... Raman spectra of pure ZW and C-ZW nanorods. (b) Magnified Raman spectra showing D and G bands by
carbon coating in C-ZW nanorods. (By HW Shim et al.).
Figure 4 Representative TEM images of C-ZW nanorods.(a, ... onto the surface of each pure ZW (Fig-
ures 4b, c), without deposition of isolated carbon islands
by excess carbon pile-up. This resulted in the formation
of a...
... Research
Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and
Technology (R31-2008-000-10105-0). This work was supported by the
National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the ... details
1
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and
Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea.
2
School of Interdisciplinary
Bioscience a...
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NANO EXPRESS
Fabrication of Carbon Nanotube/SiO
2
and Carbon Nanotube/
SiO
2
/Ag Nanoparticles Hybrids by Using Plasma Treatment
Haiqing Li Æ Chang-Sik Ha Æ Il ... evidence of the existence of Ag nanoparticles is
provided by EDS (Fig. 3e), which reveals the presence of
S and Ag on the surface of SWCNT@SiO
2
/Ag. Similarly,...
... entrap-
ment and/ or delivery of a variety of biological agents [8].
Alginate is a co-polymer extracted from some types of
brown algae and it is made up of two uronic acids:
D-mannuronic acid and L-guluronic ... (200 lg/mL of sodium alginate and 200 lg/mL of
Fig. 1 FIB image of the as-grown CNT array
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Combination of...
... consists of carbon. Figure 3b is a TEM image of the free-
standing Au/CNFs. The dark spots in the image are Au
nanoparticles. The inset of Fig. 3b is the SEM image of
Au/CNTs in the ... compositions of
the imaged area co-insist with Au and carbon in addition
to the aluminum oxide. Although some reports claimed that
the formation of carbon nanostructures via the carboniza-...
... flexible PET
film by hot embossing lithography with high fidelity and
without any defects . Due to the slightly tapered profile
of the patterns of the Si master mold and elastic nature
of the hot embossing ... substrate and curved acryl
substrate with high fidelity using UV nanoimprint
lithography.
Experimental procedure
Fabrication of flexible UV nanoimprint mold
Figure 1...
... demonstrated the fabrication of HfO
2
/GaAs
patterns with nanoscale resolution using He-Cd laser
interference lithography and dry etching using a combi-
nation of CF
4
and O
2
plasmas. The etched ... formation of tapered H fO
2
etch profiles. Optimi-
sation of the CF
4
plasma composition and etch bias
Figure 4 Schematic of the HfO
2
nanostructuring process.(a) Schemati...
... presided over and fully participated in all of the work. CC and JK
participated in the preparation of the samples. SY helped in characterization
of the samples. SC give the idea of the study and finalize ... and the cross-sectional image
(Figure 4d) reveal the formation of a thin nanoporous
layer on the top surface of TNT and show the rough-
ness of TNT walls. Some of...
... prepatterning of Al substrates, thus avoiding
fabrication of the expensive hard imprint stamp. How-
ever most of them have limitations in scalability or size
of ordered domains. Consequently, a simple and ... Taiwan.
2
Department of Materials Science, National
University of Tainan, Tainan 700, Taiwan.
Authors’ contributions
MHH and ICL planned and supervised the research p...
... quantity;
c
0
and c are MB concentrations before and after mixing,
respectively; A
0
and A are absorbencies of the MB solution
before and after mixing, respectively; V is the volume of
the solution, and ... adsorption
property of the product for MB was measured by the MB
concentration change before and after adsorption. The
concentration of MB was detected using an UV–...