Showing papers in "Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices in 2016"

TL;DR: In this article, a review summarizes the recent progress in PANi-based composites for energy storage/conversion, like application in supercapacitors, rechargeable batteries, fuel cells and water hydrolysis.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarize the advantages of PANI nanocomposite preparation, sensor construction, and sensing properties of various PANI-based gas/vapor sensors, such as NH3, H2, HCl, NO2S, CO, CO2, SO2, LPG, vapor of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), as well as chemical warfare agents (CWAs).

TL;DR: The feasibility of organ printing with state-of-the-art technologies is deliberated and recent advances in formulating bio-inks and challenges in tissue construction with or without scaffold are discussed.

TL;DR: Graphene-ZnO nanocomposites were prepared by a facile solvothermal approach, and the electrochemical properties were examined by measuring the specific capacitance in 6M KOH solution using cyclic voltammetry and galvanostatic charge discharge techniques as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, the synthesis of ZnO using latex of Euphorbia Jatropa as reducing agent was reported and the results indicate that the phosphor may be suitable for white light emitting diode.

TL;DR: In this paper, the potential variation in biochemical constituents of peanut plant leaves affect by presoaking peanut seeds in copper oxide nanoparticles suspension has been studied and compared with its bulk counterpart.

TL;DR: In this paper, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) were fabricated using natural dyes light harvesting materials such as Acanthus sennii chiovenda flower and Euphorbia cotinifolia leaf.

TL;DR: The surface modification of synthesized nano-BaTiO 3 particles was carried out using γ -aminopropyl trimethoxy silane (γ -APS) in an ethanol/water solution.

TL;DR: In this paper, the coating of TiO 2 nanoparticles onto the surface of a polyamide thin-film composite nanofiltration membrane has been studied, and changes in the properties and separation performance of the modified membranes were systematically characterized.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present major experimental results on OMAR studies and current understanding of OMAR using several spin dependent processes in organic semiconductors, highlighting some of the outstanding challenges in this promising research field.

TL;DR: In this paper, a single-phase α-Fe2O3 hollow balls with an average diameter of 1.5μm were synthesized using an inexpensive, scalable, and template-free hydrothermal method.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of a number of immersion cycles on the characteristic structural, morphological, optical and electrical properties of the CdSe thin films were studied, which indicates that the absorbance increases with the increase in the immersion cycles.

TL;DR: In this article, 3-Aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) was used as a coupling agent to surface treats the TiO2 nanoparticles.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed the major experimental and theoretical studies on the first organic spintronic subject, namely organic magnetoresistance (OMAR) in organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs).

TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of carboxylic acid functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (cMWCNTs) content on the properties of polystyrene (PS) nanocomposite (NC) films was investigated.

TL;DR: In this paper, the atomic and electronic structures of ternary chalcogenides were studied using first-principles hybrid density functional calculations, and it was shown that the strong hybridization between the trivalent cation (As, Sb, and Bi) p states and the divalent anion (S, Se, and Te)p states tends to introduce electronic states in the band gap or pseudogap region and drive the systems toward metallicity.

TL;DR: In this paper, a serially connected ensemble of simple AMR elements of Ni 80 Fe 20 film were produced, targeting an application of a pinned magnetic field along the sensing magnetoresistor length.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present new numerical results of high frequency modes for plates using a mesh-free shear-locking-free method based on Reissner-Mindlin plate theory and the recently developed moving Kriging interpolation (MK).

TL;DR: In this paper, a well-designed photoreactor containing just 6 ultraviolet (UV) high power light emitting diodes (HPLEDs) was designed and made up.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrated a metamaterial absorber (MMA) which can be controlled by variation of conductivity or temperature, which is based on three individual layers of periodic split ring resonator (SRR), a dielectric, and metallic film.

TL;DR: In this article, the development of polystyrene (PS) nanocomposites through solvent blending technique with diverse contents of modified Co Al layered double hydroxide (LDH) was discussed.

TL;DR: In this article, a review on the development of Cu-based nanoparticles suitable as fillers in the metal-metal bonding process is presented. And the results of their powders were evaluated by sandwiching the particle powder between metallic discs, annealing them at a pressure of 1.2

TL;DR: In this article, an enhancement of low-field, high-frequency magneto-impedance (MI) response and circumferential domain structures of melt-extracted amorphous Co69.25Fe4.13.5 microwires by dc Joule annealing was reported.

TL;DR: In this article, a rapid microwave assisted combustion method using ethylenediamminetetetraacetic acid as a chelating agent was used to synthesize rhombohedron-like nickel ferrite nanostructures.

TL;DR: In this article, a functional nanocomposite consisting of silver nanoparticles and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs-Ag) was successfully synthesized using a two-step chemical process.

TL;DR: In this paper, the application of low-temperature PZT films crystallized at 450, 500 and 550°C, instead of at conventional high temperatures (≥600-°C), was investigated.

TL;DR: In this paper, a co-precipitation synthesis of red and blue Sr2MgSi2O7:Eu3+/Eu2+ phosphors with various Eu doping concentration was reported.

TL;DR: In this article, surface hydroxylated BiFeO 3 (h-BFO) particles were prepared by solution casting techniques, and the results showed that the dielectric properties of the h-bFO-PVDF-HFP composite exhibits better dielectrically properties than that of the unmodified BFO-pVDF -HFP composites, which may be exploited in the progress of high energy storage device applications.

TL;DR: In this article, a green organic light emitting diode (OLED) was prepared by using Schiff base 1-[(4-butylphenyl)imino]methyl naphthalen-2-ol (3).

TL;DR: In this paper, the Green's function and Monte Carlo simulation have been used to explain surface spin-wave modes, surface magnetization, surface reorientation transition and spin transport.