Showing papers in "Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices in 2017"

TL;DR: In this paper, various synthesis and characterization techniques for the analysis of structural configurations of nitrogen-doped graphene and its potential applications in various fields such as nanoelectronics, energy storage and electrochemical biosensing are presented.

TL;DR: In this article, high crystalline ZnO nanoparticles were synthesized using a co-precipitation method and the morphology and optical properties of these nanoparticles are found to be highly sensitive to the growth parameters such as the concentration of reducing agent and annealing temperature.

TL;DR: This review provides an overview regarding current challenges and potential of manufacturing and fabrication of biomaterials at small scales for various biomedical applications and introduces novel lithography-based fabrication approaches with great potential for drug delivery, tissue engineering, and diagnostic tools.

TL;DR: Investigation of release characteristic of vancomycin-loaded SA/PEO/SPI electrospun fibers exhibited initial burst release followed by controlled release after 2 days of immersion in a phosphate buffered saline, and drug-loaded fibers inhibited bacterial growth against Staphylococcus aureus after 24 h of incubation.

TL;DR: In this article, a statistical analysis approach, which uses T-test and F-test for identifying whether the crack has significant impact on the total amount of power generated by the photovoltaic (PV) modules, is presented.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide up-to-date information on the on-chip fabrication of SnO2, ZnO, WO3, CuO, and other SMO-NW sensors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used hollow/solid BaTiO 3 :Dy 3+ (1−5 ǫ %) microspheres for surface-based fingerprint detection on porous and nonporous surfaces.

TL;DR: In this article, the power conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells has been remarkably increased by incorporation of green synthesized silver nanoparticles into TiO2 photoanodes.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of initial graphite particle size and shape on the oxidation time of graphite prepared by Hummers' method have been investigated, and it was observed that the graphite oxidation time has a critical dependence on the initial particle sizes and shape.

TL;DR: In this paper, a study on the CO sensing characteristics of In-doped ZnO semiconductor nanoparticles (IZO NPs) prepared by a modified sol-gel technique is reported.

TL;DR: In this paper, a modified β-Ni(OH) 2 electrode with CuO has been prepared using a co-precipitation method using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform infra red (FT-IR), Raman and thermal gravimetric-differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA) techniques.

TL;DR: A short review paper revisits the progress achieved in the last 10-15 years in the field of hybrid electrochromic materials, synthesized through sol-gel methods, and highlights the development of novel hybrid materials with significantly improved EC properties, where tungsten oxide is associated with carbonaceous materials such as MWCNT or graphene as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the NiO thin films were prepared by the electron beam evaporation method using synthesized sintered targets and as-prepared films were characterized using X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, UV-VIS spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry.

TL;DR: In this article, X-ray Diffraction (XRD) studies identify that the as-deposited CdSe films are highly oriented to [002] direction and they belong to nanocrystalline hexagonal phase.

TL;DR: In this article, a green light emitting GdAlO3:Tb3+ (1 − 11 −mol%) nanophosphor has been synthesized by the solution combustion method and the final products were characterized.

TL;DR: In this article, the adsorption process was spontaneous and exothermic in nature and followed the pseudo-second-order kinetic model, and the results indicated that the CuO and NiO nanoflakes can be used as alternative adsorbents for the efficient removal of dyes from an aqueous solution.

TL;DR: The dependence of the magnetic responsiveness on magnetite nanoparticle size has been studied in this article, where a carboxyl-functionalized solvothermal approach was applied to synthesize magnetite nano-nodes with an average size of 30nm.

TL;DR: A study of pH responsive drug release from dependal-M drug loaded polyacrylamide (PAM) hydrogel matrix is reported, and the release kinetics show a dependence on the cross linker and its ratio.

TL;DR: In this paper, high efficiency green, yellow, and red InGaN/AlGaN dot-in-a-wire nanowire light-emitting diodes were grown on Si(111) by molecular beam epitaxy.

TL;DR: In this article, the X-ray energy dispersive (EDAX) and XRD analysis showed that the deposited CuAlS 2 thin film is nearly stoichiometric and possesses a tetragonal unit cell structure.

TL;DR: In this article, a novel graphene oxide/copper oxide (GO@CuO) nanocomposite was successfully synthesized via hydrothermal method, which was characterized by XRD, SEM, TEM and BET surface area analysis.

TL;DR: In this article, azomethine-zinc(II) complexes (3a-c) of bis(salicylidene)cyclohexyl-1,2-diamino organic ligands were synthesized by one pot reaction of salicylaldehydes/2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde (2 eq).

TL;DR: In this paper, the superstructures of dysprosium (Dy 3+ ) doped Zn 2 TiO 4 via a facile solution combustion route were explored for the enhancement of latent fingerprints and display applications.

TL;DR: In this paper, a surfactant assisted sonochemical method was used to obtain the ∝-orthorhombic, β-monoclinic, and h-hexagonal structures of MoO3 nanoparticles.

TL;DR: In this paper, the crystal structure of sintered phosphors was hexagonal phase with space group of Pm-3m and the near ultra-violet (NUV) excitation, emission spectra of the CaZrO3:xEu3+ phosphors were composed of sharp line emission associated with the transitions from the excited states 5D0 to the ground state 7Fj (j = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4) of Eu3+.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss advances achieved recently and technical challenges remained toward the creation of such a leaf and highlight development of key components like catalysts for water electrolysis process and light harvester for harvesting solar energy as well as strategies being developed for assembling these components to create a complete artificial leaf.

TL;DR: In this article, a sol-gel preparation of 45S5 bioactive glass using diatom biosilica from cultured cells of the diatom, Aulacoseira granulata as substitute to TEOS was described.

TL;DR: In this article, a sintered Europium doped strontium meta-silicate (namely SrSiO3:Eu3+) phosphor was prepared by a high temperature solid state reaction method.

TL;DR: In this article, samples of the empirical formula K 2 + N i x 2 + C o 1 − x 2+ S O 4 2 ⋅ 6 H 2 O were grown with a partial occupation of the cations Co and Ni.

TL;DR: In this paper, the preparation and characterization of organo-functionalized Ni Al layered double hydroxide (LDH)-polystyrene (PS) nanocomposites were reported.