A novel process was developed for direct synthesis and in situ coating of flame-made nanostructured particles in one step. Rutile TiO2 particles made by flame spray pyrolysis (FSP) were coated in a single step with SiO2 layers in an enclosed flame reactor. This in situ particle coating was accomplished by a hollow ring delivering hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDSO) vapor (precursor to SiO2) through mu...

Optical properties of Er doped Si=SiO2 superlattices and SiO=SiO2 superlattices are compared. In the case of Si=SiO2 superlattices with Si layers thicknesses between 2 and 19 nm polycrystalline like Si layers are observed after annealing. The samples show a very weak defect related red room temperature luminescence. No significant enhancement of the Er luminescence could be shown. The SiO=SiO2 ...

The high methanol crossover and high cost of Nafion® membrane are the major challenges for direct methanol fuel cell application. With the aim of solving these problems, a non-Nafion polymer electrolyte membrane with low methanol permeability and high proton conductivity based on the sodium alginate (SA) polymer as the matrix and sulfonated graphene oxide (SGO) as an inorganic filler (0.02-0.2 ...

in this work, tio2 /sio2 (pure anatase), and tio2 /sio2 (anatase/rutile) nano-photocatalysts are prepared by using sol-gel method and control of acidity. the particles size is calculated using scheerer, s equation and is estimated to be around 7-15 nm. in order to improve the photocatalytic activity of tio2 /sio2 ,1% (wt) platinum particles are loaded on both catalysts using photoreductive meth...

The synthesis procedure and dopant are crucial to the electrical conductivity, thermal stability, and solubility properties of polyaniline (PANI). In this paper, high-performance PANI was synthesized by means of chemical oxidative polymerization using anionic spherical polyelectrolyte brushes (ASPB) as dopant. The bonding structure, crystallographic structure, morphology, and thermal stability ...

The application of proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) in maritime transportation is currently the spotlight due to stringent emissions regulations and establishment a carbon trading system. However, salt marine environment can accelerate degradation membranes (PEM), which are core component PEMFCs. In this study, effect NaCl concentration temperature on Nafion, benchmark PEMFC membran...

Mesoporous silica (m-SiO2) coated gadolinium (Gd) ions-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) are regarded as one of most attractive nano-platforms which hold great potential in future cancer theranostics. The current general synthetic strategy for such promising structures includes the extraction of surfactant molecules in the final step. Here, in this article, we focus our interest on probi...

Recently, temperature compensation of surface and bulk acoustic wave (SAW/BAW) technologies has become a topic of interest due to strong demand on wideband filters with excellent temperature stability. Two types of techniques are studied extensively. One is the wafer bonding of a piezoelectric substrate with a support substrate, which have large Young's modulus and small thermal expansion coeff...

The drawbacks of current state-of-the-art selective membranes, such as poor barrier properties, high cost, and recyclability, limit the large-scale deployment electrochemical energy devices redox flow batteries (RFBs) fuel cells. In recent years, cellulosic nanomaterials have been proposed a low-cost green raw material for but their performance in RFBs cells is typically poorer than that sulfon...

An optimal environment for glucose oxidase (GOx) in Nafion membranes is achieved using an advanced immobilization protocol based on a nonaqueous immobilization route. Exposure of glucose oxidase to water-organic mixtures with a high (85-95%) content of the organic solvent resulted in stabilization of the enzyme by a membrane-forming polyelectrolyte. Such an optimal environment leads to the high...