Journal of Physical Chemistry C v.115 n.17 2011

ISSN 1932-7447

NANOPARTICLES AND NANOSTRUCTURES

Electro-optics of Polymer Nanotube Dispersions

Bin Huang, Theo G. M. van de Ven, and Reghan J. Hill

pp 8447–8456

Publication Date (Web): April 12, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp108846t

Formation and Characterization of PdZn Alloy: A Very Selective Catalyst for Alkyne Semihydrogenation

Min Wei Tew, Herman Emerich, and Jeroen A. van Bokhoven

pp 8457–8465

Publication Date (Web): April 12, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp1103164

Meso- and Macroporous Co₃O₄ Nanorods for Effective VOC Gas Sensors

Hoa Nguyen and Sherif A. El-Safty

pp 8466–8474

Publication Date (Web): April 12, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp1116189

Some Unconventional Organic−Inorganic Hybrid Low-Dimensional Semiconductors and Related Light-Emitting Devices

I. Koutselas, P. Bampoulis, E. Maratou, T. Evagelinou, G. Pagona, and G. C. Papavassiliou

pp 8475–8483

Publication Date (Web): April 11, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp111881b

Size and Shape Dependence of the Electronic and Spectral Properties in TiO₂ Nanoparticles

Sami Auvinen, Matti Alatalo, Heikki Haario, Juho-Pertti Jalava, and Ralf-Johan Lamminm ki

pp 8484–8493

Publication Date (Web): April 8, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp112114p

CoPc- and CoPcF₁₆-Modified Ag Nanoparticles as Novel Catalysts with Tunable Oxygen Reduction Activity in Alkaline Media

Junsong Guo, Haixia Li, Hui He, Deryn Chu, and Rongrong Chen

pp 8494–8502

Publication Date (Web): April 7, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp112197f

Femtosecond Laser-Induced Size Reduction of Aqueous Gold Nanoparticles: In Situ and Pump−Probe Spectroscopy Investigations Revealing Coulomb Explosion

Daniel Werner, Akihiro Furube, Toshihiro Okamoto, and Shuichi Hashimoto

pp 8503–8512

Publication Date (Web): April 8, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp112262u

Subwavelength Optical Resonant Cavity-Induced Enhancement of the Near-Band-Edge Emission from ZnO-Core/SnO₂-Shell Nanorods

Changhyun Jin, Hyunsu Kim, Han-Youl Ryu, Hyoun Woo Kim, and Chongmu Lee

pp 8513–8518

Publication Date (Web): April 12, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp2000514

Attachment of Platinum Nanoparticles to Substrates by Coating and Polyol Reduction of A Platinum Precursor

Swee Jen Cho and Jianyong Ouyang

pp 8519–8526

Publication Date (Web): April 11, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp2001699

Synthesis and Transport Properties of Metal Oxide Decorated Graphene Dispersed Nanofluids

Tessy Theres Baby and Ramaprabhu Sundara

pp 8527–8533

Publication Date (Web): April 13, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp200273g

Controlling and Quantifying Oxygen Functionalities on Hydrothermally and Thermally Treated Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes

George E. Romanos, Vlassis Likodimos, Rita R. N. Marques, Theodore A. Steriotis, Sergios K. Papageorgiou, Joaquim L. Faria, Jos  L. Figueiredo, Adri n M. T. Silva, and Polycarpos Falaras

pp 8534–8546

Publication Date (Web): April 13, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp200464d

Family-Dependent Rectification Characteristics in Ultra-Short Graphene Nanoribbon p–n Junctions

Jiaxin Zheng, Xin Yan, Lili Yu, Hong Li, Rui Qin, Guangfu Luo, Zhengxiang Gao, Dapeng Yu, and Jing Lu

pp 8547–8554

Publication Date (Web): April 12, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp200982w

X-ray Diffraction Study on Restacked Flocculates from Binary Colloidal Nanosheet Systems Ti_0.91O₂−MnO₂, Ca₂Nb₃O₁₀−Ti_0.91O₂, and Ca₂Nb₃O₁₀−MnO₂

Mitsuko Onoda, Zhaoping Liu, Yasuo Ebina, Kazunori Takada, and Takayoshi Sasaki

pp 8555–8566

Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp201477w

Nanoscale Topography: A Tool to Enhance Pore Order and Pore Size Distribution in Anodic Aluminum Oxide

D. C. Leitao, A. Apolinario, C. T. Sousa, J. Ventura, J. B. Sousa, M. Vazquez, and J. P. Araujo

pp 8567–8572

Publication Date (Web): April 12, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp202336j

SURFACES, INTERFACES, CATALYSIS

Hydroxylation Structure and Proton Transfer Reactivity at the Zinc Oxide−Water Interface

David Raymand, Adri C.T. van Duin, William A. Goddard, III, Kersti Hermansson, and Daniel Spångberg

pp 8573–8579

Publication Date (Web): April 12, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp106144p

Control of Graphene Etching by Atomic Structures of the Supporting Substrate Surfaces

Takahiro Tsukamoto and Toshio Ogino

pp 8580–8585

Publication Date (Web): April 11, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp1094933

Z-Scheme Photocatalytic System Utilizing Separate Reaction Centers by Directional Movement of Electrons

Ning Fu, Zhiliang Jin, Yuqi Wu, Gongxuan Lu, and Dongyang Li

pp 8586–8593

Publication Date (Web): April 7, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp109718v

Control of the pH-Dependence of the Band Edges of Si(111) Surfaces Using Mixed Methyl/Allyl Monolayers

Erik Johansson, Shannon W. Boettcher, Leslie E. O’Leary, Andrey D. Poletayev, Stephen Maldonado, Bruce S. Brunschwig, and Nathan S. Lewis

pp 8594–8601

Publication Date (Web): April 8, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp109799e

Diffusion in Circularly Ordered Mesoporous Silica Fibers

Hatem Alsyouri, Oliver C. Gobin, Andreas Jentys, and Johannes A. Lercher

pp 8602–8612

Publication Date (Web): April 8, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp1102912

No-Slip Boundary Condition for Weak Solid−Liquid Interactions

Adam P. Bowles, Christopher D. F. Honig, and William A. Ducker

pp 8613–8621

Publication Date (Web): April 13, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp1106108

Theoretical Investigation of CO Adsorption on Clean and Hydroxylated TiO₂-B (100) Surfaces

Wei Fang, Weijia Liu, Xiaojing Guo, Xiaohua Lu, and Linghong Lu

pp 8622–8629

Publication Date (Web): April 11, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp110825y

STM Investigation on the Formation of Oligoamides on Au{111} by Surface-Confined Reactions of Melamine with Trimesoyl Chloride

S. Jensen, J. Greenwood, H. A. Fr chtl, and C. J. Baddeley

pp 8630–8636

Publication Date (Web): April 8, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp111237q

Effect of Heterojunction on the Behavior of Photogenerated Charges in Fe₃O₄@Fe₂O₃ Nanoparticle Photocatalysts

Xiao Wei, Tengfeng Xie, Linlin Peng, Wei Fu, Jiesheng Chen, Qian Gao, Guangyan Hong, and Dejun Wang

pp 8637–8642

Publication Date (Web): April 7, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp111250z

Surface Structures of Ultrathin TiO_x Films on Au(111)

Chen Wu, Matthew S. J. Marshall, and Martin R. Castell

pp 8643–8652

Publication Date (Web): April 12, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp111385n

Experimental Investigation of Back Electron Transfer and Band Edge Shift in Dyed TiO₂ Electrodes

Changneng Zhang, Shuanghong Chen, Huajun Tian, Yang Huang, Zhipeng Huo, Songyuan Dai, Fantai Kong, and Yifeng Sui

pp 8653–8657

Publication Date (Web): April 8, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp111585s

Theoretical Study of the Adsorption of the Butanol Isomers in H-ZSM-5

Cuong M. Nguyen, Marie-Fran oise Reyniers, and Guy B. Marin

pp 8658–8669

Publication Date (Web): April 11, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp111698b

Prediction of the Surface Tension of the Liquid−Vapor Interface of Alcohols from Monte Carlo Simulations

F. Biscay, A. Ghoufi, V. Lachet, and P. Malfreyt

pp 8670–8683

Publication Date (Web): April 7, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp1117213

Multitechnique Investigation of Mesoporous Titanosilicate Materials Prepared from Both the Self-Assembly and the Liquid Crystal Mechanisms

K. Zimny, C. Carteret, M. J. St b , and J. L. Blin

pp 8684–8692

Publication Date (Web): April 12, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp111876b

Preparation and Selective Acetylene Hydrogenation Catalytic Properties of Supported Pd Catalyst by the in Situ Precipitation−Reduction Method

Xiao-Yan Ma, Yuan-Yuan Chai, David G. Evans, Dian-Qing Li, and Jun-Ting Feng

pp 8693–8701

Publication Date (Web): April 12, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp1119519

Surface Condition Manipulation and Oxygen Reduction Enhancement of PtAu/C Catalysts Synergistically Modified by CeO₂ Addition and N₂Treatment

Chen-Wei Liu, Yu-Chen Wei, and Kuan-Wen Wang

pp 8702–8708

Publication Date (Web): April 7, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp1120614

Structural Stability and Catalytic Activity of Lanthanum-Based Perovskites

Lucia M. Petkovic, Vivek Utgikar, and Sergey N. Rashkeev

pp 8709–8715

Publication Date (Web): April 12, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp112422m

Electronic Structure of Magnesia−Ceria Model Catalysts, CO₂ Adsorption, and CO₂ Activation: A Synchrotron Radiation Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study

Thorsten Staudt, Yaroslava Lykhach, Nataliya Tsud, Tom  Sk la, Kevin C. Prince, Vladim r Matol n, and J rg Libuda

pp 8716–8724

Publication Date (Web): April 11, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp200382y

Electrochemical Deposition of Hierarchical Micro/Nanostructures of Copper Hydroxysulfates on Polypyrrole−Polystyrene Sulfonate Films

Enrico Andreoli, Denise A. Rooney, Wynette Redington, Robert Gunning, and Carmel B. Breslin

pp 8725–8734

Publication Date (Web): April 12, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp200465n

Identification of the Most Active Sites and Surface Water Species: A Comparative Study of CO and Methanol Oxidation Reactions on Core−Shell M@Pt (M = Ru, Au) Nanoparticles by in Situ IR Spectroscopy

De-Jun Chen, Augusta M. Hofstead-Duffy, In-Su Park, Dianne O. Atienza, Ceren Susut, Shi-Gang Sun, and YuYe J. Tong

pp 8735–8743

Publication Date (Web): April 7, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp200557m

Structural Properties and Reduction Behavior of Novel Nanostructured Pd/Gadolinia-Doped Ceria Catalysts with Tubular Morphology

Fernando F. Mu oz, Marcelo D. Cabezas, Leandro M. Acu a, A. Gabriela Leyva, Richard T. Baker, and Rodolfo O. Fuentes

pp 8744–8752

Publication Date (Web): April 11, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp200667e

Enhanced Thermal Conductivity in a Nanostructured Phase Change Composite due to Low Concentration Graphene Additives

Fazel Yavari, Hafez Raeisi Fard, Kamyar Pashayi, Mohammad A. Rafiee, Amir Zamiri, Zhongzhen Yu, Rahmi Ozisik, Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc, and Nikhil Koratkar

pp 8753–8758

Publication Date (Web): April 11, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp200838s

Electrochromic Switching of Evaporated Thin Films of Bulky, Electronic Deficient Metallo-Phthalocyanines

Stefanie Nagel, Martin Lener, Christopher Keil, Robert Gerdes, Łukasz Łapok, Sergiu M. Gorun, and Derck Schlettwein

pp 8759–8767

Publication Date (Web): April 12, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp2010748

Influence of Dissolved Atmospheric Gases on the Spontaneous Emulsification of Alkane−Ethanol−Water Systems

Barbara Sowa, Xue Hua Zhang, Karen Kozielski, Patrick G. Hartley, and Nobuo Maeda

pp 8768–8774

Publication Date (Web): April 8, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp2012396

Noise Properties of Rectifying Nanopores

M. R. Powell, N. Sa, M. Davenport, K. Healy, I. Vlassiouk, S. E. L tant, L. A. Baker, and Z. S. Siwy

pp 8775–8783

Publication Date (Web): April 12, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp2016038

Growth and Morphology of Calcium-Oxide Films Grown on Mo(001)

Xiang Shao, Philipp Myrach, Niklas Nilius, and Hans-Joachim Freund

pp 8784–8789

Publication Date (Web): April 12, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp201852x

Structure of Methyl Pyruvate and α-(1-Naphthyl)ethylamine on Pd(111)

Luke Burkholder, Michael Garvey, M. Weinert, and Wilfred T. Tysoe

pp 8790–8797

Publication Date (Web): April 7, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp202291h

ELECTRON TRANSPORT, OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES, HARD MATTER

Phase Segregation and Transformations in Arsenic-Implanted ZnO Thin Films

Matthias Krause, Mykola Vinnichenko, Natalia Shevchenko, Arndt M cklich, Sibylle Gemming, Frans Munnik, Anatoli Rogozin, Andreas Kolitsch, and Wolfhard M ller

pp 8798–8807

Publication Date (Web): April 12, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp1094307

Quantitative Luminescence Switching in CePO₄:Tb by Redox Reactions

Mami Kitsuda and Shinobu Fujihara

pp 8808–8815

Publication Date (Web): April 11, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp201406y

Enhanced Field Emission Properties of α-Fe₂O₃ Nanostructures with the Removal of Adsorbed Gas Molecules

Lu Junpeng, Yun Tao, Zheng Minrui, and Sow Chorng Haur

pp 8816–8824

Publication Date (Web): April 11, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp200858g

ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE

Absorption Spectra and Excited State Energy Levels of the N719 Dye on TiO₂ in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Models

Filippo De Angelis, Simona Fantacci, Edoardo Mosconi, Mohammad K. Nazeeruddin, and Michael Gr tzel

pp 8825–8831

Publication Date (Web): April 8, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp111949a

Self-Assemblies of Novel Magnesium Porphyrins Mimicking Natural Chlorosomal Bacteriochlorophylls

Jędrzej Szmytkowski, Jonas Conradt, Hendrik Kuhn, Chilla Malla Reddy, Mihaela Carmen Balaban, Teodor Silviu Balaban, and Heinz Kalt

pp 8832–8839

Publication Date (Web): April 7, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp112244m

Improving Effects of LiH and Co-Catalyst on the Dehydrogenation of Li₄BN₃H₁₀

Xueli Zheng, Zhitao Xiong, Yonghao Lim, Guotao Wu, Ping Chen, and Hua Chen

pp 8840–8844

Publication Date (Web): April 11, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp2007182

High Mobility and High Storage Capacity of Lithium in sp–sp² Hybridized Carbon Network: The Case of Graphyne

Hongyu Zhang, Mingwen Zhao, Xiujie He, Zhenhai Wang, Xuejuan Zhang, and Xiangdong Liu

pp 8845–8850

Publication Date (Web): April 13, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp201062m

Structural Study of D₂ within the Trimodal Pore System of a Metal Organic Framework

Vanessa K. Peterson, Craig M. Brown, Yun Liu, and Cameron J. Kepert

pp 8851–8857

Publication Date (Web): April 12, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp2010937

Confined Photodynamics of an Organic Dye for Solar Cells Encapsulated in Titanium-Doped Mesoporous Molecular Materials

Marcin Zi łek, Cristina Mart n, Maria Teresa Navarro, Hermenegildo Garcia, and Abderrazzak Douhal

pp 8858–8867

Publication Date (Web): April 12, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp201627t