David Jacob、J. Fernández-Rossier、J. J. Palacios2006-09-05arXiv
Ab-initio quantum transport calculations show that short NiO chains suspended in Ni nanocontacts present a very strong spin-polarization of the conductance. The generalized gradient approximation we use here predicts a similiar polarization of the conductance as the one previously computed with non-local exchange, con…
Materials ScienceMesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Jutta Rogal、Karsten Reuter、Matthias Scheffler2006-09-05arXiv
We employ a multiscale modeling approach to study the surface structure and composition of a Pd(100) model catalyst in reactive environments. Under gas phase conditions representative of technological CO oxidation (~1 atm, 300-600 K) we find the system on the verge of either stabilizing sub-nanometer thin oxide struct…
Materials Science
Jian-Ming Tang、Jeremy Levy、Michael E. Flatte2006-09-05arXiv
We propose a method for all-electrical initialization, control and readout of the spin of single ions substituted into a semiconductor. Mn ions in GaAs form a natural example. In the ion's ground state the Mn core spin magnetic moment locks antiparallel to the spin and orbital magnetic moment of a bound valence hole f…
quant-phMaterials Science
C. Korn、U. S. Schwarz2006-09-05arXiv
We theoretically investigate the efficiency of initial binding between a receptor-coated sphere and a ligand-coated wall in linear shear flow. The mean first passage time for binding decreases monotonically with increasing shear rate. Above a saturation threshold of the order of a few 100 receptor patches, the binding…
Soft Condensed MatterMaterials Scienceq-bio.CB
A. Bansal、Hoichang Yang、Chunzhao Li 等 6 位作者2006-09-05Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics
Abstract We show that the thermomechanical properties of polymer nanocomposites are critically affected by polymer‐particle wetting behavior. Silica nanoparticles grafted with dense polystyrene brushes of degree of polymerization 1050 are blended with polystyrene melts to form nanocomposites. It was found that low mol…
Polymer Surface Interaction StudiesMaterial Dynamics and PropertiesPolymer Nanocomposites and Properties
T. B. Adams、Derek C. Sinclair、Anthony R. West2006-09-05Journal of the American Ceramic Society
The electrical properties of a series of CaCu 3 Ti 4 O 12 ceramics prepared by the mixed oxide route and sintered at 1115°C in air for 1–24 h to produce different ceramic microstructures have been studied by Impedance Spectroscopy. As‐fired ceramics are electrically heterogeneous, consisting of semiconducting grains a…
Multiferroics and related materialsDielectric properties of ceramicsFerroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
Benjamin Balke、Gerhard H. Fecher、H.C. Kandpal 等 8 位作者2006-09-05arXiv
This paper reports on the bulk properties of the quaternary Heusler alloy ${\mathrm{Co}}_{2}{\mathrm{Mn}}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}{\mathrm{Fe}}_{x}\mathrm{Si}$ with the Fe concentration $x=0,1∕2,1$. All samples, which were prepared by arc melting, exhibit $L{2}_{1}$ long-range order over the complete range of Fe concentrati…
Heusler alloys: electronic and magnetic propertiesAdvanced Welding Techniques AnalysisMXene and MAX Phase Materials
Perla Rittigstein、John M. Torkelson2006-09-05OpenAlex
Abstract The effects of confinement on glass transition temperature ( T g ) and physical aging are measured in polystyrene (PS), poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), and poly(2‐vinyl pyridine) (P2VP) nanocomposites containing 10‐ to 15‐nm‐diameter silica nanospheres or 47‐nm‐diameter alumina nanospheres. Nanocomposites a…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesPolymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesMaterial Dynamics and Properties
Ana B. Descalzo、Ramón Martínez‐Máñez、Félix Sancenón 等 5 位作者2006-09-05OpenAlex
The combination of nanomaterials as solid supports and supramolecular concepts has led to the development of hybrid materials with improved functionalities. These "hetero-supramolecular" ideas provide a means of bridging the gap between molecular chemistry, materials sciences, and nanotechnology. In recent years, rele…
Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and ApplicationsSupramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials
N. G. Shang、Thorsten Staedler、Xin Jiang2006-09-04Applied Physics Letters
A unique type of carbon structure, radial textured carbon nanoflake spherules, has been synthesized by a microwave plasma assisted chemical vapor deposition method. The spherules with a diameter of 1.2–35μm consist of a number of radially distributed carbon nanoflakes growing from a common core. The constituent nanofl…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesGraphene research and applicationsFiber-reinforced polymer composites
W. H. Wang、Gang Liu、Guangheng Wu2006-09-04Applied Physics Letters
An unusually high damping peak of 20% has been observed in Ni52Mn24Ga24 single crystals accompanying with martensitic transformation. The high damping capacity can be retained in the low-temperature martensite phase when a bias field of 0.4T was applied along the measurement direction. The magnetically controlled high…
Shape Memory Alloy TransformationsMagnetic Properties and Applications
Eiji Takeda、Toshihiro Nakamura、Minoru Fujii 等 5 位作者2006-09-04Applied Physics Letters
Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) of a metal film can efficiently be excited when a light emitter is placed nearby. The excited SPPs are converted to photons by compensating for the momentum mismatch. The authors study SPP-mediated emission from excitons in Si nanocrystals (Si-nc’s) by placing an organic grating on a…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsPlasmonic and Surface Plasmon ResearchSilicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence
J.-K. Lee、R. E. Muenchausen、Jang‐Sik Lee 等 9 位作者2006-09-04Applied Physics Letters
Luminescent, cerium doped Lu2SiO5 thin films with C2∕c symmetry have been prepared by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) at temperatures much lower than the crystallization temperature (2150°C) of the corresponding bulk crystals. The PLD grown films show the typical luminescence resulting from the Ce3+ 5d-4f transition. Ma…
Luminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsNuclear materials and radiation effectsRadiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
Martin Bowen、Jean‐Luc Maurice、A. Barthélémy 等 8 位作者2006-09-04Applied Physics Letters
The authors have observed stable, reversible two-resistance states with substantial tunneling magnetoresistances of opposite signs in La0.7Sr0.3MnO3∕SrTiO3∕Co1−xCrx junctions. Electron energy loss spectroscopy studies reveal the segregation and oxidation of electrochemically reactive chromium at that interface, result…
Magnetic properties of thin filmsElectronic and Structural Properties of OxidesMagnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
Marcel Di Vece、Neil P. Young、Z. Y. Li 等 5 位作者2006-09-04Small
The creation of tailored films of size-selected metal clusters of mixed size and composition is reported. The TEM image shows Au10 000 and Au330 nanoclusters co-deposited on amorphous carbon. At room temperature the different cluster sizes are present but coalescence is observed at 200 °C. High-angle annular dark-fiel…
Laser-Ablation Synthesis of NanoparticlesNanocluster Synthesis and ApplicationsCatalytic Processes in Materials Science
Y. Shimada、Masakazu Matsubara、Yuji Kaneko 等 5 位作者2006-09-04Applied Physics Letters
As the system where both space-inversion and time-reversal symmetries are broken simultaneously, the authors have investigated an Er3+-doped ferroelectric (Ba,Sr)TiO3 single crystal under magnetic field, in which the luminescent magnetic Er3+ ion occupies a noncentrosymmetric site. The k-directional dichroism, termed…
Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsMagneto-Optical Properties and ApplicationsMultiferroics and related materials
Paul Watts、Stephen Matthew Lyth、Ernest Mendoza 等 4 位作者2006-09-04Applied Physics Letters
The authors report a simple method for providing a polymer support structure for carbon nanotube (CNT) arrays for device applications. This method has a twofold effect: firstly it secures the nanotubes to the substrate and secondly it significantly decreases the threshold field for field emission from 26.2to9.7V∕μm. T…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesMechanical and Optical ResonatorsNanotechnology research and applications
Hidetaka Nakai、Motohiro Mizuno、Takanori Nishioka 等 14 位作者2006-09-04Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Fully reversible crystal photochromism between the μ-O2SSO2 (1) and μ-O2SOSO (2) forms of a dinuclear rhodium complex has been observed. The photochromic reaction, including stereoselective oxygen-atom transfer and stereospecific transformation of photochemically generated μ-O2SOSO isomers into the most stable isomer,…
Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and ApplicationsPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
Marcelo A. Kuroda、Jean‐Pierre Leburton2006-09-04Applied Physics Letters
The features of the IV characteristics of metallic carbon nanotubes (m-CNTs) in different experimental setups are studied using semiclassical Boltzmann transport equation together with the heat dissipation equation to account for significant thermal effects at high electric bias. The model predicts that the shape of t…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesThermal properties of materialsGraphene research and applications
Zhongming Wei、Bin Yao、Zhishuo Zhang 等 11 位作者2006-09-04Applied Physics Letters
A wurtzite N-doped MgZnO film with 20at.% Mg (MgZnO:N) was grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy on c-plane sapphire using radical NO as oxygen source and nitrogen dopant. The as-grown MgZnO:N film behaves n-type conduction at room temperature, but transforms into p-type conduction after annealed for 1h at 6…
Electronic and Structural Properties of OxidesZnO doping and propertiesMagnesium Oxide Properties and Applications