- 2016-09-12 The active site of low-temperature methane hydroxylation in iron-containing z...
- An efficient catalytic process for converting methane into methanol could have far-reaching economic implications. Iron-containing zeolites (microporous aluminosilicate minerals) are noteworthy in thi...
- 2016-09-12 Mass production of two-dimensional oxides by rapid heating of hydrous chlorid...
- Two-dimensional (2D) nanoscale oxides have attracted research interest owing to their electronic, magnetic optical and catalytic properties. If they could be manufactured on a large scale, 2D oxides w...
- 2016-09-12 Seed-Mediated Synthesis of Metal–Organic Frameworks
- The synthesis of phase-pure metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) is of prime importance but remains a significant challenge because of the flexible and diversified coordination modes between metal ions an...
- 2016-09-12 Synthesis of Oligoparaphenylene-Derived Nanohoops Employing an Anthracene Pho...
- The century-old yet synthetically underexplored anthracene photodimerization–cycloreversion reactions have been employed as the key steps to access highly strained aromatic hydrocarbons. Herein we re...
- 2016-09-12 Building devices from colloidal quantum dots
- The continued growth of mobile and interactive computing requires devices manufactured with low-cost processes, compatible with large-area and flexible form factors, and with additional functionality....
- 2016-09-06 Postextraction Separation, On-Board Storage, and Catalytic Conversion of Meth...
- In today’s perspective, natural gas has gained considerable attention, due to its low emission, indigenous availability, and improvement in the extraction technology. Upon extraction, it undergoes se...
- 2016-09-06 Soft-Nanocomposites of Nanoparticles and Nanocarbons with Supramolecular and ...
- Gel-nanocomposites are rapidly emerging functional advanced materials having widespread applications in materials and biological sciences. Herein, we review syntheses, properties, and applications of ...
- 2016-09-06 Rationally Designing High-Performance Bulk Thermoelectric Materials
- There has been a renaissance of interest in exploring highly efficient thermoelectric materials as a possible route to address the worldwide energy generation, utilization, and management. This review...
- 2016-09-06 Nanoscale Electrochemistry of sp2 Carbon Materials: From Graphite and Graphen...
- Carbon materials have a long history of use as electrodes in electrochemistry, from (bio)electroanalysis to applications in energy technologies, such as batteries and fuel cells. With the advent of ne...
- 2016-09-06 Importance and Challenges of Electrochemical in Situ Liquid Cell Electron Mic...
- The foreseeable worldwide energy and environmental challenges demand renewable alternative sources, energy conversion, and storage technologies. Therefore, electrochemical energy conversion devices li...
- 2016-09-06 Impact of Multifunctional Bimetallic Materials on Lithium Battery Electrochem...
- Electric energy storage devices such as batteries are complex systems comprised of a variety of materials with each playing separate yet interactive roles, complicated by length scale interactions occ...
- 2016-09-06 Functional Scanning Probe Imaging of Nanostructured Solar Energy Materials
- From hybrid perovskites to semiconducting polymer/fullerene blends for organic photovoltaics, many new materials being explored for energy harvesting and storage exhibit performance characteristics th...
- 2016-09-06 Hierarchical Inorganic Assemblies for Artificial Photosynthesis
- Artificial photosynthesis is an attractive approach for renewable fuel generation because it offers the prospect of a technology suitable for deployment on highly abundant, non-arable land. Recent lea...
- 2016-09-06 Computation of Dielectric Response in Molecular Solids for High Capacitance O...
- The dielectric response of a material is central to numerous processes spanning the fields of chemistry, materials science, biology, and physics. Despite this broad importance across these disciplines...
- 2016-09-05 Gate-controlled topological conducting channels in bilayer graphene
- The existence of inequivalent valleys K and K′ in the momentum space of 2D hexagonal lattices provides a new electronic degree of freedom, the manipulation of which can potentially lead to new types ...
- 2016-09-05 Two-dimensional gallium nitride realized via graphene encapsulation
- The spectrum of two-dimensional (2D) and layered materials ‘beyond graphene’ offers a remarkable platform to study new phenomena in condensed matter physics. Among these materials, layered hexagonal...
- 2016-08-30 Fusing tetrapyrroles to graphene edges by surface-assisted covalent coupling
- Surface-assisted covalent linking of precursor molecules enables the fabrication of low-dimensional nanostructures, which include graphene nanoribbons. One approach to building functional multicompone...
- 2016-08-28 Identification of carbon-encapsulated iron nanoparticles as active species in...
- The widespread use of fuel cells is currently limited by the lack of efficient and cost-effective catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction. Iron-based non-precious metal catalysts exhibit promising...
- 2016-08-28 Heterogeneous reduction of carbon dioxide by hydride-terminated silicon nanoc...
- Silicon constitutes 28% of the earth’s mass. Its high abundance, lack of toxicity and low cost coupled with its electrical and optical properties, make silicon unique among the semiconductors for con...
- 2016-08-28 Lithium-ion battery electrolyte mobility at nano-confined graphene interfaces
- Interfaces are essential in electrochemical processes, providing a critical nanoscopic design feature for composite electrodes used in Li-ion batteries. Understanding the structure, wetting and mobili...