C, Volume 5, Issue 3

Natural photosynthesis inspired the scientific community to design and synthesize molecular assemblies that possess advanced light-harvesting and electron-transfer features. In this review, we present the preparation and the photophysical investigati...

Carbon chains or carbyne-like structures represent the next generation of 1D materials whose properties can be tuned by the chain length, doping, and the type of termination. Currently inaccessible technology of the macroscopic carbyne synthesis and...

The carbyne-containing films based on linear-chain carbon are promising materials for the manufacture of electronic equipment components. These carbyne-containing materials can be used as active elements of computational electronics and as ultra-mini...

Aminocumulene (AC), a technical name that results from the hexamethylenetetramine polycondensation in anhydrous sulfuric acid, was successfully performed toward the synthesis of oligomeric cumulenic compounds made up of carbyne-like (=C=C)_x fragments...

Graphene (Gr) with its distinctive features is the most studied two-dimensional (2D) material for the new generation of high frequency and optoelectronic devices. In this context, the Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) of ultra-thin high-k insulators on G...

PHB is a biodegradable polymer based on renewable raw materials that could replace synthetic polymers in many applications. A big advantage is the resulting reduction of the waste problem, as well as the conservation of fossil resources. To arrange i...

Occlusion of organic components in synthetic calcite crystals has been recently used as a model to understand the role of intra-crystalline organics in biominerals. However, the characterization of the distribution of both types of organics inside th...

Fast and real time detection of Mercury (Hg) in aqueous solutions is a great challenge due to its bio-accumulative character and the detrimental effect on human health of this toxic element. Therefore, development of reliable sensing platforms is hig...

Fast-growing cities are expected to become a key contributor to the global climate crisis. A key characteristic of those urban districts is the accommodation of mass participant sport events. Sport entities, in collaboration with city governments, pl...

The unprecedented attributes such as biocompatibility and flexibility of macromolecular piezoelectric polymer has triggered an immense interested in scientific society for their potential exploitation in implantable electronic devices. In the present...

The choice of a catalyst for carbon nanotube (CNT) growth is critical to controlling the morphology and chirality of the final product. Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) can alleviate the requirements of the catalyst, i.e., they must...

Agricultural runoff is a major cause of degradation to freshwater sources. Nitrate is of particular interest, due to the abundant use of nitrogen-based fertilizers in agricultural practices globally. This study investigated the nitrate removal of bio...

Silver nanoparticles (NPs) are known to exhibit strong interaction with light photons because their surface conduction electrons undergo collective oscillations once photo-excited at specific wavelengths; the so-called surface plasmon resonance (SPR)...

In this work, nitrogen-doped activated carbon was produced from waste coffee powder using a two-step chemical activation process. Nitrogen doping was achieved by treating the coffee powder with melamine, prior to chemical activation. The produced nit...

In this present work, a novel method for synthesis of palm kernel shell activated carbon was established using DES (choline chloride/urea)/H₃PO₄ as the activating agent. The pore characterization, morphology, and adsorption properties of the activate...

The Arrhenius plot of catalytic carbon formation from olefins on Ni, Co, and Fe has a volcano shape in the range 400–550 °C with reaction orders 0 (at lower T: Below ~500 °C) and one (at higher T: Above ~500 °C) at each side of the...

It is unequivocally true that in recent years, carbon-based nanomaterials such as graphene, carbon nanotubes, and fullerenes, have attracted tremendous interest and an increasing number of applications have reaped their numerous benefits [...]

Carbon nanowalls (CNWs), vertically standing highly crystallizing graphene sheets, were used in the application of a surface-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (SALDI-TOF-MS). The CNW substrates solved the issues on...

We report a rational investigation of the selective synthesis of poly(cyclohexene carbonate) from CO₂ and cyclohexene oxide by using commercially available Lewis acids with nontoxic metal centers. After a preliminary screening, we focused on the use...

Single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are used as a component of a plating solution of CuSO₄ for direct current electrodeposition of Cu–SWCNT composites with varying nanotube proportions without the use of either a surfactant, a dispersing ag...

The purpose of this communication is to put forward some considerations and recommendations while handling nanomaterials, especially graphene and its derivatives. A large graphene sheet is generally stable and inert; thus, graphene and its derivative...

Nanothermites show great developmental promise in the near future in civilian, military and aerospace applications due to their tuneable reactive properties (ignition delay time, combustion velocity and pressure release). However, the high mechanical...

In this paper, we present the results of a study related to fabrication of polymer-aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) composites made with different thermoplastic polymers. These composites have been manufactured by employing a simple two-step process usi...