Browsing by Subject "Nanostructures"
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Amyloid-like self-assembly of a dodecapeptide sequence from the adenovirus fiber shaft: Perspectives from molecular dynamics simulations
(2011)Peptide and protein self-assembly is related to the fundamental problems of protein folding and misfolding and has potential applications in medicine, materials science and nanotechnology. Sequence repeats from self-assembling ...
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Amyloid-like self-assembly of peptide sequences from the adenovirus fiber shaft: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations
(2009)The self-assembly of peptides and proteins into nanostructures is related to the fundamental problems of protein folding and misfolding and has potential applications in medicine, materials science and nanotechnology. ...
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Combination of theoretical and experimental approaches for the design and study of fibril-forming peptides
(2014)Self-assembling peptides that can form supramolecular structures such as fibrils, ribbons, and nanotubes are of particular interest to modern bionanotechnology and materials science. Their ability to form biocompatible ...
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Current transport in semiconductor nanowires with built-in barriers based on a 1D transfer matrix calculation
(2008)A one dimensional (1D) transfer matrix calculation of current transport in semiconductor nanowires with built-in barriers is described within the effective mass approximation by taking into account (i) the quantum confinement ...
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Delivery of molecular and nanoscale medicine to tumors: Transport barriers and strategies
(2011)Tumors are similar to organs, with unique physiology giving rise to an unusual set of transport barriers to drug delivery. Cancer therapy is limited by nonuniform drug delivery via blood vessels, inhomogeneous drug transport ...
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Doctoral Thesis Open Access
Design of novel metal nanostructures for biological and biomedical applications
(Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Πολυτεχνική Σχολή / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Engineering, 2014-06)Τα μεταλλικά νανοσωματίδια βρίσκονται στο επίκεντρο έντονου ερευνητικού ενδιαφέροντος λόγω των μοναδικών οπτικών ιδιοτήτων τους. Μέχρι τώρα, διάφορα δημοσιεύματα έχουν καλύψει τη σύνθεση, τροποποίηση, και εφαρμογές των ...
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Direct observation of excitons in polymer/carbon nanotube composites at room temperature: The influence of nanotube concentration
(2008)In this work, we have employed spectroscopic ellipsometry technique to study the optical properties of polymer/carbon nanotube (CN) composites as a function of nanotube concentration. Using a two-layer structural model ...
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Conference Object
Fabrication and characterization of nanoscale heating sources ("nanoheaters") for nanomanufacturing
(Affiliation: Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, United StatesAffiliation: Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United StatesAffiliation: Dept. of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, CyprusAffiliation: Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, One University Ave., Lowell, MA 0185, United StatesAffiliation: Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, United StatesCorrespondence Address: Jogdand, H.Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, United States, 2008)Nanoheater systems based on the exothermic reaction between aluminum and nickel were developed. Multilayered and powder-based heterostructures were fabricated and characterized, before and after ignition experiments, for ...
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Doctoral Thesis Open Access
Formation of peptide nanostructures and molecular recognition of complement component protein C3 by compstatin: molecular dynamics studies
(Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2010-05)Οι προσομοιώσεις Μοριακής Δυναμικής (ΜΔ) παρέχουν την ικανότητα κατανόησης σε ατομικό επίπεδo της δομής, δυναμικής, λειτουργίας και αλληλεπιδράσεων των βιομορίων και αποτελούν ένα ισχυρό εργαλείο για τη διερεύνηση προβλημάτων ...
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Miniature thermal matches: From nanoheaters to reactive fractals
(2015)Fine thermal actuation by miniature heat sources enables applications from electronics fabrication to tumor cauterization. This paper introduces the concept of nanoheaters, i.e., reactive bimetallic material dots (0D), ...
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Molecular dynamic simulations of carbon nanotubes in CO2 atmosphere
(2008)This work investigates by means of molecular dynamics the filling of carbon nanotubes by carbon dioxide molecules. Nanotubes of various sizes are simulated and the resulting CO2 density calculated. The effects of various ...
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The nanostructure, wear and corrosion performance of arc-evaporated CrBxNy nanocomposite coatings
(2009)The composition, nanostructure, tribological and corrosion behaviour of reactive arc evaporated CrBxNy coatings have been studied and compared to CrN. The CrBxNy coatings were deposited on a commercial Oerlikon Balzers RCS ...
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Properties of the ubiquitous p-n junction in semiconductor nanowires
(2008)The properties of nanowires with built-in p-n junctions such as the energetic position of the one-dimensional sub-bands, charge distributions and band bending in equilibrium are determined by the self-consistent solution ...
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Self-assembly of an aspartate-rich sequence from the adenovirus fiber shaft: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations and experiments
(2014)The self-assembly of short peptides into fibrous nanostructures (such as fibrils and tubes) has recently become the subject of intense theoretical and experimental scrutiny, as such assemblies are promising candidates for ...
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Self-assembly of phenylalanine oligopeptides: Insights from experiments and simulations
(2009)Studies of peptide-based nanostructures provide general insights into biomolecular self-assembly and can lead material engineering toward technological applications. The diphenylalanine peptide (FF) self-assembles into ...
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Self-diffusivity, hydrogen bonding and density of different water models in carbon nanotubes
(2008)In this paper, the density, hydrogen bonding and self-diffusivity of water confined in carbon nanotubes are investigated. Molecular dynamics is used to simulate a large variety of nanotubes with various water models. Our ...
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Size-Selective Kinetics of Nanostructured Pt/GC Model Electrocatalysts for CO Stripping
(2016)We studied using dynamic Monte Carlo (DMC) models the size-selective kinetic characteristics of CO monolayer oxidation (CO stripping) on multiscale nanostructured Pt/GC model electrodes comprising nanodisks with diameters ...
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Spark ignitable ball milled powders of Al and Ni at NiAl composition
(2014)Low-energy ball milling of aluminum and nickel particles with an overall composition corresponding to the NiAl intermetallic phase was performed up to milling durations of 13 h. The milled powders and cold-compacted pellets ...
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Structural features of ball-milled nanostructured K2Bi 8Se13 thermoelectric material
(2011)In this work, K2Bi8Se13 material was ball-milled in order to develop nanostructures through the modification of structural features. Structural changes during ball-milling were followed by powder X-ray diffraction measurements, ...
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Structure and Magnetic Property Control of Copper Hydroxide Acetate by Non-Classical Crystallization
(2017)Copper hydroxide acetate (CHA), one layered hydroxide compound with tunable magnetism, attracts great interest because of its potential applications in memory devices. However, ferromagnetism for CHA is only demonstrated ...