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Polymer platforms for micro- and nanomotor fabrication 10.1039/C8NR00836A 2018-04-11 Artificial, self-propelled micro- and nanomotors are small devices capable of autonomous movement, which are a powerful scientific innovation for solving various medical and environmental issues. Their design is frequently inspired by complex biological struc...
Silver Nanowires As Infrared-Active Material for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering 10.1039/C8NR00537K 2018-04-11 Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is increasing in significance as a bioanalytical tool. Novel nanostructured metal substrates are required to improve performances and versatility of SERS spectroscopy. In particular, as biological tissues are relativel...
Humidity- and light-driven actuators based on carbon nanotube-coated paper and polymer composite 10.1039/C7NR09580E 2018-04-11 Multi-responsive actuators driven by different stimuli (e.g. light, humidity, electricity) have attracted intense attention recently for the advantages of being used in various environments and show enormous actuation. In this work, we propose humidity- and l...
Engineering TiO2 supported Pt sub-nanoclusters via introducing variable valence Co ion in high-temperature flame for CO oxidation 10.1039/C7NR08717A 2018-04-11 As a typical catalytic reaction model, CO catalytic oxidation has many practical applications in the gas purification. TiO2 supported Pt sub-nanoclusters have been prepared by introduced variable valence Co ion into one step flame spray pyrolysis process. Co2...
Tuning the ease of formation of on-surface metal-adatom coordination polymers featuring diketones 10.1039/C8NR02537A 2018-04-11 We use pyrene-4,5,9,10-tetraketone molecules with substituents of varying bulkiness in the 2,7 positions to probe the generality and versatility of the previously reported on-surface coordination of two pyrene-4,5,9,10-tetraketone with a single metal atom, le...
Exploring time-resolved photoluminescence for nanowires using a three-dimensional computational transient model 10.1039/C8NR01908H 2018-04-11 Time-resolved photoluminescence (TRPL) has been implemented experimentally to measure the carrier lifetime of semiconductors for decades. For the characterization of nanowires, the rich information embedded in TRPL curves has not been fully interpreted and me...
Functional integration and self-template synthesis of hollow core-shell carbon mesoporous spheres/Fe3O4/nitrogen-doped graphene to enhance catalytic activity in DSSCs 10.1039/C8NR01095A 2018-04-11 Excellent corrosion resistance is a crucial point for photovoltaic devices to acquire high and stable performance under high corrosion complicated environments. A creative inspiration comes from sandwich construction that Fe3O4 nanoparticles were anchored on ...
Hierarchical Concave Layered Triangular PtCu Alloy Nanostructures: Rational Integration of Dendritic Nanostructures for Efficient Formic Acid Electrooxidation 10.1039/C8NR00385H 2018-04-11 The rational construction of multi-dimensional layered noble metal nanostructures is a great challenge since noble metals are not layer-structured materials. Herein, we reports a one-pot hydrothermal synthetic method for PtCu hierarchical concave layered tria...
Polyoxometalate Precursors for Precisely Controlling Synthesis of Bimetallic Sulfide Heterostructure through Nucleation-Doping Competition 10.1039/C8NR00925B 2018-04-11 Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2)-based bimetallic sulfides have drawn the increasing research attention because of the unique structures and properties. Herein, a one-pot hydrothermal synthesis method was proposed to grow a series of bimetallic sulfides on carbon ...
Radiations of the high-order plasmonic modes of large gold nanospheres excited by surface plasmon polaritons 10.1039/C8NR02099J 2018-04-11 Large metallic nanoparticles with sizes comparable to the wavelength of light are expected to support high-order plasmon modes exhibiting resonances in the visible to near infrared spectral range. However, the radiation behavior of high-order plasmon modes, i...

Polymer platforms for micro- and nanomotor fabrication

10.1039/C8NR00836A

2018-04-11

Artificial, self-propelled micro- and nanomotors are small devices capable of autonomous movement, which are a powerful scientific innovation for solving various medical and environmental issues. Their design is frequently inspired by complex biological struc...

Silver Nanowires As Infrared-Active Material for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

10.1039/C8NR00537K

2018-04-11

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is increasing in significance as a bioanalytical tool. Novel nanostructured metal substrates are required to improve performances and versatility of SERS spectroscopy. In particular, as biological tissues are relativel...

Humidity- and light-driven actuators based on carbon nanotube-coated paper and polymer composite

10.1039/C7NR09580E

2018-04-11

Multi-responsive actuators driven by different stimuli (e.g. light, humidity, electricity) have attracted intense attention recently for the advantages of being used in various environments and show enormous actuation. In this work, we propose humidity- and l...

Engineering TiO2 supported Pt sub-nanoclusters via introducing variable valence Co ion in high-temperature flame for CO oxidation

10.1039/C7NR08717A

2018-04-11

As a typical catalytic reaction model, CO catalytic oxidation has many practical applications in the gas purification. TiO2 supported Pt sub-nanoclusters have been prepared by introduced variable valence Co ion into one step flame spray pyrolysis process. Co2...

Tuning the ease of formation of on-surface metal-adatom coordination polymers featuring diketones

10.1039/C8NR02537A

2018-04-11

We use pyrene-4,5,9,10-tetraketone molecules with substituents of varying bulkiness in the 2,7 positions to probe the generality and versatility of the previously reported on-surface coordination of two pyrene-4,5,9,10-tetraketone with a single metal atom, le...

Exploring time-resolved photoluminescence for nanowires using a three-dimensional computational transient model

10.1039/C8NR01908H

2018-04-11

Time-resolved photoluminescence (TRPL) has been implemented experimentally to measure the carrier lifetime of semiconductors for decades. For the characterization of nanowires, the rich information embedded in TRPL curves has not been fully interpreted and me...

Functional integration and self-template synthesis of hollow core-shell carbon mesoporous spheres/Fe3O4/nitrogen-doped graphene to enhance catalytic activity in DSSCs

10.1039/C8NR01095A

2018-04-11

Excellent corrosion resistance is a crucial point for photovoltaic devices to acquire high and stable performance under high corrosion complicated environments. A creative inspiration comes from sandwich construction that Fe3O4 nanoparticles were anchored on ...

Hierarchical Concave Layered Triangular PtCu Alloy Nanostructures: Rational Integration of Dendritic Nanostructures for Efficient Formic Acid Electrooxidation

10.1039/C8NR00385H

2018-04-11

The rational construction of multi-dimensional layered noble metal nanostructures is a great challenge since noble metals are not layer-structured materials. Herein, we reports a one-pot hydrothermal synthetic method for PtCu hierarchical concave layered tria...

Polyoxometalate Precursors for Precisely Controlling Synthesis of Bimetallic Sulfide Heterostructure through Nucleation-Doping Competition

10.1039/C8NR00925B

2018-04-11

Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2)-based bimetallic sulfides have drawn the increasing research attention because of the unique structures and properties. Herein, a one-pot hydrothermal synthesis method was proposed to grow a series of bimetallic sulfides on carbon ...

Radiations of the high-order plasmonic modes of large gold nanospheres excited by surface plasmon polaritons

10.1039/C8NR02099J

2018-04-11

Large metallic nanoparticles with sizes comparable to the wavelength of light are expected to support high-order plasmon modes exhibiting resonances in the visible to near infrared spectral range. However, the radiation behavior of high-order plasmon modes, i...