简介：TheinfluenceofNa2SO4ontheformationofZnOwhiskerswasinvestigatedinthispaper.ZnOwhiskerswithaspectratiosofupto50weresynthesizedbydissolvingε-Zn（OH）2precursorinNaOH/Na2SO4solutionatroomtemperature,followedbyagingoftheresultingsolutionat140℃for6h.Fouriertransforminfraredspectroscopy,Ramanspectroscopy,andX-rayphotoelectronspectroscopyanalysesrevealedthatSO42-ionswereprimarilyadsorbedonthe（100）planeoftheZnOwhiskersviaanouter-spherecomplexconfiguration（O-H…O）,therebypromotingtheone-dimensionalgrowthofZnOwhiskersalongthec-axis.

简介：PureAl2O3-2SiO2powderswerepreparedbysol-gelandcoprecipitationmethods,andtheiralkaliactivationreactivitieswerecompared.Thealkali-activationreactivityofthepowderpreparedbythesol-gelmethodwashigherthanthatofthepowderpreparedbythecoprecipitationmethod.Thepowderswereinvestigatedby27AIand29Simagic-anglespinningnuclearmagneticresonancespectroscopy（MASNMR）tounderstandtherelationshipbetweentheirstructureandalkali-activationreactivity.The27AlMASNMRdatashowedthatthefive-coordinateAIcontentofthepowderpreparedbythesol-gelmethodwashigherthanthatofthepowderpreparedbycoprecipitation.Thehighercontentoffive-coordinateAlcorrespondedtohigheralkali-activationreactivity.The29SiMASNMRdatashowedthatforthepowderpreparedbythesol-gelmethod,siliconwasreplacedbyaluminumatsecondarycoordinationsitesofthecentralSiatomsduringcalcination.However,forthepowderpreparedbysingle-batchcoprecipitation,themainchangewasfromalowdegreeofpolycondensationtoahighdegreeofpolycondensation.

简介：Commerciallyavailablelatticescontainvariouskindsofmorphologicalimperfectionswhichresultingreatdegradationinlattices’mechanicalproperties,therefore,toobtainimperfectioninsensitivelatticestructureisobviouslyapracticalresearchsubject.Hierarchicalstructurematerialswerefoundtobeaclassofpromisinganti-defectmaterials.Thispaperbuildshierarchicallatticebyaddingsoftadhesiontolattice’scelledgesandnumericalresultsshowthatitsimperfectionsensitivitytomissingbarsisminorcomparedwiththeclassiclattice.Softadhesionwithappropriatepropertiesreinforcecelledge’sbendingstiffnessandthusreducethebendingdeformationinlatticecausedbymissingbarsdefect,whichisconfirmedbystatisticalanalysisofnormalizednodedisplacementsofimperfectlatticesunderhydrostaticcompressionandshearloads.

简介：Thereisaneedtostandardizemethodsassociatedwiththedispersionofnanomaterialsinnano（eco）toxicologicalinvestigations.Thefirststeptowardthisgoalistounderstandthedegreeofvariabilitythatexistsinnanomaterialdispersionspreparedbyusingdifferentprotocols.Usingtwocasestudies,thedegreeofvariabilityinTiO2nanomaterialdispersionswasassessedbydifferentialcentrifugalsedimentation（DCS）methods.Casestudy1addressesthevariabilitythatarisesfromvariationswithinoneprotocol,investigatingtheeffectsofdispersionaging,sonicationexposuretime,sonicationinthepresence/absenceofanicebath,materialsubsampling,particleconcentrationandhavingapre-wettingstep.Casestudy2addressesthevariabilitybetweenfourdifferentprotocolsdevelopedthroughpastresearchactivitiesandprojects.Theresultsindicatethatthereisalargedegreeofvariability（relativestandarddeviation（RSD）ofmeanparticlediameter=26%）inthedispersionofTiO2nanomaterialsbetweenthefourdifferentprotocolsstudiedandthatseveralstepsinadispersionprotocolarepotentialsourcesofvariation,withfinalparticleconcentrationbeingthemostsignificant.Theimplicationofthisstudyisclear:forthepurposeofdatacomparability,thereisaneedtoprovidetheexactdetailsofallstepsinvolvedinadispersionprotocol.

简介：Afacilemethodforthesynthesisofsilver-silica（Ag-SiO2）Janusparticleswithfunctionalitiessuitablefortextileapplicationsisreported.SilicananoparticlespreparedbytheStobermethodwerefunctionalizedwithepoxy,amine,andthiolgroups,whichwereconfirmedbyFouriertransforminfraredanalysis.ThefunctionalizedsilicananoparticleswereusedtoproducePickeringemulsions,andtheexposedsurfacewasusedfortheattachmentofsilvernanoparticles（AgNPs）viathelow-temperaturechemicalreductionmethod.ThemorphologyandstructureoftheAg-SiO2Janusparticleswerecharacterizedbyscanningelectronmicroscopy,scanningtransmissionelectronmicroscopy,high-resolutiontransmissionelectronmicroscopy,energy-dispersiveX-rayanalysis,andUV-visspectroscopy.Becauseoftheirspecificfunctionalities,theseAg-SiO2Janusparticlesareproposedforapplicationsontextilesubstrates,astheycanovercomeseveraldrawbacksofdirectapplicationofAgNPsontextiles,suchasleaching,agglomeration,andinstabilityduringstorage.

简介：Nanostructuredtransitionmetaloxidesarepromisingalternativeanodesforlithiumionbatteries.Li-ionstorageperformanceisexpectedtoimproveifhighpackingdensityenergyparticlesareavailable.Herein,Mn2O3microsphereswithaca.18μmdiameterandatappeddensityof1.33g/cm3weresynthesizedbyafacilesolvothermal-thermalcoversionroute.SphericalMnCO3precursorswereobtainedthroughsolvothermaltreatmentandtheydecomposedandconvertedintoMn2O3microspheresatanannealingtemperatureof700C.TheMn2O3microspheresconsistedofMn2O3nanoparticleswithanaverage40nmdiameter.TheseporousMn2O3microspheresallowgoodelectrolytepenetrationandprovideanionbufferreservoirtoensureaconstantelectrolytesupply.TheMn2O3microsphereshavereversiblecapacitiesof590and320mAh/gat50and400mA/g,respectively.Wethusreportanefficientrouteforthefabricationofenergyparticlesforadvancedenergystorage.