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Open AccessLocalization of Short-Chain Polyphosphate Enhances its Ability to Clot Flowing Blood Plasma
Short-chain polyphosphate (polyP) is released from platelets upon platelet activation, but it is not clear if it contributes to thrombosis. PolyP has increased propensity to clot blood with increased polymer l...
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Open AccessDiscovery of abnormal lithium-storage sites in molybdenum dioxide electrodes
Develo** electrode materials with high-energy densities is important for the development of lithium-ion batteries. Here, we demonstrate a mesoporous molybdenum dioxide material with abnormal lithium-storage ...
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Open AccessDesign of aqueous redox-enhanced electrochemical capacitors with high specific energies and slow self-discharge
Electrochemical double-layer capacitors exhibit high power and long cycle life but have low specific energy compared with batteries, limiting applications. Redox-enhanced capacitors increase specific energy by...
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In situ generated thrombin in the protein corona of zeolites: Relevance of the functional proteins to its biological impact
Adsorption of plasma proteins to nanomaterial surfaces has a great influence on their bio-functionality. However, there is limited understanding of the relationship between the functional proteins in the prote...
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Assessing interactions of hydrophilic nanoscale TiO2 with soil water
The implications of manufactured nanoscale materials (MNMs) in unsaturated soil are mostly unknown. Owing to its widespread use, nanoscale (n) TiO2 is expected to enter soils where its accumulation could impact s...
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An autonomous photosynthetic device in which all charge carriers derive from surface plasmons
Solar conversion to electricity or to fuels based on electron–hole pair production in semiconductors is a highly evolved scientific and commercial enterprise1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. Recently, it has been posited tha...
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The Facile Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Semiconductor Quantum Dots
Current synthetic techniques to high-quality quantum dots (“QD’s”) involve organometallic precursors that are hazardous and expensive and require they be rapidly injected into an extremely hot solvent to form ...
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Mesostructured Thin Film Oxides
The chapter on “Mesostructured Thin Film Oxides” addressed three main topics. The first is a brief introduction to mesostructured materials, focusing on mesostructure assembly and general synthesis and process...
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Tunable electronic interfaces between bulk semiconductors and ligand-stabilized nanoparticle assemblies
Interfaces between nanoscale and bulk electroactive materials are important for the design of electronic devices using solution-processed nanoparticles. We report that thin films of hexanethiolate-capped gold ...
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Tailoring Magnetic Microspheres with Controlled Porosity
The synthesis of organic and inorganic nano- and microspheres has attracted much interest for a variety of applications ranging from drug delivery to chemical storage and catalysis. We recently demonstrated th...
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Host-guest composites for induced hemostasis and therapeutic healing in traumatic injuries
Introduction: The United States military currently outfits our soldiers with a zeolite-based hemostatic agent (HA) that is applied directly onto a traumatic wound to induce hemostasis and...
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Imaging Escherichia coli using functionalized core/shell CdSe/CdS quantum dots
The internalization of a series of water-soluble CdSe/CdS quantum dots (QDs) stabilized by citrate, isocitrate, succinate, and malate by Escherichia coli is established by epifluorescence and confocal fluorescenc...
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The Jaws of Nereis: Microstructure and Mechanical Properties
The jaws of the marine worm Nereis sp. are made of protein fibers and are reinforced by zinc. Here we study a transverse section through the jaw using optical microscopy and nanoindentation. Optical microscopy im...
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Sacrificial bonds and hidden length dissipate energy as mineralized fibrils separate during bone fracture
Properties of the organic matrix of bone1 as well as its function in the microstructure2 could be the key to the remarkable mechanical properties of bone3. Previously, it was found that on the molecular level, ca...
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Synthesis of Au nanoclusters supported upon a TiO2 nanotube array
Gold nanoclusters were successfully deposited in the interior of TiO2 nanotubes fabricated as ordered arrays. This approach is a useful fabrication platform for miniature planar fuel cells, gas sensors, and heter...
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Self-Assembling Microspheres from Charged Functional Polyelectrolytes and Small-Molecule Counterions
Micrometer-sized spheres have been found to assemble from homopolymer electrolytes and small, multivalent counterions in water. In contrast to previous efforts, these vesicles do not use preformed templates, d...
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Composite mesostructures by nano-confinement
In a physically confined environment, interfacial interactions, symmetry breaking, structural frustration and confinement-induced entropy loss can play dominant roles in determining molecular organization. Her...
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Assembly of CdSe/CdS Quantum Dots on Au Surfaces for Photoreception
CdSe/CdS core/shell quantum dots have been synthesized and assembled onto prefunctionalized gold surfaces by either hydrogen bonding or covalent bonds through different functional groups. Control of the condit...
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Magnetic Structure and Thermal Expansion of Eu4Ga8Ge16
The orthorhombic clathrate compound Eu4Ga8Ge16 orders antiferromagnetically at about 8 K. The magnetic structure is established by neutron powder diffraction while the thermal expansion and atomic displacement pa...
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Self-adjusted synthesis of ordered stable mesoporous minerals by acid–base pairs
Although the chemical diversity of ordered composite mesoporous materials has been expanding during the past decade1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13, progress has been limited by the need for a general synthetic appr...
