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Scierka LE, Mena-Hurtado C, Shishehbor MH, Spertus JA, Nagpal S, Babrowski T, Bunte MC, Politano A, Humphries M, Chung J, Kirksey L, Alabi O, Soukas P, Parikh S, Faizer R, Fitridge R, Provance J, Romain G, McMillan N, Stone N, Scott K, Fuss C, Pacheco CM, Gosch K, Harper-Brooks A, Smolderen KG. The shifting care and outcomes for patients with endangered limbs - Critical limb ischemia (SCOPE-CLI) registry overview of study design and rationale. Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc 2022; 39:100971. [PMID: 35198727 PMCID: PMC8850321 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2022.100971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Revised: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Critical limb ischemia (CLI), the most severe form of peripheral artery disease, is associated with pain, poor wound healing, high rates of amputation, and mortality (>20% at 1 year). Little is known about the processes of care, patients' preferences, or outcomes, as seen from patients' perspectives. The SCOPE-CLI study was co-designed with patients to holistically document patient characteristics, treatment preferences, patterns of care, and patient-centered outcomes for CLI. METHODS This 11-center prospective observational registry will enroll and interview 816 patients from multispecialty, interdisciplinary vascular centers in the United States and Australia. Patients will be followed up at 1, 2, 6, and 12 months regarding their psychosocial factors and health status. Hospitalizations, interventions, and outcomes will be captured for 12 months with vital status extending to 5 years. Pilot data were collected between January and July of 2021 from 3 centers. RESULTS A total of 70 patients have been enrolled. The mean age was 68.4 ± 11.3 years, 31.4% were female, and 20.0% were African American. CONCLUSIONS SCOPE-CLI is uniquely co-designed with patients who have CLI to capture the care experiences, treatment preferences, and health status outcomes of this vulnerable population and will provide much needed information to understand and address gaps in the quality of CLI care and outcomes.ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT Number): NCT04710563 https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04710563.
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- Lindsey E. Scierka
- Yale University, Department of Internal Medicine, Vascular Medicine Outcomes Program (VAMOS), New Haven, CT, United States
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- Yale University, Department of Internal Medicine, Vascular Medicine Outcomes Program (VAMOS), New Haven, CT, United States
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- Case Western University School of Medicine/Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute/University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, United States
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- Yale University, Department of Internal Medicine, Vascular Medicine Outcomes Program (VAMOS), New Haven, CT, United States
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- Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute/University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, United States
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- Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States
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- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
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- Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Columbia University – Presbyterian, New York, NY, United States
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- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Discipline of Surgery, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Yale University, Department of Internal Medicine, Vascular Medicine Outcomes Program (VAMOS), New Haven, CT, United States
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- Yale University, Department of Internal Medicine, Vascular Medicine Outcomes Program (VAMOS), New Haven, CT, United States
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- Discipline of Surgery, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute/University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, United States
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- Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute/University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, United States
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- Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute/University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, United States
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- Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute/University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, United States
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- Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute/University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, United States
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- Yale University, Department of Internal Medicine, Vascular Medicine Outcomes Program (VAMOS), New Haven, CT, United States
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- Yale University, Department of Internal Medicine, Vascular Medicine Outcomes Program (VAMOS), New Haven, CT, United States
- Yale University, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT, United States
- Corresponding author at: 789 Howard Avenue, New Haven, CT 06519, United States.
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O'Banion LA, Yoon W, Politano A, Brooke BS, Fox CJ, Kiang SC, Chandra V, Zhou W, Bowens N, Woo K, Vartanian SM, Magee GA. Popliteal Scoring Assessment for Vascular Extremity Injuries in Trauma Score Fulfills the Need for a New Reporting Standard in Lower Extremity Vascular Trauma. J Vasc Surg 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2021.06.293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Frappa M, Del Rio Castillo AE, Macedonio F, Politano A, Drioli E, Bonaccorso F, Pellegrini V, Gugliuzza A. A few-layer graphene for advanced composite PVDF membranes dedicated to water desalination: a comparative study. Nanoscale Adv 2020; 2:4728-4739. [PMID: 36132930 PMCID: PMC9417500 DOI: 10.1039/d0na00403k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/15/2020] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Membrane distillation is envisaged to be a promising best practice to recover freshwater from seawater with the prospect of building low energy-consuming devices powered by natural and renewable energy sources in remote and less accessible areas. Moreover, there is an additional benefit of integrating this green technology with other well-established operations dedicated to desalination. Today, the development of membrane distillation depends on the productivity-efficiency ratio on a large scale. Despite hydrophobic commercial membranes being widely used, no membrane with suitable morphological and chemical feature is readily available in the market. Thus, there is a real need to identify best practices for developing new efficient membranes for more productive and eco-sustainable membrane distillation devices. Here, we propose engineered few-layer graphene membranes, showing enhanced trans-membrane fluxes and total barrier action against NaCl ions. The obtained performances are linked with filling polymeric membranes with few-layer graphene of 490 nm in lateral size, produced by the wet-jet milling technology. The experimental evidence, together with comparative analyses, confirmed that the use of more largely sized few-layer graphene leads to superior productivity related efficiency trade-off for the membrane distillation process. Herein, it was demonstrated that the quality of exfoliation is a crucial factor for addressing the few-layer graphene supporting the separation capability of the host membranes designed for water desalination.
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- M Frappa
- Institute on Membrane Technology-National Research Council (CNR-ITM) Via Pietro Bucci 17C Rende (CS) 87036 Italy
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- Graphene Labs, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Via Morego 3016163 Genova Italy
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- Institute on Membrane Technology-National Research Council (CNR-ITM) Via Pietro Bucci 17C Rende (CS) 87036 Italy
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- Graphene Labs, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Via Morego 3016163 Genova Italy
- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila Via Vetoio 67100 L'Aquila AQ Italy
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- Institute on Membrane Technology-National Research Council (CNR-ITM) Via Pietro Bucci 17C Rende (CS) 87036 Italy
- Department of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, University of Calabria Via P. Bucci 87036 Rende CS Italy
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- Graphene Labs, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Via Morego 3016163 Genova Italy
- Bedimensional s.p.a Via Albisola 121 16163 Genova Italy
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- Graphene Labs, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Via Morego 3016163 Genova Italy
- Bedimensional s.p.a Via Albisola 121 16163 Genova Italy
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- Institute on Membrane Technology-National Research Council (CNR-ITM) Via Pietro Bucci 17C Rende (CS) 87036 Italy
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Kazim S, Alì M, Palleschi S, D'Olimpio G, Mastrippolito D, Politano A, Gunnella R, Di Cicco A, Renzelli M, Moccia G, Cacioppo OA, Alfonsetti R, Strychalska-Nowak J, Klimczuk T, J Cava R, Ottaviano L. Mechanical exfoliation and layer number identification of single crystal monoclinic CrCl 3. Nanotechnology 2020; 31:395706. [PMID: 32150734 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab7de6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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After the recent finding that CrI3, displays ferromagnetic order down to its monolayer, extensive studies have followed to pursue new two-dimensional (2D) magnetic materials. In this article, we report on the growth of single crystal CrCl3 in the layered monoclinic phase. The system after mechanical exfoliation exhibits stability in ambient air (the degradation occurs on a time scale at least four orders of magnitude longer than is observed for CrI3). By means of mechanical cleavage and atomic force microscopy (AFM) combined with optical identification, we demonstrate the systematic isolation of single and few layer flakes onto 270 nm and 285 nm SiO2/Si (100) substrates with lateral size larger than graphene flakes isolated with the same method. The layer number identification has been carried with statistically significant data, quantifying the optical contrast as a function of the number of layers for up to six layers. Layer dependent optical contrast data have been fitted within the Fresnel equation formalism determining the real and imaginary part of the wavelength dependent refractive index of the material. A layer dependent (532 nm) micro-Raman study has been carried out down to two layers with no detectable spectral shifts as a function of the layer number and with respect to the bulk.
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- S Kazim
- School of Science and Technology Physics division, Università di Camerino, Italy
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences (DSFC) Università dell'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences (DSFC) Università dell'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
- Lfoundry, Avezzano (AQ), Italy
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences (DSFC) Università dell'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences (DSFC) Università dell'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences (DSFC) Università dell'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- School of Science and Technology Physics division, Università di Camerino, Italy
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- School of Science and Technology Physics division, Università di Camerino, Italy
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- Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland
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- Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, United States of America
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences (DSFC) Università dell'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
- CNR-SPIN uos L'Aquila, L'Aquila Italy
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Moneta G, Louie D, Ganesan S, Landry G, Liem T, Azarbal A, Politano A, Jung E. A Vascular Surgery Sponsored Comprehensive Summer Internship Program for Undergraduate and Medical Students. J Vasc Surg 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2020.04.378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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De Ruvo E, Cicogna F, Bressi E, Tota C, Monzo L, Mennuni S, Bruni G, Fagagnini A, Borrelli A, Scara A, Panuccio M, Grieco D, Politano A, Sciarra L, Calo L. P1151Impact of ARNI (LCZ696) on patients selection for ICD implantation in SCD primary prevention: a real-world experience. Europace 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/europace/euaa162.318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background
ICD implantation is recommended for primary prevention in patients with symptomatic NYHA II-III heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (< 35%) (HFrEF) and without left ventricle ejection fraction (LVEF) improvement despite at least three months of guideline-directed therapy. The use of angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibition with LCZ696 has shown to ameliorate left ventricle function and to reduce the ventricular arrhythmias burden in patients with HFrEF.
Purpose
The profile of patients with HFrEF who may benefit from therapy with LCZ696 without further requiring an ICD in primary prevention is still unknown. We aimed to assess the prevalence of these patients and to find potential clinical predictors of responsiveness to this treatment.
Methods
We enrolled consecutive patients that started LCZ696 treatment for medical therapy optimization in the heart failure clinic of our institution. All of them were previously implanted with an ICD before LCZ696 availability (from 2009 to 2015). A cardiologist evaluated their home medications, clinical, and echocardiographic characteristics both at baseline (before starting LCZ696) and during follow up. The patients were grouped also according to the etiology of HF (ischemic/non-ischemic) and by gender. Patients were excluded if candidates to cardiac resynchronization therapy. Responsiveness to LCZ696 treatment was defined as an increase of LVEF to values > 35% at follow up (FU).
Results
A total of 49 patients (67.1 ± 9.8 years of age) were enrolled in this study and followed in the heart failure clinic of our institution (mean follow up 11.5 ± 4.9 months). Among them, 19 patients (38%) showed an increase in LVEF to values > 35% at follow up and a significant improvement in LVEF was appreciated (baseline LVEF: 31.2 ± 4.5 vs. follow up LVEF: 35.4 ± 8.0; p 0.003). No significant differences were recorded at baseline in LVEF within HF etiology and gender groups. At follow up, we found a significant increase in post-therapy LVEF only in the non-ischemic etiology group (from 31.5 ± 4.4 to 37.1 ± 8.1, p = 0.001) and in the male group (from 31.4 ± 4.5 to 34.9 ± 7.9, p = 0.005) in comparison with the ischemic etiology and the female group, respectively. No significant statistical differences were appreciated between responders and non-responders neither in terms of home medications nor in the LCZ696 doses, both at baseline and follow up.
Conclusion
This study suggests a potential impact of angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibition therapy in the selection of patients with HFrEF candidates to ICD in primary prevention. In this real-world experience from our HF clinic, we found a significant LVEF improvement in approximately 40% of patients treated with LCZ696. These patients, in FU evaluation, would not have needed for an ICD implantation. This benefit appears related to the non-ischemic etiology of HF and the male gender.
Abstract Figure. LVEF VARIATIONS
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- POLYCLINIC CASILINO, Rome, Italy
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- POLYCLINIC CASILINO, Rome, Italy
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- POLYCLINIC CASILINO, Rome, Italy
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- POLYCLINIC CASILINO, Rome, Italy
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- POLYCLINIC CASILINO, Rome, Italy
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- POLYCLINIC CASILINO, Rome, Italy
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- POLYCLINIC CASILINO, Rome, Italy
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Smolevitz J, Daab L, Liem T, Politano A. Hybrid Repair of an Iatrogenic Left Subclavian Artery Injury: A Case Report. Ann Vasc Surg 2020; 67:563.e7-563.e11. [PMID: 32234396 DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2020.03.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2019] [Revised: 03/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/16/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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We present the case of an iatrogenic injury to the left subclavian artery during placement of a port for chemotherapy. The artery was inadvertently accessed at its infraclavicular position, and then was perforated centrally, entering the mediastinum at the origin of the left vertebral artery. Given that the patient's posterior circulation was largely dependent on the left vertebral artery, it could not be sacrificed. To preserve her left vertebral artery and to avoid the need for a sternotomy, which would more substantially delay initiation of chemotherapy, we elected to perform a hybrid repair: an open left carotid to vertebral artery bypass with reversed great saphenous vein followed by repair of the proximal left subclavian injury with a covered stent graft, which was delivered via the left axillary artery. The patient recovered uneventfully. This case demonstrates a hybrid open and endovascular repair for a complex iatrogenic arterial injury. We were able to obtain a desirable outcome by careful assessment of the anatomic particulars of her injury and the technical constraints in proposed methods of repair, all in the context of the patient's overall goals of care.
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- Jill Smolevitz
- Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR.
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- Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
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- Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
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- Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
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Light-to-heat conversion in plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) inside polymeric membranes is beneficial for improving the efficiency of membrane distillation for seawater desalination. However, the physical mechanisms ruling photothermal membrane distillation are unclear yet. Here, we model the plasmonic photothermal light-to-heat conversion from Ag, Au, and Cu nanofillers in polymeric membranes for membrane distillation. Photothermal effects in the cases of isolated metallic NPs and their assembly are investigated considering size effects and excitation sources. The increasing content of metallic NPs improves the efficiency of the light-to-heat conversion. For a polymeric membrane, filled with 25% Ag NPs, our model well reproduces the experimental temperature increase of 10 K. Specifically, we find that Ag NPs with a radius of around 30-40 nm are favorite candidates for membrane heating with excitation energy in the visible/near-UV range. The incorporation of a term associated with heat losses into the heat transfer equation well reproduces the cooling effect associated with vaporization at the membrane surface. Compared to Ag NPs, Au and Cu NPs show a broadened absorption cross section and their resonance has a nonlinear behavior with varying the excitation energy, better matching with sunlight radiation spectrum.
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- D Elmaghraoui
- Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Campus Universitaire, 2092 El Manar, Tunisia
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche, Università dell'Aquila, Via Vetoio 10, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Campus Universitaire, 2092 El Manar, Tunisia
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Gontarek E, Macedonio F, Militano F, Giorno L, Lieder M, Politano A, Drioli E, Gugliuzza A. Adsorption-assisted transport of water vapour in super-hydrophobic membranes filled with multilayer graphene platelets. Nanoscale 2019; 11:11521-11529. [PMID: 31086934 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr02581b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The effects of confinement of multilayer graphene platelets in hydrophobic microporous polymeric membranes are here examined. Intermolecular interactions between water vapour molecules and nanocomposite membranes are envisaged to originate assisted transport of water vapour in membrane distillation processes when a suitable filler-polymer ratio is reached. Mass transport coefficients are estimated under different working conditions, suggesting a strong dependence of the transport on molecular interactions. Remarkably, no thermal polarization is observed, although the filler exhibits ultrahigh thermal conductivity. In contrast, enhanced resistance to wetting as well as outstanding mechanical and chemical stability meets the basic requirements of water purification via membrane distillation. As a result, a significant improvement of the productivity-efficiency trade-off is achieved with respect to the pristine polymeric membrane when low amounts of platelets are confined in spherulitic-like PVDF networks.
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- E Gontarek
- Research Institute on Membrane Technology, ITM-CNR, Via Pietro Bucci 17/C, I-87030 Rende, Italy.
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In this review, we present the applications of thermoplasmonics in membrane processes. We discuss the influence of the heat capacity of the solvent, the amount of plasmonic nanoparticles in the membrane, the intensity of the light source and the transmembrane flow rate on the increase of permeability. Remarkably, thermoplasmonic effects do not involve any noticeable loss of membrane rejection. Herein, we consider application feasibilities, including application fields, requirements of feed, alternatives of light sources, promising thermoplasmonic nanoparticles and scaling up issues.
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- A Politano
- Department of Physics, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci cubo 31/C, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy
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Politano A, Chiarello G, Samnakay R, Liu G, Gürbulak B, Duman S, Balandin AA, Boukhvalov DW. The influence of chemical reactivity of surface defects on ambient-stable InSe-based nanodevices. Nanoscale 2016; 8:8474-8479. [PMID: 27049751 DOI: 10.1039/c6nr01262k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We demonstrate that, in contrast to most two-dimensional materials, ultrathin flakes of InSe are stable under ambient conditions. Despite their ambient stability, InSe-based nanodevices show an environmental p-type doping, suppressed by capping InSe with hexagonal boron nitride. By means of transport experiments, density functional theory and vibrational spectroscopy, we attribute the p-type doping assumed by uncapped InSe under an ambient atmosphere to the decomposition of water at Se vacancies. We have estimated the site-dependent adsorption energy of O2, N2, H2O, CO and CO2 on InSe. A stable adsorption is found only for the case of H2O, with a charge transfer of only 0.01 electrons per water molecule.
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- A Politano
- Università degli Studi della Calabria, Dipartimento di Fisica, 87036 Rende, Italy.
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Politano A, Silkin VM, Nechaev IA, Vitiello MS, Viti L, Aliev ZS, Babanly MB, Chiarello G, Echenique PM, Chulkov EV. Interplay of Surface and Dirac Plasmons in Topological Insulators: The Case of Bi_{2}Se_{3}. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 115:216802. [PMID: 26636863 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.216802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We have investigated plasmonic excitations at the surface of Bi_{2}Se_{3}(0001) via high-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy. For low parallel momentum transfer q_{∥}, the loss spectrum shows a distinctive feature peaked at 104 meV. This mode varies weakly with q_{∥}. The behavior of its intensity as a function of primary energy and scattering angle indicates that it is a surface plasmon. At larger momenta (q_{∥}~0.04 Å^{-1}), an additional peak, attributed to the Dirac plasmon, becomes clearly defined in the loss spectrum. Momentum-resolved loss spectra provide evidence of the mutual interaction between the surface plasmon and the Dirac plasmon of Bi_{2}Se_{3}. The proposed theoretical model accounting for the coexistence of three-dimensional doping electrons and two-dimensional Dirac fermions accurately represents the experimental observations. The results reveal novel routes for engineering plasmonic devices based on topological insulators.
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- A Politano
- Department of Physics, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy
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- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Paseo de Manuel Lardizabal 4, 20018 San Sebastián/Donostia, Spain
- Departamento de Física de Materiales, Universidad del País Vasco, Apartado 1072, 20080 San Sebastián/Donostia, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48011 Bilbao, Spain
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- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Paseo de Manuel Lardizabal 4, 20018 San Sebastián/Donostia, Spain
- Tomsk State University, 634050 Tomsk, Russian Federation
- Saint Petersburg State University, 198504 Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza San Silvestro 12, 56127 Pisa, Italy
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- NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza San Silvestro 12, 56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Paseo de Manuel Lardizabal 4, 20018 San Sebastián/Donostia, Spain
- Institute of Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry, ANAS, AZ1143 Baku, Azerbaijian
- Institute of Physics, ANAS, AZ1143 Baku, Azerbaijian
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- Institute of Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry, ANAS, AZ1143 Baku, Azerbaijian
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- Department of Physics, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy
- CNISM, Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze Fisiche della Materia, Via della Vasca Navale, 84, 00146 Roma, Italy
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- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Paseo de Manuel Lardizabal 4, 20018 San Sebastián/Donostia, Spain
- Departamento de Física de Materiales, Universidad del País Vasco, Apartado 1072, 20080 San Sebastián/Donostia, Spain
- Centro de Física de Materiales CFM-Materials Physics Center MPC, Centro Mixto CSIC-UPV/EHU, Paseo de Manuel Lardizabal 5, 20018 San Sebastián/Donostia, Spain
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- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Paseo de Manuel Lardizabal 4, 20018 San Sebastián/Donostia, Spain
- Departamento de Física de Materiales, Universidad del País Vasco, Apartado 1072, 20080 San Sebastián/Donostia, Spain
- Tomsk State University, 634050 Tomsk, Russian Federation
- Saint Petersburg State University, 198504 Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
- Centro de Física de Materiales CFM-Materials Physics Center MPC, Centro Mixto CSIC-UPV/EHU, Paseo de Manuel Lardizabal 5, 20018 San Sebastián/Donostia, Spain
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Davies S, Guidry C, Politano A, Rosenberger L, McLeod M, Hranjec T, Sawyer R. Aspergillus infections in transplant and non-transplant surgical patients. Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2014; 15:207-12. [PMID: 24799182 DOI: 10.1089/sur.2012.239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Aspergillus infections are associated commonly with immunocompromised states, such as transplantation and hematologic malignant disease. Although Aspergillus infections among patients having surgery occur primarily in transplant recipients, they are found in non-recipients of transplants, and have a mortality rate similar to that seen among transplant recipients. METHODS We conducted a retrospective analysis of a prospective data base collected from 1996 to 2010, in which we identified patients with Aspergillus infections. We compared demographic data, co-morbidities, and outcomes in non-transplant patients with those in abdominal transplant recipients. Continuous data were evaluated with the Student t-test, and categorical data were evaluated through χ(2) analysis. RESULTS Twenty-three patients (11 transplant patients and 12 non-transplant patients) were identified as having had Aspergillus infections. The two groups were similar with regard to their demographics and co-morbidities, with the exceptions of their scores on the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II), of 23.6±8.1 points for transplant patients vs. 16.8±6.1 points for non-transplant patients (p=0.03); Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS) of 16.6±8.3 points vs. 9.2±4.1 points, respectively (p=0.02); steroid use 91.0% vs. 25.0%, respectively (p=0.003); and percentage of infections acquired in the intensive care unit (ICU) 27.3% vs. 83.3%, respectively (p=0.01). The most common site of infection in both patient groups was the lung. The two groups showed no significant difference in the number of days from admission to treatment, hospital length of stay following treatment, or mortality. CONCLUSIONS Although Aspergillus infections among surgical patients have been associated historically with solid-organ transplantation, our data suggest that other patients may also be susceptible to such infections, especially those in an ICU who are deemed to be critically ill. This supports the idea that critically ill surgical patients exist in an immunocompromised state. Surgical intensivists should be familiar with the diagnosis and treatment of Aspergillus infections even in the absence of an active transplant program.
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- Stephen Davies
- Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System , Charlottesville, Virginia
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Forleo GB, Di Biase L, Panattoni G, Politano A, Magliano G, Santini L, Natale A, Romeo F. Systematic fluoroscopic and electrical assessment of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator patients implanted with silicone-polyurethane copolymer (Optim ) coated leads. Europace 2013; 16:265-70. [DOI: 10.1093/europace/eut236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Politano A, Formoso V, Chiarello G. Evidence of composite plasmon–phonon modes in the electronic response of epitaxial graphene. J Phys Condens Matter 2013; 25:345303. [PMID: 23912771 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/34/345303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The electronic response of quasi-freestanding graphene on Pt(111) has been measured by high-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy. Loss spectra reveal the existence of three distinct excitations: a dispersing feature due to the ordinary sheet plasmon and two dispersionless modes at 0.2 and 0.5–0.6 eV. The latter two features are assigned to the coupled plasmon–phonon excitation and to an interface plasmon, respectively. The complex interactions of plasmons with other particles have significant fundamental and practical implications on the electronic response of graphene and their knowledge is essential for tailoring upcoming graphene-based plasmonic devices.
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- A Politano
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi della Calabria, I-87036 Rende (Cs), Italy
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Politano A, Formoso V, Chiarello G. Interplay between single-particle and plasmonic excitations in the electronic response of thin Ag films. J Phys Condens Matter 2013; 25:305001. [PMID: 23765519 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/30/305001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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High-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy is used to study the electronic properties of thin Ag layers on Ni(111). In addition to the ordinary surface plasmon at 3.8 eV, we observe a broad feature at 7-8 eV, whose nature is investigated as a function of scattering geometry and primary electron beam energy. Loss measurements unambiguously indicate that this mode has spectral components from both free-electron Ag plasmonic excitations (free-electron surface plasmons and multipole plasmons) and single-particle transitions.
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- A Politano
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi della Calabria, I-87036 Rende (Cs), Italy
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Minniti M, Díaz C, Fernández Cuñado JL, Politano A, Maccariello D, Martín F, Farías D, Miranda R. Helium, neon and argon diffraction from Ru(0001). J Phys Condens Matter 2012; 24:354002. [PMID: 22898880 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/35/354002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We present an experimental and theoretical study of He, Ne and Ar diffraction from the Ru(0001) surface. Close-coupling calculations were performed to estimate the corrugation function and the potential well depth in the atom-surface interaction in all three cases. DFT (density functional theory) calculations, including van der Waals dispersion forces, were used to validate the close-coupling results and to further analyze the experimental results. Our DFT calculations indicate that, in the incident energy range 20-150 meV, anticorrugating effects are present in the case of He and Ar diffraction, whereas normal corrugation is observed with Ne beams.
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- M Minniti
- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Riccio LM, Lake DE, Politano A, Guin LE, Rusin CG, Young JS, Sawyer RG, Moorman RJ, Calland JF. Abnormal heart rate variability precedes the diagnosis of serious surgical infection. J Am Coll Surg 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.06.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Chiarello G, Marino AR, Formoso V, Politano A. The adsorption and co-adsorption of oxygen and carbon monoxide on Pt3Ni(111): A vibrational study. J Chem Phys 2011; 134:224705. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3600366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Politano A, Formoso V, Chiarello G. Plasmonic modes confined in nanoscale thin silver films deposited onto metallic substrates. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2010; 10:1313-1321. [PMID: 20352793 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2010.1834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Collective electronic excitations in nanoscale thin Ag layers adsorbed on Cu(111) and Ni(111) at room temperature have been investigated by high-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy. Surface plasmon was found to be confined within grains on Ag thin films on Cu(111) nanostructured in islands. Annealing removed surface plasmon confinement and induced a negative linear term of the dispersion relation. On the other hand, on flat thin films on Ni(111) the dispersion of Ag surface plasmon is fully quadratic. Landau damping processes of the plasmonic excitation were found to be dependent on the growth mode. Ag multipole surface plasmon at 7.7 eV was observed only under stringent kinematic conditions enhancing surface sensitivity.
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- A Politano
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università della Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy
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Politano A, Formoso V, Chiarello G. Comparative vibrational study on alkali coadsorption with CO and O on Ni(111) and Cu(111). J Phys Condens Matter 2009; 21:264006. [PMID: 21828454 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/26/264006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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High-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy was used to investigate alkali (Na, K) coadsorption with CO and O on Cu(111) and Ni(111). Measurements provided new insights in these systems. A CO-induced weakening of the alkali-substrate bond was revealed on both substrates. The effect is more pronounced for the Na+CO/Ni(111) system. Submonolayers of alkalis were found to promote the preferential population of the subsurface site for O/Cu(111) but not for O/Ni(111).
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- A Politano
- Dipartimento di Fisica Rende (Cs), Università degli Studi della Calabria, Italy
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Politano A, Agostino RG, Colavita E, Formoso V, Chiarello G. Collective excitations in nanoscale thin alkali films: Na/Cu(111). J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2009; 9:3932-3937. [PMID: 19504944 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2009.ns92] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The relationship between electron quantum confinement and the energy dispersion of the surface plasmon in nanoscale thin Na layers adsorbed on Cu(111) at room temperature have been studied by high resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy. Screening effects due to electron quantum confinement occurring in this system cause the lowering of the surface plasmon frequency and, moreover, make the energy range of its dispersion curve larger than in thick alkali films. Landau damping of the plasma excitation was unexpectedly very efficient at small momenta. The dispersion curve of the Na surface plasmon was found to depend on the primary electron beam energy. Multipole surface plasmon at 4.70 eV was observed only for higher impinging energies.
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- A Politano
- Dipartimento di Fisica and Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze Fisiche della Materia, Università della Calabria, 1-87036 Arcavacata di Rende, CS, Italy
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Politano A, Formoso V, Chiarello G. Alkali-promoted CO dissociation on Cu(111) and Ni(111) at room temperature. J Chem Phys 2008; 129:164703. [DOI: 10.1063/1.2996133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Politano A, Formoso V, Agostino RG, Colavita E, Chiarello G. Evidences of alkali-induced softening of the oxygen-substrate bond. J Chem Phys 2008; 128:074703. [DOI: 10.1063/1.2835597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Politano A, Agostino RG, Colavita E, Formoso V, Chiarello G. High resolution electron energy loss measurements of Na∕Cu(111) and H2O∕Na∕Cu(111): Dependence of water reactivity as a function of Na coverage. J Chem Phys 2007; 126:244712. [PMID: 17614582 DOI: 10.1063/1.2748385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Collective electronic excitations occurring in Na layers grown on Cu(111) and in H2O/Na/Cu(111) have been investigated at room temperature by high resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy. Loss spectra taken for a coverage between 0.55 and 0.70 ML of Na are characterized by a feature at 3.0 eV assigned to a Mie resonance. Further increasing the Na coverage leads to the appearance of the Na surface plasmon at 3.9 eV. Water molecules dissociate on Na layers as shown by the appearance of the OH-Na vibration. Upon water adsorption, relevant effects on both electronic excitations and vibrational modes were observed as a function of Na coverage.
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- A Politano
- Dipartimento di Fisica, cubo 31/C, Università degli Studi della Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende (Cs), Italy
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