The use of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for the encapsulation of chemical species and the formation of functional nanocomposite materials has been well documented. Conversely, the utilisation of boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) for the same purpose has remained relatively understudied. The work presented in this thesis investigates the effect of the chem...
By encapsulating self-assembled layers of optically-active organic molecules between atomically thin insulating layers, van der Waals heterostructures can be fabricated which incorporate these encapsulated molecules between two graphene electrodes. The thin, transparent insulating layers allow the optical properties of the molecules to be investiga...
Published in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Hydrogen’s promise as a clean energy carrier is tempered by the challenges of efficient storage and safety concerns. While it offers an alternative to finite fossil fuel resources, current hydrogen storage methods, like cryo-compression and liquefaction, are often economically impractical. To tackle these issues, researchers are turning to nanotube...
Structural modifications of single-walled aluminosilicate clay nanotubes have been studied under hydrostatic pressure by in situ synchrotron X-ray scattering. Imogolite nanotubes (INT) of nominal composition (OH)$_3$Al$_2$O$_3$SiOH, and methyl-modified imogolite nanotubes (m-INT), (OH)$_3$Al$_2$O$_3$SiCH$_3$, have hydrophilic and hydrophobic intern...
Published in ECS Sensors Plus
Voltammetry is a powerful electroanalytical tool that makes fast, real-time measurements of neurotransmitters and other molecules. Electroanalytical methods like cyclic, pulse, and stripping voltammetry are useful for qualitative and quantitative examination. Neurochemical sensing has been enhanced using carbon-based electrodes and waveform modific...
Acknowledgements: This project was funded by an NHMRC grant (APP1196924 to DG), an HFSP grant (RGEC33/2023) to DG and HDS, The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science through Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (21K15153 and 24K18201 to HDS). DCS is supported by the Melbourne Research Scholarship. We are thankful to Zhenan Li for their help wi...
We discuss the formulation and use of computational first principles-based methods to study the electronic structure and quantum properties of novel nanomaterials and biomolecules. A helical symmetry-adapted spectral framework, HelicES, is developed for the electronic structure calculation of quasi-one-dimensional structures with imposed or intrins...
First principle methods and data-driven approach were employed to investigate the intri- cate mechanical and electrical behaviors and properties of various nanotubes, both real and reimagined. A real space, helical and cyclic symmetry adapted, Kohn Sham DFT code— HelicalDFT was utilized to explore the torsional, extensional and electronic propertie...
Nanoporöse Oberflächen förderten höhere Überlebensraten und RTVs als mikroporöse Minischrauben. Dies könnte auf die TiO2-Nanoröhrenstrukturen mit dickeren Oxidschichten in nanoporösen Minischrauben zurückzuführen sein.
Abstract Bioinspired by the strong water‐adhesive forces of gecko foot or rose petals, here, nanotubular structures are prepared by soft‐template electropolymerization. Water is mixed to a solvent of low water‐solubility to form a micellar solution in the presence of tetrabutylammonium perchlorate as the electrolyte and surfactant. As the monomer, ...
