Friday, November 29, 2013

Self-assembly of gold nanorods into vertically aligned, rectangular microplates with a supercrystalline structure




Nanoscale , 2014, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR05343A, Paper

Junyan Xiao, Zhe Li, Xiaozhou Ye, Yurong Ma, Limin Qi

Vertically aligned, supercrystalline microplates as well as their nearly parallel arrays are fabricated through self-assembly of gold nanorods by a novel bulk solution evaporation method combined with a topographically patterned substrate.

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Mesoporous carbon-coated LiFePO4 nanocrystals co-modified with graphene and Mg2+ doping as superior cathode materials for lithium ion batteries




Nanoscale , 2014, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR04611G, Paper

Bo Wang, Binghui Xu, Tiefeng Liu, Peng Liu, Chenfeng Guo, Shuo Wang, Qiuming Wang, Zhigang Xiong, Dianlong Wang, X. S. Zhao

For mesoporous G/LFMP, carbon-graphene networks provide good electronic-contact, meanwhile, the intrinsically electronic and ionic transfer properties are improved by Mg2+ -doping.

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Highly magnetic iron carbide nanoparticles as effective T2 contrast agents




Nanoscale , 2014, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR04691E, Communication

Guoming Huang, Juan Hu, Hui Zhang, Zijian Zhou, Xiaoqin Chi, Jinhao Gao

Highly magnetic and biocompatible iron carbide nanoparticles serve as novel and effective T2 MRI contrast agents.

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Microwave absorption properties of core double-shell FeCo/C/BaTiO3 nanocomposites




Nanoscale , 2014, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR04087A, Paper

Jingjing Jiang, Da Li, Dianyu Geng, Jing An, Jun He, Wei Liu, Zhidong Zhang

Core double-shell FeCo/C/BaTiO3 nanocomposites with rich interfaces show better electromagnetic impedance matching, resulting in excellent microwave absorption properties.

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Rapid Synthesis of Highly Luminescent and Stable Au20 Nanoclusters for Active Tumor-Targeted Imaging in vitro and in vivo

Nanoscale , 2013, Accepted Manuscript

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR05269A, Paper

Pu Zhang, XIao Xi Yang, Yi Wang, Ning Wei Zhao, Zu Hong Xiong, Cheng Zhi Huang

Rapid synthesis of protein-stabilized Au20 nanoclusters (Au20 NCs) with high fluorescence quantum yield (QY) up to ~15% is successfully achieved by manipulating the reaction kinetics. The as-obtained Au20 NCs, identified by mass...

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Probing the atomic structure of metallic nanoclusters with the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope

Nanoscale , 2013, Accepted Manuscript

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR03585A, Paper

K. Schouteden, Koen Lauwaet, Ewald Janssens, Giovanni Barcaro, Alessandro Fortunelli, Chris Van Haesendonck, Peter Lievens

Preformed Co clusters with an average diameter of 2.5 nm are produced in the gas phase and are deposited under controlled ultra-high vacuum conditions onto a thin insulating NaCl film...

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The Role of Protein Characteristics in the Formation and Fluorescence of Au Nanoclusters

Nanoscale , 2013, Accepted Manuscript

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR06040C, Paper

Yaolin Xu, Jennifer Sherwood, Ying Qin, Dorothy Crowley, Marco Bonizzoni, Yuping Bao

Protein-encapsulated gold nanoclusters have shown many advantages over other gold nanocluster systems, including green synthesis, biocompatibility, high water solubility, and the ease of further conjugation. In this article, we systematically...

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Quantum dot-functionalized porous ZnO nanosheets as a visible light induced photoelectrochemical platform for DNA detection

Nanoscale , 2013, Accepted Manuscript

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR04777F, Paper

Jianping Lei, Wenjing Wang, Qing Hao, Wei Wang, Lei Bao, Quanbo Wang, Huangxian Ju

This work reports the synthesis of novel CdTe quantum dots (QDs) functionalized porous ZnO nanosheets via a covalent binding method with (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane as a linker. The functional nanosheets showed an...

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ZnO Nanorods/ZnS[round bullet, filled](1, 6-hexanediamine)0.5 Hybrid Nanoplates Hierarchical Heteroarchitecture with Improved Electrochemical Catalytic Properties for Hydrazine

Nanoscale , 2013, Accepted Manuscript

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR05231A, Paper

Zhengcui Wu, Yaqin Wu, Tonghui Pei, Huan Wang, Baoyou Geng

Novel hierarchical heteronanostructures of ZnO nanorods/ZnS[round bullet, filled](HDA)0.5 (HDA = 1, 6-hexanediamine) hybrid nanoplates on zinc substrate are successfully synthesized in a large scale by combining a hydrothermal growth (for ZnO nanorods)...

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Low activation energy for the crystallization of amorphous silicon nanoparticles

Nanoscale , 2013, Accepted Manuscript

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR02526H, Communication

Thomas Lopez, Lorenzo Mangolini

We have experimentally determined the crystallization rate of plasma-produced amorphous silicon powder and have found a significant reduction in the activation energy for crystallization compared to amorphous silicon thin films....

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Parallelization of Thermochemical Nanolithography

Nanoscale , 2013, Accepted Manuscript

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR05696A, Communication

Keith Carroll, Xi Lu, Yang Gao, Hoe-Joon Kim, Suhas Somnath, laura polloni, Roman Sordan, William P King, jennifer curtis, Elisa Riedo

One of the most pressing technological challenges in the development of next generation nanoscale devices is the rapid, parallel, precise and robust fabrication of nanostructures. Here, we demonstrate the possibility...

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Novel fungus-titanate bio-nanocomposites as high performance adsorbents for the efficient removal of radioactive ions from wastewater




Nanoscale , 2014, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR03467D, Communication

Mingze Xu, Guodong Wei, Na Liu, Liang Zhou, Chengwei Fu, M. Chubik, A. Gromov, Wei Han

The novel fungus-titanate bio-nanocomposites with a saturated sorption capacity of 120 mg g-1 as a green, recyclable and highly efficient radioactive adsorbent have been successfully prepared in our lab.

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Integrating porphyrin nanoparticles into a 2D graphene matrix for free-standing nanohybrid films with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity




Nanoscale , 2014, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR04908F, Paper

Yingzhi Chen, Zheng-Hong Huang, Mengbin Yue, Feiyu Kang

Free-standing porphyrin/graphene nanohybrid films are successfully fabricated by flow-directed assembly and demonstrate enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity.

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Sinapinic acid-directed synthesis of gold nanoclusters and their application to quantitative matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry




Nanoscale , 2014, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR04991D, Paper

Tzu-Heng Chen, Cheng-Ju Yu, Wei-Lung Tseng

This study synthesized sinapinic acid-capped gold nanoclusters using a one-step top down approach and applied them as matrices in MALDI-TOF-MS.

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Thursday, November 28, 2013

Laser patterning of transparent conductive metal nanowire coatings: simulation and experiment




Nanoscale , 2014, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR05504C, Paper

Simon J. Henley, Maria Cann, Izabela Jurewicz, Alan Dalton, David Milne

Transparent metal nanowire networks are possible replacements for ITO films in many applications. Here, the effects of laser irradiation on silver nanowire coatings are simulated and investigated experimentally. The data will be important for laser pattering of such networks for future electronics manufacturing.

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Nanoscale mechanics by tomographic contact resonance atomic force microscopy




Nanoscale , 2014, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR04981G, Paper

Gheorghe Stan, Santiago D. Solares, Bede Pittenger, Natalia Erina, Chanmin Su

Tomographic contact resonance atomic force microscopy on a polystyrene-polypropylene blend.

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Double network bacterial cellulose hydrogel to build a biology-device interface




Nanoscale , 2014, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR05214A, Paper

Zhijun Shi, Ying Li, Xiuli Chen, Hongwei Han, Guang Yang

A novel biphasic Janus hydrogel fabricated by combining bacterial cellulose (BC) and conducting polymer (CP), which integrates electroactivity with biocompatibility, has the potential to be used to build a biology-device interface.

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Synthesis, purification and mass spectrometric characterisation of a fluorescent Au9@BSA nanocluster and its enzymatic digestion by trypsin




Nanoscale , 2014, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR04217K, Communication

Nerea Fernandez-Iglesias, Jorg Bettmer

An Au9 @BSA nanocluster was characterised by complementary analytical techniques and applied to the detection of the enzymatic activity of trypsin.

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Recovering hidden quanta of Cu2+-doped ZnS quantum dots in reductive environment




Nanoscale , 2014, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR05280J, Paper

Raihana Begum, Amaresh Kumar Sahoo, Siddhartha Sankar Ghosh, Arun Chattopadhyay

We report that the photoluminescence of doped quantum dots (Qdots)-which was otherwise lost in the oxidized form of the dopant-could be recovered in chemical or cellular reducing environment.

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Tailoring the Self-Assembled Structures and Photonic Properties of Organic Nanomaterials

Nanoscale , 2013, Accepted Manuscript

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR04654K, Minireview

Wei Yao, Yong Sheng Zhao

Organic nanomaterials have attracted more and more attentions for their applications in nano-photonics due to their high photoluminescence quantum efficiencies, color tunabilities, and size-dependent optical properties. With the distinctive features...

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Highly Lattice-mismatched Semiconductor-Metal Hybrid Nanostructures: Gold Nanoparticle Encapsulated Luminescent Silicon Quantum Dots

Nanoscale , 2013, Accepted Manuscript

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR05960J, Paper

Mallar Ray, Tuhin Shuvra Basu, Nil Ratan Bandyopadhyay, Robert F Klie, Siddhartha Ghosh, Sufi O Raja, Anjan Kr. Dasgupta

Synthesis of hybrid core-shell nanostructures requires moderate lattice mismatch (<5%) between the materials of the core and the shell and usually results in the formation of structures with the atomically...

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Nitrogen-doped, carbon-rich, highly-photoluminescent carbon dots from ammonium citrate

Nanoscale , 2013, Accepted Manuscript

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR05380F, Paper

Zhi Yang, Minghan Xu, Yun Liu, Fengjiao He, Feng Gao, Yanjie Su, hao wei, Yafei Zhang

The synthesis of water-soluble nitrogen-doped carbon dots has received great attention, due to their wide applications in oxygen reduction reaction, cell imaging, sensors, and drug delivery. Herein, nitrogen-doped, carbon-rich, highly-photoluminescent...

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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Molecular Dynamics Studies of PEGylated Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: The Effect of PEG Size and Grafting Density

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

DOI: 10.1021/jp4093749




Hwankyu Lee

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In Situ Raman Mapping of Charge Carrier Distribution in Electrolyte-Gated Carbon Nanotube Network Field-Effect Transistors

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

DOI: 10.1021/jp409849w




Jana Zaumseil, Florian Jakubka, Ming Wang and Florentina Gannott

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Interpreting Chiral Nanophotonic Spectra: The Plasmonic Born–Kuhn Model

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Nano Letters

DOI: 10.1021/nl403705k




Xinghui Yin, Martin Schäferling, Bernd Metzger and Harald Giessen

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Nonblinking, Intense Two-Dimensional Light Emitter: Monolayer WS2 Triangles

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ACS Nano

DOI: 10.1021/nn4046002




Namphung Peimyoo, Jingzhi Shang, Chunxiao Cong, Xiaonan Shen, Xiangyang Wu, Edwin K. L. Yeow and Ting Yu

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Nanotubular Array Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

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ACS Nano

DOI: 10.1021/nn4042305




Munekazu Motoyama, Cheng-Chieh Chao, Jihwan An, Hee Joon Jung, Turgut M. Gür and Friedrich B. Prinz

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Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Targeted Nuclear Delivery and High-Resolution Whole Cell X-ray Imaging of Fe3O4@TiO2 Nanoparticles in Cancer Cells

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ACS Nano

DOI: 10.1021/nn4033294




Ye Yuan, Si Chen, Tatjana Paunesku, Sophie Charlotte Gleber, William C. Liu, Caroline B. Doty, Rachel Mak, Junjing Deng, Qiaoling Jin, Barry Lai, Keith Brister, Claus Flachenecker, Chris Jacobsen, Stefan Vogt and Gayle E. Woloschak

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