Collaborative Inter-relational Healthcare Research: A Conceptual Framework Informed by a Qualitative Enquiry

Background: Interprofessional education is an important precursor to developing collaborative interprofessional healthcare teams. Both have been studied extensively. Less is known about factors contributing to successful interprofessional research. This study examined the perspectives of members of an interprofessional healthcare research team regarding their involvement as research team members.Methods & Findings: Phase 1: Semi-structured one-on-one interviews were conducted with research team members. Interviews were audiotaped and transcribed verbatim. Each transcript was analyzed using a comparative contrast approach. Concepts emerging from the data were categorized broadly under the following themes: raison d’être, key elements of an interprofessional research team, communication, unavoidable logistics, and what is the value? Phase 2: Upon completion of the analysis, a preliminary conceptual framework for conducting interprofessional healthcare research was proposed and presented to the research team. Phase 3: A validation process was undertaken to further define the framework.Conclusions: Key components of the conceptual framework included values (trust, respect for each other, and common interest[s]) and structural prerequisites (expertise in the topic area, funding, team leadership time, associated workload, organized and co-ordinated management, and forums for multi-modal communication)

Understanding the Formation Mechanisms of Silicon Particles from the Thermal Disproportionation of Hydrogen Silsesquioxane

Crystalline silicon particles sustaining Mie resonances are readily obtained from the thermal processing of hydrogen silsesquioxane (HSQ). Here, the mechanisms involved in silicon particle formation and growth from HSQ are investigated through real-time in situ analysis using an environmental transmission electron microscope and X-ray diffractometer. The nucleation of Si nanodomains is observed starting around 1000 °C. For the first time, a highly mobile intermediate phase is experimentally observed, thus demonstrating a previously unknown growth mechanism. At least two growth processes occur simultaneously: the coalescence of small particles into larger particles and growth mode by particle displacement through the matrix toward the HSQ grain surface. Postsynthetic characterization by scanning electron microscopy further supports the latter growth mechanism. The gaseous environment employed during synthesis impacts particle formation and growth under both in situ and ex situ conditions, impacting the particle yield and structural homogeneity. Understanding the formation mechanisms of particles provides promising pathways for reducing the energy cost of this synthetic route

Understanding the Formation Mechanisms of Silicon Particles from the Thermal Disproportionation of Hydrogen Silsesquioxane

Crystalline silicon particles sustaining Mie resonances are readily obtained from the thermal processing of hydrogen silsesquioxane (HSQ). Here, the mechanisms involved in silicon particle formation and growth from HSQ are investigated through real-time in situ analysis using an environmental transmission electron microscope and X-ray diffractometer. The nucleation of Si nanodomains is observed starting around 1000 °C. For the first time, a highly mobile intermediate phase is experimentally observed, thus demonstrating a previously unknown growth mechanism. At least two growth processes occur simultaneously: the coalescence of small particles into larger particles and growth mode by particle displacement through the matrix toward the HSQ grain surface. Postsynthetic characterization by scanning electron microscopy further supports the latter growth mechanism. The gaseous environment employed during synthesis impacts particle formation and growth under both in situ and ex situ conditions, impacting the particle yield and structural homogeneity. Understanding the formation mechanisms of particles provides promising pathways for reducing the energy cost of this synthetic route

Understanding the Formation Mechanisms of Silicon Particles from the Thermal Disproportionation of Hydrogen Silsesquioxane

Crystalline silicon particles sustaining Mie resonances are readily obtained from the thermal processing of hydrogen silsesquioxane (HSQ). Here, the mechanisms involved in silicon particle formation and growth from HSQ are investigated through real-time in situ analysis using an environmental transmission electron microscope and X-ray diffractometer. The nucleation of Si nanodomains is observed starting around 1000 °C. For the first time, a highly mobile intermediate phase is experimentally observed, thus demonstrating a previously unknown growth mechanism. At least two growth processes occur simultaneously: the coalescence of small particles into larger particles and growth mode by particle displacement through the matrix toward the HSQ grain surface. Postsynthetic characterization by scanning electron microscopy further supports the latter growth mechanism. The gaseous environment employed during synthesis impacts particle formation and growth under both in situ and ex situ conditions, impacting the particle yield and structural homogeneity. Understanding the formation mechanisms of particles provides promising pathways for reducing the energy cost of this synthetic route

Understanding the Formation Mechanisms of Silicon Particles from the Thermal Disproportionation of Hydrogen Silsesquioxane

Crystalline silicon particles sustaining Mie resonances are readily obtained from the thermal processing of hydrogen silsesquioxane (HSQ). Here, the mechanisms involved in silicon particle formation and growth from HSQ are investigated through real-time in situ analysis using an environmental transmission electron microscope and X-ray diffractometer. The nucleation of Si nanodomains is observed starting around 1000 °C. For the first time, a highly mobile intermediate phase is experimentally observed, thus demonstrating a previously unknown growth mechanism. At least two growth processes occur simultaneously: the coalescence of small particles into larger particles and growth mode by particle displacement through the matrix toward the HSQ grain surface. Postsynthetic characterization by scanning electron microscopy further supports the latter growth mechanism. The gaseous environment employed during synthesis impacts particle formation and growth under both in situ and ex situ conditions, impacting the particle yield and structural homogeneity. Understanding the formation mechanisms of particles provides promising pathways for reducing the energy cost of this synthetic route