Antonis N. Andriotis、Madhu Menon2008-01-28Applied Physics Letters
The electronic transport properties of three-terminal graphene nanoribbon T-junctions are investigated using a quantum tight binding molecular dynamics scheme. The transport properties are found to depend very sensitively on the geometric features of the branches of the junctions. This dependence is even more pronounc…
Advancements in Battery MaterialsCarbon Nanotubes in CompositesGraphene research and applications
Eleanor Schofield、Bridget Ingham、A. Turnbull 等 5 位作者2008-01-28Applied Physics Letters
Nanoporous Au foils were formed by dealloying a Ag–Au alloy in concentrated HNO3. The resultant foils, which have a “spongelike” morphology with interconnecting ligaments, were studied using synchrotron-based diffraction. A three-dimensional visualization of the nanostructure is generated from small angle experiments…
Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionAnodic Oxide Films and NanostructuresNanoporous metals and alloys
Zheng Yang、Jianlin Liu、M. Biasini 等 4 位作者2008-01-28Applied Physics Letters
Well-above room temperature and electron concentration dependent ferromagnetism was observed in n-type ZnO:Mn films, indicating long-range ferromagnetic order. Magnetic anisotropy was also observed in these ZnO:Mn films, which is another indication for intrinsic ferromagnetism. The electron-mediated ferromagnetism in…
ZnO doping and propertiesMagnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Botao Wu、Jian Ruan、Jinjun Ren 等 7 位作者2008-01-28Applied Physics Letters
Spectral properties of Yb3+∕Ni2+ codoped transparent silicate glass ceramics containing LiGa5O8 nanocrystals were investigated. The near-infrared emission intensity of Ni2+ was largely increased with Yb3+ codoping due to Yb3+→Ni2+ energy transfer. The qualitative calculation of the energy transfer constant Cs-a and ra…
Luminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsGlass properties and applicationsPhotonic Crystals and Applications
Jinu Jacob George、Abhijit Bandyopadhyay、Anil K. Bhowmick2008-01-28Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Abstract New ethylene‐co‐vinyl acetate (EVA, with 60% vinyl acetate content) based nanocomposites were prepared with graphites modified by various techniques and a commercially available expanded graphite (EG). The infrared spectra and the surface energy measurements indicated better oxidation and higher surface energ…
Advanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesPolymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesPolymer Nanocomposite Synthesis and Irradiation
Steeve Chrétien、Horia Metiu2008-01-28The Journal of Chemical Physics
During heterogeneous catalysis the surface is simultaneously covered by several adsorbed molecules. The manner in which the presence of one kind of molecule affects the adsorption of a molecule of another kind has been of interest for a long time. In most cases the presence of one adsorbate does not change substantial…
Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceCopper-based nanomaterials and applicationsNanomaterials for catalytic reactions
Gabriela Diaconu、Marı́a Paulis、José R. Leiza2008-01-28Macromolecular Reaction Engineering
Abstract Waterborne polymer/clay nanocomposites of methyl methacrylate and butyl acrylate have been prepared by miniemulsion polymerization. Two different commercial organically modified clays have been used: Cloisite 15A and Cloisite 30B. Nanocomposites with partially exfoliated structure, observed by wide‐angle X‐ra…
Advanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationPolymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesPolymer composites and self-healing
Yusuke Kuramochi、Akiharu Satake、Mitsunari Itou 等 7 位作者2008-01-28Chemistry - A European Journal
Trisporphyrinatozinc(II) (1-Zn) with imidazolyl groups at both ends of the porphyrin self-assembles exclusively into a light-harvesting cyclic trimer (N-(1-Zn)(3)) through complementary coordination of imidazolyl to zinc(II). Because only the two terminal porphyrins in 1-Zn are employed in ring formation, macrocycle N…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistryFullerene Chemistry and Applications
Siyuranga O. Koswatta、Mark S. Lundstrom、Dmitri E. Nikonov2008-01-28Applied Physics Letters
Power dissipation has become a major obstacle in performance scaling of modern integrated circuits and has spurred the search for devices operating at lower voltage swing. In this letter, we study p-i-n band-to-band tunneling field effect transistors taking semiconducting carbon nanotubes as the channel material. The…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesGraphene research and applicationsThermal properties of materials
F. Aznar、Jordi Bonache、Ferran Martı́n2008-01-28Applied Physics Letters
In this letter, an improved lumped element equivalent circuit model for left-handed lines based on split ring resonators (SRRs) is presented and discussed. It is rigorously demonstrated that although the previously accepted circuit model of these metamaterial transmission lines (a π circuit) provides a good descriptio…
Metamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsMicrowave Engineering and WaveguidesAdvanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
B. Hernando、J.L. Sánchez Llamazares、Joana Santos 等 8 位作者2008-01-28Applied Physics Letters
Thermal and field-induced martensite-austenite transition was studied in melt spun Ni50.3Mn35.3Sn14.4 ribbons. Its distinct highly ordered columnarlike microstructure normal to ribbon plane allows the direct observation of critical fields at which field-induced and highly hysteretic reverse transformation starts (H=17…
Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsMetallic Glasses and Amorphous AlloysShape Memory Alloy Transformations
Zhiyong Zhou、Yong Zhang、Yong Zhang 等 6 位作者2008-01-28Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics
Abstract The reactive blending composites of isotactic polypropylene (PP)/octavinyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) were prepared in the presence of dicumyl peroxide. Comparison of the rheological behavior of physical and reactive blending composites was made by oscillatory rheological measurements. It was…
Polymer Nanocomposites and Propertiesbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesSilicone and Siloxane Chemistry
Holger Frauenrath、Eike Jahnke2008-01-28Chemistry - A European Journal
Typical biopolymers exhibit structures and order on different length scales. By contrast, the number of synthetic polymers with a similar degree of hierarchical structure formation is still limited. Starting from recent investigations on the structures of amyloid proteins as well as research activities toward nanoscop…
Luminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsSupramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsPolydiacetylene-based materials and applications
Shilpa Sant、S. Poulin、Patrice Hildgen2008-01-28Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the cellular interaction of nanoparticles (NPs) prepared from different pegylated polymers and elucidate the effect of polymer architecture, for instance, grafted versus block copolymer on their cellular uptake. Fluorescein-labeled NPs of four different polymers, viz., poly…
Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical ApplicationsPolymer Surface Interaction StudiesGraphene and Nanomaterials Applications
Dunmin Lin、K. W. Kwok、H. L. W. Chan2008-01-28Journal of Physics D Applied Physics
CuO-doped K 0.5 Na 0.5 NbO 3 (K 0.5 Na 0.5 NbO 3 + x mol% CuO) lead-free ceramics have been prepared by an ordinary sintering technique. The results of x-ray diffraction patterns show that all the ceramics possess a pure pervoskite structure with orthorhombic symmetry. Based on the symmetry-conforming principle of poi…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMultiferroics and related materialsMicrowave Dielectric Ceramics Synthesis
S. V. Tsybulya、G. N. Kryukova2008-01-28Physical Review B
Low-temperature $\ensuremath{\gamma}$-, $\ensuremath{\eta}$-, and $\ensuremath{\chi}\text{\ensuremath{-}}{\mathrm{Al}}_{2}{\mathrm{O}}_{3}$ polymorphs were studied by high resolution transmission electron microscopy and x-ray powder diffraction along with computer simulation of the diffraction patterns. Planar defects…
Advanced ceramic materials synthesisGlass properties and applicationsX-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
Alex X. Li、Filip Wojciechowski、Mojmı́r Suchý 等 7 位作者2008-01-28Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
Tissue temperature is a fundamental physiological parameter that can provide insight into pathological processes. The purpose of this study was to develop and characterize a novel paramagnetic chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) agent suitable for in vivo temperature mapping at 9.4T. The CEST properties of th…
Advanced MRI Techniques and ApplicationsLanthanide and Transition Metal ComplexesMRI in cancer diagnosis
Tsutomu Takahashi、Ken‐ichi Hirayama、Naozumi Teramoto 等 4 位作者2008-01-28Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Abstract Epoxidized soybean oil (ESO) was cured with a terpene‐based acid anhydride (TPAn) at 150°C, and the thermal and mechanical properties of the cured product were compared with ESO cured with hexahydrophthalic anhydride (HPAn), maleinated linseed oil (LOAn), or thermally latent cationic polymerization catalyst (…
Natural Fiber Reinforced Compositesbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesPolymer composites and self-healing
Bettina S. John、Carol Juhlin、Fernando A. Escobedo2008-01-28The Journal of Chemical Physics
The phase behavior of suspensions of colloidal hard tetragonal parallelepipeds ("TPs") (also known as rectangular nanorods or nanobars) was studied by using Monte Carlo simulations to gain a detailed understanding of the effect of flat-faceted particles on inducing regular local packing and long range structural order…
Material Dynamics and PropertiesSurfactants and Colloidal SystemsPickering emulsions and particle stabilization
Qinfen Gu、G. Krauß、Walter Steurer 等 5 位作者2008-01-28Physical Review Letters
We studied the compressibility of silver (10 nm) and gold (30 nm) nanoparticles, n-Ag and n-Au, suspended in a methanol-ethanol mixture by x-ray diffraction (XRD) with synchrotron radiation at pressures up to 30 GPa. Unexpectedly for that size, the nanoparticles show a significantly higher stiffness than the correspon…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsCopper-based nanomaterials and applicationsnanoparticles nucleation surface interactions