Chemistry (Scholarly Publications): Recent submissions
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Understanding the factors controlling the photooxidation of natural DNA by enantiomerically pure intercalating ruthenium polypyridyl complexes through TA/TRIR studies with polydeoxynucleotides and mixed sequence oligodeoxynucleotides
(2020)Ruthenium polypyridyl complexes which can sensitise the photo-oxidation of nucleic acids and other biological molecules show potential for photo-therapeutic applications. In this article a combination of transient visible ... -
A conceptual change in crystallisation mechanisms of oxide materials from solutions in closed systems
(2020)Atomic and molecular level interactions in solutions dictate the structural and functional attributes of crystals. These features clearly dictate the properties of materials and their applicability in technologies. However, ... -
Selective recohnition of biologically important anions using a diblock polyfluorene-polythiophene conjugated polyelectrolyte
(2017)The all-conjugated diblock copolymer poly[9,9-bis(2-ethylhexyl)fluorene]-b-poly[3-(6-trimethylammoniumhexyl) thiophene] bromide (PF2/6-b-P3TMAHT) shows dual fluorescence from the polyfluorene (PF) and polythiophene (PT) ... -
Large area quantum dot luminescent solar concentrators for use with dye-sensitised solar cells
(2018)Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) have the potential to significantly contribute to solar energy harvesting strategies in the built environment. For the practical realisation of LSC technology, the ability to create ... -
3D MXene Architectures for Efficient Energy Storage and Conversion
(2020)2D transition metal carbides and/or nitrides (MXenes), by virtue of high electrical conductivity, abundant surface functional groups and excellent dispersion in various solvents, are attracting increasing attention and ... -
Ionic liquid pre-intercalated MXene films for ionogel-based flexible micro-supercapacitors with high volumetric energy density
(2019)MXenes are emerging as a very promising electrode material of high-performance micro-supercapacitors (MSCs) for microscale electronics. However, MXene based MSCs (M-MSCs) reported so far exhibit low areal (≤10 μW h cm−2) ... -
Graphene and MXene-based transparent conductive electrodes and supercapacitors
(2019)The great popularity of portable, smart electronics has intensively stimulated the development of energy storage devices and other cutting-edge products, such as displays and touch panels. Interactive devices such as smart ... -
Novel in-situ lamella fabrication technique for in-situ TEM
(2018)In-situ transmission electron microscopy is rapidly emerging as the premier technique for characterising materials in a dynamic state on the atomic scale. The most important aspect of in-situ studies is specimen preparation. ... -
Multifunctional Ti3C2Tx MXene Composite Hydrogels with Strain Sensitivity toward Absorption-Dominated Electromagnetic-Interference Shielding
(2021)The fast development of terahertz technologies demands high-performance electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding materials to create safe electromagnetic environments. Despite tremendous breakthroughs in achieving ... -
An outlook on printed microsupercapacitors: Technology status, remaining challenges, and opportunities
(2020)The concept of the Internet of Things is dramatically changing the way society interacts with physical spaces and portable technologies. For the last couple of years, intensive research has been devoted on the design of ... -
Extra lithium-ion storage capacity enabled by liquid-phase exfoliated indium selenide nanosheets conductive network
(2020)As a recent addition to the family of van der Waals layered crystals, indium selenide (InSe) possesses unique optoelectronic and photonic properties, enabling high-performance electronic devices for broad applications. ... -
Mesoporous Silica Materials as Drug Delivery: "The Nightmare" of Bacterial Infection
(2018)Mesoporous silica materials (MSM) have a great surface area and a high pore volume, meaning that they consequently have a large loading capacity, and have been demonstrated to be unique candidates for the treatment of ... -
Cerium oxide nanoparticles anchored onto graphene oxide for the removal of heavy metal ions dissolved in water
(2018)The aim of this study is to investigate the possibility of using cerium oxide (CeO2) nanoparticles (NPs) attached to reduced graphene oxide (rGO) as an alternative adsorbent for cadmium (II), lead (II) and chromium (VI) ... -
Deposition of magnetite nanofilms by pulsed injection MOCVD in a magnetic field
(2018)This report is on the growth of Fe3O4 nanofilms on Al2O3(0001) and MgO(001) substrates with and without the presence of an external magnetic field using a pulsed injection metallorganic chemical vapour deposition (PI MOCVD) ... -
Polyelectrolyte-stabilised magnetic-plasmonic nanocomposites
(2018)In this work, new magnetic-plasmonic nanocomposites have been developed through the use of two complementary polyelectrolytes–polystyrene sulfonate (PSS) and poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH). PSS, a negatively charged ... -
Pt and RhPt dendritic nanowires and their potential application as anodic catalysts for fuel cells
(2019)Fuel cells have a number of benefits over conventional combustion-based technologies and can be used in a range of important applications, including transportation, as well as stationary, portable and emergency backup power ... -
Synthesis of centimeter-size free-standing perovskite nanosheets from single-crystal lead bromide for optoelectronic devices
(2019)Considerable attention has been drawn to the lead halide perovskites (LHPs) because of their outstanding optoelectronic characteristics. LHP nanosheets (NSs) grown from single crystalline lead halide possess advantages in ... -
Porous flower-like superstructures based on self-assembled colloidal quantum dots for sensing
(2019)Quantum dots (QDs) have been envisaged as very promising materials for the development of advanced optical sensors. Here we report a new highly porous luminescent material based on colloidal QDs for potential applications ... -
Ligand-induced chirality and optical activity in semiconductor nanocrystals: theory and applications
(Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2020)Chirality is one of the most fascinating occurrences in the natural world and plays a crucial role in chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology, and medicine. Chirality has also been envisaged to play an important role in ... -
Emulating synaptic response in n- and p-channel MoS2 transistors by utilizing charge trapping dynamics
(2020)Brain-inspired, neuromorphic computing aims to address the growing computational complexity and power consumption in modern von-Neumann architectures. Progress in this area has been hindered due to the lack of hardware ...
