Smart Functional Surfactant Activated Conductive Polymer Coated on Paper with Ultra-Sensitive Humidity Sensing Characteristics

Herein, surfactant-assisted PANI nanorods was synthesized via the solid-state synthesis method at different concentrations of sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS). Upon the addition of SLS, the average rod diameter of PANI...

Orientation dependence of optical activity in light scattering by nanoparticle clusters

The optical properties of nanoparticle clusters vary with the spatial arrangement of the constituent particles, but also the overall orientation of the cluster with respect to the incident light. This...

Vapor-Liquid-Solid Growth and Properties of One Dimensional PbO and PbO/SnO2 Nanowires

PbO nanowires have been obtained via a self-catalyzed, vapor-liquid-solid mechanism and the reaction of Pb with O2 between 200°C and 300°C at 10 Pa. These had the form of tapes...

Impact of nanosizing a host matrix based on a metal–organic framework on solid-state fluorescence emission and energy transfer

We demonstrate that the nanosize effect appears to affect the properties of dye molecules encapsulated in the pores of a metal–organic framework (dye@MOF). The emissive properties of the nanosized dye@MOF...

High Temperature Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Praseodymium Doped Ceria Thin Films Measured Two Ways

The temperature dependence of a Mixed Ionic Electronic Conducting (MIEC) material’s thermo-chemical expansion coefficient, biaxial modulus, and/or Young’s modulus are crucial in determining the internal stress, strain, and/or mechanical stability...

Emissive Organogel Mediated Construction of Flexible Covalent Organic Polymer for the Separation of Aniline for Water Purification

A flexible covalent organic polymer (COP) has been successfully synthesized via dynamic covalent gel (DCG) formation through imine condensation reaction between 6-hydrazinonicotinic hydrazide hydrate and benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxaldehyde within 7 min under...

Electronic Structure Regulation on the Ultra-thin MOF-derived NiSe2/NiS2@NC Heterojunction for Promoting the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Transition metal selenides (TMSes) is considered a promising electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) due to narrow bandgap, unique morphology and low cost. Herein, using Ni-MOF as precursor, NiSe2/NiS2@NC electrocatalyst...

A Facile Room-Temperature Fabrication of Silver-Platinum Nanocoral Catalyst Towards Hydrogen Evolution And Methanol Electro-Oxidation

With the rising energy demand and growing environmental problems, the produced hydrogen from electrolyzing water has emerged as the most sustainable and clean energy source that can alter to fossil...

Electrostatic Self-Assembly of 2D Janus PS@Au Nanoraspberry Photonic-Crystal Array with Enhanced Near-Infrared SERS Activity

We develop a simple electrostatic self-assembly strategy to fabricate a kind of 2D Janus PS@Au nanoraspberry photonic-crystal array with a compelling near-infrared (NIR) SERS performance. Due to the opposite charges,...

Wood-based composite materials for ultralight lens antennas in 6G systems

Extremely high frequencies used in future wireless communication systems such as 6G require low loss materials to avoid wasting power and maintain acceptable efficiency . Furthermore, especially in the internet...