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1. -Phosphorescent Mesoporous Surface Imprinting Microspheres: Preparation and Application for Transferrin Recognition from Biological Fluids

Author:
Yanming Miao; Xiaojie Sun; Jinzhi Lv; Guiqin Yan
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2018 v.11 no.2 pp. 2264-2272
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
ambient temperature; detection limit; electron transfer; fluorescence; microparticles; pH; phosphorescence; polymers; porous media; quantum dots; silica; standard deviation; transferrin
Abstract:
... The relationship between the thickness of surface molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) and specific recognition performance of transferrin (Trf) as well as the quantitative relation between the grafting amount of Mn-ZnS room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) quantum dots (QDs) (short for PQDs) and RTP signals for recognition of Trf was analyzed in this study. Based on analysis results, RTP protei ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.8b17772

2. 1-Aminoanthracene Transduction into Liposomes Driven by Odorant-Binding Protein Proximity

Author:
Filipa Gonçalves; Carla Silva; Artur Ribeiro; Artur Cavaco-Paulo
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2018 v.10 no.32 pp. 27531-27539
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
Escherichia coli; binding proteins; binding sites; circular dichroism spectroscopy; ethanol; fabrics; fluorescence emission spectroscopy; industry; ligands; materials science; matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization mass spectrometry; models; odor compounds; odorant receptors; odors; swine
Abstract:
... In this work, the anchorage of pig odorant binding protein (OBP-I) into liposomal membrane was promoted by the fusion of OBP-I with the anchor SP-DS3 peptide and with the (GQ)₂₀ spacer. The presence of the (GQ)₂₀ spacer in the construct confers flexibility to the protein and increases the distance between the OBP binding site and the liposomal surface. The engineered proteins, OBP::SP-DS3 and OBP: ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.8b10158

3. 2,3,4,5,6-Pentafluorophenyl Methanesulfonate as a Versatile Electrolyte Additive Matches LiNi₀.₅Co₀.₂Mn₀.₃O₂/Graphite Batteries Working in a Wide-Temperature Range

Author:
Tianxiang Yang; Weizhen Fan; Chengyun Wang; Qiufen Lei; Zhen Ma; Le Yu; Xiaoxi Zuo; Junmin Nan
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2018 v.10 no.37 pp. 31735-31744
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
additives; ambient temperature; anodes; batteries; carbonates; cathodes; electrolytes; materials science; solvents; storage temperature
Abstract:
... An electrolyte using 2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorophenyl methanesulfonate (PFPMS) as a versatile additive is investigated through calculating the molecular orbital energies of additives and solvents and designing the electrolyte composition, and the comparative performances of LiNi₀.₅Co₀.₂Mn₀.₃O₂/graphite cells operating in a wide-temperature range are improved. It is revealed that PFPMS can form interfac ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.8b04743

4. 2D/2D Heterostructured CdS/WS2 with Efficient Charge Separation Improving H2 Evolution under Visible Light Irradiation

Author:
Ke Zhang; Mamoru Fujitsuka; Yukou Du; Tetsuro Majima
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2018 v.10 no.24 pp. 20458-20466
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
electrons; energy; hydrogen; hydrogen production; irradiation; nanosheets; photocatalysts; reflectance spectroscopy
Abstract:
... Efficient water splitting for H₂ evolution under visible light irradiation has attracted more attention for solving the global environmental and energy issues, but it is still a major challenge to develop an earth-abundant and efficient photocatalyst. Herein, we report two-dimensional (2D)/2D heterostructured CdS/WS₂ (CdS/WS₂), composed of nanosheet CdS (CdS) and nanosheet WS₂ (WS₂), as an efficie ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.8b04080

5. 3D Bioprinting of Low-Concentration Cell-Laden Gelatin Methacrylate (GelMA) Bioinks with a Two-Step Cross-linking Strategy

Author:
Jun Yin; Mengling Yan; Yancheng Wang; Jianzhong Fu; Hairui Suo
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2018 v.10 no.8 pp. 6849-6857
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
bioprinting; bone marrow; cell viability; crosslinking; drugs; gelatin; hydrogels; in vitro culture; materials science; mechanical properties; rheology; stem cells; tissue engineering
Abstract:
... Methacrylated gelatin (GelMA) has been widely used as a tissue-engineered scaffold material, but only low-concentration GelMA hydrogels were found to be promising cell-laden bioinks with excellent cell viability. In this work, we reported a strategy for precise deposition of 5% (w/v) cell-laden GelMA bioinks into controlled microarchitectures with high cell viability using extrusion-based three-di ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.7b16059

6. 3D Coral-Like Ni₃S₂ on Ni Foam as a Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting

Author:
Jianfang Zhang; Yang Li; Tianyu Zhu; Yan Wang; Jiewu Cui; Jingjie Wu; Hui Xu; Xia Shu; Yongqiang Qin; Hongmei Zheng; Pulickel M. Ajayan; Yong Zhang; Yucheng Wu
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2018 v.10 no.37 pp. 31330-31339
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
aqueous solutions; ions; hydrogen production; electrodes; durability; electrochemistry; thiourea; foams; nickel; oxidation; oxygen production
Abstract:
... High-performance noble metal-free electrocatalysts are extremely desired for overall water splitting, but there are huge challenges. Herein, we report a novel one-step electrochemical anodic oxidation and cathodic deposition strategy to in situ fabricate three-dimensional coral-like Ni₃S₂ on Ni foam (NF) for electrocatalytic overall water splitting. In a typical two-electrode cell, NF acts as both ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.8b09361

7. 3D Fiber-Network-Reinforced Bicontinuous Composite Solid Electrolyte for Dendrite-free Lithium Metal Batteries

Author:
Dan Li; Long Chen; Tianshi Wang; Li-Zhen Fan
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2018 v.10 no.8 pp. 7069-7078
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
aluminum; batteries; ceramics; dendrites; electrochemistry; electrodes; electrolytes; ionic liquids; lithium; phosphates; polyethylene glycol; tensile strength; thermal stability; titanium
Abstract:
... Replacement of flammable organic liquid electrolytes with solid Li⁺ conductors is a promising approach to realize excellent performance of Li metal batteries. However, ceramic electrolytes are either easily reduced by Li metal or penetrated by Li dendrites through their grain boundaries, and polymer electrolytes are also faced with instability on the electrode/electrolyte interface and weak mechan ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.7b18123

8. 3D Foam-Like Composites of Mo2C Nanorods Coated by N-Doped Carbon: A Novel Self-Standing and Binder-Free O2 Electrode for Li–O2 Batteries

Author:
Guiru Sun; Qin Zhao; Tong Wu; Wei Lu; Mei Bao; Liqun Sun; Haiming Xie; Jia Liu
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2018 v.10 no.7 pp. 6327-6335
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
batteries; carbon; collectors; electrochemistry; electrodes; electrolytes; lithium; microstructure; nanorods; oxygen; porous media; specific energy
Abstract:
... The development of self-standing and binder-free O₂ electrodes is significant for enhancing the total specific energy density and suppressing parasitic reactions for Li–O₂ batteries, which is still a formidable challenge thus far. Here, a three-dimensional foam-like composite composed of Mo₂C nanorods decorated by different amounts of N-doped carbon (Mo₂C-NR@xNC (x = 5, 11, and 16 wt %)) was direc ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.7b17795

9. 3D Hierarchical Porous Cu-Based Composite Current Collector with Enhanced Ligaments for Notably Improved Cycle Stability of Sn Anode in Li-Ion Batteries

Author:
Zheng Luo; Jincheng Xu; Bin Yuan; Renzong Hu; Lichun Yang; Yan Gao; Min Zhu
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2018 v.10 no.26 pp. 22050-22058
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
X-ray diffraction; anodes; copper; foil; hardness; heat treatment; ligaments; lithium batteries; microstructure; scanning electron microscopy; tin; transmission electron microscopy
Abstract:
... A 3D porous Cu current collector used in Li-ion batteries can improve the cycling performance of Sn anodes with high specific capacity because of the accommodation of large volume expansion by the pores. However, the pure Cu ligament is too soft to endure enough stress from volume expansion, and then it leads to the fast fade of capacity because of the formation of cracks or the collapse of the 3D ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.8b04049

10. 3D Interconnected MoS2 with Enlarged Interlayer Spacing Grown on Carbon Nanofibers as a Flexible Anode Toward Superior Sodium-Ion Batteries

Author:
Wei Li; Ran Bi; Guoxue Liu; Yaxi Tian; Lei Zhang
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2018 v.10 no.32 pp. 26982-26989
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
anodes; batteries; carbon nanofibers; chemical bonding; durability; electronics; energy; hot water treatment; molybdenum disulfide
Abstract:
... Molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) has attracted extensive research interest as a fascinating anode for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) because of its high specific capacity of 670 mA h g–¹. However, unsatisfied cycling durability and poor rate performance are two barriers that hinder MoS₂ for practical application in SIBs. Herein, 3D interconnected MoS₂ with enlarged interlayer spacing epitaxially grown on ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.8b05825

11. 3D Nitrogen, Sulfur-Codoped Carbon Nanomaterial-Supported Cobalt Oxides with Polyhedron-Like Particles Grafted onto Graphene Layers as Highly Active Bicatalysts for Oxygen-Evolving Reactions

Author:
Xiaobo Huang; Jianqiang Wang; Hongliang Bao; Xiangkun Zhang; Yongmin Huang
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2018 v.10 no.8 pp. 7180-7190
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
batteries; catalysts; catalytic activity; cobalt; cobalt oxide; crosslinking; durability; electrochemistry; electrodes; energy conversion; fuel cells; graphene; graphene oxide; moieties; nanomaterials; nitrogen; oxygen; oxygen production; sulfides; sulfur
Abstract:
... The extensive research and developments of highly efficient oxygen electrode electrocatalysts to get rid of the kinetic barriers for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are very important in energy conversion and storage devices. Especially, exploring nonprecious metal alternatives to replace traditional noble metal catalysts with high cost and poor durability is th ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.8b00504

12. 3D Porous MXene (Ti3C2)/Reduced Graphene Oxide Hybrid Films for Advanced Lithium Storage

Author:
Zhiying Ma; Xufeng Zhou; Wei Deng; Da Lei; Zhaoping Liu
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2018 v.10 no.4 pp. 3634-3643
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
capacitance; electrical conductivity; electrochemistry; electrodes; energy; films (materials); graphene oxide; hydrophilicity; ions; lithium; lithium batteries; microstructure; reaction kinetics
Abstract:
... MXenes, as a new family of 2D materials, can be used as film electrodes in energy storage devices because of their hydrophilic surface, metallic conductivity, and rich surface chemistries. However, the poor ion transport of MXene film electrodes causes a great loss of surface reactivity, which significantly inhibits the full exploitation of the potential of MXene-based materials. To solve this iss ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.7b17386

13. 3D Printed Graphene Electrodes’ Electrochemical Activation

Author:
Michelle P. Browne; Filip Novotný; Zdeněk Sofer; Martin Pumera
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2018 v.10 no.46 pp. 40294-40301
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
catalysts; electrochemistry; electrodes; energy; graphene; hydrogen production; iron; manufacturing; melting; oxides; polymers; printers; solvents
Abstract:
... Three-dimensional (3D) printing technologies are emerging as an important tool for the manufacturing of electrodes for various electrochemistry applications. It has been previously shown that metal 3D electrodes, modified with metal oxides, are excellent catalysts for various electrochemical energy and sensing applications. However, the metal 3D printing process, also known as selective laser melt ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.8b14701

14. 3D-Printed Graphene/Polydimethylsiloxane Composites for Stretchable and Strain-Insensitive Temperature Sensors

Author:
Zhenyu Wang; Weilian Gao; Qiang Zhang; Kaiqing Zheng; Jiawen Xu; Wei Xu; Erwei Shang; Jing Jiang; Jie Zhang; Yu Liu
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2018 v.11 no.1 pp. 1344-1352
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
cell structures; deformation; durability; geometry; graphene; microstructure; monitoring; polydimethylsiloxane; skin temperature; tensile strength
Abstract:
... Materials possessing exceptional temperature sensitivity and high stretchability are of importance for real-time temperature monitoring on three-dimensional components with complex geometries, when operating under various external deformation modes. Herein, we develop a stretchable temperature sensor consisting of cellular graphene/polydimethylsiloxane composite. The first of its kind, graphene-ba ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.8b16139

15. 4-Diphenylaminocarbazole: Switching Substituent Position for Voltage Reduction and Efficiency Enhancement of OLEDs

Author:
Shahid Ameen; Seul Bee Lee; Yong Guk Lee; Sung Cheol Yoon; Jaemin Lee; Changjin Lee
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2018 v.10 no.10 pp. 8893-8900
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
aluminum; electric power; energy; polymers; positional isomers
Abstract:
... Simple but exceptionally efficient 4-diphenylaminocarbazole host material, 4-DPACz, is presented and compared with its positional isomer, 1-DPACz. The shift of diphenylamino substituent from the 1-position to 4-position of carbazole resulted in an increase in the HOMO energy level as well as an increase in triplet energy level. Having a high triplet energy level (2.76 eV) and well-matched HOMO ene ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.7b18044

16. 4D Printing of Complex Structures with a Fast Response Time to Magnetic Stimulus

Author:
Pengfei Zhu; Weiyi Yang; Rong Wang; Shuang Gao; Bo Li; Qi Li
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2018 v.10 no.42 pp. 36435-36442
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
butterflies; iron; magnetic fields; photons
Abstract:
... A poly(dimethylsiloxane)/Fe (PDMS/Fe) composite ink was developed for reversible four-dimensional (4D) printing to create magnetically responsive three-dimensional (3D) structures with a fast response time for their structure evolvements under external magnetic field. These 3D structures could obtain or lose high magnetization immediately by the on or off of an external magnetic field due to the l ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.8b12853

17. 5,6-Difluorobenzothiazole-Based Conjugated Polymers with Large Band Gaps and Deep Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital Levels

Author:
Jiangman Sun; Ping Cai; Feilong Pan; Lianjie Zhang; Zhulin Liu; Zhitian Liu; Yong Cao; Junwu Chen
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2018 v.10 no.13 pp. 11094-11100
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
cathodes; chemical structure; copolymerization; fluorenes; lighting; photostability; polymers; solar cells; wavelengths; zinc oxide
Abstract:
... A 5,6-difluorobenzothiazole-based dibromo monomer was successfully synthesized, from which new fluorinated conjugated polymers PF-ffBTz and PFN-ffBTz were prepared via copolymerizations with two fluorene-based diboronic ester monomers. Twisted fluorene-ffBTz backbones enable PF-ffBTz and PFN-ffBTz with large band gaps up to 3.10 eV and deep-lying highest occupied molecular orbital levels down to − ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.8b03643

18. 99mTc-Labeled RGD–Polyethylenimine Conjugates with Entrapped Gold Nanoparticles in the Cavities for Dual-Mode SPECT/CT Imaging of Hepatic Carcinoma

Author:
Benqing Zhou; Ruizhi Wang; Feng Chen; Lingzhou Zhao; Peng Wang; Xin Li; István Bányai; Qiang Ouyang; Xiangyang Shi; Mingwu Shen
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2018 v.10 no.7 pp. 6146-6154
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
biocompatibility; carcinoma; gold; image analysis; liver neoplasms; models; nanogold; neoplasm cells; polyethylene glycol; tomography
Abstract:
... We report the construction and characterization of ⁹⁹ᵐTc-labeled arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD)–polyethylenimine (PEI) conjugates with entrapped gold nanoparticles in the cavities (RGD–⁹⁹ᵐTc–Au PENPs) for dual-mode single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)/computed tomography (CT) imaging of an orthotopic hepatic carcinoma model. In this study, PEI was successively decorated with di ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.7b17107

19. >1000-Fold Lifetime Extension of a Nickel Electromechanical Contact Device via Graphene

Author:
Min-Ho Seo; Jae-Hyeon Ko; Jeong Oen Lee; Seung-Deok Ko; Jeong Hun Mun; Byung Jin Cho; Yong-Hyun Kim; Jun-Bo Yoon
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2018 v.10 no.10 pp. 9085-9093
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
atomic force microscopy; coatings; energy efficiency; graphene; nickel; plastic deformation; quantum mechanics; radio waves
Abstract:
... Micro-/nano-electromechanical (M/NEM) switches have received significant attention as promising switching devices for a wide range of applications such as computing, radio frequency communication, and power gating devices. However, M/NEM switches still suffer from unacceptably low reliability because of irreversible degradation at the contacting interfaces, hindering adoption in practical applicat ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.7b15772

20. AIE-Active Polyamide Containing Diphenylamine-TPE Moiety with Superior Electrofluorochromic Performance

Author:
Ningwei Sun; Kaixin Su; Ziwei Zhou; Ye Yu; Xuzhou Tian; Daming Wang; Xiaogang Zhao; Hongwei Zhou; Chunhai Chen
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2018 v.10 no.18 pp. 16105-16112
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
color; diphenylamine; electrochemistry; films (materials); fluorescence; fluorescent dyes; moieties; polyamides; surface area
Abstract:
... Electrofluorochromism has attracted great attention due to the intelligence optoelectronic and sensing applications. The intrinsically switchable fluorophores with high solid-state fluorescence are regarded as key for ideal electrofluorochromic materials. Here, we reported an AIE-active polyamide with diphenylamine and tetraphenylethylene units, showing high fluorescence quantum yield up to 69.1% ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.8b01624