Transparent high conductive Titanium oxynitride nanofilms obtained by nucleation control for sustainable optolectronics

Transparent high conductive Titanium oxynitride nanofilms obtained by nucleation control for sustainable optolectronics

Author: E. Enríquez, A. Mariscal, R. Serna, J. F. Fernández

Applied Surface Science. 574, 1 February 2022

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Transparent conducting thin films have attracted a lot of interest in last decades because they have become essential electrodes for optoelectronics applications. Indium tin oxide (ITO) is the transparent conductor par excellence with 80%​…

Metal-catalyst-free gas-phase synthesis of long-chain hydrocarbons

Metal-catalyst-free gas-phase synthesis of long-chain hydrocarbons

Author: Lidia Martínez, Pablo Merino, Gonzalo Santoro, José I. Martínez, Stergios Katsanoulis, Jesse Ault, Álvaro Mayoral, Luis Vázquez, Mario Accolla, Alexandre Dazzi, Jeremie Mathurin, Ferenc Borondics, Enrique Blázquez-Blázquez, Nitzan Shauloff, Rosa Lebrón-Aguilar, Jesús E. Quintanilla-López, Raz Jelinek, José Cernicharo, Howard A. Stone, Victor A. de la Peña O’Shea, Pedro L. de Andres, George Haller, Gary J. Ellis & José A. Martín-Gago.

Nature Communications.12 (2021) 5937

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Development of sustainable processes for hydrocarbons synthesis is a fundamental challenge in chemistry since these are of unquestionable importance for the production of many essential synthetic chemicals, materials and carbon-based fuels​…

Modification of the Mechanical Properties of Core-Shell Liquid Gallium Nanoparticles by Thermal Oxidation at Low Temperature

Modification of the Mechanical Properties of Core-Shell Liquid Gallium Nanoparticles by Thermal Oxidation at Low Temperature

Author: Sergio Catalán-Gómez, Andrés Redondo-Cubero, Miguel Morales, María de la Mata, Sergio I. Molina, Francisco J. Palomares, Alberto Carnicero, Jose L. Pau, Luis Vázquez.

Part. Part. Syst. Charact. 2100141. August 2021

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Gallium nanoparticles (Ga NPs) are attracting increasing attention because of their appealing physical-chemical properties. In particular, their mechanical properties play a key role in the implementation of these core-shell structures on certain applications, such as soft and stretchable electronics​…

Transparent niobium-doped titanium dioxide thin films with high Seebeck coefficient for thermoelectric applications

Transparent niobium-doped titanium dioxide thin films with high Seebeck coefficient for thermoelectric applications

Author: J. M. Ribeiro, F. C. Correia, F. J. Rodrigues, J. S. Reparaz, A. R. Goñi, C. J. Tavares

Surface and Coatings Technology. Volume 425, 15 November 2021, 127724

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This work reports the production and characterization of optically transparent Nb-doped TiO2 thin films with enhanced thermoelectric properties deposited on glass and Si by reactive d.c. magnetron sputtering in high vacuum​…

Correlative 3D cryo X-ray imaging reveals intracellular location and effect of designed antifibrotic protein–nanomaterial hybrids

Correlative 3D cryo X-ray imaging reveals intracellular location and effect of designed antifibrotic protein–nanomaterial hybrids

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Chemical Science. Issue 45, 2021

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Revealing the intracellular location of novel therapeutic agents is paramount for the understanding of their effect at the cell ultrastructure level. Here, we apply a novel correlative cryo 3D imaging approach to determine the intracellular fate of a designed​…

Few-layer antimonene electrical properties

Few-layer antimonene electrical properties

Author: Pablo Ares, Sahar Pakdel, Irene Palacio, Wendel S. Paz, Maedeh Rassekh, David Rodríguez-San Miguel, Lucía Aballe, Michael Foerster, Nerea Ruiz del Árbol, José Ángel Martín-Gago, Félix Zamora, Julio Gómez-Herrero and Juan José Palacios.

Applied Materials Today Volume 24, September 2021, 101132

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Antimonene -a single layer of antimony atoms- and its few layer forms are among the latest additions to the 2D mono-elemental materials family. Numerous predictions and experimental evidence of its remarkable properties including​…