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In this contribution, the excited state charge-transfer interactions between single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and a variety of phenyl, 4-bromophenyl, and thiophene substituted diketopyrrolopyrroles (DPPs), is described. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) and aberration corrected high resolution transmission electron microscopy (AC-HRTEM) corrobor...
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In response to the shortage of fossil fuels, efficient electrochemical energy conversion devices are attracting increasing attention, while the limited electrochemical performance and high cost of noble metal-based electrode materials remain a daunting challenge. The electrocatalytic performance of electrode materials is closely bound with their in...
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A dual-targeted organic photothermal agent for tumor cells and lysosomes was developed. In vitro and in vivo experiments demonstrated that it possessed low cytotoxicity, good biological compatibility, and tumor inhibitory effects.
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Black phosphorus (BP) nanomaterials have shown great potential in versatile applications including biomedicine and potentially interact with vessel walls following intravenous injection in biomedical usage or environmental exposure. However, it remains unknown whether the exposure to BP nanomaterials induces alterations of the endothelium and furth...
Hot charge carriers in graphene exhibit fascinating physical phenomena, whose understanding has improved greatly over the past decade. They have distinctly different physical properties compared to, for example, hot carriers in conventional metals. This is predominantly the result of graphene's linear energy-momentum dispersion, its phonon properti...
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DNA has become a powerful platform to design functional nanodevices. DNA nanodevices are often composed of self-assembled DNA building blocks that differ significantly from the structure of native DNA. In this study, we present Flow Force Microscopy as a massively parallel approach to study the nanomechanics of DNA self-assemblies on the single-mol...
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Light-driven multi-charge accumulation ( i.e. , photodoping) of doped metal oxide nanocrystals opens the way to innovative solutions for the direct conversion and storage of the solar energy.
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This work reports the in-situ design of premetallated dysprosium porphyrin complexes (Dy-2H-4FTPP) on Au(111), whose Kondo resonance can be switched off with atomic precision by sequential transformation into partially and fully metallated species.
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Ceria/bioglass nanohybrids significantly reduce bacterial survival inside human cells without harming the latter and overcome major shortcomings of conventional antibiotics.
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This study shows that gold nanoparticles promote the differentiation of dendritic cells to a tolerogenic-like phenotype, affecting their ability to induce antibacterial immune responses mediated by Th1 cells and to activate central memory T cells.
