Dara Van. Gough

TL;DR: It is found that pronounced changes in colour and fluorescence emerge with the accumulation of plastic deformation, indicating that in these polymeric materials the transduction of mechanical force into the ring-opening reaction is an activated process.

TL;DR: In this paper, the photo-physical effects of guest molecules infiltrating MOF-177 (ZnO4(BTB)2; BTB = 1,3,5-benzenetribenzoate) with α,ω-dihexylsexithiophene (DH6T) and [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM), representing well-established polymeric and molecular materials used in organic photovoltaics, were probed using UV-visible absorption and luminescence spect

TL;DR: A size selective nanorattle was formed by encapsulating soybean peroxidase (SBP) within a ZnS mesoporous hollow sphere, which catalyzed the oxidation of Amplex Ultra-Red, a small fluorogen, in the presence of hydrogen peroxide.

TL;DR: In this paper, examples of molecular and optical routes to program the structure of three-dimensional nanomaterials with exquisite control over nanomorphology and the resultant properties are discussed with a discussion of the opportunities and challenges of such an approach.

TL;DR: Electrochemical impedance spectrometry shows that porous gold opals sacrifice some capacitance, but possess a lower internal resistance, when compared to a porous gold electrode with only the smaller-diameter pores, which provides a greater ability to design a balance between power density and energy density.