The strong interest in nanostructured functional materials has motivated the scalable production of high quality mesoporous silicas and carbonaceous materials. Although many approaches have been explored for this goal, i...
Free-standing porous silica microstructures have been made via the electroassisted deposition of silica in an appropriately patterned array of recessed electrodes consisting of hydrophilic and hydrophobic domains. The 10...
The rational synthesis of active, durable, and low-cost catalysts is of particular interest to fuel cell applications. Here, we describe a facile method for the preparation of Pd-rich PdxCo alloy nanoparticles supported ...
This paper deals with the study of the conditions of obtention of small metal copper particles on ZnO using easy synthesis methods and activation treatments, which were found "efficient" for the preparation of copper par...
Chemical reduction of graphene oxide is one of the main routes of preparation for large quantities of graphenes. A wide range of reducing agents was described for this task, such as hydroquinone, ascorbic acid, saccharid...
The origin and the effects of homochirality in the biological world continuously stimulate numerous hypotheses and much debate. This work attempts to look at the biohomochirality issue from a different angle-the mechanic...
Enthalpies of formation of Co-x Zn1-x O solid solutions (both bulk and nanophase materials) at 298 K have been determined using high-temperature oxide melt solution calorimetry in molten sodium molybdate (3Na(2)O center ...
Three borate monomers: lithium triphenylstyryl borate (B1), a variant with three ethylene oxides between the vinyl and the borate (B2) and a third with perfluorinated phenyl rings (B3) were synthesized and used to prepar...
Anatase films exhibiting similar to 100% (001) reactive facets at the surface were grown hydrothermally on gold substrate from a homogeneous solution of TiF4 and NaF. In addition to NaF, it was found that TiO2 films with...
The behavior toward oxygen sensing of nanocomposites made of the aluminum oxide-hydroxide nanostructured solid support (AP200/19) and neutral blue emitting cyclometalated iridium(III) complexes was studied. The results a...
We have synthesized and investigated the anisotropic growth of interesting silver nanorice. Its growth is kinetically controlled at 100 degrees C, and both oriented attachment and Ostwald ripening are involved, with the ...
Semiconductors with the general formula Al(As1-xPx)Si-3 have been theoretically studied and synthesized. These new materials are grown on Si(100) at 490-500 degrees C as single-phase epitaxial layers with monocrystalline...
A series of poly(benzyl ether) dendrimers with two benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide (BTA) units bridged by diacetylene were synthesized. The formation of hydrogen bonds between BTA units to form the supramolecular self-assem...