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EFFECT OF SURFACTANT AND SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE ON THE GROWTH OF Ag FILMS ON A SAPPHIRE SURFACE
1997
The possibility of modification of the thin film growth on an insulating (sapphire) substrate by using a Ga monolayer as a "surfactant" was studied. We found that the films grown in this way are electrically conducting and can emit photoelectrons at much lower thickness than those deposited on a pure substrate. The surfactant stabilizes the positions of Ag atoms on the substrate surface and inhibits the coalescence of small nuclei into bigger islands, even when the film is annealed to 450 K. This fact may be very important for thin metal film technology.
Effect of kind and content of organo-modified clay on properties of PET nanocomposites
2011
In this work we report the properties of nanocomposite based on PET with two different samples of organically modified montmorillonites. In particular, we studied the effect of the filler concentration on morphology, rheology, and mechanical performance, focusing our attention on the effect of the degradation phenomena of the clay modifiers. The results indicate that at low clay level the morphology achieved is mainly intercalated. On increasing the filler level, coalescence and/or bad defragmentation phenomena induce a coarser morphology, as confirmed by XRD, SEM, and TEM observations. When a more polar organic modifier is used to modify the clay, the particle adhesion and distribution is …
The Coble Quadric
2023
Given a smooth genus three curve $C$, the moduli space of rank two stable vector bundles on C with trivial determinant embeds in $\mathbb{P}^8$ as a hypersurface whose singular locus is the Kummer threefold of $C$; this hypersurface is the Coble quartic. Gruson, Sam and Weyman realized that this quartic could be constructed from a general skew-symmetric fourform in eight variables. Using the lines contained in the quartic, we prove that a similar construction allows to recover SU$_C(2, L)$, the moduli space of rank two stable vector bundles on C with fixed determinant of odd degree L, as a subvariety of $G(2, 8)$. In fact, each point $p \in C$ defines a natural embedding of SU$_C(2, \mathca…
Unveiling anion-induced folding in tripodal imidazolium receptors by ion-mobility mass spectrometry.
2021
The anion-induced folding of tripodal imidazolium receptors has been investigated by NMR spectroscopy, electrospray ionization ion mobility mass spectrometry and DFT calculations. Such folding can be switched by anion release upon collision induced dissociation.
Light scattering - diagnostic methods for colloidal dispersions
1993
Abstract The increasing demand from the colloid research community for quick and noninvasive experimental techniques as well as the rapid progress of modern optics and electronics have led to a considerable expansion in the field of light scattering. This review introduces the basic concepts with some emphasis on novel approaches like the study of interacting particle systems, multiple scattering techniques, and non ergodic samples. Particular attention is then devoted to recent experimental progress towards more compact and rugged instruments.
Evidence of Spatially Inhomogeneous Electron Temperature in a Resonantly Excited Array of Bow-Tie Nanoantennas
2019
We studied the excitation of large-area Au bow-tie nanoantenna arrays, which we have fabricated on indium-tin-oxide (ITO)-coated glass substrates using colloidal lithography with nanoscale polystyr...
Area-minimizing cones in the Heisenberg group H
2021
We present a characterization of minimal cones of class \(C^2\) and \(C^1\) in the first Heisenberg group \(\mathbf{H}\), with an additional set of examples of minimal cones that are not of class \(C^1\).
XPL the Extensible Presentation Language
2009
The last decade has witnessed a growing interest in the development of web interfaces enabling both multiple ways to access contents and, at the same time, fruition by multiple modalities of interaction (point-and-click, contents reading, voice commands, gestures, etc.). In this paper we describe a framework aimed at streamlining the design process of multi-channel, multimodal interfaces enabling full reuse of software components. This framework is called the eXtensible Presentation architecture and Language (XPL), a presentation language based on design pattern paradigm that keeps separated the presentation layer from the underlying programming logic. The language supplies a methodology to…
Do happy faces really modulate liking for Jackson Pollock art and statistical fractal noise images?
2017
Flexas et al. (2013) demonstrated that happy faces increase preference for abstract art if seen in short succession. We could not replicate their findings. In our first experiment, we tested whether valence, saliency or arousal of facial primes can modulate liking of Jackson Pollock art crops. In the second experiment, the emphasis was on testing another type of abstract visual stimuli which possess similar low-level image features: statistical fractal noise images. Pollock crops were rated significantly higher when primed with happy faces in contrast to neutral faces, but not differently to the no-prime condition. Findings of our study suggest that affective priming with happy faces may be…
Dye-Labeled Poly(organosiloxane) Microgels with Core−Shell Architecture
1999
Poly(organosiloxane) microgels are highly cross-linked rather monodisperse spherical particles of radius about 10 nm. Using a functionalized silane comonomer, i.e., (chlorobenzyl)trimethoxysilane, model particles suitable for studies in colloid physics are available: photoreactive and fluorescent dyes can be covalently bound within the microgels to prepare tracers for diffusion studies using forced Rayleigh scattering (FRS) and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS). For the application as tracer particles, it is important not to influence the diffusion behavior by the coupled chromophores. Therefore, functionalized precursors with a core−shell architecture are used to minimize labeli…