Carbon dots (or carbon quantum dots in some literature reports), generally small carbon
nanoparticles with various surface passivation effects, have attracted widespread attention …

The availability of safe and clean water is decreasing day by day, which is expected to
increase in the coming decades. To address this problem, various water purification …

The one-dimensional π-conjugated structure endows carbon nanotube (CNT) with large
specific surface area and excellent photophysical properties, thus providing a unique …

Multiwalled carbon nanotubes were synthesized by chemical vapor deposition over an Fe–
Co/alumina catalyst. Nanotubes were then oxidized and grafted with polyvinyl alcohol …

Graphene quantum dots (GQDs), which are edge-bound nanometer-size graphene pieces,
have fascinating electronic and optical properties due to their quantum confinement and …

In this work, we reported for the first time that luminescent silica nanoparticles could be
easily fabricated by the encapsulation of an aggregation-induced emission dye (named …

A synthetic strategy of coating multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) with cross-linkable
octa-acrylate polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) by combining Diels–Alder …

Embedding particulate fillers in the matrix of membranes have proven effective in improving
their gas separation performance. To further improve the membrane performance, this study …

For the purposes of enhancing the heat-transfer utility of the heat pipe in a solar collector,
the present work attempted to improve nanoparticle dispersion stability by means of a …

Poly (N, N′-dimethylaminoethyl methacraylate)(PDMAEMA) functionalized reduced
graphene oxide (rGO) is synthesized by atom transfer radical polymerization, followed by …