Oxide–and silicate–water interfaces and their roles in technology and the environment

JL Bañuelos, E Borguet, GE Brown Jr… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Interfacial reactions drive all elemental cycling on Earth and play pivotal roles in human
activities such as agriculture, water purification, energy production and storage …

Nanoparticle assembly and oriented attachment: correlating controlling factors to the resulting structures

D Li, Q Chen, J Chun, K Fichthorn, J De Yoreo… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nanoparticle assembly and attachment are common pathways of crystal growth by which
particles organize into larger scale materials with hierarchical structure and long-range …

Classical and nonclassical nucleation and growth mechanisms for nanoparticle formation

YS Jun, Y Zhu, Y Wang, D Ghim, X Wu… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
All solid materials are created via nucleation. In this evolutionary process, nuclei form in
solution or at interfaces, expand by monomeric growth and oriented attachment, and …

Self-similar mesocrystals form via interface-driven nucleation and assembly

G Zhu, ML Sushko, JS Loring, BA Legg, M Song… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Crystallization by particle attachment (CPA) is a frequently occurring mechanism of colloidal
crystallization that results in hierarchical morphologies,,–. CPA has been exploited to create …

Efficient photooxidation of methane to liquid oxygenates over ZnO nanosheets at atmospheric pressure and near room temperature

S Zhu, X Li, Z Pan, X Jiao, K Zheng, L Li, W Shao… - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Direct CH4 photoconversion into liquid oxygenates under mild conditions still represents a
huge challenge. Herein, two-dimensional oxide semiconductors are designed to generate …

Tri-system integration in metal-oxide nanocomposites via in-situ solution-processed method for ultrathin flexible transparent electrodes

JJ Kim, K Shuji, J Zheng, X He, A Sajjad… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
For stable operation of ultrathin flexible transparent electrodes (uFTEs), it is critical to
implement effective risk management during concurrent multi-loading operation of electrical …

Facile green synthesis of ZnO-RGO nanocomposites with enhanced anticancer efficacy

M Ahamed, MJ Akhtar, MAM Khan, HA Alhadlaq - Methods, 2022 - Elsevier
Drug resistance and inability to distinguish between cancerous and non-cancerous cells are
important obstacles in the treatment of cancer. Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) is now …

Effect of solvent composition on Non-DLVO forces and oriented attachment of zinc oxide nanoparticles

L Liu, S Yadav Schmid, Z Feng, D Li, TC Droubay… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Oriented attachment (OA) occurs when nanoparticles in solution align their crystallographic
axes prior to colliding and subsequently fuse into single crystals. Traditional colloidal …

Facet-dependent photodegradation of methylene blue by hematite nanoplates in visible light

M Zong, D Song, X Zhang, X Huang, X Lu… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The expression of specific crystal facets in different nanostructures is known to play a vital
role in determining the sensitivity toward the photodegradation of organics, which can …

Oriented assembly of lead halide perovskite nanocrystals

L Liu, K Kluherz, B **, DR Gamelin, JJ De Yoreo… - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Cesium lead halide nanostructures have highly tunable optical and optoelectronic
properties. Establishing precise control in forming perovskite single-crystal nanostructures is …