Graphyne, a two-dimensional carbon allotrope like graphene but containing doubly and triply bonded carbon atoms, has been proven to possess amazing electronic properties as graphene. Although the electronic, optical, and mechanical properties of graphyne and graphyne nanoribbons (NRs) have been previously studied, their electron transport behaviors have not been understood. Here we report a com...

With the increasing need for molecular reactions with small liquid volume in biomedical and chemical analyses, miniature mixers have captured considerable attention. Due to the nature of laminar flow in a millimeter-size and blow flow channel, mixing, or the molecular mass transfer in miniature mixers is usually dominated by molecular diffusion. The long diffusion time and mixing distance make ...

T cells navigate complex microenvironments to initiate and modulate antigen-specific immune responses. While recent intravital microscopy study revealed that migration of T cells were guided by various tissue microstructures containing unique nanoscale topographical structures, the effects of complex nanotopographical structures on the migration of T cells have not been systematically studied. ...

With the increasing need for molecular reactions with small liquid volume in biomedical and chemical analyses, miniature mixers have captured considerable attention. Due to the nature of laminar flow in a millimeter-size and blow flow channel, mixing, or the molecular mass transfer in miniature mixers is usually dominated by molecular diffusion. The long diffusion time and mixing distance make ...

Geometrical structure, nuclear magnetic resonance (N1,1It) chemical shielding tensors, and chemical shiftsof silicon and carbon nucler are investigated for twn infinite size zigzag and armchair single-walled siliconcarbide nanotabes (SiCNTs). Geometrical structures of SieNTs, Sit bonds and bond angles of St and Cvertices in both zigzag and armchair nanotubes, Indicate that bond lengths are appr...

We investigate the band-gap modiication by collapsing deformation in C, BN, and BC3 nanotubes through rst-principles pseudopotential calculations. Semiconductor-metal transitions occur when zigzag C and armchair BC3 nanotubes undergo collapsing deformation, while in zigzag BN tubes, a variation of band gaps from 5 to 2 eV is found. On the other hand, the band gaps of armchair BN and zigzag BC3 ...

Quasi-one-dimensional electroactive materials with zigzag shape are fabricated by supramolecular self-assembly of a tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) derivative and metal ions under mild conditions. This is the first time that self-assembled organic conductors with zigzag shape are reported.

Figure 1: Example of a nanographite plan with rectangular shape. The boundaries have two different kinds of edges: the armchair and the zigzag edges. The wave functions of the edge states are preferentially localized on the zigzag edges

The reaction mechanism between (H2C) and (7, 0), zigzag single-walled carbon nanotubes(ZSWCNTs) on two different orientation of C-C have been studied by semi empirical AM!method. The activation barriers of (H2C) adding to (7, 0) ZSWCNT are computed and compared.The effects of diameters of zigzag SWCNT on their binding energies were studied