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Open AccessStandardized cycle life assessment of batteries using extremely lean electrolytic testing conditions
Despite the proposal of numerous advanced materials for batteries, there remains a notable lack of comprehensive assessment protocols that facilitate direct comparisons between laboratory-scale research and in...
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Graphene-based 3D lightweight cellular structures: Synthesis and applications
Ultralight three-dimensional (3D) cellular architectures are both a challenge and an opportunity for those academic and industrial applications involved with high performance material design. The challenges ha...
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Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Nanoparticles Prepared via a Film Shattering Process and Hybridization with TiO2 for Visible-Light Active Photocatalysis
We present a methodology to prepare a hybrid photocatalyst based on conjugated polymer nanoparticles (CPNs) by electrostatically adsorbing TiO2 nanoparticles on the surfaces of the CPNs to achieve synergetic effe...
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Open AccessAssembly of “3D” plasmonic clusters by “2D” AFM nanomanipulation of highly uniform and smooth gold nanospheres
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) nanomanipulation has been viewed as a deterministic method for the assembly of plasmonic metamolecules because it enables unprecedented engineering of clusters with exquisite cont...
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Open AccessGiant Gyroid and Templates from High-Molecular-Weight Block Copolymer Self-assembly
We present a feasible approach to the direct development of three-dimensionally (3D) bicontinuous gyroid (GYR) nanostructure in high-molecular-weight, composition-controlled polystyrene-b-poly(methyl methacrylate...
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Surface modification of magnesium hydroxide nanoparticles with hexylphosphoric acid to improve thermal stabilities of polyethylene composites
Magnesium hydroxide (MH) has been identified as an alternative flame retardant for polyethylenes (PEs), to replace halogen-based flame retardants, which cause severe environmental problems. However, the use of...
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Self-formed grain boundary healing layer for highly efficient CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite solar cells
Perovskite solar cells have attracted significant research efforts due to their remarkable performance, with certified power conversion efficiency now reaching 22%. Solution-processed perovskite thin films are...
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Metal oxide/polymer hybrid nanofiber as flexible moisture absorbent
In order to realize flexible organic light emitting diode (OLED), it is critically important to protect moisture and oxygen penetration into the flexible device through the polymer substrates because of intrin...
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Catalytic Performance and Kinetic Models on Zirconium Phosphate Modified Ru/Co/SiO2 Fischer–Tropsch Catalyst
The present paper represents the promising ways to improve catalytic performance by introducing zirconium phosphate (ZP) on Ru/Co/SiO2 catalysts and the related kinetic models using the optimized Fischer–Tropsch ...
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Invited paper: Fabrication of complexly patterned wavy structures using self-organized anisotropic wrinkling
In this work, we review a novel means of self-organized anisotropic wrinkling, which enables the patterning of wavy microstructures that are rarely achievable with conventional patterning approaches. The surfa...
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Fabrication of Bacteria and Virus Microarrays Based on Polymeric Capillary Force Lithography
There is a growing interest on the fabrication of bacteria and virus microarray owing to their great potential in many biological applications ranging from diagnostic devices to advanced platforms for fundamen...
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Spontaneous assembly of viruses on multilayered polymer surfaces
The idea that randomly arranged supermolecular species incorporated in a network medium can ultimately create ordered structures at the surface may be counterintuitive. However, such order can be accommodated ...
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Patterning and Separating Infected Bacteria Using Host–Parasite and Virus–Antibody Interactions
Bacteria were selectively deposited on substrates patterned with poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) microstructures by using host–parasite and virus–antibody interactions. In this scheme viruses were used to attach o...
