The microstructure, precipitation kinetics, electrical conductivity, and mechanical properties of Cu-7.9 wt%Ag Cu-5.8 doped with 0.6 wt%Nb were investigated. As-cast microstructure revealed both discontinuous continuous Ag in Cu matrix. Differential scanning calorimetry data indicated that occurred at higher temperatures activation energy. Both micro-sized nano-sized Nb particles observed the N...

In this paper, a Cu, N co-doped TiO2 nanosheet with increased visible light photocatalytic activity was successfully synthesized using a biomimetic layer-by-layer deposition process. The polymer, branched-polyethyleneimine (b-PEI) was used as an induction agent for the hydrolysis of titanium bis(ammonium lactato)-dihydroxide (Ti-BALDH) as well as for a nitrogen resource, and the graphene oxide ...

Recently, the synthesis of low-toxic quantum dots (QDs) and their application in biomedicine have attracted considerable attention. ZnSe nanocrystals doped with Mn ions which do not contain any Class A element (Cd, Pb, and Hg) can be used as a new generation of luminescent nanocrystals due to their strong dopant emission. In 2001, Norris et al. presented an organometallic synthetic route for th...

Methane is a major greenhouse gas linked to global warming; however, patterns of in situ methane oxidation by methane-oxidizing bacteria (methanotrophs), nature's main biological mechanism for methane suppression, are often inconsistent with laboratory predictions. For example, one would expect a strong relationship between methanotroph ecology and Cu level because methanotrophs require Cu to s...

The electron paramagnetic resonance spectra of Cu doped Na 2 HAs0 4 -7H 2 0 single crystals were studied at room temperature. The results indicate the substitutional entrance of Cu in two magnetically inequivalent Na sites. Charge compensation is supposed to be fulfilled by proton vacancies. The spin Hamiltonian parameters were determined. The ground state for Cu seems to indicate the dominance...

The effects of zeolite type, ion-exchanged level, and ion type on the electrical conductivity responses of poly(p-phenylene vinylene) (PPV), doped poly(p-phenylene vinylene) (dPPV) and zeolite composites under CO exposures were investigated. The electrical sensitivity of dPPV/Cu-ZSM5(Si/Al = 23) system shows a negative sensitivity value of −0.154, while the Na system gives a positive sensitivit...

Doped Topological Insulators have raised interest in the physics community because of the possible coupling/co-existence of the surface states with magnetic order induced by doping. For example, it has been observed that Cu doped Bi2Se3 is superconducting [1] below 10K. But, with more than one possible site, it is imperative to know where the dopant atom is present. So far [2] the valence state...

The prospect of tuning and enhancing multiple properties of ZnO from optical, electrical, piezo to ferroelectricity/magnetism with Cu dopants will certainly spur the pursuit of facile doping methodology to immensely advance this field of research. Here, a one-step aqueous synthesis of Cu-doped ZnO nanostructured materials with effective controllability over the morphology (film to nanowire) and...

Hydrophilic Cu-TiO2 thin films with a gradient in the Cu concentration were prepared on glass by layer-by-layer dip-coating from TiO2 precursors. The effects of the Cu doping on the structure and properties of TiO2 self-cleaning thin films are discussed. The Cu gradient markedly affects the hydrophilicity of the films, with the water contact angle significantly reduced compared with those of th...

The recent advances in the photorefraction of doped lithium niobate crystals are reviewed. Materials have always been the main obstacle for commercial applications of photorefractive holographic storage. Though iron-doped LiNbO3 is the mainstay of holographic data storage efforts, several shortcomings, especially the low response speed, impede it from becoming a commercial recording medium. Thi...