Layered double hydroxides: a toolbox for chemistry and biology

G Arrabito, A Bonasera, G Prestopino, A Orsini… - Crystals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are an emergent class of biocompatible inorganic
lamellar nanomaterials that have attracted significant research interest owing to their high …

Mastering the tools: natural versus artificial vesicles in nanomedicine

L Leggio, G Arrabito, V Ferrara… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Naturally occurring extracellular vesicles and artificially made vesicles represent important
tools in nanomedicine for the efficient delivery of biomolecules and drugs. Since its first …

One-pot synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles supported on halloysite nanotubes for catalytic applications

M Massaro, M Casiello, L D'Accolti, G Lazzara… - Applied Clay …, 2020 - Elsevier
A versatile catalyst based on halloysite and zinc oxide (HNT@ ZnO) was prepared, for the
first time, starting from ZnO commercial bulk form as Zn precursor source, in a one-pot …

Piezoelectric nanotransducers

C Falconi - Nano Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Piezoelectricity has already found a multitude of applications, including voltage generation,
quartz oscillators, mechanical sensors and actuators, piezoelectric transformers and more …

The fabrication of calcium alginate beads as a green sorbent for selective recovery of Cu (Ⅱ) from metal mixtures

N Yang, R Wang, P Rao, L Yan, W Zhang, J Wang… - Crystals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Calcium alginate (CA) beads as a green sorbent were easily fabricated in this study using
sodium alginate crosslinking with CaCl2, and the crosslinking pathway was the exchange …

Research and application progress of intelligent wearable devices

L Feng, HAN Jing-Long, QI Ji, Y Zhang… - Chinese Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Intelligent wearable devices have many characteristics such as convenience, intelligence
and real-time. Through the detection and analysis of wearable devices and the real-time …

Ultra-efficient thermo-convective solution-growth of vertically aligned ZnO nanowires

A Chakraborty, A Orsini, JP Kar, F Gatta, U Khan… - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The integration of ZnO nanostructures in practical devices almost always takes advantage of
wet-chemistry procedures which are largely inefficient in terms of energy, chemicals, time …

Printing ZnO inks: from principles to devices

G Arrabito, Y Aleeva, R Pezzilli, V Ferrara… - Crystals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Solution-based printing approaches permit digital designs to be converted into physical
objects by depositing materials in a layer-by-layer additive fashion from microscale to …

Emerging switchable ultraviolet photoluminescence in dehydrated Zn/Al layered double hydroxide nanoplatelets

G Prestopino, G Arrabito, A Generosi, A Mattoccia… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Layered double hydroxides show intriguing physical and chemical properties arising by their
intrinsic self-assembled stacking of molecular-thick 2D nanosheets, enhanced active surface …

Layered double hydroxides in bioinspired nanotechnology

G Arrabito, R Pezzilli, G Prestopino, PG Medaglia - Crystals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Layered Double Hydroxides (LDHs) are a relevant class of inorganic lamellar nanomaterials
that have attracted significant interest in life science-related applications, due to their highly …