A synthetic rod-like smectic liquid crystal containing a rigid aromatic group and semi-fluorinated chains generates well-ordered toroidal structures called toric focal conic domains (TFCDs) as self-assembling building bl...
Small pore size and hydrophobic nature of DD3R make this material a unique zeolite with high potential in industrial separation applications. However, the reproducible rapid synthesis of this zeolite is still a problem. ...
Mesoporous structure and carbon coating are two important techniques for improving electrode performance for Li ion batteries. The combining of these two techniques in one system offers a new strategy for producing new h...
Layered silicates can be used for the preparation of high surface area materials by intercalation with organic cations followed by ultrasonication. The relevant parameters for delamination (exfoliation) of cetyltrimethyl...
A scheelite based structure that could host the solid solution (Na(0.5x)Bi(1-0.5x))(Mo(x)V(1-x))O(4) (0.0 <= x <= 1.0) was prepared via the solid state reaction method. All the compositions can be sintered well below a t...
Highly conducting films of organic charge-transfer (CT) salts are fabricated by a solution process from the dispersions stabilized by poly(vinylpyrrolidone). This method provides a general way to obtain conducting films ...
The paper reports experimental data concerning the feasibility of structurally defective cerium doped Lu(1.8)Y(0.2)SiO(5) oxyorthosilicates (Ce:LYSO) as optical stimulated luminescence (OSL) devices with emission at the ...
One of the challenging aspects of nanotechnology is the development of an effective and potentially universal method to place nanoparticles (NPs) into spatially well-defined, ordered, defect-free arrays. This can be achi...
Four carbazole-diaryloxadiazole oligomers 14-17 based on 9,9'-dioctyl-[3,30]bicarbazolyl and 2,5-diaryl-[1,3,4]-oxadiazole monomer units have been synthesised by Suzuki cross-coupling reactions. The molecular weights of ...
Hollow Pt-Ni alloy nanospheres with tunable chamber size and shell thickness are prepared through a modified galvanic replacement approach. The strategy for fabricating such hollow alloys is discussed based on systematic...
1-(2-Naphthoyl)-3,3,3-trifluoroacetonate (NTA) functionalized SBA-15 mesoporous hybrid material (NTA-S15) was synthesized by co-condensation of modified NTA (denoted as NTA-Si) and tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) in the presenc...
Luminescent europium(III) terpyridine complex-bridged polysilsesquioxanes were prepared by hydrolysis and condensation of a precursor composed of a terpyridyl ligand bearing a urea group and a reactive siloxane part in t...
Nanocomposite, 15-crown-5-functionalized multi-wall carbon nanotubes (denoted as MWCNT-15-C-5) were synthesized and used as an additive along with the ionic liquid, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (EMIBF(4)...
This paper reports a simple, one-step, template-free surface assisted growth of crystalline branched-like Au nanoparticles (three-dimensional (3-D) growth with more than 12 tips) with high yield and good size monodispers...
The present study reports a straightforward template-free route for the synthesis of core-shell Co@CoO nanocomposites by the controlled reduction of Co(3)O(4) nanospheres. The target Co@CoO nanoparticles consist of an un...
We study the oxidation of monovacancies in graphene by oxygen molecules using first principles calculations. In particular, we address the local magnetic moments which develop at monovacancies and show that they remain i...