Article
Chemistry, Applied
Oukrit Thonganantakul, Sira Srinives, Weerawut Chaiwat, Konrat Kerdnawee, Komkrit Suttiponparnit, Tawatchai Charinpanitkul
Summary: The study focused on the synthesis of carbon nanotubes using iron oxide embedded on graphene oxide as a catalyst, with different pretreatment and synthesis temperatures leading to the formation of either CNTs or carbon spheres.
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Chia-Liang Sun, Shun-Yi Lai, Kun-Ju Tsai, Jian Wang, Jigang Zhou, Han-Yi Chen
Summary: This article demonstrates the synthesis of nanoporous core-shell structured multi-walled carbon nanotube-graphene oxide nanoribbons (NP-MWCNT@GONRs) and their electrochemical applications to biosensors. The NP-MWCNT@GONRs exhibit a hierarchical micro/mesoporous structure and a high surface area. Modified glassy carbon electrodes (GCEs) with NP-MWCNT@GONR show high sensitivity and low limits of detection, making them promising electrodes for biosensors.
MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Santa Islam, Syed Shaheen Shah, Shamsun Naher, Muhammad Ali Ehsan, Md. Abdul Aziz, A. J. Saleh Ahammad
Summary: Dopamine serves as an important neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, influencing cognition, emotions, and responses in humans. Researchers are focusing on detecting dopamine in blood serum, utilizing electrochemical sensing techniques to address the coexistence of other materials. Modifications of bare electrodes with carbonaceous materials like graphene are being explored for improved electrochemical detection of dopamine.
CHEMISTRY-AN ASIAN JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Lu Gan, Sharon Xiaodai Lim, Chorng-Haur Sow
Summary: With their special hierarchical fractal and highly symmetric formation, silver dendrites have unique properties due to their large surface area and abundant active sites. However, many synthesis processes require a long reaction time or risk contamination. This research utilizes WO3 nanocubes as beacons to accelerate and direct the growth of silver dendrites, providing insight into designing microstructures for controlled growth.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yifan Zhang, Kecheng Cao, Takeshi Saito, Hiromichi Kataura, Hans Kuzmany, Thomas Pichler, Ute Kaiser, Guowei Yang, Lei Shi
Summary: This study investigated the diameter-dependent synthesis of GNRs using SWCNTs of different average diameters, and found that the width of GNRs can be tailored by the diameter of SWCNTs. Particularly, SWCNTs with an average diameter of 1.3 nm produced the highest yield of 6 and 7 armchair GNRs, indicating potential for high-yield production of certain GNRs in large scale applications.
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Gajapaneni Venkata Prasad, Venkatachalam Vinothkumar, Seung Joo Jang, Da Eun Oh, Tae Hyun Kim
Summary: A novel electrochemical sensing tool based on electropolymerization was developed for the detection of paracetamol. The sensor demonstrated excellent linear response, high selectivity, and stability, and was successfully applied for the detection of paracetamol in tablet formulation and human serum samples.
MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Nannan Wang, Jun Wang, Jingjuan Zhao, Junhai Wang, Junqi Pan, Jiarui Huang
Summary: A nanosheet-like porous-carbon@reduced graphene oxide (PC@rGO) composite was prepared successfully via a facile method, showing high capacity and reversible capacity in Li-S batteries, indicating a promising direction for research on high energy density Li-S batteries.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Jiangman Tian, Zhaode Mu, Jie Wang, Jing Zhou, Yonghua Yuan, Lijuan Bai
Summary: A novel signal-off electrochemical aptasensor was developed for highly sensitive detection of LPS by combining AgNPs-decorated TNT with PDDA-functionalized rGO. The nanohybrid exhibited excellent electrochemical activity, serving as both the sensing platform for LBA immobilization and the redox probe for signal monitoring. The aptasensor showed good stability, reproducibility, specificity, wide linear range, low detection limit, and acceptable recovery rates for real sample analysis.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Nikolaos D. Adamopoulos, Nikos G. Tsierkezos, Afroditi Ntziouni, Fu Zhang, Mauricio Terrones, Konstantinos V. Kordatos
Summary: This study synthesized and characterized three different nanocomposite materials, including silver and zinc oxide nanoparticles modified reduced graphene oxide (rGO), and rGO modified with both silver and zinc oxide nanoparticles. These materials were characterized using XRD, FTIR, TGA, Raman spectroscopy, SEM, and TEM techniques. The electrochemical responses of these materials towards the standard ferrocyanide/ferricyanide [Fe(CN)6]3-/4- redox system were investigated using CV and EIS techniques. The results showed that ZnO modified rGO exhibited excellent electrochemical performance, attributed to the high surface area of ZnO, providing a larger electrode/electrolyte interface and more sites at the electrolyte-ZnO interface.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Daohan Ge, Jun Yao, Jie Ding, Abubakar A. Babangida, Chenxi Zhu, Chao Ni, Chengxiang Zhao, Pengfei Qian, Liqiang Zhang
Summary: Silver dendrites with stems, branches, and leaf morphology were prepared on porous silicon using a single-step electrochemical etching method. The evolution and growth mechanism of the dendrites on porous silicon were analyzed, and different dendrites were obtained by controlling the etching time. The prepared dendrites showed high SERS efficiency for Rhodamine 6G molecules and exhibited a good linear relationship within a certain concentration range.
APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Youzhi Gao, Min Chen, Xuyang Liu, Liangxiao Wei, Ning Hu
Summary: The interaction between carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene oxide (GO) was studied experimentally and computationally. It was found that the addition of GO can effectively improve the dispersibility of CNTs. The epoxy group and hydroxyl group have a significant impact on the dispersibility of CNTs. The dispersion effect of GO on ac-CNT is more pronounced, and the contact area between GO and CNT has a significant influence on the interaction.
SURFACES AND INTERFACES
(2022)
Review
Engineering, Biomedical
Eduardo Anaya-Plaza, Ahmed Shaukat, Inka Lehtonen, Mauri A. Kostiainen
Summary: The strategy of combining biomolecules and synthetic components to develop biohybrids is becoming increasingly popular for preparing highly customized and biocompatible functional materials， allowing the excellent properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to be applied to biomedical applications. The resulting well-defined composites of CNTs conjugated with relevant biomolecules enable the exploitation of nanoscale properties at the micro- and macroscale, with potential applications in tissue engineering, sensors, and wearable electronics. This review presents the underlying chemistry behind the CNT-based biohybrid materials and discusses the future directions of the field.
ADVANCED HEALTHCARE MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jun Natsuki, Toshiaki Natsuki
Summary: Hybrid nanocomposites of silver nanoparticles and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (AgNPs/MWCNTs) were successfully synthesized using a green one-step method without organic solvents. The process involved simultaneous chemical reduction and attachment of AgNPs onto the surface of MWCNTs, with room temperature sintering. The resulting AgNPs/MWCNTs have excellent properties for use in transparent conductive films, serving as a potential substitute for inflexible indium tin oxide (ITO) films.
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Weiqi Zhao, Amirreza Ghaznavi, Yuan Gao, Mengren Wu, Jie Xu
Summary: In this study, a high-sensitivity pH sensor was developed using a functionalized single-wall carbon nanotube graphene (FSWCNT/G) composite. The sensor consisted of Cr/Au electrodes and FSWCNT/G sealed in a PDMS microchannel on a glass substrate. The fabricated composite sensor exhibited superior performance compared to a pristine graphene sensor, as confirmed by field-effect transistor (FET), linear sweep voltammetry (LSV), and response time measurements. The composite nanosensor demonstrated a high potentiometric gradient of 98.75 mV/pH within the pH range of 4-10 and showed potential for label-free cancer cell detection with a concentration detection range of 5 x 106 to 2.5 x 105 cells/mL.
ACS APPLIED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Dipsikha Ganguly, Sundara Ramaprabhu
Summary: The study introduces alpha-Fe2O3 nanoparticles/etched carbon nanotubes (ECNT) composites synthesized via oxidative etching of acid-functionalized CNT as a promising anode material for lithium-ion batteries. The incorporation of ECNT matrix effectively mitigates the low conductivity and capacity fading issues associated with alpha-Fe2O3, providing better accessibility of the electrolyte and higher active sites for Li+ ion interactions. The synergistic effect of alpha-Fe2O3 and ECNT network leads to excellent rate capability, high capacity, and stability of the anode.
MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Qiaoling Wu, Ying Sun, Qin Zhao, Hui Li, Zhengnan Ju, Yu Wang, Xiaodong Sun, Baohua Jia, Jieshan Qiu, Tianyi Ma
Summary: This study successfully prepares a catalyst with nanoparticles of bismuth embedded in co-doped carbon nanoflakes (Bi/NPC), which exhibits excellent performance in electroreduction reactions with high NH3 yield rate, Faradaic efficiency, and stability. This is attributed to the electrocatalytic activity of bismuth, the inhibition of hydrogen evolution reactions, the enhanced N-2 adsorption and activation facilitated by N-doping, as well as the superior conductivity and large specific surface area of the carbon matrix.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Jichi Liu, Chongchong Wu, Ian D. Gates, Baohua Jia, Zihang Huang, Tianyi Ma
Summary: Aqueous supercapacitors are considered promising for commercial energy storage devices due to their safety, low cost, and environmental friendliness. However, the challenge of achieving both long electrode lifespan and qualified energy-storage property has hindered their practical application. In this study, an electrode-electrolyte integrated optimization strategy is developed to meet real-life device requirements. By optimizing the nanomorphology and surface chemistry of the tungsten oxide anode, along with the design of a hybrid electrolyte, record-breaking durability and stable operation under extreme conditions are achieved. These results demonstrate the possibility of replacing commercial organic energy storage devices with aqueous counterparts for various daily applications.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Qiong Wang, Weiting Ye, Dongling Li, Jiangwei Zhu, Chenghang Liu, Chengte Lin, Li Fu, Zenglai Xu
Summary: Electrochemical analysis has emerged as a novel method for plant analysis, allowing the collection of signals related to electrochemically active substances and enabling plant species identification. Moreover, these signals can be utilized for studying plant phylogeny. In this study, electrochemical fingerprint patterns of Malvaceae leaves were obtained using an established methodology, and after processing, the fingerprints exhibited distinct differences. Three different recognition models were employed for analyzing the electrochemical fingerprints, with linear support vector classification achieving high accuracy in species identification when combining the signals collected in different buffer solutions. Additionally, the collected fingerprints were utilized for phylogenetic investigation, resulting in the clustering of 18 species into three groups, with species from the same genus clustered together. The obtained dendrogram from electrochemical fingerprinting was compared with morphological and complete chloroplast genome-based results.
Review
Chemistry, Physical
Xingxing Li, Li Fu, Fei Chen, Shichao Zhao, Jiangwei Zhu, Chengliang Yin
Summary: Catalytic ozonation is a technique that uses active free radicals generated by ozone degradation to mineralize organic matter in water. It can be divided into homogeneous catalytic reactions using metal ions as catalysts and heterogeneous catalytic reactions using solid catalysts. Heterogeneous catalytic ozonation has advantages such as easy recovery, lower cost, higher activity, and improved mineralization rate compared to homogeneous catalytic ozonation.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Xingchen Pan, Wenjun Shi, Guiping Feng, Xiaolong Li, Qingwei Zhou, Li Fu, Meiqing Jin, Weihong Wu
Summary: The present study focused on using phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) technology to investigate the rhizosphere soil microorganisms of Minghui 86 (MH) and Yangdao No.6 (YD) rice at different growth stages. The results showed that the rhizosphere soil microorganisms of MH and YD had distinct sensitivities to exogenous phosphorus and had a certain inhibitory effect on rice enhancement. The sensitivity of rice root soil microorganisms to exogenous phosphorus also varied in different growth stages of rice. Bacteria were the dominant microorganism in the soil microbial community of rice roots, and the addition of exogenous phosphorus had a certain impact on the structure of the soil microbial communities. Through analyzing the microbial community characteristics, the study provided further understanding of the effect of exogenous phosphorus on the microbial community characteristics of rice rhizosphere soil and its impact on ecological functions.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Zexing Wu, Pengfei Yang, Qichang Li, Weiping Xiao, Zhenjiang Li, Guangrui Xu, Fusheng Liu, Baohua Jia, Tianyi Ma, Shouhua Feng, Lei Wang
Summary: Oxygen vacancies-enriched black TiO2 supported sub-nanometer Pt clusters (Pt/TiO2-O-V) with metal support interactions are successfully designed through solvent-free microwave and low-temperature electroless methods. The created oxygen vacancies and Pt clusters show synergistic effects for optimizing the reaction kinetics, leading to remarkable electrocatalytic performance of Pt/TiO2-O-V. This work provides a quick synthetic strategy for preparing black titanium dioxide based nanomaterials.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2023)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Ge Yan, Xiaodong Sun, Yu Zhang, Hui Li, Hongwei Huang, Baohua Jia, Dawei Su, Tianyi Ma
Summary: A novel metal-free 2D/2D van der Waals heterojunction was successfully constructed by integrating a two-dimensional COF with ketoenamine linkage and defective hexagonal boron nitride. The presence of VDW heterojunction and introduced defects facilitated charge carriers separation and provided more reactive sites. The resulting heterojunction exhibited excellent solar energy catalytic activity for water splitting, surpassing the performance of pristine COF and other metal-free-based photocatalysts reported to date.
NANO-MICRO LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Le Lv, Junfeng Ying, Lu Chen, Peidi Tao, Liwen Sun, Ke Yang, Li Fu, Jinhong Yu, Qingwei Yan, Wen Dai, Nan Jiang, Cheng-Te Lin
Summary: With the increase in heat power density in modern integrating electronics, there is an urgent need for high thermal conductivity thermal interface materials (TIM) to fill the gaps between heat source and heat sinks. Graphene-based TIMs have attracted attention due to the high thermal conductivity of graphene nanosheets. In this study, a novel strategy for enhancing the through-plane thermal conductivity of graphene papers by in situ depositing AgNWs on graphene sheets (IGAP) was proposed. The IGAP exhibited greatly enhanced heat dissipation performance compared to commercial thermal pads.
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Xin Li, Yishuang Li, Yuxin Wang, Pan Liang, Guosong Lai
Summary: A distance-regulated PEC sensor was developed for multiplex detection by using an i-Motif sequence as the signal transduction unit. By dynamically regulating the distance between the functional sequence and the electrode material, the photogenerated electrons on the sensor's surface were directionally transferred. The PEC sensor with dual signal output modes was successfully applied to detect two virus nucleic acid sequences.
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Huihui Zhang, Yang Fu, Hien Trang Nguyen, Bronwyn Fox, Joong Hee Lee, Alan Kin-Tak Lau, Hua Zheng, Han Lin, Tianyi Ma, Baohua Jia
Summary: This review summarizes the material challenges and advances in the green H2 ecosystem, providing strategies to address these challenges and exploring the role of materials science in building practical and sustainable H2 ecosystems. It will pave the way for the development of a green and sustainable H2 economy.
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Thermodynamics
Miao Liu, Wenjing Ning, Junbo Yang, Yuankun Zhang, Zhuosheng Han, Ge Meng, Chunsheng Guo, Han Lin, Baohua Jia
Summary: This study proposes a novel composite pore former comprising NaCl and g-C3N4 for fabricating high-performance multi-morphology porous wicks. The synergistic effect of these pores increases the wicks' porosity and reduces flow resistance, enabling them to exhibit high comprehensive performance. The wicks also have ultralow thermal resistance and exceptional anti-gravity performance.
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS IN HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Jian Huang, Huaqiao Chen, Jiewen Deng, Xiaozhu Liu, Tingting Shu, Chengliang Yin, Minjie Duan, Li Fu, Kai Wang, Song Zeng
Summary: This study aimed to develop an interpretable machine learning (IML) model that accurately predicts 28-day all-cause mortality in hypertensive ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke patients. Five machine learning models were developed and the XGBoost model demonstrated the best predictive performance. The SHAP method was employed to interpret the XGBoost model.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
(2023)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Qingwei Zhou, Zhengfu Bian, Dejun Yang, Li Fu
Summary: The importance of the stability of drinking water distribution systems and the management of disinfection by-products in ensuring public health safety is discussed in this paper. The interrelationships between corrosion products, microbes, and drinking water quality are explained, along with the mechanisms through which corrosive by-products influence disinfectant decay and harmful by-product formation. Recommendations for removing DBPs are also presented.
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Xinyue Yuwen, Yingzhao Zeng, Shilong Ruan, Xin Li, Guosong Lai
Summary: We developed a novel kanamycin colorimetric biosensing method by designing a target-triggered dual cascade nucleic acid recycling strategy. The method achieved highly sensitive analysis by amplifying the assembly of a hyperbranched DNA nanostructure. It had a wide linear range, a low detection limit, and allowed visual semi-quantitative analysis. The method simplified the analysis process and showed excellent repeatability.
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Qichen Tian, Yuanbin She, Yangguang Zhu, Dan Dai, Mingjiao Shi, Wubo Chu, Tao Cai, Hsu-Sheng Tsai, He Li, Nan Jiang, Li Fu, Hongyan Xia, Cheng-Te Lin, Chen Ye
Summary: A sensitive and selective electrochemical dopamine (DA) sensor was developed using marimo-like graphene decorated with gold nanoparticles as a modifier of the glassy carbon electrode. The graphene structure of the marimo-like graphene provided a large surface area and electroactive sites. The sensor exhibited high electrochemical activity and a linear increase in oxidation peak current with DA concentration. This study demonstrates a promising method for fabricating DA sensors using MCMB derivatives as electrochemical modifiers.
