Colloidosomes are aqueous cores surrounded by a shell composed of packed colloidal particles. Recent studies suggest that these colloidal shells reduce, or even inhibit, the transport of molecular species (diffusants). However, the effect of the colloidal shell on transport is unclear: In some cases, the reduction in transport of diffusants through the shell was found to be independent of the s...

The colloidal dimer particles are templated from sacrificial α-Fe2O3 (hematite) core particles prepared via aging of a condensed Fe(OH)3 gel as described in [1]. In a typical synthesis, 50 mL of FeCl3 (2.0 M) is mixed with 45 mL of NaOH (6.0 M) and 5 mL of the shapemodifier, Na2SO4 (0.6 M), before being placed in an oven set at 100°C for 8 days. To make the nonmagnetic particles investigated in...

Aims. Cool, evolved stars have copious, enriched winds. Observations have so far not fully constrained models for the shaping and acceleration of these winds. We need to understand the dynamics better, from the pulsating stellar surface to ∼10 stellar radii, where radiation pressure on dust is fully effective. Asymmetric nebulae around some red supergiants imply the action of additional forces....

High pressure high temperature (HPHT) nanodiamonds (NDs) represent extremely promising materials for construction of fluorescent nanoprobes and nanosensors. However, some properties of bare NDs limit their direct use in these applications: they precipitate in biological solutions, only a limited set of bio-orthogonal conjugation techniques is available and the accessible material is greatly pol...

This paper presents two methods to design cutouts that allow damage-free folding of the stiffest possible composite self-deployable thin shell structures complex shapes. The first method uses level-set functions define a general number cutouts. second spline representation contour single cutout and optimizes its shape. Material failure detection is implemented in solution. Both are applied depl...

A study is made of the effects of superposed tangential force by off-axis indentation loading on curved bilayers consisting of brittle shells filled with polymer support material. Such loadings are pertinent to all-ceramic crown structures on tooth dentin in occlusal function. Layer flexure places the ceramic undersurfaces in tension, leading to fracture by initiation and propagation of radial ...

Biological thiols are antioxidants essential for the prevention of disease. For example, low levels of the tripeptide glutathione are associated with heart disease, cancer, and dementia. Mn2+-doped wide bandgap semiconductor nanocrystals exhibit luminescence and magnetic properties that make them attractive for bimodal imaging. We found that these nanocrystals and silica-encapsulated nanopartic...

We construct conformastat spherically symmetric spacetimes representing anisotropic fluid matter distributions from given solutions of the Poisson's equation Newtonian gravity and its corresponding circular speed profile. As simple examples, we present three families which apply in constructing new models relativistic thick spherical shells, galaxy composite by a central bulge, disk dark halo, ...

This study aims to investigate the effects of geometric imperfections on buckling of thin cylindrical shells due to global shear. To this end, more than 320 finite element models of cylindrical shells with different diameter to thickness ratios were prepared. Random imperfections with different amplitudes were applied to numerical models. The results revealed that global buckling of cylindrical...

This paper deals with introducing a unique representation of the three-dimensional Navier's equations motion in cylindrical coordinate system an exact simplified form without any approximation, aiming at facilitating solution procedure for different 3-D elasto-static and elasto-dynamic problems future. A novel elasticity including body forces is derived uncoupled terms longitudinal (axial) disp...