Zhi Li、Jinjun Shan、Ulrich Gabbert2018-02-19IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
The Preisach model, which is constructed by the superposition of relay operators, is one of the most popular hysteresis models to describe the hysteresis nonlinearities in smart-materials-based actuators. The application of the Preisach model suffers from the tradeoff between the model accuracy and the number of the r…
Electric Motor Design and AnalysisMagnetic Properties and ApplicationsPiezoelectric Actuators and Control
Tianhuan Peng、Junjian Miao、Zhaoshuai Gao 等 7 位作者2018-02-19Small
Surface plasmon resonance of coinage metal nanoparticles is extensively exploited to promote catalytic reactions via harvesting solar energy. Previous efforts on elucidating the mechanisms of enhanced catalysis are devoted to hot electron-induced photothermal conversion and direct charge transfer to the adsorbed react…
Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesGold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsCopper-based nanomaterials and applications
Ning Li、Cunlong Yu、Yifan Si 等 6 位作者2018-02-19ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Gradient meshes with Janus wettabilities are fabricated to stably separate and collect spilled oils from a range of flowing oily wastewater. Here, we demonstrate an overflow with separation methodology, which combines selective oil overflow and membrane separation, to separate low content oils from dynamic flowing oil…
Surface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityFluid Dynamics and Heat TransferPickering emulsions and particle stabilization
Liangliang Liu、Haoru Gong、Defang Li 等 4 位作者2018-02-19Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
In this work, a facile green hydrothermal method was developed for the synthesis of carbon dots with fluorescent property using pear juice as raw materials. The synthesized carbon dots were characterized by UV-vis, fluorescence and transmission electron microscopic techniques. The synthesized conditions were optimized…
Electrochemical sensors and biosensorsCarbon and Quantum Dots ApplicationsAdvanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
Wenjing Bao、Jian Li、Jin Li 等 7 位作者2018-02-19Analytical Chemistry
A versatile and sensitive platform for label-free bioanalysis has been proposed on the basis of attenuated total reflection-surface enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy (ATR-SEIRAS) using Au/ZnSe as the enhancement substrate that allows a wide spectral range down to 700 cm –1 . Au nanoparticles are stably deposit…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesBiosensors and Analytical Detection
Wenjuan Yan、Guangyu Zhang、Hao Yan 等 8 位作者2018-02-19ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
Epoxides are among the most important essential building blocks with wide downstream applications in the chemical industry. In this context, rational design of cost-effective catalysts is critical to achieve high atom efficiency during epoxidation processes. Therefore, in this perspective, recent research progress on…
Mesoporous Materials and CatalysisPolyoxometalates: Synthesis and ApplicationsCatalysis and Oxidation Reactions
Güliz Ak、Habibe Yılmaz、Aybike Güneş 等 4 位作者2018-02-19Artificial Cells Nanomedicine and Biotechnology
Doxorubicin is widely used anticancer drug; however, use of doxorubicin is limited. Under externally applied magnetic field, magnetic agents can help to transport drug directly to tumor. Folate receptor is overexpressed in ovarian carcinomas. In this study, we aimed to develop magnetically responsive and folate recept…
Nanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryNanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsGraphene and Nanomaterials Applications
Chunmei Li、Zhongjing Xie、Zhiqian Chen 等 6 位作者2018-02-19Materials
Black phosphorus (BP), a new two-dimensional material, has been the focus of scientists' attention. BP nanotubes have potential in the field of optoelectronics due to their low-dimensional effects. In this work, the bending strain energy, electronic structure, and optical properties of BP nanotubes were investigated b…
Perovskite Materials and Applications2D Materials and ApplicationsMXene and MAX Phase Materials
Zhiqing Yang、Lifeng Zhang、Matthew F. Chisholm 等 6 位作者2018-02-19Nature Communications
Dislocations in crystals naturally break the symmetry of the bulk, introducing local atomic configurations with symmetries such as fivefold rings. But dislocations do not usually nucleate aperiodic structure along their length. Here we demonstrate the formation of extended binary quasicrystalline precipitates with Pen…
Microstructure and mechanical propertiesMagnesium Alloys: Properties and ApplicationsQuasicrystal Structures and Properties
Soundararajan Hema、Thambiraj Selvarathinam、Dhesingh Ravi Shankaran2018-02-19Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Cancer is the second leading causes of death worldwide and it is one of the fatal diseases that kill millions of people every year. It is characterized by uncontrolled proliferation of cells and loss of apoptosis that generates an abnormal mass of cells or tumors. Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most common cancer…
Nanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryRNA Interference and Gene DeliveryCancer Research and Treatment
Xinyuan Zhang、Donglai Han、Zhenyu Pang 等 8 位作者2018-02-19The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
In this study, we introduced an ordered metal–semiconductor–molecular system and investigated the surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) effect. The carrier distribution and density can be easily monitored by changing the thickness of the Cu 2 S film on the surface of the Ag monolayer under different laser excitatio…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesNanocluster Synthesis and Applications
Wen‐Zhi Xiao、Gang Xiao、Qing‐Yan Rong 等 4 位作者2018-02-19Materials Research Express
We systematically search for the stable structures of two-dimensional (2D) V-V binary compounds with honeycomb-like structure by using the first-principles calculation. We identify 26 stable structures out of 54 2D V-V compounds based on various assessments of stabilities: total energy, thermodynamics, and mechanics.…
2D Materials and ApplicationsMXene and MAX Phase MaterialsSuperconductivity in MgB2 and Alloys
Binbin Zhou、Mei Mao、Xiaomin Cao 等 9 位作者2018-02-19Analytical Chemistry
Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a powerful spectroscopic technique with unique vibrational fingerprints, making it an ideal candidate for in situ multiphase detection. However, it is a great challenge to determine how to guide the SERS sensor to target molecules of interest in multiphase heterogeneous sa…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsBiosensors and Analytical DetectionAdvanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
Tanner D. Fink、R. Helen Zha2018-02-19Macromolecular Rapid Communications
Silk is a source of marvel for centuries as one of nature's high-performance materials. More recently, chemical and structural analysis techniques have helped explore the relationship between silk's properties and its hierarchical structure. Furthermore, recombinant protein engineering as well as polymer and organic s…
Supramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsAdvanced Materials and MechanicsSilk-based biomaterials and applications
Xiaocun Lu、Joshua S. Katz、Adam Schmitt 等 4 位作者2018-02-19Journal of the American Chemical Society
Compartmentalized structures widely exist in cellular systems (organelles) and perform essential functions in smart composite materials (microcapsules, vasculatures, and micelles) to provide localized functionality and enhance materials' compatibility. An entirely water-free compartmentalization system is of significa…
Polymer composites and self-healingPickering emulsions and particle stabilizationElectrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
Monireh Bakhshpour、Handan Yavuz、Adi̇l Deni̇zli̇2018-02-19Artificial Cells Nanomedicine and Biotechnology
Molecular imprinting technique was used for the preparation of antibiotic and anti-neoplastic chemotherapy drug (mitomycin C) imprinted cryogel membranes (MMC-ICM). The membranes were synthezied by using metal ion coordination interactions with N-methacryloyl-(l)-histidine methyl ester (MAH) functional monomer and tem…
Nanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryGlycosylation and Glycoproteins ResearchProtein Interaction Studies and Fluorescence Analysis
Bassam Alkotaini、Sofiène Abdellaoui、Kamrul Hasan 等 8 位作者2018-02-19ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
One of the main limitations to achieve sustainable synthesis of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) is the cost of NADH regeneration, as it requires a side enzymatic reaction usually including a NAD-dependent dehydrogenase enzyme with its substrate or other photo- and electrochemical approaches that create unwanted byproducts a…
Supercapacitor Materials and Fabricationbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
Lin Jiang、Wangyang Fu、Yuvraj Y. Birdja 等 5 位作者2018-02-19Nature Communications
Abstract The design of electrochemically gated graphene field-effect transistors for detecting charged species in real time, greatly depends on our ability to understand and maintain a low level of electrochemical current. Here, we exploit the interplay between the electrical in-plane transport and the electrochemical…
Advancements in Battery MaterialsGraphene research and applicationsSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
Hongfu Zhu、Liang-Hui Du、Jiang Li 等 8 位作者2018-02-19Applied Physics Letters
We present a terahertz (THz) amplitude modulation method with near perfect E-field amplitude modulation depths that is based on impedance matching in VO2 thin films during the thermally induced insulator-metal transition (IMT). It was observed that the impedance matching-induced THz amplitude modulation was sensitive…
Photonic and Optical DevicesPhotonic Crystals and ApplicationsTransition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
Daniel D. Tune、Benjamin S. Flavel2018-02-19Advanced Energy Materials
Abstract Heterojunctions of carbon nanotubes interfaced with silicon respond to light illumination and can be operated in the power regime as solar cells. Very significant advances have been made in the last 5 years both in terms of headline performance values and in fundamental understanding of the underlying operati…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesSilicon Nanostructures and PhotoluminescenceNanowire Synthesis and Applications