Browsing by Keywords "Nanostructured materials"
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Atomic and electronic structure of carbon strings
(IOP Publishing Ltd., 2005)This paper presents an extensive study of various string and tubular structures formed by carbon atomic chains. Our study is based on first-principles pseudopotential plane wave and finite-temperature ab initio molecular ... -
Atomic layer deposition: an enabling technology for the growth of functional nanoscale semiconductors
(Institute of Physics Publishing, 2017)In this paper, we present the progress in the growth of nanoscale semiconductors grown via atomic layer deposition (ALD). After the adoption by semiconductor chip industry, ALD became a widespread tool to grow functional ... -
Atomic strings of group IV, III-V, and II-VI elements
(American Institute of Physics, 2004)A systematic first-principles study of atomic strings made by group IV, III-V, and II-VI elements has revealed interesting mechanical, electronic, and transport properties. The double bond structure underlies their unusual ... -
Charging/discharging of Au (core)/silica (shell) nanoparticles as revealed by XPS
(American Chemical Society, 2005)By recording XPS spectra while applying external voltage stress to the sample rod, we can control the extent of charging developed on core-shell-type gold nanoparticles deposited on a copper substrate, in both steady-state ... -
Conjugated polymer nanoparticles
(2010)Conjugated polymer nanoparticles are highly versatile nano-structured materials that can potentially find applications in various areas such as optoelectronics, photonics, bio-imaging, bio-sensing and nanomedicine. Their ... -
Controlled optical transition rates in nanodroplets
(IEEE, 2000)The time-resolved fluorescence measurements of 3,3′-diethyl-5,5′-dichloro-9-phenylthiacarbocyanine (DDPT) in bulk solvents and methanol-in-oil reverse micellar systems is presented which include nano-sized methanol droplets ... -
Correlation effects in a one-dimensional electron gas with short-range interaction
(Pergamon Press, 1999)We study the correlation effects in a one-dimensional electron gas with repulsive delta-function interaction. The correlation effects are described by a local-field correction which takes into account the short-range ... -
Design and synthesis of self-assembling peptides for fabrication of functional nanomaterials
(Bilkent University, 2016-12)Self-assembling peptides are a class of supramolecular polymers, which exploit noncovalent interactions such as hydrogen bonding, hydrophobic, electrostatic, charge-transfer complex, π-π, and van der Waals interactions to ... -
The effect of gadolinium doping on the structural, magnetic and photoluminescence properties of electrospun bismuth ferrite nanofibers
(Elsevier Ltd, 2015)Gadolinium (Gd) doped Bismuth ferrite (BFO) nanofibers (Bi1-xGdxFeO3 (x=0.0, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15 and 0.20)) were synthesized via electrospinning. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) analysis showed that the diameter of the ... -
Effect of solvent refractive index on the surface plasmon resonance nanoparticle optical absorption
(2007)Optical properties of plasmon coupled silver and gold nanoparticles were studied as a function of the refractive index of the surrounding medium. Our studies confirmed that the effect of changes in the refractive index of ... -
Elements of nanocrystal high-field carrier transport modeling
(Wiley, 2007)Embedded semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) within wide bandgap oxide materials are being considered for light emission and solar cell applications. One of the fundamental issues is the high-field transport in NCs. This ... -
Excitation resolved color conversion of CdSe/ZnS core/shell quantum dot solids for hybrid white light emitting diodes
(American Institute of Physics, 2009-04-28)In this paper, for their use as nanoluminophors on color-conversion white light emitting diodes (LEDs), we present spectrally resolved relative quantum efficiency and relative color (photon) conversion efficiency of CdSe/ZnS ... -
Fabrication of supramolecular n/p-nanowires via coassembly of oppositely charged peptide-chromophore systems in aqueous media
(American Chemical Society, 2017-07)Fabrication of supramolecular electroactive materials at the nanoscale with well-defined size, shape, composition, and organization in aqueous medium is a current challenge. Herein we report construction of supramolecular ... -
Facile Synthesis of Three-Dimensional Pt-TiO2Nano-networks: A Highly Active Catalyst for the Hydrolytic Dehydrogenation of Ammonia–Borane
(Wiley, 2016)Three‐dimensional (3D) porous metal and metal oxide nanostructures have received considerable interest because organization of inorganic materials into 3D nanomaterials holds extraordinary properties such as low density, ... -
Formation of Ge nanocrystals and SiGe in PECVD grown SiNx: Ge thin films
(Elsevier, 2006)Formation of Ge nanocrystals in SiNx matrices has been studied using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition in both as deposited samples as well as in post-vacuum annealed samples. Low temperature and short duration ... -
Glucose sensors based on electrospun nanofibers: a review
(Springer Verlag, 2016)The worldwide increase in the number of people suffering from diabetes has been the driving force for the development of glucose sensors. The recent past has devised various approaches to formulate glucose sensors using ... -
High optical efficiency of ZnO nanoparticles
(IEEE, 2007)We develop optically efficient photocatalytic ZnO nanoparticles that we chemically embed and well disperse into host PVAc thin films and experimentally demonstrate the highest optical efficiency of ∼70% in ZnO nanoparticle ... -
Kilometer-long ordered nanophotonic devices by preform-to-fiber fabrication
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2006)A preform-to-flber approach to the fabrication of functional fiber-based devices by thermal drawing in the viscous state is presented. A macroscopic preform rod containing metallic, semiconducting, and insulating constituents ... -
Linear measurements of nanomechanical phenomena using small-amplitude AFM
(Materials Research Society, 2004)Dynamic Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) is typically performed at amplitudes that are quite large compared to the measured interaction range. This complicates the data interpretation as measurements become highly non-linear. ... -
Magnetic and electric Aharonov-Bohm effects in nanostructures
(Elsevier BV, 1996)The paper reviews and extends the magnetic Aharonov-Bohm effect (persistent current, resistance oscillation) in normal-metal rings including spin-independent and spin-dependent hopping, Zeeman splitting, magnetic textures ...