Journal of Materials Chemistry Blog

Randomly oriented electrospun nanofibre nonwoven mats can be directly used for making mechanical-to-electrical energy conversion devices with high electrical outputs say researchers at Deakin University, Australia. Their device can generate a voltage output of several volts and showed long-term working stability.

Interested to know more? Read the full article for free until 15th August: Jian Fang, Xungai Wang and Tong Lin, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1JM11445J, Advance Article

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In this Hot Article, porous low-density polyamide aerogels are synthesized in one-pot by reacting carboxylic acids with isocyanates. The aerogels combine high specific energy absorption with low speed of sound and Styrofoam-like thermal conductivity.

Read the full article for free until 15^th August: Nicholas Leventis, Chakkaravarthy Chidambareswarapattar, Dhairyashil P. Mohite, Zachary J. Larimore, Hongbing Lu and Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1JM11472G, Advance Article

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Scientists at the University College London, UK, have developed a combinatorial aerosol-assisted chemical vapour deposition technique to deposit gallium-doped indium oxide thin films. The oxide films were deposited within composition graduated films from the aerosol-assisted CVD of GaMe₃, InMe₃ and HOCH₂CH₂OMe. The team behind the research say that this is the first time that a combinatorial aerosol-assisted CVD method has been described. The method provides a rapid route to investigate the effect of a dopant on the functional properties of a wide range of materials and since it is a solution-based technique, films with a range of compositions could be deposited even if volatile precursors are not available.

Read for Free until 15th August: Caroline E. Knapp, Andreas Kafizas, Ivan P. Parkin and Claire J. Carmalt, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1JM11606A, Advance Article

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Polyurethane microcapsules containing hexamethylene diisocyanate form a one-part self-healing anticorrosion coating. 

Read the full article for free until 9th August: Mingxing Huang and Jinglei Yang, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1JM10794A, Advance Article

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Feature Article: Chemically induced self-assembly of spherical and anisotropic inorganic nanocrystals: In this review Dmitry Baranov, Liberato Manna and Antonios G. Kanaras discuss the self-organization of colloidal nanoparticles of different sizes and shapes induced by the active manipulation of nanoparticle surfaces. (J. Mater. Chem., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1JM11599E Advance Article)

Feature Article: Pt-based composite nanoparticles for magnetic, catalytic, and biomedical applications: This hot review by Yi Liu, Dongguo Li and Shouheng Sun highlights the recent advances in synthesizing Pt-based alloy and core–shell nanoparticles for magnetic, catalytic, and biomedical applications. (J. Mater. Chem., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1JM11605C, Advance Article)

Feature Article: Emerging functional nanomaterials for therapeutics: This feature article showcases some of the recent therapeutic applications involving some representative nanomaterials as drug carriers or direct therapeutic modalities. (J. Mater. Chem., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1JM11401H, Advance Article)

Feature Article: Fabrication of functional colloidal photonic crystals based on well-designed latex particles: This review by Youzhuan Zhang, Jingxia Wang, Yu Huang, Yanlin Song and Lei Jiang presents the recent research progress on the fabrication of functional colloidal crystals with high mechanical strength, controllable wettability, anisotropic structure or large scale, based on well-designed latex particles.  (J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C1JM10977D)  

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