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Applications of Conventional Vibrational Spectroscopic Methods for Batteries Beyond Li‐Ion
10.1002/smtd.201700332 2018-03-26 Advanced energy‐storage devices are in tremendous demand to meet the ever‐growing electrification of the economy. To design batteries, it is critical to understand the evolving structures of the electrode materials, the compositions of the solid electrolyte i... |
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Remarkable Enhancement in Sodium‐Ion Kinetics of NaFe2(CN)6 by Chemical Bonding with Graphene
10.1002/smtd.201700346 2018-03-25 Hexacyanoferrate (Prussian blue, PB)/reduced graphene oxide (PB‐RGO) composites with a synergistic structure (graphene/PB/graphene) and a chemical bond are fabricated using a facile one‐step method that does not require any external chemical reducing agent. H... |
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A Donor Polymer Based on a Difluorinated Pentathiophene Unit Enabling Enhanced Performance for Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells
10.1002/smtd.201700415 2018-03-25 For oligothiophene‐based donor polymers, changing the number of thiophene rings in each repeating unit is a simple and effective approach to tune their optical and electronic properties. While bithiophene‐, terthiophene‐, and quaterthiophene‐based polymers ha... |
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Probing Battery Electrochemistry with In Operando Synchrotron X‐Ray Imaging Techniques
10.1002/smtd.201700293 2018-03-13 In operando tracking of the complex phase transformation pathway in battery materials and correlating morphology change, chemical composition, and phase structure with electrochemical performance is critical in exploring advanced battery systems with high ene... |
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Finely Tuned Composition in Conjugated Polyelectrolytes for Interfacial Engineering of Efficient Polymer Solar Cells
10.1002/smtd.201700407 2018-03-12 Conjugated polyelectrolytes (CPEs) work as highly efficient interface materials in organic optoelectronic devices. A series of CPEs is presented with tunable composition designed to study the evolution of backbones in CPEs and their effects on the properties ... |
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Ultrafine Molybdenum Carbide Nanocrystals Confined in Carbon Foams via a Colloid‐Confinement Route for Efficient Hydrogen Production
10.1002/smtd.201700396 2018-03-09 Precise size‐controlled synthesis and multiscale assembly of ultrafine non‐noble‐metal‐based catalysts play a key role in electrochemical energy conversion. Herein, a novel colloid‐confinement strategy for facile synthesis of ultrafine molybdenum carbide nano... |
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Single-Cell Sampling: Sampling from Single Cells (Small Methods 3/2018)
10.1002/smtd.201770124 2018-03-09 The cell is the fundamental unit of life. In article number 1700300, Paolo Actis reviews nanoprobe-based methods for extracting the content of living cells without affecting their viability, and paints a picture of the innovative methods that are introducing ... |
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Recent Trends in Nanomaterials‐Based Colorimetric Detection of Pathogenic Bacteria and Viruses
10.1002/smtd.201700351 2018-03-08 Rapid, sensitive, selective, convenient, and cost‐effective pathogen diagnosis is important to prevent further spread of pandemic diseases, minimize social and economic losses, and to facilitate right clinical therapy. Over the past few years, various sensor‐... |
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Biophysical Assessment of Pulmonary Surfactant Predicts the Lung Toxicity of Nanomaterials
10.1002/smtd.201700367 2018-03-07 With the rapid development of nanotechnology and an increasing use of nanoenabled consumer products, there is an urgent need to develop precautionary tools to evaluate acute lung toxicity of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs). As natural pulmonary surfactant (PS... |
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Necklace‐Like Silicon Carbide and Carbon Nanocomposites Formed by Steady Joule Heating
10.1002/smtd.201700371 2018-03-07 Silicon carbide (SiC)/carbon nanocomposites exhibit outstanding physical properties as well as chemical stability and can be utilized in a variety of potential applications. To synthesize SiC/C nanocomposites requires high specific surface area, moderate aggl... |