Multifunctional Bi2O3 porous nanospheres (PNs) with tunable size have been successfully synthesized via a facile solvothermal method. The obtained Bi2O3 porous nanospheres demonstrate outstanding performance in visible-light-driven photocatalysis for Cr(VI) and organic dye removal, inactivation of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, as well as template-synthesis for fabrication of bismuth...

A facile approach of making scalable nanocomposite and electro-patterned films using graphene oxide (GO) and poly(N-vinylcarbazole) (PVK) is reported. The method involves the layering of polystyrene colloidal templates, electrodeposition of the composite film on template array, and finally removal of the sacrificial templates to reveal the patterned GO-PVK arrays.

3D mesostructured AgCl-KCl photonic crystals emerge from colloidal templating of eutectic solidification. Solvent removal of the KCl phase results in a mesostructured AgCl inverse opal. The 3D-template-induced confinement leads to the emergence of a complex microstructure. The 3D mesostructured eutectic photonic crystals have a large stop band ranging from the near-infrared to the visible tuned...

A simple electrochemical fabrication of graphene nanomesh (GNM) via colloidal templating is reported for the first time. The process involves the arraying of polystyrene (PS) spheres onto a CVD-deposited graphene, electro-deposition of carbazole units, removal of the PS template and electrochemical oxidative etching. The GNM was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force ...

Silica coated bismuth sulfide (Bi2S3) nanorods have been prepared by a simple coating process. The coating resulted in the improved stability and luminescent intensity of the Bi2S3 nanorods. Hollow silica nanotubes were also obtained by using Bi2S3 nanorods as a removal template. r 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. PACS: 81.05.Ys; 81.20. n

The first nitrate anion templated assembly of an interlocked molecular architecture is demonstrated through the preparation of a [2]rotaxane. Removal of the discrete nitrate anion template from the [2]rotaxane reveals an interlocked host system capable of strong and selective recognition of nitrate, in aqueous-organic solvent mixtures, over a range of more basic mono-charged oxoanions.

This paper presents a comprehensive investigation of the various parameters involved in fabrication molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) sensor for detection cortisol. Parameters such as monomer concentration, electropolymerization cycles, pH, monomer–template ratio, template removal technique, and rebinding time were optimized to establish more consistent effective method MIP sensors. Under con...