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The development of highly-efficient, inexpensive, and stable electrocatalysts as alternatives to platinum-based materials for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is crucial to various energy storage and conversion systems, such as metal–air batteries and fuel cells. Herein, we have successfully prepared three kinds of hierarchically porous nitrogen-doped carbons with different morphologies (particles,...
The time evolution of the Fermi level of the graphene channel during a gas sensing process is systematically investigated. A Fermi level converging behavior at negative back-gate voltage and a Fermi level pinning behavior at positive back-gate voltage are observed during NH3 gas sensing process for an originally p-type doped graphene channel. The experimental results confirm that the original p-type...
The polymerization of fullerenes has been an interesting topic for almost three decades. A rich polymeric phase diagram of C60 has been drawn under a variety of pressure-temperature conditions. However, only linear or perpendicular linkages of C60 are found in the ordered phases. Here we used a unique bilayer structural solvate, C60·1,1,2-trichloroethane (C60·1TCAN), to generate a novel quasi-3D C...
In this work, a novel strategy for highly efficient detection of small molecules with a homogeneous carbon nanosphere film-spot (HCNFs) was carried out for the first time by negative surface-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectroscopy (SALDI-TOF MS). The HCNFs was fabricated by monolayer oxidized carbon nanospheres (OCS) self-assembling on laser desorption/ionization (LDI)...
Submicrometer-sized carbon spheres coated with a MoS2 nanolayer (CS-MoS2) have been synthesized and investigated as a viable oil additive to enhance the tribological properties of conventional oil lubricants in both the boundary and mixed lubrication regimes. Submicrometer-sized carbon spheres (CS) are obtained by the rapid ultrasound-assisted polymerization of resorcinol and formaldehyde, and MoS...
We have demonstrated a nonlinear behavior for the bandgap opening of doped graphene by controlling the concentration of B and N co-dopants. X-ray absorption and emission spectra reveal that the bandgap increases from 0 to 0.6 eV as the concentration of BN dopants is increased from 0 to 6%, while the bandgap closes when the doping concentration becomes 56%. This nonlinear behavior of bandgap opening...
The electronic structures of carbon nanocages (CNCs) and nitrogen/phosphorus doped carbon nanocages (N-CNCs/P-CNCs) have been studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) and resonant X-ray emission spectroscopy (RXES). The doping configurations for N/P dopants are identified from the experiments. The results have shown that...
We present a simple processing method for synthesizing well-aligned millimeter-sized tetragon-shaped graphene domains on a polycrystalline copper substrate via low-pressure chemical vapor deposition. The tetragonal shape is achieved simply by wet loading the copper substrate with processing conditions previously used for the growth of millimeter-sized hexagon-shaped graphene domains. Electron backscatter...
Carbon nanotube hybrids with molybdenum and tungsten disulfides have attracted lots of attentions due to their unique electronic and photonic properties. MoS2 and WS2 with different layers and morphology have been produced from homogeneous ultra-fine MoO3 and WO3 nanoparticles (1–2nm) with different densities on multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) in this work. The different MWCNT hybrid structures...
An efficient surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate has been developed based on Ag nanoparticle-decorated graphene oxide (GO). The structure of Ag@GO hybrid material was confirmed by X-ray diffraction, transmission and scanning electron microscopy. The as-prepared substrate exhibited the enhancement ability of SERS toward various aromatic dyes, such as Rhodamine 6G, Rhodamine B, and crystal...
Carbon/carbon composites were prepared by film boiling chemical vapor infiltration from xylene pyrolysis. Their densification behaviors such as the mass gain, the deposition rate and the density profile were investigated. The microstructure was studied by polarized light microscopy and characterized quantitatively with average extinction angle (Ae). Results showed that, under the particular experimental...
Substrates with and without catalyst layers have been tested for the capacitively coupled radio-frequency plasma-enhanced chemical-vapor deposition of carbon nanosheets (CNSs) at a temperature as low as 500°C. Glass coated with Ni, Ni/Co, Co/Ni, and Ni/Zn and glass without a catalyst layer were used as the substrates. CNSs were only obtained on substrate samples with a catalyst layer. The morphology...
A molecularly imprinted polymer–graphene oxide (MIP–GO) hybrid material was synthesized by reversible addition and fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization using RAFT agent functionalized GO as chain transfer agent. The formation of this hybrid material was verified by Raman spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and thermal gravimetric analysis. Atomic force microscopy showed...
An important biologically-relevant property of fullerenol is its ability to quench free radicals. Carbon tetrachloride (CCl 4 )-induced hepatotoxicity and nephrotoxicity model was used to investigate the possible mechanisms of fullerenol protection in Sprague–Dawley rats in this study. Rats were administrated with fullerenol (0, 1, 1.5 and 5mg/kgd) by intravenous or intraperitoneal injection...
Oxidized and polished multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were dispersed in aqueous solution, providing a highly stable suspension of purified, shortened, and functionalized carboxylic acid nanotubes. A gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH), which was overexpressed in the plasma membrane of several types of cancer cells, was covalently anchored onto the surface of the oxidized MWCNTs via an amide...
An increasing number of studies have been devoted to studying the respiratory toxicity of carbon nanomaterials, but little information is known, thus far, on the biodistribution of these nanomaterials after inhalation or intratracheal instillation. We synthesized and labeled a polyhydroxylated derivative of fullerene C 60 (OH) x (x=22,24) with 99m Tc. With single photon emission...
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