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OBJECTIVES: Nanomaterial production and the number of people directly in contact with these materials are increasing. Yet, little is known on the association between exposure and corresponding risks, such as pulmonary inflammation and oxidative stress. METHODS: Condensation Particle Counters, a DustTrak and Scanning M…
Smart surfaces with switchable wettability are fabricated by using facile surface roughness control with a galvanic cell displacement reaction and attaching polyelectrolyte brushes with quaternary ammonium groups. The reversible switch between superhydrophobicity and superhydrophilicity is achieved by direct counterio…
We present a theory of linear optical constants based on a single-particle density matrix and implemented in an extension of the real-space multiple scattering code FEFF. This approach avoids the need to compute wave-functions explicitly, and yields efficient calculations for frequencies ranging from the IR to hard x-…
Abstract This Feature Article provides a brief overview of the latest development and emerging new synthesis solution strategies for II–VI semiconducting nanomaterials and inorganic‐organic semiconductor hybrid materials. Research on the synthesis of II–VI semiconductor nanomaterials and inorganic–organic hybrid semic…
Predicting magnetism originating from $2p$ orbitals is a delicate problem, which depends on the subtle interplay between covalency and Hund's coupling. Calculations based on density-functional theory and the local spin-density approximation fail in two remarkably different ways. On one hand the excessive delocalizatio…
The combined processes of anodization and electrodeposition lead to highly ordered arrays of cylindrical nanowires. This template-based self-assembly fabrication method yields nanowires embedded in alumina. Commonly, chemical etching is used to remove the alumina and free the nanowires. However, it has been experiment…
The evolution of the magnetization in (Cd,Mn)Te quantum wells after a short pulse of magnetic field was determined from the giant Zeeman shift of spectroscopic lines. The dynamics in absence of magnetic field was found to be up to three orders of magnitude faster than that at 1 T. Hyperfine interaction and strain are…
We discuss thermalization of a test particle schematized as a harmonic oscillator and coupled to a Boltzmann heat bath of finite size and with a finite bandwidth for the frequencies of its particles. We find that complete thermalization only occurs when the test particle frequency is within a certain range of the bath…
The lattice dynamic properties and spin-phonon coupling in ${\text{DyMn}}_{2}{\text{O}}_{5}$ are studied by using the density-functional theory. The calculated phonon frequencies are in very good agreement with experiments. We then compare the phonon modes calculated from different spin configurations. The results sho…
Single crystals of A 1− x K x Fe 2 As 2 (A = Ba, Sr) with high quality have been grown successfully by an FeAs self-flux method. The samples have sizes up to 4 mm with flat and shiny surfaces. The x-ray diffraction patterns suggest that they have high crystalline quality and c -axis orientation. The non-superconductin…
Abstract The optimization of surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) activity of gold nanoparticles is essential for further enhancing SERS capability in terms of high sensitivity, stability and reproducibility. Recently, we utilized a simple seed‐mediated growth method to synthesize monodisperse Au nanoparticles wit…
Recently, several measurements of the nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate ${T}_{1}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ in the superconducting Fe pnictides have been reported. These measurements generally show no coherence peak below ${T}_{c}$ and indicate a low-temperature power-law behavior, the characteristics commonly taken as evi…
Recent Letter by V. B. Svetovoy [Phys. Rev. Lett. v.101, 163603 (2008), arXiv:0809.3901] claims that the Lifshitz theory combined with spatially nonlocal dielectric permittivities is consistent with the experimental data and Nernst's theorem. We prove that these claims are incorrect. They are based on irregular compar…
We report the filling of single walled carbon nanotubes with an electron spin-active fullerene species where a nitroxide radical is functionalized on the fullerene cage. High resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), optical absorption and electron spin resonance (ESR) are used to determine the rotational b…
The recently discovered high-temperature superconductivity in doped quaternary iron oxypnictides correlates experimentally with a magnetic instability. We have used first-principles calculations to determine a magnetic phase diagram of ReO$_{1-δ}$FeAs (Re=La--Dy) as a function of the doping $δ$, of the FeAs in-plane l…
The dielectric response in a magnetic field is routinely used to probe the existence of coupled magnetic and elastic order in the multiferroics. However, here we demonstrate that magnetism is not necessary to produce a magnetocapacitance when the material is inhomogeneous. By considering a two-dimensional, two-compone…
We find that the jump-into-contact of the cantilever in the atomic force microscope (AFM) is caused by an inherent instability in the motion of the AFM cantilever. The analysis is based on a simple model of the cantilever moving in a nonlinear force field. We show that the jump-into-contact distance can be used to fin…
Using a time quantified Monte Carlo scheme we performed simulations of the switching time distribution of single mono-domain particles in the Stoner-Wohlfarth approximation. We considered uniaxial anisotropy and different conditions for the external applied field. The results obtained show the switching time distribut…
The nucleation and growth of clusters in a progressively cooled vapor is studied. The chemical-potential of the vapor increases, resulting in a rapidly increasing nucleation rate. The growth of the newly created clusters depletes monomers, and counters the increase in chemical-potential. Eventually, the chemical poten…
Understanding the electron dynamics and transport in metallic and semiconductor nanostructures -- such as metallic nanoparticles, thin films, quantum wells and quantum dots -- represents a considerable challenge for today's condensed matter physics, both fundamental and applied. In this review article, we will describ…