2025 April - 31 articles
The merging of pore designs is a potential strategy for achieving ultra-low lattice thermal conductivity (κ), for which phonon anharmonicity and size effect are indispensable for discovering novel functional materials in thermal applications. I...
Applications of lanthanide chemistry have been successful in metallics and the petroleum industry. In the medical realm, lanthanides have shown utility in radiotherapy agents, photodynamic therapy agents, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast...
An uncooled microbolometer is a thermal sensor consisting of a membrane suspended from the substrate to provide thermal insulation. Typically, the membrane is composed of a stack of three films integrated by a supporting film, an IR sensing film, and...
This review article investigates the rising global energy demand, which is primarily driven by population growth and industrialization, raising significant environmental concerns due to the extensive reliance on fossil fuels. In response, hydrogen is...
Zinc is an essential trace metal element in the human body, but it also constitutes a variety of proteins in the body of the important elements necessary; this element plays an important role in physiological metabolism. Disturbances in the metabolis...
Halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) exhibit remarkable potential for addressing global energy challenges due to their exceptional photovoltaic properties and cost-effectiveness. However, their widespread adoption is hindered by the presence of toxic...
Exciton generation and separation play an important role in the photoelectric properties and the luminescence performance of materials. In order to tailor the defects and grain boundaries and improve the exciton separation and light harvesting of the...
Photocatalytic H2 production is one of the most promising approaches for sustainable energy. The literature presents a plethora of carefully designed systems aimed at harnessing solar energy and converting it into chemical energy. However, the main d...
Rhodamine B dye is a hazardous pollutant that poses significant risks to human health and aquatic ecosystems due to its toxic, carcinogenic nature and high chemical stability. To address this issue, analcime@nickel orthosilicate nanocomposites were s...
Obtaining the dielectric constant and refractive index of the siloxane surface of montmorillonite (Mnt) and organic groups is difficult, limiting the study of Van der Waals (VDW) interactions between the hydrophilic end of quaternary ammonium surfact...
Sulfamethoxazole (SMX) is a widely used antibiotic for bacterial infections and is frequently found in surface waters and wastewater treatment plant effluents, where it is commonly co-administered with trimethoprim. Because of its emerging ecological...
A series of nickel (II) bis-phosphine organometallic complexes along with two pseudo [M7] (M = Ni(II), Zn(II)) metallocalix[6]arene complexes and a dysprosium acetate coordination polymer have each been crystallised in the presence of localized magne...
One of the most critical environmental needs is to remove metal ions from industrial wastewater. In this investigation, chitosan modified by cyanoguanidine (CCs) was employed for the first time to adsorb cupric ions. The optimal conditions for elimin...
Pre-lithiation using Li–Si alloy-type additives is a promising technical approach to address the drawbacks of Si-based anodes, such as a low initial Coulombic efficiency (ICE) and inevitable capacity decay during cycling. However, its commercia...
The rapid growth of industrial activities has increased environmental pollution, and solar-driven heterogeneous photocatalysis using TiO2 has emerged as a promising solution. However, its wide band gap limits its efficiency, prompting research into v...
The primary aim of this research was to identify the optimal experimental conditions for obtaining aligned carbon nanotubes, temporarily leaving aside aspects such as the purity of carbon nanotubes, which is nonetheless crucial for potential applicat...
Crystal violet dye poses significant environmental and human health risks due to its toxicity, persistence, and bioaccumulative nature. It contributes to potential carcinogenicity, cytotoxicity, and systemic toxicity upon human exposure. To address t...
Pt catalysts are investigated for methanol oxidation in direct methanol fuel cells, utilizing the electrochemical quartz microbalance method (EQCM) with exceptional resolution and sensitivity. Pt catalysts were deposited onto the gas-diffusion layer...
After the impressive success of the Special Issue “10th Anniversary of Inorganics: Inorganic Materials”, published in 2023 [...]
In order to design antimicrobial species, a series of methacrylate (Macr) complexes, [Cu(HBzIm)2(Macr)2] (1), [Cu2(HBzIm)2(Macr)4] (2), [Cu(2-MeBzIm)2(Macr)2] (3), [Cu2(2-MeBzIm)2(Macr)4] (4), and [Cu(5,6-Me2BzIm)2(Macr)2] (5) (HBzIm = benzimidazole,...
Two-dimensional (2D) metal-halide perovskites with highly efficient room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) are rare due to their complex structures and intricate intermolecular interactions. In this study, by varying the alkyl chain length in organic...
The effects of CoFe2O4 nanoparticles on the properties of an electro-optical liquid crystal cell based on the nematic composition of 4-Cyano-4′-pentylbiphenyl (5CB) under the influence of different forms of bias voltage were studied. Detailed r...
Chemical–structural characteristics of three differently synthesized research-benchmark Mn-Na-W-Ox/SiO2 catalysts for the Oxidative Coupling of Methane (OCM) were systematically studied in this research. XRD, EDX, ICP-OES, and SEM/FIB-SEM techn...
This study explores the enhancement of antimicrobial and biomedical properties in Fe-based bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) through the addition of Ag. Fe55-xCr20Mo5P13C7Agx (x = 0, 1, 2, 3 at.%) master alloy ingots were synthesized by the induction melt...
Coordination-driven Cu(I) complexes constitute an interesting class of materials with rich opto-electronic properties and diverse applications. Various homo- and heteroleptic Cu(I) complexes have been reported in the literature. In continuation with...
The block layer situated between the active material and electrode in photoelectrochemical devices serves as a critical component for performance enhancement. Using dye-sensitized solar cells as a representative model, this review systematically exam...
Boron nitride (BN) ceramic is an important support material in aerospace, arc discharge devices, and vacuum electronics. The electron emission properties of BN surfaces are of significance among various space applications. In this work, by preparing...
Excessive levels of Zn(II) ions in aquatic environments pose significant risks to both ecosystems and human health. In aquatic systems, Zn(II) ions disrupt metabolic functions in organisms, leading to toxicity and bioaccumulation. For humans, prolong...
We completed B3LYP and B3PW computations for AO- and BO2-terminated (001) as well as AO3- and B-terminated (111) surfaces of BSO, BTO, STO, PTO, CTO, BZO, SZO, and CZO perovskites. In particular, we performed the first B3LYP computations for polar BS...
In this study, Zn-doped Ga2O3 polycrystalline samples were prepared by solid-phase sintering, and the effects of Zn doping on the optical properties of Ga2O3 were investigated. It is found that the introduced Zn ions disrupted the Ga-O bonds and form...
With the unprecedented progress of biomedical nanotechnology in the past few decades, traditional drug delivery systems (DDSs) have been incorporated into intelligent DDSs with stimulus responsive characteristics. Graphene oxide (GO) and Chitosan (CS...
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