Structures, properties, and applications of zwitterionic polymers
October 2022
Zwitterionic polymers have attracted research attention in recent years owing to their unique molecular structures. In the same repeat unit, positive and negative charges are simultaneously located...
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Two-dimensional Dirac materials: Tight-binding lattice models and material candidates
January 2023
The discovery of graphene has led to the devotion of intensive efforts, theoretical and experimental, to produce two-dimensional (2D) materials that can be used for developing functional materials and...
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Advancements in materials for hydrogen production: A review of cutting-edge technologies
January 2024
Hydrogen, a clean and versatile energy carrier, has gained significant attention as a potential solution for addressing the challenges of climate change and energy sustainability. Efficient hydrogen...
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Liquid embolic agents for interventional embolization
January 2022
•Established and emerging liquid embolic agents were summarized in this review.•The embolization mechanism and usage of liquid embolic agents were discussed.•Prospective and rational design guidelines...
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Covalent organic frameworks: Design, synthesis, characterization, and applications
January 2024
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have emerged as an interesting class of crystalline porous materials with desirable properties (such as highly ordered porosity, structural versatility, high chemical...
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Recent progress of electromagnetic wave absorbers: A systematic review and bibliometric approach
July 2023
The electromagnetic wave absorption capabilities of an absorber depend on its dielectric and magnetic components, which determine its interfacial polarization, conductivity loss, magnetic loss, and...
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Non-noble-metal electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction toward seawater splitting: A review
July 2023
The direct electrolytic splitting of abundant seawater instead of scarce freshwater is an ideal strategy for producing clean and renewable hydrogen (H2) fuels. The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is...
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Shape transformation of gold nanoparticles in aqueous CTAB/CTAC solution to generate high-index facets for electrocatalysis and SERS activity
April 2023
Gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) have demonstrated great potential in chemical and biological sensing, catalysis, biomedicine, X-ray computed tomography, and other applications, owing to their unique properties....
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Carbon materials for metal-ion batteries
October 2023
•Carbon materials are indispensable for metal ions batteries.•Discuss the recent development trend of advanced carbon-based materials.•Address the impact of structural properties on energy storage....
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Study of ZnO nanoparticle-supported clay minerals for electrochemical sensors, photocatalysis, and antioxidant applications
January 2024
In view of the current study's demonstration of the synthesis of clay-doped ZnO composites, we present a low-cost method for producing clay-metal oxide (clay/ZnO). Utilizing the solution combustion...
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Transient self-assembly driven by chemical fuels
January 2024
Self-assembly has been extensively studied in chemistry, physics, biology, and materials engineering and has become an important “bottom-up” approach in creating intriguing structures for different...
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Mo-doped one-dimensional needle-like Ni3S2 as bifunctional electrocatalyst for efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution and overall-water-splitting
January 2024
Hydrogen energy plays an important role in clean energy system and is considered the core energy source for future technological development owing to its lightweight nature, high calorific value, and...
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Intrinsic valley polarization and anomalous valley hall effect in single-layer 2H-FeCl2
January 2022
Valley, as a new degree of freedom for electrons, has drawn considerable attention due to its significant potential for encoding and storing information. Lifting the energy degeneracy to achieve valley...
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Micro/nanomotor: A promising drug delivery system for cancer therapy
April 2023
Micro/nanomotors (MNMs) are small-scale devices that can effectively convert various forms of energy into mechanical motion. Their controllable motility and good permeability have attracted the interest...
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In-situ observation of structural evolution of single-atom catalysts: From synthesis to catalysis
January 2024
Atomically dispersed single-atom catalysts (SACs) have been extensively studied over the past decade because of their high atom utilization efficiencies and specific selectivities. Although numerous...
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Printable electrode materials for supercapacitors
January 2022
•Application of printing technology in supercapacitor.•This paper introduces three main printing technologies of inkjet printing, screen printing and 3D printing, including the principle of each printing...
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Recent advances and trends of single-atom catalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cell cathodes
April 2024
•The components and principle of PEMFC are introduced.•The ORR mechanism of M-N-C SACs are reviewed.•Applications of M-N-C SACs for PEMFC cathode are briefly summarized.•The challenges and future perspective...
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Extracting energetic disorder in organic solar cells using percolation models
January 2023
The energetic disorder σ describes the energy state distribution in organic semiconducting materials. In organic solar cells (OSCs), energetic disorder is an important parameter for evaluating the charge...
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Atomic-scale characterization of two-dimensional magnets and their heterostructures
October 2023
The realization of long-range magnetic ordering in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals systems significantly expands the scope of the 2D family as well as their possible spin-related phenomena and device...
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Artificial light-harvesting systems and their applications in photocatalysis and cell labeling
October 2022
•The artificial light-harvesting systems based on non-covalent interactions are discussed.•The artificial light-harvesting systems with two-step sequential energy transfer are discussed.•The applications...
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Bimetallic synergistic Pd-Pt icosahedra as highly active peroxidase-like mimics for colorimetric analysis
October 2023
Thanks to the synergistic effect, the bimetallic catalysts show better catalytic activity than the single metal catalysts and become a focus of research in heterogeneous catalysis. In this study, we...
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Metal-organic frameworks and their derivatives in stable Zn metal anodes for aqueous Zn-ion batteries
October 2022
•A review on MOFs and their derivatives in stable Zn metal anodes is presented.•The merits, challenges and modification strategies of Zn metal anode are listed.•The structure, synthesis, advantages...
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Recent advances in autonomous synthesis of materials
April 2022
The synthesis of materials has been an important task throughout human history, and the ability to perform successful and efficient syntheses has been a factor in industrial revolutions and societal...
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Study on the energy level limitations of triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion with anthracene-isomerized dimers as annihilators
April 2024
•Four isomerized DPA-An dimers are used as annihilators of TTA-UC.•Connecting TTA efficiency and molecular structure from an energetic perspective.•Upconversion efficiency is inversely proportional...
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Carbon nanotube‐supported mixed‐valence Mn3O4 electrodes for high‐performance lithium‐oxygen batteries
January 2024
Lithium–oxygen batteries (LOBs) have extensive applications because of their ultra-high energy densities. However, the practical application of LOBs is limited by several factors, such as a high overpotential,...
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