Nano-hybrid materials of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and polyoxometalates (POMs) with three counter cations were prepared and used as cathode-active materials of molecular cluster batteries (MCBs). The charging/discharging performances and thus battery capacity of the MCBs with hybrid materials were significantly better than those of the microcrystal-POM MCBs.

Hybrid organic-inorganic materials offer a wide range of interesting applications especially in optics. Chemistry plays a major role in the elaboration and comprehension of such materials. Sol-gel process provide a method to blend, down to the molecular scale, organic and inorganic components. Examples of hybrid organic-inorganic materials for optics and optical characterizations of hybrid mate...

We present the design and development of hybrid organic – inorganic materials with improved electrochemical performance to be used in energy storage applications (e.g. supercapacitors). The systematic study carried out shows various carbon–based materials (e.g. activated carbons, graphene based materials) working as active substrates where the anchoring of inorganic species takes place (i.e. po...

Gold nanoparticles have attracted intense interest in materials and physical chemistry since the development of simple solution-phase methods for their synthesis and stabilization. The unique physical properties of gold nanoparticles have created a wide variety of potential applications including biological markers, DNA sensors, molecular recognition systems and nanoscale electronics. Encapsula...

Degradation kinetics of organic-inorganic hybrid materials based on epoxy resin was investigated by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The hybrid materials were prepared from diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) and 3-glycidyloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (GLYMO) polymerised simultaneously by poly(oxypropylene)diamine (Jeffamine D230). Nanometric level of homogeneity in the hybrids was verified b...

Bela Bauer, Dave Wecker, Andrew J. Millis, Matthew B. Hastings, 2 and Matthias Troyer Station Q, Microsoft Research, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6105, USA Quantum Architectures and Computation Group, Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA 98052, USA Department of Physics, Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY 10027 Theoretische Physik and Station Q Zurich, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Swit...

This critical review provides an overview of current research activities that focused on the synthesis and application of multi-functional gold and iron oxide (Au-Fe(x)O(y)) hybrid nanoparticles and nanocomposites. An introduction of synthetic strategies that have been developed for generating Au-Fe(x)O(y) nanocomposites with different nanostructures is presented. Surface functionalisation and ...

Graphene, a two dimensional structure of carbon atoms, has been widely used as a material for gas sensing applications because of its large surface area, excellent conductivity, and ease of functionalization. This article reviews the most recent advances in graphene hybrid materials developed for gas sensing applications. In this review, synthetic approaches to fabricate graphene sensors, the n...