07-12-2012 | Richard C. Pattison, Michael Baldea, AIChE Journal, 2012

Abstract Microchannel reactors are a promising route for monetizing distributed natural gas resources. However, intensification and miniaturization represent a significant challenge for reactor control. Focusing on autothermal methane‐steam reforming reactors, we introduce a novel ...

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25-11-2012 | Sonja Krieger, Alexandra von Trotha, Kelvin Sze-Yin Leung, Oliver J. Schmitz, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2012

A trend is observed in mass spectrometry, in which solid samples without prior dissolution and chromatographic separation are brought directly into the ion source and are ionized, e.g., by corona discharge (Atmospheric Solids Analysis Probe) or plasma (Direct Analysis in Real Time). The ...

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21-11-2012 | Tianle Zhang, Dalton Transactions, 2012

Solvothermal reactions of hexakis(4-formylphenoxy)cyclotriphosphazene (H6L1) with Cd(NO3)2•4H2O in H2O/DMF under different synthesis temperature produced two new compounds, namely, {[Cd3(C42H24O18P3N3) (H2O)7]•xGuest}n (1), and {[Cd2(C42H24O18P3N3) (H2O)2]•xGuest}n (2). Compound 1 exhibits a ...

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21-11-2012 | Kai Wang; Lisi Xie; Yangcheng Lu; Guangsheng Luo, Lab on a Chip, 2012

This work introduces a microfluidic method for the generation of monodispersed microdroplets by using temperature controlled bubble condensation processes. In this method, the dispersed phase is first vaporized in the feeding pipe and ruptured to monodispersed bubbles in a coflowing stream. ...

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12-11-2012 | Xiangyang Zhou, Youlan Zou, Juan Yang, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 2012

SnO2 (Sn)/C composites as anodes for Li-ion batteries were fabricated by a simple chemical process of hydrothermal synthesis and subsequent heat treatment. The as-prepared materials were characterized by various analytic techniques. Results show that heat treatment temperature has a strong ...

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10-11-2012 | Amir Yadollah Faraji, Aliakbar Akbarzadeh, Journal of Electronic Materials, 2012

Measurement of fundamental parameters of a thermoelectric generator (TEG) module, including efficiency, internal electrical resistance, thermal resistance, power output, Seebeck coefficient, and figure of merit (Z), is necessary in order to design a thermoelectric-based power generation ...

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07-11-2012 | Kenta Dohi, Junko Kondo, Haruka Yamada, Ryuichi Arakawa, Satoshi Sakaguchi, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2012

Abstract A series of highly tunable, functionalized azolium compounds have been synthesized from chiral α‐amino acid derivatives such as β‐amino alcohols or α‐amino esters. The combination of a Cu salt and a chiral azolium efficiently facilitated the asymmetric conjugate addition (ACA) ...

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31-10-2012 | Qingdao Zeng, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2012

We investigate the influence of temperature on the self-assembly of 2,6,11- tricarboxydecyloxy -3,7,10-triundecyloxy triphenylene (asym-TTT) adsorbed on HOPG using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) at the liquid/solid interface. We show that the packing structures of 2D self-assembled ...

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31-10-2012 | Simon D. Connell; George Heath; Peter D. Olmsted; Anastasia Kisil, Faraday Discussions, 2012

In this paper, we demonstrate that it is possible to observe many aspects of critical phenomena in supported lipid bilayers using atomic force microscopy (AFM) with the aid of stable and precise temperature control. The regions of criticality were determined by accurately measuring and ...

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31-10-2012 | KAI WANG; Lisi Xie; Yangcheng Lu; Guangsheng Luo, Lab on a Chip, 2012

Monodispersed microdroplets are important units in the lab-on-chip research of chemistry, biology and material science. This work introduces a new microfluidic method for the generation of microdroplets by using temperature controlled bubble condensation processes. In this method, the ...

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