17 Result(s)
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Mechanical Energy Harvesting Using Wurtzite Nanowires
This chapter reviews a novel technology that uses piezoelectric nanowires to harvest nanoscale mechanical energy. Wurtzite ZnO nanowires were first applied for this purpose. Due to the bending of nanowires, th...
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Tunable Optical Materials Based on Self-assembly of Polysaccharide Nanocrystals
Rod-like polysaccharide nanocrystals, cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) and chitin nanocrystal (ChNC), can form the chiral nematic liquid crystal phase in suspensions, which can be preserved in the self-assembly sol...
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Nanocellulose in High-Value Applications for Reported Trial and Commercial Products
Despite abundant academic studies reported their diverse applications (as discussed in previous chapters), the practical products of nanocellulose are launched only during recent five years by several companie...
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Self-assembled Nanomaterials for Autophagy Detection and Enhanced Cancer Therapy Through Modulating Autophagy
Autophagy is a highly conserved cellular metabolism process and has become a diagnostic and therapeutic target for some diseases. In recent years, the applications of excellent self-assembled nanosystems in au...
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Thermoresponsive Polymeric Assemblies and Their Biological Applications
Thermoresponsive polymeric assemblies are fabricated from thermoresponsive polymers based on the soluble to insoluble transition at the phase transition temperature. The architecture of the self-assemblies lie...
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Nanopiezotronics and Nanogenerators
Today’s nanoelectronics rely on the transport of charge carriers under the driving of externally applied voltage to perform specific functionality, such as transistors and diodes. Recently, Piezotronics was in...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Research on Large-size Pre-hardened Mould Blocks of Plastic Mould Steels
Plastic mould steels are the most versatile alloy steels whose consumption amount is the largest among mould and die steels. Pre-hardened plastic mould blocks are mainly used for manufacturing large moulds of ...
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Quantum Dot-Sensitized, Three-Dimensional Nanostructures for Photovoltaic Applications
Quantum dot-sensitized solar cells hold the promise to largely increase solar-to-electrical energy conversion efficiency owing to tunable optoelectronic properties and multiple exciton generation (MEG) capabil...
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Mechanical Energy Harvesting Using Wurtzite Nanowires
This chapter reviews a novel technology that uses piezoelectric nanowires to harvest nanoscale mechanical energy. Wurtzite ZnO nanowires were first applied for this purpose. Due to the bending of nanowires, th...
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Synthesis of Oxide Nanostructures
Growth of oxide nanostructures is an important part of nanomatirials research, and it is the fundamental for fabricating various nanodevices. This chapter introduces the four main growth processes for synthesi...
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Photonic Crystals and Devices
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One-dimensional Wurtzite Semiconducting Nanostructures
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Gold-Based Nanoparticle Catalysts for Fuel Cell Reactions
Hydrogen fuel cells and direct methanol fuel cells are becoming increasingly attractive power sources because of the high conversion efficiencies and low pollution and the use for mobile and stationary applica...
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Fundamentals of Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
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In-Situ Electron Microscopy for Nanomeasurements
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Nanobelts and Nanostructures of Transparent Conducting Oxides
Transparent conducting metal oxides are fundamental to the development of smart and functional materials, which are candidates for optics, optoelectronics, and chemical, biochemical and environmental sensors a...
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Nanodevice, Nanosensors and Nanocantilevers Based on Semiconducting Oxide Nanobelts
Semiconducting transition and rare-earth metal oxides are attracting significant attention as candidates for chemical and environmental sensors [1–4]. This is because their electrical conductivity depends sensiti...
