Novel porous oil-water separation material with super-hydrophobicity and super-oleophilicity prepared from beeswax, lignin, and cotton

Y Zhang, Y Zhang, Q Cao, C Wang, C Yang, Y Li… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The traditional fluorinated porous material with super-hydrophobicity and super-oleophilicity
is an effective strategy for oil-water separation. However, in recent years, fluorinated …

Emerging designs of electronic devices in biomedicine

ML Coluccio, SA Pullano, MFM Vismara, N Coppedè… - Micromachines, 2020 - mdpi.com
A long-standing goal of nanoelectronics is the development of integrated systems to be used
in medicine as sensor, therapeutic, or theranostic devices. In this review, we examine the …

Three‐dimensionally printed bioinspired superhydrophobic PLA membrane for oil‐water separation

R Xing, R Huang, W Qi, R Su, Z He - AIChE Journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A novel lotus‐leaf‐inspired superhydrophobic poly (lactic acid)(PLA) porous membrane was
fabricated for oil‐water separation based on fused deposition modeling three‐dimensional …

Nano-topography enhances communication in neural cells networks

V Onesto, L Cancedda, ML Coluccio, M Nanni… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Neural cells are the smallest building blocks of the central and peripheral nervous systems.
Information in neural networks and cell-substrate interactions have been heretofore studied …

Experimental and theoretical studies on sustainable synthesis of gold sol displaying dichroic effect

A Jakhmola, R Vecchione, V Onesto, F Gentile… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Gold nanoparticles depending on their shape and mixtures of multiple shapes can exhibit
peculiar optical properties, including the dichroic effect typical of the Lycurgus cup, which …

Diffusion driven selectivity in organic electrochemical transistors

N Coppede, M Villani, F Gentile - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
Abstract Organic Electrochemical transistors (OECTs) present unique features for their
strategic combination with biomedical interfaces, simple and low voltage operation regime …

Selective on site separation and detection of molecules in diluted solutions with super-hydrophobic clusters of plasmonic nanoparticles

F Gentile, ML Coluccio, RP Zaccaria, M Francardi… - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Super-hydrophobic surfaces are bio-inspired interfaces with a superficial texture that, in its
most common evolution, is formed by a periodic lattice of silicon micro-pillars. Similar …

Superhydrophobic behavior of magnesium oxychloride cement surface with a dual-level fractal structure

Y Gao, F Wang, P Liu, W Zhang, L Yang - Construction and Building …, 2019 - Elsevier
The poor water-resistance mechanism of magnesium oxychloride cement (MOC) is well
understood in the past decades due to cations and anions in the hydration products. It is …

Electroless deposition and nanolithography can control the formation of materials at the nano-scale for plasmonic applications

ML Coluccio, F Gentile, M Francardi, G Perozziello… - Sensors, 2014 - mdpi.com
The new revolution in materials science is being driven by our ability to manipulate matter at
the molecular level to create structures with novel functions and properties. The aim of this …

Cortical-like mini-columns of neuronal cells on zinc oxide nanowire surfaces

V Onesto, M Villani, R Narducci, N Malara… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
A long-standing goal of neuroscience is a theory that explains the formation of the
minicolumns in the cerebral cortex. Minicolumns are the elementary computational units of …