3D graphene materials: from understanding to design and synthesis control

Z Sun, S Fang, YH Hu - Chemical Reviews, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Carbon materials, with their diverse allotropes, have played significant roles in our daily life
and the development of material science. Following 0D C60 and 1D carbon nanotube, 2D …

Review of vertical graphene and its applications

W Zheng, X Zhao, W Fu - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Vertical graphene (VG) is a thin-film complex material featuring hierarchical microstructures:
graphene-containing carbon nanosheets growing vertically on its deposition substrate, few …

Hair fiber as a precursor for synthesizing of sulfur-and nitrogen-co-doped carbon dots with tunable luminescence properties

D Sun, R Ban, PH Zhang, GH Wu, JR Zhang, JJ Zhu - Carbon, 2013‏ - Elsevier
A novel one-step approach was developed for the large-scale synthesis of sulfur-and
nitrogen-co-doped carbon dots (S–N–C-dots) by using sulfuric acid carbonization and …

Plasma nanoscience: from nano-solids in plasmas to nano-plasmas in solids

K Ostrikov, EC Neyts, M Meyyappan - Advances in Physics, 2013‏ - Taylor & Francis
The unique plasma-specific features and physical phenomena in the organization of
nanoscale soild-state systems in a broad range of elemental composition, structure, and …

Highly fluorescent carbon dots from pseudo-stem of banana plant: applications as nanosensor and bio-imaging agents

SAA Vandarkuzhali, V Jeyalakshmi… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Carbon dots (CDs) with 48% quantum yield (QY) were synthesized by simple
hydrothermal treatment using Pseudo-stem of banana plant as carbon source. As …

Anti-bacterial surfaces: natural agents, mechanisms of action, and plasma surface modification

K Bazaka, MV Jacob, W Chrzanowski, K Ostrikov - Rsc Advances, 2015‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Strategies that confine antibacterial and/or antifouling property to the surface of the implant,
by modifying the surface chemistry and morphology or by encapsulating the material in an …

[HTML][HTML] Graphene oxide synthesis from agro waste

T Somanathan, K Prasad, K Ostrikov, A Saravanan… - Nanomaterials, 2015‏ - mdpi.com
A new method of graphene oxide (GO) synthesis via single-step reforming of sugarcane
bagasse agricultural waste by oxidation under muffled atmosphere conditions is reported …

Three-dimensional graphene-based composites for energy applications

S Mao, G Lu, J Chen - Nanoscale, 2015‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Three-dimensional (3D) graphene-based composites have drawn increasing attention for
energy applications due to their unique structures and properties. By combining the merits of …

Vertically aligned graphene nanosheet arrays: synthesis, properties and applications in electrochemical energy conversion and storage

Z Zhang, CS Lee, W Zhang - Advanced Energy Materials, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
In the pursuit of better electrode kinetics and mass transportation for electrochemical energy
applications, 3D graphene‐based electrodes have been receiving increasing research …

Sustainable life cycles of natural-precursor-derived nanocarbons

K Bazaka, MV Jacob, K Ostrikov - Chemical reviews, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
Sustainable societal and economic development relies on novel nanotechnologies that offer
maximum efficiency at minimal environmental cost. Yet, it is very challenging to apply green …