Transparent and semitransparent photovoltaics offer an exciting opportunity to integrate existing infrastructure with renewable energy. Organic (OPVs) are key enablers for wavelength‐selective transparent (TPVs) because of their selective absorption in the near‐infrared (NIR) that enables simultaneously high power conversion efficiency (PCE) average visible transmittance (AVT). The recent rise ...

ZnO nanoparticle-based multilayer nanocomposite films were fabricated on cationized woven cotton fabrics via layer-by-layer molecular self-assembly technique. For cationic surface charge, cotton fabrics were pretreated with 2,3-epoxypropyltrimethylammonium chloride (EP3MAC) by pad-batch method. XPS and SEM were used to examine the deposited nano-ZnO multilayer films on the cotton fabrics. The n...

Chitosan (CS) and alginate (Alg) are complementary in their membrane performance, but the combination of them is normally difcult to use due to their different solubilities. Layer-by-Layer deposition appears to be an effective method for improving the separation efciency of a composite membrane. In this work, the polyelectrolyte multilayer composite membranes (PEMCMs) wer...

Encapsulation, invented in 1953 by B.K. Green & L. Schleicher employed in the laboratories of the National Cash Register Company, Dayton, USA, is defned as a technology of packaging solids, liquids, or gaseous materials in miniature, sealed capsules that can release their contents at controlled rates under specifc conditions. Encapsulation involves the incorporation of ...

Stable multilayer thin films, assembled by a combination of layer-by-layer processing of polyelectrolytes and inorganic quantum dot monolayers prepared using the Langmuir-Schaefer deposition procedure, have been examined. Film formation and structure are confirmed using UV-vis absorption measurements and fluorescence spectroscopy. Growth is shown to be linear over several polyelectrolyte-quantu...

Layer-by-layer (LbL) deposition is a convenient technique for the formation of ultra thin nanocomposite layers containing metallic nanoparticles (NPs) and conducting polymers (CPs). The advantages of this approach for producing composite layers suitable for electroanalytical applications are discussed. Examples of electroanalytical applications of LbL-deposited composites are presented. Composi...