T. Scopigno、J.‐B. Suck、Roberta Angelini 等 5 位作者2006-04-05Physical Review Letters
Using inelastic x-ray scattering we studied the collective dynamics of the glassy alloy Ni33Zr67 in the first pseudo-Brillouin-zone, an energy-momentum region still unexplored in metallic glasses. We determine key properties such as the momentum transfer dependence of the sound velocity and of the acoustic damping, di…
Material Dynamics and PropertiesGlass properties and applicationsThermodynamic and Structural Properties of Metals and Alloys
Adolfo J. Banchio、Jacek Gapiński、A. Patkowski 等 10 位作者2006-04-05Physical Review Letters
In this joint experimental-theoretical work we study hydrodynamic interaction effects in dense suspensions of charged colloidal spheres. Using x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy we have determined the hydrodynamic function H(q), for a varying range of electrosteric repulsion. We show that H(q) can be quantitatively…
Material Dynamics and PropertiesAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical MechanicsElectrostatics and Colloid Interactions
Mokbul Hossain、Axel S. Herrmann、Dirk Hegemann2006-04-05Plasma Processes and Polymers
Abstract Summary: The degree of plasma‐induced hydrophilization and the stability of the treatment are closely linked to the textile structure and the weave construction. This study investigates the plasma activation of polyester (PES) fabric structures to improve their wettability, as well as the aging effects. The h…
Surface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsTextile materials and evaluations
Iwan Moreels、José C. Martins、Zeger Hens2006-04-05ChemPhysChem
Macroscopic characterisation: The adsorption/desorption equilibrium of trioctylphosphine oxide ligands at colloidal InP nanocrystals (see picture) is investigated with quantitative, one-dimensional 1H NMR spectroscopy. Thermodynamic analysis of the isotherm demonstrates that formation of the capping is driven by favor…
Quantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsElectrochemical Analysis and Applications
Min Soo Park、Wonchul Joo、Jin Kon Kim2006-04-05Langmuir
We investigate the effects of interfacial energy between water and solvent as well as polymer concentration on the formation of porous structures of polymer films prepared by spin coating of cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB) in mixed solvent of tetrahydrofuran (THF) and chloroform under humid condition. The interfacial…
Surface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityBlock Copolymer Self-AssemblyFluid Dynamics and Thin Films
D. van der Beek、Andrei V. Petukhov、Patrick Davidson 等 9 位作者2006-04-05Physical Review E
The magnetic-field-induced orientational order in the isotropic phase of colloidal gibbsite [Al(OH)3] platelets is studied by means of optical birefringence and small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) techniques. The suspensions display field-induced ordering at moderate field strengths (a few Tesla), which increases with…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsIron oxide chemistry and applicationsCharacterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles
Carly S. Levin、Sandra Whaley Bishnoi、Nathaniel K. Grady 等 4 位作者2006-04-05Analytical Chemistry
The packing density of thiolated poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) adsorbates on Au nanoshells is determined by exploiting the surface-enhanced Raman scattering response of individual nanoshell substrates. By incorporating the linker molecule p-mercaptoaniline (pMA), the number of 2000 MW and 5000 MW PEG molecules on each n…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesNanocluster Synthesis and Applications
Anand Bala Subramaniam、Cecile O. Mejean、Manouk Abkarian 等 4 位作者2006-04-05Langmuir
We report the behavior of particle-stabilized bubbles (armored bubbles) when exposed to various classes and concentrations of surfactants. The bubbles are nonspherical, which is a signature of the jamming of the particles on the interface, and are stable to dissolution prior to the addition of surfactant. Armored bubb…
Fluid Dynamics and MixingMinerals Flotation and Separation TechniquesPickering emulsions and particle stabilization
Oliver Henze、W. James Feast、Fabrice Gardebien 等 8 位作者2006-04-05Journal of the American Chemical Society
The synthesis, characterization, and self-assembly in butanol of a series of well-defined alpha,alpha'-linked quinqui-, sexi-, and septithiophenes substituted, via ester links at their termini, by chiral oligo(ethylene oxide) chains carrying an alpha, beta, delta, and epsilon methyl, respectively, are reported. Studie…
Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistrySupramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
Masato Aizawa、Jillian M. Buriak2006-04-05Journal of the American Chemical Society
Patterning technologically important semiconductor interfaces with nanoscale metal films is important for applications such as metallic interconnects and sensing applications. Self-assembling block copolymer templates are utilized to pattern an aqueous metal reduction reaction, galvanic displacement, on silicon surfac…
Force Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsBlock Copolymer Self-AssemblyNanofabrication and Lithography Techniques
Bo‐Kuai Lai、I. Ponomareva、Ivan I. Naumov 等 7 位作者2006-04-05Physical Review Letters
The electric-field-induced evolution of the recently discovered periodic 180 degree nanostripe domain structure is predicted in epitaxial Pb(Zr0.5Ti0.5)O3 ultrathin films from first principles. This evolution involves (1) the lateral growth of majority dipole domains at the expense of minority domains with the overall…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMultiferroics and related materialsAcoustic Wave Resonator Technologies
Christian Klinke、J. B. Hannon、Ali Afzali 等 4 位作者2006-04-05Nano Letters
We have fabricated field-effect transistors from carbon nanotubes using a novel selective placement scheme. We use carbon nanotubes that are covalently bound to molecules containing a hydroxamic acid functionality. The functionalized nanotubes bind strongly to basic metal oxide surfaces, but not to silicon dioxide. Up…
Organic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsCarbon Nanotubes in CompositesGraphene research and applications
D. J. Heijs、V. A. Malyshev、J. Knoester2006-04-05arXiv
Using a model of Frenkel excitons coupled to a bath of acoustic phonons in the host medium, we study the temperature dependence of the dephasing rates and homogeneous line width in linear molecular aggregates. The model includes localization by disorder and predicts a power-law thermal scaling of the effective homogen…
cond-mat.dis-nnMaterials Science
A. V. Goncharov、A. A. Zhukov、V. V. Metlushko 等 11 位作者2006-04-05arXiv
Magnetization reversal mechanisms and impact of magnetization direction are studied in square arrays of interconnected circular permalloy nanorings using MOKE, local imaging, numerical simulations and transport techniques.
Mesoscale and Nanoscale PhysicsMaterials Science
M. Sepliarsky、M. G. Stachiotti、R. L. Migoni2006-04-05Physical Review Letters
Interface effects on the ferroelectric behavior of PbTiO3 ultrathin films deposited on a SrTiO3 substrate are investigated using an interatomic potential approach with parameters fitted to first-principles calculations. We find that the correlation of atomic displacements across the film-substrate interface is crucial…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMultiferroics and related materialsElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Varghese Swamy、Alexei Kuznetsov、Leonid Dubrovinsky 等 7 位作者2006-04-05Physical Review Letters
We investigated the size-dependent high-pressure phase transition behavior of nanocrystalline anatase TiO2 with synchrotron x-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy to 45 GPa at ambient temperature. Pressure-induced amorphization results in a high-density amorphous (HDA) form when the starting crystallite size is < 10…
High-pressure geophysics and materialsMaterial Dynamics and PropertiesGlass properties and applications
Andreas Krell、Jens Klimke2006-04-05Journal of the American Ceramic Society
A quantitative assessment of the homogeneity of particle coordination in green bodies is achieved by addressing pore structures. Avoiding a coarser tail of the pore size distribution is important but insufficient for optimum sintering. Instead, the steepest slope of the main body of the distribution is responsible for…
Advanced ceramic materials synthesisAdvanced materials and compositesNuclear materials and radiation effects
J. R. Martı́nez、S.A. Palomares-Sánchez、G. Ortega‐Zarzosa 等 5 位作者2006-04-05Materials Letters
Using the Rietveld refinement, we analyze the structural evolution under thermal treatment of silica xerogel samples prepared by the sol–gel method with molar ratio (R) of water to TEOS of R = 5 and R = 11.66. We refine the structure of compounds using the Maud program and we found the unit cell parameters and atomic…
Luminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsGlass properties and applicationsMesoporous Materials and Catalysis
Andrea Marini、P. Garcı́a-González、Ángel Rubio2006-04-05Physical Review Letters
We present a first-principles description of anisotropic materials characterized by having both weak (dispersionlike) and strong covalent bonds, based on the adiabatic-connection fluctuation-dissipation theorem with density functional theory. For hexagonal boron nitride the in-plane and out-of-plane bonding as well as…
High-pressure geophysics and materialsBoron and Carbon Nanomaterials ResearchSuperconductivity in MgB2 and Alloys
Shuang Zhang、Takeo Hoshi、Takeo Fujiwara2006-04-05arXiv
Carbon nanotube (CNT) is expected for much more important and broader applications in the future, because of its amazing electrical and mechanical properties. However, today, the prospect is detained by the fact that the growth of CNTs cannot be well controlled. In particular, controlling the chirality of CNTs seems f…
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