Piezo-/ferroelectric crystals of a new Pb(Yb1/2Nb1/2)O-3-Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O-3-PbTiO3 ternary solid solution system with the dimensions of 30 x 30 x 12 mm(3) have been grown by the top-seeded solution growth method for the f...
Colloidal microcapsules of thin nanoshell membranes were prepared by the evaporation-induced self-assembly of poly(styrene)-block-poly(butadiene)-block-poly(styrene) (SBS) triblock copolymers inside the oil phase of a wa...
A comprehensive theoretical and experimental study of the bromo effect on Diels-Alder (DA) and retro-Diels-Alder (rDA) reactions between the anthracene-containing dienes and maleimide dienophile has been conducted to imp...
Twelve fluorinated acid amplifiers (AAs) were synthesized and studied for use in photoresists exposed to 13.5 nm, extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light. Acid amplifiers are compounds that decompose in the presence of acid to g...
Di-2-thienyl-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole (DTBT) bearing thermally cleavable ester groups in different positions were prepared and copolymerized with alkylsubstituted cyclopentadithiophene (CPDT). The polymers were found to ha...
The reduction of graphite oxide (GO) thin films was evaluated at 220 degrees C using a combination of infrared (FTIR) and X-ray photoemission spectroscopies (XPS). The results were correlated with electrical resistance m...
The characterization and understanding of the presence of nanostructuring in bulk thermoelectric materials requires real space atomic level information. We report electron diffraction and high-resolution transmission ele...
A model semiconductor-sensitizer layer of CdSe with under- or overlayers of CdS or ZnS by pre- or postadsorption was prepared on the surface of mesoporous TiO2 films by a series of successive ionic layer adsorption and r...
An integrated computational method that couples classical molecular dynamics simulations with density functional theory calculations has been used to simulate the solid-state O-17 and Na-23 MQMAS, Si-29, P-31, and Na-23 ...
We report a novel approach for quickly fabricating poly(NVP-co-NMA) hydrogels (NVP = 1-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone, NMA = N-methylolacrylamide) by using plasma-ignited:frontal polymerization (PIFP). Frontal polymerization was in...
Atomically thin WO3 is fabricated using a three-step process, involving wet-chemical synthesis of hydrated-WO3, mechanical exfoliation of fundamental layers and dehydration by annealing at 300 degrees C. Atomic force mic...
The solid-state lithium electrolytes Li5La3Ta2O12 and Li5La3Nb2O12 have been the focus of recent studies due to their chemically robust nature (against the lithium electrode; particularly the tantalate analogue) and high...
A new top-bottom approach is developed to prepare ordered arrays of nanorods, based on controlled etching, as exemplified by the case of LaOCl crystals. Molten-salt issued LaOCl was applied as a precursor, with highly an...
Stoichiometric Mn0.2Zn0.8Fe2O4 monodisperse nanoparticles were prepared by the so-called polyol method. The variation of magnetization as a function of magnetic field H (up to +/- 50 kOe) and temperature (5-320 K) were i...
Copper, silver, and tellurium nanowires were electrodeposited into a hierarchical channel structure Formed from columnar silica mesophases inside of anodic alumina membranes. The resulting wires were structurally and spe...
pH-responsive systems are promising in their applicability to many areas, e.g., in drug delivery. Herein, we report a novel versatile pH responsive system based on the coordination bonding of metal ions and functional gr...