Advanced materials
Advanced materials
Manipulating Radiation?Sensitive Z?DNA Conformation for Enhanced Radiotherapy
01/05/2024 -
DNA double?strand breaks (DSBs) yield highly determines radiotherapy efficacy. However, improving the inherent radiosensitivity of tumour DNA to promote radiation?induced DSBs remains a challenge....
Optimization of Electrospinning Parameters for Lower Molecular Weight Polymers: A Case Study on Polyvinylpyrrolidone
26/04/2024 -
Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) is a synthetic polymer that holds significance in various fields such as biomedical, medical, and electronics, due to its biocompatibility and exceptional dielectric...
Composite Nanomaterials Based on Polymethylmethacrylate Doped with Carbon Nanotubes and Nanoparticles: A Review
29/04/2024 -
Composite polymer materials have high strength and lightness, which makes them attractive for use in a variety of structures and products. The present article contains an overview of modern works...
Cellulose Nanocomposite Tough Hydrogels: Synergistic Self?Healing, Adhesive, and Strain?Sensitive Properties
25/04/2024 -
Recent advancements are notable in electrically conductive hydrogels emulating human skin functions. However, a significant challenge remains: crafting a single conductive gel that integrates...
Synergistic effect of gold nanoparticles decorated functionalized carbon nanotubes nanohybrids on the thermal, dielectric, and sensing properties of polyaniline ternary nanocomposites
23/04/2024 -
Synthesis preparation route of PEST?BU.AbstractIn the present study, a new polyionic liquid, PEST?BU, were synthesized and characterized using proton nuclear magnetic resonance, Fourier transform...
Bifunctional electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction/evolution reactions based on controlled morphology of nickel–cobalt nanoprickly particles composited by graphene and carbon nanotube
20/04/2024 -
Abstract This paper presents the nickel–cobalt nanoprickly particles (PNi2Co3) composited with graphene nanosheets (GNs) and carbon nanotubes (CNT), prepared via the one-pot...
Hydrophobic and Tribological Properties of Biomimetic Interfaces
24/04/2024 -
Bionic interfaces have received much attention owing to their attractive hydrophobic and tribological potential. Although a great deal of research has been carried out on biomimetic nanostructures,...
Production of Stable Electrically Conductive PVDF Membranes Based on Polydopamine-Polyethyleneimine—Assisted Deposition of Carbon Nanotubes
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Electrically conductive membranes (ECMs) have emerged as a multifunctional separation technology that integrates membrane filtration with electrochemical reactions. Physical stability remains a...
The Effectiveness Mechanisms of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) as Reinforcements for Magnesium-Based Composites for Biomedical Applications: A Review
25/04/2024 -
As a smart implant, magnesium (Mg) is highly biocompatible and non-toxic. In addition, the elastic modulus of Mg relative to other biodegradable metals (iron and zinc) is close to the elastic modulus...
Degradable Nanogels Based on Poly[Oligo(Ethylene Glycol) Methacrylate] (POEGMA) Derivatives through Thermo-Induced Aggregation of Polymer Chain and Subsequent Chemical Crosslinking
20/04/2024 -
Polymer nanogels—considered as nanoscale hydrogel particles—are attractive for biological and biomedical applications due to their unique physicochemical flexibility....
Why Carbon Nanotubes Improve Aqueous Nanofluid Thermal Conductivity: A Qualitative Model Critical Review
19/04/2024 -
Media thermal conductivity is important in various heat-transfer processes. Many conventional fluid conductors suffered low conductivity and environmental issues. Therefore, research was active in...
Engineering Quantum Light Sources with Flat Optics
17/04/2024 -
This review explores latest development of leveraging flat?optics to generate ultra?compact quantum light sources with improved efficiency and added functionalities. It highlights photon?pair sources...
Handedness?Inverted and Stimuli?Responsive Circularly Polarized Luminescent Nano/Micro?Materials through Pathway?Dependent Chiral Supramolecular Polymorphism
16/04/2024 -
The precise manipulation of supramolecular polymorphs has been widely applied to control the morphologies and functions of self?assemblies, but is rarely utilized for the fabrication of circularly...
Enhancing the UV resistance and flame retardancy of epoxy resin composites with fluorescent carbon dots
15/04/2024 -
The flexible piezoresistive tactile sensor (FPTS) preparation process. (a) Preparation of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) solution. (b) Preparation of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) solution. (c)...
Isocyanate?chitin modified microspheres for chiral drug separation in high performance liquid chromatography
16/04/2024 -
Preparation process diagram of MWCNTs/PANI@MWCNTs/PAN fiber.AbstractWearable smart sensors have broad prospects in medical health and physical exercise. In this study, the core–shell conductive...
Preparation of silicon quantum dot–protein complex and application in antibacterial, antibiofilm, and bacterial cell imaging
15/04/2024 -
Abstract Bacterial and biofilm infections pose great challenges to clinical treatments. This study reports the application of long-wavelength-emitting silicon quantum dots...
Heterojunctions of Mercury Selenide Quantum Dots and Halide Perovskites with High Lattice Matching and Their Photodetection Properties
18/04/2024 -
Heterojunction semiconductors have been extensively applied in various optoelectronic devices due to their unique carrier transport characteristics. However, it is still a challenge to construct...
The Mechanism of Manipulating Chirality and Chiral Sensing Based on Chiral Plexcitons in a Strong-Coupling Regime
18/04/2024 -
Manipulating plasmonic chirality has shown promising applications in nanophotonics, stereochemistry, chirality sensing, and biomedicine. However, to reconfigure plasmonic chirality, the strategy of...
Preparation and characterization of halloysite nanotube?silica/silicone rubber composites: Effect of HNTs on mechanical and thermal properties
16/04/2024 -
Preparation of HNTs?SiO2/SR and its properties.A series of halloysite nanotube?silica (HNTs?SiO2) nanocomposite fillers were prepared by in?situ assembly, and a reinforced SiO2/SR composite was...
Preparation of efficient and eco?friendly solid polymer electrolyte based on anionic polyurethane dispersion, polyethylene oxide, and halloysite nanotube
17/04/2024 -
Providing a new pathway for conducting lithium ions in the composition electrolyte by Halloysite nanotube for high?voltage lithium metal batteries.With the ever?increasing need for energy storage...
Ultimately Adaptive Fluid Interfacial Phospholipid Membranes Unveiled Unanticipated High Cellular Mechanical Work
13/04/2024 -
Living cells actively interact biochemically and mechanically with the surrounding extracellular matrices (ECMs) and undergo dramatic morphological and dimensional transitions, concomitantly...
