{"title":"Emerging trends in research and development on earth abundant materials for ammonia degradation coupled with H2 generation","authors":"Zakiullah Zaidi, Kamlesh, Yesleen Gupta, Sandeep Singhai, Manish Mudgal, Archana Singh","doi":"10.1080/14686996.2023.2301423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2023.2301423","url":null,"abstract":"Ammonia, as an essential and economical fuel, is a key intermediate for the production of innumerable nitrogen-based compounds. Such compounds found vast applications in the agricultural world, bio...","PeriodicalId":21588,"journal":{"name":"Science and Technology of Advanced Materials","volume":"82 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139412667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Saidatul Sophia Sha’rani, Mohamed Mahmoud Nasef, Nurfatehah Wahyuny Che Jusoh, Eleen Dayana Mohamed Isa, Roshafima Rasit Ali
{"title":"Highly-selective layer-by-layer membrane modified with polyethylenimine and graphene oxide for vanadium redox flow battery","authors":"Saidatul Sophia Sha’rani, Mohamed Mahmoud Nasef, Nurfatehah Wahyuny Che Jusoh, Eleen Dayana Mohamed Isa, Roshafima Rasit Ali","doi":"10.1080/14686996.2023.2300697","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2023.2300697","url":null,"abstract":"A selective composite membrane for vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) was successfully prepared by layer-by-layer (LbL) technique using a perfluorosulfonic sulfonic acid or Nafion 117 (N117). The c...","PeriodicalId":21588,"journal":{"name":"Science and Technology of Advanced Materials","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139373547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Site-activatable targeting of macromolecular alendronate for accelerated fracture healing","authors":"Makoto Matsui, Yuka Kaihara, Yuto Honda, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Yutaka Miura","doi":"10.1080/14686996.2023.2286218","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2023.2286218","url":null,"abstract":"Sustainable social activity is a major goal in an aging society, although this is limited by loss of athleticism, with osteoporosis-related fractures being the most common cause of long-term behavi...","PeriodicalId":21588,"journal":{"name":"Science and Technology of Advanced Materials","volume":"16 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2023-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138512825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Seung Hoon Yoo, Minsu Kim, Han Jun Park, Ga in Lee, Sung Ho Lee, Moon Kyu Kwak
{"title":"Vacuum-powered soft actuator with oblique air chambers for easy detachment of artificial dry adhesive by coupled contraction and twisting","authors":"Seung Hoon Yoo, Minsu Kim, Han Jun Park, Ga in Lee, Sung Ho Lee, Moon Kyu Kwak","doi":"10.1080/14686996.2023.2274818","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2023.2274818","url":null,"abstract":"A gecko foot-inspired, mushroom-shaped artificial dry adhesive exploiting intermolecular forces between microstructure and surface has drawn research attention for its strong adhesive force. However, the high pull-off strength corresponding to the adhesive force matters when detaching fragile substrates. In this study, we present a vacuum-powered soft actuator with the dry adhesive, embeds oblique air chambers. The soft actuator performs coupled contraction and twisting by applying negative pneumatic pressure inward and exhibits not only high pull-off strength but also easy detachment. This effective detachment can be achieved thanks to twisting motion of soft actuator. The detachment performances of the actuator models are assessed using a 6-DOF robot arm. Results show that the soft actuators exhibit remarkable pull-off strength decrement from ~ 20 N cm−2 to ~ 2 N cm−2 due to the twisting. Finally, to verify a feasible application of this study, we utilize the inherent compliance of the actuators and introduce a glass transfer system for which a glass substrate on a slope is gripped by the flexibility of the soft actuators and delivers to the destination without any fracture.","PeriodicalId":21588,"journal":{"name":"Science and Technology of Advanced Materials","volume":" 39","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135191551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yahaya Saadu Itas, Razif Razali, Salisu Tata, Mohammed Kolo, Hamid Osman, Abubakr M. Idris, Mayeen Uddin Khandaker
{"title":"Structural, mechanical, electronic and optical properties of N-decorated single-walled silicon carbide nanotube photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution via water splitting: a DFT study","authors":"Yahaya Saadu Itas, Razif Razali, Salisu Tata, Mohammed Kolo, Hamid Osman, Abubakr M. Idris, Mayeen Uddin Khandaker","doi":"10.1080/14686996.2023.2271912","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2023.2271912","url":null,"abstract":"This work investigated the fundamental photocatalytic properties of nitrogen-doped single-walled silicon carbide nanotubes (N-doped SWSiCNTs) for hydrogen evolution for the first time. Investigations of the structural, mechanical, electronic, and optical properties of the studied systems were carried out using popular density functional theory implemented in quantum ESPRESSO and Yambo codes. Analysis of the structural properties revealed high mechanical stability with the 3.6% and 7.4% N-doped SWSiCNT. The calculated band gap of the N-doped SWSiCNT with 3.6% demonstrated a value of 2.56 eV which is within the photocatalytic range of 2.3 eV – 2.8 eV. The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) potentials of the 3.6% N-doped SWSiCNT also showed good agreement with previous theoretical data. The studied material showed the best photocatalytic performance in both parallel and perpendicular directions by absorbing photons in the visible region. Therefore, the observed structural, mechanical, electronic and optical behaviors demonstrated by the 3.6% N-doped SWSiCNT exposed it as a better photocatalyst for hydrogen production under visible light.","PeriodicalId":21588,"journal":{"name":"Science and Technology of Advanced Materials","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135585023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mesoporous bioactive glass nanoparticles with biomineralization activity for surgical hemorrhage control","authors":"Shengyu Li, Xijin Wu, Jianglin Chen, Jinwei Wang, Lihong Gong, Jianyu Ni, Saifei Xi, Hong Zhang, Huiying Fu, Qiyang Shou","doi":"10.1080/14686996.2023.2279030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2023.2279030","url":null,"abstract":"Bioactive glass nanoparticles (BGNs) are good bioactive materials for clinical treatment because of their unique composition and silica-oxygen network structure. Herein, we designed and reported a monodisperse mesoporous bioactive glass nanoparticles with biomineralization activity for surgical hemorrhage control. The results indicated that the BGNs have excellent biomineralization ability. In vivo and in vitro hemostasis studies suggested that BGNs has superior hemostatic properties to GZ (gauze) and GS (commercial gelatin sponge) and validated in vitro thrombosis, platelet adhesion, cytocompatibility and blood compatibility. The particles activated both endogenous and exogenous physiological coagulation pathways and could activate platelets and release Ca2+ to participate in the clotting pathway. Besides, the BGNs have good biocompatibility in vivo. These findings demonstrated the potential of small diameter mesoporous bioactive glass nanoparticles are likely useful for bleeding control as potential hemostatic agents.","PeriodicalId":21588,"journal":{"name":"Science and Technology of Advanced Materials","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135679832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of degradation products from gelatin spongy scaffolds on angio-osteogenic capacity","authors":"Takanori Hatakeyama, Ryo Hamai, Yukari Shiwaku, Takahisa Anada, Susumu Sakai, Tomoya Sato, Kazuyoshi Baba, Keiichi Sasaki, Osamu Suzuki","doi":"10.1080/14686996.2023.2277675","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2023.2277675","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this study was to determine whether degradation products from spongy gelatin scaffolds can enhance angiogenesis and orthotopic bone regeneration. Spongy gelatin disks were prepared using gelatin solution concentrations ranging from 1% to 7% (v/w) within cylindrical tubes through programmed freezing, lyophilization, cutting, and dehydrothermal crosslinking and implanted in critical-sized defects of rat calvaria for up to 8 weeks. Analyses of disk implantation into rat calvaria defects by microfocus X-ray computed tomography and histomorphometry indicated that the bone volume was significantly larger in the 5% and 7% gelatin sponge groups than in the 1% and 3% gelatin sponge groups and tended to increase progressively from 5% to 7%. The histomorphometric analysis also showed that the largest number of new vessels was formed in the defect treated with 5% gealtin sponge compared to other gelatin sponges. Immunohistochemistry of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) indicated that the gelatin concentration in the disks affected the appearance of MMP-2 and MMP-9 positive cells around the skeleton of the gelatin sponges. The degradation products of gelatin by MMP-9 and prolyl endopeptidase enhanced the formation of a capillary-like structure in human umbilical vein endothelial cells in vitro. These results suggested that the higher-density gelatin sponges tended to supply their own molecules via biodegradation, resulting in enhanced orthotopic osteogenesis through the expected function of gelatin molecules in angiogenesis and bone formation.","PeriodicalId":21588,"journal":{"name":"Science and Technology of Advanced Materials","volume":"10 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135821135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sebastian Wood, Filipe Richheimer, Tom Vincent, Vivian Tong, Alessandro Catanzaro, Yameng Cao, Olga Kazakova, Fernando Araujo de Castro
{"title":"Curvature-enhanced localised emission from dark states in wrinkled monolayer WSe <sub>2</sub> at room temperature","authors":"Sebastian Wood, Filipe Richheimer, Tom Vincent, Vivian Tong, Alessandro Catanzaro, Yameng Cao, Olga Kazakova, Fernando Araujo de Castro","doi":"10.1080/14686996.2023.2278443","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2023.2278443","url":null,"abstract":"Localised emission from defect states in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides is of great interest for optoelectronic and quantum device applications. Recent progress towards high temperature localised emission relies on the application of strain to induce highly confined excitonic states. Here we propose an alternative paradigm based on curvature, rather than in-plane stretching, achieved through free-standing wrinkles of monolayer tungsten diselenide (WSe2). We probe these nanostructures using tip-enhanced optical spectroscopy to reveal the spatial localisation of out-of-plane polarised emission from the WSe2 wrinkles. Based on the photoluminescence and Raman scattering signatures resolved with nanoscale spatial resolution, we propose the existence of a manifold of spin-forbidden excitonic states that are activated by the local curvature of the WSe2. We are able to access these dark states through the out-of-plane polarised surface plasmon polariton resulting in enhanced strongly localised emission at room temperature, which is of potential interest for quantum technologies and photonic devices.","PeriodicalId":21588,"journal":{"name":"Science and Technology of Advanced Materials","volume":"14 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135820415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kadhim Al-Attafi, Amar Al-Keisy, Muhammad A. Alsherbiny, Jung Ho Kim
{"title":"Zn <sub>2</sub> SnO <sub>4</sub> ternary metal oxide for ultraviolet radiation filter application: a comparative study with TiO <sub>2</sub> and ZnO","authors":"Kadhim Al-Attafi, Amar Al-Keisy, Muhammad A. Alsherbiny, Jung Ho Kim","doi":"10.1080/14686996.2023.2277678","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2023.2277678","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21588,"journal":{"name":"Science and Technology of Advanced Materials","volume":"160 11","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135869769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of a highly stable nickel-foam-based boron monosulfide–graphene electrocatalyst with a high current density for the oxygen evolution reaction","authors":"Linghui Li, Norinobu Watanabe, Cheng Jiang, Akiyasu Yamamoto, Takeshi Fujita, Masashi Miyakawa, Takashi Taniguchi, Hideo Hosono, Takahiro Kondo","doi":"10.1080/14686996.2023.2277681","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2023.2277681","url":null,"abstract":"As an important part of water splitting, the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) requires efficient, low-cost, and stable catalysts to overcome its sluggish kinetic barrier. In this study, based on previously reported OER catalyst materials of boron monosulfide mixed with graphene (r-BS+G), nickel foam (NF) is introduced as a supporting material for an r-BS+G electrocatalyst. The resulting r-BS+G-NF exhibits a very low overpotential at 10 (245 mV), 100 (308 mV), and 500 (405 mV) mA cm–2, with a low Tafel slope (56 mV dec–1). In addition, r-BS+G-NF exhibits high durability and can maintain high activity for more than 100 h at 100 mA cm–2. This is in sharp contrast to the catalyst without graphene (r-BS+NF), which shows lower durability. The results suggest that the unique morphology of the NF provides a large electrochemically active area and exposes more active sites on the surface of the prepared electrocatalyst, while the flexible graphene sheets play an important role as a support for effectively combining r-BS and NF. Consequently, the self-supporting structure can improve the OER performance as well as stability. Therefore, this study provides a promising strategy for use as an efficient and stable OER catalyst at high current densities.","PeriodicalId":21588,"journal":{"name":"Science and Technology of Advanced Materials","volume":" 17","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135813589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}