Works in Advanced Materials, 2005, Vol 17, Issue 8

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    Combining a Layer-by-Layer Assembling Technique with Electrochemical Deposition of Gold Aggregates to Mimic the Legs of Water StridersThe authors thank the Major State Basic Research Development Program (Grant. No. G2000078102), 863 High-tech R&D Program (2003AA302140), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20334010, 20473045), and the Ministry of Education (20010010006) for financial support.

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    Advanced Materials, 2005, v. 17, n. 8, p. 1005, doi. 10.1002/adma.200402090
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    • F. Shi;
    • Z. Wang
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    Transport Properties in the Rubrene Crystal: Electronic Coupling and Vibrational Reorganization EnergyThis work has been partly supported by the National Science Foundation (through the STC Program under Award DMR-0120967, the MRSEC Program under Award DMR-0212302, and Grant CHE-0342321) and the Office of Naval Research. The authors acknowledge stimulating discussions with V. Coropceanu and J. Cornil.

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    Advanced Materials, 2005, v. 17, n. 8, p. 1072
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    • D. A. da Silva Filho;
    • E.-G. Kim
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    Cobalt–Carbon Spheres: Pyrolysis of Dicobalthexacarbonyl-Functionalized Poly(p-phenyleneethynylene)sThis work was supported by the NSF (CHE 0138659, PI U.B.). S.S. thanks the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft for a postdoctoral fellowship. Dr. James N. Wilson and Dr. Ken Gwaltney are thanked for the synthesis of the poly(p-phenyleneethynylene)s 6.

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    Advanced Materials, 2005, v. 17, n. 8, p. 1052, doi. 10.1002/adma.200401810
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    • S. Scholz;
    • P. J. Leech;
    • B. C. Englert;
    • W. Sommer;
    • M. Weck
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    An Axisymmetric Flow-Focusing Microfluidic DeviceThis research was supported by DARPA. S.T. received an overseas research scholarship from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan. P.G. thanks the Foundation for Polish Science for a postdoctoral fellowship. D.B.W was a recipient of a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Institutes of Health (GM067445).

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    Advanced Materials, 2005, v. 17, n. 8, p. 1067, doi. 10.1002/adma.200401738
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    • S. Takeuchi;
    • P. Garstecki;
    • D. B. Weibel
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    Highly Conducting Carbon Nanotube/Polyethyleneimine Composite FibersPartially supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Grant MDA972-02-C-0005, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Grant 009741-0130-2003, and the Robert A. Welch Foundation. E. M. acknowledges funding from MEC (Ramón y Cajal Program). B. G. K. acknowledges support from University IT Research Center Project.

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    Advanced Materials, 2005, v. 17, n. 8, p. 1064
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    • E. Muñoz;
    • D.-S. Suh;
    • S. Collins;
    • M. Selvidge;
    • A. B. Dalton;
    • B. G. Kim;
    • J. M. Razal;
    • G. Ussery;
    • A. G. Rinzler;
    • M. T. Martínez
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    Stimulus-Responsive Emulsifiers Based on Nanocomposite Microgel ParticlesWe thank the EPSRC for post-doctoral grants (GR/S69276 and GR/S69283). The EPSRC Equipment Loan Pool scheme is acknowledged for a four-month loan of a Malvern Mastersizer S instrument during the course of our studies. Supporting Information is available online from Wiley InterScience or from the author.

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    Advanced Materials, 2005, v. 17, n. 8, p. 1014, doi. 10.1002/adma.200401641
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    • S. Fujii;
    • E. S. Read;
    • B. P. Binks
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    Towards Internal Structuring of Electrospun Fibers by Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Polymeric Comb-Shaped SupramoleculesWe acknowledge funding from The National Technology Agency of Finland (“Self-organized functional materials” and “Field Controlled Coatings”) and Ahlstrom Oy. This work was carried out in part within the Centre of Excellence of Academy of Finnland (“Bio- and Nanopolymers Research Group”, 77317).

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    Advanced Materials, 2005, v. 17, n. 8, p. 1048, doi. 10.1002/adma.200401530
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    • T. Ruotsalainen;
    • J. Turku;
    • P. Heikkilä;
    • J. Ruokolainen;
    • A. Nykänen;
    • T. Laitinen;
    • M. Torkkeli;
    • R. Serimaa;
    • G. ten Brinke
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    Conductive Hybrid Films of Polyarylamine Electrochemically Oxidized with the Molecular Nanomagnet [Mn12O12(H2O)4-(C6F5COO)16]We thank George Malliaras for the supply of the interdigitated electrodes and for stimulating discussions. This work has been supported by the European Union (MOLNANOMAG and QUEMOLNA networks), Generalitat Valenciana, and by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (Projects MAT2001–3507 and MAT2004-03849). H. J. B. acknowledges the support of the Program Ramon y Cajal of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science.

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    Advanced Materials, 2005, v. 17, n. 8, p. 1018
    By:
    • A. Forment-Aliaga;
    • C. J. Gómez-García
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    Photo-orientation of Mesoporous Silica Thin Films on Photocrosslinkable Polymer FilmsWe thank Dr. T. Hikage of the High-Intensity X-ray Diffraction Laboratory, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University for the in-plane XRD measurements. This work was supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (No. 16205019 and No. 417 for the Priority Areas) from The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan, and the Asahi Science Foundation.

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    Advanced Materials, 2005, v. 17, n. 8, p. 1035, doi. 10.1002/adma.200401418
    By:
    • H. Fukumoto;
    • S. Nagano;
    • N. Kawatsuki
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    Novel Silica Tube/Polyimide Composite Films with Variable Low Dielectric ConstantThis work was supported by the Key Research Program of Science and Technology Committee of Beijing City (No. H020420020230), ITF project ZPOD of Hong Kong SAR Government, National High Technical Research and Development Program of China (No. 2003AA305890), and a RGC CERG grant (No. CityU 1049/02E).

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    Advanced Materials, 2005, v. 17, n. 8, p. 1056, doi. 10.1002/adma.200401330
    By:
    • Y.-H. Zhang;
    • S.-G. Lu;
    • Y.-Q. Li;
    • Z.-M. Dang;
    • J. H. Xin;
    • S.-Y. Fu;
    • G.-T. Li;
    • R.-R. Guo;
    • L.-F. Li
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    Lithography-Free, Self-Aligned Inkjet Printing with Sub-Hundred-Nanometer ResolutionIt is a pleasure to acknowledge important contributions from and useful discussions with Mike Banach, Nick Stone, Devin MacKenzie, Wilhelm Huck, Mark Etchells, and Shane Norval. We thank Dave Brennan and Paul Townsend of the Dow Chemical Company for supplying the F8T2 polymer, and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council for financial support. Supporting Information is available online from Wiley InterScience or from the author.

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    Advanced Materials, 2005, v. 17, n. 8, p. 997, doi. 10.1002/adma.200401285
    By:
    • C. W. Sele;
    • T. von Werne;
    • R. H. Friend;
    • H. Sirringhaus
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    Toward the Ultimate Tribological Interface: Surface Chemistry and Nanotribology of Ultrananocrystalline DiamondWe gratefully acknowledge Prof. R. J. Hamers and Wensha Yang for use and assistance with the hydrogen plasma system. We gratefully acknowledge X. Xiao and J. Wang for useful discussions and input on the seeding and growth process, Prof. S. Urquhart for guidance and access to the NEXAFS system, and Dr. Suresh Varagali of Diamond Innovations for the diamond single crystal. NEXAFS was performed at the UW Synchrotron Radiation Center (supported by NSF grant DMR 0084402). The PEEM experiments were performed using the Canadian Photoelectron emission microscope which was funded by a NSERC Major Installation grant. R. W. C. acknowledges support from the National Science Foundation CAREER Program, grant #CMS-0134571, and from the Department of Energy, grant #DE-FG02-02ER46016. Work at Argonne National Labs was supported by the US Department of Energy, BES-Materials Sciences, under Cont

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    Advanced Materials, 2005, v. 17, n. 8, p. 1039, doi. 10.1002/adma.200401264
    By:
    • A. V. Sumant;
    • D. S. Grierson;
    • J. E. Gerbi;
    • J. Birrell;
    • U. D. Lanke;
    • O. Auciello;
    • J. A. Carlisle
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    Electro-Optic Response in a Racemic Smectic C Liquid CrystalWe thank the Engineering and Physical Research Council and Kingston Chemicals Ltd (UK) for financial support. We also thank Dr. P. Kouwer for technical support with the X-ray diffraction experiments, Mrs. J. A. Haley for technical assistance with differential scanning calorimetry, Mrs. B. Worthington for assistance with NMR spectroscopy and determining optical rotations, and Mrs. C. Kennedy for Elemental Analysis.

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    Advanced Materials, 2005, v. 17, n. 8, p. 1077, doi. 10.1002/adma.200401262
    By:
    • S. J. Cowling;
    • A. W. Hall;
    • J. W. Goodby
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    Synthesis of Submicrometer-Sized Electrochemically Active Lithium Cobalt Oxide via a Polymer PrecursorThe authors gratefully acknowledge the use of the spray-drying equipment of the Zschimmer & Schwarz GmbH (Lahnstein, Germany) and the kind assistance of Alfred Vuin and Dr. Peter Quirmbach. The financial support of the European Commission in the framework of the CODE project (RTN1-1999-00222) is also gratefully acknowledged.

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    Advanced Materials, 2005, v. 17, n. 8, p. 984, doi. 10.1002/adma.200400695
    By:
    • L. Li;
    • G. Wegner;
    • M. Wohlfahrt-Mehrens
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    Shaping Nanometer-Scale Architecture Through Surface ChemistryThis work is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences, under contract W-31-109-Eng-38. TEM analysis was carried out in the Electron Microscopy Collaborative Research Center (EMC) at Argonne National Laboratory. We thank Jon Hiller from EMC, for providing the HRTEM measurements. The assistance from BESSRC-CAT personnel at Beamline 12BM and ID-11D, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory is greatly appreciated.

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    Advanced Materials, 2005, v. 17, n. 8, p. 965, doi. 10.1002/adma.200401041
    By:
    • Z. V. Saponjic;
    • N. M. Dimitrijevic;
    • D. M. Tiede;
    • A. J. Goshe;
    • X. Zuo;
    • L. X. Chen;
    • A. S. Barnard;
    • P. Zapol;
    • L. Curtiss;
    • T. Rajh
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    Templating Organosilicate Vitrification Using Unimolecular Self-Organizing Polymers: Evolution of Morphology and Nanoporosity Development with Network FormationThe authors acknowledge support through the NSF Center for Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies (CPIMA: NSF-DMR-0213618). We also acknowledge the support of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce, in providing the neutron research facilities used in this work. This work utilized facilities supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Agreement No. DMR-9986442. The SAXS experiments were performed at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory, which is supported by the U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Contract No. W-31-109-ENG-38. Supporting Information is available online from Wiley InterScience or directly from the author.

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    Advanced Materials, 2005, v. 17, n. 8, p. 1031, doi. 10.1002/adma.200400661
    By:
    • T. Magbitang;
    • V. Y. Lee;
    • R. D. Miller;
    • M. F. Toney;
    • Z. Lin;
    • R. M. Briber;
    • H.-C. Kim
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    TiO2 Inverse Opals Fabricated Using Low-Temperature Atomic Layer DepositionThis work was supported by the U.S. Army Research Office under MURI contract DAAD19-01-1-0603, and the Georgia Institute of Technology Molecular Design Institute under prime contract N00014-95-1-1116 from the Office of Naval Research. We also thank S. Blomquist and the U.S. Army Research Lab for assistance with preliminary ALD studies.

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    Advanced Materials, 2005, v. 17, n. 8, p. 1010
    By:
    • E. Graugnard;
    • C. J. Summers
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