Recent research has focussed on new materials made through "molecular engineering", and computational materials science through ab initio electron structure calculations. Another trend is the ever growing interdisciplinary aspect of both basic and applied materials science. There is an obvious need for re...
Reversible control over the distribution of chemical inhomogeneities in multiferroic BiFeO3 Polar ordering in materials enables fascinating properties; however, achieving beyond binary responses remains a challenge. Here, the authors demonstrate control on the polar-to antipolar transition and multiple...
Engineering transverse cell deformation of bamboo by controlling localized moisture content Bamboo’s native structure, defined by the vertical growth pattern of its vascular bundles and parenchyma cell tissue, limits its application in advanced engineering materials. Here the authors show a method that ...
Gathered here are those chemical properties which are not covered under the general headings of phase equilibria and crystal structure. The chemical properties of a feldspar can be considered from many viewpoints: thus a crystal chemist emphasizes the ch
Since the 1970’s, Ge has been an important material used in infrared optics, optoelectronics, and microelectronics. [1] Single-crystalline high-purity germanium (HPGe) is one of the most efficient materials for radiation detection such as gamma-rays and X-rays. [2] Owing to the possibility ...
MOF-5 is by far the most relevant member of the new class of metal–organic framework materials and has been adopted as a case study to show that reliableab initioprediction of materials properties of complex systems can be obtained by means of a solid state computational tool like the CRYSTA...
Chapter 17. Ab-Initio Calculations of Materials Properties Ab-Initio Calculations of Materials Properties RLE Group ab-initio Physics Group Academic and Research Staff Professor John D. Joannopoulos Professor Marin Soljacic Graduate Students K.C. Huang Matthew Evans Postdoctoral Fellows Evan Reed Technica...
CQDs have attracted a lot of attention as candidate materials for biosensing and cellular imaging. There are many preparation methods, which can be divided into two preparation methods according to the relationship between carbon source and product: “top-down” and “bottom-up"(Fig. 2). Purifica...
On the basis of above description, in this work,the series of guar gum-g-poly(sodium acrylate)/rectorite(GG-g-PNaA/REC) superab-sorbent nanocomposites were prepared by using GG( acidi)ed or organi,ed REC as raw materials.The structure and morphology of nanocomposites were characterized by Fo...
With this approach, this paper maximizes the use of experimentally derived laboratory data that are usually inhibited by realistic geological information. 2. Materials and methods 2.1. Materials 2.1.1. Study area and sample description Rock core plugs were taken for analysis from the Bombay offshore...