Coumarin C343 (C(16)H(15)NO(4)), a dye used to enhance the weak chemiluminescence associated with lipid peroxidation, was conjugated to silica nanoparticles and entrapped in a sol-gel matrix to produce a nanosensor capable of enhancing low-level chemiluminescence by approximately 100%.

The paper investigates the issue of promising ways to predict durability polymer composites under extreme conditions. A study possibility predicting material, based on information obtained in first years operation. Based themodern provisions molecular kinetic theory (MKT), ofmatching defining parameters ofmathematical models calculated because solving forecasting problems within framework formu...

Using nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulation, we have studied the response of a C100 model polymer melt to a step change from equilibrium to a constant, high shear rate flow. The transient shear stress of the model polymer melt exhibits pronounced overshoot at the strain value predicted by the reptation model, in striking similarity to melts of longer, entangled polymer governed by reptat...

We present molecular dynamics simulations of a simple model for polymer melts with intramolecular barriers. We investigate structural relaxation as a function of the barrier strength. Dynamic correlators can be consistently analyzed within the framework of the mode coupling theory of the glass transition. Control parameters are tuned in order to induce a competition between general packing effe...

Nanotechnology not only opens up the realm of nanoelectronics and nanophotonics, but also upgrades organic thin-film electronics and optoelectronics. In this review, we introduce polymer semiconductors and plastic electronics briefly, followed by various top-down and bottom-up nano approaches to organic electronics. Subsequently, we highlight the progress in polyfluorene-based nanoparticles and...

A series of CoIII carboxylate based upon N,N,O,O-tetradentate Schiff base ligand framework have been prepared. X-ray diffraction analysis confirms that these Schiff base CoIII carboxylate are all monomeric species with a six-coordinated central Co in their solid structures. The activities and polycarbonate selectivity of these complexes toward the copolymerization of epoxide (cyclohexene oxide ...

The heptazine-based polymer melon (also known as graphitic carbon nitride, g-C3N4) is a promising photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution. Nonetheless, attempts to improve its inherently low activity are rarely based on rational approaches because of a lack of fundamental understanding of its mechanistic operation. Here we employ molecular heptazine-based model catalysts to identify the cyanamide ...

We report an individually addressable Ti∕GaAs metal-semiconductor hybrid optical nanosensor with positive photoresistance and a sensitivity that increases as the device dimensions shrink. The underlying physics relates to the crossover from ballistic to diffusive transport of the photoinduced carriers and the geometric enhancement of the effect associated with a Schottky-barrier-coupled paralle...

Morphological characteristics of electrospun PVA nanofibers were investigated in terms of polymer molecular weight was reported in this paper. The change in the morphology depending on the polymer concentration of electrospinning solution and the applied voltage were addressed. The fiber diameter increased with the increase in the molecular weight and polymer concentration and applied voltage a...