Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14(1)
Published: Feb. 20, 2023
The
recent
COVID-19
pandemic
has
resulted
in
the
massive
discard
of
pandemic-related
plastic
wastes,
causing
serious
ecological
harm
and
a
high
societal
burden.
Most
single-use
face
masks
are
made
synthetic
plastics,
thus
their
careless
disposal
poses
direct
threat
to
wildlife
as
well
potential
ecotoxicological
effects
form
microplastics.
Here,
we
introduce
1D
magnetic
photoactive
microswarm
capable
actively
navigating,
adhering
to,
accelerating
degradation
polypropylene
microfiber
masks.
microrobots
comprise
an
anisotropic
core
(Fe
Environmental Science & Technology,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
57(1), P. 25 - 43
Published: Dec. 28, 2022
Nanoplastics
(<1000
nm)
have
been
evidenced
to
be
universal
in
a
variety
of
environmental
media.
They
pose
potential
cytotoxicity
and
health
risk
due
their
tiny
size,
which
allows
them
easily
penetrate
biological
barriers
enter
cells.
Here,
we
briefly
review
the
various
prevalent
analytical
techniques
or
tools
for
identifying
nanoplastics,
further
move
focus
on
advantages
disadvantages.
Surface-enhanced
Raman
spectroscopy
(SERS)
has
implemented
identification
individual
nanoparticles
because
its
high
sensitivity
molecules
ease
rapid
characterization.
Therefore,
introduce
SERS
technique
following
aspects,
(1)
principles
SERS;
(2)
strategies
advances
detection
nanoplastics;
(3)
applying
real
samples.
We
put
our
effort
into
summarization
efficient
substrates
that
essentially
enable
better
extend
discuss
how
reported
nanoplastics
pretreatment
methodologies
can
bring
analysis
practical
applications.
A
step
moving
forward
is
investigate
problems
challenges
currently
applied
methods
look
at
future
research
needs
employing
analysis.
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
51(24), P. 10083 - 10119
Published: Jan. 1, 2022
Micro/nanomotors
with
advanced
motion
manipulation
show
great
promise
in
biomedical
fields.
This
review
article
critically
summarizes
the
working
principles,
strategies,
applications,
and
future
prospects
of
micro/nanomotors.
Deleted Journal,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
2, P. e9120051 - e9120051
Published: Jan. 5, 2023
Borophene,
as
a
rising-star
monoelemental
two-dimensional
(2D)
material,
has
motivated
great
interest
because
of
its
novel
properties,
such
anisotropic
plasmonics,
high
carrier
mobility,
mechanical
compliance,
optical
transparency,
ultrahigh
thermal
conductance,
and
superconductivity.
These
properties
make
it
an
ideal
candidate
for
use
in
the
field
energy,
sensors,
information
storage.
Stimulated
by
realization
pioneering
experimental
works
2015
follow-up
synthesis
experiments,
series
high-performance
borophene-based
devices
fields,
including
supercapacitors,
batteries,
hydroelectric
generators,
humidity
gas
pressure
memories,
have
been
experimentally
reported
recent
years,
which
are
beneficial
to
transition
materials
from
practical
application.
Therefore,
addition
paying
attention
preparation
borophene,
significant
efforts
needed
promote
advancement
related
applications
borophene.
In
this
review,
after
providing
brief
overview
borophene
evolution
synthesis,
we
mainly
summarize
energy
storage,
conversion,
harvesting,
Finally,
based
on
current
research
status,
some
rational
suggestions
discussions
issues
challenges
future
direction
proposed.
Small,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
19(14)
Published: Dec. 14, 2022
Abstract
The
Internet
of
Things
era
has
promoted
enormous
research
on
sensors,
communications,
data
fusion,
and
actuators.
Among
them,
sensors
are
a
prerequisite
for
acquiring
the
environmental
information
delivering
to
an
artificial
center
make
decisions.
MXene‐based
have
aroused
tremendous
interest
because
their
extraordinary
performances.
In
this
review,
electrical,
electronic,
optical
properties
MXenes
first
introduced.
Next,
discussed
according
sensing
mechanisms
such
as
electrochemical,
methods.
Initially,
biosensors
introduced
based
chemiresistors
field‐effect
transistors.
Besides,
wearable
pressure
sensor
is
demonstrated
with
piezoresistive
devices.
Third,
electrochemical
methods
include
amperometry
electrochemiluminescence
examples.
addition,
approaches
refer
surface
plasmonic
resonance
fluorescence
energy
transfer.
Moreover,
prospects
delivered
multimodal
fusion
toward
complicated
human‐like
senses.
Eventually,
future
opportunities
MXene
conveyed
in
new
material
discovery,
structure
design,
proof‐of‐concept
ACS Nano,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
17(20), P. 20537 - 20550
Published: Oct. 4, 2023
Microsupercapacitors
(micro-SCs)
with
mechanical
flexibility
have
the
potential
to
complement
or
even
replace
microbatteries
in
portable
electronics
sector,
particularly
for
biomonitoring
devices.
The
real-time
of
human
body's
physical
status
using
lightweight,
flexible,
and
wearable
micro-SCs
is
important
consider,
but
main
limitation
is,
however,
low
energy
density
as
compared
microbatteries.
Here
a
temporally
spatially
controlled
picosecond
pulsed
laser,
we
developed
high-energy-density
integrated
force
sensing
device
monitor
radial
artery
pulses.
photochemically
synthesized
spherical
laser-induced
MXene
(Ti3C2Tx)-derived
oxide
nanoparticles
uniformly
attached
graphene
(LIG)
act
active
electrode
materials
micro-SCs.
molecular
dynamics
simulations
detailed
spectroscopic
analysis
reveal
synergistic
interfacial
interaction
mechanism
Ti-O-C
covalent
bonding
between
LIG.
incorporation
nanosheets
improves
sheet
alignment
ion
transport
while
minimizing
self-restacking.
Furthermore,
based
on
nano-MXene-LIG
hybrid
demonstrate
high
flexibility,
durability,
ultrahigh
(21.16
×
10-3
mWh
cm-2),
excellent
capacitance
(∼100
mF
cm-2
@
10
mV
s-1)
long
cycle
life
(91%
retention
after
000
cycles).
Such
single-step
roll-to-roll
highly
reproducible
manufacturing
technique
laser
induce
MXene-derived
(size
quantum
dots)
biomedical
fabrication
expected
find
wide
range
applications.
