ACS Sensors,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
7(7), P. 1874 - 1882
Published: July 12, 2022
MXenes
have
shown
exceptional
electrochemical
properties
and
demonstrate
great
promise
in
chemiresistive
gas
analysis
applications.
However,
their
sensing
applications
still
face
low
sensitivity
specificity,
slow
response,
poor
stability
among
the
many
challenges.
Herein,
a
novel
synthetic
approach
is
reported
to
produce
single-atom
Pt
(Pt
SA)-implanted
Ti3C2Tx
MXene
nanosheets
as
channel
field-effect
transistor
(FET)
sensors.
This
pioneer
study
of
catalysts
loaded
on
for
detection,
which
demonstrates
that
SA
can
greatly
enhance
performance
pristine
Ti3C2Tx.
The
SA-Ti3C2Tx
sensor
exhibits
high
specificity
toward
ppb
level
(a
detection
limit
14
ppb)
triethylamine
(TEA)
with
good
multicycle
performance.
Moreover,
mechanism
density
functional
theory
(DFT)
simulation
show
chemical
sensitization
effect
TEA
adsorption
enhancement
from
highly
catalytic
uniformly
distributed
lead
enhanced
performances.
work
presents
new
prospect
applications,
will
promote
development
cutting-edge
techniques
public
health
environment.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
119(1), P. 478 - 598
Published: Jan. 3, 2019
Electrically–transduced
sensors,
with
their
simplicity
and
compatibility
standard
electronic
technologies,
produce
signals
that
can
be
efficiently
acquired,
processed,
stored,
analyzed.
Two
dimensional
(2D)
nanomaterials,
including
graphene,
phosphorene
(BP),
transition
metal
dichalcogenides
(TMDCs),
others,
have
proven
to
attractive
for
the
fabrication
of
high–performance
electrically-transduced
chemical
sensors
due
remarkable
physical
properties
originating
from
2D
structure.
This
review
highlights
advances
in
sensing
rely
on
materials.
The
structural
components
such
are
described,
underlying
operating
principles
different
types
architectures
discussed.
features,
properties,
surface
chemistry
nanostructures
dictate
performance
reviewed.
Key
application
materials,
both
a
historical
analytical
perspective,
summarized
four
groups
analytes:
gases,
volatile
compounds,
ions,
biomolecules.
is
discussed
context
molecular
design,
structure–property
relationships,
device
technology.
outlook
challenges
opportunities
nanomaterials
future
development
also
presented.
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
47(13), P. 4860 - 4908
Published: Jan. 1, 2018
During
the
last
decade,
two-dimensional
materials
(2DMs)
have
attracted
great
attention
due
to
their
unique
chemical
and
physical
properties,
which
make
them
appealing
platforms
for
diverse
applications
in
sensing
of
gas,
metal
ions
as
well
relevant
entities.
Nano-Micro Letters,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
10(4)
Published: July 13, 2018
Increasing
demand
for
timely
and
accurate
environmental
pollution
monitoring
control
requires
new
sensing
techniques
with
outstanding
performance,
i.e.,
high
sensitivity,
selectivity,
reliability.
Metal–organic
frameworks
(MOFs),
also
known
as
porous
coordination
polymers,
are
a
fascinating
class
of
highly
ordered
crystalline
polymers
formed
by
the
metal
ions/clusters
organic
bridging
linkers/ligands.
Owing
to
their
unique
structures
properties,
surface
area,
tailorable
pore
size,
density
active
sites,
catalytic
activity,
various
MOF-based
platforms
have
been
reported
contaminant
detection
including
anions,
heavy
ions,
compounds,
gases.
In
this
review,
recent
progress
in
sensors
is
introduced
focus
on
optical,
electrochemical,
field-effect
transistor
sensors.
The
shown
promising
performance
water
gas
sensing.
Moreover,
incorporation
other
functional
materials,
composites
can
greatly
improve
sensor
performance.
current
limitations
future
directions
discussed.
ACS Applied Nano Materials,
Journal Year:
2017,
Volume and Issue:
1(1), P. 2 - 25
Published: Dec. 22, 2017
The
introduction
of
nanotechnology
in
biosensor
applications
has
significantly
contributed
to
human
lifestyle
by
rendering
advanced
personalized
diagnostics
and
health
care
monitoring
equipment
techniques.
Nanomaterials
nanostructures
have
recently
gained
impetus
the
domain
biosensors
because
their
manifold
applications.
Transition-metal
dichalcogenides
(TMDs)
newly
attracted
interest
multidimensional
structures
structure-dependent
unique
electronic,
electrocatalytic,
optical
properties,
which
can
be
explored
design
novel
biosensing
platforms.
content
present
article
aspires
advocate
a
critical
evaluation
on
recent
advances
dimensionally
different
MoS2,
most
widely
TMD,
relevance
application.
This
encompasses
major
structural
attributes
synthetic
methodologies
zero-,
one-,
two-,
three-dimensional
MoS2
nanostructures,
pertaining
potential.
Herein,
we
described
prevailing
potential
optical,
electrochemical,
electronic
biosensors.
Advanced Science,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
7(10)
Published: April 6, 2020
Abstract
Electrocatalytic
water
splitting
(2H
2
O
→
2H
+
)
is
a
very
promising
avenue
to
effectively
and
environmentally
friendly
produce
highly
pure
hydrogen
(H
oxygen
(O
at
large
scale.
Different
materials
have
been
developed
enhance
the
efficiency
for
splitting.
Among
them,
chalcogenides
with
unique
atomic
arrangement
high
electronic
transport
show
interesting
catalytic
properties
in
various
electrochemical
reactions,
such
as
evolution
reaction,
overall
splitting,
while
control
of
their
morphology
structure
vital
importance
performance.
Herein,
general
synthetic
methods
are
summarized
prepare
metal
different
strategies
designed
improve
performance
The
remaining
challenges
research
development
possible
directions
future
also
summarized.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
31(15)
Published: Feb. 17, 2019
2D
materials
have
attracted
much
interest
over
the
past
decade
in
nanoelectronics.
However,
it
was
believed
that
atomically
thin
layered
are
not
able
to
show
memristive
effect
vertically
stacked
structure,
until
recent
discovery
of
monolayer
transition
metal
dichalcogenide
(TMD)
atomristors,
overcoming
scaling
limit
sub-nanometer.
Herein,
nonvolatile
resistance
switching
(NVRS)
phenomenon
hexagonal
boron
nitride
(h-BN),
a
typical
insulator,
is
reported.
The
h-BN
atomristors
studied
using
different
electrodes
and
structures,
featuring
forming-free
both
unipolar
bipolar
operations,
with
large
on/off
ratio
(up
107
).
Moreover,
fast
speed
(<15
ns)
demonstrated
via
pulse
operation.
Compared
TMDs,
one-atom-thin
sheet
reduces
vertical
≈0.33
nm,
representing
record
thickness
for
memory
materials.
Simulation
results
based
on
ab-initio
method
reveal
substitution
ions
into
vacancies
during
electrical
likely
mechanism.
existence
NVRS
indicates
fruitful
interactions
between
defects,
interfaces,
can
advance
emerging
applications
ultrathin
flexible
memory,
printed
electronics,
neuromorphic
computing,
radio
frequency
switches.