Strain induced graphite/PDMS sensors for biomedical applications

A Nag, N Afasrimanesh, S Feng… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents the design, fabrication and implementation of novel graphite/PDMS
sensors for biomedical applications. The fabrication involves 3-D printed molds which were …

Nanotribological study of supramolecular template networks induced by hydrogen bonds and van der waals forces

H Shi, X Lu, Y Liu, J Song, K Deng, Q Zeng, C Wang - Acs Nano, 2018 - ACS Publications
Nanotribology has been given increasing attention by researchers in pursuing the nature of
friction. In the present work, an approach that combines the supramolecular assembly and …

Chemically sensitive field effect transistors and uses thereof in electronic nose devices

H Haick - US Patent 10,011,481, 2018 - Google Patents
The present invention provides an electronic nose device based on chemically sensitive
field effect transistors. In particular, the sensors of the electronic nose device are composed …

Synthesis and characterization of tin dioxide thick film modified by APTES in vapor and liquid phases

M Hijazi, V Stambouli, M Rieu, V Barnier… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - Springer
Surface functionalization has numerous applications worldwide. Silicon oxide has been a
research material of choice. However, tin dioxide (SnO 2) films are employed in many …

Ultrasensitive electrical detection of follicle-stimulating hormone using a functionalized silicon nanowire transistor chemosensor

M Lee, S Palanisamy, BH Zhou, LY Wang… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is a hormone that belongs to a family of glycoprotein
hormones. Determination of FSH can help in interpreting various factors that include …

Sorting of molecular building blocks from solution to surface

H Keisar, G de Ruiter, AH Velders, P Milko… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate that molecular gradients on an organic monolayer is formed by preferential
binding of ruthenium complexes from solutions also containing equimolar amounts of …

Boronic acids as molecular inks for surface functionalization of polyvinyl alcohol substrates

R Nishiyabu, M Tomura, T Okade, Y Kubo - New Journal of Chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Boronic acids are proposed to be used as molecular inks. This allows chemical modification
of the surface of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and PVA-related materials with boronic acid …

Inhibiting Reductive Elimination as an Intramolecular Disulfide Dramatically Enhances the Thermal Stability of SAMs on Gold Derived from Bidentate Adsorbents

S Rittikulsittichai, CS Park, MD Marquez, AC Jamison… - Langmuir, 2018 - ACS Publications
The bidentate aromatic adsorbate, 5-(octadecyloxy)-1, 3-benzenedimethanethiol
(R1ArmDT), with a specific design of extended S–S distance and a geometric constraint to …

Vacuum Ultraviolet Treatment of Acid-and Ester-Terminated Self-Assembled Monolayers: Chemical Conversions and Friction Reduction

AIA Soliman, T Utsunomiya, T Ichii, H Sugimura - Langmuir, 2018 - ACS Publications
We have prepared COOH-and COOCH3-terminated self-assembled monolayers (SAMs)
from undec-10-enoic acid (UDA) and methyl undec-10-enoate (MUDO) molecules on …

Rapid localized deactivation of self-assembled monolayers by propagation-controlled laser-induced plasma and its application to self-patterning of electronics and …

J Kim, SG Kwon, S Back, B Kang - Applied Surface Science, 2018 - Elsevier
We present a novel laser-induced surface treatment process to rapidly control the spatial
wettabilities of various functional solutions with submicron to micron resolutions. Ultrathin …