Two birds with one stone: Cobalt-doping induces to enhanced piezoelectric property and persulfate activation ability of ZnO nanorods for efficient water purification

Nano Energy, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 107, С. 108173 - 108173

Опубликована: Янв. 6, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Amoeba‐Inspired Magnetic Venom Microrobots

Small, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 19(23)

Опубликована: Март 3, 2023

Abstract Nature provides a successful evolutionary direction for single‐celled organisms to solve complex problems and complete survival tasks – pseudopodium. Amoeba, unicellular protozoan, can produce temporary pseudopods in any by controlling the directional flow of protoplasm perform important life activities such as environmental sensing, motility, predation, excretion. However, creating robotic systems with pseudopodia emulate adaptability tasking capabilities natural amoeba or amoeboid cells remains challenging. Here, this work presents strategy that uses alternating magnetic fields reconfigure droplet into Amoeba‐like microrobot, mechanisms generation locomotion are analyzed. By simply adjusting field direction, microrobots switch monopodia, bipodia, modes, performing all pseudopod operations active contraction, extension, bending, movement. The endow robots excellent maneuverability adapt variations, including spanning 3D terrains swimming bulk liquids. Inspired “Venom,” phagocytosis parasitic behaviors have also been investigated. Parasitic droplets inherit robot, expanding their applicable scenarios reagent analysis, microchemical reactions, calculi removal, drug‐mediated thrombolysis. This microrobot may provide fundamental understanding livings, potential applications biotechnology biomedicine.

Язык: Английский

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Electric effects reinforce charge carrier behaviour for photocatalysis

Energy & Environmental Science, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 17(14), С. 4907 - 4928

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

Recent studies on enhancing charge carrier behavior through electric effects for efficient photocatalysis are summarized, evaluating the in-depth function of these effects. This provides unique perspectives to optimize photocatalytic processes.

Язык: Английский

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Fabricating a Structured Single‐Atom Catalyst via High‐Resolution Photopolymerization 3D Printing

Advanced Functional Materials, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Апрель 29, 2024

Abstract This study introduces a novel solution to the design of structured catalysts, integrating single‐piece 3D printing with single‐atom catalysis. Structured catalysts are widely employed in industrial processes, as they provide optimal mass and heat transfer, leading more efficient use catalytic materials. They conventionally prepared using ceramic or metallic bodies, which then washcoated impregnated catalytically active layers. However, this approach may lead adhesion issues latter. By employing photopolymerization printing, stable catalyst is directly shaped into stand‐alone, material. The battery characterization methods present confirms uniform distribution species structural integrity Computational fluid dynamics simulations applied demonstrate enhanced momentum transfer light within body. materials finally evaluated continuous‐flow photocatalytic oxidation benzyl alcohol benzaldehyde, relevant reaction prepare biomass‐derived building blocks. innovative reported herein manufacture circumvents complexities traditional synthetic methods, offering scalability efficiency improvements, highlights transformative role catalysis engineering revolutionize catalysts’ design.

Язык: Английский

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3D-Printed photocatalysts for revolutionizing catalytic conversion of solar to chemical energy

Progress in Materials Science, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 151, С. 101427 - 101427

Опубликована: Янв. 7, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Surface plasmon resonance detection of anti-cancer drug flutamide by graphitic carbon nitride/chitosan nanocomposite

Scientific Reports, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 15(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 17, 2025

The g-C3N4/CS biosensor was designed, fabricated, and tested using compounds such as glucose, urine, lactose, flutamide at a molarity of 10 µM, which could demonstrate high sensitivity 200 μm-1 for flutamide. Powerful effective medium theory FDTD simulation were used to predict the most favorable mode plasmonic properties graphite carbon nitride chitosan nanocomposite. research also explores characteristics surface plasmon resonance exhibited by nanocomposite content is adjusted. Subsequent simulations are conducted on nanocomposites incorporating thin layer modified gold structure. intricate ultimately reveal optimal combination, under three different pH conditions (6.2, 7.2, 8). In acidic conditions, kinetic profile yielded KD= 3.45 × 10−7, surpassing KD value film. Au significantly outperformed alternative material. demonstrated linear behavior across wide concentration range from 1 150 achieving detection limit 120 nM with its sensitivity.

Язык: Английский

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Detecting and Quantifying Wavelength‐Dependent Electrons Transfer in Heterostructure Catalyst via In Situ Irradiation XPS

Advanced Science, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 10(4)

Опубликована: Ноя. 14, 2022

The identity of charge transfer process at the heterogeneous interface plays an important role in improving stability, activity, and selectivity heterojunction catalysts. And, situ irradiation X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) coupled with UV light optical fiber measurement setup is developed to monitor observe between heterojunction. However, in-depth relationship binding energy wavelength missing based on fact that incident formed by coupling different wavelengths. Furthermore, a quantitative understanding numbers remains elusive. Herein, g-C3 N4 /SnO2 model catalyst, wavelength-dependent Boltzmann function describe changes through utilizing continuously adjustable monochromatic XPS technique established. Using this method, study further reveals electrons number can be readily calculated forming asymptotic model. This methodology provides blueprint for deep charge-transfer rules facilitates future development highly active advanced

Язык: Английский

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Fluid Field Modulation in Mass Transfer for Efficient Photocatalysis

Advanced Science, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 9(28)

Опубликована: Авг. 11, 2022

Abstract Mass transfer is an essential factor determining photocatalytic performance, which can be modulated by fluid field via manipulating the kinetic characteristics of photocatalysts and intermediates. Past decades have witnessed efforts achievements made in mass based on photocatalyst structure composition design, thus, a critical survey that scrutinizes recent progress this topic urgently necessitated. This review examines basic principles how behavior impacts activity accompanying with discussion theoretical simulation calculation including flow speed pattern. Meanwhile, newly emerged viable micro/nanomotors self‐thermophoresis, self‐diffusiophoresis, bubble‐propulsion mechanisms as well magnet‐actuated artificial cilia for facilitating will covered. Furthermore, their applications hydrogen evolution, carbon dioxide reduction, organic pollution degradation, bacteria disinfection so forth are scrutinized. Finally, brief summary future outlook presented, providing guideline to those working photocatalysis, transfer, other related fields.

Язык: Английский

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Organic Donor‐Acceptor Systems for Photocatalysis

Advanced Science, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 11(10)

Опубликована: Дек. 25, 2023

Abstract Organic semiconductor materials are considered to be promising photocatalysts due their excellent light absorption by chromophores, easy molecular structure tuning, and solution‐processable properties. In particular, donor‐acceptor (D‐A) type organic photocatalytic synthesized introducing D A units intra‐ or intermolecularly, have made great progress in studies. More more studies demonstrated that the D‐A combine effective carrier separation, tunable bandgap, sensitive optoelectronic response, an strategy for enhancing absorption, improving exciton dissociation, optimizing transport. This review provides a thorough overview of strategies aimed at performance semiconductors. Initially, essential methods modifying materials, such as interface engineering, crystal interaction modulation, briefly discussed. Subsequently, delves into various based on intramolecular intermolecular interactions, encompassing small molecules, conjugated polymers, crystalline supramolecules, heterojunctions. Meanwhile, energy band structures, dynamics, redox‐active sites under different bonding modes Finally, highlights advanced applications photocatalystsand outlines prospective challenges opportunities.

Язык: Английский

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A (Bi2O2)2+ layer as a significant carrier generator and transmission channel in CaBi2Nb2O9 platelets for enhanced piezo-photo-catalytic performance

Nano Energy, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 108, С. 108252 - 108252

Опубликована: Фев. 2, 2023

Язык: Английский

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