SrTiO3 (STO), a room-temperature paraelectric material in bulk form, has been rich playground for emergent phenomena decades. As an emerging material, great attention paid to freestanding 2D STO thin films. Recently, the ferroelectricity unveiled strained films; however, it remains open question whether strain-free film is ferroelectric or not. Here, we report electric field-induced out-of-plan...

1. V. Pensabene, V. Mattoli, A. Menciassi, P. Dario, T. Fujie, S. Takeoka, Magnetic nanosheet adhesion to mucosal tissue, Proc. of IEEE Nano 2009, Genova, Italy, 489-493. 2. L. Ricotti, S. Taccola, V. Pensabene, V. Mattoli, T. Fujie, S. Takeoka, A. Menciassi, P. Dario, Adhesion and proliferation of skeletal muscle cells on single layer poly(lactic acid) ultra-thin films, Biomed. Microdev. 12, 8...

Freestanding films with high strength and conductivity are critical for flexible electronics, such as supercapacitors. Herein, inspired from the natural leaf, a freestanding paper is constructed through fast vacuum filtration by “mesophylls-like” MXene (Ti3C2TX) nanosheets “vein-like” cellulose filaments silver nanowires (Ag NWs). The produced nanocomposite 25 wt% Ti3C2TX 8 Ag NWs (PMxAg25-8) e...

OBJECTIVES This report presents national estimates of surgical and nonsurgical procedures performed on an ambulatory basis in hospitals and freestanding ambulatory surgery centers in the United States during 2006. Data are presented by types of facilities, age and sex of the patients, and geographic regions. Major categories of procedures and diagnoses are shown by age and sex. Selected estimat...

BACKGROUND Day surgery should take place in appropriate organizational settings. In the presence of high volumes, the organizational models of the Lazio Region are represented by either Day Surgery Units within continuous-cycle hospitals or day-cycle Day Surgery Centers. This pilot study presents the regional volumes provided in 2010 and the additional volumes that could be provided based on th...

Freestanding graphene membranes were successfully functionalized with platinum nanoparticles (Pt NPs). High-resolution transmission electron microscopy revealed a homogeneous distribution of single-crystal Pt NPs that tend to exhibit a preferred orientation. Unexpectedly, the NPs were also found to be partially exposed to the vacuum with the top Pt surface raised above the graphene substrate, a...

P. Xu,1 Yurong Yang,1,2 S. D. Barber,1 M. L. Ackerman,1 J. K. Schoelz,1 D. Qi,1 Igor A. Kornev,3 Lifeng Dong,4,5 L. Bellaiche,1 Salvador Barraza-Lopez,1 and P. M. Thibado1,* 1Department of Physics, The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA 2Physics Department, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China 3Ecole Centrale Paris, CNRS-UMR8580, Grand...

Torsional oscillations of a freestanding semiconductor beam are shown to cause spin-dependent oscillating potentials that spin polarize an applied charge current in the presence of intentional or disorder scattering potentials. We propose several realizations of mechanical spin generators and manipulators based on this piezospintronic effect.