Resistive random access memory (RRAM) combines the advantages of nonvolatile flash memory and volatile dynamic random access memory, avoiding their drawbacks. For the practical use of RRAM, achieving low-voltage driving ...
The "organosol'' precipitation method is proposed to produce nanosized particles of barium titanate (BaTiO3) at temperatures as low as room temperature. The advantages of this method are a high yield, a simple but precis...
Manganese oxide (MnO2)/onion-like carbon (OLC) nanocomposites have been synthesized by a hydrothermal method for application as the electrode material of pseudocapacitors. An asymmetric pseudocapacitor was composed of Mn...
We have designed a composite-like microstructure to improve the thermoelectric (TE) properties of Bi2S3 polycrystals. The nanosized Bi2S3 powders derived from mechanical alloying (MA) were mixed with [001] oriented singl...
Within metallic materials, alloys form the largest and richest family. We describe here a method for extending the properties of alloys even further, namely by incorporating organic compounds within bimetallic alloys, th...
We realize nanofibers of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) by solvent-resistant nanolithography and use them as the active medium in organic field effect transistors. This process favors a remarkable improvement...
A novel double layered photoanode consisting of oriented hierarchical anatase TiO2 nanowire arrays (HNW) and nanoparticles (NP) has been successfully fabricated on a Ti-foil substrate via a two-step hydrothermal and scre...
We report a facile methodology for one-step synthesis of the porous palladium nanospheres (Pd-NSS) using polyallylamine hydrochloride (PAH) as the complex-forming agent and stabilizing agent under mild reaction condition...
Carbon nanotube (CNT)/Polyaniline (PANI) thermoelectric composite nanofibers were prepared by a combination of in situ polymerization and electro-spinning processes. The obtained composite nanofibers were macroscopically...
Two dimensional nanomaterials are of great significance in a wide range of applications due to their high surface area and novel properties. Here we offer a simple and large-scale method to prepare graphene and its inorg...
We report Zn doped mesoporous TiO2 microspheres synthesized via a combined sol-gel and solvothermal method exhibiting excellent Li-ion insertion-extraction properties. The specific capacity of Zn doped mesoporous TiO2 mi...
In 2009, a super-hard MnB2 with ReB2-type structure was predicted as being in the ground state. However, it has not been synthesized successfully in about two years either by high temperature and high pressure (HTHP) met...
By employing poly (tert-butylacrylate) (PTBA) nanospheres as the dissolvable core templates, we develop a new method to synthesize hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticles (HMSN). Both the PTBA core and the structure-direc...
Porous materials with ordered one-dimensional channels are very attractive hosts for design, synthesis and application of various host-guest systems. To ensure the full utilization of these exceptional properties, the ma...
We report a simple and efficient method of preparing gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) using the eco-compatible inorganic material layered double hydroxide (LDH) under mild conditions. In an aqueous solution, acrylate ions, whi...
We report the synthesis of a novel hollow porous Fe3O4 bead-rGO composite structure for lithium ion battery anode application via a facile solvothermal route. The formation of hollow porous Fe3O4 beads and reduction of g...