Nick Strickland、G. D. Jones1997-11-01Physical review. B, Condensed matter
By polarized laser selective excitation, two single ${\mathrm{Tm}}^{3+}$ ion centers of tetragonal ${(C}_{4v})$ and trigonal ${(C}_{3v})$ symmetry have been identified in ${\mathrm{CaF}}_{2}{:0.05%\mathrm{T}\mathrm{m}}^{3+}.$ Both of these centers exhibit blue, violet, and ultraviolet upconversion fluorescence under r…
Advanced Chemical Physics StudiesLuminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsGlass properties and applications
Xici Lu、Zhiqiang Zhou、Norman Brown1997-11-01Polymer Engineering and Science
Abstract Slow crack growth (SCG) in a wide variety of polyethylenes has been investigated by a constant tensile load test (the PENT test) for a single edge notched specimen. The PENT test is very sensitive to the changes in molecular structure and morphology of polyethylene. The resistance to SCG depends on the densit…
Mechanical Behavior of CompositesPolymer crystallization and propertiesMaterial Properties and Processing
Maria R. Coleman、William J. Koros1997-11-01Macromolecules
This paper discusses the effect of penetrant-induced conditioning on the gas transport properties of four fluorine- containing polyimide isomers. The effects of substitution of bulky groups within the dianhydride residue of the polyimide and isomerism of the diamine residue on the penetrant-induced hysteresis of CO 2…
Membrane Separation and Gas TransportSynthesis and properties of polymersSilicone and Siloxane Chemistry
Do-Young Yum、Y P Lee、Jin Pan1997-11-01Journal of Bacteriology
We have cloned the gene cluster encoding three subunits of membrane-bound gluconate dehydrogenase (GADH) from Erwinia cypripedii ATCC 29267 in Escherichia coli by performing a direct-expression assay. The positive clone converted D-gluconate to 2-keto-D-gluconate (2KDG) in the culture medium. Nucleotide sequence analy…
Biofuel production and bioconversionEnzyme Structure and FunctionAmino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
Renjun Luo1997-11-01Applied Optics
Based on the research of Niklasson et al. [Appl. Opt. 20, 26-30 (1981)], two effective medium theories, namely, the Maxwell-Garnett and the Bruggeman, for two-component systems are directly extended to three-component systems, and so theories for many-component systems can be obtained further. Note that one of these t…
Photonic Crystals and ApplicationsOptical Coatings and GratingsAnodic Oxide Films and Nanostructures
A. Brucato、Lucio Rizzuti1997-11-01Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
In the first part of this work a simple model for the description of the radiant field in heterogeneous photoreactors was developed, based on the assumption of zero reflectance of the particles. In this second part of the investigation a limiting model is developed in which the above hypothesis is removed. In this las…
TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar CellsCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceRadiative Heat Transfer Studies
K. Gesi1997-11-01Ferroelectrics
The dielectric properties and the effect of hydrostatic pressure on the successive phase transitions have been studied for single crystal CH3NH3PbX3 (X: Cl, Br, I). Anisotropic anomalies in dielectric constant at phase transitions are obtained. The pressure (p)-temperature (T) phase diagrams are shown for the three CH…
Thermodynamic properties of mixturesSolid-state spectroscopy and crystallographyChemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure
I. C. Noyan、T. Shaw、C. C. Goldsmith1997-11-01Journal of Applied Physics
The results of an x-ray diffraction study of dc-magnetron sputtered tungsten thin films are reported. It is shown that the phase transformation from the β to α W can cause multilayered single-phase films where the layers have very different stress states even if the films are in the 500 nm thickness range.
Metal and Thin Film MechanicsSemiconductor materials and devicesCopper Interconnects and Reliability
Regina Valluzzi、Samuel P. Gido1997-11-01Biopolymers
A new crystalline polymorph of Bombyx mori silk, which forms at the air–water interface, has been characterized. A previous study found this structure to be trigonal, and to be distinctly different than the two previously observed silk crystal structures, silk I and silk II. This new structure was named silk III. Iden…
Neurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchSilk-based biomaterials and applicationsInsect Utilization and Effects
Jamie S. Quinton、Lars Thomsen、Paul C. Dastoor1997-11-01Surface and Interface Analysis
Thin films of a simple organosilane, propyltrimethoxysilane (PTMS), on polycrystalline aluminium and iron oxide substrates have been investigated using XPS. Comparison of the adsorption isotherms for the two substrates reveals significant differences between them. Although PTMS on iron oxide exhibits a Langmuir-like i…
Corrosion Behavior and InhibitionSemiconductor materials and devicesElectron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
Arthur P. van der Heiden、Dani�lle Goebbels、A. P. Pijpers 等 4 位作者1997-11-01Journal of Biomedical Materials Research
Phosphorylcholine groups attached to polymer surfaces are known to improve hemocompatibility. A photochemical method is presented to couple phosphorylcholine-containing aryl azides to poly(etherurethane) surfaces (PEUs). Two aryl azides that consist of a photoactivatable 4-azidobenzoyl group, a short spacer chain, and…
Polymer Surface Interaction StudiesSurgical Sutures and AdhesivesChemical Reactions and Mechanisms
Andrzej Grzechnik、George H. Wolf、Paul F. McMillan1997-11-01Journal of Raman Spectroscopy
The pressure dependence of the Raman spectra of SrTiO3 was investigated up to 15.5 GPa. The anti-ferrodistortive cubic–tetragonal phase transition (phonon condensation at the R point of the Brillouin zone) occurs at about 6 GPa. The strong, broad bands, present under ambient conditions, sharpen and change their profil…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
James J. Spivey、Makarand R. Gogate、Joseph R. Zoeller 等 4 位作者1997-11-01Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
The development of a process for the synthesis of methyl methacrylate (MMA) from coal-derived syngas can alleviate the environmental hazards associated with the current commercial MMA technology, the acetone cyanohydrin (ACH) process. A three-step syngas-based process consisted of synthesis of a propionic acid, its co…
Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceCatalysts for Methane ReformingCatalysis and Oxidation Reactions
J. Cazaux1997-11-01Journal of Microscopy
A physical approach is used to analyse the various mechanisms induced by the absorption of X‐ray photons of energies in the 0.2–20 keV range. At the atomic scale, besides the (Auger and photo) electron transport in the bulk or the ejection into the surrounding media, special attention is devoted to the specific conseq…
X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence AnalysisElectron and X-Ray Spectroscopy TechniquesAdvanced X-ray and CT Imaging
Philippe Baranek、J. Schamps、I. Noiret1997-11-01The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
The electronic structure, lattice parameters, phonon frequencies at the Brillouin zone center, and first-order elastic constants ( C ij ) have been calculated at the ab initio Hartree−Fock level using either all-atomic-electron basis sets or basis sets associated with core pseudopotentials. Band structure, electronic…
Advanced Chemical Physics StudiesBoron and Carbon Nanomaterials ResearchSemiconductor materials and interfaces
Cécile Hannay、M.-J. Hubin-Frańskin、Fernande Grandjean 等 7 位作者1997-11-01Inorganic Chemistry
An iron and cobalt K-edge X-ray absorption study has been undertaken, at 295 and 77 K, to investigate the electronic spin states of Fe[HB(pz) 3 ] 2, 1, Fe[HB(3,5-(CH 3 ) 2 pz) 3 ] 2, 2, Fe[HB(3,4,5-(CH 3 ) 3 pz) 3 ] 2, 3, Co[HB(pz) 3 ] 2, 4, Co[HB(3,5-(CH 3 ) 2 pz) 3 ] 2, 5, and Co[HB(3,4,5-(CH 3 ) 3 pz) 3 ] 2, 6, whe…
Metal complexes synthesis and propertiesMagnetism in coordination complexesLanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes
Jianqiang Zhao、E. M. Pearce、T. K. Kwei1997-11-01Macromolecules
Binary and ternary blends of polystyrene- block -poly( p -hydroxystyrene) (MW = 1 × 10 4 −1 × 10 4 ) with various homopolymers were studied. In binary blends, in which the homopolymers poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), poly( p -vinylpyridine) (PVPy), and poly( n -butyl acrylate) (P n BA) had attractive interactions via hydr…
Advanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationPolymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesBlock Copolymer Self-Assembly
Wen-Chang Yeh Wen-Chang Yeh、Masakiyo Matsumura1997-11-01Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
Bis-π-cyclopentadienyl nickel has been proposed as a source material for metalorganic chemical vapor deposition of nickel oxide films. The transparent film deposited at 310°C was of a NaCl-type crystal structure of NiO. The refractive index and optical bandgap were approximately 2.1 and 3.7 eV, respectively.
ZnO doping and propertiesThin-Film Transistor TechnologiesTransition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
Scott R. Segal、Steven L. Suib、Lafayette D. Foland1997-11-01Chemistry of Materials
The decomposition of the cyanine dye, pinacyanol chloride, has been studied using hydrogen peroxide and several mixed valent manganese oxide catalysts in aqueous, alkaline solution at room temperature. These catalysts belong to a class of porous manganese oxides known as octahedral molecular sieves (OMS). The most act…
Electrochemical sensors and biosensorsPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistryElectrochemical Analysis and Applications
Y. R. Shen、Kevin L. Bray1997-11-01Physical review. B, Condensed matter
We have measured the room temperature (RT) and 20 K luminescence lifetime of ${\mathrm{Cr}}^{3+}$ in yttrium aluminum garnet as a function of pressure up to 240 kbar. The RT lifetime changed from 1.7(1) ms at ambient pressure to 42(2) ms at 220 kbar and the 20 K lifetime from 8.8(1) ms at ambient pressure to 67(2) ms…
Luminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsGlass properties and applicationsLanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes