Photoluminescent carbon nanoparticles, or carbon dots, are an emerging class of materials
that has recently attracted considerable attention for biomedical and energy applications …

Advances in nanotechnology and nanomaterials have attracted considerable interest and
play key roles in scientific innovations in diverse fields. In particular, increased attention has …

The activated carbon based electrode materials are promising for applications in
supercapacitors, fuel cells, and batteries due to their large surface area and porous …

Background The electrochemical biosensor is one of the typical sensing devices based on
transducing the biochemical events to electrical signals. In this type of sensor, an electrode …

The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is an electrochemical process of the utmost
importance in energy conversion and storage, corrosion and chemical technologies. The …

The synthesis of renewable fuels from abundant water or the greenhouse gas CO2 is a
major step toward creating sustainable and scalable energy storage technologies. In the last …

A mechanical bond presents a combination of the best features of covalent and
supramolecular chemistries (stability and structural integrity), plus a unique dynamic nature …

Carbon nanomaterials are among the most broadly discussed, researched and applied of
synthetic nanomaterials. The structural diversity of these materials provides an array of …

1.1. Interest of Carbocatalysis Many homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts are based
on transition metals, both noble 1− 3 and base metals. 3− 5 For the sake of sustainability, it …

Owing to their extraordinary electrical, chemical, optical, mechanical and structural
properties, graphene and its derivatives have stimulated exploding interests in their sensor …