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Light-controlled synthesis of uniform platinum nanodendrites with markedly enhanced electrocatalytic activity
We report a fast in situ seeding approach based on zinc(II) porphyrin (ZnP) under white light irradiation, leading to uniform spherical platinum nanodendrites with tunable sizes. The platinum nanodendrites exhibi...
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Harnessing the collective properties of nanoparticle ensembles for cancer theranostics
Individual inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) have been widely used in the fields of drug delivery, cancer imaging and therapy. There are still many hurdles that limit the performance of individual NPs for these ap...
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Ferroxidase-like activity of Au nanorod/Pt nanodot structures and implications for cellular oxidative stress
Platinum nanoparticles (NPs) are reported to mimic various antioxidant enzymes and thus may produce a positive biological effect by reducing reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels. In this manuscript, we report ...
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Probing hydroxyl radical generation from H2O2 upon plasmon excitation of gold nanorods using electron spin resonance: Molecular oxygen-mediated activation
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Carbon-encapsulated heazlewoodite nanoparticles as highly efficient and durable electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reactions
The activity and durability of electrocatalysts are important factors in their practical applications, such as electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reactions (OERs) used in water splitting cells and metal–air bat...
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Remarkably enhanced water splitting activity of nickel foam due to simple immersion in a ferric nitrate solution
The development of a facile method to construct a high-performance electrode is of paramount importance to the application of alkaline water electrolysis. Here, we report that the activity of nickel foam (NF) ...
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Inter-facet composition modulation of III-nitride nanowires over pyramid textured Si substrates by stationary molecular beam epitaxy
InGaN nanowires (NWs) are grown on pyramid textured Si substrates by stationary plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (PA-MBE). The incidence angles of the highly directional source beams vary for different p...
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Ru(bpy)32+-sensitized {001} facets LiCoO2 nanosheets catalyzed CO2 reduction reaction with 100% carbonaceous products
Photosensitized heterogeneous CO2 reduction (PHCR) has emerged as a promising means to convert CO2 into valuable chemicals, however, challenged by the relatively low carbonaceous product selectivity caused by the...
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Atomic-level correlation between the electrochemical performance of an oxygen-evolving catalyst and the effects of CeO2 functionalization
Herein, we prepared a bimetallic layered double hydroxide (FeCo LDH) featuring a dandelion-like structure. Anchoring of CeO2 onto FeCo LDH produced interfaces between the functionalizing CeO2 and the parent LDH. ...
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In situ construction of thiol-silver interface for selectively electrocatalytic CO2 reduction
Electrochemical CO2 reduction (ECR) is one of the most effective methods to obtain carbonaceous chemicals and reduce greenhouse gases passingly under the ambient condition. However, efficient electrocatalysts fea...
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Erratum to: In situ construction of thiol-silver interface for selectively electrocatalytic CO2 reduction
One funding number in the Acknowledgements section was unfortunately mistakenly used. This error did not affect any of the conclusions from the published paper.