Smith S.C. – TechConnect Briefs

Molecular dynamic simulations of bio-nanocomplexes involfing LDH nanoparticles and short-strand DNA/RNA

Tran P., Wong Y., Lu G.Q., Smith S.C., University of Queensland, AU

A variety of organic structures can be intercalated into layered double hydroxides (LDH) structures, making LDH nanoparticles highly promising vehicles for drug delivery and gene therapy applications. The nature of the interactions between DNA (or [...]

Computational and experimental studies of non-metal-terminated surfaces of anatase and rutile TiO2

Yang H.G., Sun C.H., Qiao S.Z., Zhou J., Smith S.C., Cheng H.M., Lu G.Q., University of Queensland, AU

The structures and free energies ( ) of low index surfaces of anatase and rutile TiO2 terminated by nonmetals (H, B, C, N, O, F, Si, P, S, Cl, Br, and I) have been studied [...]

Formation of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes Via the Interaction of Graphene Nanoribbons: ab initio Density Functional Calculations

Du A.J., Smith S.C., Lu G.Q., University of Queensland, AU

Recently, single graphite layers, referred to as Graphene nanoribbons (GNR) have been prepared experimentally by using conventional methods, such as cutting mechanically exfoloiated graphenes or by patterning epitaxially grown graphenes [1-2]. On the other hand, [...]