Low-grade heat is abundant and ubiquitous, but it is generally discarded due to the lack of
cost-effective recovery technologies. Emerging thermocells (TECs) based on temperature …

Photothermal energy conversion represents a cornerstone process in the renewable energy
technologies domain, enabling the capture of solar irradiance and its subsequent …

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and aggressive malignant brain tumor,
with a poor prognosis. Temozolomide (TMZ) represents the standard chemotherapy for GBM …

Emerging thermocells (TECs) are promising for low-grade heat harvesting, but the lack of
high-performance n-type TECs remains a significant bottleneck for the practical application …

Aims: To address the limitations of IR780 by preparing hydrophilic polymer–IR780
conjugates and to employ these conjugates in the assembly of nanoparticles (NPs) intended …

Aggregated gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) that respond to the acidic microenvironment of
bacterial infection sites upon near-infrared (NIR) light irradiation provide a facile approach …

Plasmonic nanoactuators with adaptability to uncontrolled environments resemble living
systems and have implications in human-centered robotic applications, including …

Integrating stimuli-responsive molecules and plasmonic nanoparticles into a single
nanoscale platform for stimuli-adaptive functionality is of great importance in …

abstract Piezoelectric materials have significant potential for mechanical harvesting and
have an important influence in determining the power output. While the energy harvesting …

Thermal energy is all around us. How to control and utilize it is an important topic in
advanced manufacturing. This dissertation is focused on the design and fabrication of photo …