The origin of light emission from newly discovered orange-red UV light emitting diodes, and their electronic properties are critical issues yet to be understood. In this study, X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and emi...
The current paper is aimed at the determination of barriers that govern the covalent coupling between partners of C(60)-based composites consisting of two fullerenes C(60) (C(60) dimer), C(60) and single-walled carbon na...
The discovery of new chemistries outperforming current lithium intercalation cathodes is of major technological importance. In this context, polyanionic systems with the potential to exchange multiple electrons per trans...
A single-step synthesis of homogenous Ag/PVA nanocomposites is carried out and characterized by X-ray diffraction. A validation of the crystal information is established by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and a ho...
Polydiacetylenes (PDAs), a family of conjugated polymers, are known to show stimulus-induced apparent blue-to-red transitions, which have led to the development of a variety of PDA-based chemosensors. However, in most ca...
Dip-coating is an ideal method to prepare thin layers from chemical solutions since it is a low-cost and waste-free process that is easy to scale up and offers a good control on thickness. For such reasons, it is becomin...
Conjugated polymer-based bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells are widely recognized as a promising alternative to their inorganic counterparts for achieving low-cost, roll-to-roll production of large-area flexible light...
Significant research effort has recently gone into the synthesis of thermoelectric nanomaterials through different chemical approaches since nanomaterials chemistry became a promising strategy for improving thermoelectri...
In search of new concepts to build batteries with high energy densities, electrochemical cells based on metal fluorides may be promising. Herein, we report the demonstration of secondary battery cells based on fluoride s...
The first report concerning the cyclic performance of In(2)S(3) nano-sheets electrodes is presented here. These In(2)S(3) nanosheets feature a high reversible capacity of 450 mA h g(-1) under a large charging/discharging...
With the aim of facilitating the high performance printed In-Ga-Zn-O (IGZ-O) thin-film transistors (TFTs), we present the heretofore unrecognized chemical methodology for tailoring the chemical structures of printable IG...
Graphitic GaN-ZnO is predicted theoretically. It is much softer than graphene and easier to wrap up into a nanotube. The g-GaN-ZnO and corresponding nanotubes have relatively uniform band gap independent of structures. M...
We report new flexible "marshmallow-like'' aerogels and xerogels with a bendable feature from the methyltrimethoxysilane (MTMS) and dimethyldimethoxysilane (DMDMS) co-precursor systems. A 2-step acid/base sol-gel process...
Bio-reducing agent NADPH with relatively weak reducibility and favourable structure simultaneously reduced Au and Ag ions into sub-5 nm alloy nanoparticles in aqueous solution at room temperature.
Three-dimensional silver-embedded porous silicon (3D Ag@porous silicon) micronparticles were synthesized by a facile and low cost method via a metal-assisted chemical etching process for the first time. The electrode bas...
Monodisperse meso-microporous Ta(3)N(5) hollow spheres have been synthesized by a novel and feasible method based on a capillary force induced hollow mechanism and subsequent thermal nitridation. The hollow spheres exhib...