supported by the Office of Naval Research Award(Nos.N00014-20-1-2095 and N00014-23-1-2173,Program manager:Dr.Kristy L.Hentchel).
Brochosomes,which are nanoscopic buckyball-shaped granules produced by leafhoppers,are one of the most intricate structures discovered in nature.Various functions of brochosomes have been proposed but only a few have ...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31860263 to X.L.W.and and No.81960492 to L.L.);Key Youth Project of Jiangxi Province(No.20202ACB216002 to X.L.W.);Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province(No.S2018ZRZDB0255 to L.L.);Nanchang University Seed Grant for Biomedicine.
Effective dental care can reduce the incidence of oral diseases(dental caries,dentin sensitivity,tooth discoloration,etc.).However,delayed or inappropriate usage of care tools not only fails to eliminate external adve...
The authors would like to thank the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51822107,51671121,51761135125,and 61888102);the National Key Research and Development Program(No.2018YFA0703603);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Nos.XDB07030200 and XDB30000000);We appreciate Professor Di Zhang’s deep discussions on the usage of bio-templates.The authors also thank Ruhao Pan and Xianzhong Yang for discussions on collecting Raman spectra,Mo Han Wang for the measurement of UV–vis absorption spectra and Kun Chen for the dielectric coefficient measurement.
The surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy(SERS)is a technique for the detection of analytes on the surface with an ultrahigh sensitivity down to the atomic-scale,yet the fabrication of SERS materials such as nanoparticl...
The work is supported by the National Natural Sdence Foundation of China (Nos. 51273008, 51473008, and 21103006), Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No. 2132030) and the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2012CB933200).
Self-healing superhydrophobic polyvinylidene fluoride/Fe3O4@polypyrrole (F- PVDF/FeBO4@PPyx) fibers with core-sheath structure were successfully fabricated by electrospinning of a PVDF/Fe3O4 mixture and in situ chem...
Acknowledgements This work was supported by the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project No. DP1096546. ZQS was supported by an ARC Postdoctoral (APD) Research Fellowship and a University of Wollongong (UOW) Vice-chancellor's Research Fellowship. TL acknowledges the support of a University of Queensland (UQ) Postdoctoral Fellowship. KSL and LJ appreciate the financial support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21273016, 21001013, and 20974113), the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2013CB933003), the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Universities, Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No. 2122035), and the Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. KJZDEW-M01).
Superhydrophobic and superhydrophilic surfaces have been extensively inves- tigated due to their importance for industrial applications. It has been reported, however, that superhydrophobic surfaces are very sensitive...
Most current research on nanocomposites has focused on their bulk attributes, i.e., electrical, microwave, thermal, and mechanical properties. In practical applications, surface properties such as robustness against e...
support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.20921001 and 20535020);the Innovation Method Fund of China(No.20081885189);the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(No.2009AA03Z321).
Single-crystalline Ag_(2)Se complex nanostructures have been synthesized via a solvothermal route in which selenophene(C4H4Se)as a selenylation source reacts with AgNO3 at a temperature of 240°C.An orthorhombic phase...