Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is an elastomer with excellent optical, electrical and
mechanical properties, which makes it well-suited for several engineering applications. Due …

Rapid progress in micro-and nanotechnologies such as lab-on-a-chip (microfluidic
networks, sensors, actuators, and connectors), soft lithography (replica moulding …

Because of its distinctive combination of physical properties such as high thermal
conductivity, ultraviolet (UV) absorbance, or catalytic behavior, zinc oxide-based …

This paper summarizes specific features of supercritical hydrothermal synthesis of metal
oxide particles. Supercritical water allows control of the crystal phase, morphology, and …

Transparent polymer nanocomposites with high refractive index were prepared by grafting
polymer chains onto anatase TiO2 nanoparticlesvia a combination of phosphate ligand …

Organic–inorganic nanocomposites with high refractive index (RI) are typically constructed
by integrating high RI inorganic nanoscale building blocks into a processable, transparent …

Energy harvesting is renowned in the past flue decades, and renewable energy is the
superlative cause of the energy. Researchers investigated many surface plasmon …

In this work, a sensitive and stable ZrO 2-Cu (I) nanosphere mesoporous material modified
non-enzymatic glucose sensor has been developed through simple, low cost chemistry. ZrO …

Tuning the dispersion of inorganic nanoparticles within organic matrices is critical to
optimizing polymer nanocomposite properties and is intrinsically difficult due to their strong …

One key to optimizing the performance of polymer nanocomposites for high-tech
applications is surface ligand engineering of the nanofiller, which has been used to either …