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Sulfate-assisted Ni/Fe-based electrodes for anion exchange membrane saline splitting
Saline water electrolysis is an appealing strategy for hydrogen production, attracting more attention in recent years. NiFe-based electrodes exhibit promise as catalysts for saline water electrolysis. Neverthe...
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Valence-tailored copper-based nanoparticles for enhanced chemodynamic therapy through prolonged ROS generation and potentiated GSH depletion
Chemodynamic therapy (CDT), an inventive approach to cancer treatment, exploits innate chemical processes to trigger cell death through the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). While offering advantage...
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Long-range Pt-Ni dual sites boost hydrogen evolution through optimizing the adsorption configuration
Elaborated design of catalytic systems with a specifically tailored site distance to match the intermediates could substantially improve reaction kinetics and boost catalytic activity under unfavorable reactio...
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Lattice-distorted Pt wrinkled nanoparticles for highly effective hydrogen electrocatalysis
Modulating Pt surfaces through the introduction of lattice distortion emerges as immensely effective strategy that enhances the kinetics of alkaline hydrogen evolution and oxidation processes. In this study, w...
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Interlayer exciton dynamics of transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures under electric fields
Stacking single layers of atoms on top of each other provides a fundamental way to achieve novel material systems and engineer their physical properties, which offers opportunities for exploring fundamental ph...
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Optimizing 2D-metal contact in layered Tin-selenide via native oxide modulation
The discovery of two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor has opened up new avenues for the development of short-channel field-effect transistors (FETs) with desired electrical performance. Among them, orthorhombic ...
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Highly selective growth of (6,5) single-walled carbon nanotubes from sigma phase alloy catalyst
The chirality structure of a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) strongly depends on the composition of catalyst used in the chemical vapor deposition process. In this study, we develop a porous magnesia supp...
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Cu nanowire array with designed interphases enabling high performance Si anode toward flexible lithium-ion battery
To meet the growing demand for wearable smart electronic devices, the development of flexible lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is essential. Silicon is an ideal candidate for the anode material of flexible lithium...
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Atomically precise vacancy-assembled quantum antidots
Patterning antidots, which are regions of potential hills that repel electrons, into well-defined antidot lattices creates fascinating artificial periodic structures, leading to anomalous transport properties ...
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Electro-thermal actuation in percolative ferroelectric polymer nanocomposites
The interconversion between electrical and mechanical energies is pivotal to ferroelectrics to enable their applications in transducers, actuators and sensors. Ferroelectric polymers exhibit a giant electric-f...
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Morphology effects in MnCeOx solid solution-catalyzed NO reduction with CO: Active sites, water tolerance, and reaction pathway
Morphological effects of nanoparticles are crucial in many solid-catalyzed chemical transformations. We herein prepared two manganese-ceria solid solutions, well-defined MnCeOx nanorods and MnCeOx-nanocubes, expo...
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Effect of T6I4 with different aging time on microstructure and properties of high strength aluminum alloy
The microstructures of high strength alloy (Al–11.0Zn–3.1Mg–1.22Cu–0.1Sr–0.2Zr–0.1Ti–0.45Y) subjected to T6 and three various T6I4 aging treatments were characterized to explore their influences on the corrosi...
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Recent advances in water-induced electricity generation based on 2D materials: A review
Two-dimensional (2D) materials with unique physical and chemical properties have attracted tremendous attentions for energy conversion applications (e.g., solar cells) in recent years. However, the periodic so...
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Wrinkling modes of graphene oxide assembled on curved surfaces
Assembling two-dimensional (2D) sheets into macroscopic three-dimensional (3D) forms has created a promising material family with rich functionalities. Multiscale wrinkles are intrinsic features of 2D sheets i...
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Intrinsically stretchable polymer semiconductor based electronic skin for multiple perceptions of force, temperature, and visible light
As a stretchable seamless device, electronic skin (E-skin) has drawn enormous interest due to its skin-like sensing capability. Besides the basic perception of force and temperature, multiple perception that i...
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Colloidal synthesis and phase transformation of all-inorganic bismuth halide perovskite nanoplates
Lead-free bismuth-based halide perovskites and their analogues have attracted research interest for their high stability and optoelectronic properties. However, the morphology-controlled synthesis of bismuth-b...
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Polydopamine nanolayer assisted internal photo-deposition of CdS nanocrystals for stable cosensitized photoanode
Hydrogen evolution via photo-electro-chemical (PEC) co-catalysis is potential for solving energy crisis and environmental issues. The rapidly advances of fabrication and broad applications of polydopamine (PDA...
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Transforming heat transfer with thermal metamaterials and devices
The demand for sophisticated tools and approaches in heat management and control has triggered the fast development of fields that include conductive thermal metamaterials, nanophononics, and far-field and nea...
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Gold-vapor-assisted chemical vapor deposition of aligned monolayer WSe2 with large domain size and fast growth rate
Orientation-controlled growth of two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) may enable many new electronic and optical applications. However, previous studies reporting aligned growth of WSe2 u...
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Mesoporous silica decorated with platinum nanoparticles for drug delivery and synergistic electrodynamic-chemotherapy
Electrodynamic therapy (EDT) is a conceptually new cancer treatment approach recently proposed by our group. During EDT, the electro-driven catalytic reaction would occur on the surface of platinum nanoparticl...
