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Open AccessBiaxial stress controlled three-dimensional helical cracks
Cracks are Janus-faced, which cause material failure on one hand and serve as a powerful approach for material processing on the other. To predict cracks and control them in a desired manner, foundational frac...
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Open AccessOrganic nonvolatile memory transistors with self-doped polymer energy well structures
Develo** organic nonvolatile memory devices with a writing/reading/erasing logic function in actual array structures is extremely important for realizing low-cost lightweight/flexible plastic electronic syst...
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Open AccessElectric control of straight stripe conductive mixed-phase nanostructures in La-doped BiFeO3
This study examines the atomic force microscope (AFM) tip-based electrical formation of tens of microns long stripe (and ∼100 nm wide) inorganic one-dimensional nanostructures based on the morphotropic phase b...
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Open AccessQuantum dot and π-conjugated molecule hybrids: nanoscale luminescence and application to photoresponsive molecular electronics
Hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) consisting of an n-type CdSe/ZnS quantum dot (QD) as a core and p-type π-conjugate molecules as a shell were fabricated, and their nanoscale photoluminescence (PL) and photoresponsive m...
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Open AccessAmorphous iron phosphate: potential host for various charge carrier ions
In response to the ever-increasing global demand for viable energy-storage systems, sodium and potassium batteries appear to be promising alternatives to lithium ion batteries because of the abundance, low cos...
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Open AccessStar-shaped polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-polycaprolactone-polyurethane as biomaterials for tissue engineering application
Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) is a unique molecule that is composed of an inorganic silica core with eight organic functional arms, which can be used as a nucleus for covalent bonding to create s...
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Erratum: Amorphous iron phosphate: potential host for various charge carrier ions
Correction to: NPG Asia Materials (2014) 6, e138; doi:10.1038/am.2014.98; published online 17 October 2014 After the online publication of this article, the authors noticed an error in the Acknowledgements sec...
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Open AccessNovel high-κ dielectrics for next-generation electronic devices screened by automated ab initio calculations
As the scale of transistors and capacitors in electronics is reduced to less than a few nanometers, leakage currents pose a serious problem to the device’s reliability. To overcome this dilemma, high-κ materia...
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Open AccessBio-inspired micropatterned hydrogel to direct and deconstruct hierarchical processing of geometry-force signals by human mesenchymal stem cells during smooth muscle cell differentiation
Micropatterned biomaterial-based hydrogel platforms allow the recapitulation of in vivo-like microstructural and biochemical features that are critical physiological regulators of stem cell development. Herein, w...
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Open AccessCombining the lotus leaf effect with artificial photosynthesis: regeneration of underwater superhydrophobicity of hierarchical ZnO/Si surfaces by solar water splitting
Fabrication of stable superhydrophobic surfaces in dynamic circumstances is a key issue for practical uses of non-wetting surfaces. However, superhydrophobic surfaces have finite lifetime in underwater conditi...
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Open AccessA biodegradable thermo-responsive hybrid hydrogel: therapeutic applications in preventing the post-operative recurrence of breast cancer
Smart hydrogels that undergo structural changes in response to stimuli (for example, pH, heat, light) have promising biomedical applications as delivery systems, especially for the locally controlled release o...
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Open AccessHigh-work-function metal/carbon nanotube/low-work-function metal hybrid junction photovoltaic device
Photovoltaic devices based on nanotechnology have attracted much attention because of their great potential for application in electronic and energy fields. Here, a photovoltaic device based on a high-work-fun...
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Open AccessHigh-performance triazole-containing brush polymers via azide–alkyne click chemistry: a new functional polymer platform for electrical memory devices
Two series of well-defined brush polymers bearing a triazole moiety on each bristle were prepared from the click chemistry reactions of a poly(glycidyl azide) (PG) and a poly(4-azidomethylstyrene) (PS) with al...
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Open AccessPromotion of reversible Li+ storage in transition metal dichalcogenides by Ag nanoclusters
After years of development, improvement in the electrochemical properties of MoS2 through structural modifications has reached its limit. Further improvements in the Li+ storage properties of MoS2 must be based o...
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Open AccessLayer-controlled growth of MoS2 on self-assembled flower-like Bi2S3 for enhanced photocatalysis under visible light irradiation
Metal sulfide semiconductors, such as molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and bismuth trisulphide (Bi2S3), are of considerable interest for their excellent applications in photocatalysis and in many other fields. However...
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Open AccessGadolinium polytungstate nanoclusters: a new theranostic with ultrasmall size and versatile properties for dual-modal MR/CT imaging and photothermal therapy/radiotherapy of cancer
The development of a new generation of nanoscaled theranostics with simple compositions and versatile properties to realize enhanced diagnoses and treatment outcomes and to avoid side effects is highly desirab...
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Open AccessHybrid crystalline-ITO/metal nanowire mesh transparent electrodes and their application for highly flexible perovskite solar cells
Here, we propose crystalline indium tin oxide/metal nanowire composite electrode (c-ITO/metal NW-GFRHybrimer) films as a robust platform for flexible optoelectronic devices. A very thin c-ITO overcoating layer...
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Open AccessRadionuclide-embedded gold nanoparticles for enhanced dendritic cell-based cancer immunotherapy, sensitive and quantitative tracking of dendritic cells with PET and Cerenkov luminescence
Radionuclide-embedded gold nanoparticles (RIe-AuNPs) were developed as a highly sensitive and stable nuclear and optical imaging agent for efficient dendritic cell (DC)-based immunotherapy and sensitive tracki...
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Open AccessOne-step synthesis of architectural Ni3S2 nanosheet-on-nanorods array for use as high-performance electrodes for supercapacitors
Although a wide variety of three-dimensional porous electrode architectures have been created for supercapacitors to markedly enhance the charge and mass transfer associated with cycling, their low volumetric ...
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Open AccessDeciphering buried air phases on natural and bioinspired superhydrophobic surfaces using synchrotron radiation-based X-ray phase-contrast imaging
Superhydrophobicity is an important phenomenon in nature that inspires the design of numerous biomimetic functional materials. A superhydrophobic surface is expected to have a three-phase solid–liquid-vapor in...
