Phase Transition of a Single Sheet of Sashlike Polydiacetylene Atomic Sash on a Solid Surface

2004 ◽  
Vol 126 (32) ◽  
pp. 9894-9895 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osamu Endo ◽  
Hiroaki Ootsubo ◽  
Naoya Toda ◽  
Masanori Suhara ◽  
Hiroyuki Ozaki ◽  
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1995 ◽  
Vol 117 (20) ◽  
pp. 5596-5597 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Ozaki ◽  
Tsutomu Funaki ◽  
Yasuhiro Mazaki ◽  
Shigeru Masuda ◽  
Yoshiya Harada
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2005 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 470-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osamu Endo ◽  
Masanori Suhara ◽  
Hiroyuki Ozaki ◽  
Yasuhiro Mazaki

Author(s):  
D. L. Callahan ◽  
Z. Ball ◽  
H. M. Phillips ◽  
R. Sauerbrey

Ultraviolet laser-irradiation can be used to induce an insulator-to-conductor phase transition on the surface of Kapton polyimide. Such structures have potential applications as resistors or conductors for VLSI applications as well as general utility electrodes. Although the percolative nature of the phase transformation has been well-established, there has been little definitive work on the mechanism or extent of transformation. In particular, there has been considerable debate about whether or not the transition is primarily photothermal in nature, as we propose, or photochemical. In this study, cross-sectional optical microscopy and transmission electron microscopy are utilized to characterize the nature of microstructural changes associated with the laser-induced pyrolysis of polyimide.Laser-modified polyimide samples initially 12 μm thick were prepared in cross-section by standard ultramicrotomy. Resulting contraction in parallel to the film surface has led to distortions in apparent magnification. The scale bars shown are calibrated for the direction normal to the film surface only.


Author(s):  
Uwe Lücken ◽  
Joachim Jäger

TEM imaging of frozen-hydrated lipid vesicles has been done by several groups Thermotrophic and lyotrophic polymorphism has been reported. By using image processing, computer simulation and tilt experiments, we tried to learn about the influence of freezing-stress and defocus artifacts on the lipid polymorphism and fine structure of the bilayer profile. We show integrated membrane proteins do modulate the bilayer structure and the morphology of the vesicles.Phase transitions of DMPC vesicles were visualized after freezing under equilibrium conditions at different temperatures in a controlled-environment vitrification system. Below the main phase transition temperature of 24°C (Fig. 1), vesicles show a facetted appearance due to the quasicrystalline areas. A gradual increase in temperature leads to melting processes with different morphology in the bilayer profile. Far above the phase transition temperature the bilayer profile is still present. In the band-pass-filtered images (Fig. 2) no significant change in the width of the bilayer profile is visible.


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