Developing sensitive and specific sensing strategies for probing the chemical and biological events in/at a living cell can ultimately contribute to the understanding of life processes. These strategies are also benefici...
This paper reports a facile method for fabricating a new nanocable structure consisting of reduced graphene oxide (RGO) wrapped anatase TiO(2) nanofibers by UV-light photocatalytic reduction. The nanocable was prepared b...
An ultralow overpotential of 0.184 V at 100 mA cm(-2) for oxygen evolution reactions in an alkaline solution, 1 M KOH at 25 degrees C, is achieved by nickel cobaltite aerogels. The success is attributed to the structural...
Ultra-high electrochemical reversible redox reactions for energy storage at high rates are realized from large-scale Co(3)O(4) nanoparticles growing on a nickel sheet pretreated with HNO(3) via a facile one-step hydrothe...
A new class of nanocomposites comprising an amorphous silicon carbonitride matrix and carbon nanoclusters was synthesized by decomposing polymeric precursors with thermally induced phase separation. Electrochemical measu...
Porous SiO(2) scaffolds with mesopore structure (named as MS scaffolds) have been proposed as suitable for bone tissue engineering due to their excellent drug-delivery ability; however, the mineralization and cytocompati...
We report on the implementation of a modified methanofullerene PCBtB ([6,6]-phenyl-C(61) butyric acid tert-butylester) as electron acceptor for solution-processable bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells based on P3HT (po...
A novel, well-defined multifunctional polyamide bearing pendent aniline tetramer groups has been synthesized via low temperature solution polycondensation. The simultaneous presence of these two functional groups allows ...
Silicon carbide (SiC) nanorods were synthesised by reacting multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with Si particles in a NaCl-NaF binary salt for 4 h at 1100-1200 degrees C in Ar. Reaction products were analysed by a comb...
Monodispersed ferromagnetic FePt nanoparticles, partially ordered in the L1(0) phase, were directly prepared without further annealing by high temperature synthesis (approximate to 300 degrees C) involving poly(N-vinyl-2...
Polymer solar cells (PSCs) with inverted structure can greatly improve the photovoltaic stability. This paper reports surface modification of indium tin oxide (ITO) by spin coating a thin layer of various sodium compound...
The switching properties of the spin-transition solid [Fe(III)(3-MeO-SalEen)(2)]PF(6) (H-3-MeO-SalEen resulting from the condensation of 3-methoxy-substituted salicylaldehyde and N-ethylethylenediamine), exhibiting a fir...
ZnO nanorings, relatively well dispersed, have been grown without any template by adopting a soft chemical route mediated by cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). As-synthesized materials have been extensively character...
We report a novel strategy for fabrication of one-dimensional (1D) Fe(3)O(4)/C/CdS coaxial nanochains via a magnetic field-induced assembly and microwave-assisted deposition method. First, 1D pearl chain-like Fe(3)O(4)/C...
The synthesis of Gd(2)O(2)S:Eu(3+) nanoparticles (NPs), from hydroxycarbonate precursor precipitation followed by sulfuration in a H(2)S/Ar atmosphere at 750 degrees C; is reported. It is the first time that the size of ...
Coumarin, a traditional perfume substance, serves as a photosensitive crosslinker to construct a polyurethane network. Upon mechanical damage or ultraviolet illumination at a wavelength of 254 nm, the coumarin dimers on ...