Dionysis Panagopoulos , Armin Asghari Alamdari , Jonathan Quinson
{"title":"Surfactant-free colloidal gold nanoparticles: Room temperature synthesis, size control and opportunities for catalysis","authors":"Dionysis Panagopoulos , Armin Asghari Alamdari , Jonathan Quinson","doi":"10.1016/j.mtnano.2025.100600","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mtnano.2025.100600","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Nanomaterials are at the forefront to develop and improve several technologies spanning from catalysis to medicine and sensing. Simple(r) preparation methods of nanomaterials can greatly benefit to fundamental studies and facilitate the development of nanomaterials towards real-life applications. Here, an easily implementable surfactant-free colloidal synthesis, simply achieved in alkaline mixtures of water and mono-alcohol (e.g. ethanol), performed at room temperature in the case of gold nanoparticles, and compatible with the principles of <em>Green Chemistry</em>, is exploited and further developed to easily perform size-effects studies at the nanoscale. Gold nanoparticles in the size range of 5–22 nm are easily prepared from a solution of 0.5 mM HAuCl<sub>4</sub>, 2 mM NaOH and 20 v.% ethanol or methanol, by initiating the synthesis in different simple ways: sonochemistry, stirring, manual shaking, using different grades of precursors, using different solvents. The nanomaterials are shown to be suitable model systems to study size effects at the nanoscale, with the example of alcohol electrocatalytic oxidations performed in alkaline media.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48517,"journal":{"name":"Materials Today Nano","volume":"29 ","pages":"Article 100600"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143508629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yang Wang , Junhua Zheng , Yinji Ma , Min Li , Shuo Zhang , Yanan Lu , Qingyun Wang , Yuhang Li
{"title":"A novel flexible non-enzymatic composite-metal glucose detection sensor in sweat based on platinum in situ plating of liquid metal","authors":"Yang Wang , Junhua Zheng , Yinji Ma , Min Li , Shuo Zhang , Yanan Lu , Qingyun Wang , Yuhang Li","doi":"10.1016/j.mtnano.2025.100594","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mtnano.2025.100594","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sweat, a readily accessible bodily fluid, is an ideal medium for non-invasive detection and offers valuable physiological parameters for clinical diagnostics and health monitoring. Monitoring glucose levels in sweat is particularly significant for the diagnosis and management of diabetes, as well as for tracking the health status of diabetic patients and enabling closed-loop treatment strategies. However, challenges arise due to the presence of numerous interfering ions that complicate glucose monitoring in sweat. Additionally, the low concentration of glucose in sweat requires the use of traditional glucose sensors with immobilized enzymes to improve specificity and sensitivity, potentially leading to increased sensor costs. This study presents a novel approach of platinum-plating the surface of liquid metal to create a unique composite metal surface for a sensing electrode to solve these problems. The non-enzymatic glucose composite metal sensor, developed using in-situ platinum plating technology on liquid metal, enables specific recognition of glucose in sweat. This low-cost and flexible manufacturing process for sweat sensors does not require a complex production environment, thus opening up the possibility of inexpensive wearable personalized sweat monitoring.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48517,"journal":{"name":"Materials Today Nano","volume":"29 ","pages":"Article 100594"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143508628","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}
Ming-Chang Lu , Chih-Hao Chen , Yung-Chi Yang, Chih-Wei Chiu
{"title":"Silver nanocubes/nano mica platelets flexible nanohybrid substrates modified by zinc oxide quantum dots with synergistic 3D lightning rod effect, and electromagnetic and chemical enhancements for highly sensitive SERS bacterial biosensor","authors":"Ming-Chang Lu , Chih-Hao Chen , Yung-Chi Yang, Chih-Wei Chiu","doi":"10.1016/j.mtnano.2025.100601","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mtnano.2025.100601","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study utilized a polyol-mediated synthesis method to prepare silver nanocubes (AgNCs) of different sizes. Subsequently, the AgNCs were stably adsorbed onto the surfaces of nano mica platelets (NMPs) via one-step synthesis to form AgNC/NMP nanohybrid surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrates with a three-dimensional (3D) lightning rod effect. The NMPs (thickness: 1–3 nm; length and width: approximately 300 nm) had a high surface-area-to-volume ratio and numerous hydroxyl groups on their surfaces, which provided the AgNCs with a good platform for stabilization and growth. When used in surface-enhanced Raman scattering for the biomolecular detection of adenine, the AgNC/NMP nanohybrids exhibited a better limit of detection (LOD) concentration of 10<sup>−10</sup> M compared with AgNCs, an enhancement factor (EF) of 4.38 × 10<sup>9</sup>, and a relative standard deviation of 8.52 %. This may be attributed to the hot spots generated along the z-axis by the AgNC/NMP nanohybrids, which created a 3D hot spot effect. The AgNC/NMP nanohybrids also demonstrated an LOD of 10<sup>2</sup> CFU/mL in the detection of <em>Staphylococcus aureus.</em> To further improve detection sensitivity and biocompatibility, the AgNC/NMP nanohybrids were modified with zinc quantum dots (ZnO QDs) for the synthesis of AgNC/NMP/ZnO QD nanohybrids. When used for the biodetection of adenine, the ZnO-QD-modified nanohybrids exhibited a higher signal intensity compared with the AgNC/NMP nanohybrids, with an increase in the EF to 6.37 × 10<sup>9</sup>. The increase in intensity was attributed to the chemical enhancement effect in SERS. Excellent characteristic signals were also obtained when the AgNC/NMP/ZnO QD nanohybrids were used for the detection of the other three bases of DNA. Finally, the good biocompatibility and large specific surface area of the ZnO QDs enhanced the effects of SERS in bacterial detection, with a further decrease in the LOD to 10 CFU/mL. This also demonstrates that the prepared nanohybrid substrates were highly suitable for use in rapid and sensitive SERS biodetection.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48517,"journal":{"name":"Materials Today Nano","volume":"29 ","pages":"Article 100601"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143521079","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}
Qian Lv , Baofang Jin , Hengyue Xu , Xiaodong Wu , Ningqiang Zhang , Dawei Pang , Ang Li , Xiaodong Han
{"title":"Atomic dispersion of Ag on Mn2O3 for soot catalytic oxidation: Dispersion mechanism and catalytic intermediate identification","authors":"Qian Lv , Baofang Jin , Hengyue Xu , Xiaodong Wu , Ningqiang Zhang , Dawei Pang , Ang Li , Xiaodong Han","doi":"10.1016/j.mtnano.2025.100597","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mtnano.2025.100597","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The investigation of active site evolution and reaction intermediates during the catalytic oxidation process has paramount importance for the development of highly efficient catalysts for soot oxidation. Nevertheless, soot oxidation involves complex gas‒solid‒solid reaction pathways, and challenges persist in precisely investigating the active sites and intermediates. Herein, single-atom Ag<sub>1</sub>O<sub>5</sub> catalysts with uniform active sites were constructed from Ag nanoparticles assisted by the interplay between the surface defects of Mn<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> and temperature-induced diffusion. Based on the use of Ag<sub>1</sub>/Mn<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> as a model catalyst and <em>in situ</em> environmental electron microscopy results, the soot particles show diffusion behavior toward the Ag<sub>1</sub>/Mn<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> catalyst, and the Ag single-atom active sites significantly decrease the required reaction temperature for soot oxidation. Consequently, the oxidation reaction occurs at the active sites of the individual Ag atoms, leading to the formation of AgC intermediates. This research provides critical insights for the design and fabrication of highly efficient and stable catalysts for soot oxidation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48517,"journal":{"name":"Materials Today Nano","volume":"29 ","pages":"Article 100597"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143521080","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":"Hydrogen nanosensors based on core/shell ZnO/Al2O3 and ZnO/ZnAl2O4 single nanowires","authors":"Cristian Lupan , Niklas Kohlmann , Deik Petersen , Mani Teja Bodduluri , Artur Buzdugan , Justin Jetter , Eckhard Quandt , Lorenz Kienle , Rainer Adelung , Oleg Lupan","doi":"10.1016/j.mtnano.2025.100596","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mtnano.2025.100596","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With the increase in cost of natural gas as well as its environmental impact, an alternative energy source like hydrogen is a promising way to lower costs and saturate the growing demand for green energy. Unfortunately, leaks of hydrogen gas are difficult to detect because of its intrinsic properties, meaning that new solid-state portable devices that reliably detect hydrogen gas in short time are needed. In this study we report on the morphological, structural, chemical, and sensor properties of nanostructures and nanodevices subjected to hydrogen gas and other volatile compounds based on core/shell ZnO/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> and ZnO/ZnAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> nanowires in dependence of annealing temperature and shell thickness. At an annealing temperature of 975 °C crystallization of the alumina shell forming the ternary ZnAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> spinel-type phase was confirmed by TEM, HRTEM and XRD studies. The spinel phase provides high thermal, chemical and structural stability to the nanosensor. Core/shell ZnO/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> or ZnO/ZnAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> nanowires were integrated into devices for gas sensing using a FIB/SEM system. Nanosensors based on single ZnO/ZnAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> nanowire with a shell thickness of 5 nm showed the most promising results to the detection of hydrogen gas with an operating temperature down to room temperature, obtaining a response value of about 5 and a response value of ∼2411 at an operating temperature of 125 °C. The sensors maintained high response values and selectivity to H<sub>2</sub> at all investigated operating temperatures even after 2 years of storage.</div><div>The mechanism of hydrogen sensing of the core/shell ZnO/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> or ZnO/ZnAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> nanowire-based sensors was proposed to be electron transport, which is controlled by the depletion region at the interface between the core and the shell. Devices based on ZnO/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> and ZnO/ZnAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> nanowire show promising results for future hydrogen gas sensing applications in industrial or biomedical fields. Further optimization of hydrogen nanosensors, utilizing core/shell geometries fabricated using the methods and materials presented here is envisioned building on the insights gained.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48517,"journal":{"name":"Materials Today Nano","volume":"29 ","pages":"Article 100596"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143508630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chunxin Diao , Chenglong Li , Yunxue Sun , Xiaoyu Wang , Meng Gao , Xingshuang Zhang , Dongwei Li , Yong Li , Guanchen Xu , Jing Yu
{"title":"Multi-edge vertically aligned MoS2 as a SERS-enhanced substrate","authors":"Chunxin Diao , Chenglong Li , Yunxue Sun , Xiaoyu Wang , Meng Gao , Xingshuang Zhang , Dongwei Li , Yong Li , Guanchen Xu , Jing Yu","doi":"10.1016/j.mtnano.2025.100595","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mtnano.2025.100595","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The controlled synthesis of high-quality and sensitive substrates is critical for promoting surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) detection technology. As a member of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), MoS<sub>2</sub> possesses an unique electronic state and energy band structure, making it a promising candidate for potential SERS substrates based on chemical enhancement mechanisms. However, its application in SERS applications remains limited by a rich fluorescence background and a low density of states (DOS) near the Fermi energy level. Thus, optimizing the MoS<sub>2</sub> structure to improve SERS performance is critical. In this study, MoS<sub>2</sub> nanobelts were synthesized by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) with hydrothermal MoO<sub>3</sub> as the precursors. The resulting morphology of these strips was characterized by vertically aligned edges. The designed structure showed excellent SERS signal with a detection limit of 10<sup>−7</sup> M and enhancement factor (EF) of 1.1 × 10<sup>4</sup> when probing with R6G, thus providing a low-cost and high-performance substrate material for SERS applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48517,"journal":{"name":"Materials Today Nano","volume":"29 ","pages":"Article 100595"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143445332","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}
K.I. Litvinova, V.S. Polomskikh, A.A. Shibalova, A.V. Goryachev, G.A. Rudakov
{"title":"Gas phase chemical thermodynamics calculation as a first step for understanding of non-stoichiometric HfOx formation mechanism in ALD","authors":"K.I. Litvinova, V.S. Polomskikh, A.A. Shibalova, A.V. Goryachev, G.A. Rudakov","doi":"10.1016/j.mtnano.2025.100592","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mtnano.2025.100592","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The dependence of hafnium oxide stoichiometry from the water time in the thermal atomic layer deposition (ALD) using TDMAH and water as reactant was shown. Non-stoichiometric hafnium oxide (HfO<sub>x</sub>) is observed over the entire range of water step time from 10 ms to 1000 ms. The HfO<sub>x</sub> formation is caused by interaction of hafnium oxide surface with organic products of ALD reactions during the layer growth. An increase in water exposure leads to growth in the proportion of redox reactions with water and a decrease in the proportion of redox reactions with hafnium oxide. This promotes a shift of the stoichiometry index x in the oxide composition HfO<sub>x</sub> towards higher values. Additionally, to competitive redox reactions with water and hafnium oxide the stoichiometry index change can be caused by the adsorption of carbon dioxide with the subsequent carbonates formation. Which in turn leads to a decrease in the catalytic ability of hafnium oxide and a decrease in redox reactions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48517,"journal":{"name":"Materials Today Nano","volume":"29 ","pages":"Article 100592"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143453539","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":"Enhanced charge transfer and coupled resonance in Ni-doped sub-stoichiometric tungsten oxide nanostructure for plasmon-free SERS sensing","authors":"Sirsendu Ghosal , Sumana Paul , P.K. Giri","doi":"10.1016/j.mtnano.2025.100593","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mtnano.2025.100593","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Recent advancements in metal-free semiconductor-based SERS substrates have attracted significant attention due to their ease of fabrication, tunable optical properties, and exceptional stability. Achieving metal-like SERS enhancement necessitates a detailed understanding of material engineering, particularly its impact on charge transfer mechanisms and dielectric properties. In this study, we demonstrate that Ni doping in sub-stoichiometric tungsten oxide (W<sub>18</sub>O<sub>49</sub>) nanoflowers substantially enhances its SERS sensitivity. This improvement is attributed to increased carrier generation and alterations in the electronic band structure, which promote the photoinduced charge transfer (PICT) process. We show that Ni doping shifts the energy requirement for PICT resonance from the UV to the visible-NIR region, enabling both molecular and PICT resonance under 632.8 nm laser excitation. This “coupled resonance” effect results in an exceptionally low detection limit of 10<sup>−10</sup> M and an outstanding enhancement factor of 6.85 × 10<sup>8</sup> for the detection of Methylene Blue molecules, one of the highest reported for metal-free semiconductor-based SERS substrates. Additionally, the unique flower-like morphology of the material contributes significantly to electromagnetic (EM) enhancement, which is further amplified by the presence of Ni atoms. These findings are supported by finite element method (FEM) simulations and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, providing critical insights into the synergistic effects of structural and compositional tuning. This work offers a promising framework for the rational design of plasmon-free, cost-effective SERS substrates with outstanding enhancement factors, paving the way for advanced applications in molecular detection.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48517,"journal":{"name":"Materials Today Nano","volume":"29 ","pages":"Article 100593"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143453540","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":"Engineering hierarchical multilevel microstructures of CoNC/rGO aerogel originated from interfacially ordered ZIF-L nanosheet arrays for superior electromagnetic wave dissipation","authors":"Xueqing Xu, Qiyun Mu, Deshun Li, Hui Xi, Xiaorong Yang, Ziqiang Lei, Zhiwang Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.mtnano.2025.100591","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mtnano.2025.100591","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Rational manipulation of hierarchical microarchitecture engineering has emerged as a highly appealing approach to achieving exceptional electromagnetic wave (EMW) absorption performance in carbon-based aerogel absorbers. However, inadequate interfacial engineering and impedance mismatch pose significant obstacles to optimizing EMW absorption, primarily due to the limitations in current construction strategies. Herein, multilevel heterogeneous carbon-based aerogels, Co/N-doped carbon nanosheets tightly anchored on reduced graphene oxide aerogel (CoNC/rGO), have been fabricated through in-situ growing interfacially ordered bimetallic Co/Zn-ZIF-L nanoarray on chitosan crosslinked graphene oxide aerogel (ZIF/CS-GO), followed by a pyrolysis process. The resultant CoNC/rGO aerogels exhibit a multilevel interfacial effect and a 3D interconnected dielectric network, leading to substantial enhancements in polarization loss and dielectric-magnetic coupling synergy, along with optimized impedance matching. Consequently, the optimized CoNC/rGO-3/1 and CoNC/rGO-1/1 aerogels demonstrate impressive EMW absorption performance, characterized by strong and broad absorption capabilities. Specifically, the maximum reflection loss (RL) values for CoNC/rGO-3/1 and CoNC/rGO-1/1 reached −56.6 dB at 2.4 mm and −58.1 dB at 3.1 mm, respectively. Additionally, these aerogels achieved broad effective absorption bandwidths (EAB) of 5.04 GHz and 4.56 GHz at a thickness of 1.8 mm, respectively. This work provides an effective and innovative strategy for developing of advanced EMW absorbers in carbon-based aerogels by rationally constructing multilevel heterogeneous interfaces, utilizing metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as foundational building blocks.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48517,"journal":{"name":"Materials Today Nano","volume":"29 ","pages":"Article 100591"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143429691","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}
Jinsong Yang , Han Zhang , Ningjiang Hu , Fangju Zhu , Yong Zhang , Ming Yang , Pengcheng Li , Hui Li
{"title":"Recent advances in carbon nanotubes-based organic thermoelectric composites-a mini review","authors":"Jinsong Yang , Han Zhang , Ningjiang Hu , Fangju Zhu , Yong Zhang , Ming Yang , Pengcheng Li , Hui Li","doi":"10.1016/j.mtnano.2025.100590","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mtnano.2025.100590","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With unique electrical properties and light weight characteristics, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have attracted significant interest for thermoelectric (TE) applications. However, the self-aggregate and high thermal conductivity hinder the improvement of TE performance. Herein, we overview recent advances in the development of CNTs based organic TE composites, focusing on optimization strategies and the underlying mechanisms for the improvement of TE properties. The improvement of CNTs based organic TE composites are comprehensively overviewed from the perspective of dispersibility, doping engineering, and polymer incorporation. Additionally, the fabrication of the composites, composition regulating, morphology manipulation, fundamental studies for properties optimization, their TE properties, and device applications are emphasized. Finally, we present the challenges and prospects for the improvement of CNTs based organic TE composites, which paves a way for the applications of CNTs composites in sustainable energy harvesting systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48517,"journal":{"name":"Materials Today Nano","volume":"29 ","pages":"Article 100590"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143453541","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}