This manuscript proposes a soft-chemistry method to develop superhydrophobic and highly IR-reflective hollow glass microspheres (HGM). The anatase TiO2 and a superhydrophobic agent were coated on the HGM surface in one step. TBT and PFOTES were selected as the Ti source and the superhydrophobic agent, respectively. They were both coated on the HGM, and after the hydrothermal process, the TBT tu...

Since strontium (Sr) is known for its anabolic and anticatabolic effect on bone, research has been focused on its potential impact on osseointegration. The objective of this study was to investigate the performance of nanotopographic implants with a Sr-functionalized titanium (Ti) coating (Ti-Sr-O) with respect to osseointegration in osteoporotic bone. The trial was designed to examine the effe...

TiO 2 nanowire arrays in situ grown on Ti foil (TiO /Ti) were prepared to remove uranium (VI) from aqueous solution. As the serves as a carrier for , /Ti adsorbent can be effortlessly retrieved solutions by tweezers after adsorption. The presence of was verified X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. Parameters adsorption process fully evaluated, including solution pH, contact time...

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The rutile (110)–aqueous solution interface structure was measured in deionized water (DIW) and 1 molal (m) RbCl + RbOH solution (pH 12) at 25 C with the X-ray crystal truncation rod method. The rutile surface in both solutions consists of a stoichiometric (1 · 1) surface unit mesh with the surface terminated by bridging oxygen (BO) and terminal oxygen (TO) sites, with a mixture of water molecu...

Studying the reason why single-layer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) appears to fall short of its promising potential in flexible nanoelectronics, we find that the nature of contacts plays a more important role than the semiconductor itself. In order to understand the nature of MoS2/metal contacts, we perform ab initio density functional theory calculations for the geometry, bonding, and electronic...

For the first time, n-type few-layer MoS2 fieldeffect transistors (FETs) with graphene/Ti as the heterocontacts have been fabricated, showing more than 160-mA/mm drain current at 1-μm gate length with an ON-OFF current ratio of 107. The enhanced electrical characteristic is confirmed in a nearly 2.1 times improvement in ON-resistance and a 3.3 times improvement in contact resistance with hetero...

Our investigations reveal that the bonding of the transition-metal atoms on a single-wall carbon nanotube ~SWCN! depends on the detailed contact conditions. On the basis of our results, we suggest that the early 3-d elements ~Sc, Ti, and V! can be expected to be good candidates for making metal–SWCN contacts of low resistance, while contacts employing the late 3-d elements ~Fe, Co, and Ni! and ...