![Loading...](https://link.springer.com/static/c4a417b97a76cc2980e3c25e2271af3129e08bbe/images/pdf-preview/spacer.gif)
-
Article
Covalent post-synthetic modification of MOFs as a fluorescent sensor for the efficient detection of the biomarker of cystinuria
Cystinuria is a genetic disorder, and in severe cases, it might lead to kidney failure. As an important biomarker for cystinuria, the level of arginine (Arg) in urine is a vital indicator for cystinuria screen...
-
Article
Open AccessThe Roadmap of 2D Materials and Devices Toward Chips
This review introduces the potential of 2D electronics for post-Moore era and discusses their current progress in digital circuits, analog circuits, heterogeneous integration,...
-
Article
Ultrasensitive levofloxacin electrochemical biosensor based on semiconducting covalent organic framework/poly-L-cysteine/triangular Ag nanoplates modified glassy carbon electrode
A novel electrochemical biosensor with excellent performance was fabricated for levofloxacin (LEV) detection, which adopted triangular Ag nanoplates (Tri-AgNP) confined in a poly-L-cysteine (poly-L-Cys) film a...
-
Article
Nanofiltration for drinking water treatment: a review
In recent decades, nanofiltration (NF) is considered as a promising separation technique to produce drinking water from different types of water source. In this paper, we comprehensively reviewed the progress ...
-
Article
Insights into thermodynamic properties of CsCl-type HfTM (TM = Fe, Ru, Os) compounds from first-principles calculations
In this work, we used the first-principles calculations based on density functional theory and quasi-harmonic Debye to predict the electronic structures, phonon dispersions and thermodynamic properties of HfTM...
-
Article
Electrochemical sensing platform based on covalent organic framework materials and gold nanoparticles for high sensitivity determination of theophylline and caffeine
A new covalent organic framework (COF) has been prepared with 1,3,6,8-tetra(4-formyl phenyl) pyrene (TFPPy) and 2,6-diaminopyridine (DP) as building units through a Schiff base reaction by a simple tube oven h...
-
Article
Open AccessA comprehensive study on Li4Si1−xTixO4 ceramics for advanced tritium breeders
Hetero-element doped lithium orthosilicates have been considered as advanced tritium breeders due to the superior performances. In this work, Li4Si1−xTixO4 ceramics were prepared by proprietary hydrothermal proce...
-
Article
An Eu(III)-functionalized Sr-based metal-organic framework for fluorometric determination of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) ions
An Eu(III)-functionalized strontium-organic framework (Eu3+@Sr-MOF) was synthesized by encapsulating Eu3+ ions into the pores of Sr-MOF via postsynthetic modification (PSM) and fully characterized by XRD, SEM, ED...
-
Article
Open AccessExploring the Coordination Effect of GO@MOF-5 as Catalyst on Thermal Decomposition of Ammonium Perchlorate
Prepared composite materials based on [Zn4O(benzene-1,4-dicarboxylate)3] (MOF-5) and graphene oxide (GO) via a simple green solvothermal method, at which GO was used as platform to load MOF-5, and applied to the ...
-
Article
Open AccessHighly Stretchable Micro/Nano Wrinkle Structures for Infrared Stealth Application
We demonstrate a novel infrared stealth structure consisting of SiO2/TiO2 film, which was manufactured as the highly stretchable triangular wrinkle structures. The triangular wrinkle structures have firstly been ...
-
Article
Open AccessMethod for Measurement of Multi-Degrees-of-Freedom Motion Parameters Based on Polydimethylsiloxane Cross-Coupling Diffraction Gratings
This work presents a multi-degrees-of-freedom motion parameter measurement method based on the use of cross-coupling diffraction gratings that were prepared on the two sides of a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) su...
-
Article
Open AccessSilica Cladding of Ag Nanoparticles for High Stability and Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Performance
For high-precision biochemical sensing, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has been demonstrated to be a highly sensitive spectroscopic analytical method and Ag is considered to be the best material fo...
-
Article
Open AccessHighly Stretchable Anisotropic Structures for Flexible Micro/nano-electrode Applications
The functionality of flexible metal electrodes relies on the stable performance of a metallic film. In this study, highly stretchable anisotropic structures are designed to investigate the behaviour of silver ...
-
Article
ZnO nanoparticles embedded in polyethylene-glycol (PEG) matrix as sensitive strain gauge elements
In this work, we investigate the strain-sensing properties of nanocomposite material made from ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) embedded in polyethylene-glycol (PEG) by measuring three different electrical parameters: ...
-
Article
Open AccessGaAs-based resonant tunneling diode (RTD) epitaxy on Si for highly sensitive strain gauge applications
As a highly sensitive strain gauge element, GaAs-based resonant tunneling diode (RTD) has already been applied in microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensors. Due to poor mechanical properties and high cost, ...
-
Article
Open AccessSynthesis of dumbbell-like ZnO microcrystals via a simple solution route
Uniform dumbbell-like ZnO microcrystals had been successfully fabricated on a large scale via a facile solution technique under mild conditions. Obtained ZnO, with length of 1.2 to 1.6 μm and diameters of 350 ...