Archive for May, 2012

Themed Issue on Metal-Organic Frameworks now published

The 2012 Journal of Materials Chemistry themed issue on ‘Integrating functionality into metal-organic frameworks’ has now been published on-line. View the full issue here.

Guest Editors for the themed issue were Professors Stephen Kaskel and Roland Fischer, and their Editorial can be found here.  A number of reviews were also published:

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Top Ten most-read Journal of Materials Chemistry articles in March

This month sees the following Journal of Materials Chemistry articles that are in the top ten most accessed for March:

Composite microspheres with PAM microgel core and polymerisable surfactant/polyoxometalate complexes shell
Hong Li, Ping Zhang, Long Zhang, Tong Zhou and Daodao Hu
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 4575-4586
DOI: 10.1039/B823075G

Hierarchical porous TiO2@C hollow microspheres: one-pot synthesis and enhanced visible-light photocatalysis 
Jiandong Zhuang, Qinfen Tian, Hu Zhou, Qian Liu, Ping Liu and Hongmei Zhong
J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 7036-7042
DOI: 10.1039/C2JM16924J 

Recent developments in molecule-based organic materials for dye-sensitized solar cells
Yung-Sheng Yen, Hsien-Hsin Chou, Yung-Chung Chen, Chih-Yu Hsu and Jiann T. Lin
J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 8734-8747
DOI: 10.1039/C2JM30362K 

ZnO nanostructures: growth, properties and applications 
Aleksandra B. Djurišić, Xinyi Chen, Yu Hang Leung and Alan Man Ching Ng
J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 6526-6535 
DOI: 10.1039/C2JM15548F

A 3D porous architecture of Si/graphene nanocomposite as high-performance anode materials for Li-ion batteries
Xing Xin, Xufeng Zhou, Feng Wang, Xiayin Yao, Xiaoxiong Xu, Yimei Zhu and Zhaoping Liu
J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 7724-7730 
DOI: 10.1039/C2JM00120A 

A simple template-free synthesis of ultrathin Cu2ZnSnS4 nanosheets for highly stable photocatalytic H2 evolution 
Lu Wang, Wenzhong Wang and Songmei Sun
J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 6553-6555
DOI: 10.1039/C2JM16515E 

One pot synthesis of tunable Fe3O4–MnO2 core–shell nanoplates and their applications for water purification
Zhiwei Zhao, Jie Liu, Fuyi Cui, Hui Feng and Linlin Zhang
J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 9052-9057
DOI: 10.1039/C2JM00153E 

Self-assembly of ZnO nanocrystals into nanoporous pyramids: high selective adsorption and photocatalytic activity 
Yunxin Liu, Jianxin Shi, Qing Peng and Yadong Li
J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 6539-6541
DOI: 10.1039/C2JM16729H 

Novel preparation and near-infrared photoluminescence of uniform core-shell silver sulfide nanoparticle@mesoporous silica nanospheres
Lu Han, Yingying Lv, Abdullah M. Asiri, Abdulrahman O. Al-Youbi, Bo Tu and Dongyuan Zhao
J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 7274-7279
DOI: 10.1039/C2JM16168K 

The chemistry of graphene
Kian Ping Loh, Qiaoliang Bao, Priscilla Kailian Ang and Jiaxiang Yang
J. Mater. Chem., 2010, 20, 2277-2289
DOI: 10.1039/B920539J

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Hot Paper: Enhancing antibacterial cloths

Graphical abstract: Enzymatic pre-treatment as a means of enhancing the antibacterial activity and stability of ZnO nanoparticles sonochemically coated on cotton fabricsScientists in Israel, Spain and the UK have developed an enzymatic pre-treatment to enhance the antibacterial activity and stability of ZnO nanoparticles coated onto cotton. ZnO nanoparticles are less toxic to human cells than silver– which is one of the materials currently used to make antibacterial fabrics. ZnO nanoparticles can protect the wearer against UV rays.

The pre-treatment means that the by modifying the cotton itself with cellulase, the nanoparticles are embedded for longer. The cotton remained antibacterial up to 10 laundry cycles. Read the article for free until 30th May.

Enzymatic pre-treatment as a means of enhancing the antibacterial activity and stability of ZnO nanoparticles sonochemically coated on cotton fabrics: Ilana Perelshtein, Yelena Ruderman, Nina Perkas, Kamelia Traeger, Tzanko Tzanov, Jamie Beddow, Eadaoin Joyce, Timothy J. Mason, María Blanes, Korina Mollá and Aharon Gedanken, J. Mater. Chem., 2012, DOI: 10.1039/C2JM31054F (Advance Article)

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Hot Paper: Studying intramolecular excimer emission for SMOLEDs

Intermolecular π–π interactions are important in OLEDs and other organic electronic materials and have been extensively studied over the last 20 years; however, intramolecular π–π interactions have not been investigated as deeply. This hot paper reports a structure–property relationship study into intramolecular excimer emission arising from organic molecules used as a blue light source in SMOLEDs. Read for free until 29th May.

Intramolecular excimer emission as a blue light source in fluorescent organic light emitting diodes: a promising molecular design

Intramolecular excimer emission as a blue light source in fluorescent organic light emitting diodes: a promising molecular design: Damien Thirion, Maxime Romain, Joëlle Rault-Berthelot and Cyril Poriel, J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 7149-7157

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