Applications of supercritical carbon dioxide in materials processing and synthesis

X Zhang, S Heinonen, E Levänen - Rsc Advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) is carbon dioxide that is held beyond supercritical
conditions of 31.1° C and 7.4 MPa. As a non-toxic and environmentally benign green …

Current progress on the modification of carbon nanotubes and their application in electromagnetic wave absorption

F Ren, H Yu, L Wang, M Saleem, Z Tian, P Ren - RSC Advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
In modern times, with the rapid development of technology, science and economy,
applications of electromagnetic (EM) wave absorption in both commercial and military fields …

Application and future challenges of functional nanocarbon hybrids

CJ Shearer, A Cherevan, D Eder - Advanced materials, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Hybridizing nanocarbons, such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) or graphene, with an active
material is a powerful strategy towards designing next‐generation functional materials for …

Single-walled carbon nanohorns decorated with semiconductor quantum dots to evaluate intracellular transport

KA Zimmermann, DL Inglefield, J Zhang… - Journal of nanoparticle …, 2014 - Springer
Single-walled carbon nanohorns (SWNHs) have great potential to enhance thermal and
chemotherapeutic drug efficiencies for cancer therapies. Despite their diverse capabilities …

Nanostructure assemblies, methods and devices thereof

M Drndic, MD Fischbein - US Patent 8,828,792, 2014 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein are methods for assembling nanostructures. The assembling methods
include contacting the plurality of nanostructures to a substrate having one or more …

Aptamer-functionalized nanoparticles for drug delivery

B Liu, J Zhang, J Liao, J Liu, K Chen… - Journal of …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Aptamers are artificial single-stranded DNA or RNA sequences, usually 20–60 bases long,
that fold into secondary and tertiary structures, which enables their binding to a wide range …

Synthesis and characterization of CdSe nanostructures by using a new selenium source: Effect of hydrothermal preparation conditions

A Sobhani, M Salavati-Niasari - Materials Research Bulletin, 2014 - Elsevier
In this paper, we report a convenient and controllable synthetic method based on a reaction
in an aqueous system, which can produce CdSe nanostructures of different sizes and …

Ternary hybrid systems of P3HT–CdSe–WS 2 nanotubes for photovoltaic applications

A Bruno, C Borriello, SA Haque, C Minarini… - Physical Chemistry …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Hybrid heterojunctions of conjugated polymers and inorganic nanomaterials are a promising
combination for obtaining high performance solar cells (SC). In this work we have explored …

Morphology and dopant-dependent optical characteristics of novel composite 1D and 3D-based heterostructures of CdSe nanocrystals and LaPO 4: Re (Re= Eu, Ce …

J Han, L Wang, SS Wong - RSC advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
In this report, we synthesize and structurally characterize novel semiconducting nanoscale
composite heterostructures composed of zero-dimensional (0D) CdSe nanocrystals coupled …

High-performance infrared photo-transistor based on SWCNT decorated with PbS nanoparticles

M Asad, M Fathipour, MH Sheikhi, M Pourfath - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper presents a low-cost high-gain infrared photo-transistor based on a nano-
heterostructure comprising of a single wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) decorated with PbS …