Diverse gatekeepers for mesoporous silica nanoparticle based drug delivery systems

J Wen, K Yang, F Liu, H Li, Y Xu, S Sun - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Conventional cancer chemotherapy is often associated with toxicity issues. Thus, new drug
delivery systems (DDSs) are developed as alternatives owing to their potential to selectively …

Quantum dots for photovoltaics: a tale of two materials

L Duan, L Hu, X Guan, CH Lin, D Chu… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum dot (QD) solar cells, benefiting from unique quantum confinement effects and
multiple exciton generation, have attracted great research attention in the past decades …

Nanostructured photodetectors: from ultraviolet to terahertz

H Chen, H Liu, Z Zhang, K Hu, X Fang - Advanced Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Inspired by nanoscience and nanoengineering, numerous nanostructured materials
developed by multidisciplinary approaches exhibit excellent photoelectronic properties …

Surface characterization and electrical properties of low energy irradiated PANI/PbS polymeric nanocomposite materials

NA Althubiti, N Al-Harbi, RK Sendi, A Atta… - Inorganics, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this work, nanocomposite samples of polyaniline (PANI) and lead sulfide nanoparticles
(PbSNPs) were prepared, utilizing the solution preparation method, for implantation in …

Microwave-assisted facile synthesis of yellow fluorescent carbon dots from o-phenylenediamine for cell imaging and sensitive detection of Fe 3+ and H 2 O 2

L Song, Y Cui, C Zhang, Z Hu, X Liu - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Strongly yellow fluorescent carbon dots (CDs) have been directly synthesized from o-
phenylenediamine (o-PD) through a facile microwave-assisted method. The as-prepared o …

Microneedles integrated with ZnO quantum-dot-capped mesoporous bioactive glasses for glucose-mediated insulin delivery

B Xu, Q Cao, Y Zhang, W Yu, J Zhu… - … Science & Engineering, 2018 - ACS Publications
A self-responsive insulin delivery system is highly desirable because of its high sensitivity
dependent on blood glucose levels. Herein, a smart pH-triggered and glucose-mediated …

Robust, versatile, green and emerging Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembly platform for solar energy conversion

BJ Liu, Q Chen, QL Mo, FX Xiao - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Heterostructured photosystems constructed by exquisite interface engineering have sprung
up in solar-powered photocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis, and have been attracting …

Understanding charge transfer and recombination by interface engineering for improving the efficiency of PbS quantum dot solar cells

C Ding, Y Zhang, F Liu, Y Kitabatake, S Hayase… - Nanoscale …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In quantum dot heterojunction solar cells (QDHSCs), the QD active layer absorbs sunlight
and then transfers the photogenerated electrons to an electron-transport layer (ETL). It is …

Synthesis and characterization of PbS/ZnO thin film for photocatalytic hydrogen production

OA Carrasco-Jaim, O Ceballos-Sanchez… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract In this work, PbS/ZnO thin film was designed in order to assess the photocatalytic
hydrogen production from the water splitting. A p-type PbS thin film was prepared by …

Reduced graphene oxide–ZnO self-assembled films: tailoring the visible light photoconductivity by the intrinsic defect states in ZnO

MK Kavitha, P Gopinath, H John - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
ZnO is a wide direct bandgap semiconductor; its absorption can be tuned to the visible
spectral region by controlling the intrinsic defect levels. Combining graphene with ZnO can …