Nowadays, biomaterials have become a crucial element in numerous biomedical,
preclinical, and clinical applications. The use of nanoparticles entails a great potential in …

Carbon-based nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have become the most
promising materials in biomedical, electronic and aerospace applications. When added to …

Solid state gas sensors are a core enabling technology to a range of measurement
applications including industrial, safety, and environmental monitoring. The technology …

Nanoscale particulate materials draw great interest in an increasing number of applications,
such as electronics, energy storage, automotive, health or environment. In particular, the …

Tin oxide (SnO2) has recently received increasing attention as an electron transport layer
(ETL) in planar perovskite solar cells (PSCs) and is considered a possible alternative to …

Smart structures with manipulatable properties are highly demanded in many fields.
However, there is a critical challenge in the pursuit of transparent windows that allow optical …

In this study, an inexpensive, high yielding, and environmentally benign bifunctional acid-
base catalyst is prepared using a simple low-temperature hydrothermal carbonization …

Carbon dots (CDots, Fig. 1.1)(Sun 2010; Sun et al. 2006; Cao et al. 2007)(also referred to as
“carbon quantum dots,”“carbon nanodots,”“carbon nano-dots,”“C-Dots,”“C-dots,”“CDs”, etc.) …

Superwetting materials for emulsion separation have attracted considerable attention in
recent years as a way to combat increasing environmental pollution. However, there are still …

Various carbon nanomaterials, including but not limited to carbon nanotubes, graphene,
fullerenes, carbon dots, and nanodiamonds, have attracted increasing attention in the past …