Browsing Research Units by Publisher "Royal Society of Chemistry"
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Graphene oxide-based electrochemical label-free detection of glycoproteins down to aM level using a lectin biosensor
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2016 , Article)A label-free ultrasensitive impedimetric biosensor with lectin immobilised on graphene oxide (GO) for the detection of glycoproteins from 1 aM is shown here. This is the first time a functional lectin biosensor with lectin ... -
Graphene quantum dot based materials for sensing, bio-imaging and energy storage applications: a review
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2020 , Article Review)Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) are an attractive nanomaterial consisting of a monolayer or a few layers of graphene having excellent and unique properties. GQDs are endowed with the properties of both carbon dots (CDs) and ... -
Heterogeneous growth mechanism of ZnO nanostructures and the effects of their morphology on optical and photocatalytic properties
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2017 , Article)Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoflowers have huge potential for various applications. However, the growth mechanism of ZnO nanoflowers is still under debate despite various growth mechanisms having been proposed. The aim of this study ... -
Highly exfoliated Ti3C2T: XMXene nanosheets atomically doped with Cu for efficient electrochemical CO2reduction: An experimental and theoretical study
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2022 , Article)Ti3C2Tx MXene nanostructures have garnered attention for various catalytic applications due to their built-in electronic properties. Herein, we rationally design highly exfoliated two-dimensional Ti3C2Tx nanosheets (Tx = ... -
Hot electron and hole dynamics in thiol-capped CdSe quantum dots revealed by 2D electronic spectroscopy
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2016 , Article)Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) have attracted interest as materials for opto-electronic applications, wherein their efficient energy use requires the understanding of carrier relaxation. In QDs capped by bifunctional thiols, ... -
Humidity sensor based on poly(lactic acid)/PANI-ZnO composite electrospun fibers
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2021 , Article)The electrospinning technique has been successfully used to prepared micro-fibers of the poly(lactic acid)/polyaniline–zinc oxide (PLA/PANI–ZnO) composite. The polyaniline–zinc oxide (PANI–ZnO) nanocomposites are synthesized ... -
Impact of surface coating on electrochemical and thermal behaviors of a Li-rich Li1.2Ni0.16Mn0.56Co0.08O2 cathode
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2020 , Article)Lithium-rich layered oxide materials are considered as potential cathode materials for future high-performance lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) owing to their high operating voltage and relatively high specific capacity. ... -
Improved properties of Al-Si3N4 nanocomposites fabricated through a microwave sintering and hot extrusion process
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2017 , Article)In this study, nano-sized Si3N4 (0, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 vol%)/Al composites were fabricated using a powder metallurgy method involving microwave sintering technique followed by hot extrusion. The influence of Si3N4 content ... -
Influence of BaTiO 3 /white graphene filler synergy on the energy harvesting performance of a piezoelectric polymer nanocomposite
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2019 , Article)In this work, a novel ternary polyvinylidene fluoride hexafluoropropylene (PVDF-HFP) nanocomposite containing ceramic barium titanate nanoparticles (BaTiO 3 ) and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) nanolayers is developed. An ... -
Insights into charge carrier dynamics in organo-metal halide perovskites: From neat films to solar cells
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2017 , Article Review)Organo-metal halide perovskites have recently obtained world-wide attention as promising solar cell materials. They have broad and strong light absorption along with excellent carrier transport properties which partially ... -
Integration of the inexpensive CuNWs based transparent counter electrode with dye sensitized photo sensors
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2016 , Article)We demonstrate, a newly developed, inexpensive transparent conducting electrode (TCE) based on copper nanowires (CuNWs) combined with reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate ... -
Inter-phase charge and energy transfer in Ruddlesden-Popper 2D perovskites: Critical role of the spacing cations
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2018 , Article)Photo-generated charge carrier dynamics in Ruddlesden-Popper 2D perovskites with linear (n-BA) and branched (iso-BA) butylamine as spacing cations have been studied by using transient absorption and time-resolved ... -
Large CO2 uptake on a monolayer of CaO
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2017 , Article)Density functional theory calculations are used to study gas adsorption properties of a recently synthesized CaO monolayer, which is found to be thermodynamically stable in its buckled form. Due to its topology and strong ... -
Melt processing and characterisation of polyamide 6/graphene nanoplatelet composites
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2015 , Article)Graphene, due to its outstanding properties, has become the topic of much research activity in recent years. Much of that work has been on a laboratory scale however, if we are to introduce graphene into real product ... -
Metal-organic framework-derived hierarchical porous N/Co-doped carbon-supported sponge-like Pd-SnO2 nanostructures for low-temperature CO oxidation
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2024 , Article)Metal-organic framework-derived porous N/Co-doped carbon (MOF-PNC) nanostructures-supported metal nanoparticles (NPs) are of great importance in multidisciplinary catalytic reactions; however, their catalytic performance ... -
Nanoscale-controlled architecture for the development of ultrasensitive lectin biosensors applicable in glycomics
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2014 , Article)In this mini-review the most advanced patterning protocols and transducing schemes for the development of ultrasensitive label-free and label-based lectin biosensors for the glycoprofiling of disease markers and some ... -
One-dimensional facile growth of MAPbI3 perovskite micro-rods
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2019 , Article)One-dimensional microrods (4–5 mm) of PbI2 and CH3NH3PbI3 (MAPbI3) with unique structural and morphological properties have been grown at room temperature. X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns of both types of micro-rods exhibit ... -
Pd nanocrystals encapsulated in MOF-derived Ni/N-doped hollow carbon nanosheets for efficient thermal CO oxidation: unveiling the effect of porosity
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2023 , Article)Rational synthesis of Ni-metal-organic-framework (MOF)-derived hollow N-doped carbon (Ni-MOF-HNC) nanostructures has garnered great attention in various catalytic reactions due to their outstanding catalytic and physicochemical ... -
Pd/Ni-metal-organic framework-derived porous carbon nanosheets for efficient CO oxidation over a wide pH range
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2022 , Article)Metal nanocrystal ornamented metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are of particular interest in multidisciplinary applications; however, their electrocatalytic CO oxidation performance over wide pH ranges is not yet reported. ... -
PdZn nanoparticle electrocatalysts synthesized by solution combustion for methanol oxidation reaction in an alkaline medium
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2017 , Article)Herein, we report the synthesis of PdZn nanoparticle (NP) electrocatalysts for the methanol oxidation reaction (MOR). The PdZn NPs were synthesized by solution combustion synthesis in the presence of Pd(NO3)2·xH2O, ...