Lyotropic liquid crystals as templates for advanced materials

Y Saadat, OQ Imran, CO Osuji… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Lyotropic liquid crystals (LLCs) have drawn attention in numerous technical fields as they
feature a variety of nanometer-scale structures, processability, and diverse chemical …

Wet-chemical synthesis of porous multifaceted platinum nanoparticles for oxygen reduction and methanol oxidation reactions

M Daka, M Ferrara, M Bevilacqua… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Herein, we report a facile and flexible synthesis of porous and highly faceted platinum
nanoparticles (NPs) performed in the liquid phase. The synthesis is performed by reduction …

Soft-Template-Based Manufacturing of Gold Nanostructures for Energy and Sensing Applications

T Kanti Maiti, W Liu, A Niyazi, AM Squires… - Biosensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
Implantable and wearable bioelectronic systems can enable tailored therapies for the
effective management of long-term diseases, thus minimising the risk of associated …

Enhancing glucose oxidation: exploring 3D Pt nanowire frameworks for electrochemical studies

T Zaman, S Akbar, JS White, I Nandhakumar - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Springer
Here, we report the use of highly reproducible free-standing 3D Pt nanowire frameworks (3D
Pt NFs) to investigate the electrochemical oxidation of glucose. To create this unique Pt NFs …

Control of Pore and Wire Dimensions in Mesoporous Metal Nanowire Networks through Curvature Modulation in Lipid Templates: Implications for Use as Electrodes

S Akbar, J Boswell, S Waters, S Williams… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This paper presents the production of mesoporous metals with periodic 3D nanostructures,
showing control over the lattice parameter and therefore pore and wire dimensions. The …

Electrodeposition of 3D nanostructured materials using a lyotropic liquid crystal template

J White - 2024 - eprints.soton.ac.uk
This thesis explores the technique of electrodeposition of materials through liquid crystal
templates. Electrodeposition through liquid crystal templates offers a promising technique …

Use of cubic structure with primitive nanochannels for fabrication of free standing 3D nanowire network of Pt with Pm3m symmetry

S Akbar, JM Elliott, AM Squires, A Anwar - Nanotechnology, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
In this work, we developed a lipid mixture based on phytantriol/polyoxyethylene surfactant
(Brij-56) that forms a Im3m symmetry bicontinuous cubic phase based on the Schwartz …

Sintesi, Caratterizzazione e Applicazioni di Nanoparticelle e Nanomateriali con Controllo di Proprietà

M Daka - 2022 - arts.units.it
In this thesis work, the nano-catalysis philosophy was applied for the development of
engineered catalytic nanomaterials based on transition metal nanoparticles (NPs) and …