Aligned CuO nanowires (NWs) were synthesized by a simple cost-effective oxidation method. They act as cores; high density CuO/ZnO core/shell heterostructure NWs were fabricated by thermal decomposition. Using the core/shell heterostructure NWs as a photoelectrode, a 0.71% photo-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency was obtained from photoelectrochemical water decomposition.

Photo- and thermal-responsive polymers containing azobenzene units in the main chain have been utilized as removable dispersants for single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) in organic solvents. Intermolecular interactions between SWNTs and the polymers are reversibly controllable by tuning the trans-cis composition.

We revisit the evaporation process of gas from dwarf galaxies after it has been photo-ionized by the UV flux from the first stars and AGNs and heated to T ≃ 10 or 2 × 10K respectively. Earlier estimates, based on the balance between pressure and gravity, indicated that dark haloes of virial velocity lower than Vevap ≃ 11−13 kms −1 have lost most of their gas in a dynamical time. We follow the c...

The growth of graphene on Ni using a photo-thermal chemical vapour deposition (PT-CVD) technique is reported. The non-thermal equilibrium nature of the PT-CVD process resulted in a much shorter duration of the overall growth time for graphene in both the heating up and cooling down stages, thus allowing for the reduction. Despite the reduced time for synthesis compared to standard thermal chemi...

Protein nanoparticles as nanocarriers are of particular interest in the field of cancer therapy. Nevertheless, so far a facile fabrication of theranostic protein nanoparticles have been explored with limited success for cancer imaging and therapy. In this work, we demonstrate the controllable synthesis of size-tunable Gd2O3@albumin conjugating photosensitizer (PS) (GA-NPs) using hollow albumin ...

Biomimetic Soft Robots The combination of photo-thermal effect Au and the mismatch between thermal expansion coefficients LDPE film PI adhesive has enabled design sandwich-structured photo-responsive PI/Au/LDPE nanocomposite film. Thanks to its dexterous geometry design, stable reversible actuation behavior, remote precise driven mode, biomimetic soft robots with pre-engineered functionality co...

Photo-thermal catalysis is among the most effective alternative pathways used to perform chemical reactions under solar irradiation. The synergistic contributions of heat and light during photo-thermal catalytic processes can effectively improve reaction efficiency alter design selectivity, even operational instability. present review focuses on recent advances in photo-thermal-driven reactions...

Light and temperature have considerable effect on the degradation of piroxicam in aqueous solutions. The pH and acetate buffer ions also affect the degradation process. The apparent first-order rate constants for the photochemical and thermal degradation of piroxicam have been determined as 2.04-10.01 and 0.86-3.06×10(-3) min(-1), respectively. The first-order plots for the degradation of pirox...

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