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ISSN: 2589-9651
CN: 50-1217/TB
p-ISSN: 2096-6482

Electronic properties of 2D materials and their junctions

With an extensive range of distinctive features at nano meter-scale thicknesses, two-dimensional (2D) materials drawn the attention of the scientific community. Despite tremendous advancements in exploratory...

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In-situ construction of grass-like hybrid architecture responsible for extraordinary corrosion performance: Experimental and theoretical approach

Despite the engineering potential by the co-existence of inorganic and organic substances to protect vulnerable metallic materials from corrosive environments, both their interaction and in-situ formation...

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Recent advances in transition metal phosphide materials: Synthesis and applications in supercapacitors

Supercapacitors (SCs) are considered promising energy storge systems because of their outstanding power density, fast charge and discharge rate and long-term cycling stability. The exploitation of cheap...

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Two−dimensional nanomaterials confined single atoms: New opportunities for environmental remediation

Two−dimensional (2D) supports confined single−atom catalysts (2D SACs) with unique geometric and electronic structures have been attractive candidates in different catalytic applications, such as energy...

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MXene-based electrochemical (bio) sensors for sustainable applications: Roadmap for future advanced materials

MXenes are emerging transition metal carbides and nitrides-based 2D conductive materials. They have found wide applications in sensors due to their excellent valuable properties. This paper reviews...

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Additive manufacturing of Ni-based superalloys: Residual stress, mechanisms of crack formation and strategies for crack inhibition

The additive manufacturing (AM) of Ni-based superalloys has attracted extensive interest from both academia and industry due to its unique capabilities to fabricate complex and high-performance components...

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Stable yellow light emission from lead-free copper halides single crystals for visible light communication

Yellow light-emitting diodes (LEDs) as soft light have attracted abundant attention in lithography room, museum and art gallery. However, the development of efficient yellow LEDs lags behind green and...

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Seasoning Chinese cooking pans: The nanoscience behind the Kitchen God's blessing

The Chinese iron pan can function as a nonstick pan even without a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) coating after a “Kitchen God blessing” seasoning process. We simulate this process and disclose the...

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Towards the selectivity distinction of phenol hydrogenation on noble metal catalysts

Selective hydrogenation of phenol to cyclohexanone is intriguing in chemical industry. Though a few catalysts with promising performances have been developed in recent years, the basic principle for...

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Adjusting the interfacial adhesion via surface modification to prepare high-performance fibers

Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fiber is a new kind of high-performance fiber. Due to its excellent physical and chemical characteristics, it is widely used in various fields. However,...

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Recent advances in electrocatalysts for seawater splitting

Water splitting is an effective strategy to produce renewable and sustainable hydrogen energy. Especially, seawater splitting, avoiding use of the limited freshwater resource, is more intriguing. Nowadays,...

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Improvement of the piezoelectricity of PVDF-HFP by CoFe2O4 nanoparticles

High piezoelectric composite films composed of poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (PVDF-HFP) and ferromagnetic cobalt ferrite (CoFe2O4) (0.00 ​wt% to 0.2 ​wt%) are prepared by a solution...

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Mechanical behavior of nanorubber reinforced epoxy over a wide strain rate loading

Nanorubber/epoxy composites containing 0, 2, 6 and 10 ​wt% nanorubber are subjected to uniaxial compression over a wide range of strain rate from 8 ​× ​10−4 s−1 to ∼2 ​× ​104 s−1. Unexpectedly, their...

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Double enzyme mimetic activities of multifunctional Ag nanoparticle-decorated Co3V2O8 hollow hexagonal prismatic pencils for application in colorimetric sensors and disinfection

Since the catalytic activity of most nanozymes is still far lower than the corresponding natural enzymes, there is urgent need to discover novel highly efficient enzyme-like materials. In this work,...

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MXene Ti3C2 decorated g-C3N4/ZnO photocatalysts with improved photocatalytic performance for CO2 reduction

Photocatalytic reduction of CO2 is considered as a kind of promising technologies for solving the greenhouse effect. Herein, a novel hybrid structure of g-C3N4/ZnO/Ti3C2 photocatalysts was designed...

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Construction of all-organic low dielectric polyimide hybrids via synergistic effect between covalent organic framework and cross-linking structure

Polyimide (PI) is a promising electronic packaging material, but it remains challenging to obtain an all-organic PI hybrid film with decreased dielectric constant and loss without modifying the monomer....

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Synergistic coupling of 0D–2D heterostructure from ZnO and Ti3C2Tx MXene-derived TiO2 for boosted NO2 detection at room temperature

2D MXenes are highly attractive for fabricating high-precision gas sensors operated at room temperature (RT) due to their high surface-to-volume ratio. However, the limited selectivity and low sensitivity...

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A novel strategy of constructing 2D supramolecular organic framework sensor for the identification of toxic metal ions

Two novel two-dimensional (2D) supramolecular organic frameworks were fabricated in water based on the encapsulation-enhanced donor-acceptor interaction between the methyl viologen (MV) units, methoxy...

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Application of artificial synapse based on all-inorganic perovskite memristor in neuromorphic computing

Artificial synapse inspired by the biological brain has great potential in the field of neuromorphic computing and artificial intelligence. The memristor is an ideal artificial synaptic device with...

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Novel sandwich structured glass fiber Cloth/Poly(ethylene oxide)-MXene composite electrolyte

Recently, poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO)-based solid polymer electrolytes have been attracting great attention, and efforts are currently underway to develop PEO-based composite electrolytes for next generation...

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Oxygen redox chemistry in lithium-rich cathode materials for Li-ion batteries: Understanding from atomic structure to nano-engineering

Lithium-rich oxide compounds have been recognized as promising cathode materials for high performance Li-ion batteries, owing to their high specific capacity. However, it remains a great challenge to...

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Coupling of ultrasmall and small CoxP nanoparticles confined in porous SiO2 matrix for a robust oxygen evolution reaction

Rational design of electrocatalysts is important for a sustainable oxygen evolution reaction (OER). It is still a huge challenge to engineer active sites in multi-sizes and multi-components simultaneously....

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Directly electrospinning submillimeter continuous fibers on tubes to fabricate H2S detectors with fast and high response

The fast and high response detection of neurotoxic H2S is of great importance for the environment. In this paper, directly electrospinning technology on the ceramic tube is developed to improve the...

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3D printed aluminum matrix composites with well-defined ordered structures of shear-induced aligned carbon fibers

Carbon fiber reinforced aluminum composites with ordered architectures of shear-induced aligned carbon fibers were fabricated by 3D printing. The microstructures of the printed and sintered samples...

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Mechanical behavior of single-layer graphdiyne via supersonic micro-projectile impact

The mechanical behavior of single-layer graphdiyne (SLGDY) subjected to high-velocity micro-ballistic impacts is analyzed by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The ballistic limits of SLGDY is obtained...

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