James Giammarco

TL;DR: This first report (to the authors' knowledge) on MXene composites of any kind, shows that adding polymer binders/spacers between atomically thin MXenes layers or reinforcing polymers with MXenes results in composite films that have excellent flexibility, good tensile and compressive strengths, and electrical conductivity that can be adjusted over a wide range.

TL;DR: This article discusses the design of mid-IR chalcogenide waveguides integrated with polycrystalline PbTe detectors on a monolithic silicon platform for optical sensing, wherein the use of a low-index spacer layer enables the evanescent coupling ofMid-IR light from the waveguide to the detector.

TL;DR: The results from the desorption studies demonstrate that, by changing the pH environment of drug loaded nanodiamond using buffers of pH 4.09, 7.45, 8.02, and a phosphate buffered saline (PBS) solution, the drug release can effectively be triggered.

TL;DR: Through the design of a hybrid waveguide structure, the platform made by polymer-dielectric hybrids can be applied to other regions of the mid-IR spectrum to probe other analytes and can ultimately achieve a multispectral sensor on-a-chip.

TL;DR: Polymer multilayered nanocoating capable of concentrating various chemical substances at IR-ATR waveguide surfaces is described, and the coating affinity to an analyte played a pivotal role in sensitivity enhancement of the IR- ATR measurements.