Samuel S. Cho、Patrick Weinkam、Peter G. Wolynes2008-01-02Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
In contrast to classical chemical phenomenology, theory suggests that proteins may undergo downhill folding without an activation barrier under certain thermodynamic conditions. Recently, the BBL protein was proposed to fold by such a downhill scenario, but discrepancies between experimental results found in different…
Protein Structure and DynamicsPhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsEnzyme Structure and Function
X.D. Wang、Sheng Yin、Q.P. Cao 等 6 位作者2008-01-02Applied Physics Letters
Atomic structures of bulk glass-forming Cu64.5Zr35.5 and the eutectic composition Cu61.8Zr38.2 metallic glasses (MGs) have been studied by a combination of state-of-the-art experimental techniques and computational methods. Three-dimensional atomic configuration of the Cu64.5Zr35.5 MG is established. It is found that…
Glass properties and applicationsMetallic Glasses and Amorphous AlloysPhase-change materials and chalcogenides
Johannes Fischer、C. Mayer、Johannes Söding2008-01-02Bioinformatics
MOTIVATION: The prediction of ligand-binding residues or catalytically active residues of a protein may give important hints that can guide further genetic or biochemical studies. Existing sequence-based prediction methods mostly rank residue positions by evolutionary conservation calculated from a multiple sequence a…
Protein Structure and DynamicsComputational Drug Discovery MethodsEnzyme Structure and Function
A. E. Berkowitz、G. F. Rodriguez、Jung‐Il Hong 等 8 位作者2008-01-02Physical Review B
We report the magnetic and microstructural properties of antiferromagnetic MnO nanoparticles with shells of ferrimagnetic ${\mathrm{Mn}}_{3}{\mathrm{O}}_{4}$, which is opposite the usual arrangement of antiferromagnetically coated ferromagnetic nanoparticles. In addition, the antiferromagnetic MnO cores order at much…
Magnetic properties of thin filmsZnO doping and propertiesMultiferroics and related materials
A. Chen、S. Haddad、Yu‐Hsin Wu 等 6 位作者2008-01-02Applied Physics Letters
The erasing characteristics of Cu2O metal-insulator-metal resistive switching memory were measured on a 64Kb memory test array. The erasing yield reaches the maximum at an optimal erasing voltage. Effective erasing requires a threshold current compliance that is higher for shorter pulse width. The erasing current and…
Advanced Memory and Neural ComputingMagnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Ronald A. Arif、Hongping Zhao、Nelson Tansu2008-01-02Applied Physics Letters
We present a visible III-nitride gain medium based on type-II InGaN-GaNAs quantum well (QW), employing thin dilute-As (∼3%) GaNAs layer. The utilization of GaNAs layer shifts the hole confinement to the center of the type-II QW, which significantly reduces the charge separation effect. The optical gain and spontaneous…
Semiconductor Quantum Structures and DevicesGaN-based semiconductor devices and materialsGa2O3 and related materials
Warawan Eiamphungporn、John D. Helmann2008-01-02Molecular Microbiology
The Bacillus subtilis extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma(M) factor is activated by cell envelope stress elicited by antibiotics, and by acid, heat, ethanol and superoxide stresses. Here, we have used several complementary approaches to identify genes controlled by sigma(M). In many cases, expression is only partial…
Bacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyBacteriophages and microbial interactionsEnzyme Structure and Function
H. Tributsch2008-01-02Photochemistry and Photobiology
Abstract— Excited molecules can exchange electrons with suitable electrodes in an electrochemical cell. Excitation energy of molecules can therefore be converted into electrochemical energy. Electrochemical reactions of excited chlorophyll molecules have been investigated with the help of semiconductor electrodes. It…
Photosynthetic Processes and MechanismsPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistryElectrochemical Analysis and Applications
Michael Zwolak、Massimiliano Di Ventra2008-01-02Reviews of Modern Physics
With the continued improvement of sequencing technologies, the prospect of genome-based medicine is now at the forefront of scientific research. To realize this potential, however, a revolutionary sequencing method is needed for the cost-effective and rapid interrogation of individual genomes. This capability is likel…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesMicrofluidic and Bio-sensing TechnologiesNanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
Stephan Kümmel、Leeor Kronik2008-01-02Reviews of Modern Physics
This review provides a perspective on the use of orbital-dependent functionals, which is currently considered one of the most promising avenues in modern density-functional theory. The focus here is on four major themes: the motivation for orbital-dependent functionals in terms of limitations of semilocal functionals;…
Advanced Chemical Physics StudiesCatalysis and Oxidation ReactionsMachine Learning in Materials Science
W. Sietz、D. Göritz、F. H. Müller2008-01-02Steinkopff eBooks
Oriented samples were crystallized with constant length and melted in a DSC-calorimeter. Analysing the crystallization-isotherms by means of the Avramitheory yields a one-dimensional growth of the crystallites from preexisting nuclei. This geometry of growth is independent of the degree of orientation for all samples…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesPolymer Nanocomposites and Propertiesbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
Somaye Akbari、Mohammad Haghighat Kish、Ali Akbar Entezami2008-01-02Polymer International
Abstract BACKGROUND: The aim of the present work was to improve the properties of acrylic polymer, which is a major fibre‐forming polymer. Acrylonitrile/acrylic acid copolymer, P(AN/AA), was chosen for this purpose and it was intended to study the condition for the formation of hydroxyl groups through the formation of…
Polymer Surface Interaction StudiesDendrimers and Hyperbranched PolymersSynthesis and properties of polymers
Kohei Imura、Hiromi Okamoto2008-01-02Physical Review B
Ultrafast transient responses in single gold nanorods are visualized in real space by femtosecond pump-probe measurements using a near-field optical microscope. The observed transient images show characteristic features, and the features are strongly dependent on the size of the rod. It is revealed that the features a…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsPlasmonic and Surface Plasmon ResearchNear-Field Optical Microscopy
Antonella Accardo、Diego Tesauro、Luigi Aloj 等 10 位作者2008-01-02ChemMedChem
New nanocarriers are obtained by assembling two amphiphilic monomers: one containing the bioactive peptide CCK8 spaced, by a polydisperse poly(ethylene glycol), from two hydrophobic tails ((C18)2PEG2000CCK8), and the other containing a chelating agent able to give stable radiolabeled indium-111 complexes linked to the…
Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesSupramolecular Chemistry and ComplexesSupramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
K. Friedrich2008-01-02Steinkopff eBooks
In semicrystalline isotactic Polypropylene the sensitivity to crack propagation can be lowered by the right choice of the molecular composition (atactic content, molecualr weight) and by a controlled production of a certain morphology. Coarse spherulitic morphologies produced by slow undercooling from the melt exhibit…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesPolymer Nanocomposites and Propertiesbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
K. Friedrich2008-01-02Steinkopff eBooks
In bulk isotactic polypropylene it is relatively easy to change the morphology of the material in a wide range, mainly by different isothermal crystallization conditions. Size, distribution and inner structure of the spherulites have a great influence on the crack propagation in this material. Due to our microscopic i…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesPolymer Nanocomposites and Propertiesbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
Erik Borg、Audrey Frenot、Pernilla Walkenström 等 6 位作者2008-01-02Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Abstract Artelon® (degradable poly(urethane urea) elastomer) was electrospun into scaffolds for tissue engineering. The diameter of the electrospun fibers, studied by scanning electron microscopy, ranged from 100 nm to a few μm, with an average diameter of 750 nm. The molar mass of the polymer had a major influence on…
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical ApplicationsPolymer composites and self-healing
P. X. Viveros-Méndez、J. M. Méndez-Alcaraz、P. González-Mozuelos2008-01-02The Journal of Chemical Physics
The two-point correlation functions among particles confined to move within a spherical two-dimensional space are studied here using Monte Carlo simulations in the canonical ensemble and the corresponding liquid theory concepts. This work takes a simple model system with soft-sphere interactions among the particles ly…
Phase Equilibria and ThermodynamicsMaterial Dynamics and PropertiesTheoretical and Computational Physics
P. F. Zhang、Xinyu Liu、R. Q. Zhang 等 10 位作者2008-01-02Applied Physics Letters
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy has been used to measure the valence band offset at the ZnO∕GaAs heterojunction interface. The valence band offset is determined to be 2.39±0.23eV. As a consequence, a type-II heterojunction with a conduction band offset of −0.44±0.23eV is found. The directly obtained value is in good…
ZnO doping and propertiesGa2O3 and related materialsElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
E. Dul’kin、E. Mojaev、M. Roth 等 5 位作者2008-01-02Applied Physics Letters
Acoustic emission measurements are combined with strain, dielectric, and polarization measurements to detect phase transitions in 0.94Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3–0.06BaTiO3 single crystals during thermal cycling as well as electric field cycling at both room temperature and 140°C. All phase transitions known from the literature (c…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsUltrasonics and Acoustic Wave PropagationAcoustic Wave Resonator Technologies