An intimate view into the silica deposition vesicles of diatomsBMC Materials - Tập 2 - Trang 1-15 - 2020
Christoph Heintze, Petr Formanek, Darius Pohl, Jannes Hauptstein, Bernd Rellinghaus, Nils Kröger
Diatoms are single-celled microalgae that produce silica-based cell walls with intricate nano- and micropatterns. Biogenesis of diatom biosilica is a bottom-up process that occurs in large intracellular compartments termed silica deposition vesicles (SDVs). Investigating the mechanisms of silica morphogenesis has so far been severely limited by the lack of methods for imaging the entire volume of ...... hiện toàn bộ
Current status of solid-state single crystal growthBMC Materials - Tập 2 - Trang 1-26 - 2020
Iva Milisavljevic, Yiquan Wu
Fabrication of single crystals has long been limited to melt- and solution-growth techniques. However, in recent years solid-state single crystal growth (SSCG) has appeared as a promising alternative to the conventional techniques due to its cost-effectiveness and simplicity in terms of processing. Moreover, the SSCG technique has enabled the fabrication of single crystals with complex chemical co...... hiện toàn bộ
The launch of BMC MaterialsBMC Materials - Tập 1 - Trang 1-5 - 2019
Harriet E. Manning, Pedro Barquinha, Wenguo Cui, Drew Evans, Emmanuel Kymakis, Haiyan Wang, Ehrenfried Zschech, Rodrigo Martins
BMC Materials is a new, community-focussed venue for all publishable research across the broad discipline of materials science. It joins the mature and reputable BMC Series of journals, adhering to the same standards of publishing and the ethos of open research set by the Series. Together with its sister journals BMC Chemical Engineering, BMC Biomedical Engineering, BMC Energy and BMC Chemistry, B...... hiện toàn bộ
Emerging functional materials based on chemically designed molecular recognitionBMC Materials - Tập 2 Số 1 - 2020
Wei Chen, Xiaohua Tian, Wenbo He, Jianwei Li, Yonghai Feng, Guoqing Pan
AbstractThe specific interactions responsible for molecular recognition play a crucial role in the fundamental functions of biological systems. Mimicking these interactions remains one of the overriding challenges for advances in both fundamental research in biochemistry and applications in material science. However, current molecular recognition systems based on h...... hiện toàn bộ
Addressing the worldwide shortages of face masksBMC Materials - Tập 2 - Trang 1-11 - 2020
Dongxiao Ji, Li Fan, Xiaoxia Li, Seeram Ramakrishna
The year 2020 will be punctuated by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the history of human civilization. Within four months, COVID-19 has become a public healthcare crisis in all nations around the world. Until a suitable vaccine is found and made widely available, the immediate solutions to protect individuals and to control the spread of the pandemic include wearing a face mask, maintaining...... hiện toàn bộ
STEM materials: a new frontier for an intelligent sustainable worldBMC Materials - - 2019
P. F. Moretti, Bartosz A. Grzybowski, Vasileios Basios, Elvira Fortunato, María Suárez-Diez, Olga Speck, Rodrigo Martins
AbstractMaterials are addressed as possible enablers for solutions to many global societal challenges. A foresight exercise has been conducted to identify research paths to design, with a new approach, a generation of materials which can provide multi-functionalities. These material systems have been named “stem”, in analogy to living cells where a base of primitiv...... hiện toàn bộ
Multi-scale X-ray tomography and machine learning algorithms to study MoNi4 electrocatalysts anchored on MoO2 cuboids aligned on Ni foamBMC Materials - Tập 2 - Trang 1-14 - 2020
Emre Topal, Zhongquan Liao, Markus Löffler, Jürgen Gluch, Jian Zhang, Xinliang Feng, Ehrenfried Zschech
For a systematic materials selection and for design and synthesis of systems for electrochemical energy conversion with specific properties, it is essential to clarify the general relationship between physicochemical properties of the materials and the electrocatalytic performance and stability of the system or device. The design of highly performant and durable 3D electrocatalysts requires an opt...... hiện toàn bộ
Noble metal-free two dimensional carbon-based electrocatalysts for water splittingBMC Materials - Tập 1 - Trang 1-26 - 2019
Muhammad Adnan Younis, Siliu Lyu, Qidong Zhao, Chaojun Lei, Peiling Zhang, Bin Yang, Zhongjian Li, Lecheng Lei, Yang Hou, Xinliang Feng
Noble metal materials are widely employed as benchmark electrocatalysts to achieve electrochemical water splitting which comprises of hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER). However, the high cost and scarcity limit the wide ranging commercial applications of noble metal-based catalysts. Development of noble metal-free two dimensional (2D) carbon-based materials can ...... hiện toàn bộ
Supercapacitors with alternating current line-filtering performanceBMC Materials - Tập 2 - Trang 1-20 - 2020
Doudou Zhao, Kaiyue Jiang, Jiantong Li, Xiang Zhu, Changchun Ke, Sheng Han, Emmanuel Kymakis, Xiaodong Zhuang
Alternating current (AC) line filters have been widely used to smooth the leftover AC ripples on direct current voltage. Currently available commercial aluminum electrolytic capacitors (AECs) are primarily used for this application. However, the bulky volume and low capacitance of AECs have become incompatible with the rapidly developed intelligent electronic devices and industry dynamics. Superca...... hiện toàn bộ