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An aromatic amino acid (phenylglycine) based amphiphile with amide and ester groups and a long fatty acyl chain has been found to form organogels selectively in the fuel hydrocarbon solvents including hexane, heptane, cyclohexane, diesel, kerosene and pump-oil at room temperature. Organogels have been well characteriz…
A series of remarkable multifunctional 9,10-distyrylanthracene derivatives (DSA(n), n = 7-12) was synthesized. All derivatives possess typical aggregation-induced emission (AIE) property. Some of the derivatives exhibit multifunctional properties, including AIE, mechanofluorochromism, vapochromism, thermochromism, and…
A novel fluoranthene based fluorescent chemosensor for the detection of picric acid (PA) at the parts per billion (ppb) level was evaluated. Static fluorescence quenching was the dominant process by intercalative π-π interaction between fluoranthene (S(1)) and nitroaromatics.
A general method for the fabrication of three-dimensional (3D) porous graphene-based composite materials is reported. This method involves two consecutive electrochemical steps. Firstly, 3D graphene (ERGO) porous material is prepared electrochemically by reducing a concentrated graphene oxide dispersion. Subsequently,…
Well-redispersed ceria nanoparticles (CeO2 NPs) were synthesized by a simple hydrothermal method. The prepared CeO2 NPs exhibited excellent catalytic activity towards classical peroxidase substrate 3,3,5,5-tetramethylbiphenyl dihydrochloride (TMB·2HCl) in the presence of H2O2, based on which a colorimetric method that…
The removal of toxic hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) from polluted water by magnetic polyaniline (PANI) polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) was investigated. The PNCs were synthesized using a facile surface initiated polymerization (SIP) method and demonstrated unique capability to remove Cr(VI) from polluted solutions with a…
An efficient strategy for selective fluorescent detection of Cu(2+) was developed based on the carbon quantum dots (CQDs) nanoconjugated with a specific organic molecule, amino TPEA, and further applied to intracellular sensing and imaging of Cu(2+) as a consequence of the fluorescence properties and the established l…
One of the major challenges in the chemical reduction of graphene oxide is increasing the C/O atomic ratio of the chemically converted graphene. In this paper, we report a simple and effective method to reduce aqueous suspensions of graphene oxide using nascent hydrogen generated in situ by the reaction between Al foi…
A postsynthesis assembly approach, an ex situ ligand exchange route, was developed for fast (within 2 h) and high loading (34% coverage) deposition of CdSe QDs on TiO(2) films. With the combination of high-quality QD sensitizers and the effective deposition technique, a record photovoltaic performance with an efficien…
Here we report a simple, efficient, and environmentally friendly approach towards the reduction of graphite oxide using glycine as both a chemical functionalizer and a reducing agent. The reduction could occur under mild conditions and the as-produced graphene sheets show impressive crystalline behavior and admirable…
We demonstrate Schottky-barrier solar cells employing a stack of layer-structured semiconductor molybdenum disulfide (MoS(2)) nanomembranes, synthesized by the chemical-vapor-deposition method, as the critical photoactive layer. An MoS(2) nanomembrane forms a Schottky-barrier with a metal contact by the layer-transfer…
Unlike bulk materials, the physicochemical properties of nano-sized metal clusters can be strongly dependent on their atomic structure and size. Over the past two decades, major progress has been made in both the synthesis and characterization of a special class of ligated metal nanoclusters, namely, the thiolate-prot…
In nature, water-repellency (superhydrophobicity) is found, besides in plants, in insects and bird feathers. The booming field of biomimetics allows one to mimic nature to develop nanomaterials, nanodevices, and processes which offer desirable properties. Biomimetics means mimicking biology or nature. Inspired from na…
Amphipathic peptides composed of alternating polar and nonpolar residues have a strong tendency to self-assemble into one-dimensional, amyloid-like fibril structures. Fibrils derived from peptides of general (XZXZ)(n) sequence in which X is hydrophobic and Z is hydrophilic adopt a putative β-sheet bilayer. The bilayer…
Self-assembly of amphiphilic hyperbranched polymers (HBPs) is a newly emerging research area and has attracted increasing attention due to the great advantages in biomedical applications. This tutorial review focuses on the self-assembly of biocompatible or biodegradable amphiphilic HBPs and their cytomimetic applicat…
Stable superhydrophobic coatings were successfully achieved from thiol-ligand nanocrystals. Nanocrystals included VIII and IB metals and oxide nanoparticles, such as Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and Ag. We present a simple and available method that facilitates the synthesis of superhydrophobic textiles and sponges, in which the int…
Highly monodispersed magnetite nanoparticles with controlled particle size and mPEG surface coating have been successfully synthesized as a model system to investigate the effect of surface coating on the specific absorption rate (SAR) under an alternating magnetic field. Enhanced SAR with decreased surface coating th…
We report the synthesis of a three-dimensional (3D) macroassembly of graphene sheets with electrical conductivity (∼10(2) S m(-1)) and Young's modulus (∼50 MPa) orders of magnitude higher than those previously reported, super-compressive deformation behavior (∼60% failure strain), and surface areas (>1300 m(2) g(-1))…
Alloys play a crucial role in several heterogeneous catalytic processes, and their applications are expected to rise rapidly. This is essentially related to the vast number of configurations and type of surface sites that multi-component materials can afford. It is well established that the chemical composition at the…
We demonstrate a facile and environmentally friendly approach to prepare well-dispersed graphene sheets by γ-ray induced reduction of a graphene oxide (GO) suspension in N,N-dimethyl formamide (DMF) at room temperature. GO is reduced by the electrons generated from the radiolysis of DMF under γ-ray irradiation. The re…