Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) were used for the first time to coat TiO(2) to enhance the open circuit voltage (V(oc)) of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC). ZIF-8 was selected as a representative MOF for a case study. Af...
Simultaneous actuation and sensing properties of a triple layer actuator interchanging cations are presented for the first time. Thick polypyrrole (pPy)/dodecylbenzenesulfonate (DBS) films (36 mm) were electrogenerated o...
In this contribution, we demonstrate a rapid, sensitive, specific and efficient method for detection of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) as the model analyte at ultra-low concentrations using antibody labelled multifunc...
Cooperative adsorbents, designed on the basis of molecular structural features of targeted pollutant, were made by simultaneous grafting of two different organic functional groups on mesoporous SiO(2) material SBA-15 for...
This paper reported a polysiloxane benzophenone photoinitiator (HBP-Si-A), which was synthesized based on traditional photoinitiator 4-Hydroxybenzophenone (HBP) and epoxy polysiloxane. Its structure was confirmed by prot...
LiMn(2)O(4)-carbon composites composed of similar to 7 nm LiMn(2)O(4) nanoparticles homogeneously anchored on conducting carbon nanotubes and graphene nanosheets were fabricated via a self-assembly process combined with ...
Ultra-long nanoparticle-chained polyaniline wires (NPWs) including one-dimensional (1D) Au nanoparticle (NP) chains were synthesized by a one-pot assembly process in water interfaced with a high-density aniline solution....
A well-crystallized and nano-sized spinel LiMn(2)O(4)/reduced graphene oxide hybrid cathode material for high rate lithium-ion batteries has been successfully synthesized via a microwave-assisted hydrothermal method at 2...
Nanostructured polyaniline (PANI)-WO(3) hybrid thin films were synthesized via a molecular assembling route in a solution of aniline using peroxotungstic acid (PTA) as the dopant and ammonium persulfate as the oxidant. T...
A facile and scalable process for the in situ formation of Fe(3)O(4) nanocrystals in a pre-formed carbon foam (CF) (Fe(3)O(4)/CF) was developed, which involved impregnation of an aqueous iron nitrate solution onto CF fol...
Poly(2-oxazoline)s are suitable materials to study structure-property relationships as their preparation by a living cationic ring-opening polymerization procedure and the relatively facile monomer synthesis allow accura...
Novel composites of highly ordered and stable biphenyl-bridged periodic mesoporous organosilica (PMO) materials confined within the pores of anodic alumina membranes (AAM) were successfully synthesized by evaporation-ind...
We report the application of novel mono- and bis-o-quino-dimethane C(60) (oQDMC(60)) adducts in bulk heterojunction photovoltaic devices. When blended with poly(3-hexylthiophene), the fullerene adducts presented here hav...
A composite material, containing magnetite particles, graphene and layered double hydroxides (LDHs) was fabricated through a simple two-step reaction. Graphene was used as the matrix for supporting magnetite particles an...
Highly aligned SnO(2) nanorods on graphene 3-D array structures were synthesized by a straightforward nanocrystal-seeds-directing hydrothermal method. The diameter and density of the nanorods grown on the graphene can be...
High-yield three dimensional (3D) graphene networks were prepared on Ni foams by ambient pressure chemical vapour deposition (APCVD). The layer number of graphene can be tuned by changing the gas flow ratio and growth ti...