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- Wang, Lin, et al.
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Synthesis of thin, rectangular C60 nanorods using m-xylene as shape controller
- 2006
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Ingår i: Advanced Materials. - : Wiley Interscience. - 0935-9648 .- 1521-4095. ; 18:14, s. 1883-1888
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Thin, rectangular C60 nanorods in face-centered cubic structure are synthesized by using m-xylene as a shape controller. These unusual nanorods can easily grow on various substrates. The smallest nanorods have widths smaller than 30 nm. The nanorods are highly crystalline in single phase. A significant expansion of the lattice constant is also found in the C60 nanorods when their widths decrease below about 80 nm.
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- Warme, Jonatan, et al.
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Helicobacter pylori and Pro-Inflammatory Protein Biomarkers in Myocardial Infarction with and without Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease
- 2023
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Ingår i: International Journal of Molecular Sciences. - : MDPI AG. - 1661-6596 .- 1422-0067. ; 44
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Myocardial infarction (MI) with obstructive coronary artery disease (MI-CAD) and MI in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease (MINOCA) affect different populations and may have separate pathophysiological mechanisms, with greater inflammatory activity in MINOCA compared to MI-CAD. Helicobacter pylori (Hp) can cause systemic inflammation and has been associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD). We aimed to investigate whether Hp infection is associated with concentrations of protein biomarkers of inflammation and CVD. In a case-control study, patients with MINOCA (n = 99) in Sweden were included, complemented by matched subjects with MI-CAD (n = 99) and controls (n = 100). Protein biomarkers were measured with a proximity extension assay in plasma samples collected 3 months after MI. The seroprevalence of Hp and cytotoxin-associated gene A (CagA) was determined using ELISA. The associations between protein levels and Hp status were studied with linear regression. The prevalence of Hp was 20.2%, 19.2%, and 16.0% for MINOCA, MI-CAD, and controls, respectively (p = 0.73). Seven proteins were associated with Hp in an adjusted model: tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), interleukin-6 (IL-6), myeloperoxidase (MPO), TNF-related activation-induced cytokine (TRANCE), pappalysin-1 (PAPPA), soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR), and P-selectin glycoprotein ligand 1 (PSGL-1). Hp infection was present in one in five patients with MI, irrespective of the presence of obstructive CAD. Inflammatory proteins were elevated in Hp-positive subjects, thus not ruling out that Hp may promote an inflammatory response and potentially contribute to the development of CVD.
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| 323. |
- Winter, Johannes, et al.
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Charge transfer in alkali-metal-doped polymeric fullerenes
- 1996
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Ingår i: Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. - 1098-0121 .- 1550-235X. ; 54, s. 17486-17492
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We present room-temperature Raman measurements of pressure-polymerized C60 and compare them with the spectra of RbC60 in the orthorhombic phase. Although both materials were prepared according to two completely different routes the spectra show a surprising similarity with respect to mode positions and line splitting. We concluded from this that both materials, the uncharged pressure-polymerized C60 and the rubidium-doped orthorhombic compound, have the same overall structure and the AC60 compounds can be considered as the doped species of the C60, polymerized using moderate low pressure and high temperatures. From a detailed comparison between both spectra mode shifting and line broadening as a consequence of the charge transfer was determined and electron-phonon coupling constants were estimated for the high-frequency Hg(7) and Hg(8) modes. The low values for the coupling constants compared to the ones in the K3C60 can explain the lack of superconductivity in the AC60 compounds.
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- Wu, Bingze, et al.
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Significant electron-phonon coupling in nanographene confined in single-walled carbon nanotubes due to the large amplitude of radial breathinglike vibrations
- 2024
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Ingår i: Physical Review B. - : American Physical Society. - 2469-9950 .- 2469-9969. ; 109:19
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- One-dimensional (1D) van der Waals heterostructures (vdWHs) exhibit many properties, but many of these are difficult to understand because of their complicated structures and host-guest couplings that remain challenging to understand. Here, we observe a significant electron-phonon coupling (EPC) in 1D armchair graphene nanoribbons (AGNRs) confined in single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) via resonance Raman spectroscopy combined with theoretical calculation. A strong coupling between radial breathinglike mode (RBLM) phonons and the host nanotubes occurs due to the large vibration amplitude of RBLMs of the guest AGNRs. This results in unique deformation potential interactions in the heterostructure, contributing to the observed EPC enhancement. The EPC could be further modulated and strengthened by high pressure through tuning the RBLM-nanotube interactions. In this paper, we discover a mechanism governing the EPC in vdWHs and pave the way for manipulating the host-guest EPC for further control of the physical properties and potential device applications.
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| 325. |
- Wågberg, Thomas, et al.
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13C NMR on intercalated 2D-polymerised C60 and modified peapods.
- 2004
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Ingår i: Electronic Properties of Synthetic Nanostructures. - Melville, NY : American Institute of Physics (AIP). - 0735402043 ; , s. 238-41
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- We present 13C NMR results on the intercalated 2D C60-polymers Li4-xNaxC60 (x=0-4 with half integer steps) showing that while Li4C60 forms a tetragonal polymer with double polymer bonds between the molecules, Na4C60 form a monoclinic polymer with single polymer bonds. The chemical shift is much larger for Li-rich samples than for Na-rich samples, indicating perhaps a different type of interaction with the C60 molecules. The crossover between the two structures appears to be at the composition Li2.5Na1.5C60 . We also show NMR data on SWNT filled with C60 molecules, so called peapods, showing that the NMR line of C60 can not be observed when the C60 is inside the tubes. Weinterpret this as resulting from a very long relaxation time, indicating that the dynamics of the C60 molecule is hindered by the nanotube walls.
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| 326. |
- Wågberg, Thomas, et al.
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2D polymerization and doping of fullerenes under pressure
- 2000
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Ingår i: High Pressure Research vol. 18. - : Gordon & Breach. ; 18:1-6, s. 139-143
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Tetragonal polymeric C60 has been studied by Raman spectroscopy and other methods. Attempts have been made to transform samples from the tetragonal to the orthorhom-bic phase and vice versa. The results suggest that the transformation is direct with no intermediate stage with free molecules. Tetragonal C60 has also been intercalated by potassium metal.
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| 327. |
- Wågberg, Thomas, et al.
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A Raman study of polymerised C60
- 1997
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Ingår i: Applied Physics A. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0947-8396 .- 1432-0630. ; 64:3, s. 223-226
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Results of Raman scattering studies on high pressure polymerized and photo polymerized C60 are reported. Although prepared according to different routes the Raman spectra of the two polymeric phases of C60 show a quantitative agreement with respect to mode positions and intensity. We conclude from this that both materials have the same structure at least in the short range order, i.e. the same type of bonding and co-ordination between neighbouring C60 molecules. An investigation of the time dependence of the thermal decomposition of high pressure polymerised C60 is also presented. The rate of decomposition of the polymeric phase is found to be multi-exponential at all temperatures investigated. From an Arrhenius-type analysis of the short time data and the long time data, respectively, the activation energy for thermal dissociation of polymeric bonds was found to increase with time.
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| 328. |
- Wågberg, Thomas, et al.
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Can two-dimensional fullerene polymers be intercalated?
- 2000
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Ingår i: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals vol. 340. - : Overseas Publishing Association, B.V.. ; , s. 677-682
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Two-dimensional C60 polymers can be produced by treatment at high T and high p. Attempts have previously been made to intercalate these layered materials by alkali metals using the gas phase method but the polymers have always decomposed. We investigate here whether intercalated 2D polymers can be formed by other methods, such as by polymerization in the presence of alkali metals. Preliminary x-ray and Raman data can be interpreted to indicate the presence of an alkali metal intercalated tetragonal fullerene polymeric structure.
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| 329. |
- Wågberg, Thomas, et al.
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Comparative Raman study of photopolymerised and pressure-polymerised C60 films
- 1999
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Ingår i: Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. - : American Physical Society. - 1098-0121 .- 1550-235X. ; 60:7, s. 4535-4538
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We have made a Raman study of low-pressure polymerized and photopolymerized C60 films, polymerized in different ways, but otherwise initially identical. Although the structures developing in the films during polymerization are initially very similar, an analysis of characteristic features in the Raman spectra shows that photopolymerized material forms a more complex polymeric structure when the polymerization approaches saturation. We suggest that this complex structure contains branched polymeric chains and in particular that a mode near 1454 cm-1 in photopolymerized C60 is characteristic for this type of structure.
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| 330. |
- Wågberg, Thomas, et al.
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Polymeric phases of C60
- 1997
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Ingår i: Fullerenes: Recent Advances in the Chemistry and Physics of Fullerenes and Related Materials, vol. 5. - Pennington, NJ : The Electrochemical Society. - 1566771927 ; , s. 674-679
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- We have investigated the "low" pressure region where C60 can be transformed into polymeric chains or clusters. To learn more about the polymerization process we have treated pristine C60 at several different temperatures under hydrostatic pressures in silicone oil. We found that the reaction rate varied with temperature. Above 520 K at 1.0 GPa similar and high polymer fractions were obtained in all samples, but at 497 K the polymer fraction was only 10% after three hours, as indicated by the shift of the intensity of the pentagonal pinch mode in the Raman spectrum. Also, samples treated at the same pressure and temperature but with different thermal pre-history showed different degrees of polymerization. We have also found a correlation between the shift of the pentagonal pinch mode in the Raman spectrum to 1463 /cm and the intermolecular vibrational mode at 97 /cm. We therefore make the conclusion that the shift of the pentagonal pinch mode to 1463 /cm corresponds to the presence of dimers in the sample.
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