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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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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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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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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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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Non-noble-metal electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction toward seawater splitting: A review
Available online 14 December 2022
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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Recent progress of electromagnetic wave absorbers: A systematic review and bibliometric approach
Available online 18 November 2022
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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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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Carbon materials for metal-ion batteries
Available online 2 March 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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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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Progress and perspectives on two-dimensional silicon anodes for lithium-ion batteries
January 2023
Silicon (Si) anodes with extremely high theoretical capacities are considered indispensable for next-generation high-energy lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However, several intractable problems, including...
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Electromagnetic wave manipulation based on few-layer metasurfaces and polyatomic metasurfaces
January 2022
Metasurfaces, whose electromagnetic (EM) responses can be artificially designed, are two-dimensional arrays composed of subwavelength nanostructures. Accompanied by various fascinating developments...
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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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Phthalocyanine-supported single-atom catalysts as a promising bifunctional electrocatalyst for ORR/OER: A computational study
July 2022
•A new class of TM-Pc-based electrocatalysts was proposed.•These TM-Pc materials exhibit high stability and excellent properties.•Ir-Pc performs as an efficient ORR/OER bifunctional catalyst.•The high...
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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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Multiscale assembly of polyoxometalates: From clusters to materials
January 2023
Polyoxometalates (POMs) have drawn broad and intense interest due to their unique structure-dependent properties. The assembly of POM molecules into nanoarchitectures and superstructures can bridge...
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Enhanced visible-light-driven heterogeneous photocatalytic CO2 methanation using a Cu2O@Cu-MOF-74 thin film
April 2023
•Cu2O@Cu-MOF-74 core-shell photocatalyst nanocomposite.•Charge transport of photoinduced charge carriers.•Photocatalytic CO2 reduction under visible light.•Surface coating of a metal-organic framework...
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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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Synergistic combination of a Co-doped σ-MnO2 cathode with an electrolyte additive for a high-performance aqueous zinc-ion battery
January 2023
The key challenges in aqueous zinc-manganese dioxide batteries (MnO2//Zn) are their poor electrochemical kinetics and stability, which are mainly due to low conductivity and the inevitable dissolution...
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PDA/gold nanorod-based nanoparticles for synergistic genetic and photothermal combination therapy for cancer treatment
January 2023
•Gold nanorods are modified to form a feasible nanoplatform for combination therapy.•The photothermal effect and photothermal stability are significantly improved.•The uniform polydopamine shell improves...
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Atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides for the hydrogen evolution reaction
April 2022
Hydrogen is a sustainable and environmentally friendly fuel produced by electrolytic water splitting. This requires efficient and easily accessible electrocatalysts to minimize energy consumption. Recently,...
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Exploration of single Fe atom supported on anatase TiO2(001) for methane oxidation: A DFT study
January 2023
Partial oxidation of methane is a promising alternative strategy for methanol production under mild reaction conditions; however, significant challenges hinder the development of appropriate catalysts....
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Atomic-scale characterization of two-dimensional magnets and their heterostructures
Available online 12 April 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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Large-scale preparation of black phosphorus by molten salt method for energy storage
January 2022
•Black phosphorus is prepared at large scale by reducing PCl5 with metallic Al in melt AlCl3 at 270 °C.•Through gradient centrifugation, gram-scale black phophorus quantum dots can be obtained.•The...
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