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Oil nanoencapsulation: development, application, and incorporation into the food market

Oils are very important substances in human nutrition. However, they are sensitive to oxygen, heat, moisture, and light. In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the modification technology of oil...

Authors: Camila Duarte Ferreira and Itaciara Larroza Nunes

Synthesis of Sea Urchin-Like NiCo₂O₄ via Charge-Driven Self-Assembly Strategy for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries

In this study, hydrothermal synthesis of sea urchin-like NiCo₂O₄ was successfully demonstrated by a versatile charge-driven self-assembly strategy using positively charged poly(diallydimethylammonium chloride) (P...

Authors: Bin Wang, Chi-Wing Tsang, Ka Ho Li, Yuanyuan Tang, Yanping Mao and Xiao-Ying Lu

Hofmeister Anion-Induced Tunable Rheology of Self-Healing Supramolecular Hydrogels

Physical gelation behaviors of a series of d-gluconic acetal-based derivatives bearing fatty alkyl amine moieties have been investigated. One of these molecules exhibits excellent gelation behaviors in water, and...

Authors: Jing Zhang, Baohao Zhang, Qiang Chen, Bao Zhang and Jian Song

Effect of non-stoichiometry of initial reagents on morphological and structural properties of perovskites CH₃NH₃PbI₃

The properties of films of organic-inorganic perovskites CH₃NH₃PbI_2.98Cl_0.02 depending on the ratio of starting reagents in solutions (PbI₂:{CH₃NH₃I + CH₃NH₃Cl}) has been investigated. It was found that the forma...

Authors: Anatolii Belous, Sofiia Kobylianska, Oleg V’yunov, Pavlo Torchyniuk, Volodymyr Yukhymchuk and Oleksandr Hreshchuk

Theoretical Analysis of InGaAs/InAlAs Single-Photon Avalanche Photodiodes

Theoretical analysis and two-dimensional simulation of InGaAs/InAlAs avalanche photodiodes (APDs) and single-photon APDs (SPADs) are reported. The electric-field distribution and tunneling effect of InGaAs/InA...

Authors: Siyu Cao, Yue Zhao, Shuai Feng, Yuhua Zuo, Lichun Zhang, Buwen Cheng and Chuanbo Li

Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Mo/Au Schottky Contact on Mechanically Exfoliated β-Ga₂O₃ Thin Film

We studied the reverse current emission mechanism of the Mo/β-Ga₂O₃ Schottky barrier diode through the temperature-dependent current-voltage (I-V) characteristics from 298 to 423 K. The variation of reverse curre...

Authors: Zhuangzhuang Hu, Qian Feng, Zhaoqing Feng, Yuncong Cai, Yixian Shen, Guangshuo Yan, Xiaoli Lu, Chunfu Zhang, Hong Zhou, Jincheng Zhang and Yue Hao

Current Rectification in a Structure: ReSe₂/Au Contacts on Both Sides of ReSe₂

Schottky effect of two-dimensional materials is important for nanoscale electrics. A ReSe₂ flake is transferred to be suspended between an Au sink and an Au nanofilm. This device is initially designed to measure ...

Authors: Tingting Miao, Dongwei Yu, Lei Xing, Dawei Li, Liying Jiao, Weigang Ma and Xing Zhang

Impact of N Incorporation on VLS Growth of GaP(N) Nanowires Utilizing UDMH

III–V nanowires (NWs) possess great potential for use in future semiconductor technology. Alloying with dilute amounts of nitrogen provides further flexibility in tuning their material properties. In this stud...

Authors: Matthias Steidl, Mingjian Wu, Katharina Peh, Peter Kleinschmidt, Erdmann Spiecker and Thomas Hannappel

Efficient Production of High-Quality Few-Layer Graphene Using a Simple Hydrodynamic-Assisted Exfoliation Method

Graphene, a two-dimensional nanomaterial, has shown tremendous promising applications in a broad range of fields. Mass production of defect-free graphene is a prerequisite for its applications. In this work, b...

Authors: Zhiliang Zhang, Hailun Jin, Chenyu Wu and Jianbing Ji

One-Step Synthesis of Mesoporous Chlorine-Doped Carbonated Cobalt Hydroxide Nanowires for High-Performance Supercapacitors Electrode

Self-stabilized and well-defined chlorine-doped carbonated cobalt hydroxide nanowires have been obtained as a binder-free electrode via a facile method. The Co material has a unique well-defined needle-like st...

Authors: Yang Zhao, Shaobo Liu, Baihui Zhang, Jianfei Zhou, Wenke Xie and Hongjian Li

A Novel Magnetoelastic Nanobiosensor for Highly Sensitive Detection of Atrazine

Here, we firstly report a wireless magnetoelastic (ME) nanobiosensor, based on ME materials and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), for highly sensitive detection of atrazine employing the competitive immunoassay. In ...

Authors: Shengbo Sang, Xing Guo, Rong Liu, Jingzhe Wang, Jinyu Guo, Yixia Zhang, Zhongyun Yuan and Wendong Zhang

Facile fabrication of self-assembled ZnO nanowire network channels and its gate-controlled UV detection

We demonstrate a facile way to fabricate an array of gate-controllable UV sensors based on assembled zinc oxide nanowire (ZnO NW) network field-effect transistor (FET). This was realized by combining both mole...

Authors: Hochan Chang, Do Hoon Lee, Hyun Soo Kim, Jonghyurk Park and Byung Yang Lee

Investigation of Energy Band at Atomic-Layer-Deposited ZnO/β-Ga₂O₃ (\( \overline{2}01 \)) Heterojunctions

Authors: Shun-Ming Sun, Wen-Jun Liu, Yi-Fan Xiao, Ya-Wei Huan, Hao Liu, Shi-Jin Ding and David Wei Zhang

Liquid Type Nontoxic Photoluminescent Nanomaterials for High Color Quality White-Light-Emitting Diode

High-brightness white-light-emitting diodes (w-LEDs) with excellent color quality is demonstrated by using nontoxic nanomaterials. Previously, we have reported the high color quality w-LEDs with heavy-metal ph...

Authors: Chih-Hao Lin, Yung-Min Pai, Chun-Fu Lee, Akta Verma, Huang-Yu Lin, Chang-Ching Tu, Xin-Yin Chen, Hsi-Sheng Teng, Teng-Ming Chen, Cheng-Huan Chen, Chin-Wei Sher, Po-Tsung Lee, Chien-Chung Lin, S. K. Sharma and Hao-Chung Kuo

Platinum-Based Catalysts on Various Carbon Supports and Conducting Polymers for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Applications: a Review

Platinum (Pt)-based nanoparticle metals have received a substantial amount of attention and are the most popular catalysts for direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC). However, the high cost of Pt catalysts, slow kin...

Authors: Z. A. C. Ramli and S. K. Kamarudin

SPIO Enhance the Cross-Presentation and Migration of DCs and Anionic SPIO Influence the Nanoadjuvant Effects Related to Interleukin-1β

Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIO) have been synthesized and explored for use as carriers of various nanoadjuvants via loading into dendritic cells (DCs). In our study, homogeneous and superpara...

Authors: Hui Liu, Heng Dong, Na Zhou, Shiling Dong, Lin Chen, Yanxiang Zhu, Hong-ming Hu and Yongbin Mou

Ruthenium-containing supramolecular nanoparticles based on bipyridine-modified cyclodextrin and adamantyl PEI with DNA condensation properties

Exploring safe and highly efficient gene carriers made from biocompatible constituents has great prospects for clinical gene therapy. Here, a supramolecular gene delivery system was readily constructed by asse...

Authors: Fang Yan, Jian-Shuang Wu, Zhi-Li Liu, Hong-Li Yu, Yong-Hong Wang, Wei-Fen Zhang and De-Jun Ding

Tuning Hierarchical Ferric Nanostructures-Decorated Diatomite for Supercapacitors

FeOOH nanosheets on porous diatomite have been successfully prepared by a facile two-step hydrothermal approach for supercapacitors, and then α-Fe₂O₃ and γ-Fe₂O₃ nanostructures are obtained via calcination under ...

Authors: Ming Hao Wu, Kai Lin Li, Xin Yu Zhang, Ping Gan, Jia Lin Ge, Dan Ning Tian, De Bin Jiang, Xiao Ying Liu and Yu Xin Zhang

Natural Dissociation Ratio of Carboxyl Group Controlled Highly Dispersed Silver Nanoparticles on PSA Microspheres and Their Catalytic Performance

The highly dispersed silver nanoparticle-loaded poly(styrene-co-acrylic acid) nanocomposites (nAg@PSA) were prepared and characterized by transmission electron microscopy and thermogravimetry. The amount and d...

Authors: Xiaoyu Zhao, Yingbing Zhang, Jin Zhang, Peijie Xue, Yanfei Wang, Rui Liu, Ruge Cao, Liang Zhu, Gang Li and Zuoliang Sha

Investigation of the Energy Band at the Molybdenum Disulfide and ZrO₂ Heterojunctions

The energy band alignment at the multilayer-MoS₂/ZrO₂ interface and the effects of CHF₃ plasma treatment on the band offset were explored using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The valence band offset (VBO) and ...

Authors: Xinke Liu, Cong Hu, Kuilong Li, Wenjia Wang, Zhiwen Li, Jinping Ao, Jing Wu, Wei He, Wei Mao, Qiang Liu, Wenjie Yu and Ren-Jei Chung

Strain Tunable Bandgap and High Carrier Mobility in SiAs and SiAs₂ Monolayers from First-Principles Studies

Searching for new stable free-standing atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) materials is of great interest in the fundamental and practical aspects of contemporary material sciences. Recently, the synthesis of...

Authors: Shouyan Bai, Chun-Yao Niu, Weiyang Yu, Zhili Zhu, Xiaolin Cai and Yu Jia

Comparative Analysis of Defects in Mg-Implanted and Mg-Doped GaN Layers on Freestanding GaN Substrates

Inefficient Mg-induced p-type doping has been remained a major obstacle in the development of GaN-based electronic devices for solid-state lighting and power applications. This study reports comparative struct...

Authors: Ashutosh Kumar, Kazutaka Mitsuishi, Toru Hara, Koji Kimoto, Yoshihiro Irokawa, Toshihide Nabatame, Shinya Takashima, Katsunori Ueno, Masaharu Edo and Yasuo Koide

Effective Insensitiveness of Melamine Urea-Formaldehyde Resin via Interfacial Polymerization on Nitramine Explosives

To improve the safety of ammonium nitrate explosives, the melamine urea-formaldehyde resin (MUF resin) was selected for the preparation of three typical nitramine explosives (cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine,...

Authors: Xinlei Jia, Jingyu Wang, Conghua Hou, Yingxin Tan and Yuanping Zhang

Preparation of Hollow Polyaniline Micro/Nanospheres and Their Removal Capacity of Cr (VI) from Wastewater

The hollow polyaniline (PANI) micro/nanospheres are obtained through a simple monomer polymerization in alkaline solution with Triton X-100 Micelles as soft templates. The hollow PANI micro/nanospheres demonst...

Authors: Honge Wu, Qing Wang, Guang Tao Fei, Shao Hui Xu, Xiao Guo and Li De Zhang

Tunable Electric Properties of Bilayer α-GeTe with Different Interlayer Distances and External Electric Fields

Based on first-principle calculations, the stability, electronic structure, optical absorption, and modulated electronic properties by different interlayer distances or by external electric fields of bilayer α...

Authors: Dingbo Zhang, Zhongpo Zhou, Haiying Wang, Zongxian Yang and Chang Liu

Solution Processed Trilayer Structure for High-Performance Perovskite Photodetector

Due to their outstanding performance, low cost, ease of fabrication, diverse photonic, and optoelectronic applications, metal halides perovskite have attracted extensive interest in photodetector applications....

Authors: Abbas Ahmad Khan, Zhinong Yu, Ubaid Khan and Lin Dong

Various Rejuvenation Behaviors of Zr-Based Metallic Glass by Cryogenic Cycling Treatment with Different Casting Temperatures

The rejuvenation behavior of an Zr₅₀Cu₄₀Al₁₀ (at.%) metallic glass upon cryogenic cycling treatment has been investigated. At a high casting temperature, the microstructure of the glass is quite homogenous and th...

Authors: Wei Guo, Rui Yamada, Junji Saida, Shulin Lü and Shusen Wu

Plasmonic ELISA for Sensitive Detection of Disease Biomarkers with a Smart Phone-Based Reader

Serum myoglobin is one of the earliest markers for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. It is, therefore, critical to develop a point-of-care testing technology for myoglobin detection. In this work, ...

Authors: Quanli Yang, Ruitian Cai, Wei Xiao, Zengfeng Wu, Xia Liu, Yan Xu, Miaomiao Xu, Hui Zhong, Guodong Sun, Qihui Liu, Qiangqiang Fu and Junjian Xiang

Adsorption of Tetracycline with Reduced Graphene Oxide Decorated with MnFe₂O₄ Nanoparticles

Nanomaterials were widely used as efficient adsorbents for environmental remediation of tetracycline pollution. However, the separation of the adsorbents posed the challenge to their practical applications. In...

Authors: Jian Bao, Yezi Zhu, Sijia Yuan, Fenghe Wang, Huang Tang, Zhihao Bao, Haiyun Zhou and Yajun Chen

Metal Substrate-Induced Line Width Compression in the Magnetic Dipole Resonance of a Silicon Nanosphere Illuminated by a Focused Azimuthally Polarized Beam

We investigate the modification of the magnetic dipole resonance of a silicon nanosphere, which is illuminated by a focused azimuthally polarized beam, induced by a metal substrate. It is found that the magnet...

Authors: Fu Deng, Hongfeng Liu and Sheng Lan

One-Step Mask-Based Diffraction Lithography for the Fabrication of 3D Suspended Structures

We propose a novel one-step exposure method for fabricating three-dimensional (3D) suspended structures, utilizing the diffraction of mask patterns with small line width. An optical model of the exposure proce...

Authors: Xianhua Tan, Tielin Shi, Jianbin Lin, Bo Sun, Zirong Tang and Guanglan Liao

Fabrication of Poly(acrylic acid)/Boron Nitride Composite Hydrogels with Excellent Mechanical Properties and Rapid Self-Healing Through Hierarchically Physical Interactions

Many living tissues possess excellent mechanical properties and self-healing ability. To mimic these living tissues, a series of novel composite hydrogels, poly(acrylic acid)/surface-modified boron nitride nan...

Authors: Shishan Xue, Yuanpeng Wu, Meiling Guo, Dan Liu, Tao Zhang and Weiwei Lei

Dichroic Optical Diode Transmission in Two Dislocated Parallel Metallic Gratings

An optical diode structure with two dislocated parallel metallic gratings is proposed and investigated numerically. Dichroic optical diode transmission is realized in this structure, i.e., optical diode effect...

Authors: Pengwei Xu, Xuefeng Lv, Jing Chen, Yudong Li, Jun Qian, Zongqiang Chen, Jiwei Qi, Qian Sun and Jingjun Xu

Decoration of Nanovesicles with pH (Low) Insertion Peptide (pHLIP) for Targeted Delivery

Acidity at surface of cancer cells is a hallmark of tumor microenvironments, which does not depend on tumor perfusion, thus it may serve as a general biomarker for targeting tumor cells. We used the pH (low) i...

Authors: Federica Rinaldi, Patrizia N. Hanieh, Elena Del Favero, Valeria Rondelli, Paola Brocca, Mohan C. Pereira, Oleg A. Andreev, Yana K. Reshetnyak, Carlotta Marianecci and Maria Carafa

Gold Nanoparticle-Based Detection of Low Molecular Weight AGEs from In Vitro Glycated Haemoglobin A0 Samples

Protein glycation is a major biochemical event that takes place in the plasma of diabetic patients due to increased sugar levels. Extensive glycation leads to the formation of advanced glycation end products (...

Authors: A. Asha Madhavan, S. Juneja, P. Sen, R. Ghosh Moulick and J. Bhattacharya

Rational Design of 3D Honeycomb-Like SnS₂ Quantum Dots/rGO Composites as High-Performance Anode Materials for Lithium/Sodium-Ion Batteries

Structure pulverization and poor electrical conductivity of metal dichalcogenides result in serious capacity decay both in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). To resolve the above pro...

Authors: Yingge Zhang, Yan Guo, Yange Wang, Tao Peng, Yang Lu, Rongjie Luo, Yangbo Wang, Xianming Liu, Jang-Kyo Kim and Yongsong Luo

Mini Review on the Structure and Properties (Photocatalysis), and Preparation Techniques of Graphitic Carbon Nitride Nano-Based Particle, and Its Applications

Graphite carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄) is well known as one of the most promising materials for photocatalytic activities, such as CO₂ reduction and water splitting, and environmental remediation through the removal of...

Authors: Williams Kweku Darkwah and Yanhui Ao

Interplay Effect of Temperature and Excitation Intensity on the Photoluminescence Characteristics of InGaAs/GaAs Surface Quantum Dots

We investigate the optical properties of InGaAs surface quantum dots (SQDs) in a composite nanostructure with a layer of similarly grown buried quantum dots (BQDs) separated by a thick GaAs spacer, but with va...

Authors: Qing Yuan, Baolai Liang, Chuan Zhou, Ying Wang, Yingnan Guo, Shufang Wang, Guangsheng Fu, Yuriy I. Mazur, Morgan E. Ware and Gregory J. Salamo

Ultra-wideband and Polarization-Insensitive Perfect Absorber Using Multilayer Metamaterials, Lumped Resistors, and Strong Coupling Effects

We theoretically and experimentally proposed a new structure of ultra-wideband and thin perfect metamaterial absorber loaded with lumped resistances. The thin absorber was composed of four dielectric layers, t...

Authors: Si-Jia Li, Peng-Xin Wu, He-Xiu Xu, Yu-Long Zhou, Xiang-Yu Cao, Jiang-Feng Han, Chen Zhang, Huan-Huan Yang and Zhao Zhang

Multi-functional Device with Switchable Functions of Absorption and Polarization Conversion at Terahertz Range

Terahertz electromagnetic (EM) wave components usually have a single function, such as they can only convert the polarization state of an incident wave or absorb the incident energy, which would be a limitatio...

Authors: Lin Peng, Xing Jiang and Si-min Li

Temperature Effect on the Mechanical Properties of Electrospun PU Nanofibers

Polyurethane (PU) nanofibers were prepared from electrospun method. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was employed to characterize the mechanical properties of electrospun PU nanofibers. The impact of temperature ...

Authors: Ji Zhou, Qing Cai, Xing Liu, Yanhuai Ding and Fu Xu

Reappraising the Luminescence Lifetime Distributions in Silicon Nanocrystals

The luminescence dynamics in ensembles of nanocrystals are complicated by a variety of processes, including the size-dependence of the radiative and non-radiative rates in inhomogeneous broadened samples and i...

Authors: Matthias Jakob, Amira Aissiou, William Morrish, Frank Marsiglio, Muhammad Islam, Aras Kartouzian and Alkiviathes Meldrum

Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance of c-Axis-Oriented Epitaxial Ba-Doped BiCuSeO Thin Films

We reported the epitaxial growth of c-axis-oriented Bi_1−xBa_xCuSeO (0 ≤ x ≤ 10%) thin films and investigated the effect of Ba doping on the structure, valence state of elements, and thermoelectric properties of th...

Authors: Dachao Yuan, Shuang Guo, Shuaihang Hou, Yuejin Ma, Jianglong Wang and Shufang Wang

Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Fundamentals and Current Status

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) belong to the group of thin-film solar cells which have been under extensive research for more than two decades due to their low cost, simple preparation methodology, low tox...

Authors: Khushboo Sharma, Vinay Sharma and S. S. Sharma

Dual integrin αvβ 3 and NRP-1-Targeting Paramagnetic Liposome for Tumor Early Detection in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Enhanced MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) plays a vital role in the early detection of tumor but with low specificity. Molecular imaging of angiogenesis could efficiently deliver contrast agents to the tumor s...

Authors: Yin Song, Wei Li, Shuyan Meng, Wei Zhou, Bo Su, Liang Tang, Yinmin Zhao, Xiaoyan Wu, Dazhi Yin, Mingxia Fan and Caicun Zhou

Photothermal/pH Dual-Responsive Drug Delivery System of Amino-Terminated HBP-Modified rGO and the Chemo-Photothermal Therapy on Tumor Cells

In this paper, a simple method to prepare hydrophilic reduced graphene oxide (rGO) was proposed via reducing GO by amino-terminated hyperbranched polymer (NHBP), the as-prepared NrGO could present excellent di...

Authors: Wei Zhang, Jiamu Dai, Guangyu Zhang, Yu Zhang, Suying Li and Du Nie

Magnetoviscous Property and Hyperthermia Effect of Amorphous Nanoparticle Aqueous Ferrofluids

Magnetic Fe-B, Fe-Ni-B, and Co-B nanoparticles were successfully synthesized and introduced to water to prepare aqueous ferrofluids. The Fe-B, Fe-Ni-B, and Co-B particles are homogeneous amorphous nanoparticle...

Authors: Chuncheng Yang, Mengchun Yu, Shuchun Zhao, Yuan Tian and Xiufang Bian

Two-Dimensional CeO₂/RGO Composite-Modified Separator for Lithium/Sulfur Batteries

In this work, a modified separator coated with a functional layer of reduced graphene oxide (RGO) anchored by cerium oxide (CeO₂) nanoparticles was developed. The superior conductivity of RGO and chemical immobil...

Authors: Suyu Wang, Fan Gao, Yan Zhao, Ning Liu, Taizhe Tan and Xin Wang

Energetic Al/Ni Superlattice as a Micro-Plasma Generator with Superb Performances

In this study, energetic Al/Ni superlattice was deposited by magnetron sputtering. A micro-plasma generator was fabricated using the energetic Al/Ni superlattice. The cross-sectional micro-structure of the ene...

Authors: Yao Wang, Yichao Yan, Hongchuan Jiang, Zongren Xing, Yong Li, Wenzhi Qin, Liang Wang and Fei Guo

Doxorubicin-Loaded PEG-CdTe Quantum Dots as a Smart Drug Delivery System for Extramedullary Multiple Myeloma Treatment

New drug treatments still do not improve the prognosis of extramedullary multiple myeloma (EMM) patients. Luckily, high-dose chemotherapy can raise the prognosis, but is intolerant to most patients because of ...

Authors: Dangui Chen, Bing Chen and Fusheng Yao