Efficient Heterojunctions via the in Situ Self-Assembly of BiVO4 Quantum Dots on SiC Facets for Enhanced Photocatalysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (9) ◽  
pp. 4594-4601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Da Wang ◽  
Lin Huang ◽  
Zhongnan Guo ◽  
Shifeng Jin ◽  
Chunjun Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Self Assembly

scholarly journals Contribution of Ex-Situ and In-Situ X-ray Grazing Incidence Scattering Techniques to the Understanding of Quantum Dot Self-Assembly: A Review

Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 2240
Author(s):  
Vishesh Saxena ◽  
Giuseppe Portale
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Structural Information ◽  
Grazing Incidence ◽  
Ex Situ ◽  
Mechanism Of Formation ◽  
Energy Medicine ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Scattering

Quantum dots are under intense research, given their amazing properties which favor their use in electronics, optoelectronics, energy, medicine and other important applications. For many of these technological applications, quantum dots are used in their ordered self-assembled form, called superlattice. Understanding the mechanism of formation of the superlattices is crucial to designing quantum dots devices with desired properties. Here we review some of the most important findings about the formation of such superlattices that have been derived using grazing incidence scattering techniques (grazing incidence small and wide angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS/GIWAXS)). Acquisition of these structural information is essential to developing some of the most important underlying theories in the field.

scholarly journals In Situ Self‐Assembly of Quantum Dots at the Plasma Membrane Mediates Energy Transfer‐Based Activation of Channelrhodopsin (Part. Part. Syst. Charact. 7/2021)

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (7) ◽  
pp. 2170014
Author(s):  
Okhil K. Nag ◽  
Megan E. Muroski ◽  
Lauren D. Field ◽  
Michael H. Stewart ◽  
Eunkeu Oh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Self Assembly

Dynamics of InAs Quantum Dots Formation on AlAs and GaAs

2000 ◽  
Vol 648 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Yakimov ◽  
V. Tokranov ◽  
S. Oktyabrsky
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Single Layer ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Ex Situ ◽  
Inas Quantum Dots ◽  
Force Microscopy ◽  
Atomic Force ◽  
Kinetics Of

AbstractWe have studied the formation of InAs quantum dots (QDs) grown by molecular beam epitaxy on top of GaAs and 2 ML-thick AlAs layers in the temperature range from 350 to 500°C. In-situ reflection high energy electron diffraction (RHEED) patterns were recorded in real time during the growth and analyzed to characterize the 2D-to-3D transition on the surface, including QD formation, and ripening process. The kinetics of QD formation was studied using the InAs growth rates ranging from 0.01 to 1 ML/s and different ratios of As2/In fluxes. RHEED patterns and ex-situ atomic force microscopy images were analyzed to reveal the development of sizes and shapes of the single-layer and stacked QD ensembles. The critical InAs coverage for QD formation was shown to be consistently higher for dots grown on the AlAs overlayer than for those grown on GaAs surface. Self-assembly of multilayer QD stacks revealed the reduction of the critical thickness for dots formed in the upper layers.

Embedding CsPbBr3 quantum dots into a pillar[5]arene-based supramolecular self-assembly for an efficient photocatalytic cross-coupling hydrogen evolution reaction

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (16) ◽  
pp. 10180-10185
Author(s):  
Kaipeng Zhong ◽  
Siyu Lu ◽  
Wenting Guo ◽  
Junxia Su ◽  
Shihao Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Hydrogen Evolution ◽  
Hydrogen Evolution Reaction ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Light Harvesting ◽  
Cross Coupling ◽  
Artificial Light ◽  
Confined Growth ◽  
Cspbbr3 Quantum Dots

A highly efficient artificial light-harvesting system was successfully fabricated based on the in situ confined growth of CsPbBr3 QDs in a PTY⊃EYB assembly.

In Situ Self‐Assembly of Quantum Dots at the Plasma Membrane Mediates Energy Transfer‐Based Activation of Channelrhodopsin

2021 ◽  
pp. 2100053
Author(s):  
Okhil K. Nag ◽  
Megan E. Muroski ◽  
Lauren D. Field ◽  
Michael H. Stewart ◽  
Eunkeu Oh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Self Assembly

In vitro and in vivo polysaccharides assembly: ultrastructural and cytochemical study of growing plant cell wall components.

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 434-435
Author(s):  
D. Reis ◽  
B. Vian ◽  
J. C. Roland
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Plant Cell Wall ◽  
Higher Plants ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Cytochemical Study ◽  
Wall Components

Wall morphogenesis in higher plants is a problem still open to controversy. Until now the possibility of a transmembrane control and the involvement of microtubules were mostly envisaged. Self-assembly processes have been observed in the case of walls of Chlamydomonas and bacteria. Spontaneous gelling interactions between xanthan and galactomannan from Ceratonia have been analyzed very recently. The present work provides indications that some processes of spontaneous aggregation could occur in higher plants during the formation and expansion of cell wall.Observations were performed on hypocotyl of mung bean (Phaseolus aureus) for which growth characteristics and wall composition have been previously defined.In situ, the walls of actively growing cells (primary walls) show an ordered three-dimensional organization (fig. 1). The wall is typically polylamellate with multifibrillar layers alternately transverse and longitudinal. Between these layers intermediate strata exist in which the orientation of microfibrils progressively rotates. Thus a progressive change in the morphogenetic activity occurs.

Probing the Dynamic Self-Assembly Behaviour of Photoswitchable Wormlike Micelles in Real Time

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine A. Kelly ◽  
Judith E. Houston ◽  
Rachel Evans
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Absorption Spectroscopy ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Uv Light ◽  
Wormlike Micelles ◽  
Tetraethylene Glycol ◽  
Light Illumination ◽  
First Time ◽  
Dependent Processes

Understanding the dynamic self-assembly behaviour of azobenzene photosurfactants (AzoPS) is crucial to advance their use in controlled release applications such as<i></i>drug delivery and micellar catalysis. Currently, their behaviour in the equilibrium <i>cis-</i>and <i>trans</i>-photostationary states is more widely understood than during the photoisomerisation process itself. Here, we investigate the time-dependent self-assembly of the different photoisomers of a model neutral AzoPS, <a>tetraethylene glycol mono(4′,4-octyloxy,octyl-azobenzene) </a>(C<sub>8</sub>AzoOC<sub>8</sub>E<sub>4</sub>) using small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). We show that the incorporation of <i>in-situ</i>UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy with SANS allows the scattering profile, and hence micelle shape, to be correlated with the extent of photoisomerisation in real-time. It was observed that C<sub>8</sub>AzoOC<sub>8</sub>E<sub>4</sub>could switch between wormlike micelles (<i>trans</i>native state) and fractal aggregates (under UV light), with changes in the self-assembled structure arising concurrently with changes in the absorption spectrum. Wormlike micelles could be recovered within 60 seconds of blue light illumination. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time the degree of AzoPS photoisomerisation has been tracked <i>in</i><i>-situ</i>through combined UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy-SANS measurements. This technique could be widely used to gain mechanistic and kinetic insights into light-dependent processes that are reliant on self-assembly.

In situ Time-Resolved Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Reveals the Formation Kinetics of Polyelectrolyte Complex Micelles

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Wu ◽  
Jeffrey Ting ◽  
Siqi Meng ◽  
Matthew Tirrell
Keyword(s):  
Small Angle ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Electrostatic Interactions ◽  
Polyelectrolyte Complex ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Scattering ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Ray Scattering

We have directly observed the <i>in situ</i> self-assembly kinetics of polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) micelles by synchrotron time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering, equipped with a stopped-flow device that provides millisecond temporal resolution. This work has elucidated one general kinetic pathway for the process of PEC micelle formation, which provides useful physical insights for increasing our fundamental understanding of complexation and self-assembly dynamics driven by electrostatic interactions that occur on ultrafast timescales.

Carbon Nanotubes, Quantum Dots and Dendrimers as Potential Nanodevices for Nanotechnology Drug Delivery Systems

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 2113-2124
Author(s):  
Prashant Malik ◽  
Neha Gulati ◽  
Raj Kaur Malik ◽  
Upendra Nagaich
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Drug Delivery ◽  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Drug Delivery Systems ◽  
Delivery Systems ◽  
Atomic Scale ◽  
Sustained Drug Delivery ◽  
Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology ◽  
Conventional Device

Nanotechnology deal with the particle size in nanometers. Nanotechnology is ranging from extensions of conventional device physics to completely new approaches based upon molecular self assembly, from developing new materials with dimensions on the nanoscale to direct control of matter on the atomic scale. In nanotechnology mainly three types of nanodevices are described: carbon nanotubes, quantum dots and dendrimers. It is a recent technique used as small size particles to treat many diseases like cancer, gene therapy and used as diagnostics. Nanotechnology used to formulate targeted, controlled and sustained drug delivery systems. Pharmaceutical nanotechnology embraces applications of nanoscience to pharmacy as nanomaterials and as devices like drug delivery, diagnostic, imaging and biosensor materials. Pharmaceutical nanotechnology has provided more fine tuned diagnosis and focused treatment of disease at a molecular level.    

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