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1. Adhesion Strengthening Mechanism of Carbon Nanotube-Embedded Epoxy Composites: A Fracture-Based Approach

Author:
Shuhuan Hu; Wei Huang; Fanchao Meng; Raymond H. W. Lam; Denvid Lau
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2022 v.14 no.5 pp. 7221-7229
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
adhesion; carbon; carbon nanotubes; chromium; energy; epoxides; fluorescence; gold; microstructure; polymers; silicon
Abstract:
... Interfacial bonding integrity between different materials is critical to maintain the functionality of the entire physical system in any scale, ranging from building structures down to semiconductor transistors. For example, micro-patterned polymers embedded with conductive nanoparticles [e.g., carbon nanotubes (CNTs)] bonded with integrated circuits have been applied as many emerging chemical/bio ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.1c20282

2. Advances in RF Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectrometry Characterization of Intrinsic and Boron-Doped Diamond Coatings

Author:
Dhananjay K. Sharma; Ana V. Girão; Patrick Chapon; Miguel A. Neto; Filipe J. Oliveira; Rui F. Silva
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2022 v.14 no.5 pp. 7405-7416
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
X-ray diffraction; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; affordability; boron; carbon; crystal structure; electrical conductivity; hydrogen; interferometry
Abstract:
... Accurate determination of the effective doping range within diamond thin films is important for fine-tuning of electrical conductivity. Nevertheless, it is not easily attainable by the commonly adopted techniques. In this work, pulsed RF glow discharge optical emission spectrometry (GD-OES) combined with ultrafast sputtering (UFS) is applied for the first time to acquire elemental depth profiles o ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.1c20785

3. Atomic-Level Changes during Electrochemical Cycling of Oriented LiMn₂O₄ Cathodic Thin Films

Author:
Yumi H. Ikuhara; Xiang Gao; Kazuaki Kawahara; Craig A. J. Fisher; Akihide Kuwabara; Ryo Ishikawa; Hiroki Moriwake; Yuichi Ikuhara
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2022 v.14 no.5 pp. 6507-6517
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
cathodes; dielectric spectroscopy; electrochemistry; lithium batteries; oxygen; transmission electron microscopy
Abstract:
... Spinel LiMn₂O₄ is an attractive lithium-ion battery cathode material that undergoes a complex series of structural changes during electrochemical cycling that lead to rapid capacity fading, compromising its long-term performance. To gain insights into this behavior, in this report we analyze changes in epitaxial LiMn₂O₄ thin films during the first few charge–discharge cycles with atomic resolution ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.1c18630

4. Atomic-Scale Observation of Unusual Dislocations in GaAs-GaAsSb Heterostructured Nanowires

Author:
Xianlin Qu; Chen Zhou; Ang Li; Wei Li; Wanpeng Li; Kaiwen Wang; Kun Zheng
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2022 v.14 no.5 pp. 7513-7521
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
annealing; image analysis; nanowires; transmission electron microscopy
Abstract:
... Cognizing the structural characteristics of a heterointerface is significant to understand the growth mechanism of heterostructured nanowires. Here, the structural characteristics of a heterointerface in GaAs-GaAsSb heterostructured nanowires were investigated by employing spherical aberration (CS)-corrected transmission electron microscopy (TEM). It is found that some unusual dislocations are for ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.1c24182

5. Azobenzene/Acid Binary Systems for Colorimetric Humidity Sensing with Reversibility, High Sensitivity, and Tunable Colors

Author:
Lishan Li; Nianchen Zhou; Yue Zhao
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2022 v.14 no.5 pp. 7382-7391
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
color; colorimetry; humidity
Abstract:
... Humidity sensors are important for humidity detection in many storage and manufacturing processes. Issues like sensibility, response rate, controllability, and material and preparation process costs need to be taken into consideration for practical applications. Herein, we report an investigation on a series of azobenzene/acid binary systems using easily accessible compounds, whose thin films disp ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.1c24529

6. Base-Assisted Aerobic C–H Oxidation of Alkylarenes with a Murdochite-Type Oxide Mg₆MnO₈ Nanoparticle Catalyst

Author:
Eri Hayashi; Takatoshi Tamura; Takeshi Aihara; Keigo Kamata; Michikazu Hara
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2022 v.14 no.5 pp. 6528-6537
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
carbon-hydrogen bond activation; catalysts; catalytic activity; filtration; fluorenes; hydrogen; malic acid; manganese; oxidants; oxidation; oxygen; sol-gel processing; surface area
Abstract:
... Heterogeneously catalyzed aerobic oxidative C–H functionalization under mild conditions is a chemical process to obtain desired oxygenated products directly. Nanosized murdochite-type oxide Mg₆MnO₈ (Mg₆MnO₈-MA) was successfully synthesized by the sol–gel method using malic acid. The specific surface area reached up to 104 m² g–¹, which is about 7 times higher than those (2–15 m² g–¹) of Mg₆MnO₈ sy ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.1c20080

7. Biomimetic MOF Nanoparticles Delivery of C-Dot Nanozyme and CRISPR/Cas9 System for Site-Specific Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis

Author:
Yana Ma; Wenhui Gao; Yujie Zhang; Mei Yang; Xiangji Yan; Yuanyuan Zhang; Guanying Li; Cui Liu; Changlong Xu; Mingzhen Zhang
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2022 v.14 no.5 pp. 6358-6369
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
CRISPR-Cas systems; biomimetics; carbon; colon; coordination polymers; cytokines; dextran sulfate; enzyme activity; epithelium; etiology; glycoproteins; inflammation; macrophages; models; plasmids; reactive oxygen species; rectum; superoxide dismutase; ulcerative colitis
Abstract:
... Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) of unknown etiology affecting the colon and rectum. Previous studies have found that reactive oxygen species (ROS) overproduction and transmembrane glycoprotein CD98 (encoded by SLC3A2) upregulation played important roles in the initiation and progression of UC. On the basis of this, a biomimetic pH-responsive metal organic fram ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.1c21700

8. Biomineralized Cascade Enzyme-Encapsulated ZIF-8 Nanoparticles Combined with Antisense Oligonucleotides for Drug-Resistant Bacteria Treatment

Author:
Yan Zhang; Luogen Lai; Yijun Liu; Beini Chen; Jing Yao; Pengwu Zheng; Qingshan Pan; Wufu Zhu
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2022 v.14 no.5 pp. 6453-6464
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
Escherichia coli; antibacterial properties; biocompatibility; biofilm; catalytic activity; enzymatic reactions; genes; glucose; human health; imidazole; methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; minimum inhibitory concentration; oligonucleotides; reactive oxygen species; therapeutics; zeolites
Abstract:
... The unrestrained use of antibiotics accelerates the development of drug-resistant bacteria and leads to an increasing threat to human health. Therefore, there is an urgent need to explore novel and effective strategies for the treatment of bacterial infections. Herein, zeolite imidazole framework-8 (ZIF-8) material was utilized to construct biomineralized nanomaterial (GOx&HRP@ZIF-8/ASO) by encaps ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.1c23808

9. Black Phase of Inorganic Perovskite Stabilized with Carboxyimidazolium Iodide for Stable and Efficient Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells

Author:
Yang Zhao; Ke Zhao; Li Wan; Yulin Tan; Zhong-Sheng Wang
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2022 v.14 no.5 pp. 6906-6915
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
X-ray diffraction; color; heat; imidazoles; iodides; phase transition; relative humidity; spectral analysis; ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy
Abstract:
... As all-inorganic perovskite (CsPbI₃–ₓBrₓ) is prone to phase transition from the α phase (black phase) to the δ phase (yellow phase) in a humid environment or under heating, improving the phase stability of all-inorganic perovskite of the black phase is one of the urgent problems to solve. Herein, 1,2-dimethyl-3-acetylimidazolium iodide (DMAII) is spin-coated onto the surface of CsPbI₃–ₓBrₓ perovsk ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.1c23637

10. Capturing Carriers and Driving Depolarization by Defect Engineering for Dielectric Energy Storage

Author:
Yueshun Zhao; Bo Yang; Yaping Liu; Yunpeng Zhou; Qiong Wu; Shifeng Zhao
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2022 v.14 no.5 pp. 6547-6559
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
energy; energy density; oxygen
Abstract:
... The inevitable defect carriers in dielectric capacitors are generally considered to depress the polarization and breakdown strength, which decreases energy storage performances. Distinctive from the traditional aims of reducing defects as much as possible, this work designs (FeTᵢ′ – Vₒ••)• and (FeTᵢ″ – Vₒ••) defect dipoles by oxygen vacancy defect engineering in acceptor doped Sr₂Bi₄Ti₍₅–ₓ₎FeₓO₁₈ ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.1c20214

11. Chemical Tracking of Temperature by Concurrent Periodic Precipitation Pattern Formation in Polyacrylamide Gels

Author:
Muhammad Turab Ali Khan; Joanna Kwiczak-Yiğitbaşı; Pedram Tootoonchian; Mohammad Morsali; Istvan Lagzi; Bilge Baytekin
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2022 v.14 no.5 pp. 7252-7260
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
mathematical models; polyacrylamide; temperature
Abstract:
... In nature, nonequilibrium systems reflect environmental changes, and these changes are often “recorded” in their solid body as they develop. Periodic precipitation patterns, aka Liesegang patterns (LPs), are visual sums of complex events in nonequilibrium reaction–diffusion processes. Here we aim to achieve an artificial system that “records” the temperature changes in the environment with the con ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.1c20640

12. Collagen Fibril-Assembled Skin-Simulated Membrane for Continuous Molecular Separation

Author:
Jian Li; Pei Xiao; Yilin Xu; Liangliang Dong; Zhenyu Wang; Fei Liu; Jiangnan Shen; Bart Van der Bruggen
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2022 v.14 no.5 pp. 7358-7368
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
biocompatible materials; collagen; crosslinking; guidelines; hydrophilicity; molecular weight; permeability; polyacrylonitrile; polyamides; polyesters; polymerization; trimesoyl chloride
Abstract:
... A skin-simulated thin-film-composite membrane was fabricated using a vacuum-assisted interfacial polymerization method. A negatively charged surface-selective layer on a polyacrylonitrile (PAN) substrate was cross-linked using trimesoyl chloride to form polyamide and polyester with a three-layer structure that was similar to skin. The loading of collagen fibrils assembled on the membrane surface w ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.1c23811

13. Combinatorial Screening of Cu–W Oxide-Based Photoanodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

Author:
Svenja Baues; Heinrich Vocke; Lena Harms; Konstantin K. Rücker; Michael Wark; Gunther Wittstock
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2022 v.14 no.5 pp. 6590-6603
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
X-ray diffraction; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; electric current; electric potential difference; electrochemistry; metal ions; oxygen production; photocatalysts; photovoltaic cells; voltammetry
Abstract:
... Metal oxide libraries for photoanodes for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) were generated by printing a metal salt solution in an array layout, followed by calcination to yield 22 ternary metal oxide systems. The libraries included a ternary metal cation system based on CuWO₄ with one out of eight transition or posttransition metal ions Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn, Bi, and Ga in different overall at ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.1c20837

14. Comparing Percolation and Alignment of Cellulose Nanocrystals for the Reinforcement of Polyurethane Nanocomposites

Author:
Alexandre Redondo; Nicole Mortensen; Kenza Djeghdi; Daseul Jang; Roberto D. Ortuso; Christoph Weder; LaShanda T. J. Korley; Ullrich Steiner; Ilja Gunkel
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2022 v.14 no.5 pp. 7270-7282
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
cellulose; cotton; extensibility; isotropy; nanocrystals; polymer nanocomposites; polyurethanes; solvents; thermal stability; thermoplastics; wide-angle X-ray scattering
Abstract:
... The reinforcement of polymer nanocomposites can be achieved through alignment or percolation of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs). Here, we compare the efficacy of these reinforcement mechanisms in thermoplastic polyurethane (PU) elastomer nanocomposites containing thermally stable cotton CNCs. CNC alignment was achieved by melt spinning nanocomposite fibers, while a percolating CNC network was genera ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.1c21656

15. Core–Shell Fe₃O₄@Au Nanorod-Loaded Gels for Tunable and Anisotropic Magneto- and Photothermia

Author:
Mikel Rincón-Iglesias; Irati Rodrigo; Leixuri B. Berganza; Esraa Samy Abu Serea; Fernando Plazaola; Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez; Erlantz Lizundia; Javier Reguera
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2022 v.14 no.5 pp. 7130-7140
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
agarose; anisotropy; fever; gold; hydrogels; ligands; magnetism; nanohybrids; nanorods; therapeutics
Abstract:
... Hyperthermia therapeutic treatments require improved multifunctional materials with tunable synergetic properties. Here, we report on the synthesis of Fe₃O₄@Au core–shell nanorods and their subsequent incorporation into an agarose hydrogel to obtain anisotropic magnetic and optical properties for magneto- and photothermal anisotropic transductions. Highly monodisperse ferrimagnetic Fe₃O₄ nanorods ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.1c20990

16. Design of a Sub-6 GHz Dielectric Resonator Antenna with Novel Temperature-Stabilized (Sm₁–ₓBiₓ)NbO₄ (x = 0–0.15) Microwave Dielectric Ceramics

Author:
Fang-Fang Wu; Di Zhou; Chao Du; Biao-Bing Jin; Chun Li; Ze-Ming Qi; Shikuan Sun; Tao Zhou; Qiang Li; Xiu-Qun Zhang
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2022 v.14 no.5 pp. 7030-7038
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
absorption; ceramics; dielectric properties; phase transition; temperature; thermal expansion; thermal stability
Abstract:
... Microwave dielectric ceramics exhibiting a low dielectric constant (εᵣ), high quality factor (Q × f), and thermal stability, specifically in an ultrawide temperature range (from −40 to +120 °C), have attracted much attention. In addition, the development of 5G communication has caused an urgent demand for electronic devices, such as dielectric resonant antennas. Hence, the feasibility of optimizin ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.1c24307

17. Differentiating Defects and Their Influence on Hematite Photoanodes Using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Raman Microscopy

Author:
Yutong Liu; Rodney D. L. Smith
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2022 v.14 no.5 pp. 6615-6624
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
Raman spectroscopy; X-radiation; X-ray absorption spectroscopy; absorption; energy; hematite; microscopy; oxidation; oxygen; oxygen production; photocatalysis
Abstract:
... A high degree of variability in behavior and performance of hematite as photoanodes for the oxygen evolution reaction signifies a need to improve our understanding of the interplay between defects and photoelectrochemical performance. We approach this problem by applying structure–property analysis to a series of hematite samples synthesized under either O₂ or N₂ environments such that they exhibi ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.1c20951

18. Double-Resonant Nanostructured Gold Surface for Multiplexed Detection

Author:
Antonio Minopoli; Emanuela Scardapane; Bartolomeo Della Ventura; Julian A. Tanner; Andreas Offenhäusser; Dirk Mayer; Raffaele Velotta
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2022 v.14 no.5 pp. 6417-6427
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
Plasmodium falciparum; biomarkers; blood; chemical species; fluorescence; fluorescent dyes; glass; humans; lactate dehydrogenase; malaria; nanogold; oligonucleotides
Abstract:
... A novel double-resonant plasmonic substrate for fluorescence amplification in a chip-based apta-immunoassay is herein reported. The amplification mechanism relies on plasmon-enhanced fluorescence (PEF) effect. The substrate consists of an assembly of plasmon-coupled and plasmon-uncoupled gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) immobilized onto a glass slide. Plasmon-coupled AuNPs are hexagonally arranged along ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.1c23438

19. Dumbbell-Shaped Ternary Transition-Metal (Cu, Ni, Co) Phosphate Bundles: A Promising Catalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Author:
Harjinder Singh; Rathindranath Biswas; Imtiaz Ahmed; Pooja Thakur; Avinava Kundu; Abhishek Ramachandra Panigrahi; Biplab Banerjee; Krishna Kamal Halder; Jouko Lahtinen; Krishnakanta Mondal; Krishna Kanta Haldar
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2022 v.14 no.5 pp. 6570-6581
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; catalysts; durability; electrochemistry; oxygen production; phosphates; renewable energy sources
Abstract:
... Development of economical and high-performance electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is of tremendous interest for future applications as sustainable energy materials. Here, a unique member of efficient OER electrocatalysts has been developed based upon structurally versatile dumbbell-shaped ternary transition-metal (Cu, Ni, Co) phosphates with a three-dimensional (3D) (Cu₂(OH)( ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.1c20356

20. Dynamic Color Display with Viewing-Angle Tolerance Based on the Responsive Asymmetric Fabry–Perot Cavity

Author:
Chao Liu; Guangrong Wang; Liying Zhang; Fuqiang Fan; Xuemin Zhang; Yu Fu; Tieqiang Wang
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2022 v.14 no.5 pp. 7200-7207
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
acrylamides; brushes; color; materials; sandwiches
Abstract:
... At present, it remains challenging and desirable to prepare dynamic color-changing materials with wide viewing angles for practical applications. Herein, we proposed a responsive asymmetric metal–insulator–metal (MIM) Fabry–Perot resonance cavity to achieve dynamic color display with high viewing-angle tolerance. The responsive asymmetric MIM cavity is constructed with thermal-responsive poly(N-is ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.1c24270