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Facile synthesis of palladium-decorated three-dimensional conducting polymer nanofilm for highly sensitive H2 gas sensor
Hydrogen gas is a topic of considerable interest because of its critical importance to various applications in the fuel cell, aerospace and automotive industries. However, because it is highly flammable at low...
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Open AccessPeptide hormone sensors using human hormone receptor-carrying nanovesicles and graphene FETs
Hormones within very low levels regulate and control the activity of specific cells and organs of the human body. Hormone imbalance can cause many diseases. Therefore, hormone detection tools have been develop...
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Open AccessHighly Omnidirectional and Frequency Controllable Carbon/Polyaniline-based 2D and 3D Monopole Antenna
Highly omnidirectional and frequency controllable carbon/polyaniline (C/PANI)-based, two- (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) monopole antennas were fabricated using screen-printing and a one-step, dimensionally c...
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Open AccessFlower-like Palladium Nanoclusters Decorated Graphene Electrodes for Ultrasensitive and Flexible Hydrogen Gas Sensing
Flower-like palladium nanoclusters (FPNCs) are electrodeposited onto graphene electrode that are prepared by chemical vapor deposition (CVD). The CVD graphene layer is transferred onto a poly(ethylene naphthal...
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Open AccessHighly Sensitive and Multifunctional Tactile Sensor Using Free-standing ZnO/PVDF Thin Film with Graphene Electrodes for Pressure and Temperature Monitoring
We demonstrate an 80-μm-thick film (which is around 15% of the thickness of the human epidermis), which is a highly sensitive hybrid functional gauge sensor and was fabricated from poly(vinylidene fluoride) (P...
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Highly Flexible Energy Storage Electrodes Based on In Situ Synthesis of Graphene/Polyselenophene Nanohybrid Materials
A new class of graphene–polyselenophene (PSe) hybrid nanocomposite was successfully synthesized using an in situ synthetic method. The synthesized graphene–PSe nanocomposite exhibited unique properties including ...
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The Fabrication of High-Performance Flexible Mercury Aptasensor Based on Graphene
Liquid-ion gated FET-type flexible graphene-based aptasensor was fabricated for Hg detection in real world samples. Single-layer graphene was grown and transferred onto a flexible substrate and integrated into...
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A Facile Synthesis of Graphene Quantum Dots via Size-Selective Precipitation and Their Application in GQD-layer Modified DSSC
A novel approach to synthesize highly luminescent graphene quantum dots (GQDs) with well-defined sizes was explored based on simple oxidation of herringbone-type carbon nanofibers (HCNFs) and size-selective pr...
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CPT Encapsulated Silica-titania Hollow Nanoparticle Targeting SK-BR-3 Cells for efficient Anticancer treatment
HER-conjugated hollow nanoparticles (HER-HNP, ca. 50 nm in diameter) are fabricated using a dissolution and re-deposition method and used to encapsulate camptothecin (CPT). The HER-HNP-CPT is used as an anti-c...
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The effect of nanoparticle on microdomain alignment in block copolymer thin films under an electric field
Controlling microdomain structure of block copolymers (BCPs) under electric field has been one of the most challenging research tasks. In this study, we examined the effect of nanoparticles on the microdomain ...
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Open AccessHuman dopamine receptor nanovesicles for gate-potential modulators in high-performance field-effect transistor biosensors
The development of molecular detection that allows rapid responses with high sensitivity and selectivity remains challenging. Herein, we demonstrate the strategy of novel bio-nanotechnology to successfully fab...
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Conducting Polymer Nanomaterial-Based Sensor Platform for Bioelectronic Nose
Significant efforts in the fabrication of conducting polymer (CP) nanomaterials have enabled various electronic devices such as solar cells, memory devices, batteries, and field-effect transistors (FETs). Spec...
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Synthesis of silver nanoparticles decorated polypyrrole nanotubes for antimicrobial application
Silver-nanoparticle-decorated polypyrrole (PPy) nanotubes (NTs) were fabricated by vapor deposition polymerization (VDP)-mediated hard-template method. Fe/Ag cations were attached on the wall of an AAO templat...
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Influence of amorphous polymer nanoparticles on the crystallization behavior of poly(vinyl alcohol) nanocomposites
The crystallization behavior of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) in the presence and absence of polypyrrole nanoparticles (PPy NPs) was investigated in terms of the heterogeneous nucleation effect of PPy NPs using FT...
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Synthesis of mesostructured conducting polymer-carbon nanocomposites and their electrochemical performance
A conducting polymer layer was introduced into the pore surface of mesoporous carbon via vapor infiltration of a monomer and subsequent chemical oxidative polymerization. The polypyrrole, conducting polymer ha...
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Versatile strategies for fabricating polymer nanomaterials with controlled size and morphology
The development of reliable synthetic routes to polymer nanomaterials with well-defined size and morphology is a critical research topic in contemporary materials science. The ability to generate nanometer-siz...
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Anisotropically ordered liquid crystalline epoxy network on carbon fiber surface
Anisotropic orientation of liquid crystalline epoxy(LCE) resin on carbon fiber(CF) surface was investigated and it was correlated with curing behavior and thermomechanical properties of LCE. Anisotropic orient...
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Fabrication of polyaniline nanoparticles using microemulsion polymerization
Polyaniline (PANI) nanospheres, 4 nm in diameter, were fabricated by the microemulsion polymerization of octyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (OTAB). The size of the PANI nanoparticles could be controlled as functi...
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Conducting Polymer Nanomaterials and Their Applications
A paradigm shift takes place in the fabrication of conducting polymers from bulky features with microsize to ultrafine features with nanometer range. Novel conducting polymer nanomaterials require the potentia...
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Impact behavior of aramid fiber/glass fiber hybrid composite: Evaluation of four-layer hybrid composites
Aramid fiber/glass fiber hybrid composites were fabricated to investigate the impact behavior of four-layer composites through the analysis of delamination area. The effect of position and content of aramid la...
