A shape tailored gold-conductive polymer nanocomposite as a transparent electrode with extraordinary insensitivity to volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

In this study, the transparent conducting polymer of poly (3,4-ethylenendioxythiophene): poly(styrene sulphonate) (PEDOT:PSS) was nanohybridized via inclusion of gold nanofillers including nanospheres (NSs) and nanorods (NRs). Such nanocomposite thin films offer not only more optimum conductivity than the pristine polymer but also excellent resistivity against volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Interestingly, such amazing properties are achieved in the diluted regimes of the nanofillers and depend on the characteristics of the interfacial region of the polymer and nanofillers, i.e. the aspect ratio of the latter component. Accordingly, a shape dependent response is made that is more desirable in case of using the Au nanorods with a much larger aspect ratio than their nanosphere counterparts. This transparent nanocomposite thin film with an optimized conductivity and very low sensitivity to organic gases is undoubtedly a promising candidate material for the touch screen panel production industry. Considering PEDOT as a known material for integrated electrodes in energy saving applications, we believe that our strategy might be an important progress in the field.Peer reviewe

Synthesis of Monochlorosilyl Derivatives of Dialkyloligothiophenes for Self-Assembling Mono layer Field-Effect Transistors

Unsymmetrical dimethylchlorosilyl-substituted α,α'-dialkylquater-, quinque-, and sexithiophenes were designed and successfully synthesized by a combination of Kumada and Suzuki cross-coupling reactions followed by hydrosilylation. Optimization possibilities of the hydrosilylation of low-soluble linear oligothiophenes by dimethylchlorosilane as well as the nonreactive byproducts formed are described. The molecular structures of the obtained dimethylchlorosilyl-functionalized oligothiophenes were proven by NMR and DCI MS techniques. These compounds were found to be stable and reactive enough, even in the presence of the nonreactive byproducts, to form semiconducting monolayers on dielectric hydroxylated SiO2 surfaces by self-assembly from solution. The semiconducting properties of these oligothiophene SAMs were as good as those of bulk oligothiophenes. This allowed the production of stable, even under ambient conditions, SAMFETs with a mobility of up to 0.04 cm2/(V s) and an on/off ratio up to 1 × 10^8.

Isolation in Globalizing Academic Fields: A Collaborative Autoethnography of Early Career Researchers

This study examines academic isolation – an involuntary perceived separation from the academic field to which one aspires to belong, associated with a perceived lack of agency in terms of one’s engagement with the field – as a key challenge for researchers in increasingly globalized academic careers. While prior research describes early career researchers’ isolation in their institutions, we theorize early career researchers’ isolation in their academic fields and reveal how they attempt to mitigate isolation to improve their career prospects. Using a collaborative autoethnographic approach, we generate and analyze a dataset focused on the experiences of ten early career researchers in a globalizing business academic field known as Consumer Culture Theory. We identify bricolage practices, polycentric governance practices, and integration mechanisms that work to enhance early career researchers’ perceptions of agency and consequently mitigate their academic isolation. Our findings extend discussions on isolation and its role in new academic careers. Early career researchers, in particular, can benefit from a deeper understanding of practices that can enable them to mitigate isolation and reclaim agency as they engage with global academic fields

78. Johnson (Bo). Die hexaplarische Rezension des l. Samuelbuches der Septuaginta (= Studia theologica lundensia, 22)

Kirchmeyer J. 78. Johnson (Bo). Die hexaplarische Rezension des l. Samuelbuches der Septuaginta (= Studia theologica lundensia, 22). In: Revue des Études Grecques, tome 78, fascicule 369-370, Janvier-juin 1965. pp. 454-457

54. de Aldama (J. Α.). Repertorium pseudochrysostomicum

Kirchmeyer J. 54. de Aldama (J. Α.). Repertorium pseudochrysostomicum. In: Revue des Études Grecques, tome 79, fascicule 374-375, Janvier-juin 1966. p. 567

78. Johnson (Bo). Die hexaplarische Rezension des l. Samuelbuches der Septuaginta (= Studia theologica lundensia, 22)

Kirchmeyer J. 78. Johnson (Bo). Die hexaplarische Rezension des l. Samuelbuches der Septuaginta (= Studia theologica lundensia, 22). In: Revue des Études Grecques, tome 78, fascicule 369-370, Janvier-juin 1965. pp. 454-457