In this study, gold-nanoparticle-crosslinked Pluronic micelles were synthesized and used as a carrier for paclitaxel (PTX). The resultant PTX-loaded gold-nanoparticle-crosslinked Pluronic micelles were about 69 nm in dia...
The influence of high temperature synthesis of MCM-41 on structural ordering, textural properties and stability has been investigated. Increasing the crystallization temperature resulted in the enlargement of pore size a...
In this study, multiple-bilayered reduced graphene oxide (RGO)-porphyrin films have been prepared via fabrication of multiple-bilayered graphene oxide (GO)-porphyrin films and succeeding vapour reduction of the GO-porphy...
A melt processed polymer blend based on poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and an insulating polymer with good melt-processability, poly(epsilon-caprolactone) (PCL), has been demonstrated for fabricating organic thin-film tra...
Hard-magnetic plate-like nanoparticles of SrFe12O19 were synthesised hydrothermally. The particles, fixed in a polymer, exhibited a coercivity in the range 0.9-1.8 kOe, and the saturation magnetization values reached 64 ...
Sr0.95Ce0.05CoO3-delta (SCCO) particles loaded with copper nanoparticles on their surface are shown to be excellent, low-cost, and stable bifunctional catalysts for the oxygen-reduction and oxygen-evolution reactions (OR...
Exploring an efficient and effective way for synthesis of lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) with good Li-storage performance is a good way to fully demonstrate their applications for Li-ion batteries. In this contribution...
The lack of safe and effective carriers for RNA interference therapeutics remains a barrier for its wide clinical application. In this study, guanidino groups were incorporated into poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(epsil...
The study of the ferrites YBaFe4-xMnxO7 shows that the substitution of Mn2+ for Fe2+ in YBaFe4O7 stabilizes the hexagonal symmetry at the expense of the cubic one for 1 <= x <= 2. Using combined measurements of a. c. and...
It is intriguing and challenging to utilize aerogels with a very high surface area to enhance the light-harvesting capacity of a photoanode. Here we demonstrate highly efficient aerogel-modified photoanodes by modifying ...
Cubic AgIn5S8 (c-AgIn5S8) as well as orthorhombic AgInS2 (o-AgInS2) and tetragonal AgInS2 (t-AgInS2) nanocrystal (NC) luminophores are successfully prepared by adjusting the stoichiometric [Ag] : [In] ratio at reaction t...
The synthesis of a diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP)-based semiconducting polymer bearing thermocleavable side chains is described. This polymer can be converted into a native semiconductive polymer by thermal annealing at 200 ...
The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of poly(3-hexylthiophene)/fullerene (P3HT/PCBM) bulk heterojunction solar cells is enhanced through the addition of Ni(II) porphyrin-oligothiophene conjugates to typical P3HT/PCBM bl...
Solid-state nanocomposite polymer electrolytes based on poly(vinyl alcohol)(PVA) incorporating hyperbranched poly(amine-ester) (HBPAE) grafted nano-silica (denoted as SiO2-g-HBPAE) have been prepared and investigated. Th...
A first-principles investigation on changes of the crystal structure and electronic structure by lithium intercalation was performed for LiNiVO4 and LiCoVO4 with inverse spinel structures. The spin states were found to c...
Herein, the relationship between supramolecularly self-assembled microstructures and the chemical structures of photoluminescent molecules is discussed. A series of non-amphiphilic molecules with different length alkyl c...