Shao‐Bo Mi、Chun‐Lin Jia、V. Vaithyanathan 等 7 位作者2008-09-08Applied Physics Letters
The structure of the SrTiO3/Si interface is determined by high-angle annular dark field imaging in combination with a recently developed technique based on aberration-corrected high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. At the interface, a monolayer of SrO faces the terminating plane of silicon. In this monolay…
Semiconductor materials and devicesElectronic and Structural Properties of OxidesIntegrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis
Lauren Magnusson、Nazim Çiçek、Richard Sparling 等 4 位作者2008-09-08Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Continuous hydrogen (H2) production during fermentation of alpha-cellulose was established using the thermophillic, anaerobic bacterium Clostridium thermocellum ATCC 27405. The objectives of this work were to characterize growth of C. thermocellum, quantify H2 production and determine soluble end-product synthesis pat…
Biofuel production and bioconversionAnaerobic Digestion and Biogas ProductionAdvanced Cellulose Research Studies
Nazish Ahmed、Lu Gan、András Nagy 等 6 位作者2008-09-08Tissue Engineering Part A
Articular cartilage has limited ability for repair when damaged by trauma or degenerative disease, such as osteoarthritis, which can result in pain and compromised quality of life. Biological surface replacements developed using tissue engineering methods are a promising approach for cartilage repair, which would avoi…
Osteoarthritis Treatment and MechanismsKnee injuries and reconstruction techniquesSilk-based biomaterials and applications
Shan Wu、Qianjin Wang、Xiao‐gang Yin 等 7 位作者2008-09-08Applied Physics Letters
We report the observation of enhanced optical transmission through the metal subwavelength hole arrays with nanoparticle inside the hole, and demonstrate the transmission enhancement and the suppression due to the excitation of the localized surface plasmon (LSP). We interpret this phenomenon with the Fano theory cons…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsPlasmonic and Surface Plasmon ResearchOptical Coatings and Gratings
Yanju Liu、Liwu Liu、Zhen Zhang 等 5 位作者2008-09-08Applied Physics Letters
We would like to thank Zhao and Suo [Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 061921 (2007)] for their insights and help on “Method to analyze electromechanical stability of dielectric elastomers;” Suo provided the theory of stability of dielectric elastomers. In this Comment, the nonlinear electromechanical theory for deformable dielec…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsDielectric materials and actuators
D. S. Shang、J. R. Sun、L. Shi 等 4 位作者2008-09-08Applied Physics Letters
A systematic study on photovoltaic effects has been performed for the Schottky junction Au/SrTiO3:0.05 wt %Nb, the resistance of which can be tuned, by applied electric pulses, between ∼1 and ∼200 MΩ. It is found that, despite the great change in junction resistance, the photocurrent across the junction is constant wh…
Semiconductor materials and devicesAdvanced Memory and Neural ComputingElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Wei Wu、Dibyendu Dey、Ömer Gökalp Memiş 等 5 位作者2008-09-08Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract Large area periodic nanostructures exhibit unique optical and electronic properties and have found many applications, such as photonic band-gap materials, high dense data storage, and photonic devices. We have developed a maskless photolithography method—Nanosphere Photolithography (NSP)—to produce a large ar…
Photonic Crystals and ApplicationsOptical Coatings and GratingsNear-Field Optical Microscopy
Juliane Nguyen、Xiulan Xie、Michael Neu 等 13 位作者2008-09-08The Journal of Gene Medicine
BACKGROUND: Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) could potentially be used as vectors for intracellular delivery of proteins, peptides and nucleic acids. The present study examined different CPPs, such as TAT-derived and arginine rich sequences, as well as model amphiphilic peptide, with respect to transfection efficiency…
Nanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryRNA Interference and Gene DeliveryElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
Dong‐Seok Leem、Jae‐Hyun Lee、Jang‐Joo Kim 等 4 位作者2008-09-08Applied Physics Letters
High quality interconnection units (ICUs) with a high transparency and superior charge generating capability for tandem organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are developed. The ICUs of rubidium carbonate-doped 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline/rhenium oxide (ReO3)-doped N,N′-diphenyl-N,N′-bis(1,1′-biphenyl)-4,4′-diamin…
Organic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsOrganic Light-Emitting Diodes ResearchConducting polymers and applications
Maite Roca、Benjamin Messer、Donald Hilvert 等 4 位作者2008-09-08Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Elucidating the relationship between the folding landscape of enzymes and their catalytic power has been one of the challenges of modern enzymology. The present work explores this issue by using a simplified folding model to generate the free-energy landscape of an enzyme and then to evaluate the activation barriers f…
Protein Structure and DynamicsPhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsEnzyme Structure and Function
Jing Chen、Gennady A. Smolyakov、S. R. J. Brueck 等 4 位作者2008-09-08Optics Express
The numerical analysis of finite planar metal-insulator-metal waveguide structures using the transfer-matrix formalism reveals both bound and leaky surface plasmon (SP) modes. The dispersion relations, propagation lengths and confinement factors of these SP modes are presented. The highest energy SP mode consists of n…
Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon ResearchPhotonic and Optical DevicesOptical Coatings and Gratings
P. Atkinson、Suwit Kiravittaya、Mohamed Benyoucef 等 5 位作者2008-09-08Applied Physics Letters
Site-controlled growth of single and pairs of InAs quantum dots is demonstrated on ex situ electron-beam patterned (001) GaAs substrates using in situ Ga-assisted deoxidation prior to overgrowth. 6–8 ML of gallium deposited at a substrate temperature of 460°C in the absence of arsenic followed by a brief anneal under…
Semiconductor Quantum Structures and DevicesQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesAdvanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials
Mohanchand Paladugu、Jin Zou、Yanan Guo 等 9 位作者2008-09-08Applied Physics Letters
The structural and compositional characteristics of heterointerfaces of Au-catalyzed GaAs/InAs and InAs/GaAs axial nanowire heterostructures were comprehensively investigated by transmission electron microscopy. It has been found that the GaAs/InAs interface is not sharp and contains an InGaAs transition segment, and…
Quantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesNanowire Synthesis and ApplicationsSemiconductor materials and interfaces
Lili Li、Yao Zhang、Yongli Li 等 7 位作者2008-09-08Transplant International
We aimed to examine the ability of transplanted mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to attenuate cardiac fibrosis caused by global heart failure, and investigate the mechanisms that are possibly mediating this effect. Global heart failure was induced in Wistar rats by isoproterenol injection. Four weeks later, MSCs were tra…
Mesenchymal stem cell researchElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical ApplicationsTissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Jens Hauch、Pavel Schilinsky、Stelios A. Choulis 等 5 位作者2008-09-08Applied Physics Letters
In this paper we perform accelerated lifetime testing on high efficiency flexible poly(3-hexylthiophene):[6,6]-phenyl C61 butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT:PCBM) solar cells encapsulated with food package quality barrier films with a water vapor transmission rate of 0.2 g/(m2 day) at 65 °C/85% relative humidity. We show…
Organic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsThin-Film Transistor TechnologiesConducting polymers and applications
Shuxiang Dong、Junyi Zhai、J. F. Li 等 5 位作者2008-09-08Applied Physics Letters
In this letter, we investigate a multimodal system for simultaneous energy harvesting from stray magnetic and mechanical energies by combining magnetoelectric and piezoelectric effects. The system consists of a cantilever beam with tip mass and a magnetoelectric laminate attached in the center of the beam. At 2 Oe mag…
Multiferroics and related materialsAcoustic Wave Resonator TechnologiesInnovative Energy Harvesting Technologies
Anand Banerjee、Victor M. Yakovenko2008-09-08Physical Review B
We study the effect of crystal superstructures produced by orientational ordering of the ${\text{ReO}}_{4}$ and ${\text{ClO}}_{4}$ anions in the quasi-one-dimensional organic conductors, ${(\text{TMTSF})}_{2}{\text{ReO}}_{4}$ and ${(\text{TMTSF})}_{2}{\text{ClO}}_{4}$, on the angular magnetoresistance oscillations obs…
Magnetism in coordination complexesOrganic and Molecular Conductors ResearchN-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry
L. Felisari、Vincenzo Grillo、F. Martelli 等 8 位作者2008-09-08Applied Physics Letters
GaAsN/GaAsN:H in-plane heterostructures have been investigated by secondary electron (SE) imaging in a field-emission scanning electron microscope. Adjacent GaAsN and GaAsN:H regions show a quite different SE image brightness due to the band gap energy difference between H-free and H-irradiated GaAsN. These findings p…
Semiconductor Quantum Structures and DevicesGaN-based semiconductor devices and materialsElectron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
Juan A. Reyes‐Labarta、A. Marcilla2008-09-08Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Abstract The different transitions and reactions involved in the thermal processing of ternary ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA)–polyethylene (PE)–azodicarbonamide (ADC) mixtures with different concentrations of PE and ADC, which was used as a foaming agent, were studied by means of differential scanning calorimetry. The e…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesThermal and Kinetic AnalysisPolymer Science and PVC
Wantae Kim、Daewon Chung、Jeong Ho Kim2008-09-08Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Abstract Polyether‐ and polyester‐based thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) nanocomposites containing the montmorillonite modified with quaternary ammonium salts having a relatively long hydroxyalkyl branch (MMT‐OH) were prepared via solution mixing. Quaternary ammonium salts with dimethyl, octyl, hydroxyundecyl branches…
Polymer Nanocomposites and Propertiesbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesPolymer composites and self-healing