Steering On-Surface Supramolecular Nanostructures by tert-Butyl Group

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

DOI: 10.1021/jp411222m

Kai Sheng, Qiang Sun, Chi Zhang and Qinggang Tan

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Yb2O3/Au Upconversion Nanocomposites with Broad-Band Excitation for Solar Cells

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

DOI: 10.1021/jp408501k

Tong Liu, Xue Bai, Chuang Miao, Qilin Dai, Wen Xu, Yanhao Yu, Qidai Chen and Hongwei Song

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Temperature Effects on the Dynamics of Photoexcitations in Conjugated Polymers

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

DOI: 10.1021/jp410796u

Yalin Zhang, Xiaojing Liu and Zhong An

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Direct Observation of a Long-Lived Single-Atom Catalyst Chiseling Atomic Structures in Graphene

Nano Letters

DOI: 10.1021/nl403327u

Wei Li Wang, Elton J. G. Santos, Bin Jiang, Ekin Dogus Cubuk, Colin Ophus, Alba Centeno, Amaia Pesquera, Amaia Zurutuza, Jim Ciston, Robert Westervelt and Efthimios Kaxiras

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All-Nanowire Based Li-Ion Full Cells Using Homologous Mn2O3 and LiMn2O4

Nano Letters

DOI: 10.1021/nl4047834

Yuhang Wang, Yehua Wang, Dingsi Jia, Zheng Peng, Yongyao Xia and Gengfeng Zheng

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(1R,2S)-Ephedrine: A New Self-Assembling Chiral Template for the Synthesis of Aluminophosphate Frameworks

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

DOI: 10.1021/jp411124d

Teresa Álvaro-Muñoz, Fernando López-Arbeloa, Joaquín Pérez-Pariente and Luis Gómez-Hortigüela

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Self-assembled bionanostructures: proteins following the lead of DNA nanostructures

Natural polymers are able to self-assemble into versatile nanostructures based on the information encoded into their primary structure. The structural richness of biopolymer-based nanostructures depends on the information content of building blocks and the available biological machinery to assemble and decode polymers with a defined sequence. Natural polypeptides comprise 20 amino acids with very different properties in comparison to only 4 structurally similar nucleotides, building elements of nucleic acids. Nevertheless the ease of synthesizing polynucleotides with selected sequence and the ability to encode the nanostructural assembly based on the two specific nucleotide pairs underlay the development of techniques to self-assemble almost any selected three-dimensional nanostructure from polynucleotides. Despite more complex design rules, peptides were successfully used to assemble symmetric nanostructures, such as fibrils and spheres. While earlier designed protein-based nanostructures used linked natural oligomerizing domains, recent design of new oligomerizing interaction surfaces and introduction of the platform for topologically designed protein fold may enable polypeptide-based design to follow the track of DNA nanostructures. The advantages of protein-based nanostructures, such as the functional versatility and cost effective and sustainable production methods provide strong incentive for further development in this direction.

Helena Gradi¿ar

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Transformational Silicon Electronics

ACS Nano

DOI: 10.1021/nn405475k

Jhonathan Prieto Rojas, Galo Andres Torres Sevilla, Mohamed Tarek Ghoneim, Salman Bin Inayat, Sally M. Ahmed, Aftab Mustansir Hussain and Muhammad Mustafa Hussain

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Centered Honeycomb NiSe2 Nanoribbons: Structure and Electronic Properties

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

DOI: 10.1021/jp409504f

J. A. Reyes-Retana, G. G. Naumis and Felipe Cervantes-Sodi

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Pt2Cl82– Dimer Formation of [Bmim]2PtCl4 Ionic Liquid When Confined in Silica Nanopores

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

DOI: 10.1021/jp4115942

Cheng Li, Yaxing Wang, Xiaojing Guo, Zheng Jiang, Fangling Jiang, Wenli Zhang, Wenfa Zhang, Haiying Fu, Hongjie Xu and Guozhong Wu

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A Novel Superhard Tetragonal Carbon Mononitride

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

DOI: 10.1021/jp409152t

Meiguang Zhang, Qun Wei, Haiyan Yan, Yaru Zhao and Hui Wang

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Dynamical Investigations of Inhomogeneous Vibrational Broadening in Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor Nanocrystals

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

DOI: 10.1021/jp408665y

David B. Lingerfelt, Sean A. Fischer, Joseph W. May and Xiaosong Li

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Understanding the Zero-Strain Lithium Insertion Scheme of Li[Li1/3Ti5/3]O4: Structural Changes at Atomic Scale Clarified by Raman Spectroscopy

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

DOI: 10.1021/jp412196v

Kazuhiko Mukai, Yuichi Kato and Hideyuki Nakano

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In vivo translocation and toxicity of multi-walled carbon nanotubes are regulated by microRNAs

Nanoscale , 2014, Accepted Manuscript

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR06784J, Paper

Yunli Zhao, Qiuli Wu, Yiping Li, Abdelli Nouara, Ruhan Jia, Dayong Wang

We employed in vivo Caenorhabditis elegans assay system to perform SOLiD sequencing analysis to identify the possible microRNA (miRNA) targets of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). Bioinformatics analysis on targeted genes...

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Room-temperature self-powered ethanol sensing of Pd/ZnO nanoarray nanogenerator driven by human finger movement

Nanoscale , 2014, Accepted Manuscript

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR06809A, Paper

Yujie Lin, Ping Deng, Yu-Xin Nie, Yuefeng Hu, Li-Li Xing, Yan Zhang, Xinyu Xue

Flexible room-temperature self-powered active ethanol sensor has been realized from Pd/ZnO nanoarray nanogenerator. Pd nanoparticles are uniformly loaded on the whole surface of ZnO nanowire arrays by a simple hydrothermal...

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Design of efficient dye-sensitized solar cells with patterned ZnO-ZnS core-shell nanowire arrays photoanodes

Nanoscale , 2014, Accepted Manuscript

DOI: 10.1039/C4NR00137K, Paper

Xiang Chen, Zhiming Bai, Xiaoqin Yan, Haoge Yuan, Guangjie Zhang, Pei Lin, Zheng Zhang, Yichong Liu, Yue Zhang

Fabricating photoanodes with high light-harvesting ability, direct electron pathway and few exciton recombination is a key challenge for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) today. In this paper, large-scale patterned ZnO-ZnS core-shell...

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What Are Grain Boundary Structures in Graphene?

Nanoscale , 2014, Accepted Manuscript

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR06823D, Paper

Zhenglu Li, Zhiming Li, Haiyuan Cao, Jihui Yang, Qiang Shu, Yueyu Zhang, Hongjun Xiang, X. G. Gong

We have developed a new global optimization method for the determination of interface structure based on the differential evolution algorithm. Here, we applied this method to search for the ground...

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Spin density wave in periodically strained Graphene Nanoribbon

Nanoscale , 2014, Accepted Manuscript

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR06199J, Paper

Nabil M Al-Aqtash, Renat Sabirianov

Zigzag graphene nanoribbons (ZGNRs) are antiferromagnetic in the ground state with zero net magnetization due to the compensation of contributions from opposite edges. The uniform deformations (both shear and axial)...

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Amplified detection of femtomolar DNA based on a one-to-few recognition reaction between DNA-Au conjugate and target DNA

Nanoscale , 2014, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR05625B, Paper

Zhijuan Wang, Juan Zhang, Changfeng Zhu, Shixin Wu, Daniel Mandler, Robert S. Marks, Hua Zhang

A sensitive electrochemical DNA biosensor is fabricated by immobilizing a capture probe on a Au electrode, which then hybridizes with the target DNA, and further hybridizes with a DNA-Au conjugate. The detection limit of this DNA biosensor can be as low as 50 fM.

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Vacancy diffusion and coalescence in graphene directed by defect strain fields

Nanoscale , 2014, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR06222H, Paper

Thomas Trevethan, Christopher D. Latham, Malcolm I. Heggie, Patrick R. Briddon, Mark J. Rayson

Bond strain caused by multi-vacancy reconstruction increases energy barriers for mono- vacancy diffusion in areas of tension and lowers them in areas of compression.

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Hierarchical foam of exposed ultrathin nickel nanosheets supported on chainlike Ni-nanowires and the derivative chalcogenide for enhanced pseudocapacitance

Nanoscale , 2014, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR06031D, Communication

Wei Ni, Bin Wang, Jianli Cheng, Xiaodong Li, Qun Guan, Guifang Gu, Ling Huang

Hierarchical nickel made of exposed ultrathin nanosheets on thin-wire backbones is controllably synthesized and its NiS₂ derivative shows high capacity for pseudocapacitors.

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Microwave flash annealing for stability of chemically doped single-walled carbon nanotube films on plastic substrates

Nanoscale , 2014, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR04610A, Paper

Sunshin Jung, Joong Tark Han, Jong Seok Woo, Jung-Hyun Kim, Hee Jin Jeong, Geon-Woong Lee

Microwave flash annealing dramatically enhances the environmental stability of AuCl₃ -doped single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) films on plastic substrates using fast microwave nanoheating to produce a large temperature difference between the films and the substrates.

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Energetic carbon-based hybrids: green and facile synthesis from soy milk and extraordinary electrocatalytic activity towards ORR

Nanoscale , 2014, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR05357A, Paper

Yanling Zhai, Chengzhou Zhu, Erkang Wang, Shaojun Dong

Co-N-C hybrids were fabricated via one-step pyrolysed soy milk and Co(NO₃ )₂ , exhibiting excellent ORR activity in alkaline electrolytes.

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