Polymer-based circularly polarized luminescence(CPL)materials with the advantage of diversified structure,easy fabrication,high thermal stability,and tunable properties have garnered considerable ***,adequate and prec...
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Polymer-based circularly polarized luminescence(CPL)materials with the advantage of diversified structure,easy fabrication,high thermal stability,and tunable properties have garnered considerable ***,adequate and precise tuning over CPL in polymer-based materials remains challenging due to the difficulty in regulating chiral ***,visualized full-color CPL is achieved by doping red,green,and blue quantum dots(QDs)into reconfigurable blue phase liquid crystal elastomers(BPLCEs).In contrast to the CPL signal observed in cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers(CLCEs),the chiral 3D cubic superstructure of BPLCEs induces an opposite CPL ***,this effect is entirely independent of photonic bandgaps(PBGs)and results in a high glum value,even without matching between PBGs and the emission bands of ***,the lattice structure of the BPLCEs can be reversibly switched via mechanical stretching force,inducing on-off switching of the CPL signals,and these variations can be further fixed using dynamic disulfide bonds in the ***,the smart polymer-based CPL systems using the BPLCEs for anti-counterfeiting and information encryption have been demonstrated,suggesting the great potential of the BPLCEs-based CPL active materials.
The intensity of red Cr3+ photoluminescence (PL) in monoclinic gallium oxide (β−Ga2O3) is suppressed by n-type conductivity, an effect that has been attributed to a Cr deep acceptor level in the bandgap. In n-type ma...
The intensity of red Cr3+ photoluminescence (PL) in monoclinic gallium oxide (β−Ga2O3) is suppressed by n-type conductivity, an effect that has been attributed to a Cr deep acceptor level in the bandgap. In n-type material, such an acceptor level would be occupied, resulting in the Cr2+ oxidation state and the absence of Cr3+ PL. To test this model, n-type β−Ga2O3 crystals co-doped with Cr and Zr (a donor) were grown from the melt. The samples show Cr3+ optical absorption bands and a high free-electron concentration of 4×1018cm−3. If Cr were an acceptor, then it would be fully compensated and therefore would not exhibit the Cr3+ optical signature. Hybrid functional calculations indicate that Cr occupies the substitutional octahedral Ga(II) site and that the Cr2+ state is energetically unfavorable, i.e., Cr is not an acceptor. Weak Cr3+ PL was observed in the Cr/Zr co-doped samples. The quenching of PL may be caused by a transfer of energy to free electrons, a nonradiative process that would reduce the emission intensity.
We report the discovery of a hierarchically structured skin layer formed at the surface of an isotropic gel of filamentous actin bundles at high molar ratios of α-actinin, an actin cross-linker, to globular actin. Co...
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We report the discovery of a hierarchically structured skin layer formed at the surface of an isotropic gel of filamentous actin bundles at high molar ratios of α-actinin, an actin cross-linker, to globular actin. Confocal microscopy has elucidated the full, micron scale 3D structure. The protein skin layer, composed of a directed network of bundles, exhibits flat, crumpled, tubelike and pleated multitubular morphologies, resulting from stresses due to the underlying gel. The skin layer, which readily detaches, constitutes a model anisotropic solid membrane with stress-induced, quenched disorder.
Directional solidification studies have been conducted using Pb-Bi peritectic alloys over a wide range of compositions, temperature gradients, and growth velocities to characterize the primary α- to primary β-phase ...
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Directional solidification studies have been conducted using Pb-Bi peritectic alloys over a wide range of compositions, temperature gradients, and growth velocities to characterize the primary α- to primary β-phase transitions, which have been observed at both very low and very high velocities. The critical conditions for these transitions correspond to the simultaneous growth of the α and β phases at or close to a single isotherm. The low velocity transition occurs under very specific conditions of composition, temperature gradient, and growth velocity. Since the transition conditions are composition dependent, they change continuously under terrestrial conditions where rejected solute is convectively mixed into the liquid. Detailed experimental studies have been carried out to examine the phase selection in the immediate vicinity of the critical velocity for the α to β transition, and the effect of convection on this transition is examined experimentally in the Pb-Bi system. The dynamic condition, at which both phases are present at the same isotherm, was shown to depend not only on velocities, temperature gradients, and bulk (nominal) alloy compositions, but also on the volume fractions of solid. A quantitative expression for the α- to β-phase transition condition was obtained by using the boundary layer model of fluid flow, which showed good agreement with the experimental results. It is shown that the transition occurs at the volume fraction where the bulk composition reaches the critical composition value predicted by the diffusive model. The modification in the microstructure map for the trailing planar or nonplanar β phase is discussed.
AlMgB14 based composites have many potential applications in industry, but better understanding of the mechanisms responsible for high hardness and wear resistance is required for the implementation of this technology...
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AlMgB14 based composites have many potential applications in industry, but better understanding of the mechanisms responsible for high hardness and wear resistance is required for the implementation of this technology. This study was performed to determine if the results of electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) could be correlated with the observed variations in local hardness and toughness. The relationship between microstructure and hardness in AlMgB14 was investigated to improve the processing of this ultra-hard ceramic and its related composites. High-energy milling and subsequent hot-pressing of the powders produced dense composites with high hardness, but inconsistencies in powder processing and microstructure have led to variations in hardness. The morphology of the microstructure and distribution of O and Fe containing impurities were compared to the local hardness.
Significant improvement on the hydrophobicity of the Carbon Fiber Paper (CFP) Gas Diffusion Barrier Layer used in PEM Fuel Cell was achieved using DC Hollow Cathode Plasma Technique. Influence of the plasma processing...
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Significant improvement on the hydrophobicity of the Carbon Fiber Paper (CFP) Gas Diffusion Barrier Layer used in PEM Fuel Cell was achieved using DC Hollow Cathode Plasma Technique. Influence of the plasma processing conditions such as H2 and CH4/H2 gas mixture, gas flow rates, processing time, and discharge current were identified. To quantify the hydrophobicity, water contact angle (θw) measurements via sessile drop method were conducted. As-received untreated CFP and vacuum treated CFP formed no contact angle and both exhibited θw =0. After H2 plasma treatment at 50 sccm and 26 mA discharge, the CFP yield θw= 108.45°. At 50 sccm H2 flow rate and varying CH4 flow rate (5 sccm-20 sccm), measured θw values range from 107.71° to 137.25°. SEM images revealed etching of the CFP surface for the H2 treated samples. Partial etching and deposition effects were observed upon addition of CH4. This was attributed to the polymerization of hydrocarbon compounds accompanied by ion etching. AFM analysis revealed a significant difference between the surface rms roughness of the etched surfaces obtained with H2 only and CH4/H2 plasma. Using Micro-Raman Spectroscopy, intensity, position and FWHM of the D band peak at 1350 cm-1 and G band peak at 1585 cm-1 of the untreated CFP were compared against the plasma processed CFP substrates.
The Supercritical Water-cooled Reactor (SCWR) and Lead-cooled Fast Reactor (LFR) are among the six reactor concepts identified by the Generation IV initiative for the next generation nuclear reactors. materials degrad...
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We are in the process of developing a new laser annealing method referred to as Spot-Beam Crystallization (SBC). The SBC method, which is potentially well suited for manufacturing advanced ultra-high-resolution AMOLED...
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We have investigated the solidified microstructure of nucleation-generated grains obtained via complete melting of Si films on SiO2 at high nucleation temperatures. This was achieved using a high-temperature-capable h...
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We follow the spectral evolution and vibrational dynamics as an initially generated exciton in a quasi-one-dimensional charge density wave system localizes and then undergoes charge transfer to form a soliton/antisoli...
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