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Top-down fabricated ZnO nanowire transistors for application in biosensors

open access: yes, 2012
Top-down ZnO nanowire FETs have been fabricated using mature photolithography, ZnO atomic layer deposition (ALD) and plasma etching. This paper investigates the effects of oxygen adsorption by measuring FET characteristics at different gate bias sweep ...
Ashburn, Peter   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Oleylamine-Mediated Hydrothermal Growth of Millimeter-Long Cu Nanowires and Their Electrocatalytic Activity for Reduction of Nitrate

open access: yesNanomaterials, 2018
While high-aspect-ratio metal nanowires are essential for producing nanowire-based electrodes of good performance used in electronics and electrocatalysis, the synthesis of millimeter-long Cu nanowires remains a challenge.
Yifan Zheng   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Wearable Smart Patches on Sustainable Chitosan With Reversible Microbial Growth‐Inhibitory Properties

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Chitosan, a polysaccharide upcycled from biowaste, has long promised sustainable, biocompatible, and antimicrobial films and devices, an appeal reinforced by its recent regulatory recognition, with several chitosan‐based antibacterial dressings gaining clearance through the Food and Drug Administration's 510(k) pathway.
Jacopo Nicoletti   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Electrical characteristics of top-down ZnO nanowire transistors using remote plasma ALD

open access: yes, 2012
Top-down fabrication is used to produce ZnO nanowires by remote plasma atomic layer deposition over a SiO2 pillar and anisotropic dry etching. Nanowire field-effect transistors (FETs), with channel lengths in the range of 1.3–18.6 µm, are then fabricated
Masaud, T.B.   +19 more
core   +1 more source

Tailoring the Geometry of Bottom-Up Nanowires: Application to High Efficiency Single Photon Sources

open access: yesNanomaterials, 2021
For nanowire-based sources of non-classical light, the rate at which photons are generated and the ability to efficiently collect them are determined by the nanowire geometry.
Dan Dalacu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Electrospun Wood‐Derived Biopolymers as Electrodes in Electrochemical Energy Storage Technologies

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Electrospinning transforms wood‐derived cellulose and lignin into architecturally defined, binder‐free carbon electrodes with tuneable porosity and functionality. This review shows how fibre design enables decoupled charge and mass transport, enhancing performance across battery systems, while identifying key challenges in spinnability, scalability ...
Michael W. Thielke   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhanced Reflection of GaAs Nanowire Laser Using Short-Period, Symmetric Double Metal Grating Reflectors

open access: yesNanomaterials, 2022
Owing to the high contrast of the refractive indices at the end facets of a nanowire, lasing emission can be achieved in an individual nanowire without external, reflected feedback.
Qun Yu, Wei Wei, Xin Yan, Xia Zhang
doaj   +1 more source

Biodegradable and Biocompatible Functional Polymers for Biomedical Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Biodegradable and biocompatible functional polymers integrate electrical, mechanical, and stimuli‐responsive functionalities while enabling programmed degradation under physiological conditions. This review introduces recent advances in conductive, shape‐memory, self‐healing, photocurable, and adhesive polymer systems, emphasizing material design ...
Won Bae Han   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gradient‐Conductivity Architecture Enables Synchronous Enhancement of Sensitivity and Detection Range in Multifunctional All‐Paper Sensors

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A gradient‐engineered all‐paper sensor is fabricated by integrating MXene and in situ grown AgNPs within hierarchical cellulose networks. The device breaks the sensitivity–detection range trade‐off through cascaded conductive pathways, enabling ultrahigh pressure sensitivity, humidity–pressure decoupled dual‐mode sensing, and outstanding EMI shielding,
Ao Li   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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