†Center for Nano Science and Technology @Polimi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Giovanni Pascoli 70/3, 20133, Milan, Italy. ┴Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza L. da Vinci, 32, 20133 Milano, Italy ‡Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, 337 Campus Drive, Stanford, California 94305, USA ◊ Computational Laboratory for Hybrid/Organic Photovoltaics (CLHYO), CNR-ISTM,...

This review highlights the recent methods to prepare PNA-based materials through a combination of self-assembly and self-organization processes. The use of these methods allows easy and versatile preparation of structured hybrid materials showing specific recognition properties and unique physicochemical properties at the nano- and micro-scale levels displaying potential applications in several...

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We report on the fabrication of photo-patterned structures with sub-micron feature sizes in a sol-gel derived organic-inorganic hybrid material. Patterns with a high level of design complexity are presented, in the form of a diffractive optically variable device. We also demonstrate how the material can serve as a matrix for nano-scale components, via the incorporation of Ag nanoparticles. It i...

This is a very brief review of the recent work on the development of hybrid semiconductor/nanodevice integrated circuits. Such a circuit will combine a CMOS subsystem, and a nanowire crossbar with simple bistable two-terminal devices formed at each crosspoint, connected with an area-distributed “CMOL” interface. Simulations have shown that the hybrid circuits may serve as the basis for (i) tera...

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Artificial photosynthesis is a very attractive and a desirable way to solve the rising energy demand. In order to harvest energy directly from sunlight catalyst for oxygen reduction and evolution reaction are at the core of key renewable-energy technologies including fuel cells and water splitting. Herein, tungsten oxide-reduced graphene oxide (WO3-rGO), cobalt oxidereduced graphene oxide (Co3O...

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