Hybrid nanostructures, applications

Vinayan, B.P., et al., Synthesis of graphene-multiwalledcarbon nanotubes hybrid nanostructure by strengthened electrostatic interaction and its lithium ion battery application. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012. 22(19) p. 9949-9956. 

Zhou, X., et al., Facile synthesis of nanospindle-like Cu20/straight multi-walled carbon nanotube hybrid nanostructures and their application in enzyme-free glucose sensing. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical, 2012.168 p. 1-7. 

Electrically conductive polymers are perspective materials in modern technologies because of their potential applications as chemical sensors, catalysts, microelectronic devices, etc. [1]. The interest to new hybrid nanostructured materials based on polymer matrix with poly-7t-conjugated bonds and noble metals nanoparticles constantly increases. This is reasoned by a wide spectrum of new optical and electrophysical properties [2]. 

Boron-Based Hybrid Nanostructures Novel Applications of Modern Materials... 

D. H. Park, M. S. Kim, J. Joo, Hybrid Nanostructures Using H-Conj ugated Polymers and Nanoscale Metals Synthesis, Characteristics, and Optoelectronic Applications. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2010, 39, 2439. 

Hybrid nanostructures are beneficial for solar cell applications for better electron-hole separation. RU-CU2S hybrid structures were synthesized by injecting Ru(acac)3 in octylether into a vessel containing CU2S seeds in octadecylamine at 205 °C. The caged structures were sensitive to reaction temperature those were only obtained at 205 °C. 

Surface has seen a tremendous boost and is believed to be a fourth state of matter [1]. Comparing to molecules in bulk, molecules at the surface of a material constimte a different environment, thus own different free energies, reactivities, electronic states, mobilities, and structures. Meanwhile, the properties of hybrid materials, composited from two or more nano or molecularly different components, depend on their surface and interfacial environment. During the past decade, organic/inorganic hybrid nanostructures have been paid close attention and shown a wide application prospect in terms of their optical, mechanical, electrical, catalytic and electrochemical properties [2],... 

The future applications of these innovative nanomaterials include the development of multifunctional hybrid nanostructured composite materials able to provide, simultaneously, mechanical, thermal and electromagnetic specific behaviours for aerospace, military, navy and communication applications. 

Well now, the proposed co-reprecipitation method [45] and visible-light-driven photocatalytic reduction method [53] have been established for the purpose of these kinds of core/shell type hybridized NCs composed of PDA NC and noble metal NP, and both processes have been further improved to extend to another type hybridized NCs, respectively [50, 54], Typical core/shell type hybridized NPs were first reported by Halas and Caruso research groups [70, 71, 73, 84, 87]. A great number of fine gold (Au) NPs as Au shell were deposited densely on the surface of silica NPs, which are spherical and uniform size. The LSP speetra were continuously blue-shifted with increasing the thickness of Au shell, and some optoelectronic applications have been now presented such as a substrate for surface enhanced Raman spectrum (SERS) measurement, chemical- and bio-sensors, etc. Silica NPs, however, are core as a template to fabricate core/sheU type hybridized nanostructure, and there is no something like optoelectronic interaction through core/shell hetero nano-interface in this case. 

Du N, Zhang H, Yang D (2012) One-dimensional hybrid nanostructures synthesis via layer-by-layer assembly and applications. Nanoscale 4(18) 5517-5526... 

Xiao F-X, Hung S-F, Tao HB et al (2014) Spatially branched hierarchical ZnO nanOTod-Ti02 nanotube array heterostrucmres for versatile photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic applications towards intimate integration of ID-ID hybrid nanostructures. Nanoscale 6 14950-14961... 

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