Zhenkun Sun

TL;DR: A facile synthesis of highly water-dispersible magnetite particles with tunable size by a modified solvothermal reaction is reported, which will help in the fabrication of water-soluble iron oxide nanocrystals with controllable sizes, fast magnetic response, and desirable surface properties.

TL;DR: The fabrication of multifunctional microspheres which possess a core of nonporous silica-protected magnetite particles, transition layer of active gold nanoparticles, and an outer shell of ordered mesoporous silica with perpendicularly aligned pore channels makes the microsphere to be a novel stable and approachable catalyst system for various catalytic industry processes.

TL;DR: A controllable one-pot method to synthesize ordered mesoporous carbons (NMC) with a high N content by using dicyandiamide as a nitrogen source via an evaporation-induced self-assembly process is reported in this article.

TL;DR: Recently developed synthetic methods and strategies for ordered mesoporous silicas, metal oxides, carbons and metals which have shown superior performances for applications in various fields, including solar cells, batteries, fuel cells, and sensors are summarized.

TL;DR: A simple sol-gel method is reported toward creating ultradispersed TiO2 nanoparticles on graphene with an unprecedented degree of control based on the precise separation and manipulation of nanoparticles nucleated, grown, anchored, and crystallized and the reduction of graphene oxide (GO).