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In article number 1905000, Jae‐Hyun Lee, Taesung Kim, and co‐workers demonstrate a uniform and stable 1T phase of WS2 (1T‐WS2) film on 4‐inch wafer using a plasma‐enhanced chemical vapor deposition system. The nanocrystalline 1T‐WS2, containing high density of grain boundary, is utilized as an electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction and exhibits efficient catalytic activity and high durability...
Metallic chiral nanoparticles (CNPs) with a nominal helical pitch (P) of sub‐10 nm contain inherent chirality and are promisingly applied to diverse prominent enantiomer‐related applications. However, the sub‐wavelength P physically results in weak optical activity (OA) to prohibit the development of these applications. Herein, a facile method to amplify the CNPs' OA by alloying the host CNPs with...
It is a great challenge to simultaneously control the size, morphology, and facets of monodispersed Pd nanocrystals under a sub‐5 nm regime. Meanwhile, quantitative understanding of the thermodynamic and kinetic parameters to maneuver the shape evolution of nanocrystals in a one‐pot system still deserves investigation. Herein, a systematic study of the density functional theory (DFT)‐calculated adsorption...
Highly active and durable bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts are of pivotal importance for clean and renewable energy conversion devices, but the lack of earth‐abundant electrocatalysts to improve the intrinsic sluggish kinetic process of oxygen reduction/evolution reactions (ORR/OER) is still a challenge. Fe‐N‐C catalysts with abundant natural merits are considered as promising alternatives to...
Multiphase microfluidics enables an alternative approach with many possibilities in studying, analyzing, and manufacturing functional materials due to its numerous benefits over macroscale methods, such as its ultimate controllability, stability, heat and mass transfer capacity, etc. In addition to its immense potential in biomedical applications, multiphase microfluidics also offers new opportunities...
Potassium‐ion batteries have attracted increasing attention for next‐generation energy storage systems due to their high energy density and abundance of potassium. However, the lack of suitable anode highly hampers its practical application due to the large ionic radius of K+. Herein, a Se3P4@mesoporous carbon (Se3P4@C) composite is reported as a high‐performance anode for potassium‐ion batteries...
In article number 1906026, Xiaoyu Qiu, Yawen Tang, and co‐workers systematically elucidate the explicit roles of adsorption energy, thermodynamic factors, and reduction kinetics on Pd growth patterns for achieving monodispersed sub‐5 nm Pd tetrahedrons and defect‐rich laciniate Pd nanourchins, which could serve as highly efficient non‐Pt catalysts for both the oxygen reduction reaction and the formic...
In article number 1905572, Fan Wang and co‐workers develop near‐infrared Bessel‐beam emission saturation nanoscopy to simultaneously tackle the problems in light absorption and scattering for biological tissues, enabling the tracking of single nanoparticles inside a multicellular tumor spheroid in the depth over 55 µm with an imaging resolution of sub‐98 nm.
In article number 1905987, Na Liu and co‐workers demonstrate the hierarchical assembly of DNA origami catenanes templated by gold nanoparticles. Catenanes containing two, three and four rings are successfully created. By releasing the gold nanoparticles, the rings within the origami catenanes can be set free. This work will enrich the toolbox of DNA‐based functional nanodevices with programmable and...
Cancer spheroids have structural, functional, and physiological similarities to the tumor, and have become a low‐cost in vitro model to study the physiological responses of single cells and therapeutic efficacy of drugs. However, the tiny spheroid, made of a cluster of high‐density cells, is highly scattering and absorptive, which prevents light microscopy techniques to reach the depth inside spheroids...
Perovskite structured CsPbX3 (X = Cl, Br, or I) quantum dots (QDs) have attracted considerable interest in the past few years due to their excellent optoelectronic properties. Surface passivation is one of the main pathways to optimize the optoelectrical performance of perovskite QDs, in which the amino group plays an important role for the corresponding interaction between lead and halide. In this...
Nanocomposite materials benefit from the diverse physicochemical properties featured by nanoparticles, and the presence of nanoparticle concentration gradients can lend functions to macroscopic materials beyond the realm of classical nanocomposites. It is shown here that linearity and time‐shift invariance obtained via the synergism of two independent physical phenomena—translational self‐diffusion...
A balanced concentration of ions is essential for biological processes to occur. For example, [H+] gradients power adenosine triphosphate synthesis, dynamic changes in [K+] and [Na+] create action potentials in neuronal communication, and [Cl−] contributes to maintaining appropriate cell membrane voltage. Sensing ionic concentration is thus important for monitoring and regulating many biological processes...
The metallic 1T phase of WS2 (1T‐WS2), which boosts the charge transfer between the electron source and active edge sites, can be used as an efficient electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). As the semiconductor 2H phase of WS2 (2H‐WS2) is inherently stable, methods for synthesizing 1T‐WS2 are limited and complicated. Herein, a uniform wafer‐scale 1T‐WS2 film is prepared using a...
Osteogenesis, osteoclastogenesis, and angiogenesis are the most important processes in bone repair. Parathyroid hormone (PTH) has pro‐osteogenic, pro‐osteoclastogenic, and proangiogenic effects and may be a candidate for use in bone defect repair. However, the local application of PTH to bone defects is counterproductive due to its excessive osteoclastic and bone resorptive effects. In this study,...
There is a crucial need for effective and easily dispersible colloidal microsensors able to detect local pH changes before irreversible damages caused by demineralization, corrosion, or biofilms occur. One class of such microsensors is based on molecular dyes encapsulated or dispersed either in polymer matrices or in liquid systems exhibiting different colors upon pH variations. They are efficient...
Compression of micropillars is followed in situ by a quick nanofocused X‐ray scanning microscopy technique combined with 3D reciprocal space mapping. Compared to other attempts using X‐ray nanobeams, it avoids any motion or vibration that would lead to a destruction of the sample. The technique consists of scanning both the energy of the incident nanofocused X‐ray beam and the in‐plane translations...
Advanced material development, including at the nanoscale, comprises costly and complex challenges coupled to ensuring human and environmental safety. Governmental agencies regulating safety have announced interest toward acceptance of safety data generated under the collective term New Approach Methodologies (NAMs), as such technologies/approaches offer marked potential to progress the integration...
Periodic fluorine‐doped tin oxide inverse opals (FTO IOs) grafted with CdS nanorods (NRs) and CdSe clusters are reported for improved photoelectrochemical (PEC) performance. This hierarchical photoanode is fabricated by a combination of dip‐coating, hydrothermal reaction, and chemical bath deposition. The growth of 1D CdS NRs on the periodic walls of 3D FTO IOs forms a unique 3D/1D hierarchical structure,...
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