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Precisely engineering the decoration of metal nanoparticles on the special surface of semiconductor represents a promising strategy to design efficient metal–semiconductor heterostructured photocatalysts. This study demonstrates a versatile soft‐template method to fabricate a novel nonsymmetrical heterostructured Ag/AgI nanoplate, in which only one side surface of the nanoplate is covered with uniform...
Exploration of the relationship between electrocatalytic activities and their chemical valence is very important in rational design of high‐efficient electrocatalysts. A series of porous nickel sulfides hybridized with N and S co‐doped carbon nanoparticles (NixSy‐NSCs) with different chemical valences of Ni, Ni9S8‐NSCs, Ni9S8‐NiS1.03‐NSCs, and NiS1.03‐NSCs are successfully fabricated, and their electrocatalytic...
The vesicle is one of the most intriguing platforms for drug delivery, which is believed to improve drug efficacy. In the past few decades, a great deal of materials have been explored to make vesicles, including lipids, block copolymers, dendrons, erythrocyte membranes, and even DNA. Other than shape and size control, most efforts are focused on achieving certain functions, for example, an abundance...
The fundamental challenge in designing transparent pressure sensors is the ideal combination of high optical transparency and high pressure sensitivity. Satisfying these competing demands is commonly achieved by a compromise between the transparency and usage of a patterned dielectric surface, which increases pressure sensitivity, but decreases transparency. Herein, a design strategy for fabricating...
Semiconductor‐based surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has attracted great attention due to its excellent spectral reproducibility, high uniformity, and good anti‐interference ability. However, its relatively low SERS sensitivity still hinders its further developments in both performance and applications. Since the SERS is a peculiar surface effect, investigating the facet‐dependent SERS activity...
A multifunctional interlayer, composed of molybdenum diphosphide (MoP2) nanoparticles and a carbon nanotube (CNT) film, is introduced into a lithium–sulfur (Li–S) battery system to suppress polysulfide migration. Molybdenum diphosphide acts as the catalyst and can capture polysulfides and improve the polysulfide conversion activity during the discharge/charge processes. The CNT film acts as a conductive...
Despite the versatile forms of colloidal aggregates, these spontaneously formed structures are often hard to find a suitable application in nanotechnology and materials science. A determinate reason is the lack of a suitable method to capture the transiently formed and quickly evolving colloidal structures in solution. To address this challenge, a simple but highly efficient strategy is herein reported...
While nanoparticles are an increasingly popular choice for labeling and tracking stem cells in biomedical applications such as cell therapy, their intracellular fate and subsequent effect on stem cell differentiation remain elusive. To establish an effective stem cell labeling strategy, the intracellular nanocrystal concentration should be minimized to avoid adverse effects, without compromising the...
Herein, the hydrothermal synthesis of porous ultrathin ternary NiFeV layer double hydroxides (LDHs) nanosheets grown on Nickel foam (NF) substrate as a highly efficient electrode toward overall water splitting in alkaline media is reported. The lateral size of the nanosheets is about a few hundreds of nanometers with the thickness of ≈10 nm. Among all molar ratios investigated, the Ni0.75Fe0.125V0.125...
Large‐scale 2D single‐crystalline copper nanoplates (Cu NPLs) are synthesized by a simple hydrothermal method. The combination of a mild reductant, stabilizer, and shape modifier allows the dimensional control of the Cu nanocrystals from 1D nanowires (NWs) to 2D nanoplates. High‐resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR‐TEM) reveals that the prepared Cu NPLs have a single‐crystalline structure...
An efficient treatment for osteoarthritis (OA) can benefit from the local release of a high therapeutic dose over an extended period of time. Such a treatment will minimize systemic side effects and avoid the inconvenience of frequent injections. To this aim, nanocrystal–polymer particles (NPPs) are developed by combining the advantages of nanotechnology and microparticles. Nanocrystals are produced...
In article number 1703386, Periklis Pantazis and co‐workers use Second Harmonic Generating (SHG) nanoprobes to label, with high contrast, clinically relevant hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) by establishing an effective cell labeling procedure without affecting the HSC differentiation potential. Quantitative single‐cell analysis reveals that freshly isolated HSCs show limited nanoparticle uptake, whereas...
In article number 1703862, Sung Chul Yi and co‐workers demonstrate the significance of blending in diverse anions for the development of complex, high‐performing, and stable electrodes for hydrogen evolution. The catalyst molybdenum sulphoselenophosphide exhibits excellent electrocatalytic activity (j–10 mA cm−2 @ 93 mV, Tafel slope of 50.1 mV dec−1, TOF – 0.40 s−1) fairly closer to the performance...
In article number 1703432, Wooyoung Shim and co‐workers propose a design strategy for fabricating high‐transparency and high‐sensitivity capacitive pressure sensors, which relies on the multiple states of nanoparticle dispersity resulting in enhanced surface roughness and light transmittance. Nanoparticle‐dispersed dielectrics are used to build a highly sensitive pressure sensor, which is further...
Electrocatalytic splitting of water is the most convincing and straight forward path to extract hydrogen, but the efficiency of this process relies heavily on the catalyst employed. Here, molybdenum sulphoselenophosphide (MoS45.1Se11.7P6.1) spheroids are reported as an active catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and this is the first attempt to study on ternary anion based molybdenum...
In article number 1703108, Eric Allémann and co‐workers formulate a drug delivery system based on nanocrystal‐polymer particles. Nanocrystals of drug are embedded in biodegradable microparticles to provide a long‐term, intra‐articular osteoarthritis therapy. This treatment is efficient in reducing the frequency of injections, and may fulfill an unmet medical need; the reconstitution of the cartilage...
Silicon has been intensively studied as an anode material for lithium‐ion batteries (LIB) because of its exceptionally high specific capacity. However, silicon‐based anode materials usually suffer from large volume change during the charge and discharge process, leading to subsequent pulverization of silicon, loss of electric contact, and continuous side reactions. These transformations cause poor...
Herein, a type of Fe, N‐codoped carbon electrocatalyst (FeNx/C, Fe‐N‐BCNT#BP) containing bamboo carbon nanotubes and displaying bifunctional high catalytic efficiency for both oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) is reported. It shows high electrocatalytic activity and stability for both the ORR process with onset potential of 1.03 VRHE in alkaline and the...
The development of strain‐insensitive stretchable transparent conductors (TCs) is essential for manufacturing stretchable electronics. Despite recent progress, achieving a high optoelectronic performance under applied strain of 50% continues to present a significant challenge in this research field. Herein, an ultratall and ultrathin high aspect ratio serpentine metal structure is described that exhibits...
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