Mo-doped boron nitride monolayer as a promising single-atom electrocatalyst for CO₂ conversion

Qianyi Cui,
Gangqiang Qin,
Weihua Wang,
Lixiang Sun,
Aijun Du and
Qiao Sun

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Published 22 Feb 2019

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1. Figure 1: (a) Adsorption energy of CO₂ and H₂O on various single transition metal (TM) doped BN monolayers. (...
  
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2. Figure 2: The most stable, optimized configurations of CO₂ (a) and H₂O (b) adsorption on Mo-doped BN monolaye...
  
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3. Figure 3: The profile of the Gibbs free energy. A standardized isolated CO₂ molecule and a clean Mo-doped BN ...
  
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4. Figure 4: Optimized geometric configurations of the various intermediates with the lowest energy in each step...
  
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5. Figure 5: (a) Top and side view of three moieties divided with *OCHO. (b) Charge variation of the three moiet...
  
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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 540–548, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.55

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Choosing a substrate for the ion irradiation of two-dimensional materials

Egor A. Kolesov

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Published 22 Feb 2019

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1. Figure 1: Energy transferred to substrate sputtering (solid lines) or substrate recoils reaching the interfac...
  
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2. Figure 2: Electronic stopping power dependence on the incident ion energy for Cu, SiO₂, SiC and Al₂O₃ substra...
  
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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 531–539, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.54

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Ceria/polymer nanocontainers for high-performance encapsulation of fluorophores

Kartheek Katta,
Dmitry Busko,
Yuri Avlasevich,
Katharina Landfester,
Stanislav Baluschev and
Rafael Muñoz-Espí

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Published 22 Feb 2019

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1. Figure 1: Schematic representation of the formation of cerium(IV) oxide on the surface of carboxylate functio...
  
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2. Figure 2: Electron micrographs of the prepared capsules: a) SEM and b) TEM of carboxylate-functionalized poly...
  
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3. Figure 3: XRD pattern of hybrid polystyrene nanocapsules with cerium(IV) oxide on the surface (NC-CeO₂). Vert...
  
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4. Figure 4: TEM micrographs of CeO₂/polystyrene hybrid nanocapsules (sample NC-CeO₂): a) bright-field image (in...
  
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5. Figure 5: Fluorescence spectra of terylene diimide encapsulated in nanocapsules: NC (continuous black line, a...
  
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6. Figure 6: Photodegradation measurements of nanocapsules synthesized under different conditions without cerium...
  
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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 522–530, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.53

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A porous 3D-RGO@MWCNT hybrid material as Li–S battery cathode

Yongguang Zhang,
Jun Ren,
Yan Zhao,
Taizhe Tan,
Fuxing Yin and
Yichao Wang

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Published 21 Feb 2019

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1. Figure 1: Synthesis of S-3D-RGO@MWCNT.
  
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2. Figure 2: SEM images of (a) RGO@MWCNT@SiO₂, (b, c) 3D-RGO@MWCNT at different magnifications and (d) S-3D-RGO@...
  
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3. Figure 3: TEM images of (a) 3D-RGO@MWCNT with two different magnifications, (b) S-3D-RGO@MWCNT, (c–e) TEM map...
  
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4. Figure 4: (a) XRD patterns of sulfur, 3D-RGO@MWCNT and S-3D-RGO@MWCNT; (b) Raman spectra of 3D-RGO@MWCNT and ...
  
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5. Figure 5: CV curves of the S-3D-RGO@MWCNT cathode at 0.1 mV·s⁻¹ in the first four cycles.
  
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6. Figure 6: (a) CV measurement of the S-3D-RGO@MWCNT cathode (1st, 50th, 100th, 150th and 200th cycle) at 1C; (...
  
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7. Figure 7: (a, b) Specific capacity and rate performance of S-3D-RGO@MWCNT cathode at different C-rate, rangin...
  
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8. Figure 8: Nyquist plots of S-3D-RGO@MWCNT cathode and the equivalent circuit model (inset).
  
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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 514–521, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.52

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Mechanical and thermodynamic properties of Aβ₄₂, Aβ₄₀, and α-synuclein fibrils: a coarse-grained method to complement experimental studies

Adolfo B. Poma,
Horacio V. Guzman,
Mai Suan Li and
Panagiotis E. Theodorakis

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Published 19 Feb 2019

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1. Figure 1: Snapshots illustrating some of the biological fibrils used in our simulation. The main axis of symm...
  
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2. Figure 2: Coarse-grained representation of the biological fibrils presented in Figure 1. Illustrated are the three ty...
  
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3. Figure 3: For the cases of Figure 1, we present schematically each deformation process. The left panels show tensile,...
  
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4. Figure 4: Results of tensile deformation. (a) Stress–strain curves of α-synuclein, three Aβ₄₀ and two Aβ₄₂ fi...
  
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5. Figure 5: Results for shear deformation. (a) Stress–strain curves of α-syn and three Aβ₄₀ and two Aβ₄₂ fibril...
  
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6. Figure 6: Nanoindentation deformation results for different biological fibrils. (a) Force as a function of th...
  
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7. Figure 7: Thermodynamic properties of biological fibrils. (a) Probability of finding the fibrils in the nativ...
  
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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 500–513, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.51

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Polymorphic self-assembly of pyrazine-based tectons at the solution–solid interface

Achintya Jana,
Puneet Mishra and
Neeladri Das

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Published 18 Feb 2019

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1. Figure 1: A schematic molecule structure of 1.
  
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2. Figure 2: Polymorphic self-assembly of 1 at the solution–solid interface. (a) Large-scale STM image; V_s = 1.4...
  
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3. Figure 3: (a, c) Calibrated STM height images and (b, d) proposed molecular packing motifs of the correspondi...
  
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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 494–499, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.50

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Widening of the electroactivity potential range by composite formation – capacitive properties of TiO₂/BiVO₄/PEDOT:PSS electrodes in contact with an aqueous electrolyte

Konrad Trzciński,
Mariusz Szkoda,
Andrzej P. Nowak,
Marcin Łapiński and
Anna Lisowska-Oleksiak

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Published 15 Feb 2019

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1. Figure 1: a) The chronoamperometry curve (single pulse at E = 1 V vs Ag/AgCl (0.1 M KCl)) recorded during PED...
  
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2. Figure 2: a) Raman spectra of Ti/TiO₂ (blue), Ti/TiO₂/BiVO₄ (red), and Ti/TiO₂/BiVO₄/PEDOT:PSS (black). SEM m...
  
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3. Figure 3: XPS spectra of a) Ti 2p region, b) Bi 4f region, and c) O 2p and V 2p regions for as-prepared and h...
  
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4. Figure 4: The cyclic voltammetry curves recorded in aqueous 0.5 M K₂SO₄ with scan rate 100 mV·s⁻¹ of: a) Ti/T...
  
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5. Figure 5: a) The cyclic voltammetry curves of Ti/TiO₂/BiVO₄/PEDOT:PSS recorded with various scan rates (10–20...
  
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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 483–493, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.49

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Biological and biomimetic surfaces: adhesion, friction and wetting phenomena

Stanislav N. Gorb,
Kerstin Koch and
Lars Heepe

Editorial
Published 15 Feb 2019

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 481–482, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.48

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Wearable, stable, highly sensitive hydrogel–graphene strain sensors

Jian Lv,
Chuncai Kong,
Chao Yang,
Lu Yin,
Itthipon Jeerapan,
Fangzhao Pu,
Xiaojing Zhang,
Sen Yang and
Zhimao Yang

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Published 14 Feb 2019

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1. Figure 1: (a) Schematic of the preparation of the graphene/water-glycerol (WG) hydrogel composite material. (...
  
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2. Figure 2: (a) The uniaxial tensile and (b) compressive strain–stress curves of the W-hydrogel and WG-hydrogel...
  
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3. Figure 3: (a) The strain–resistance change curves of the WG-hydrogel and graphene/WG-hydrogel based strain se...
  
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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 475–480, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.47

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Temperature-dependent Raman spectroscopy and sensor applications of PtSe₂ nanosheets synthesized by wet chemistry

Mahendra S. Pawar and
Dattatray J. Late

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Published 13 Feb 2019

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1. Figure 1: PtSe₂ nanosheets. (a) Typical XRD pattern and (b) Raman spectra recorded at room temperature.
  
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2. Figure 2: (a–d) Typical SEM images for PtSe₂ nanosheets synthesized using the wet chemistry method.
  
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3. Figure 3: (a–c) Low-magnification TEM images and (d) a high-magnification TEM image, where the inset shows th...
  
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4. Figure 4: (a) Deconvoluted XPS spectra for Pt and (b) Se elements.
  
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5. Figure 5: (a) AFM image and (b) AFM height profile plot for a PtSe₂ nanosheet.
  
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6. Figure 6: Temperature-dependent Raman spectra analysis for PtSe₂ nanosheets for the (a) E_g mode and the (b) A...
  
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7. Figure 7: PtSe₂ nanosheet based humidity sensor: (a) Typical resistance versus relative humidity plot and (b)...
  
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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 467–474, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.46

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