We investigated the characteristics of carrier transport and crystallographic orientation distribution in 500-nm-thick Al-doped ZnO (AZO) polycrystalline films to achieve high-Hall-mobility AZO films. The AZO films were deposited on glass substrates at 200 °C by direct-current, radio-frequency, or radio-frequency-superimposed direct-current magnetron sputtering at various power ratios. We used ...

Flake-like Al-doped ZnO (AZO) nanostructures including dense AZO nanorods were obtained via a low-temperature (100°C) hydrothermal process. By doping and varying Al concentrations, the electrical conductivity (σ) and morphology of the AZO nanostructures can be readily controlled. The effect of σ and morphology of the AZO nanostructures on the performance of the inverted organic solar cells (IOS...

This paper reports an efficient preparation of bridged bis-β-CD AZO-CDim 1 bearing azobenzene as a linker and exhibiting high solubility in water. The photoisomerization properties were studied by UV-vis and HPLC and supported by ab initio calculations. The cis/trans ratio of AZO-CDim 1 is 7:93 without irradiation and 37:63 after 120 min of irradiation at 365 nm; the reaction is reversible afte...

In this study, absorption spectra of sixteen azo dyes have been recorded in various solvents. These azo dyes have substituents such as OH, SO3H, Cl, I, NO2, C2H5 and OCH3 in different positions of phenyl ring. There is a shift in λmax whose amount is dependent upon the type and position of substituent on the ring. The effects of substituent on the absorption spectra of azo dyes are interpreted ...

Hyperbranched poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)s (HBPNIPAMs) end-capped with different azobenzene chromophores (HBPNIPAM-Azo-OC3H7, HBPNIPAM-Azo-OCH3, HBPNIPAM-Azo, and HBPNIPAM-Azo-COOH) were successfully synthesized by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of N-isopropylacrylamide using different azobenzene-functional initiators. All HBPNIPAMs showed a similar highly branched structure, simil...

CoO/Al-doped ZnO (AZO) multilayers exhibit ferromagnetism up to ~300 K. The magnetic behavior oscillates with odd vs even number of Co layers in the insulating antiferromagnetic CoO and (separately) with the thickness of the AZO layers and vanishes if AZO is replaced by intrinsic ZnO. Magnetization is due to uncompensated (111) ferromagnetic planes of insulating CoO for odd numbers of atomic pl...

Polycaprolactone (PCL) nanofibers incorporating azo dye/γ-cyclodextrin inclusion complex (Azo/γ-CD-IC) were successfully produced. The characteristics of the Azo/γ-CD-IC and PCL/Azo/γ-CD-IC investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Based on SEM prepared nanofiber has a smooth surface with size diameter below 500 nm....

Twenty-two azo dyes were used to study the influence of substituents on azo dye biodegradability and to explore the possibility of enhancing the biodegradabilities of azo dyes without affecting their properties as dyes by changing their chemical structures. Streptomyces spp. and Phanerochaete chrysosporium were used in the study. None of the actinomycetes (Streptomyces rochei A10, Streptomyces ...

(1) Proteolytic digests of tissue elastin contain material which reacts with dimethylaminobenzaldehyde in acid solution (Ehrlich's reagent) to give a cherry-pink colour. This Ehrlich chromogen(s) [EC(s)] is similar to but not identical with EC(s) previously demonstrated in tissue collagens [Scott, Hughes & Shuttleworth (1979) Biosci. Rep. 1, 611-618]. Both ECs react with diazonium salts in acid...