Bo Wang、Ke Chen、Shan Jiang 等 7 位作者2006-03-24Biomacromolecules
Synthesis of gold nanoparticles on surfaces has been accomplished by the incubation of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) films in tetrachloroauric(III) acid and chitosan solution at room temperature and 4 degrees C. One important point in the present study is that the synthesis selectively occurred on the PDMS surface. Th…
Nanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryGold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsNanomaterials for catalytic reactions
Kimio Sumaru、Katsuhide Ohi、Toshiyuki Takagi 等 5 位作者2006-03-24Langmuir
A photoresponsive hydrogel was prepared by radical copolymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide, a vinyl monomer having a spirobenzopyran residue and cross-linker. By the observation of photoresponsive shrinking and the conductance change, it was confirmed that the hydrogel in an acidic condition exhibited drastic and ra…
Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applicationsPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryPhotoreceptor and optogenetics research
J. Servantie、Pierre Gaspard2006-03-24Physical Review B
We report on a study of the translational sliding motion and dynamic friction in systems of double-walled carbon nanotubes using molecular dynamics simulations combined with theoretical analysis. The sliding motion is described by a one-dimensional analytical model which includes the van der Waals force between the na…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesForce Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsMechanical and Optical Resonators
A. D. Rata、H. Braak、D. E. Buergler 等 5 位作者2006-03-24arXiv
We investigate the structure and magneto-transport properties of thin films of the Co_2Cr_xFe_(1-x)Al full-Heusler compound, which is predicted to be a half-metal by first-principles theoretical calculations. Thin films are deposited by magnetron sputtering at room temperature on various substrates in order to tune th…
Materials Science
Wei‐Guo Yin、Dmitri Volja、Wei Ku2006-03-24Physical Review Letters
The relative importance of electron-lattice ($e\mathrm{\text{\ensuremath{-}}}l$) and electron-electron ($e\mathrm{\text{\ensuremath{-}}}e$) interactions in ordering orbitals in ${\mathrm{LaMnO}}_{3}$ is systematically examined within the local-density $\mathrm{\text{approximation}}+\mathrm{\text{Hubbard}}U$ approximat…
Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsAdvanced Condensed Matter PhysicsElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Anna N. Morozovska、Eugene А. Eliseev2006-03-24Physical Review B
The study of ferroelectric nanodomain tailoring attracts a growing interest not only owing to its possible applications in many fields of nanotechnology, such as various nanostructures engineering and high-density memories, but also it can clarify the physical nature of size, surface and interface effects appearing un…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMultiferroics and related materialsAcoustic Wave Resonator Technologies
Baizeng Fang、Leo Binder2006-03-24The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Porous materials, developed by grafting functional groups through chemical surface modification with a surfactant, represent an innovative concept in energy storage. This work reports, in detail, the first practical realization of a novel carbon electrode based on grafting of vinyltrimethoxysilane (vtmos) functional g…
Supercapacitor Materials and FabricationConducting polymers and applicationsAdvanced battery technologies research
Shuangchun Wen、Youwen Wang、Wenhua Su 等 6 位作者2006-03-24Physical Review E
We investigate modulation instability (MI) in negative-index material (NIM) with a Kerr nonlinear polarization based on a derived (3+1)-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation for ultrashort pulse propagation. By a standard linear stability analysis, we obtain the expression for instability gain, which unifies the…
Metamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsPhotonic Crystals and ApplicationsNonlinear Photonic Systems
Brandon C. Wood、Nicola Marzari2006-03-24arXiv
Using extensive first-principles molecular dynamics calculations, we characterize the superionic phase transition and the lattice and electronic structures of the archetypal Type-I superionic conductor alpha-AgI. We find that superionicity is signalled by a phase transition of the silver ions alone. In the superionic…
Materials Science
Akram Boukai、Ke Xu、James R. Heath2006-03-24Advanced Materials
Nanofabrication methods and a device architecture are combined to allow for four-point electric, thermoelectric, and electric field-effect measurements on individual Bi nanowires. The figure shows a false-color SEM image of a typical device used in this study, with the 11 Bi nanowires shown as a red → white gradient.…
Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesThermal properties of materialsAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Keiichi Koyama、Kazuo Watanabe、T. Kanomata 等 6 位作者2006-03-24Applied Physics Letters
The structural and magnetic properties of the ferromagnetic Heusler alloy Ni50Mn36Sn14 were studied by magnetization and x-ray powder diffraction measurements in fields up to 5T. The alloy undergoes the martensitic transformation from the L21-type cubic structure with the lattice parameter ac=0.5988nm into an orthorho…
Shape Memory Alloy TransformationsCreativity in Education and Neuroscience
A. Agliolo Gallitto、G. Bonsignore、E. Di Gennaro 等 6 位作者2006-03-24arXiv
We report results of microwave second-harmonic generation in ceramic samples of MgB2, prepared by different methods. The SH signal has been investigated as a function of the temperature and the static magnetic field. The results are discussed in the framework of models reported in the literature. We show that the pecu…
Materials ScienceSuperconductivity
H. Dassow、R. Lehndorff、D. E. Buergler 等 7 位作者2006-03-24arXiv
We report on current-induced magnetization switching (CIMS) in single- crystalline nanopillars. Fe(14 nm)/Cr(0.9 nm)/Fe(10 nm)/Ag(6 nm)/Fe(2 nm) multilayers are deposited by molecular-beam epitaxy. The central Fe layer is coupled to the thick one by interlayer exchange coupling over Cr. The topmost Fe layer is decoupl…
Materials Science
V. A. Stephanovich2006-03-24arXiv
We discuss the influence of disorder on domain structure formation in ferromagnetic phase of diluted magnetic semiconductors (DMS) of p-type. Using analytical arguments we show the existence of critical ratio $ν_{\rm {cr}}$ of concentration of charge carriers and magnetic ions such that sample critical thickness $L_{\…
Materials Science
Yuichi Morikawa、Shusaku Nagano、Kentaro Watanabe 等 6 位作者2006-03-24Advanced Materials
Optical 3D alignment of nanocylinders has been successfully attained for thin films of a block copolymer (see figure) comprising azobenzene-containing liquid-crystalline polymers and poly(ethylene oxide) via photoinduced massive migration. The out-of-plane and in-plane alignments are achieved by controlling the film t…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsBlock Copolymer Self-AssemblyAdvanced Materials and Mechanics
Jong Kuk Kim、Sang Su Kim、Won-Jeong Kim 等 5 位作者2006-03-24Applied Physics Letters
Multiferroic Cr-doped BiFeO3 (BFO) thin films were prepared on Pt∕TiO2∕SiO2∕Si(100) substrates by a chemical solution deposition method. From the x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements, it was observed that the valence number of Fe ion in undoped and Cr-doped BFO thin films was found to be almost 3+. It was fou…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMultiferroics and related materialsDielectric properties of ceramics
Lixue Zhang、Xiaobing Ren2006-03-24Physical Review B
The change of ferroelectric, dielectric, and piezoelectric properties with time, the ferroelectric aging phenomena, has been observed in most ferroelectrics. Phenomenologically, aging can be attributed to the gradual stabilization of ferroelectric domains by defects, but the microscopic origin of the domain stabilizat…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsAcoustic Wave Resonator TechnologiesDielectric materials and actuators
Matthias Häußler、Jacky W. Y. Lam、Hongchen Dong 等 5 位作者2006-03-23ACS symposium series
Abstract: Facile complexation of the acetylenic triple bonds in the hyperbranched polyynes ( hb -PYs) with cobalt carbonyls readily furnishes cobalt-containing organometallic polymers at room temperature. The cobalt-polyyne complexes are highly resistant to thermolysis. Pyrolyses of the polyyne complexes under nitroge…
Organic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsConducting polymers and applicationsDendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers
P. Chowdhury、S. K. Gupta、N. Padma 等 7 位作者2006-03-23Physical Review B
The temperature dependences of resistivity, magnetoresistance (MR), and current-voltage $(I\text{\ensuremath{-}}V)$ characteristics of grain boundaries (GB) in ${\mathrm{La}}_{0.6}{\mathrm{Pb}}_{0.4}{\mathrm{MnO}}_{3}$ thin films prepared using bicrystal ${\mathrm{SrTiO}}_{3}$ substrates have been studied. Comparison…
Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsMultiferroics and related materialsAdvanced Condensed Matter Physics
David P. Shelton2006-03-23The Journal of Chemical Physics
Hyper-Rayleigh scattering (HRS) spectra were measured for liquid solutions of C6H5NO2 and CH3NO2 at T=300 K. The depolarized HRS spectra at small frequency shift are dominated by two components due to reorientation of the nitrobenzene molecules. One is a Lorentzian with spectral width nu1=0.16-0.45 cm(-1) and correspo…
Nonlinear Optical Materials ResearchAcoustic Wave Resonator TechnologiesSolid-state spectroscopy and crystallography