The advent of thermoplasmonic membrane distillation

S Santoro, AH Avci, A Politano, E Curcio - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Freshwater scarcity is a vital societal challenge related to climate change, population
pressure, and agricultural and industrial demands. Therefore, sustainable desalination …

A review on synthesis of graphene, h-BN and MoS2 for energy storage applications: Recent progress and perspectives

R Kumar, S Sahoo, E Joanni, RK Singh, RM Yadav… - Nano research, 2019 - Springer
The significance of graphene and its two-dimensional (2D) analogous inorganic layered
materials especially as hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) and molybdenum disulphide (MoS 2) …

A MXene‐based hierarchical design enabling highly efficient and stable solar‐water desalination with good salt resistance

X Fan, Y Yang, X Shi, Y Liu, H Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A solar‐thermal water evaporation structure that can continuously generate clean water with
high efficiency and good salt rejection ability under sunlight is highly desirable for water …

Mechanisms of liquid-phase exfoliation for the production of graphene

Z Li, RJ Young, C Backes, W Zhao, X Zhang… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Liquid-phase exfoliation (LPE) is the principal method of producing two-dimensional (2D)
materials such as graphene in large quantities with a good balance between quality and …

Self‐contained monolithic carbon sponges for solar‐driven interfacial water evaporation distillation and electricity generation

L Zhu, M Gao, CKN Peh, X Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Solar vaporization has received tremendous attention for its potential in desalination,
sterilization, distillation, etc. However, a few major roadblocks toward practical application …

Overview of the application of inorganic nanomaterials in cancer photothermal therapy

N Fernandes, CF Rodrigues, AF Moreira… - Biomaterials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Cancer photothermal therapy (PTT) has captured the attention of researchers worldwide due
to its localized and trigger-activated therapeutic effect. In this field, nanomaterials capable of …

[HTML][HTML] Size-dependent phononic thermal transport in low-dimensional nanomaterials

Z Zhang, Y Ouyang, Y Cheng, J Chen, N Li, G Zhang - Physics Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
The reduced dimensionality makes low-dimensional nanomaterials possessing diverse
unusual size-dependent transport properties, due to the distinct quantum confinement …

One-dimensional van der Waals quantum materials

AA Balandin, F Kargar, TT Salguero, RK Lake - Materials Today, 2022 - Elsevier
The advent of graphene and other two-dimensional van der Waals materials, with their
unique electrical, optical, and thermal properties has resulted in tremendous progress for …

Carbon‐based photothermal actuators

B Han, YL Zhang, QD Chen… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Actuators that can convert environmental stimuli into mechanical work are widely used in
intelligent systems, robots, and micromechanics. To produce robust and sensitive actuators …

Ultrahigh thermal conductivity in isotope-enriched cubic boron nitride

K Chen, B Song, NK Ravichandran, Q Zheng, X Chen… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Materials with high thermal conductivity (κ) are of technological importance and fundamental
interest. We grew cubic boron nitride (cBN) crystals with controlled abundance of boron …