2026 June-2 - 82 articles
In cold, humid environments, even a small amount of ice accumulation on the blade surface can degrade aerodynamic performance, increase drag, induce premature stall and vibration, and raise the risks of shutdown, fatigue, and ice throw. Existing blad...
The composition of the surface, optical response, and size of the carbon dots synthesized from Valencia orange peels (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) were studied. The peels used in the hydrothermal synthesis were at three ripeness stages, and the synthes...
An Al2O3/AlN stack deposited via Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) methods as a gate insulator for silicon carbide (4H-SiC) has been investigated, focusing on the effects of different Al2O3 deposition processes on the nitride layer. In particular, dielec...
The design and manufacture of bifunctional electrocatalysts are of great significance in the electrolysis of water. Herein, porous organic polymers (POPs) of metal–N-heterocyclic carbene were synthesized from imidazolium borate ionic POPs and s...
Biomass-derived carbon dots (CDs) have attracted increasing attention in agriculture due to their simple synthesis and low environmental impact. In this study, CDs were synthesized from guava (Psidium guajava) leaves using a hydrothermal method (200...
To address the application bottlenecks of organic phase change materials characterized by low thermal conductivity and susceptibility to liquid leakage, this study utilized natural poplar wood as a raw material to construct a three-dimensional carbon...
Magnesium–rich environments are frequently encountered in cementitious systems, including the use of high–Mg raw materials in clinker production, cement–clay interfaces relevant to nuclear waste disposal, and exposure of cement&ndas...
The increasing concentration of atmospheric CO2 has intensified the urgent need for efficient and sustainable carbon capture technologies. Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have emerged as a highly promising class of porous crystalline materials for...
Synergistically optimizing electronic structure and exposing abundant active sites is a promising route to enhance electrocatalytic activity, yet remains challenging. Herein, a hierarchical tubular structure of vanadium-incorporated molybdenum phosph...
This study reports the preparation of a nanocomposite using a black cumin surface as a carbon framework on which zinc oxide-doped manganese ferrite nanoparticles were deposited and grown. A simple precipitation method was used to prepare the nanocomp...
Impaired wound healing arises from interacting biological and material challenges, including persistent infection, biofilm formation, oxidative stress, unresolved inflammation, impaired angiogenesis, defective epithelialization, hemorrhage, and insuf...
The conversion of bio-waste into functional energy materials provides a robust platform for addressing both environmental and energy challenges. In this paper, discarded absorbent pads are transformed into carbon-rich frameworks, which is followed by...
Green synthesis of metal nanoparticles has attracted significant attention due to its sustainability, yet achieving precise control over their physicochemical properties via continuous-flow systems remains a challenge. This study evaluates the sustai...
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENG) show significant potential in pressure sensing by converting mechanical disturbances into electrical signals positively correlated with the magnitude of the applied force, yet their development as practical pressur...
The innate–adaptive immune interface is a decisive control point determining whether therapeutic interventions induce durable protection, antitumor immunity, inflammatory, or immune tolerance. Many immunotherapies fail in translation because im...
Hydrogen (H2) has emerged as a promising next-generation energy carrier with significant potential to mitigate climate change and environmental pollution. The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is the critical half-reaction directly responsible for hy...
Free vibrations of axially moving beam-like nanostructures have been investigated in recent years; however, vibrations of moving nanochassis traveling over a surface with arbitrarily small irregularities have not been displayed yet due to some comple...
Solar-driven interfacial evaporation (SIE) has emerged as a transformative, off-grid technology that confines heat at the air–liquid interface, enabling high-efficiency vapor generation for decentralized water purification. Here, we present a c...
Alkaline nickel zinc batteries feature high safety, low cost and eco-friendly characteristics, making them highly promising for large-scale energy storage deployment. However, their practical application is severely constrained by the cathode’s...
Hydrogen is a clean and renewable energy carrier, but its reversible storage near ambient conditions remains a major challenge. Here, density functional theory (DFT) combined with ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) is employed to assess the newly pr...
Antimicrobial resistance and biofilm-associated contamination continue to pose critical challenges in food safety and biomedical applications, necessitating the development of advanced antimicrobial materials with enhanced efficacy, safety, and funct...
Coal chemical looping combustion (CLC) enables high-concentration CO2 capture with low NOx emissions. However, coal-derived sulphur species in the fuel reactor (FR) present severe challenges, including oxygen carrier (OC) poisoning and CO2 stream con...
Hydrogen is a promising clean-energy carrier, but its low ignition energy, high diffusivity, and wide flammability range demand reliable leak detection. Chemiresistive sensors based on n-type metal oxide semiconductors are attractive owing to their s...
Transition-metal phosphides are promising non-noble-metal electrocatalysts for alkaline hydrogen evolution, yet further improving their performance remains challenging. In this work, a Co-doped nanoporous Fe3P self-supported electrode was fabricated...
We investigate the formation of surface periodic structures during ablation of a 20 nm aluminum film on a glass substrate by high-power terahertz pulses. Using subpicosecond pulses in the 0.5–3 THz range with a field strength of 15 MV/cm (fluen...
Strong chiral responses in planar dielectric metasurfaces are important for polarization-selective nanophotonic devices, but achieving large and reversible circular dichroism (CD) in simple dielectric structures remains challenging. This work propose...
Low combustion efficiency is a challenge of aluminum (Al) particles in solid propellants, especially in small solid rocket motors. Therefore, it is necessary to adjust the combustion performance of Al to improve the energy release of solid propellant...
Active control of multi-mode light–matter interactions is crucial for advancing quantum photonic technologies. Although triple-mode plasmon–exciton systems involving two distinct excitonic transitions offer a pathway to multi-level polari...
Lithium-metal batteries (LMBs) are considered among the most promising high-performance energy storage systems because lithium metal possesses extremely high theoretical capacity and the lowest electrochemical potential among anode materials. However...
Self-powered integrated electrochemical systems require electrode materials that can simultaneously provide energy storage and sensing functions. Boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrodes have good chemical stability and a wide potential window, but their...
The journal retracts the article titled “Preparation of pH Responsive Polystyrene and Polyvinyl Pyridine Nanospheres Stabilized by Mickering Microgel Emulsions” [...]
The report presents the electrical, structural, and microstructural properties of high-pressure–high-temperature-treated (HPHT) composites composed of δ-like Bi2O3 nanograins embedded in an aluminosilicate glassy matrix. Nanocomposites we...
Binder-free NiMn2O4@NiCo2O4 nanocomposites with NiMn2O4 nanoparticle (NP) surface coverage on NiCo2O4 nanosheets (NSs) are fabricated on nickel foam (NF) via a two-step microwave-assisted hydrothermal (MAH) method combined with annealing treatment, w...
Pt-based catalysts remain the premier hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalysts for anion-exchange membrane water electrolyzers. Faced with insufficient abundance and high cost, developing low-Pt electrocatalysts that can accelerate the Volm...
This study investigates graphene oxide/carboxymethyl cellulose composite membranes containing 3 wt.% graphene oxide. The influence of the carboxymethyl cellulose content on the structural organization, mechanical properties, electrical resistivity, a...
Film optimization using high power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) currently faces challenges in process control, primarily due to its reliance on empirical trial-and-error adjustment of the macroscopic parameters as well as the insufficient un...
Direct utilization of biomass-derived silica in neutral surfactant-templated mesoporous synthesis remains underexplored with respect to mesostructure control and functional integration. High-purity silica extracted from acid-treated rice husk ash (~9...
The integration density of photonic integrated circuits is fundamentally limited by evanescent field overlap and subsequent inter-channel crosstalk. Layered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) bypass these confinement constraints through intrins...
Hybrid nanofluids combining thermally conductive nanoparticles with latent heat-storing nanocapsules have attracted growing interest for near-ambient liquid-based thermal management, yet direct comparisons between mono and hybrid phase-change-materia...
As a highly oxidizing and toxic gas, ozone (O3) poses significant hazards to human health and the environment even at low concentrations. Therefore, the development of ozone gas sensors that can operate stably at low temperatures while simultaneously...
More specific targeted drug delivery systems with low immunogenicity and toxicity are expected to increase the efficacy of therapeutic molecules. The extracellular nanovesicles have been introduced as natural delivery systems for therapeutic molecule...
Despite extensive research, formation and properties of protein corona (PC) remain largely unknown. The composition and properties of PC are unique to each particle type. Our research focuses on multilevel nanoconstructs (MLNCs) containing a core (Au...
This study was conducted to investigate a novel quaternary hybrid nanocomposite (QHNC) that can successfully remove Mn(VII) ions from contaminated water. The nanocomposite was analyzed using FTIR, XRD, BET, TGA/DTG and FESEM/EDX techniques to investi...
Europium (Eu) is a rare-earth element with unique optoelectronic properties that underpin its applications in displays and lighting, X-ray imaging, anti-counterfeiting, and biomedicine. Conventional methods typically involve the synthesis of europium...
Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE), the standard base material in ski manufacturing, offers excellent gliding performance but exhibits limited mechanical and scratch resistance on hard and icy snow conditions. In this work, stainless s...
Green synthesis of KGM-capped CeO2 nanoparticles was successfully achieved through a simple coprecipitation method using Konjac Glucomannan (KGM) as a biopolymeric capping and stabilizing agent. The reaction conditions were optimized by varying pH (9...
Solar-driven interfacial water evaporation has been recognized as an effective measure to address freshwater scarcity. Photothermal materials lie at the core of this process and have been extensively studied. However, conventional carbon-based materi...
The ultra-short-pulse (USP) laser joining of sapphire to iron is investigated by combining electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and ruby (Cr3+) R1 fluorescence mapping to resolve the joint microstructure and pressure distributions. Energy-dispersi...
GeSi alloy quantum dots (QDs) are a promising candidate for a light source implemented in Si-based monolithic optoelectronic integrated circuits (MOEICs) thanks to their telecom-wavelength emission and the compatibility with the Si integration techno...
Hybrid conductive materials have attracted increasing attention due to their combined electrical conductivity, mechanical flexibility, and sustainability. In this work, new hybrid materials based on polyaniline (PANI)-wrapped multi-walled carbon nano...
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