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High impact applications, properties and synthesis of exciting new materials
Cover Gallery 2009
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Enhancement of electrocatalytic activity and durability via supportdoping is highlighted by studies of well-defined catalytic systems consisting of Pt nanoparticles arrayed on nitrogen-doped carbon supports.
DOI: 10.1039/b920923a
Electron transport processes in low- and high-conducting states of a single alkyl-tailed metal complex molecular switch. The background is the real image of the molecule measured by STM.
DOI: 10.1039/b920346j
This shelf-life study shows that degradation is dominated by metal electrode changes, not instabilities in the active organic layer.
DOI: 10.1039/b910213b
Fluorescent proteins exhibit both second harmonic generation and two photon excited fluorescence.
DOI: 10.1039/b919766b
The pseudo-atomistic Monte Carlo simulation of the organization of a trichromophore containing dendrimer under the action of an electric poling field is shown. Chromophores are treated in the United Atom Approximation and the dipolar nature of chromophore is indicated by color coding.
DOI: 10.1039/b905368a
A core-shell-structure carbon-coated nanoscale Cu6Sn5 can effectively prevent aggregation and pulverization of nano-sized Cu6Sn5 alloy particles during charge/discharge cycling.
DOI: 10.1039/b909769d
An artistic view of a single bismuth nanowire (blue) encapsulated by a thin layer of silicon dioxide (brown). The core-shell structure is 40 nm wide. Color gradients visualize the structural variations in the nanowire.
DOI: 10.1039/b918665b
Bubbles of colored foams of superior stability. The foams are stabilized with composite particles of cellulose and pH-sensitive dye.
DOI: 10.1039/b908054f
Single-crystal 
-iron oxide particles with uniform size and polyhedron-like shape and unique hematite/SiO2/mesoporous silica core-shell nanocomposites (FO@nSiO2/@mSiO2) have been synthesized via a surfactant-assisted process.
DOI: 10.1039/b918063j
Appropriately substituted coronene diimides, such as the example shown, can exhibit columnar order and very high charge-carrier mobilities at ambient temperatures.
DOI: 10.1039/b910898j
The combination of Sc3+ ions with 1,5- and 2,6- naphthalenedisulfonate ligands yields two MOFs with identical compositions but slightly different structural types.
DOI: 10.1039/b917074j
Colloidal crystal beads coated with multicolored CdTe quantum dots for optical encoding and fluorescence enhancement.
DOI: 10.1039/b908830j
Proteins serve to both passivate iron oxide nanoparticles and modulate their cellular uptake.
DOI: 10.1039/b916599c
Multifunctional fluorescent mesoporous silica nanoparticles containing anticancer drugs in their tubular pores approach and kill cancer cells.
DOI: 10.1039/b902462j
Many functional materials form inhomogeneous thin deposits that are usually unusable for applications as deposited. These unwanted morphologies can be transformed to functional systems by driving their self-organization with external tools, becoming functional for several devices.
DOI: 10.1039/b916004n
False-color images of trapped charge overlaid on surface topography. Left: a 6,13-bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl) pentacene film. Center, right: triethylsilylethynyl anthradithiophene films.
DOI: 10.1039/b902880c
Sintering-resistant catalyst support with 3-D mesoscale diffusion pathway: strong metal-support interaction between Pt nanoparticle and sulfur-containing ordered mesoporous carbon.
DOI: 10.1039/b915438h
The highly fluorescent 1D organic nanowires exhibited an effective carrier mobility of up to 3.1 cm2V-1s-1 based on CP-AFM and SCLC measurements.
DOI: 10.1039/b903882e
Hierarchical porous NiO nano/ micro spherical superstructures combine the efficient mass transport of macropores and the accessible surface areas of mesopores for energy storage.
DOI: 10.1039/b902221j
Columnar structure of ferrite film deposited directly on printed circuit board by a novel solution process.
DOI: 10.1039/b914141n
Topotactic conversion of new layered silicates PLS-3 and PLS-4 having a ferrierite layer structure to two kinds of silicious zeolite.
DOI: 10.1039/b905415d
Efforts employing electron donating and withdrawing moieties to modify the electronic properties of thiophene dendrimers are described.
DOI: 10.1039/b903427g
Nanocrystalline silicon thin films, synthesized at low substrate temperatures and low hydrogen dilution in high-density reactive plasmas, have a promising application in solar cells.
DOI: 10.1039/b912931f
Local structure of the B4 phase in banana shaped liquid crystals studied by SHG and XRD shows antiferroelectric arrangement.
DOI: 10.1039/b900832b
Electrospun carbon/silicon composite nanofibers: a new promising electrode for next-generation lithium-ion batteries.
DOI: 10.1039/b912359h
The red colored area is a trace of the UV laser beam which induces the opening of the polyelectrolyte shells of titania based containers and release of the encapsulated material.
DOI: 10.1039/b821827g
Open-ended high photoactivity anatase TiO2 nanotubes by using chemical morphology freezing method.
DOI: 10.1039/b911823n
Direct fabrication of thermally stable 3D microstructures from epoxy-functionalized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) using holographic lithography.
DOI: 10.1039/b901226e
Conducting supramolecular nanofibers, characterized by TEM, SEM, AFM and conducting AFM techniques, have been prepared from a C3-symmetric tris(TTF) derivative.
DOI: 10.1039/b822884a
New perspectives on functional metallophosphors with improved charge carrier injection/transport features has led to exciting prospects for their applications in organic light-emitting diodes.
DOI: 10.1039/b911297a
Perovskites, framework structures, nanomaterials and other types of materials whose chemistry C. N. R. Rao and his coworkers investigated for the last fifty years.
DOI: 10.1039/b910848n
Single-crystalline metal-semiconductor heterojunctions with definitive orientations have been created inside carbon nanotubes that brings forth new promises for applications and understanding fundamental physics.
DOI: 10.1039/b910851n
Surface-modified 3D starch-based scaffold for improved endothelialization for bone tissue engineering.
DOI: 10.1039/b819089e
The HA nanoparticles are efficiently accumulated in the tumor site in vivo and taken up by the SCC7 cancer cells in vitro.
DOI: 10.1039/b910398h
Electrochemically deposited, silver nanoparticle occluded, hierarchical CdS nano-arrays: significantly enhanced Raman scattering and electro-chemiluminescence but quenched photoluminescence.
DOI: 10.1039/b821213a
Traditional technique with new applications: building hierarchical 2D architectures from nanocrystal building blocks based on breath figure method.
DOI: 10.1039/b909419a
Rhodamine B-co-condensed spherical SBA-15 fluorescence nanoparticles, with large doping amounts of covalently bonded and highly monodispersed RhB within mesoporous channels exhibit high fluorescence quantum yields and fluorescence detectivity and excellent photostability.
DOI: 10.1039/b908916k
Synthesis and spectroscopic investigation of colloidal upconverting Ln3+/ Yb3+-doped KY3 F10 nanocrystals (Ln = Er or Eu).
DOI: 10.1039/b900300b
Synthesis, mesomorphism and electrochemical properties of tetrasubstituted zinc and copper phthalocyanines.
DOI: 10.1039/b908465g
SiC-C coaxial nanocables with the weak polar 
-SiC tapered-crystallites orientation accumulation inside were synthesized via a relatively low-temperature solvothermal process.
DOI: 10.1039/b820954e
Photochemical properties of potassium-adsorbed titania nanotube arrays.
DOI: 10.1039/b907995p
Colloidally synthesised nanostructured selenium can be placed on the surfaces of implants to kill cancer and increase healthy tissue growth.
DOI: 10.1039/b814334j
A solvent evaporation method is used to prepare hollow microspheres with binary porous shell from solid-stabilised emulsion templates.
DOI: 10.1039/b907542a
Layer structured TiNCl, a band semiconductor, becomes a superconductor upon intercalation of pyridine or alkali metals.
DOI: 10.1039/b819541b
Molecular model of layered alkylammonium clay produced from sodium-montmorillonite used in clay-polymer nanocomposite materials.
DOI: 10.1039/b906405m
Cyclodextrin-covered gold nanoparticles for targeted delivery and glutathione-mediated release of anti-cancer drug.
DOI: 10.1039/b816209c
In situ synthesis of bioactive silver nanoparticles on a paper matrix with a hierarchical fiber-network architecture.
DOI: 10.1039/b820310e
A natural polysaccharide, gellan gum, has been chemically modified to construct injectable cell-laden hydrogels for long-term cartilage regeneration in vitro.
DOI: 10.1039/b818090c
On the way to biaxial nematics. Shape-persistent, V-shaped nematogens are designed as biaxial model compounds for low-temperature thermotropic nematic phases.
DOI: 10.1039/b904919n
The cover depicts recent progress toward functional DNA (upper left) directed assembly of nanomaterials such as gold nanoparticles (lower left), quantum dots (upper right) and nanotubes (lower right) for sensing applications.
DOI: 10.1039/b813939c
Internal multi-phasic nanodomains by the electrochemical conversion reaction of newly synthesized Ca2Co3FeO9 nanoplates enhance the storage performance of lithium-ion batteries.
DOI: 10.1039/b904375f
An integrated circuit and an electrical wire made of carbon nanotubes, organic molecules and DNA.
DOI: 10.1039/b810617g
Hierarchical organisation in shape-amphiphilic liquid crystals.
DOI: 10.1039/b819877b
Thylakoids entrapped within porous silica gel: towards living matters able to convert energy.
DOI: 10.1039/b903345a
Size-separation of CdTe nanoparticles by high-yield free-flow electrophoresis provides mono-disperse nanoparticle dispersions for better molecular probes and diagnostic tools.
DOI: 10.1039/b820703h
'Clickable' SBA-15 mesoporous materials: synthesis, characterization and their reaction with alkynes.
DOI: 10.1039/b902815n
Preparation, formation mechanisms, and catalytic behaviour of Ni/SiO2 microcapsules prepared by one-pot reaction.
DOI: 10.1039/b816568h
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles functionalized with oxygen-sensing probe for cell phototherapy as potential cancer theranostics.
DOI: 10.1039/b902233n
Aerosol assisted deposition of polymer films creates rough surfaces that are superhydrophobic. The surfaces repel water and duplicate the lotus effect.
DOI: 10.1039/b820102c
The polarization state of a 442 nm laser regulates the bending angle of a polymer cantilever composed of a photoresponsive, monodomain liquid crystal polymer network.
DOI: 10.1039/b901759n
Catalyst-free GaAs nanowires and related quantum AIAs/GaAs heterostructures with different geometries placed on their facets are grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy.
DOI: 10.1039/b816585h
Position-controlled, selective growth of ZnO nanorods and nanotubes by utilizing patterned GaN microstructures with highly anisotropic surface energies.
DOI: 10.1039/b901266b
Uniform-sized fibers of the semiconducting polymer (P3HT) are continuously produced on a massive scale via electrospinning.
DOI: 10.1039/b814833c
Self-assembled hexagonal and lamellar structures obtained from the co-condensation of TEOS and hybrid silica precursors in the presence of surfactant molecules.
DOI: 10.1039/b900713j
Striking spherulitic optical texture demonstrated by a porphyrin based discotic liquid crystal
DOI: 10.1039/b812724g
Tailoring the morphology of LiFePO4 electrode materials and decorating the surface with amorphous carbon have been found to improve the storage performance of lithium batteries at high current operation. The LiFePO4 nanoplates have been synthesized by the solvothermal method.
DOI: 10.1039/b900228f
The usage of non-ionic photoacid generators with increased two-photon absorption cross-section allows for two-photon microfabrications via radical as well as cationic pathways.
DOI: 10.1039/b822412a
This article features our recent research progress in the synthesis, properties and applications of novel semiconducting nanowire heterostructures. This cover shows the self assembly of SiO2 nanowires and Si microwires into hierachical heterostructures.
DOI: 10.1039/b808320g
Combined photopatternable and electro-switchable polymer-stabilized cholestric cell.
DOI: 10.1039/b822021m
Optical micrograph showing the surface of a self-assembled colloidal crystal film, in which the different thickness terraces have been highlighted using different colors.
DOI: 10.1039/b811955d
An oriented attachment process allows access to a huge family of inorganic functional materials with controlled shape and structures.
DOI: 10.1039/b821421m
Photomobile polymer materials can work as the moving parts of devices manipulated by irradiation with a remote light source.
DOI: 10.1039/b815289f
Organic microrod phosphor of Ir(ppy)3 can act as optical waveguide for future microscale photonic devices.
DOI: 10.1039/b820573f
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