Introduction As a new class of an ultra-high capacity anode material for Li-ion batteries, nano-Si/carbon composites have a considerable potential [1, 2]. In such composites, nano-Si can store lithium faster than bulk Si, and the carbon matrix serves nano-Si with an electrical path to compensate the poor electrical conductivity of Si. Though Si has an extremely high theoretical capacitance up t...

A novel quantitative nano+micro-tribometer with integrated SPM and optical microscope imaging has been developed to characterize numerous physical and mechanical properties of liquid and solid thin films and coatings, with in-situ monitoring their changes during micro and nano indentation, scratching, reciprocating, rotating and other tribology tests. Both the materials properties and surface t...

Magnetically modified activated carbon, which synthesized by nanomagnetic iron oxide, was used for fast and effective removal of Crystal Violet from aqueous solutions. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of nano-adsorbent showed that the average sizes of adsorbent are less than 100 nm. The various parameters, affecting on adsorption process, were examined including pH and temperature ...

carbon nano-tube (cnt) reinforced metal matrix nano-composites have attracted a great deal of attention in recent years due to the outstanding physical and mechanical properties of cnts. however, utilizing cnt as reinforcement for alloy matrixes has not been studies systematically and is still a challenging issue. in the present study, cu80fe20/10cnt nanocomposite was synthesized by mechanical ...

substitution of two or four carbon atoms by nitrogen in the corannulene molecule as a carbon nanostructure was done and the obtained structures were optimized at mp2/6-31g(d) level of theory. calculations of the nucleus-independent chemical shift (nics) were performed to analyze the aromaticity of the corannulene rings and its derivatives upon doping with n at b3lyp/6-31g(d) level of theory. re...

Interests on carbon nanostructures are growing over the decades since the discovery of buckminsterfullerene and carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The chemical vapor deposition method is promising for nano-carbon synthesis, because it is capable of controlling the carbon structure and achieving high yield. The fine-tuning of different carbon structures is normally focused on varying catalyst compositions...

Recently, Miyako group reported a new type of nano transporters that made of a liposome that decorated by a composition of carbon nanohorns (CNHs) and magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) (Figure 1). This structure permeated into cells by a Neodymium magnet. Nano transporters not only could be moved by the magnetic field but also can be stimulated by NIR laser to control the release of liposome contai...

this research evaluates the efficiency of nanosized zno in the catalytic ozonation of 4-chloro-2-nitrophenol and determines the effect of ph on heterogeneous catalytic ozonation. the combined use of ozone and zno catalyst leads to conversion of 98% 4-chloro-2-nitrophenol during 5 min. in addition, it was found that in zno catalytic ozonation, the degradation efficiency of 4-chloro-2-nitrophenol...