Engineering metallic nanostructures for plasmonics and nanophotonics

NC Lindquist, P Nagpal, KM McPeak… - Reports on Progress …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Metallic nanostructures now play an important role in many applications. In particular, for the
emerging fields of plasmonics and nanophotonics, the ability to engineer metals on …

The role of interparticle and external forces in nanoparticle assembly

Y Min, M Akbulut, K Kristiansen, Y Golan… - Nature materials, 2008 - nature.com
The past 20 years have witnessed simultaneous multidisciplinary explosions in
experimental techniques for synthesizing new materials, measuring and manipulating …

Adsorption, lubrication, and wear of lubricin on model surfaces: polymer brush-like behavior of a glycoprotein

B Zappone, M Ruths, GW Greene, GD Jay… - Biophysical journal, 2007 - cell.com
Using a surface force apparatus, we have measured the normal and friction forces between
layers of the human glycoprotein lubricin, the major boundary lubricant in articular joints …

Self-assembly of noble metal nanocrystals: Fabrication, optical property, and application

J Gong, G Li, Z Tang - Nano Today, 2012 - Elsevier
Noble metal nanocrystals (NCs) have become one of the hottest fields in nanoscience due
to their unique/strong interactions with extra electromagnetic field, which are known as …

Interaction mechanism of oil-in-water emulsions with asphaltenes determined using droplet probe AFM

C Shi, L Zhang, L **e, X Lu, Q Liu, CA Mantilla… - Langmuir, 2016 - ACS Publications
Emulsions with interface-active components at the oil/water interface have long been of
fundamental and practical interest in many fields. In this work, the interaction forces between …

Linking microstructural evolution and macro-scale friction behavior in metals

N Argibay, M Chandross, S Cheng… - Journal of Materials …, 2017 - Springer
A correlation is established between the macro-scale friction regimes of metals and a
transition between two dominant atomistic mechanisms of deformation. Metals tend to …

Fatigue crack propagation properties of Ti–6Al–4V in vacuum environments

H Oguma, T Nakamura - International Journal of Fatigue, 2013 - Elsevier
To determine the effects of vacuum environment on fatigue crack propagations in a Ti–6Al–
4V alloy, K-decreasing tests were conducted in air and vacuum. The fatigue crack …

Nanoparticle nanotubes

M Lahav, T Sehayek… - Angewandte …, 2003 - weizmann.elsevierpure.com
Electrically conducting nanoparticle nanotubes (NPNTs) with a high surface area are
obtained by a novel procedure. The assembly of gold nanoparticles on the pore walls of …

The deformation and adhesion of randomly rough and patterned surfaces

M Benz, KJ Rosenberg, EJ Kramer… - The Journal of …, 2006 - ACS Publications
Using a surface forces apparatus (SFA) and an atomic force microscope (AFM) we have
studied the effects of surface roughness (root-mean-square (RMS) roughness between 0.3 …

Merging of metal nanoparticles driven by selective wettability of silver nanostructures

M Grouchko, P Roitman, X Zhu, I Popov… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The welding and sintering of nanomaterials is relevant, for example, to form electrical
contacts between metallic particles in printed electronic devices. Usually the welding of …