Li Yuan

TL;DR: In this paper, thread-based ion-selective sensors for point-of-use (POI) measurements of ions were developed using a surfactant-free conductive ink (made of carbon black).

TL;DR: This paper describes charge transport by tunneling across self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of thiol-terminated derivatives of oligo(ethylene glycol)s, and suggests SAMs derived from these or electronically similar molecules are a new class of electronic materials.

TL;DR: The results of this work demonstrate that the simplest form of rectification of current at ±1.0 V, in EGaIn junctions, is an interfacial effect, and is caused by a change in the work function of the SAM-modified silver electrode due to the proximity of the dipole associated with the amide (or related) group, and not to achange in the width or mean height of the tunneling barrier.

TL;DR: The development of magnetic levitation (MagLev) is described to characterize the kinetics of free-radical polymerization of water-insoluble, low-molecular-weight monomers that show a large change in density upon polymerization.

TL;DR: The mechanism for rectification in molecular tunneling junctions based on alkanethiolates terminated by a bipyridine group complexed with a metal ion, having the structure AuTS-S(CH2)11BIPY-MCl2 with a eutectic indium-gallium alloy top contact is addressed.