Silica nanoparticles can be designed to exhibit a diverse range of morphologies (e.g. non-porous, mesoporous), physical properties (e.g. hydrophobic, hydrophilic) and a wide range of chemical and biomolecular surface functionalizations.
Multi-spectroscopic and theoretical investigations on the isolated diphenyl ether–tert-butyl alcohol complex – an ideal benchmark system for theory with strongly competing OH–O and OH–π binding motifs.
The organic ligands 5,7-dibromo-2-methyl-8-quinolinol (L1), 1,10-phenanthroline (L2), and 5,7-dichloro-2-methyl-8-quinolinol (L3) were used to react with Dy(NO3)3·6H2O under solvothermal conditions at 80 °C to obtain the complexes [Dy(L1)3(H2O)] (1), [Dy(L2)2(NO3)3] (2), and [Dy(L3)3(H2O)] (3), respectively.
When inorganic benzene is confined in the honeycomb structure of nanographenes, it triggers impressive NLO variations powered by the local electron delocalization effects.
The nanometer placement of nanomaterials, such as nanoribbons and nanotubes, at a specific pitch and orientation on a surface, remains an unsolved fundamental problem in nanotechnology.