Hierarchically porous silica monoliths with well-defined interconnected macropores and uniform spherical mesopores were spontaneously prepared by combining polymerization-induced phase separation with an epoxide-mediated sol-gel route without any complicated aging and drying and high-temperature heat treatment. The precise control of pore structures can be realized by using propylene oxide (PO)...

Nanostructures exhibit numerous merits to improve the efficiency in solar-to-energy conversion. These include shortened carrier collection pathways, an increased volume ratio between depletion layer and bulk, enhanced light capture due to multiple light scattering in nanostructures, and a high surface area for photochemical conversion reactions. In this study, we describe the synthesis of morph...

Octahedral PbSe colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) are used to assemble a solid. Because of the special feature of the apexes of the octahedrons, the cross-sectional area of the inter-dot tunneling junctions is much smaller than that formed between spherical NCs. The inter-dot separation between NCs is easily adjusted by mild thermal treatment. Like a spherical NC-solid, the resistance of the octahed...

The present study examined the way in which the perception of motion coherency depends on luminance contrast. Pseudo-plaid patterns were presented to subjects who judged whether coherent motion or component motion of the Gabor patterns was perceived. Michelson contrast, eccentricity, spatial separation, and angular separation between two groups of Gabor patches were varied systematically. When ...

We further develop the general theory of the area reactivity model that provides an alternative description of the diffusion-influenced reaction of an isolated receptor-ligand pair in terms of a generalized Feynman-Kac equation. We analyze both the irreversible and reversible reaction and derive the equation of motion for the survival and separation probability. Furthermore, we discuss the noti...

Monolithic macroporous zirconia (ZrO2) derived from ionic precursors has been successfully fabricated via the epoxide-mediated sol-gel route accompanied by phase separation in the presence of propylene oxide (PO) and poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO). The addition of PO used as an acid scavenger mediates the gelation, whereas PEO enhances the polymerization-induced phase separation. The appropriate ch...

A method has been developed for the quantitative determination of the composition of thermoplastic wood composites. The method involves area measurements of the two peaks in the derivative curve of a tracing produced by the thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) of a thermoplastic composites sample in an inert atmosphere. This may involve the standard, constant heating rate-method, or the high resolu...

Complexity is a major concern which is aimed to be overcome by people through modelling. One way of reducing complexity is separation of concerns, e.g. separation of business process from applications. One sort of concerns are cross-cutting concerns i.e. concerns which are scattered and tangled through one or several models. In business process management, examples of such concerns are security...

increase in the surface area, demonstrating that the Fe(III) ions work by making the resin porous. The use of these two metal ions enables efRcient NO adsorption. The polymeric resin as well as the metal complex itself greatly affects the adsorbing ability for the target gas molecules as described in the case of CO, C2H4, and NO adsorption. It has been demonstrated clearly that large surface ar...

In animal cells, cell division concludes with the separation of two daughter cells during a process called cytokinesis. Abscission, the termination of cytokinesis, is performed through formation of the midbody, a vis-á-vis microtubule (MT)-rich structure bridging the daughter cells. Disassembly of the midbody is the final stage of daughter cell separation and occurs in parallel to membrane fusi...