Themed collection Celebrating Professor Geoffrey Ozin's 80th Birthday

Synergistic coupling of photons and phonons make the photothermal catalytic conversion of various important processes possible.

Harnessing the power of mesoporous silica to encapsulate organic fluorescent dyes has led to the creation of an extraordinary class of nanocomposite photonic materials.

Extracopularity is a local structural phenomenon characterised by the occurrence of fewer different bond angles than combinatorially possible.

The panorama of the latest developments of the emerging porphyrin-based MOFs for photo(electro)catalytic CO₂ reduction is shown.

Biotin-functionalized nanoparticles enhance cancer detection by targeting biotin receptors, which are overexpressed on cancer cells. This targeted approach improves imaging accuracy and efficacy in identifying cancerous tissues.

This review summarizes the work on converting ligand-capped colloidal nanocrystals into active heterogeneous catalysts by using non-thermal plasmas, which remove the ligands and control surface chemistry. Questions for future work are discussed.

Photodynamic Therapy (PDT): A minimally invasive treatment for a range of benign disorders and malignancies.

Combined theoretical and experimental screening of metal nitrides for the thermochemical production of ammonia without added catalyst.

One-step synthesis of TiO₂ nanocrystals described in this study allows the density of oxygen vacancies to be controlled by 2 orders of magnitude and yields homogeneously distributed vacancies with stable optical properties in oxidizing environments.

A fluorescence aging-resistant SiNCs/PDMS antifake coating is exploited by dispersing De-SiNCs into PDMS matrix. Interestingly, encapsulation of De-SiNCs is beneficial to improving mechanical property and thermal stability of the SiNCs/PDMS coating.

High-surface-area siloxene enables alloying between Pd and Cu via room-temperature reduction with Si–H bonds. This catalyst preparation strategy outperformed the traditional impregnation method for catalytic semi-hydrogenation of acetylene.

A schematic illustration for the synthesis of g-C₃N₄-Mx/S nanocomposites and structure of pouch cells demonstrating arrangements of electrodes and a separator.

This study introduces a new, facile method to synthesize silver clusters with neither reducing nor capping agents from aqueous silver ion solution by using high intensity femtosecond pulse laser irradiation.

This study demonstrates selective ligand engineering of InSb colloidal quantum dots (CQD) for enhancing the figure of merit of self-powered short-wave infrared (SWIR) photodiodes.

High-entropy germanides (AuAgCuPdPtGe and FeCoNiCrVGe) were synthesized via a rapid thermal annealing. The formation and growth mechanisms were investigated using in situ heating XRD and TEM.

A chiral magnetic field brings magnetoplasmonic nanoparticles into close proximity, enabling plasmonic coupling and imparting chirality to resulting superstructures, and consequently, dynamic tunability of plasmonic chiroptical properties.

A series of Mo-doped BiVO₄ photoanodes are studied using experimental and DFT methods. Mo doping replaces V sites, increasing electronic conductivity and improving solar water splitting performance.

This study introduces a new method for cobalt-free lithium-ion cathodes, improving cycling stability and capacity via dual-ion doping and morphological modulation.

Highly stable and active, low-cost electrocatalysts composed of Bi-doped cobalt oxides on FTO substrates for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in acidic solutions are reported.

Controlled BiOCl synthesis is hindered by its fast nucleation and growth. Our precursor allows BiOCl formation to be slowed to enable BiOCl formation to be investigated by in situ X-ray PDF and in situ liquid cell TEM.

Nickel coating on plasmonic copper nanoparticles enhances chemical stability, reduces cytotoxicity while providing antibacterial activity and colorimetric response to pH.

Supercapacitor miniaturization is highly sought after due to the considerable demand for portable, flexible, and wearable microscale electronics.

“acac-PMO” with the acac-functionality intact and embedded in the organic environment of the linker.

We demonstrate the practical applicability of Ni–Co–Mn–P as an efficient electrocatalyst active in all the HER, OER, and ORR processes even under an ultra-high mass loading of over 22 mg cm⁻².

A schematic for the preparation of a g-C₃N₄-CNT/S composite cathode for lithium–sulfur batteries.

The surface oxidation of molybdenum carbide nanoparticles was controlled by the electrochemical method. The impact of surface oxidation on catalytic properties was studied by both spectroscopic and computational methods.

The promotional effect of Pd for selective alcohol oxidation over dilute Pd-in-Au bimetallic alloy catalysts strongly depends on the alkyl chain length and is characterized via a combination of reactor and in situ infrared studies.

TiO₂-coated glass for photocatalytic NO_x removal was optimised. Correlations between the synthesis parameters, coating properties, and photocatalytic activity was systematically studied through experimentation and machine learning tools for the first time.

Synergy of plasmonic–photonic effects in Ag,Au modified Mo-BiVO₄ inverse opal photoelectrocatalysts enhance recalcitrant pharmaceutical degradation.

A strong electron-deficient unit CNPz as a solid additive was developed in PTQ10/m-BTP-PhC6 binary organic solar cells. A high PCE of 19.67% was achieved with a significant increase of the J_SC and FF (81.8%).

We report an experimental and theoretical study of a regular array of oriented Te₈ rings formed in the ~1.14 nm diameter cavities of zeolite LTA.

Organosilica materials containing spectator groups next to amines display quasi-solvent behavior that controls CO₂ affinity. When the spectator groups are assembled as a density gradient, one obtains a spatial pattern of adsorption enthalpies.

The designed ionogel comprising poly(vinyl imidazole) and polyphosphoric acid exhibits rapid self-healing with robust mechanical properties that could further be enhanced by incorporation of Ca-ions into the matrix.

We propose a computational framework to systematically identify promising solid–gas reaction candidates for thermochemical energy storage (TCES) in concentrating solar power (CSP) plants.

In this study, we explore the disproportionation reaction mechanism in alkaline media during the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) utilizing mesoporous electrodes, namely LiMn₂O₄ (m-LMO), Mn₃O₄ (m-Mn₃O₄), and Mn₂P₂O₇ (m-MnPP).

Replacement of the Lewis base hydroxide InOH by the stronger amine InNH₂ enables the formation of robust InNH₂⋯In SFLP with excellent CO₂ photocatalytic performance.

We report that boron in the form of nanosheets can be prepared feasibly by exfoliating layered MgB₂ with hydrochloric acid, and can efficiently and stably catalyze oxidative dehydrogenation of propane.

The ability to directly capture and store solar energy in an electrical form within a single structure is an intriguing concept and if feasible, could be an ideal approach to overcome the intermittency issue of solar energy.