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Scalable synthesis of mesoporous titania microspheres via spray-drying method
( Academic Press Inc. , 2016 , Article)Mesoporous TiO2 has several potential applications due to its unique electronic and optical properties, although its structures and morphologies are typically difficult to tune because of its uncontrollable and fast sol-gel ... -
Selective flotation separation of ABS/PC from ESR plastic wastes mixtures assisted by ultrasonic catalyst/H2O2
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)The present study investigated the potential recycles of acrylonitile butadiene styrene terpolymers (ABS) from their blends with polymethylmehtacrylate (PMMA), polyCarbonate (PC) and high impact polyStyrene (HIPS) using ... -
Self-powered nanosensors using nanogenerators
( Elsevier , 2020 , Book chapter)Wearable electronics and smart technologies attracted widespread attention toward the development of self-powered nanosensors. Various power generation methods such as piezoelectric, pyroelectric, and triboelectric mechanisms ... -
Sequential Chemistry Toward Core?Shell Structured Metal Sulfides as Stable and Highly Efficient Visible-Light Photocatalysts
( Wiley-VCH Verlag , 2020 , Article)A universal sequential synthesis strategy in aqueous solution is presented for highly uniform core–shell structured photocatalysts, which consist of a metal sulfide light absorber core and a metal sulfide co-catalyst shell. ... -
Significant Toxic Effect of Carbon Nanofibers at the Early Stage of Embryogenesis
( NLM (Medline) , 2020 , Article)Implementation of carbon nanofibers (CNFs) in biomedical applications have successful outcomes, however, they are still considered as a potential hazard. We herein used avian embryos at 3 days and its chorioallantoic ... -
Silicon nanofilms as anode materials for flexible lithium ion batteries
( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)Silicon (Si)-based anodes demonstrate great potential for the revolutionary enhancement in the energy storage of Li-ion cells. Unfortunately, these materials suffer from several shortcomings, such as high electrical ... -
Single-micelle-directed synthesis of mesoporous materials
( Nature Research , 2019 , Article Review)Functional mesoporous materials with multilevel architectures, ranging from 0D to 3D, are typically prepared using surfactant-templating methods. In these methods, surfactants first form single micelles or aggregated ... -
Smart and robust electrospun fabrics of piezoelectric polymer nanocomposite for self-powering electronic textiles
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)The present work designs a piezoelectric nanogenerator (PENG) based on the electrospun nanofibers of the piezoelectric polymer, polyvinylidene fluoride hexafluoropropylene (PVDF-HFP), by uniformly drawing the spun membranes ... -
Sodium and lithium incorporated cathode materials for energy storage applications - A focused review
( Elsevier B.V. , 2021 , Article Review)The idea of lithium (Li)/sodium (Na) incorporated cathodes for both Li/Na-ion batteries has gained significant consideration throughout the past decade. The encouraging performance of various reported Li/Na incorporated ... -
Soft-shear induced phase-separated nanoparticle string-structures in polymer thin films
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2016 , Article)Application of shear stress has been shown to unidirectionally orient the microstructures of block copolymers and polymer blends. In the present work, we study the phase separation of a novel nanoparticle (NP)-polymer blend ... -
Some α − ϕ-Fuzzy Cone Contraction Results with Integral Type Application
( Hindawi Limited , 2021 , Article)In this paper, we define α-admissible and α-ϕ-fuzzy cone contraction in fuzzy cone metric space to prove some fixed point theorems. Some related sequences with contraction mappings have been discussed. Ultimately, our ... -
Spatial Isolation of Carbon and Silica in a Single Janus Mesoporous Nanoparticle with Tunable Amphiphilicity
( American Chemical Society , 2018 , Article)Like surfactants with tunable hydrocarbon chain length, Janus nanoparticles also possess the ability to stabilize emulsions. The volume ratio between the hydrophilic and hydrophobic domains in a single Janus nanoparticle ... -
Spectroscopy characterizations of nanoscale polymer-based coatings
( Elsevier , 2023 , Book chapter)Nanoscale polymer-based coatings have become center of importance in present day's materials research. Because of their unique properties, such as less weight, ductility, and ease of manufacture, polymer-based films are ... -
Sputtered manganese oxide thin film on carbon nanotubes sheet as a flexible and binder-free electrode for supercapacitors
( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2019 , Article)In this work, flexible carbon nanotubes (CNTs)/manganese oxide (MnO2) composite electrode was fabricated by direct deposition of MnO2 nanoparticles on CNTs sheet by RF magnetron sputtering. The surface morphology and ... -
Sputtering of electrospun polymer-based nanofibers for biomedical applications: A perspective
( MDPI AG , 2019 , Article Review)Electrospinning has gained wide attention recently in biomedical applications. Electrospun biocompatible scaffolds are well-known for biomedical applications such as drug delivery, wound dressing, and tissue engineering ... -
Stepwise construction of Pt decorated oxygen-deficient mesoporous titania microspheres with core-shell structure and magnetic separability for efficient visible-light photocatalysis
( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)Solid photocatalysts with high specific surface area, superior photoactivity and ease of recycling are highly desired in chemical process, water treatment and so on. In this study, a facile stepwise sol-gel coating approach ... -
Strategies to Enhance ZnO Photocatalyst's Performance for Water Treatment: A Comprehensive Review
( John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2022 , Article Review)Despite the photocatalytic organic pollutant degradation using ZnO started in 1910?1911, many challenges are still ahead, and several critical issues have to be addressed. Large band gap, and short life-time of photogenerated ... -
Streamlined Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles with Tunable Curvature from Interfacial Dynamic-Migration Strategy for Nanomotors
( American Chemical Society , 2021 , Article)Streamlined architectures with a low fluid-resistance coefficient have been receiving great attention in various fields. However, it is still a great challenge to synthesize streamlined architecture with tunable surface ... -
Stretchable quaternary phasic PVDF-HFP nanocomposite films containing graphene-titania-SrTiO3 for mechanical energy harvesting
( Springer Nature , 2018 , Article)Integrating efficient energy harvesting materials in to soft, flexible, and eco-friendly substrates could yield significant breakthroughs in wearable and flexible electronics. Substantial advances are emerged in fabricating ... -
Structural influence of chromium substituted magnetite ferrofluids on the optical and antibacterial characteristics
( Elsevier Ltd , 2023 , Article)A series of chromium substituted magnetite (CrxFe1?xFe2O4) ferrofluids with various concentrations ranging from x = 0-0.8 is reported in this work. Simple, cost effective and gentle co-precipitation method is followed for ...