Advanced materials

 

Advanced materials

Aerosol CVD Carbon Nanotube Thin Films: From Synthesis to Advanced Applications: A Comprehensive Review
15/01/2025 - Aerosol chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is a cutting‐edge method for producing carbon nanotube (CNT) thin films through gas‐phase synthesis and filtration collection. The films exhibit...
Ring‐Opening Polymerization of Surface Ligands Enables Versatile Optical Patterning and Form Factor Flexibility in Quantum Dot Assemblies
13/01/2025 - Partially ligand‐exchanged InP QDs with lipoic acid can undergo direct optical patterning when exposed to UV light, which induces disulfide ring opening, leading to polymerization and the assembly...
In Situ Reconstructed Hydroxyl‐Rich Atomic‐Thin Bi2O2CO3 Enables Ampere‐Scale Synthesis of Formate from CO2 with Activated Water Dissociation
23/12/2024 - The hydroxyl‐functionalized atomic‐thin bismuth subcarbonate in situ transformed from bismuth hydroxide nanotubes enables highly efficient and durable carbon dioxide electroreduction into...
Si‐H Hydrosilane Reducing Agents for Size‐ and Shape‐Controlled InAs Colloidal Quantum Dots
04/12/2024 - This study introduces a novel mild reducing agent that successfully produces large, uniform InAs colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) with excellent optoelectronic properties. The elimination of (TMS)3As in...
Advances and Challenges in WO3 Nanostructures’ Synthesis
20/11/2024 - In recent decades, nanoscience has experienced rapid global advancements due to its focus on materials and compounds at the nanoscale with high efficiency across diverse applications. WO3...
Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of N, S Co-Doped Carbon Quantum Dots for Fluorescent Sensing of Fe(III) and Hydroquinone in Water and Cell Imaging
14/11/2024 - The detection of heavy metal ions and organic pollutants from water sources remains critical challenges due to their detrimental effects on human health and the environment. Herein, a nitrogen and...
High?Throughput Approaches to Engineer Fluorescent Nanosensors
12/11/2024 - Nanomaterial?based optical sensors are powerful tools to identify and image (biological) molecules. Optimizing surface chemistry and photophysics of these sensors is essential, but current methods...
Sonochemical Synthesis of Low-Dimensional Nanostructures and Their Applications—A Review
10/11/2024 - Sonochemical synthesis is becoming a popular method of preparing various nanomaterials, including metals, carbons, oxides, and chalcogenides. This method is relatively cheap and responds to the...
On the Effect of Fibre Orientation and MWCNTs on the Strain?Sensing Performance of TPU/PANI Electrospun Nanofibres
08/11/2024 - ABSTRACTThe increasing demand for flexible electromechanical devices with superior stretchability, durability, thermal stability and sensitivity has driven the development of new smart functional...
A highly sensitive and stable MXene/bacterial cellulose double network hydrogel flexible strain sensor for human activities monitoring
02/11/2024 - Stretchable composites with gradient filler morphology.AbstractIn recent years, stretchable strain sensors have received increasing attention in areas such as human motion detection and soft...
A review of the latest progress in superhydrophobic surface technology using copper oxide nanoparticles
24/10/2024 - Abstract Recent progress in using copper oxide (CuO) nanomaterials to prepare superhydrophobic properties has encouraged significant advancements across various applications. This...
Morphology Control of Polymer–Inorganic Hybrid Nanomaterials Prepared in Miniemulsion: From Solid Particles to Capsules
25/10/2024 - The preparation of so-called hybrid nanomaterials has been widely developed in terms of functional and morphological complexity. However, the specific control of the arrangement of organic and...
Machine Learning as a “Catalyst” for Advancements in Carbon Nanotube Research
22/10/2024 - The synthesis, characterization, and application of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have long posed significant challenges due to the inherent multiple complexity nature involved in their production,...
High-Performance Dual-Redox-Mediator Supercapacitors Based on Buckypaper Electrodes and Hydrogel Polymer Electrolytes
15/10/2024 - In recent years, the demand for solid, thin, and flexible energy storage devices has surged in modern consumer electronics, which require autonomy and long duration. In this context, hybrid...
Optimizing Ammonia Detection with a Polyaniline−Magnesia Nano Composite
14/10/2024 - Polyaniline−magnesia (PANI/MgO) composites with a fibrous nanostructure were synthesized via in situ oxidative polymerization, enabling uniform MgO integration into the polyaniline...
Synthesis of Blue-Emitting CuAlSe2 Quantum Dots and Their Luminescent Properties
10/10/2024 - Quantum dot light-emitting diodes (QLEDs) have potential application prospects in new-type display fields due to their wide color gamut, high energy efficiency, as well as low-cost mass production....
Recent insights into modified biochars: A half-decade study
30/09/2024 - Abstract Biochar is a carbon-rich material, produced through the thermochemical conversion of various organic biomass materials, and it has garnered significant attention due to...
Carbon Dots for Future Prospects: Synthesis, Characterizations and Recent Applications: A Review (2019–2023)
- Carbon dots (CDs) have emerged as a promising class of carbon-based nanomaterials due to their unique properties and versatile applications. Carbon dots (CDs), also known as carbon quantum dots...
Recent Advances in Carbon Nanotube Technology: Bridging the Gap from Fundamental Science to Wide Applications
- Carbon nanotubes, as carbon allotropes distinguished by their intricate structures and exceptional physicochemical properties, have demonstrated substantial progress in recent years across diverse...
MXene/Carbon Nanocomposites for Water Treatment
- One of the most critical problems faced by modern civilization is the depletion of freshwater resources due to their continuous consumption and contamination with different organic and inorganic...