A new graphene-based hybrid nanostructure is designed for anode materials in lithium-ion batteries. The highly branched graphene nanosheets (HBGNs) directly grown on a copper current collector exhibited promising electro...
A simple green process based on thermal condensation is developed to synthesize polyimide. The obtained product possesses a high degree of crystallinity and exhibits efficient photocatalytic activity for hydrogen product...
Fluorescent nitrogen-enriched carbon nanodots (C-dots) of 1 to 3 nm were obtained through a one-pot reaction between melamine and glycerol. These C-dots show quantum yields up to 22% and a high two-photon absorption cros...
We report a novel polymer-single-crystal@gold nanoparticle (PSC@AuNP) nanosandwich (two layers of AuNPs sandwiching one layer of PSC) structure for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). It can be used in the conven...
Marine mussels utilize a variety of DOPA-rich proteins for purposes of underwater adhesion, as well as for creating hard and flexible surface coatings for their tough and stretchy byssal fibers. In the present study, mod...
The exploration of transparent electron and proton transport polymer membranes can lead to novel technological advances. We demonstrate the development of highly transparent proton and electron conducting polymer composi...
A Zn2+-bis-terpyridine coordination polymer is investigated by single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy (SMS). The bis-terpyridine ligands of the coordination polymers bear conjugated chromophores connecting the terpyri...
New composite cathodes for proton conducting solid oxide fuel cells (PC-SOFCs) based on the novel La5.5WO12-delta (LWO) electrolyte have been developed. First the applicability of LWO as a protonic electrolyte has been p...
Electrical transport behaviors of SnO2-based oxides are absolutely essential, either for the understanding of physiochemical properties, or their practical applications. In this paper, an abnormal change in electrical tr...
Ratiometric fluorescent core-shell nanoparticles (NPs) with good biocompatibility are successfully prepared by a one-step reprecipitation-encapsulation method for sensing dissolved oxygen. The particle core comprises the...
Spherical nitrogen-containing polymer and microporous carbon materials have been synthesized by using hexamethylenetetramine as nitrogen source and one of the carbon precursors under solvothermal conditions, without usin...
Due to its higher electrical conductivity compared with carbon and its outstanding corrosion resistance, titanium nitride (TiN) has recently been studied intensively for applications as an active electrode as well as cat...
In this paper, reduced graphene oxide (RGO) and activated carbon (AC) composites (GAC) have been synthesized by a facile chemical method for the capacitive removal of salt ions from brackish water. The as-prepared compos...
Stable CaMoO4 spherulites were synthesized by a facile hydrothermal method using (NH4)(6)Mo7O24 center dot 4H(2)O as a Mo source and these spherulites were formed according to the theoretical predictions of the crystal s...
A comparison of grazing incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering (GiWAXS) and differential scanning calorimetric measurements (DSC) was used to identify the influence of a dominantly amorphous small band gap polymer materia...
The addition of a metal complex and an additive to a polymer supported on a reflective surface, which was then exposed to monochromatic ultraviolet (UV) light, resulted in well-ordered metal nanoparticles. Their row spac...