GaN NWs depends critical…
Chen Peng、Dong Xiaochen、Huang Wei2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract In this study, an in situ chemical synthesis approach has been developed to prepare graphene–Au nanocomposites from chemically reduced graphene oxide (rGO) in aqueous media. UV–Vis absorption, atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and Raman spectroscopy were…
Lin Mark、Wang ChiChuan、Liu MinSheng2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract In this study, enhancements of thermal conductivities of ethylene glycol, water, and synthetic engine oil in the presence of copper (Cu), copper oxide (CuO), and multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWNT) are investigated using both physical mixing method (two-step method) and chemical reduction method (one-step met…
Lyamkina AA、Dmitriev DV、Galitsyn Yu 等 6 位作者2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract In this work, we study metal droplets on a semiconductor surface that are the initial stage for both droplet epitaxy and local droplet etching. The distributions of droplet geometrical parameters such as height, radius and volume help to understand the droplet formation that strongly influences subsequent nan…
Nikulin Valery、Mussabek Gaukhar、Taurbaev Yerzhan 等 9 位作者2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Films of nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si) were prepared from hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) by using rapid thermal annealing. The formed nc-Si films were subjected to stain etching in hydrofluoric acid solutions in order to passivate surfaces of nc-Si. The optical reflectance spectroscopy revealed the…
Wang Liqiu、Fan Jing2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract The assessment of proposed origins for thermal conductivity enhancement in nanofluids signifies the importance of particle morphology and coupled transport in determining nanofluid heat conduction and thermal conductivity. The success of developing nanofluids of superior conductivity depends thus very much on…
Saji Viswanathan、Jo Yimhyun、Moon Hoi 等 5 位作者2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract There are many practical difficulties in direct adsorption of polymers onto nanocrystalline inorganic oxide surface such as Al2O3 and TiO2 mainly due to the insolubility of polymers in solvents or polymer agglomeration during adsorption process. As an alternative approach to the direct polymer adsorption, we…
Geng Hongquan、Wang Juan、Peng Xia 等 9 位作者2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Docetaxel (DTX) is a very important member of taxoid family. Despite several alternative delivery systems reported recently, DTX formulated by Polysorbate 80 and alcohol (Taxotere®) is still the most frequent administration in clinical practice. In this study, we incorporated DTX into Polysorbate 80/Phospholi…
Zeng Xiaowei、Liu Gan、Tian Ge 等 11 位作者2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Three types of nanoparticle formulation from biodegradable PLGA-TPGS random copolymer were developed in this research for oral administration of anticancer drugs, which include DMAB-modified PLGA nanoparticles, unmodified PLGA-TPGS nanoparticles and DMAB-modified PLGA-TPGS nanoparticles. Firstly, the PLGA-TPG…
Merabia Samy、Parasuraman Jayalakshmi、Angelescu Dan 等 10 位作者2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract We present a fabrication process of low-cost superlattices and simulations related with the heat dissipation on them. The influence of the interfacial roughness on the thermal conductivity of semiconductor/semiconductor superlattices was studied by equilibrium and non-equilibrium molecular dynamics and on the…
Verveniotis Elisseos、Kromka Alexander、Ledinský Martin 等 5 位作者2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract We apply atomic force microscope for local electrostatic charging of oxygen-terminated nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) thin films deposited on silicon, to induce electrostatically driven self-assembly of colloidal alumina nanoparticles into micro-patterns. Considering possible capacitive, sp2 phase and spatial…
Zöllner A、Reinle W、Bernhardt R 等 7 位作者2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Atomic force microscopy (AFM) and photon correlation spectroscopy (PCS) were used for monitoring of the procedure for cytochrome CYP11A1 monomerization in solution without phospholipids. It was shown that the incubation of 100 μM CYP11A1 with 12% Emulgen 913 in 50 mM KP, pH 7.4, for 10 min at T = 22°C leads t…
He Jr-Hau、Sun Wen-Cheng、Yeh Yu-Cheng 等 5 位作者2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract We report on the characteristics of near-band-edge (NBE) emission and deep-level band from ZnO/Al2O3 and ZnO/ZnO core-shell nanorod arrays (NRAs). Vertically aligned ZnO NRAs were synthesized by an aqueous chemical method, and the Al2O3 and ZnO shell layers were prepared by the highly conformal atomic layer d…
Savithiri S、Pattamatta Arvind、Das Sarit2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract The primary objective of this study is to investigate the effect of slip mechanisms in nanofluids through scaling analysis. The role of nanoparticle slip mechanisms in both water- and ethylene glycol-based nanofluids is analyzed by considering shape, size, concentration, and temperature of the nanoparticles.…
Wu Y、Childs PA2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Planar carbon-based electronic devices, including metal/semiconductor junctions, transistors and interconnects, can now be formed from patterned sheets of graphene. Most simulations of charge transport within graphene-based electronic devices assume an energy band structure based on a nearest-neighbour tight…
Dhara Soumen、Giri PK2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract We report on the major improvement in UV photosensitivity and faster photoresponse from vertically aligned ZnO nanowires (NWs) by means of rapid thermal annealing (RTA). The ZnO NWs were grown by vapor-liquid-solid method and subsequently RTA treated at 700°C and 800°C for 120 s. The UV photosensitivity (phot…
Wan Lei、Li Li、Mao Guangzhao2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract We have created nanospirals by self-assembly during droplet evaporation. The nanospirals, 60–70 nm in diameter, formed when solvent mixtures of methanol and m-cresol were used. In contrast, spin coating using only methanol as the solvent produced epitaxial films of stripe nanopatterns and using only m-cresol…
Yin JianBo、Zhao Xiaopeng2011-01-01Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Electrorheological (ER) fluid, which can be transformed rapidly from a fluid-like state to a solid-like state under an external electric field, is considered to be one of the most important smart fluids. However, conventional ER fluids based on microparticles are subjected to challenges in practical applicati…