《纳米研究》2019年第12期目录

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Nano Research

Research Articles

A scalable bio-inspired polydopamine-Cu ion interfacial layer for high-performance lithium metal anode

Qianqian Meng^1,2, Huimin Zhang¹, Yue Liu^1,2, Shaobo Huang^1,2, Tianzhu Zhou¹, Xiaofei Yang^1,3, Biyan Wang², Wenfeng Zhang¹, Hai Ming¹, Yu Xiang¹, Meng Li¹, Gaoping Cao¹, Yaqin Huang¹, Li-zhen Fan², Hao Zhang^1,*, and Yuepeng Guan^3,*

¹Research Institute of Chemical Defense, China

² University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

³ Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China

The polydopamine (PDA)-Cu²⁺ interfacial layer composed by adhesive nanoparticles and Cu ions, can guide and facilitate uniform Li ion diffusion and Li metal deposition, resulting in a highly stable performance during plating/striping process.

2919–2924

Cyclodextrin conjugated ferritin nanocages reduce intracellular cholesterol level in foam cells

Samyukta Ravishankar and Sierin Lim^*

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Ferritin protein nanocages were modified with cyclodextrin and examined for its passive localization and cholesterol sequestration properties from lipid-laden macrophages (foam cells).

2925–2932

Resolution and contrast enhancement of laser-scanning multiphoton microscopy using thulium-doped upconversion nanoparticles

Alexey B. Kostyuk¹, Artem D. Vorotnov¹, Andrey V. Ivanov², Arthur B. Volovetskiy¹, Aleksandr V. Kruglov¹, Lyudmila M. Sencha¹, Liuen Liang³, Evgenii L. Guryev¹, Vladimir A. Vodeneev¹, Sergey M. Deyev⁴, Yiqing Lu³, and Andrei V. Zvyagin^1,2,3,*

¹ Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

²Sechenov University, Russia

³Macquarie University, Australia

⁴Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Upconversion nanoparticles co-doped with 8% Tm in combination with a commercial laser-scanning multiphoton microscopy appeared uniquely suited for labeling biological systems to acquire high-resolution images with the enhanced contrast. Discrete nanoparticles became clearly observable in cells and freshly excised animal tissue of laboratory animals, which represented challenging environment of intense autofluorescence, exogenous staining, and turbidity, as typically occur in intravital imaging.

2933–2940

Co_0.85Se hollow spheres constructed of ultrathin 2D mesoporous nanosheets as a novel bifunctional-electrode for supercapacitor and water splitting

Nadeem Hussain^1,3, Fangfang Wu⁴, Liqiang Xu^1,2,*, and Yitai Qian¹

¹ Shandong University, China

² Nankai University, China

³ Shenzhen Research Institute of Shandong University, China

⁴ Zhejiang University of Technology, China

Co_0.85Se hollow spheres constructed by two-dimensional (2D) mesoporous ultrathin nanosheets with high specific surface area (93.2 m²·g⁻¹) were synthesized first time via a one-step and cost effective solvothermal process. Their bifunctional electrocatalytic-supercapacitive properties were obtained simultaneously due to synergistic effects between macroscopic morphological features and microscopic atomic/electronic structure of Co_0.85Se.

2941–2946

Polydopamine and ammonium bicarbonate coated and doxorubicin loaded hollow cerium oxide nanoparticles for synergistic tumor therapy

Keqiang Xu^1,2, Yan Cheng^1,*, Jiao Yan¹, Yanlin Feng^1,2, Runxiao Zheng^1,2, Xiaqing Wu^1,2, Yanjing Wang^1,2, Panpan Song^1,2, and Haiyuan Zhang^1,2,*

¹ Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

² University of Science and Technology of China, China

Polydopamine and ammonium bicarbonate coated and doxorubicin loaded hollow cerium oxide nanoparticles were fabricated to fight against cancer through synergistic effect among photothermal therapy, chemotherapy and chemodynamic therapy.

2947–2953

Direct synthesis of L1₀-FePt nanoparticles from single-source bimetallic complex and their electrocatalytic applications in oxygen reduction and hydrogen evolution reactions

Zhengong Meng¹, Fei Xiao², Zhuoxun Wei¹, Xuyun Guo³, Ye Zhu³, Yurong Liu¹, Guijun Li³, Zhen-Qiang Yu^1,*, Minhua Shao^2,*, and Wai-Yeung Wong^3,4,*

¹Shenzhen University, China

² Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China

³ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

⁴ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen Research Institute, China

Highly ordered L1₀-FePt nanoparticles were prepared and well-controlled by a molecular strategy, and they were used as the bifunctional electrocatalysts in oxygen reduction and hydrogen evolution reactions with much better performances than the commercial Pt/C catalysts.

2954–2959

Rational design of phosphorus-doped cobalt sulfides electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution

Guoxing Qu¹, Tianli Wu², Yanan Yu¹, Zekang Wang¹, Yang Zhou¹, Zhendong Tang³, and Qin Yue^1,*

¹University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China

² Henan University, China

³ Army Engineering University of PLA, China

For the first time, P doped Co_1−xS is found as promising electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution. With narrow band gap and optimal hydrogen adsorption sites, P doped Co_1−xS shows significantly enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity.

2960–2965

Immobilizing palladium nanoparticles on boron-oxygen- functionalized carbon nanospheres towards efficient hydrogen generation from formic acid

Shan Zhong^1,2, Nobuko Tsumori³, Mitsunori Kitta¹, and Qiang Xu^1,2,*

¹National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan

²Kobe University, Japan

³Toyama National College of Technology, Japan

Highly dispersed palladium nanoparticles (Pd NPs) were immobilized on boron-oxygen (B-O)-functionalized carbon nanospheres (Pd/OB-C), exhibiting significantly improved activity for formic acid dehydrogenation. By adding melamine precursor, OB-C-N product displays a high B content. Pd/OB-C-N shows a superb activity, with a turnover frequency as high as 5,354 h^–1 at 323 K.

2966–2970

All-in-one theranostic nanoplatform with controlled drug release and activated MRI tracking functions for synergistic NIR-II hyperthermia-chemotherapy of tumors

Xianguang Ding^1,†, Haitao Zhao², Chunyan Li^1,3, Qiangbin Wang^1,3, and Jiang Jiang^1,3,*

¹Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

²National University of Singapore, Singapore

³ University of Science and Technology of China, China

^† Present address: National University of Singapore, Singapore

A novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) agent for drug release tracking is developed, integrating photothermal core and paramagnetic ion/drug loading shell with a thermal valve. Co-loaded phase change materials act as both gatekeeper and heat buffer, enabling near-infrared (NIR) stimulated drug release, and synergistic chemo-mild hyperthermia therapy.

2971–2981

Photo-thermoelectric effect induced electricity in stretchable graphene-polymer nanocomposites for ultrasensitive strain sensing

Ding Zhang^1,4, Yiding Song^1,4, Lu Ping^1,4, Suwen Xu^1,4, De Yang^2,*, Yuanhao Wang^3,*, and Ya Yang^1,4,5,*

¹ Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

² Fuling Center Hospital of Chongqing City, China

³Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

⁴University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

⁵ Guangxi University, China

A self-powered stretchable graphene-ecoflex composite strain sensor based on photo-thermoelectric effect has been fabricated to monitor human activities by detecting current variations. The self-powered strain sensor was implanted in pork for effective strain detection, demonstrating the feasibility of the implantable strain sensing in vivo.

2982–2987

Single and multi domain buckled germanene phases on Al(111) surface

Dmitriy A. Muzychenko^1,*, Sergey I. Oreshkin¹, Vladimir I. Panov¹, Chris Van Haesendonck², and Andrey I. Oreshkin¹

¹Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

²KU Leuven, Belgium

We report on the simultaneous nucleation and growth of single domain (3×3) and multi domain (√7×√7)R(19.1°) germanene phases on Al(111) surface regardless of Al substrate temperature with a range T_s = 27–200 °C. Our scanning tunneling microscopy experiments combined with the density functional theory based simulations are consistent with atomic model structures with strongly buckled germanene (2×2)/Al(111)(3×3) and (√3×√3)R30°/Al(111)(√7×√7)R(±19.1°) with one Ge atom protruding upward, which properly describe the experimentally observed single and multi domain surface phases.

2988–2996

Unexpected intercalation-dominated potassium storage in WS₂ as a potassium-ion battery anode

Yuhan Wu¹, Yang Xu^2,*, Yueliang Li³, Pengbo Lyu⁴, Jin Wen⁵, Chenglin Zhang¹, Min Zhou¹, Yaoguo Fang¹, Huaping Zhao¹, Ute Kaiser³, and Yong Lei^1,*

¹ Technische Universitat Ilmenau, Germany

² University College London, UK

³Ulm University, Germany

⁴ Charles University, Czech Republic

⁵Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic

WS₂ is reported as a two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide that serves as an intercalation-type anode even at deep discharge condition in K-ion batteries. Investigation of the charge/discharge process reveals an intercalation dominated mechanism to store K-ions, which results in highly stable cyclability and great rate capability of the anode.

2997–3002

Co-delivery of PARP and PI3K inhibitors by nanoscale metal– organic frameworks for enhanced tumor chemoradiation

Megan J. Neufeld^1,*, Allison N. DuRoss¹, Madeleine R. Landry¹, Hayden Winter², Andrea M. Goforth², and Conroy Sun^1,3,*

¹Oregon State University, USA

²Portland State University, USA

³Oregon Health & Science University, USA

Nanoscale metal–organic frameworks display synergistic activity in a breast cancer model by both augmenting radiation therapy and preventing DNA damage repair, thus demonstrating their potential as a unique chemoradiation platform.

3003–3017

A flutter-effect-based triboelectric nanogenerator for breeze energy collection from arbitrary directions and self-powered wind speed sensor

Jie Hu, Xianjie Pu, Hongmei Yang, Qixuan Zeng, Qian Tang, Dazhi Zhang, Chenguo Hu, and Yi Xi^*

Chongqing University, China

The flutter-effect-based triboelectric nanogenerator (FE-TENG) is designed for the first time to avoid the friction wear and greatly reduce the energy loss, converting breeze energy from arbitrary direction in the environment into electricity. In addition, a self-powered wind speed sensor can be achieved rely on the excellent linear relationship between wind speed and electrical output signal.

3018–3023

A novel chitosan nanocapsule for enhanced skin penetration of cyclosporin A and effective hair growth in vivo

Jin Sil Lee^1,2, Youngmin Hwang², Hyeryeon Oh^1,2, Sunghyun Kim¹, Jin-Hwa Kim³, Jeung-Hoon Lee³, Yong Chul Shin^3,4, Giyoong Tae^2,*, and Won Il Choi^1,*

¹Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology, Republic of Korea

² Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea

³ SKINMED Co., Ltd., Republic of Korea

⁴Amicogen, Inc., Republic of Korea

The cyclosporin A loaded chitosan nanocapsules (CsA@ChiNCs) were developed as a new potential platform for enhanced transdermal drug delivery and effective hair regeneration.

3024–3030

One-step synthesis of thermally stable artificial multienzyme cascade system for efficient enzymatic electrochemical detection

Xiqing Cheng, Jinhong Zhou, Jiayu Chen, Zhaoxiong Xie, Qin Kuang^*, and Lansun Zheng

Xiamen University, China

An artificial multienzyme cascade system with glucose oxidase (GOx) immobilized within Cu-based metal-organic framework (MOF) layer grown on the three-dimensional (3D) porous copper foam was successfully constructed via a facile electrochemical assisted biomimetic mineralization process. Such a well-designed GOx@Cu-MOF/copper foam architecture exhibited superior sensitivity and thermal stability in the efficient enzymatic electrochemical detection of glucose.

3031–3036

Radioiodinated tyrosine based carbon dots with efficient renal clearance for single photon emission computed tomography of tumor

Nian Liu^1,2,3, Yiyue Shi¹, Jingru Guo¹, Hai Li⁴, Qiang Wang⁵, Menglin Song³, Zhiyuan Shi³, Le He⁴, Xinhui Su⁵, Jin Xie⁶, and Xiaolian Sun^1,*

¹ China Pharmaceutical University, China

²Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen and Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany

³ Xiamen University, China

⁴Soochow University, China

⁵ Zhongshan Hospital Xiamen University, China

⁶University of Georgia, USA

A 2.5 nm tyrosine based carbon dots (TCDs) with phenolic hydroxyl groups on the surface have been synthesized for directly ¹²⁵I labeling. The¹²⁵I labeled TCDs are proved to be effective single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging agents for tumors with effective renal clearance.

3037–3043

Development of a homogenous assay based on fluorescent imprinted nanoparticles for analysis of nitroaromatic compounds

Asma Elbelazi^1,2, Francesco Canfarotta^3,*, Joanna Czulak³, Michael J. Whitcombe¹, Sergey Piletsky¹, and Elena Piletska¹

¹University of Leicester, UK

²University of Tripoli, Libya

³MIP Diagnostics Ltd., UK

Herein we describe the development of a homogeneous assay for the detection of two nitroaromatic compounds. This assay relies on fluorescent molecularly imprinted nanoparticles (nanoMIPs) which, upon interaction with the target analytes, generate a reduction in fluorescence emission intensity (quenching).

3044–3050

Confining MOF-derived SnSe nanoplatelets in nitrogen-doped graphene cages via direct CVD for durable sodium ion storage

Chen Lu¹, Zhenzhu Li¹, Zhou Xia¹, Haina Ci^1,2, Jingsheng Cai¹, Yingze Song¹, Lianghao Yu¹, Wanjian Yin¹, Shixue Dou³, Jingyu Sun^1,2,*, and Zhongfan Liu^1,2,4,*

¹ Soochow University, China

² Beijing Graphene Institute (BGI), China

³ University of Wollongong, Australia

⁴Peking University, China

Metal-organic framework (MOF)-derived SnSe/C wrapped within nitrogen- doped graphene (NG@SnSe/C) hybrid is designed targeting durable sodium-ion storage. Thus derived Na-ion capacitors harvest a high energy and power density, holding promise for next-generation energy storages.

3051–3058

In vivo and in situ real-time fluorescence imaging of peripheral nerves in the NIR-II window

Zhujun Feng¹, Yimeng Yang², Jian Zhang², Kan Wang¹, Yunxia Li², Heng Xu³, Zhen Wang², Ewelina Biskup⁴, Shixian Dong¹, Xing Yang⁵, Yuefeng Hao^5,*, Jun Chen^2,*, and Yan Wo^1,*

¹Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

²Fudan University, China

³Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China

⁴ University Hospital of Basel, Switzerland

⁵ Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, China

A novel in vivo and in situ real-time imaging of peripheral nerves based on the second near-infrared window (NIR-II) quantum dots (QDs) fluorescence facilitates an earlier, more precise and better prognosis of clinical peripheral neuropathy by direct imaging of peripheral nerves in vivo.

3059–3068

Angular dependence of nanoparticle generation in the matrix assembly cluster source

Maria Chiara Spadaro^1,†, Junlei Zhao², William D. Terry³, Jian Liu^3,4, Feng Yin⁵, Flyura Djurabekova², and Richard E. Palmer^{1, *}

¹Swansea University, UK

² University of Helsinki, Finland

³ University of Birmingham, UK

⁴Tsinghua University, China

⁵ Shaanxi Normal University, China

^†Present address: CSIC and BIST, Spain

The matrix assembly cluster source (MACS) is suitable for the scale-up of cluster deposition: The flux and direction of the clusters obtained are strongly influenced by the spatial distribution of the deposited ion beam energy and shock wave formation.

3069–3074

Biocompatible carbon dots with low-saturation-intensity and highphotobleaching-resistance for STED nanoscopy imaging of the nucleolus and tunneling nanotubes in living cells

Hao Li¹, Shuai Ye¹, Jiaqing Guo¹, Huibo Wang², Wei Yan^1,*, Jun Song^1,*, and Junle Qu^1,*

¹ Shenzhen University, China

² Soochow University, China

Fluorescence carbon dots (FNCDs) with high fluorescence quantum yield and strong anti-photobleaching can stain the nucleolus and tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) in the living cell. For the living cell, the lateral resolution of single FNCDs and TNTs diameter is up to 19.7 and 75 nm under the stimulated emission depletion (STED) nanoscopy.

3075–3084

Magnetically recyclable Sm₂Co₁₇/Cu catalyst to chemoselectively reduce the 3-nitrostyrene into 3-vinylaniline under room temperature

Zhenhui Ma¹, Hu Liu², and Ming Yue^1,*

¹ Beijing University of Technology, China

²Harbin Institute of Technology, China

A magnetically recyclable Sm₂Co₁₇/Cu catalyst exhibits high selectivity (99%) and conversion (98%) to reduce 3-nitrostyrene into 3-vinylaniline by catalytic hydrogenation, which can be simply recycled by self-separation method due to magnetically feature of Sm₂Co₁₇ single crystal particles.

3085–3088

Controlled oxidation of Ni for stress-free hole transport layer of large-scale perovskite solar cells

Seongha Lee¹, Hee-Suk Roh¹, Gill Sang Han^2,*, and Jung-Kun Lee^1,*

¹University of Pittsburgh, USA

²Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea

Stress-free NiO film by thermally oxidation is a key factor to improve structural and electrical qualities of NiO film as a hole-transport layer, leading to enhance the power conversion efficiency of scalable perovskite solar cells.

3089–3094

Electronic structure of exfoliated millimeter-sized monolayer WSe₂ on silicon wafer

Wenjuan Zhao^1,2, Yuan Huang^1,2,*, Cheng Shen^1,2, Cong Li^1,2, Yongqing Cai^1,2, Yu Xu^1,2, Hongtao Rong^1,2, Qiang Gao^1,2, Yang Wang^1,2, Lin Zhao¹, Lihong Bao¹, Qingyan Wang¹, Guangyu Zhang¹, Hongjun Gao^1,2, Zuyan Xu³, Xingjiang Zhou^1,2,4,5,*, and Guodong Liu^1,4,*

¹Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

² University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

³Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

⁴Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, China

⁵Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, China

The monolayer WSe₂ is interesting and important for future application in nanoelectronics, spintronics and valleytronics devices. We have successfully fabricated a few millimeter-sized monolayer WSe₂ single crystals and carried out comprehensive electronic band structure study on such high quality samples, using standard high resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy.

3095–3100

Water-induced hydrogenation of graphene/metal interfaces at room temperature: Insights on water intercalation and identification of sites for water splitting

Guangyu He¹, Qi Wang¹, Hak Ki Yu², Daniel Farías³, Yingchun Liu^1,*, and Antonio Politano^4,5,*

¹ Zhejiang University, China

²Ajou University, Republic of Korea

³Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain

⁴University of L'Aquila, Italy

⁵ CNR-IMM Istituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi, Italy

H₂O saturates the edge of graphene by H and migrates in the subsurface region from the decoupled edge, where H₂O decomposes at room temperature.

3101–3108

Bottom-up fabrication of graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets modified with porphyrin via covalent bonding for photocatalytic H₂ evolution

Shufang Tian, Sudi Chen, Xitong Ren, Ronghui Cao, Haiyan Hu, and Feng Bai^*

Henan University, China

Porphyrin connected with graphitic carbon nitride by covalent bonding were fabricated for the first time via one-pot thermal copolymerization, the enlarged specific surface area, expanded visible light absorption range and the intramolecular heterojunction all contributed to the optimized photocatalytic performance for H₂ evolution.

3109–3115

Amorphous MoS₂ confined in nitrogen-doped porous carbon for improved electrocatalytic stability toward hydrogen evolution reaction

Shaojie Lu¹, Wenjing Wang¹, Shengshuang Yang¹, Wei Chen^1,*, Zhongbin Zhuang³, Wenjing Tang¹, Caihong He¹, Jiajing Qian¹, Dekun Ma¹, Yun Yang¹, and Shaoming Huang^1,2,*

¹Wenzhou University, China

² Guangdong University of Technology, China

³Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China

N-doped CMK-3 was utilized to confine the growth of MoS₂ with a small size and an amorphous structure to form MoS₂@N-CMK-3 which shows good electrocatalytic activity toward hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in acids with a quite small Tafel slope of 32 mV·dec⁻¹. And more importantly, compared to MoS₂@CMK-3, its electrocatalytic stability has been greatly improved resulted from N-doping.

3116–3122

Vapor growth of WSe₂/WS₂ heterostructures with stacking dependent optical properties

Xueping Wu, Xiao Wang, Honglai Li, Zhouxiaosong Zeng, Biyuan Zheng, Danliang Zhang, Fang Li, Xiaoli Zhu, Ying Jiang^*, and Anlian Pan^*

Hunan University, China

The WSe₂/WS₂ vertically stacked bilayer heterostructures with controllable commensurate crystallographic alignments are successfully synthesized by vapor growth route and confirmed by the stacking dependent optical properties.

3123–3128

Blue emitting CsPbBr₃ perovskite quantum dot inks obtained from sustained release tablets

Hewei Yang^1,2, Yaqing Feng^1,2, Zhiyu Tu¹, Kuo Su^1,2, Xiaozhi Fan¹, Bingjie Liu¹, Zhiping Shi^1,2, Yuzhe Zhang^1,2, Chenyang Zhao¹, and Bao Zhang^1,*

¹ Tianjin University, China

²Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), China

Synthesis of blue emitting CsPbBr₃ perovskite quantum dots via a sustained-release-tablet strategy was proposed. Thanks to the limitation of the sustained release tablet on solvent releasing and optimized surface passivation, the resulting CsPbBr₃quantum dots have the average size of 1.1 ± 0.2 nm with high quality blue emission and excellent stability.