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Space exploration provides unparalleled opportunities for unraveling the mysteries of our origins and exploring planetary systems beyond Earth. Long-distance space missions require successful protection agains...
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Anisotropic Liquid Crystal Networks from Reactive Mesogens
Anisotropic liquid crystal (LC) networks prepared from reactive mesogens (RMs) have numerous advantages in optoelectronic devices especially because of the excellent processability. To fabricate the robust thi...
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Anisotropic Liquid Crystal Networks from Reactive Mesogens
Anisotropic liquid crystal (LC) networks prepared from reactive mesogens (RMs) have numerous advantages in optoelectronic devices especially because of the excellent processability. To fabricate the robust thi...
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Utilizing sequential layer-by-layer (LBL) coating and subsequent photopolymerization, we developed circular-polarizing and free-standing mirrors with a broad reflection bandwidth. Photopolymerizable cholesteri...
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A multifunctional optical thin film (MOTF) is fabricated by coating the newly synthesized perylene-based reactive mesogen (PBRM) and stabilized by the subsequent photopolymerization. Based on the spectroscopic...
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We report improvement of terahertz (THz) wave radiation for Si-based catalyst-free InAs nanowires (NWs) by simple dip** into tap water (DTW). In addition, the possibility of using InAs NWs as a cost-effectiv...
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Open AccessHydrogen Generation using non-polar coaxial InGaN/GaN Multiple Quantum Well Structure Formed on Hollow n-GaN Nanowires
This article demonstrates for the first time to the best of our knowledge, the merits of InGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells (MQWs) grown on hollow n-GaN nanowires (NWs) as a plausible alternative for stable phot...
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For the advancement in multi-stimuli responsive optical devices, we report the elaborate molecular engineering of the dual photo-functionalized amphiphile (abbreviated as AZ1DA) containing both a photo-isomerizab...
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Long and short glass fibers (GF) were incorporated into the polyamide 6,6 (PA66)/polypropylene (PP) mixtures in order to enhance the thermomechanical properties. The effect of fiber length and processing proc...
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Epitaxially grown titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanofibers embedding single crystalline TiO2 nanowires (NWs) were successfully fabricated by electropinning poly(vinyl pyrrolidone)/ethanol solutions mixed with hydrother...
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Flexible mats of titania fibers are prepared by calcination of electrospun polyvinylpyrrolidone fibers containing titanium isopropoxide precursor. Structural investigation of the calcinated nanofibers by X-ray...
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This paper describes a new method for the dispersing and surface-functionalization of metal oxide magnetic nanoparticles (10 nm) with poly(allylamine) (PAA). In this approach, Fe3O4 nanoparticles, prepared with d...
