Recent developments and perspectives in CdS-based photocatalysts for water splitting

JA Nasir, Z ur Rehman, SNA Shah, A Khan… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past few years, many approaches have been developed progressively to produce
hydrogen (H2) from water under solar light irradiation. This process of fuel production is …

Manipulating luminescence of light emitters by photonic crystals

S Wu, H **a, J Xu, X Sun, X Liu - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The modulation of luminescence is essential because unwanted spontaneous‐emission
modes have a negative effect on the performance of luminescence‐based photonic devices …

Polymer microgels: reactors for semiconductor, metal, and magnetic nanoparticles

J Zhang, S Xu, E Kumacheva - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2004 - ACS Publications
We report a strategy for the production of materials with structural hierarchy. The approach
employs polymer microgels as templates for the synthesis of semiconductor, metal, or …

Effects of molecular beam epitaxy growth conditions on composition and optical properties of In {sub x} Ga {sub 1-x} Bi {sub y} As {sub 1-y}

Y Zhong, PB Dongmo, JMO Zide, JP Petropoulos - Applied Physics Letters, 2012 - osti.gov
We describe the growth conditions of In {sub x} Ga {sub 1-x} Bi {sub y} As {sub 1-y}(lattice-
mismatched and matched) on InP substrates by molecular beam epitaxy and the resulting …

Microgels: Old materials with new applications

M Das, H Zhang, E Kumacheva - Annu. Rev. Mater. Res., 2006 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract This review describes the most recent progress in the use of polymer
multiresponsive microgels as central components of advanced, functional colloidal …

Incorporation of luminescent nanocrystals into monodisperse core–shell silica microspheres

Y Chan, JP Zimmer, M Stroh, JS Steckel… - Advanced …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Microspheres containing chromophores have been utilized in an extensive variety of
applications, including photonic crystals,[1, 2] biological labeling,[3, 4] and flow visualization …

An ultrathin Al 2 O 3 bridging layer between CdS and ZnO boosts photocatalytic hydrogen production

D Ma, Z Wang, JW Shi, Y Zou, Y Lv, X Ji, Z Li… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The rapid separation and transfer of photogenerated charge carriers are the essential
criteria for high photocatalytic efficiency. Heterostructures (HSs) composed of several …

[HTML][HTML] Nanostructured polymers for photonics

C Paquet, E Kumacheva - Materials today, 2008 - Elsevier
We review recent progress in the development of polymer nanostructured materials with
periodic structures and compositions having applications in photonics and optical data …

Microspheres including nanoparticles

YT Chan, JP Zimmer, MG Bawendi - US Patent 9,708,184, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A microparticle can include a central region and a peripheral region. The
peripheral region can include a nanoparticle, Such as a metal nanoparticle, a metal oxide …

Directional fluorescence spectra of laser dye in opal and inverse opal photonic crystals

L Bechger, P Lodahl, WL Vos - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2005 - ACS Publications
We have investigated the fluorescence from R6G dye molecules embedded in fcc photonic
crystals with a large range of lattice parameters. Both polystyrene opals and alumina inverse …