Title: FeN nanoparticles confined in carbon nanotubes for CO hydrogenation Authors: Zhiqiang Yang, Shujing Guo, Xiulian Pan, Junhu Wang, and Xinhe Ba Journal: Energy and Environmental Science Affiliation: * State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Above: Cartoon depicting Iron Nitride…
Category: Nanotechnology
Stretchable Magnetoelectronics
Title: Stretchable Magnetoelectronics Journal: Nano Letters Authors: Michael Melzer†, Denys Makarov*†, Alfredo Calvimontes‡, Daniil Karnaushenko†, Stefan Baunack†, Rainer Kaltofen†, Yongfeng Mei§, and Oliver G. Schmidt*† Affiliation: † Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, IFW Dresden, ‡ Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, § Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Material Systems…
Gold Nanorods for Therapeutics
Title: Light Interactions with Gold Nanorods and Cells: Implications for Photothermal Nanotherapeutics Journal: Nano Letters Authors: Constantin Ungureanu†, Rene Kroes†, Wilma Petersen†, Tom A. M. Groothuis‡, Felicia Ungureanu‡, Hans Janssen§, Fijs W. B. van Leeuwen, Rob P. H. Kooyman‡, Srirang Manohar†, and Ton G. van Leeuwen†…
New Conjugated Polymers for Organic Solar Cells
Title: Indacenodithiophene and Quinoxaline-Based Conjugated Polymers for Highly Efficient Polymer Solar Cells Authors: Yong Zhang, Jingyu Zou, Hin-Lap Yip, Kung-Shih Chen, David F. Zeigler, Ying Sun, and Alex K.-Y. Jen Affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington Journal: Chemistry of Materials Organic solar…
Controlled Growth of Gold Nanoparticles
Title: Synthesis and Isolation of {110}-Faceted Gold Bipyramids and Rhombic Dodecahedra Authors: Michelle L. Personick, Mark R. Langille, Jian Zhang, Nadine Harris, George C. Schatz, and Chad A. Mirkin Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society Affiliation: Department of Chemistry and International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern…
Synthesis of Cadmium Arsenide Quantum Dots Luminescent in the Infrared
Title: Synthesis of Cadmium Arsenide Quantum Dots Luminescent in the Infrared Authors: Daniel K. Harris, Peter M. Allen, Hee-Sun Han, Brian J. Walker, Jungmin Lee, and Moungi G. Bawendi Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society Quantum Dots are three dimensional semiconductors, which have electrical conductivity…
Organic-Inorganic Composite Nanomaterials
Title: Semiconductor Anisotropic Nanocomposites Obtained by Directly Coupling Conjugated Polymers with Quantum Rods** Authors: Lei Zhao, Xinchang Pang, Ramkrishna Adhikary, Jacob W. Petrich, and Zhiqun Lin Journal: Angewandte Chemie International Ed. Organic-inorganic hybrid solar cells using combinations of conjugated polymers and semiconductor nanocrystals (quantum dots) offer…
DNA charge transport over 34 nm
Title: DNA charge transport over 34 nm Authors: Jason D. Slinker, Natalie B. Muren, Sara E. Renfrew and Jacqueline K. Barton* Affiliation: Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California Journal: Nature Chemistry, 3, 230-235 (2011) | doi: 10. 1038/nchem.982 In the…
New Organic Dye for Solar Cells
Title: An Organic D-π-A Dye for Record Efficiency Solid-State Sensitized Heterojunction Solar Cells Authors: Ning Cai§, Soo-Jin Moon‡, Le Cevey-Ha‡, Thomas Moehl‡, Robin Humphry-Baker‡, Peng Wang†, Shaik M. Zakeeruddin‡, and Michael Gratzel‡ Affiliation: †State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese…
Graphite nanofibers as support for fuel cell catalyst
Title: Surface-reconstructed graphite nanofibers as a support for cathode catalysts of fuel cells Journal: Chemical Communications, 2011, ASAP Authors: Lin Gana,b, Hongda Dua, Baohua Lia, and Feiyu Kanga,b Affiliation: aInstitute of Advanced Materials, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University; bLaboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Materials…
Anti-cancer nanomaterials
Title: Photothermally Enhanced Drug Delivery by Ultrasmall Multifunctional FeCo Journal: ACS Nano Authors: Sarah P. Sherlock, Scott M. Tabakman, Liming Xie, and Hongjie Dai Affiliation: Stanford University, Department of Chemistry Nanomaterials have a wide variety of uses and we have just begun to discover their capabilities. They…