Interfacial electric fields play crucial roles in electrochemistry, catalysis, and solar energy conversion. Understanding of the interfacial electric field effects has been hindered by the lack of a direct spectroscopic method to probe of the interfacial field at the molecular level. Here, we report the characterization of the field and interfacial structure at Au/ diisocyanide/aqueous electrol...

1 The Effect of Cohesive-Law Parameters on Mixed-Mode Fracture R. B. Sills and M. D. Thouless Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Materials Science & Engineering University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125, USA Abstract Cohesive-zone models of fracture provide a framework that allows a smooth transition between a strength-based approach to fracture and an energy-based approac...

A micrometer-sized oil droplet of 4-octylaniline containing 5 mol % of an amphiphilic catalyst exhibited a self-propelled motion, producing tiny oil droplets, in an aqueous dispersion of an amphiphilic precursor of 4-octylaniline. The tiny droplets on the surface of the self-propelled droplet were conveyed to the posterior surface and released to the aqueous solution. Thus the persistent moveme...

The objective of this study was to improve interfacial adhesion properties at the interface of thermomechanical pulp (TMP) fiber and isotactic polypropylene (iPP) using thermoset adhesives such as phenol formaldehyde (PF) and urea formaldehyde (UF). This study also attempted to achieve fiber-to-fiber adhesion using thermoset adhesives before the molten iPP would flow into the fiber web. The fra...

The crack self-healing behavior of high-performance steel-fiber reinforced cement composites (HPSFRCs) was investigated. High-strength deformed steel fibers were employed in a high strength mortar with very fine silica sand to decreasing the crack width by generating higher interfacial bond strength. The width of micro-cracks, strongly affected by the type of fiber and sand, clearly produced th...

Hydrated lime is a historic material currently used in conservation. It hardens slowly by carbonation slowing construction however, supplementary cementitious materials accelerate hardening enhancing strength. Hydrated-lime mortars with rice husk ash–RHA-; ground granulated blastfurnace slag–GGBSand increasing amounts of two aggregates were studied. Increasing aggregate lowered strength as inte...

Transfer printing is an exceptionally sophisticated approach to assembly and micro-/ nanofabrication that relies on a soft, elastomeric ‘stamp’ to transfer solid, micro-/ nanoscale materials or device components from one substrate to another, in a large-scale, parallel fashion. The most critical control parameter in transfer printing is the strength of adhesion between the stamp and materials/d...