A nanostructured electromagnetic polyaniline-polyhydroxy iron-clay composite (PPIC) was prepared by oxidative radical emulsion polymerization of aniline in the presence of polyhydroxy iron cation (PIC) intercalated clays. ...

An all aqueous sol gel route has been demonstrated for the synthesis of titania multifunctional ultrafiltration membrane on porous alumina substrate. Doping with lanthana was used to increase the thermal stability of anatase ...

Mesoporous ZrO(2) with a tetragonal (t) nanocrystalline framework was synthesized using zirconium propoxide as the zirconium precursor and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide as pore-directing agent and subsequent calcination ...

The creation of stimuli-responsive materials offers considerable challenges in the area of material science. The use of light as all external stimulus has particular advantages because it can bring about rapid transformations ...

Raw starch is the most abundant source of glucose in the world. Therefore, finding enzymes capable of digesting raw starch would find high industrial demand. The alpha-amylase gene of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens ATCC 23842 ...

Light induced isothermal phase transition leading from smectic A* phase to a stable blue phase was achieved via photoisomerization of a chiral diphenylbutadiene based mesogen.

Synthesis and characterization of gold-nanoparticle-cored dendrimers (NCDs), in which the dendrons are attached to the gold core through gold carbon bonds, are described. Synthesis of these materials involved the simultaneous ...

Topographical analysis of the molecular electrostatic potential (MESP) has been carried out for a variety of N-heterocyclic carbenes at the B3LYP, BP86, and M05 levels of density functional theory (DFT) using a 6-311++G** ...

Calf thymus DNA exhibited a regular network-like structure on mica and copper surfaces, respectively, under atomic force (AFM) and scanning electron (SEM) microscopic techniques while oily streak cholesteric birefringent ...

The microstructure and electrical properties of the rare-earth Lu doped (Bi, Pb)-2212 superconductor have been investigated. The Lu concentration is varied from x = 0.000 to 0.150 in a general stoichiometry of Bi1.6Pb0.5 ...