Three new isostructural tellurides Tl4MTe4 with M = Zr and Hf were prepared from the constituent elements. Single crystal X-ray diffraction data analyses showed that these compounds belong to a new structure type, adopti...
Nitrogen-doped graphene (N-graphene) is obtained by exposing graphene to nitrogen plasma. N-graphene exhibits much higher electrocatalytic activity toward oxygen reduction and H2O2 reduction than graphene, and much highe...
We report changes in nanoscale composition and structure in individual ceria zirconia nanoparticles (nominal composition Ce0.7Zr0.3O2), before and after redox treatment, determined by energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analys...
Periodic mesoporous organosilicas (PMOs) with methylene (-CH2-), ethylene (-CH2CH2-), ethenylene (-CH=CH-) and phenylene (-C6H4-) framework groups were synthesized with 2-dimensional hexagonal structures of very large cy...
The efficient hydrothermal synthesis of highly crystalline, nano ZSM-5 particles, rich in framework Al content (Si/Al = 25) and low in the degree of intergrowth, in a medium of unusually high NaCl concentration was follo...
Oleic acid-coated erbium-ytterbium co-doped NaYF4 nanocrystals, NaY78%F4 : Yb20%Er2%, have been synthesized. The cubic nanocrystals were of an average size of 10 nm. The nanocrystals showed excellent redispersibility in ...
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-active Ag substrates were popularly employed for evaluating the structural situation of analytes because SERS-active Ag substrates can demonstrate more significant SERS effects th...
Fine BiVO4 particles with a tetragonal scheelite structure (s-t) were synthesized from Bi2O3 and V2O5 in an aqueous acetic acid solution. The crystal phase of BiVO4 changed from s-t to monoclinic scheelite structure (s-m...
In this study we have developed upconverting lanthanide (Ln(3+))-doped nanoparticles conjugated with glycodendrimers capable of recognizing lectins based on luminescence resonance energy transfer (LRET). Poly(amidoamine)...
High oxygen reduction activity of methanol-tolerant catalysts was successfully reported using platinum nanoparticles embedded in cobalt-based nitrogen-containing complexes supported on carbon blacks (Pt-N-complex/C). The...
Actuators based on soft dielectric elastomers deform due to electric field induced Maxwell's stress, interacting with the mechanical properties of the material. The relatively high operating voltages of such actuators ca...
Cr2O3-based nanospheres have been synthesized by a facile soft-template assisted method without sacrificing the template. Two types of Cr2O3 materials, the Cr2O3-C composite nanospheres (referred to as Cr2O3-C) with a no...
This paper describes a solvothermal approach to synthesize CuInS2 quantum dots (QDs) and demonstrates their application as a potential electron accepting material for polymer-based hybrid solar cells, for the first time....
The invention of new materials has continuously driven the development of lab-on-a-chip (LOC) and related technologies. The readout or detection of assay results in LOC technologies has particularly benefited from new ma...
Nanostructured carbons especially carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers are Janus materials. As will be shown in this review one side of the Janus face is looking towards industrial applications. The availability of the...
Micro- and nano-scale protein patterns have gained significant technological interest. While certain techniques for single-component protein patterning are well-established, multicomponent protein patterning approaches a...