ZnS has been one of the most investigated II–IV semiconductor materials, known for very
interesting optoelectronic properties and its versatile applications in various fields. The …

Structural and compositional diversities of proteins generate a number of functions for
fabricating novel and advanced materials. Recent progress in protein engineering endows …

We present a potential solution to the problem of extraction of photogenerated holes from
CdS nanocrystals and nanowires. The nanosheet form of C3N5 is a low-band-gap (E g …

Biological systems such as proteins, viruses, and DNA have been most often reported to be
used as templates for the synthesis of functional nanomaterials, but the properties of widely …

A new type of heavy-metal free single-element nanomaterial, called sulfur quantum dots
(SQDs), has gained significant attention due to its advantages over traditional …

Metal nanohybrids are fast emerging functional nanomaterials with advanced structures,
intriguing physicochemical properties, and a broad range of important applications in current …

Biotemplate-based bottom-up fabrication can offer the high reproducibility and large-scale
production that is generally lacked by top-down approaches when entering the nanometer …

Amyloids have the potential to serve as useful building blocks for functional materials and
bionanoelectronic devices because they possess precisely assembled fibrillar structures …

Nanocrystals provide a variety of size and shape‐dependent properties with applications in
a wide range of areas, gaining much attention in the past few years. However, due to the …

The synthesis of cadmium sulfide (CdS), zinc sulfide (ZnS), and lead sulfide (PbS)
nanoparticle chains on cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) templates can be accomplished by the …