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Nanomaterials, Volume 14, Issue 7

April-1 2024 - 93 articles

Cover Story: With increasing energy demand and the severity of the climate emergency, the concept of biorefinery has great potential for contributing towards net-zero emission liquid transportation fuels, suitable for use in heavy engines such as farm machinery, trucks, and the marine shipping sector. However, a major problem associated with biodiesel production is the glycerol byproduct, which is a liability for biorefineries. This perspective article explores the challenges and opportunities in upgrading glycerol to high energy density glycerol esters. Thus, converting this liability into assets by converting glycerol into drop-in fuel additives for blending into the biofuel pool reinforces the principles of circular economy. View this paper
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Articles (93)

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,333 Views
13 Pages

Improved Design of Slope-Shaped Hole-Blocking Layer and Electron-Blocking Layer in AlGaN-Based Near-Ultraviolet Laser Diodes

  • Maolin Gao,
  • Jing Yang,
  • Wei Jia,
  • Degang Zhao,
  • Guangmei Zhai,
  • Hailiang Dong and
  • Bingshe Xu

The injection and leakage of charge carriers have a significant impact on the optoelectronic performance of GaN-based lasers. In order to improve the limitation of the laser on charge carriers, a slope-shape hole-barrier layer (HBL) and electron-barr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,269 Views
27 Pages

Advances in Nanodynamic Therapy for Cancer Treatment

  • Bingchang Zhang,
  • Yan Huang and
  • Yong Huang

Nanodynamic therapy (NDT) exerts its anti-tumor effect by activating nanosensitizers to generate large amounts of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in tumor cells. NDT enhances tumor-specific targeting and selectivity by leveraging the tumor microenviron...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,566 Views
12 Pages

The electromagnetic pollution problem is becoming increasingly serious due to the speedy advance of electronic communication devices. There are broad application prospects for the development of flexible, wearable composite films with high electromag...

  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
4,632 Views
18 Pages

Dressings with multiple functional performances (such as hemostasis, promoting regeneration, analgesia, and anti-inflammatory effects) are highly desired in orthopedic surgery. Herein, several new kinds of medicated nanofibers loaded with several act...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,290 Views
16 Pages

Supramolecular Hydrogel Dexamethasone–Diclofenac for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

  • Yanqin Song,
  • Pufan Yang,
  • Wen Guo,
  • Panpan Lu,
  • Congying Huang,
  • Zhiruo Cai,
  • Xin Jiang,
  • Gangqiang Yang,
  • Yuan Du and
  • Feng Zhao

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) severely affects patients’ quality of life and is commonly treated with glucocorticosteroids injections, like dexamethasone, which may have side effects. This study aimed to create a novel low dose of twin-drug hydroge...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,465 Views
15 Pages

Erythritol as a Saccharide Multifunctional Electrolyte Additive for Highly Reversible Zinc Anode

  • Linjie Li,
  • Zongwei Guo,
  • Shiteng Li,
  • Piting Cao,
  • Weidong Du,
  • Deshi Feng,
  • Wenhui Wei,
  • Fengzhao Xu,
  • Chuangen Ye and
  • Mingzhi Yang
  • + 3 authors

Dendrite formation and water-triggered side reactions on the surface of Zn metal anodes severely restrict the commercial viability of aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs). In this work, we introduce erythritol (Et) as an electrolyte additive to enhance...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,393 Views
17 Pages

Nitrogen-Rich Triazine-Based Covalent Organic Frameworks as Efficient Visible Light Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Peroxide Production

  • Shu Yang,
  • Keke Zhi,
  • Zhimin Zhang,
  • Rukiya Kerem,
  • Qiong Hong,
  • Lei Zhao,
  • Wenbo Wu,
  • Lulu Wang and
  • Duozhi Wang

Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have been widely used in photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) production due to their favorable band structure and excellent light absorption. Due to the rapid recombination rate of charge carriers, however, thei...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,328 Views
34 Pages

Biocompatible PANI-Encapsulated Chemically Modified Nano-TiO2 Particles for Visible-Light Photocatalytic Applications

  • Nefeli Papadopoulou-Fermeli,
  • Nefeli Lagopati,
  • Maria-Anna Gatou and
  • Evangelia A. Pavlatou

Polyaniline (PANI) constitutes a very propitious conductive polymer utilized in several biomedical, as well as environmental applications, including tissue engineering, catalysis, and photocatalysis, due to its unique properties. In this study, nano-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,042 Views
13 Pages

The AlxCoCrFeNi2.1 (x = 0, 0.3, 0.7, 1.0, 1.3) multi-component high-entropy alloy (HEA) was synthesized by mechanical alloying (MA) and Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS), The impact of the percentage of Al on crystal structure transition, microstructure e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,944 Views
14 Pages

Effects of the In Situ Growth of CNTs on Ti-Coated Diamond Surfaces on the Mechanical Properties of Diamond/Aluminum Composites

  • Hao Wu,
  • Ping Zhu,
  • Yixiao Xia,
  • Yifu Ma,
  • Junyao Ding,
  • Huasong Gou,
  • Qiang Zhang,
  • Sen Yang and
  • Gaohui Wu

Diamond/aluminum composites have attracted significant attention as novel thermal management materials, with their interfacial bonding state and configuration playing a crucial role in determining their thermal conductivity and mechanical properties....

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