A new class of organic ionic plastic crystals was discovered. A series of alkylene 1,2-bis[ N-(N'-alkylimidazolium)] salts with Br(-) and PF(6)(-) anions was prepared and most of the ethylene (C(2)) linked compounds unde...
Quantum-sized ZnO nanoparticles have been synthesized at room temperature by a mild sol-gel process using tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) as the capping agent to control the particle growth of ZnO. The crystal structure, ...
A new low-flow-rate inert atmosphere strategy has been demonstrated for the synthesis of perfect SnO(2)@carbon core-shell nanochains (SCNCs) by carbonization of an SnO(2)@carbonaceous polysaccharide (CPS) precursor at a ...
Using a molecular field theory with atomistic modelling, we provide a complete description of the elastic and flexoelectric properties of the nematic phase formed by liquid crystal dimers which, depending on the parity o...
Ligand-free ZnO nanoparticles with a mean diameter of 100 nm were simply synthesized by solid-state transformation of Zn(II)-organic infinite coordination polymer particles (ICPs) at 550 degrees C. The well-crystallized ...
Without using polyelectrolytes and reducing agents, a multilayer of multimetal nanoparticles was built-up with the help of exceptional adhesive and reductive self-polymerized polydopamine (Pdop). Uniformly distributed mu...
This article presents a vapor-phase strategy to synthesize highly structure-tunable SnO(2) nanotube arrays of high aspect ratio, which features atomic layer deposition of SnO(2) on anodic aluminium oxide templates using ...
The irradiation of ultraviolet (UV) light usually induces the photodegradation of organic photovoltaic materials, leading to the significant degeneration of organic photovoltaic (OPV) solar cells. In view of this, we des...
Here we report the synthesis of a novel conducting polymer and its properties as an immobilization platform for biosensor application. The conducting polymer has functional groups used for the formation of amide bonding ...
Cu incorporated Co(3)O(4) (Cu(x)Co(3-x)O(4), 0 <= x <= 1) nanoparticles were prepared using a thermal decomposition method. Properties of the Cu(x)Co(3-x)O(4), such as morphology, particle sizes, crystallite structure an...
The innate character of graphene, defined as the basic unit of sp(2) carbon materials, provides opportunities for the design and construction of carbon nanostructures with tuned properties. Here, we report a novel three-...
Graphene, which is a recently discovered single-atom-thick planar sheet of carbon atoms perfectly arranged in a honeycomb lattice, has great potential in biosensing owing to its extraordinary electrical, physical, and op...
Based on the density functional theory (DFT), we evaluate the effect of sulfur impurity on the stability of cubic zirconia (c-ZrO(2)) and its interfaces with metals (Ni, Cu). It is observed that, at low concentration, su...
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) with soft templates were readily fabricated using a sol-gel process under mild conditions. The soft templates were composed of an amphiphilic supramolecular star-copolymer from anio...
Unique bismuth telluride nanostructures, tri-wing nanoribbons, are controllably synthesized on a large scale by a facile one-pot hydrothermal method. The length of the nanoribbon is up to tens of micrometres, and the win...
An amphiphilic gelatin macromolecule capable of self-assembling to form micelle-like nanospheres for entrapping hydrophobic therapeutic molecules was successfully synthesized by grafting hydrophobic hexanoyl anhydrides t...