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{"title":"Laser-thermal reduction synthesis of high-entropy alloys towards high-performance pH universal hydrogen evolution reaction","authors":"Yingjie Yu ,&nbsp;Qi Wang ,&nbsp;Xiaohan Li ,&nbsp;Qiao Xie ,&nbsp;Ke Xu ,&nbsp;Shaowei Zhang ,&nbsp;Haijun Zhang ,&nbsp;Mingxing Gong ,&nbsp;Wen Lei","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2024.05.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2024.05.012","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Owing to their multi-elemental compositions and unique high-entropy mixing states, high-entropy alloy (HEA) nanoparticles (NPs) displaying tunable activities and enhanced stabilities thus have become a rapidly growing area of research in recent years. However, the integration of multiple elements into HEA NPs at the nanoscale remains a formidable challenge, especially when it comes to the precise control of particle size, elemental composition and content. Herein, a simple and universal high-energy laser assisted reduction approach is presented, which achieves the preparation of HEA NPs with a wide range of multi-component, controllable particle sizes and constitution on different substrates within seconds. Laser on carbon nanofibers induced momentary high-temperature annealing (&gt;2000 ​K and ramping/cooling rates &gt; 10⁵ ​K ​s⁻¹) to successfully decorate HEA NPs up to twenty elements with excellent compatibility for large-scale synthesis (20.0 ​× ​20.0 ​cm² of carbon cloth). The IrPdPtRhRu exhibit robust electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activities and low overpotentials of 16, 28, and 12 ​mV at a current density of 10 ​mA ​cm⁻² in alkaline (1.0 ​M KOH), alkaline simulated seawater (1.0 ​M KOH ​+ ​0.5 ​M NaCl), and acidic (0.5 ​M ​H₂SO₄) electrolytes, respectively, and excellent stability (7 days and &gt;2000 cycles) at the alkaline HER.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"7 3","pages":"Pages 400-408"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144672502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Room-temperature fast self-healing graphene polyurethane network with high robustness and ductility through biomimetic interface structures","authors":"Hao Wu ,&nbsp;Jinqiu Tao ,&nbsp;Junhao Xie ,&nbsp;Chengbao Liu ,&nbsp;Qianping Ran","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2024.04.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2024.04.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Intelligent polymers have garnered significant attention for enhancing component safety, but there are still obstacles to achieving rapid self-healing at room temperature. Here, inspired by the microscopic layered structure of mother-of-pearl, we have developed a biomimetic composite with high strength and self-repairing capabilities, achieved by the ordered arrangement of pearl-like structures within a flexible polyurethane matrix and GO nanosheets functionalized by in situ polymerization of carbon dots (CDs), this biomimetic interface design approach results in a material strength of 8 ​MPa and toughness (162 ​MJ ​m⁻³), exceptional ductile properties (2697 ​% elongation at break), and a world-record the fast and high-efficient self-healing ability at room temperature (96 ​% at 25 ​°C for 60 ​min). Thereby these composites overcome the limitations of dynamic composite networks of graphene that struggle to balance repair capability and robustness, and the CDs in situ loaded in the interfacial layer inhibit corrosion and prevent damage to the metal substrate during the repair process. (The <em>Ƶ</em> _f=0.01Hz was 1.81 ​× ​10⁹ ​Ω ​cm² after 2 ​h of healing). Besides, the material can be intelligently actuated and shape memory repaired, which provides reliable protection for developments in smart and flexible devices such as robots and electronic skins.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"7 3","pages":"Pages 349-358"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141023818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Interface self-assembly of plasmonic nanolayer for sensitive detection of heavy metals in water using NELIBS","authors":"Yuying Zhu ,&nbsp;Yuanchao Liu ,&nbsp;Siyi Xiao ,&nbsp;Chen Niu ,&nbsp;Condon Lau ,&nbsp;Zhe Li ,&nbsp;Zebiao Li ,&nbsp;Binbin Zhou ,&nbsp;Zongsong Gan ,&nbsp;Lianbo Guo","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2024.04.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2024.04.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Nowadays, high-stable and ultrasensitive heavy metal detection is of utmost importance in water quality monitoring. Nanoparticle-enhanced laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (NELIBS) shows high potential in hazardous metal detection, however, encounters unstable and weak signals due to nonuniform distribution of analytes. Herein, we developed an interface self-assembly (ISA) method to create a uniformly distributed gold nanolayer at a liquid-liquid interface for positive heavy metal ions capture and NELIBS analysis. The electrostatically self-assembled Au nanoparticles (NPs)-analytes membrane was prepared at the oil-water interface by injecting ethanol into the mixture of cyclohexane and Au NPs-analytes water solution. Then, the interface self-assembled Au NPs-analytes membrane was transformed onto a laser-processed superhydrophilic Si slide for detection. Three heavy metals (cadmium (Cd), barium (Ba), and chromium (Cr)) were analyzed to evaluate the stability and sensitivity of the ISA method for NELIBS. The results (Cd: RSD ​= ​3.6 ​%, LoD ​= ​0.654 ​mg/L; Ba: RSD ​= ​3.4 ​%, LoD ​= ​0.236 ​mg/L; Cr: RSD ​= ​7.7 ​%, LoD ​= ​1.367 ​mg/L) demonstrated signal enhancement and high-stable and ultrasensitive detection. The actual sample detection (Cd: RE ​= ​7.71 ​%, Ba: RE ​= ​6.78 ​%) illustrated great reliability. The ISA method, creating a uniform distribution of NP-analytes at the interface, has promising prospects in NELIBS.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"7 3","pages":"Pages 340-348"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140767100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"ZnAl-LDH film for self-powered ultraviolet photodetection","authors":"Simin Sun ,&nbsp;Yuan Zhang ,&nbsp;Qiyue Gao ,&nbsp;Nana Zhang ,&nbsp;PingAn Hu ,&nbsp;Wei Feng","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2024.05.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2024.05.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Self-powered photoelectrochemical-type (PEC) ultraviolet photodetectors (UV PDs) have been rapidly developed owing to their low-cost fabrication and good photodetection. However, achieving high-performance and self-powered PEC UV PDs based on an individual material is still challenging. Therefore, developing more wide bandgap semiconductors for high-performance PEC UV PDs is attractive. Here, we demonstrate that ZnAl-LDH is suitable for self-powered PEC UV PDs with high responsivity and excellent wavelength selectivity for the first time. The responsivity is 29.25 ​mA/W (254 ​nm irradiation) and the UV/visible rejection ratio is 1037, surpassing most PEC UV PDs. Furthermore, the PEC UV PDs have fast response, good stability, and underwater optical communication capability. This work offers more chances for the development of high-performance PEC UV PDs and demonstrates the potential application of ZnAl-LDH in underwater optoelectronic devices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"7 3","pages":"Pages 377-382"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141131539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ultrastrong silk fabric ionogel-sensor for strain/ temperature/ tactile multi-mode sensing","authors":"Shu Wang ,&nbsp;Jiangling Ning ,&nbsp;Jianyu Pu ,&nbsp;Changjie Wei ,&nbsp;Yuping Yuan ,&nbsp;Songqi Yao ,&nbsp;Yuantao Zhang ,&nbsp;Ziwen Jing ,&nbsp;Chenxing Xiang ,&nbsp;Xinglong Gong ,&nbsp;Zhi Li ,&nbsp;Ning Hu","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2025.06.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2025.06.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Ionogels have demonstrated substantial applications in smart wearable systems, soft robotics, and biomedical engineering due to the exceptional ionic conductivity and optical transparency. However, achieving ionogels with desirable mechanical properties, environmental stability, and multi-mode sensing remains challenging. Here, we propose a simple strategy for the fabrication of multifunctional silk fabric-based ionogels (BSFIGs). The resulting fabric ionogels exhibits superior mechanical properties, with high tensile strength (11.3 ​MPa) and work of fracture (2.53 ​MJ/m³). And its work of fracture still has 1.42 ​MJ/m³ as the notch increased to 50 ​%, indicating its crack growth insensitivity. These ionogels can be used as sensors for strain, temperature, and tactile multi-mode sensing, demonstrating a gauge factor of 1.19 and a temperature coefficient of resistance of −3.17/°C^-1. Furthermore, these ionogels can be used for the detection of different roughness and as touch screens. The ionogels also exhibit exceptional optical transmittance and environmental stability even at −80 ​°C. Our scalable fabrication process broadens the application potential of these multifunctional ionogels in diverse fields, from smart systems to extreme environments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"7 3","pages":"Pages 316-325"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144672503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The integration of microelectronic and photonic circuits on a single silicon chip for high-speed and low-power optoelectronic technology","authors":"Rajeev Gupta ,&nbsp;Ajay Kumar ,&nbsp;Manoj Kumar ,&nbsp;Rajesh Singh ,&nbsp;Anita Gehlot ,&nbsp;Purnendu Shekhar Pandey ,&nbsp;Neha Yadav ,&nbsp;Kailash Pandey ,&nbsp;Ashish Yadav ,&nbsp;Neha Gupta ,&nbsp;Ranjeet Brajpuriya ,&nbsp;Shalendra Kumar ,&nbsp;Ajay Singh Verma ,&nbsp;Tanuj Kumar ,&nbsp;Yongling Wu ,&nbsp;Zheng Hongyu ,&nbsp;Abhijit Biswas ,&nbsp;Ajay Mittal ,&nbsp;Aniruddha Mondal ,&nbsp;Romanov Oleksandr Ivanovich","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2024.04.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2024.04.011","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The combining microelectronic devices and associated technologies onto a single silicon chip poses a substantial challenge. However, in recent years, the area of silicon photonics has experienced remarkable advancements and notable leaps in performance. The performance of silicon on insulator (SOI) based photonic devices, such as fast silicon optical modulators, photonic transceivers, optical filters, etc., have been discussed. This would be a step forward in creating standalone silicon photonic devices, strengthening the possibility of single on-chip nanophotonic integrated circuits. Suppose an integrated silicon photonic chip is designed and fabricated. In that case, it might drastically modify these combined photonic component costs, power consumption, and size, bringing substantial, perhaps revolutionary, changes to the next-generation communications sector. Yet, the monolithic integration of photonic and electrical circuitry is a significant technological difficulty. A complicated set of factors must be carefully considered to determine which application will have the best chance of success employing silicon-based integrated product solutions. The processing limitations connected to the current process flow, the process generation (sometimes referred to as lithography node generation), and packaging requirements are a few of these factors to consider. This review highlights recent developments in integrated silicon photonic devices and their proven applications, including but not limited to photonic waveguides, photonic amplifiers and filters, on-chip photonic transceivers, and the state-of-the-art of silicon photonic in multidimensional quantum systems. The investigated devices aim to expedite the transfer of silicon photonics from academia to industry by opening the next phase in on-chip silicon photonics and enabling the application of silicon photonic-based devices in various optical systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"7 3","pages":"Pages 305-315"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141028398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ni–Zn bimetal-organic framework nanoprobes reinforced polymeric coating to achieve dual-responsive warning of coating damage and interfacial corrosion","authors":"Dezhi Jiao ,&nbsp;Chengbao Liu ,&nbsp;Yujie Qiang ,&nbsp;Shuoqi Li ,&nbsp;Cong Sun ,&nbsp;Peimin Hou ,&nbsp;Lanyue Cui ,&nbsp;Rongchang Zeng","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2024.03.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2024.03.009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Coating microdefects and localized corrosion in coating/metal system are inevitable, accelerating the degradation of metal infrastructure. Early evaluating coating microdefects and detecting corrosion sites are urgent yet remain challenge to achieve. Herein, we propose a robust, universal and efficient fluorescence-based strategy for hierarchical warning of coating damage and metal corrosion by introducing the concepts of damage-induced fluorescence enhancement effect (DIE) and ionic-recognition induced quenching effect (RIQ). The coatings with dual-responsiveness for coating defect and steel corrosion are constructed by incorporating synthesized nanoprobes composed of metal organic frameworks (Ni–Zn-MOFs) loaded with Rhodamine B (RhB@MOFs). The initial damage to the coating causes an immediate intensification of fluorescence, while the specific ionic-recognition characteristic of RhB with Fe³⁺ results in an evident fluorescence quenching, enabling the detection of coating damage and corrosion. Importantly, this nanoprobes are insensitive to the coating matrix and exhibit stable corrosion warning capability across various coating systems. Meanwhile, electrochemical investigations indicate that the impedance values of RM/EP maintain above 10⁸ ​Ω ​cm² even after 60 days of immersion. Therefore, the incorporation of fluorescent nanoprobes greatly inhibits the intrusion of electrolytes into polymer and improves the corrosion protection performance of the coating. This powerful strategy towards dual-level damage warning provides insights for the development of long-term smart protective materials.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"7 3","pages":"Pages 326-339"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140771024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Synthesis of binary and ternary MOF/carbon based composites (MOF/carbon nitride/graphene oxide) for the visible-light assisted destruction of tetracycline and textile dye","authors":"Niyaz Mohammad Mahmoodi,&nbsp;Seyed Behnam Bagherzadeh","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2024.04.015","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2024.04.015","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Herein, binary and ternary MOF/carbon based composites (MOF/Carbon nitride/Graphene oxide) (novel binary (NH₂-MIL-88B(Fe)/g-C₃N₄) (MOF/Carbon nitride) and ternary (NH₂-MIL-88B(Fe)/g-C₃N₄/GO) (MOF/Carbon nitride/Graphene oxide) composites) were synthesized and used as photocatalysts for the elimination of Direct Red 23 (D-Red23) and Tetracycline Hydrochloride (TC-H). NH₂-MIL-88B(Fe)/g-C₃N₄/GO (MILB/g/GO) ternary composites with three different amounts of GO including 3, 7, and 11 ​wt% were synthesized and denoted as MILB/g/(3%)GO, MILB/g/(7%)GO, and MILB/g/(11%)GO. g-C₃N₄ and GO (with three different amounts 3, 7, and 11 ​wt%) were incorporated to synthesize MILB/g/(3%)GO, MILB/g/(7%)GO and MILB/g/(11%)GO ternary composites. Several analyses were used to characterize the materials. The MILB/g/(3%)GO demonstrated the highest pollutant degradation efficiency. The degradation rate of dye and Tetracycline after 70 ​min of light radiation using MILB/g/(3%)GO in a photo-Fenton-like reaction was about 99% and 96%, respectively. The creation of a heterojunction structure using g-C₃N₄, and the simultaneous incorporation of the optimum amount of GO led to a remarkable amelioration in photocatalytic properties and the extraordinary performance of MILB/g/(3%)GO in the pollutants degradation process.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"7 3","pages":"Pages 359-376"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141143083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Construction of gradient hierarchical and hetero-interfaces structure for ultra-broad microwave absorption","authors":"Chunwei Lei ,&nbsp;Jian Li ,&nbsp;Yuhan Wu ,&nbsp;Yu Xie ,&nbsp;Yun Ling ,&nbsp;Juhua Luo","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2024.04.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2024.04.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Currently, carbon materials derived from biomass are widely sought after as electromagnetic absorbing(EMWA) materials owing to the unique structure, as well as the wide range of natural acquisition pathways, economic viability, and simple processing. However, due to the high dielectric properties, mismatched impedance and single attenuation mechanism, they cannot achieve efficient EMWA performance. Herein, the biomass carbon/Co/porous carbon magnetic composites with a layered gradient structure were fabricated by in-situ deposition of ZIF-67 on the lotus leaf base and then pyrolysis at high temperature. By adjusting the pyrolysis temperature, the sample obtained at 650 ​°C achieved a minimum reflection value (<em>RL</em>_min) of −34.2 ​dB at a matching thickness of 2.6 ​mm, and a maximum effective absorption bandwidth (EAB) of 7.12 ​GHz. The results indicate that this magnetic composite with a multi-sized layered gradient porous structure has a good electron transport network, a large number of heterogeneous interfaces, and dipole polarization centers, which are conducive to multiple reflection and scattering of microwaves, conduction loss, interface loss, magnetic loss, and impedance matching of materials. Therefore, this work provided a reference for optimizing the EMWA performance of carbon materials and designing a layered gradient porous magnetic composite with multi-sized structure.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"7 2","pages":"Pages 249-258"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144099826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Novel ternary Z scheme carbon quantum dots (CQDs) decorated WS2/PANI ((CQDs@WS2/PANI):0D:2D:1D) nanocomposite for the photocatalytic degradation and electrochemical detection of pharmaceutical drugs","authors":"Tarab Fatima,&nbsp;Samina Husain,&nbsp;Manika Khanuja","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2024.04.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2024.04.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and antibiotics are causing negative effects on human beings and animals by disrupting the endocrine system and spreading antimicrobial resistance. The current need is to eradicate pharmaceutical waste from water bodies using advanced catalytic systems with high efficiency. Novel ternary carbon quantum dots (CQDs) decorated Z-Scheme WS₂-PANI nanocomposite was prepared by a green synthesis assisted in-situ polymerization for the photodegradation and detection of Estradiol (EST) and Nitrofurantoin (NFT). HRTEM micrographs revealed the formation of CQDs with a mean size of 4 ​nm anchored on the surface of WS₂/PANI (width:PANI ​∼ ​20–30 ​nm). The ternary nanocomposite showed excellent photocatalytic activity, degraded NFT (95.7 ​% in 60 ​min), and EST (96.6 ​% in 60 ​min). The rate kinetics study confirms the reaction followed pseudo first-order model. This heterostructure exhibited enhanced performances by modulating the energy level configuration, enhancing the absorption of visible light (2.4 ​eV), and significantly improving the charge separation, three times higher than pristine WS₂. These are highly favorable for increasing the generation of photoinduced charges and enhancing the overall performance of the catalyst. Further, the electrochemical sensor was prepared using CQDs@WS₂/PANI nanocomposite on a paper-based electrode. The CQDs@WS₂/PANI exhibit a linear response of 0.1–100 ​nM, with a limit of detection of 13 ​nM. This synergistic interfacial interaction resulted in the significantly improved electrochemical performance of the modified electrode. The proposed Z-scheme was justified by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and scavenger experiment. An intermediate degradation pathway was also proposed. The synthesized materials were characterized using FESEM, HRTEM, XRD, FTIR, XPS, UV-visible spectroscopy, PL, and TRPL. Therefore, this study provides a direct approach to fabricate a heterojunction that combines two-dimensional, one dimensional, and zero-dimensional properties, enabling control over the energy level configuration and subsequent improvements in photocatalytic and electrocatalytic efficiency.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"7 2","pages":"Pages 259-275"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140771996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}