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Effect of molecular structure on liquid crystalline behaviour for chiral lactic acid derivatives
Mironov, Sergei ; Bubnov, Alexej
Liquid crystals are self-organizing materials that have great potential for practical applications. The relationship <molecular structure - mesomorphic properties> has not been fully established and understood despite numerous studies. We discuss a relatively broad subclass of calamitic chiral lactic acid derivatives and provide specific examples of effective tuning of their mesomorphic and electro-optical behaviour using various types of lateral substitution placed on the molecular core.
The influence of the grain size of powdered NaCl on its thermal properties
Falvey, Alexandra ; Zemenová, Petra ; Vaněček, Vojtěch ; Bystřický, Aleš ; Stehlík, Štěpán ; Král, Robert
The paper deals with the study of the thermal behavior of a sample of NaCl in powder form (with homogeneous and inhomogeneous grain distribution, different humidity) and monocrystalline NaCl using the methods of thermal analysis (DSC and TMA) and mass spectrometry (MS).
Thermal analysis of raw materials for the growth of high-temperature complex oxides crystals
Zemenová, Petra ; Král, Robert ; Falvey, Alexandra ; Pejchal, Jan ; Bystřický, Aleš
This contribution deals with the study of thermal behavior of oxide La2O3, Sc2O3 a Gd2O3 by methods DSC-TG-MS.
Ab-initio study of surface energies and structural influece of vacancies in titanium nitride nanolayer
Lebeda, M. ; Vlčák, P. ; Veřtát, P. ; Drahokoupil, Jan
The surface energies of 8 crystallographic planes and effects of nitrogen vacancies on the lattice parameter in rock salt-like structure of TiN (σ-TiN) were studied using ab-initio method of density functional theory (DFT) with the generalized gradient approximation functional (GGA) as parametrized by Perdex, Burke and Ernzerhof (PBE). The linear decrease of lattice parameter with the increasing presence of nitrogen vacancies up to ca. 80% was observed.\n
General overview of GaN devices and transport properties of AlGaN/GaN HEMT structures - impact of dislocation density and improved design
Hulicius, Eduard ; Hájek, František ; Hospodková, Alice ; Hubík, Pavel ; Gedeonová, Zuzana ; Hubáček, Tomáš ; Pangrác, Jiří ; Kuldová, Karla
GaN-based nanostructures are used for many present semiconductor devices. The main topics are structures for blue LEDs and LDs, but there are also other interesting and important GaN devices namely for power electronics, scintillators and detectors as well as High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMT). Reduction of dislocation density considerably increases electron mobility in 2DEG. All presented results support our expectation that a suitably designed AlGaN back barrier can help to prevent this phenomenon.
Time-lapse monitoring of cell mechanical properties
Přibyl, J. ; Rotrekl, V. ; Pešl, M. ; Jelínková, Š. ; Kratochvílová, Irena
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a highly sensitive non-invasive surface method able to provide insight into cells' mechanical parameters. Membrane and sub-membrane development, as well as internal cellular properties, can be monitored. The stiffness of cells is a fundamental phenomenon that reflects changes in cell physiology. More importantly, changes in cell mechanical properties are also often found to be closely associated with various disease conditions. Cell mechanics are mainly dependent on cytoskeletal architecture. The development of cryopreserved cells' mechanical properties (stiffness) after thawing was studied using AFM.\n
Polyvinylpyrrolidone coating for nanodiamond stabilization in saline solution and silver nanoparticle decoration
Kolářová, Kateřina ; Miliaieva, Daria ; Stehlík, Štěpán
This work presents use of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) for multipurpose coating of oxidized high-pressure high-temperature and detonation nanodiamonds. This simple way of nanodiamonds surface modification aims to improve their colloidal stability in biological environments and reduce their proneness to agglomeration. PVP immobilized on nanodiamond surface also provides for nanodiamond-supported AgNPs preparation by in situ synthesis using AgNO3 as a metallic nanoparticles precursor. Dynamic light scattering (DLS) and UV-vis spectroscopy were used for evaluation of nanoparticles size distribution and dispersibility in water and after exposition of nanoparticles in saline solution. Images acquired by scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscope validate the possibility of binding ~ 10 nm AgNPs to nanodiamonds surface.
TCO work function tuning by nanodiamonds
Čermák, Jan ; Miliaieva, Daria ; Sokeng-Djoumessi, A. ; Hoppe, H. ; Stehlík, Štěpán
Deposition of nanodiamonds is found to be able to adjust the work function of transparent conductive oxides that are commonly used in photovoltaics. It also turned out that the change is dependent on the nanodiamond surface termination and that it is not stable in time.
Fracture behavior of FeAlSi intermetallics
Čech, J. ; Haušild, P. ; Karlík, M. ; Nová, K. ; Průša, F. ; Novák, P. ; Kopeček, Jaromír
The study is devoted to the intermetallic alloy FeAl20Si20 (wt.%) with the potential applications in high temperature aggressive environments. The samples of the same chemical composition were prepared by spark plasma sintering from the different mechanically alloyed powders (pure elements and pre-alloyed powders).
Radical-based tuning the surface functionality of MXene
Olshtrem, A. ; Chertopalov, Sergii ; Guselnikova, O. ; Švorčík, V. ; Lyutakov, O.
The family of MAX phases and their derivative MXenes are continuously growing in terms of both crystalline and composition varieties. MXenes are a new family of two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides, carbonitrides and nitrides, with a general formula Mn+1AXn, where n = 1–3, M denotes a transition metal, A is an element such as aluminum or silicon, and X is either carbon or nitrogen. Considering the various elemental composition possibilities, surface functional tunability, various magnetic orders, and large spin–orbit coupling, MXene can truly be considered as multifunctional materials that can be used to realize highly correlated phenomena.

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