Journal of Physical Chemistry C v.115 n.24 2011

ISSN 1932-7447

EDITORIAL

Editorial: New Deputy Editors for The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, B, and C

pp 11889–11890

Publication Date (Web): June 16, 2011 (Editorial)

DOI: 10.1021/jp204635t

NANOPARTICLES AND NANOSTRUCTURES

Structures, Frequencies, and Energy Properties of Small Neutral, Cationic, and Anionic Niobium Clusters

Patrizia Calaminici and Roberto Mejia-Olvera

pp 11891–11897

Publication Date (Web): May 26, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp1116799

Charge Transfer Evidence between Carbon Nanotubes and Encapsulated Conjugated Oligomers

L. Alvarez, Y. Almadori, R. Arenal, R. Babaa, T. Michel, R. Le Parc, J-L. Bantignies, B. Jousselme, S. Palacin, P. Hermet, and J.-L. Sauvajol

pp 11898–11905

Publication Date (Web): May 25, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp1121678

Optical Reorientation and Trapping of Nematic Liquid Crystals Leading to the Formation of Micrometer-Sized Domain

Anwar Usman, Takayuki Uwada, and Hiroshi Masuhara

pp 11906–11913

Publication Date (Web): June 2, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp200721f

Enhanced Evaporation of Sessile Water Droplet on Vertically Standing Ag Nanorods Film

Dhruv P. Singh and Jitendra P. Singh

pp 11914–11919

Publication Date (Web): May 26, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp200819m

Chains of Cobalt Doped Magnetosomes Extracted from AMB-1 Magnetotactic Bacteria for Application in Alternative Magnetic Field Cancer Therapy

E. Alphand ry, C. Carvallo, N. Menguy, and I. Chebbi

pp 11920–11924

Publication Date (Web): May 27, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp201274g

Tuning the Mesopore Size of Titania Thin Films Using a Polymeric Swelling Agent

Qing Liu Wu and Stephen E. Rankin

pp 11925–11933

Publication Date (Web): May 23, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp2021193

Silver Nanourchins in Plasmonics: Theoretical Investigation on the Optical Properties of the Branches

Stefania D’Agostino and Fabio Della Sala

pp 11934–11940

Publication Date (Web): May 31, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp202229y

Carboxylic Acid-Directed Clustering and Dispersion of ZrO₂ Nanoparticles in Organic Solvents: A Study by Small-Angle X-ray/Neutron Scattering and NMR

Sho-Hsun Wang, Ya-Sen Sun, Anthony Shiaw-Tseh Chiang, Hui-Fang Hung, Ming-Chou Chen, and Kathleen Wood

pp 11941–11950

Publication Date (Web): May 25, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp202243z

Near-Critical Fluid Micellization for High and Efficient Drug Loading: Encapsulation of Paclitaxel into PEG-b-PCL Micelles

Zachary L. Tyrrell, Youqing Shen, and Maciej Radosz

pp 11951–11956

Publication Date (Web): May 25, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp202335r

Reducing Graphene Oxide via Hydroxylamine: A Simple and Efficient Route to Graphene

Xuejiao Zhou, Jiali Zhang, Haixia Wu, Haijun Yang, Jingyan Zhang, and Shouwu Guo

pp 11957–11961

Publication Date (Web): June 2, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp202575j

Interactions of Silica Nanoparticles and Ionic Liquids Probed by High Pressure Vibrational Spectroscopy

Hai-Chou Chang, Tzu-Chieh Hung, Shu-Chieh Chang, Jyh-Chiang Jiang, and Sheng Hsien Lin

pp 11962–11967

Publication Date (Web): May 20, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp202698h

Vibrational States in Opals Revisited

V. G. Ivanov, B. Aguilar Reyes, E. Fritsch, and E. Faulques

pp 11968–11975

Publication Date (Web): May 16, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp2027115

Segregation Growth of Graphene on Cu–Ni Alloy for Precise Layer Control

Xun Liu, Lei Fu, Nan Liu, Teng Gao, Yanfeng Zhang, Lei Liao, and Zhongfan Liu

pp 11976–11982

Publication Date (Web): May 17, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp202933u

Versatile Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Corrugated V₂O₅ Two-Dimensional Crystal and Its Derived One-Dimensional Nanoribbons: A Computational Exploration

Qing Tang, Fengyu Li, Zhen Zhou, and Zhongfang Chen

pp 11983–11990

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

DOI: 10.1021/jp204174p

Structure of Graphene Oxide: Thermodynamics versus Kinetics

Ning Lu, Di Yin, Zhenyu Li, and Jinlong Yang

pp 11991–11995

Publication Date (Web): May 19, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp204476q

SURFACES, INTERFACES, CATALYSIS

Influence of Water on the Electronic and Molecular Surface Structures of Ru-Dyes at Nanostructured TiO₂

Maria Hahlin, Erik M. J. Johansson, Rebecka Sch lin, Hans Siegbahn, and H kan Rensmo

pp 11996–12004

Publication Date (Web): May 26, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp1076609

Secondary Ion Emission from Water Ice at 10–130 K Induced by MeV N²⁺ Ions

A. L. F. de Barros, L. S. Farenzena, D. P. P. Andrade, E. F. da Silveira, and K. Wien

pp 12005–12014

Publication Date (Web): May 31, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp111152y

Novel Chemical Sensor for CO and NO: Silicon Nanotube

Kunjie Li, Wenchuan Wang, and Dapeng Cao

pp 12015–12022

Publication Date (Web): June 2, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp111389v

Adsorption of Single Platinum Atom on the Graphene Oxide: The Role of the Carbon Lattice

Yi-Ren Tzeng, Woei Wu Pai, Cheng-Si Tsao, and Ming-Sheng Yu

pp 12023–12032

Publication Date (Web): May 26, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp200280t

Photocatalytic Activity of Nanocomposite Catalyst Films Based on Nanocrystalline Metal/Semiconductors

Francesca Petronella, Elisabetta Fanizza, Giuseppe Mascolo, Vito Locaputo, Luca Bertinetti, Gianmario Martra, Salvatore Coluccia, Angela Agostiano, M. Lucia Curri, and Roberto Comparelli

pp 12033–12040

Publication Date (Web): May 19, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp201098t

Hydrogen Electro-Insertion into Pd/Pt(111) Nanofilms: An in Situ Surface X-ray Diffraction Study

Y. Soldo-Olivier, M. C. Lafouresse, M. De Santis, C. Lebouin, M. de Boissieu, and E. Sibert

pp 12041–12047

Publication Date (Web): May 25, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp201376d

Synthesis of Aligned Polyaniline Belts by Interfacial Control Approach

Hui-yan Ma, Yun-qing Luo, Sheng-xue Yang, Yun-wu Li, Fei Cao, and Jian Gong

pp 12048–12053

Publication Date (Web): May 23, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp201411y

Dissociative Adsorption of Nitric Oxide on Fullerene Functionalized with a Scandium Metal Atom: A Quantum Chemical Study

Zabiollah Bolboli Nojini and Sepideh Samiee

pp 12054–12063

Publication Date (Web): May 19, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp201416w

Observations of Interfacial Population and Organization of Surfactants with Sum Frequency Generation and Surface Tension

Yi Rao, Xia Li, Xuegong Lei, Steffen Jockusch, Michael W. George, Nicholas J. Turro, and Kenneth B. Eisenthal

pp 12064–12067

Publication Date (Web): May 26, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp201799z

First Principles Study of Steam Carbon Reaction on γ-Fe(111) Surface

Qingfan Zhang, Bo Han, Kevin Heier, Jimmy X. Li, John Hoffman, Minfa Lin, Agnes Derecskei-Kovacs, and Hansong Cheng

pp 12068–12076

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

DOI: 10.1021/jp2019507

Accessible Volumes for Adsorption in Carbon Nanopores of Different Geometries and Wall Thicknesses

Jian Liu, M. Douglas LeVan, and D. D. Do

pp 12077–12081

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

DOI: 10.1021/jp202066w

Quenching of Photoactivity in Phthalocyanine Copper(II) -Titanate Nanotube Hybrid Systems

W. Alves, A. O. Ribeiro, M. V. B. Pinheiro, K. Krambrock, F. El Haber, G. Froyer, O. Chauvet, R. A. Ando, F. L. Souza, and W. A. Alves

pp 12082–12089

Publication Date (Web): May 21, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp202101r

Infrared Spectroscopic Investigation of the Acidity and Availability of the Surface Hydroxyls of Three-Dimensional 12-Ring Zeotype H-ITQ-7

Ragnhild Skorpa, Stian Forselv, Karina Mathisen, Silvia Bordiga, Morten Bjørgen, and Stian Svelle

pp 12090–12094

Publication Date (Web): May 26, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp202400f

CO₂ Adsorption, Diffusion, and Electron-Induced Chemistry on Rutile TiO₂(110): A Low-Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study

D. P. Acharya, N. Camillone, III, and P. Sutter

pp 12095–12105

Publication Date (Web): May 31, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp202476v

Bond Energies in Models of the Schrock Metathesis Catalyst

Monica Vasiliu, Shenggang Li, Anthony J. Arduengo, III, and David A. Dixon

pp 12106–12120

Publication Date (Web): June 2, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp202668p

First-Principles Study of Water Ice Adsorption on the Methyl-Terminated Si(111) Surface

A. Ambrosetti, F. Costanzo, and P. L. Silvestrelli

pp 12121–12127

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

DOI: 10.1021/jp202704c

Graphene Signal Mixer for Sensing Applications

Norma L. Rangel, Alejandro Gimenez, Alexander Sinitskii, and Jorge M. Seminario

pp 12128–12134

Publication Date (Web): June 2, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp202790b

Thermodynamic Stability of Buta-1,3-diene and But-1-ene on Pd(111) and (100) Surfaces under H₂ Pressure: A DFT Study

C line Chizallet, Ga tan Bonnard, Emmanuel Krebs, Laure Bisson, C cile Thomazeau, and Pascal Raybaud

pp 12135–12149

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

DOI: 10.1021/jp202811t

Absorption, Photoluminescence, and Polarized Raman Spectra of a Fourfold Alkoxy-Substituted Phthalocyanine Liquid Crystal

Elisabetta Venuti, Raffaele Guido Della Valle, Ivano Bilotti, Aldo Brillante, Massimiliano Cavallini, Annalisa Cal , and Yves H. Geerts

pp 12150–12157

Publication Date (Web): May 27, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp202926j

Layer-by-Layer Freezing of Kr Confined in Hexagonal Pores with Crystalline Carbon Walls

Kunimitsu Morishige

pp 12158–12162

Publication Date (Web): May 22, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp203103j

Growth and Reactivity of Silver Nanoparticles on the Surface of TiO₂: A Stopped-Flow Study

Hanan H. Mohamed, Ralf Dillert, and Detlef W. Bahnemann

pp 12163–12172

Publication Date (Web): May 26, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp2031576

Coverage-Driven Electronic Decoupling of Fe-Phthalocyanine from a Ag(111) Substrate

T. G. Gopakumar, T. Brumme, J. Kr ger, C. Toher, G. Cuniberti, and R. Berndt

pp 12173–12179

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

DOI: 10.1021/jp2038619

ELECTRON TRANSPORT, OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES, HARD MATTER

The Role of Short-Range Disorder in BaWO₄ Crystals in the Intense Green Photoluminescence

Marcos Anicete-Santos, Francini C. Picon, Cl udio N. Alves, Paulo S. Pizani, Jos  A. Varela, and Elson Longo

pp 12180–12186

Publication Date (Web): May 19, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp2009622

Photocurrent Switching Effects in TiO₂ Modified with Ruthenium Polypyridine Complexes

Marek F. Oszajca, Keri L. McCall, Neil Robertson, and Konrad Szaciłowski

pp 12187–12195

Publication Date (Web): May 26, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp201805t

Aluminum Incorporation in TiO₂ Rutile at High Pressure: An XRD and High-Resolution ²⁷Al NMR Study

Alberto Escudero, Laurent Delevoye, and Falko Langenhorst

pp 12196–12201

Publication Date (Web): May 16, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp202930r

ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE

Photocatalytic H₂ Evolution on CdS Loaded with WS₂ as Cocatalyst under Visible Light Irradiation

Xu Zong, Jingfeng Han, Guijun Ma, Hongjian Yan, Guopeng Wu, and Can Li

pp 12202–12208

Publication Date (Web): May 26, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp2006777

NiO/Graphene Composite for Enhanced Charge Separation and Collection in p-Type Dye Sensitized Solar Cell

Hongbin Yang, Guan Hong Guai, Chunxian Guo, Qunliang Song, San Ping Jiang, Yilei Wang, Wei Zhang, and Chang Ming Li

pp 12209–12215

Publication Date (Web): May 24, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp201178a

Computational Studies of Polysiloxanes: Oxidation Potentials and Decomposition Reactions

Rajeev S. Assary, Larry A. Curtiss, Paul C. Redfern, Zhengcheng Zhang, and Khalil Amine

pp 12216–12223

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

DOI: 10.1021/jp2019796

Effects of H-, N-, and (H, N)-Doping on the Photocatalytic Activity of TiO₂

Hui Pan, Yong-Wei Zhang, Vivek B. Shenoy, and Huajian Gao

pp 12224–12231

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

DOI: 10.1021/jp202385q

Anomalous Warburg Impedance: Influence of Uncompensated Solution Resistance

Shruti Srivastav and Rama Kant

pp 12232–12242

Publication Date (Web): May 25, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jp2024632