Influence of the Molecular Ordering on the Wetting ofSiO2/Air Interfaces by Alkanes

1997 ◽  
Vol 79 (23) ◽  
pp. 4625-4628 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Merkl ◽  
T. Pfohl ◽  
H. Riegler
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Ordering ◽  
Air Interfaces

MOLECULAR ORDERING VERSUS ELECTRONIC INSTABILITIES A ROUTE TO CHAOS ?

1983 ◽  
Vol 44 (C3) ◽  
pp. C3-1007-C3-1010 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Carneiro ◽  
A. E. Underhill
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Ordering ◽  
Route To Chaos

Enabling Things To Talk in Heterogeneous Self-Organizing Networks—An Exhaustive Critique For IOT

GIS Business ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 728-750
Author(s):  
Naeem Z Azeemi ◽  
Saira Khan ◽  
Sharmini Enoch ◽  
Riktesh Srivastava ◽  
Omar al Basheer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Networks ◽  
Adaptive Modulation ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Adaptive Modulation And Coding ◽  
Network Architectures ◽  
Multiple Antenna ◽  
Multiple Access Schemes ◽  
Natural Outcome ◽  
Air Interfaces ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The superstructure network in the Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging network targeted to enable an ecosystem of smart applications and services. It connectsphysical resources and peopletogether with software, hence contribute to sustainable growth, provided it combines and guarantees trustand security for people and businesses.  In this work we presented smart city viewpoint opt-in to the Firth Generation (5G) mobile networks. Both a framework and deployment are explored rigorously to assist and predicting robustness of IoT technologies and applications as a natural outcome of the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) in general and LTE in particular. These technologies are compared on the basis of Air Interfaces and their Specifications i.e. Adaptive Modulation and Coding, Multiple Access Schemes and Multiple Antenna Techniques along with the evolution and comparison of the Network Architectures.

scholarly journals A pH-Responsive Foam Formulated with PAA/Gemini 12-2-12 Complexes

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Hernán Martinelli ◽  
Claudia Domínguez ◽  
Marcos Fernández Leyes ◽  
Sergio Moya ◽  
Hernán Ritacco
Keyword(s):  
Surface Tension ◽  
Dynamic Surface Tension ◽  
Foam Formation ◽  
Ph Responsive ◽  
Dynamic Surface ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Equilibrium Surface Tension ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Air Interfaces

In the search for responsive complexes with potential applications in the formulation of smart dispersed systems such as foams, we hypothesized that a pH-responsive system could be formulated with polyacrylic acid (PAA) mixed with a cationic surfactant, Gemini 12-2-12 (G12). We studied PAA-G12 complexes at liquid–air interfaces by equilibrium and dynamic surface tension, surface rheology, and X-ray reflectometry (XRR). We found that complexes adsorb at the interfaces synergistically, lowering the equilibrium surface tension at surfactant concentrations well below the critical micelle concentration (cmc) of the surfactant. We studied the stability of foams formulated with the complexes as a function of pH. The foams respond reversibly to pH changes: at pH 3.5, they are very stable; at pH > 6, the complexes do not form foams at all. The data presented here demonstrate that foam formation and its pH responsiveness are due to interfacial dynamics.

scholarly journals Excess electron relaxation dynamics at water/air interfaces

2007 ◽  
Vol 126 (23) ◽  
pp. 234707 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ádám Madarász ◽  
Peter J. Rossky ◽  
László Turi
Keyword(s):  
Excess Electron ◽  
Relaxation Dynamics ◽  
Electron Relaxation ◽  
Air Interfaces

scholarly journals Plasmonic semiconductor nanogroove array enhanced broad spectral band millimetre and terahertz wave detection

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinchao Tong ◽  
Fei Suo ◽  
Tianning Zhang ◽  
Zhiming Huang ◽  
Junhao Chu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Plasmon ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Spectral Band ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Terahertz Wave ◽  
Semiconductor Surface ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Low Sensitivity ◽  
Air Interfaces

AbstractHigh-performance uncooled millimetre and terahertz wave detectors are required as a building block for a wide range of applications. The state-of-the-art technologies, however, are plagued by low sensitivity, narrow spectral bandwidth, and complicated architecture. Here, we report semiconductor surface plasmon enhanced high-performance broadband millimetre and terahertz wave detectors which are based on nanogroove InSb array epitaxially grown on GaAs substrate for room temperature operation. By making a nanogroove array in the grown InSb layer, strong millimetre and terahertz wave surface plasmon polaritons can be generated at the InSb–air interfaces, which results in significant improvement in detecting performance. A noise equivalent power (NEP) of 2.2 × 10−14 W Hz−1/2 or a detectivity (D*) of 2.7 × 1012 cm Hz1/2 W−1 at 1.75 mm (0.171 THz) is achieved at room temperature. By lowering the temperature to the thermoelectric cooling available 200 K, the corresponding NEP and D* of the nanogroove device can be improved to 3.8 × 10−15 W Hz−1/2 and 1.6 × 1013 cm Hz1/2 W−1, respectively. In addition, such a single device can perform broad spectral band detection from 0.9 mm (0.330 THz) to 9.4 mm (0.032 THz). Fast responses of 3.5 µs and 780 ns are achieved at room temperature and 200 K, respectively. Such high-performance millimetre and terahertz wave photodetectors are useful for wide applications such as high capacity communications, walk-through security, biological diagnosis, spectroscopy, and remote sensing. In addition, the integration of plasmonic semiconductor nanostructures paves a way for realizing high performance and multifunctional long-wavelength optoelectrical devices.

scholarly journals Electrochemical and Spectroelectrochemical Studies on the Reactivity of Perimidine–Carbazole–Thiophene Monomers towards the Formation of Multidimensional Macromolecules versus Stable π-Dimeric States

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 2167
Author(s):  
Malgorzata Czichy ◽  
Patryk Janasik ◽  
Pawel Wagner ◽  
David L. Officer ◽  
Mieczyslaw Lapkowski
Keyword(s):  
Conjugated Polymer ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Radical Cations ◽  
Covalent Bonding ◽  
Oxidation States ◽  
Solid Product ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Subsequent Oxidation ◽  
Molecular Ordering ◽  
Significant Difference

During research on cross-linked conducting polymers, double-functionalized monomers were synthesized. Two subunits potentially able to undergo oxidative coupling were used—perimidine and, respectively, carbazole, 3,6-di(hexylthiophene)carbazole or 3,6-di(decyloxythiophene)carbazole; alkyl and alkoxy chains as groups supporting molecular ordering and 14H-benzo[4,5]isoquinone[2,1-a]perimidin-14-one segment promoting CH⋯O interactions and π–π stacking. Electrochemical, spectroelectrochemical, and density functional theory (DFT) studies have shown that potential-controlled oxidation enables polarization of a specific monomer subunit, thus allowing for simultaneous coupling via perimidine and/or carbazole, but mainly leading to dimer formation. The reason for this was the considerable stability of the dicationic and tetracationic π-dimers over covalent bonding. In the case of perimidine-3,6-di(hexylthiophene)carbazole, the polymer was not obtained due to the steric hindrance of the alkyl substituents preventing the coupling of the monomer radical cations. The only linear π-conjugated polymer was obtained through di(decyloxythiophene)carbazole segment from perimidine-di(decyloxythiophene)-carbazole precursor. Due to the significant difference in potentials between subsequent oxidation states of monomer, it was impossible to polarize the entire molecule, so that both directions of coupling could be equally favored. Subsequent oxidation of this polymer to polarize the side perimidine groups did not allow further crosslinking, because rather the π–π interactions between these perimidine segments dominate in the solid product.

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