Recent progress on phase engineering of nanomaterials

Q Yun, Y Ge, Z Shi, J Liu, X Wang, A Zhang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
As a key structural parameter, phase depicts the arrangement of atoms in materials.
Normally, a nanomaterial exists in its thermodynamically stable crystal phase. With the …

Recent advances in tailoring zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) and their derived materials based on hard template strategy for multifunctional applications

S Wang, L Luo, A Wu, D Wang, L Wang, Y Jiao… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs), an important subfamily of metal–organic frameworks
(MOFs), have been a hot topic as the porous structure nature, high specific surface area and …

Modulating the surface concentration and lifetime of active hydrogen in Cu-based layered double hydroxides for electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia

H Li, S Li, R Guan, Z **, D **ao, Y Guo, P Li - ACS Catalysis, 2024 - ACS Publications
Strategies incorporating heterometals to introduce surface-active hydrogen (* H) have been
extensively utilized to enhance the electrocatalytic activity of Cu-based catalysts in the …

Smartphone-assisted flexible electrochemical sensor platform by a homology DNA nanomanager tailored for multiple cancer markers field inspection

J Xu, Y Liu, Y Li, Y Liu, KJ Huang - Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
In this work, an ingenious sensor technology was established by integrating the EBFCs on a
flexible paper strip carrier (PE) that was used for simultaneous detection of tumor markers in …

Metal/MXene composites via in situ reduction

Q Zhang, J Wang, Q Yu, Q Li, R Fan, C Li, Y Fan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Metal/two-dimensional substrate composites offer a rich library of materials that can have
application in catalysis, sensing, biotechnology and other fields. In situ reduction deposition …

Mesoporous PtPb nanosheets as efficient electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution and ethanol oxidation

W Ao, H Ren, C Cheng, Z Fan, P Yin, Q Qin… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Using a one‐pot hydrothermal method with ethylenediamine, we have synthesized
mesoporous PtPb nanosheets that exhibit exceptional activity in both hydrogen evolution …

Ultrathin Rh Nanosheets with Rich Grain Boundaries for Efficient Hydrogen Oxidation Electrocatalysis

X Yang, B Ouyang, L Zhao, Q Shen… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) Pt-group ultrathin nanosheets (NSs) are promising advanced
electrocatalysts for energy-related catalytic reactions. However, improving the …

Phase‐Regulated Active Hydrogen Behavior on Molybdenum Disulfide for Electrochemical Nitrate‐to‐Ammonia Conversion

Y Wang, Y Xu, C Cheng, B Zhang… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemical reduction of nitrate waste is promising for environmental remediation and
ammonia preparation. This process includes multiple hydrogenation steps, and thus the …

Recent advances in β-cyclodextrin-based materials for chiral recognition

J Guo, J Hou, J Hu, Y Geng, M Li, H Wang… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In Nature, enantiomers are pairs of chiral compounds, which have semblable chemical and
physical properties but most show opposite biological effects when they enter the organism …

Functional MXenes: Progress and Perspectives on Synthetic Strategies and Structure–Property Interplay for Next‐Generation Technologies

D Meng, M Xu, S Li, M Ganesan, X Ruan, SK Ravi… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
MXenes are a class of 2D materials that include layered transition metal carbides, nitrides,
and carbonitrides. Since their inception in 2011, they have garnered significant attention due …