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A biocompatible interface was constructed on a microchip by using the layer-by-layer (LBL) assembly of charged polysaccharides incorporating proteases for highly efficient proteolysis. The controlled assembly of natural polyelectrolytes and the enzyme-adso ...
We carried out an ab initio investigation of the charged states of hydrogen in amorphous SiO2 using a previously generated model structure. We found a large variety of equilibrium configurations as a result of the disordered atomic structure in our model s ...
A (Ca,Na)-hexaluminosilicate, whose Ca end member was previously synthesized in numerous high-pressure experiments, has been identified by Raman spectroscopy in heavily shocked Martian meteorites. This mineral has a structural formula close to (CaxNa1-x)Al ...
The qualitative description of the major microstructure characteristics of microcrystalline silicon is achieved through a three-dimensional discrete dynamical growth model. The model is based on three fundamental processes that determine surface morphology ...
In this paper we describe the fabrication of a two-dimensional photonic band gap structure by focused electron beam induced deposition. Structure geometry is computed in order to create a light-trapping effect at 632 nm wavelength. Deposits produced using ...
A natural shockwave event led to the formation of a new crystalline polymorph of carbon in gneisses from the Popigai crater, Russia. The new species occupies the interior of a multiphase assemblage and is entirely enveloped by lonsdaleite and graphite. Pol ...
The mineralogy of the Tatahouine diogenite was investigated by optical microscopy, Raman micro-spectrometry, and scanning and transmission electron microscopies. Inclusions of alpha-cristobalite in orthopyroxenes, locally in symplectic association with chr ...
Using density-functional theory, we compute the optical and static dielectric constants for a set of Zr silicates modeled by various SiO2 crystals, with Zr atoms substitutional to Si, and by an amorphous structure. We then derive a microscopic scheme that ...
To calculate the Raman spectrum of vitreous silica, we use a model structure consisting of a disordered network of cornersharing tetrahedra, for which the vibrational frequencies and eigenmodes were obtained previously by first principles. The Raman cross- ...
We investigated the application of two technologies for the fabrication of rectangular microchannels with reasonable path lengths for UV detection in UV transparent materials. The first approach uses inductively coupled plasma (ICP)-reactive ion etching (R ...
