In this work, titanium phosphates were prepared by hydrothermal processes. Then they were treated with ultrasound as a novel white pigment for cosmetics. Their chemical composition, powder properties, photocatalytic acti...
In order to improve the hydrogen storage properties of Mg, Mg@Mg17Al12 ultrafine particles (UFPs) with 7, 22 and 27 at% Al have been successfully prepared by a hydrogen plasma-metal reaction (HPMR) approach. These UFPs a...
SiAlON-based crystal-glass composite phosphors with tunable yellow-green-blue emission are exploited. Substitution of Al-N by Si-O in a SiAlON lattice and the introduction of a Si-Al-O-N glass phase are induced by meltin...
In this manuscript, contradiction between the non-flammability and non-dripping of polyesters could be solved by copolymerizing terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol together with a pendent phenylethynyl-based monomer na...
The catalytic chemical vapour deposition of carbon nanotubes on transition metal catalysts from hydrocarbons is analysed in terms of concepts of heterogeneous catalysis, which leads to a 'volcano plot' of the catalyst ef...
Poly(p-phenylene benzobisoxazole) (PBO) fibers are some of the strongest organic polymer fibers, however, even stronger fibers can be made using carbon nanotubes (CNTs). In the present study, the copolymerization of func...
Crystals of the vanadyl phosphate hydrate Pb(VOPO4)(2)center dot 3H(2)O were synthesized by mild hydrothermal treatment and characterized by X-ray diffraction techniques, infrared spectroscopy, XPS, ICP,magnetic and heat...
A new molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP), which acts as a fluorescence nano-sensing material, has been developed for the highly selective and sensitive optosensing of tocopherol (TP). The material was constructed by anc...
The interactions between Ce3+ and antisite defects (AD) in YAG (Y3Al5O12) are studied by means of first-principles calculations: periodic-boundary-conditions density-functional-theory for a 160 atom YAG unit cell with on...
In this review, membrane-functionalized pore arrays and pore-spanning membranes are revisited as versatile tools in biophysical research. Pore-spanning membranes can be generated on different pore arrays such as porous a...
Post-polymerization modification is a simple and effective method to add complex functionality to a polymeric interface. A wide variety of click reactions have been utilized as a means of post-polymerization functionaliz...
Utilisation of spontaneous deformation of polymer films for fabrication of self-assembling constructs is a novel and very attractive research field. This manuscript overviews recent advance in the development and applica...
The regeneration of cells and cell sheets mediated by thermoresponsive substrates represents an important and ever growing area in tissue engineering. This review seeks to track the development of this field from incepti...
Progress in adhesion technology over the last few decades has led to widespread replacement of mechanical fasteners with adhesive bonds. Despite the advances, it remains challenging to produce materials that are sticky o...
A fast, low-cost and scalable method was developed to prepare basic aluminum carbonate (Al(OH)CO3) porous nanospheres via a microwave-assisted solvothermal process in 5 min. All chemicals used were low-cost and environme...