Advanced 1D heterostructures based on nanotube templates and molecules

C Allard, L Alvarez, JL Bantignies, N Bendiab… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent advancements in materials science have shed light on the potential of exploring
hierarchical assemblies of molecules on surfaces, driven by both fundamental and …

[HTML][HTML] Construction of model platforms to probe the confinement effect of nanocomposite-enabled water treatment

X Wang, H Li, C Shan, B Pan - Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
To overcome the bottleneck of aggregation of nanomaterials as the main obstacle for their
application in water decontamination processes, it is a promising strategy to confine the …

Neutron Activated 153Sm Sealed in Carbon Nanocapsules for in Vivo Imaging and Tumor Radiotherapy

JTW Wang, R Klippstein, M Martincic, E Pach… - Acs Nano, 2019 - ACS Publications
Radiation therapy along with chemotherapy and surgery remain the main cancer treatments.
Radiotherapy can be applied to patients externally (external beam radiotherapy) or …

Sustainable synthesis of highly biocompatible 2D boron nitride nanosheets

M Llenas, L Cuenca, C Santos, I Bdikin, G Gonçalves… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
2D ultrafine nanomaterials today represent an emerging class of materials with very
promising properties for a wide variety of applications. Biomedical fields have experienced …

[HTML][HTML] Printable piezoresistive polymer composites for self-sensing medical catheter device applications

E Pimentel, P Costa, CR Tubio, JL Vilaça… - … Science and Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a constant demand for new and/or improved health treatments that require flexible
sensor devices. This is particularly relevant in relation to neurogenic bladder dysfunction. In …

UV-Vis quantification of the iron content in iteratively steam and HCl purified single-walled carbon nanotubes

M Martincic, G Tobías-Rossell - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
As-produced carbon nanotubes contain impurities which can dominate the properties of the
material and are thus undesired. Herein we present a multi-step purification treatment that …

Neutron-irradiated antibody-functionalised carbon nanocapsules for targeted cancer radiotherapy

JTW Wang, C Spinato, R Klippstein, PM Costa… - Carbon, 2020 - Elsevier
Radiotherapy is a cancer treatment utilising high doses of ionizing radiation to destroy
cancer cells. Our team has pioneered neutron activation of 152 Sm, filled and sealed into …

Structure of inorganic nanocrystals confined within carbon nanotubes

S Sandoval, G Tobias, E Flahaut - Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2019 - Elsevier
There are many examples in which the cavities of carbon nanotubes have been filled with a
variety of compounds. Unprecedented structures compared to those of the same material in …

[HTML][HTML] The role of temperature on the degree of end-closing and filling of single-walled carbon nanotubes

M Kierkowicz, E Pach, J Fraile, C Domingo… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs), owing to their high surface area-to-volume ratio and hollow core,
can be employed as hosts for adsorbed and/or encapsulated molecules. At high …

Encapsulation of fullerenes: a versatile approach for the confinement and release of materials within open-ended multiwalled carbon nanotubes

S Sandoval, G Tobias - Frontiers in bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
We have employed fullerenes as versatile agents to “cork” the open tips of multiwalled
carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), and as promoting species for the release of the inorganic …