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Carbon Dots: A New Type of Carbon-Based Nanomaterial with Wide Applications Open
Carbon dots (CDs), as a new type of carbon-based nanomaterial, have attracted broad research interest for years, because of their diverse physicochemical properties and favorable attributes like good biocompatibility, unique optical proper…
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Global Carbon Budget 2021 Open
Accurate assessment of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and their redistribution among the atmosphere, ocean, and terrestrial biosphere in a changing climate is critical to better understand the global carbon cycle, support the…
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Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites: Manufacturing, Properties, and Applications Open
Composites have been found to be the most promising and discerning material available in this century. Presently, composites reinforced with fibers of synthetic or natural materials are gaining more importance as demands for lightweight ma…
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Three-dimensional holey-graphene/niobia composite architectures for ultrahigh-rate energy storage Open
As with donuts, the holes matter Improving the density of stored charge and increasing the speed at which it can move through a material are usually opposing objectives. Sun et al. developed a Nb 2 O 5 /holey graphene framework composite w…
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Evolution and Synthesis of Carbon Dots: From Carbon Dots to Carbonized Polymer Dots Open
Despite the various synthesis methods to obtain carbon dots (CDs), the bottom‐up methods are still the most widely administrated route to afford large‐scale and low‐cost synthesis. However, as CDs are developed with increasing reports invo…
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A roadmap for rapid decarbonization Open
Emissions inevitably approach zero with a “carbon law”
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Conductive porous vanadium nitride/graphene composite as chemical anchor of polysulfides for lithium-sulfur batteries Open
Although the rechargeable lithium–sulfur battery is an advanced energy storage system, its practical implementation has been impeded by many issues, in particular the shuttle effect causing rapid capacity fade and low Coulombic efficiency.…
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A highly selective and stable ZnO-ZrO<sub>2</sub>solid solution catalyst for CO<sub>2</sub>hydrogenation to methanol Open
Reduction of CO 2 to methanol using renewable hydrogen is a promising but challenging strategy for carbon capture and utilization.
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Composites with carbon nanotubes and graphene: An outlook Open
Composite materials with carbon nanotube and graphene additives have long been considered as exciting prospects among nanotechnology applications. However, after nearly two decades of work in the area, questions remain about the practical …
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Electrochemical strategies for C–H functionalization and C–N bond formation Open
This review provides an overview of the use of electrochemistry as an appealing platform for expediting carbon–hydrogen functionalization and carbon–nitrogen bond formation.
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Review of Carbon and Graphene Quantum Dots for Sensing Open
Carbon and graphene quantum dots (CQDs and GQDs), known as zero-dimensional (0D) nanomaterials, have been attracting increasing attention in sensing and bioimaging. Their unique electronic, fluorescent, photoluminescent, chemiluminescent, …
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A Comparative Review of Natural and Synthetic Biopolymer Composite Scaffolds Open
Tissue engineering (TE) and regenerative medicine integrate information and technology from various fields to restore/replace tissues and damaged organs for medical treatments. To achieve this, scaffolds act as delivery vectors or as cellu…
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FDM-Based 3D Printing of Polymer and Associated Composite: A Review on Mechanical Properties, Defects and Treatments Open
Fused deposition modelling (FDM) is one of the fastest-growing additive manufacturing methods used in printing fibre-reinforced composites (FRC). The performances of the resulting printed parts are limited compared to those by other manufa…
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Carbon-based supercapacitors for efficient energy storage Open
The advancement of modern electronic devices depends strongly on the highly efficient energy sources possessing high energy density and power density. In this regard, supercapacitors show great promise. Due to the unique hierarchical struc…
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Composite lithium metal anode by melt infusion of lithium into a 3D conducting scaffold with lithiophilic coating Open
Significance This research paper presents a novel strategy for the fabrication of metal–scaffold composite materials. Particularly, molten lithium metal is infused into a surface-modified three-dimensional matrix with a “lithiophilic” coat…
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An anion-immobilized composite electrolyte for dendrite-free lithium metal anodes Open
Significance The Li metal electrode is regarded as a “Holy Grail” anode for next-generation batteries due to its extremely high theoretical capacity and lowest reduction potential. Unfortunately, uncontrolled dendrite growth leads to serio…
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Phosphorus-Based Alloy Materials for Advanced Potassium-Ion Battery Anode Open
Potassium-ion batteries (PIBs) are interesting as one of the alternative metal-ion battery systems to lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) due to the abundance and low cost of potassium. We have herein investigated Sn4P3/C composite as a novel ano…
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An investigation into 3D printing of fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites Open
Fused filament fabrication (FFF) is a 3D printing technique which allows layer-by-layer build-up of a part by the deposition of thermoplastic material through a nozzle. The technique allows for complex shapes to be made with a degree of de…
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Laser‐Induced Graphene: From Discovery to Translation Open
Laser‐induced graphene (LIG) is a 3D porous material prepared by direct laser writing with a CO 2 laser on carbon materials in ambient atmosphere. This technique combines 3D graphene preparation and patterning into a single step without th…
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Voids in fiber-reinforced polymer composites: A review on their formation, characteristics, and effects on mechanical performance Open
Voids, the most studied type of manufacturing defects, form very often in processing of fiber-reinforced composites. Due to their considerable influence on physical and thermomechanical properties of composites, they have been extensively …
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Graphdiyne: synthesis, properties, and applications Open
Graphdiyne (GDY), a new two-dimensional (2D) carbon allotrope, has been receiving increased attention.
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Raman spectroscopy of carbon materials and their composites: Graphene, nanotubes and fibres Open
Raman spectroscopy is now an extremely important technique for the analysis of carbon-based materials. It is demonstrated how it can be used to give a unique insight into characterising many aspects of the microstructure of these materials…
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Soft material for soft actuators Open
Inspired by natural muscle, a key challenge in soft robotics is to develop self-contained electrically driven soft actuators with high strain density. Various characteristics of existing technologies, such as the high voltages required to …
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Sensitive electromechanical sensors using viscoelastic graphene-polymer nanocomposites Open
Super sensitive, not so silly, putty Many composites blend stiff materials, such as glass or carbon fibers, into a softer elastic polymer matrix to generate a material with better overall mechanical toughness. Boland et al. added graphene …
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Progress and Perspective of Ceramic/Polymer Composite Solid Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries Open
Solid composite electrolytes (SCEs) that combine the advantages of solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) and inorganic ceramic electrolytes (ICEs) present acceptable ionic conductivity, high mechanical strength, and favorable interfacial conta…
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CO<sub>2</sub>-fixation into cyclic and polymeric carbonates: principles and applications Open
The reaction between carbon dioxide and epoxides is an attractive pathway for CO2-utilisation as it can lead to the formation of two valuable products: cyclic and polymeric carbonates.
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Polyethylene upcycling to long-chain alkylaromatics by tandem hydrogenolysis/aromatization Open
A new future for polyethylene Most current plastic recycling involves chopping up the waste and repurposing it in materials with less stringent engineering requirements than the original application. Chemical decomposition at the molecular…
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A review of non-destructive testing methods of composite materials Open
A review provided about non-destructive testing (NDT) methods for the evaluation of composites. The review considers the capabilities of most common methods in composite NDT applications such as Visual Testing (VT or VI), Ultrasonic Testin…
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Interface design for high energy density polymer nanocomposites Open
A detailed overview on interface design and control in polymer based composite dielectrics for energy storage applications.
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Biphenylene network: A nonbenzenoid carbon allotrope Open
Biphenylene carbon sheets Although graphene forms two-dimensional carbon sheets, other arrangements of carbon rings could also assemble as flat sheers. Fan et al. synthesized an ultraflat biphenylene carbon sheet consisting of sp 2 -hybrid…