Materials Science & Technology: Recent submissions
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A facile biliquid-interface co-assembly synthesis of mesoporous vesicles with large pore sizes
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2016 , Article)In this study, novel mesoporous siliceous vesicles with ultrathin walls (50 nm in thickness) and large cavities were synthesized through a facile biliquid-interface co-assembly method by using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide ... -
Chelation-assisted soft-template synthesis of ordered mesoporous zinc oxides for low concentration gas sensing
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2016 , Article)Semiconductor zinc oxides with a high surface area and porosity offer great potential for their widespread applications, particularly in the areas of optoelectronic devices and solid-state gas sensors owing to their ... -
Ordered mesoporous silica/polyvinylidene fluoride composite membranes for effective removal of water contaminants
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2016 , Article)A facile one-step immersion co-precipitation method has been developed to fabricate an inorganic-organic composite membrane with three-dimensionally (3D) interpenetrating porous structures via incorporating ordered mesoporous ... -
Hierarchical ordered macro/mesoporous titania with a highly interconnected porous structure for efficient photocatalysis
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2016 , Article)In this study, a 3-dimensional interconnected hierarchical ordered macro/mesoporous titania (HOPT) with thin walls, crystalline framework, large cavities (?420 nm), uniform mesopores (3.7 nm) and high surface area (177 m2 ... -
A versatile in situ etching-growth strategy for synthesis of yolk–shell structured periodic mesoporous organosilica nanocomposites
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2016 , Article)This paper describes a versatile in situ etching-growth strategy for the preparation of periodic mesoporous organosilica (PMO) composites with yolk-shell structure, which can generate the void space and construct the outer ... -
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 ... -
Hydrophobic guest mediated micellization and demicellization of rationally designed amphiphilic poly(organophosphazene) for efficient drug delivery
( American Scientific Publishers , 2016 , Article)Recently, biocompatible and amphiphilic poly(organophosphazene) (PPZ) has been suggested as a drug delivery carrier since it can be easily modified to achieve desired chemical properties. In this work, we newly designed a ... -
Hollow TiO2-X porous microspheres composed of well-crystalline nanocrystals for high-performance lithium-ion batteries
( Tsinghua University Press , 2016 , Article)Hollow TiO2-X porous microspheres consisted of numerous well-crystalline nanocrystals with superior structural integrity and robust hollow interior were synthesized by a facile sol-gel template-assisted approach and two-step ... -
Optimization and Prediction of Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Graphene/LLDPE Nanocomposites by Using Artificial Neural Networks
( Hindawi Publishing Corporation , 2016 , Article)The focus of this work is to develop the knowledge of prediction of the physical and chemical properties of processed linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE)/graphene nanoplatelets composites. Composites made from LLDPE ... -
Template synthesis of metal tungsten nanowire bundles with high field electron emission performance
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2016 , Article)One-dimensional (1D) metal nanowires are of great importance for nanodevices due to their distinctive optical, electronic and mechanical properties. Here, for the first time, we report a simple H2 reduction-assisted ... -
Effect of two types of graphene nanoplatelets on the physico-mechanical properties of linear low-density polyethylene composites
( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2016 , Article)The influence of two types of graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) on the physico-mechanical properties of linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) was investigated. The addition of these two types of GNPs - designated as grades ... -
Current injection 1.54 µm light-emitting devices based on Er-doped GaN/AlGaN multiple quantum wells
( OSA - The Optical Society , 2016 , Article)We report on the growth, fabrication and electroluminescence (EL) characteristics of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) based on Er-doped GaN (GaN:Er) and GaN/AlGaN multiple quantum well (MQW:Er) active layers. The LED structures ... -
Photoelectrochemical Conversion from Graphitic C3N4 Quantum Dot Decorated Semiconductor Nanowires
( American Chemical Society , 2016 , Article)Despite the recent progress of developing graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) as a metal-free photocatalyst, the synthesis of nanostructured g-C3N4 has still remained a complicated and time-consuming approach from its bulk ... -
Epitaxial Growth of Lattice-Mismatched Core-Shell TiO2@MoS2 for Enhanced Lithium-Ion Storage
( Wiley-VCH Verlag , 2016 , Article)Core-shell structured nanohybrids are currently of significant interest due to their synergetic properties and enhanced performances. However, the restriction of lattice mismatch remains a severe obstacle for heterogrowth ... -
Surfactant-templating strategy for ultrathin mesoporous TiO2 coating on flexible graphitized carbon supports for high-performance lithium-ion battery
( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)The electrochemical performance of nanocomposites could greatly be improved by rationally designing flexible core-shell heterostructures. Typically, the uniform coating of a thin mesoporous crystalline transition metal ... -
Ordered, highly zeolitized mesoporous aluminosilicates produced by a gradient acidic assembly growth strategy in a mixed template system
( American Chemical Society , 2016 , Article)Tremendous efforts have been made in recent years to synthesize ordered mesoporous zeolite materials, because of the accelerating demands of industrial bulky molecule conversion. Here, we develop a novel gradient acidic ... -
Lanthanide oxide modified H-Mordenites: Deactivation of external acid sites in the isopropylation of naphthalene
( Elsevier B.V. , 2016 , Article)The external surface of the H-Mordenite (MOR) was modified with lanthanide oxides such as CeO2, La2O3, Pr2O3, Sm2O3, Dy2O3, and Yb2O3, to investigate the deactivation of external acid sites. It is confirmed that the ... -
Melt processing and properties of linear low density polyethylene-graphene nanoplatelet composites
( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)Composites of Linear Low Density Polyethylene (LLDPE) and Graphene Nanoplatelets (GNPs) were processed using a twin screw extruder under different extrusion conditions. The effects of screw speed, feeder speed and GNP ... -
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 ... -
A Micelle Fusion-Aggregation Assembly Approach to Mesoporous Carbon Materials with Rich Active Sites for Ultrasensitive Ammonia Sensing
( American Chemical Society , 2016 , Article)Nanostructured carbon materials have received considerable attention due to their special physicochemical properties. Herein, ordered mesoporous carbons (OMCs) with two-dimension (2D) hexagonal mesostructure and unique ...
