Mimicking nature to control bio-material surface wetting and adhesion

M Li, C Li, BRK Blackman… - International Materials …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Nature has developed unique strategies to refine and optimise structural performance.
Using surfaces designed at multiple length scales, from micro to nano levels, combined with …

The selection and design of electrode materials for field emission devices

S Zhao, H Ding, X Li, H Cao, Y Zhu - Materials Science in Semiconductor …, 2023 - Elsevier
Semiconductor field effect devices (FEDs) have become ubiquitous in everyday life due to
their widespread applications. However, their stability in challenging environments such as …

[HTML][HTML] Hierarchically inverse opal porous scaffolds from droplet microfluidics for biomimetic 3D cell co-culture

C Shao, Y Liu, J Chi, F Ye, Y Zhao - Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
With the advantages of better mimicking the specificity of natural tissues, three-dimensional
(3D) cell culture plays a major role in drug development, toxicity testing, and tissue …

Inverse-opal-based carbon composite monoliths for microwave absorption applications

Y Song, F Yin, C Zhang, H Yu, W **g, Y Yuan - Carbon, 2020 - Elsevier
The design and fabrication of inverse-opal-based carbon composite monoliths to achieve
high-performance microwave absorbing materials are described. The three-dimensional …

Suspended nanoscale field emitter devices for high-temperature operation

LB De Rose, A Scherer… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, we demonstrate suspended two-and four-terminal field emission devices for
high-temperature operation. The planar structures were fabricated with tungsten on a 200 …

Integrated nanospheres occupancy-removal and thermoforming into bulk piezoelectric and triboelectric hybrid nanogenerators with inverse opal nanostructure

J Zheng, Y Wang, Z Yu, Y Fu, D Chen, P Zhao, H Zhou - Nano Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Traditional processing methods (such as thermoforming and injection moulding) limit the
fabrication of nanostructure and make it hard to be directly applied to the assembly of …

Excellent thermostable and mechanically reinforced lithium-ion capacitor based on inverse opal structural PVDF-HFP/MWCNT electrolyte

S Yu, G Liu, J Zheng, Y Wang, Y Ling… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Lithium-ion capacitors (LICs) with excellent electrochemical performance are considered as
promising energy storage devices but have defects such as unsatisfying mechanical …

Nanostructured radiation emitters: design rules for high-performance thermophotovoltaic systems

Y Kim, MJ Kim, YS Kim, H Lee, SM Lee - ACS Photonics, 2019 - ACS Publications
Wavelength-selective, nanostructured metallic radiation emitters are investigated for high-
performance thermophotovoltaic (TPV) systems. After building evaluation tools to find the …

Three-Dimensional Ordered Macroporous TiO2–TaOxNy Heterostructure for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

R Yew, HH Tan, C Jagadish… - The Journal of Physical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Three-dimensional (3D) ordered macroporous (such as inverse opal) heterostructure
materials are attractive for photocatalysis because of their interconnected pores, high …