a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Iron pyrite FeS 2 nanocrystals Thin films Ligand exchange Surface stability Photovoltaic Iron pyrite (FeS 2) is a promising photovoltaic absorber material with a high natural abundance and low cost, but surface defects and low photoresponse inhibit sunlight energy conversion. The surface stability of pyrite FeS 2 nanocrystals synthesized in oleylamine (OLA) with ...

Studies of nanobiosensors based on semiconductor nanostructured metal oxides are of practical and theoretical importance in biological science, environmental science and analytical chemistry (Wang et al., 2005; Luo et al., 2006; Valentini & Palleschi (2008); Chopra et al., 2007). These one-dimensional nanostructured metal oxides have profound applications in optics, optoelectronics, sensors, an...

The semi-conductor zinc oxide (ZnO), a representative of group II-VI has gained substantial interest in the research community due to its novel properties and characteristics. ZnO a direct band gap (3.4eV) semi-conductor has a stable wurtzite structure. Recently ZnO have attracted much interest because of its unique piezoelectric, semiconducting, catalytic properties and being biosafe and bioco...

S are a unique type of high-power electrochemical energy storage devices being developed for a wide range of applications, including consumer electronics, medical electronics, electrical utilities, transportation, and military defense systems. However, the energy and power densities, safety, and cycle life of currently available supercapacitors need to be significantly improved to satisfy the r...

BACKGROUND Nano bamboo charcoal is being widely used as sustained release carrier for chemicals for its high specific surface area, sound biocompatibility, and nontoxicity; however, there have been no reports on nano bamboo charcoal as sustained release carrier for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). OBJECTIVE To study the effect of nano bamboo charcoal in absorbing and sustained releasing Eu...

Aim: Different promising colloidal delivery systems including microemulsions and liquid crystals could be obtained with suitable combination of oil, surfactants/cosurfactants and water. However, the main problem from a formulation point of view has been to choose the surfactants capable of forming such systems and be physiologically acceptable in the same time. To overcome the later shortcoming...

Silicon has many advantages over other semiconductor materials: low cost, nontoxicity, practically unlimited availability, and decades of experience in purification, growth and device fabrication. It is used for almost all modern electronic devices. However, the indirect energy gap in bulk crystalline Si makes it unable to emit light efficiently and thus unsuitable for optoelectronic applicatio...

A three-dimensional (3D) mesoporous Fe2O3−CdS nanopyramid heterostructure is developed for solar-driven, realtime, and selective photoelectrochemical sensing of Cu in the living cells. Fabrication of the mesoporous Fe2O3 nanopyramids is realized by an interfacial aligned growth and self-assembly process, based on the van der drift model and subsequent selective in situ growth of CdS nanocrystal...