Abstract Rarely polymer-grafted nanoparticles are shown to be able to self-assemble into stable nanostructures of different morphologies. The driving force for the assembly is a competition between a short-range attraction of the nanoparticles and long-range repulsion o...

The sustainability of energy production can be increased by combusting waste-derived solid fuels, alone or as blends with coal. This paper investigated whether two thermochemical processes (hydroth...

Abstract Engineered nano-bio cellular interfaces bring together well-defined nanoscale material morphologies with organic living systems. These extraordinarily complex interfaces are set to produce radical advances in the life sciences, through fundamental research in t...

Financial support from the European Union (EU) and the Free State of Saxony through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) (SAB GroTEGx, grant no. 100245375) are acknowledged. J.G. acknowledges the financial support from the Principality of Asturias and European U...

A new carbon model derived from in situ small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) enables a quantitative description of the voltage-dependent arrangement and transport of ions within the nanopores of carbon-based electric double-layer capacitors. In the first step, ex situ SA...

A chemically diverse range of novel tetraoxanes was synthesized and evaluated in vitro against intramacrophage amastigote forms of Leishmania donovani. All 15 tested tetraoxanes displayed activity, with IC50 values ranging from 2 to 45 µm. The most active tetraoxane, co...

Autoxidation in the atmosphere has been realized in the last decade as an important process that forms highly oxidized products relevant for the formation of secondary organic aerosol and likely with detrimental human health effects. It is experimentally shown that the ...

Creating hydrogel systems to mimic the extracellular matrix is often limited by their static nature. The use of a two-photon [2+2] cycloaddition of maleimide groups to structure surfaces, to create hydrogels, and add 3D modifications with sub-micrometer precision is rep...

Chemically modified nucleic acids have long served as a very important class of bio-hybrid structures. In particular, the modification with PEG has advanced the scope and performance of oligonucleotides in materials science, catalysis and therapeutics. Most of the appli...

This work describes a new concept of porous vapor sensor materials based on co-continuous polycarbonate/poly(vinylidene fluoride)/multiwalled carbon nanotube (PC/PVDF/MWCNT) blend composites. The blend composites were fabricated by melt mixing in a one-step mixing proce...