A Special Issue on Environmental Remediation and Advanced Nano-Functional Materials for Environmental Conservation and Green Energy

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongjiang Yang ◽  
Xijin Xu ◽  
Haimin Zhang ◽  
Zhanfeng Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Remediation ◽  
Functional Materials ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Special Issue

scholarly journals Special Issue: Smart Nanomaterials for Environmental Remediation

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 143
Author(s):  
Won San Choi
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Remediation ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Structures And Properties ◽  
Physical Stimuli

Nanomaterials that can be reversibly or irreversibly changed in structures and properties by the influence of external chemical and physical stimuli are defined as smart nanomaterials [...]

scholarly journals Editorial for Special Issue “Leaching of Rare Earth Elements from Various Sources”

Minerals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 164
Author(s):  
Kenneth N. Han
Keyword(s):  
Rare Earth ◽  
Rare Earth Elements ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Important Group ◽  
Military Applications

Rare earth elements (REEs) have become an important group of metals used in many high-tech industries, including high-strength magnets, plasma TVs, various military applications, and clean and efficient green energy industries [...]

The Oxford Handbook of China Innovation

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Environmental Remediation ◽  
Technology Policy ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Critical Force ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
The Many

The Oxford Handbook of China Innovation provides a contemporary and authoritative view of the role of innovation in China’s extraordinary emergence. The Handbook consists of chapters written by over sixty experts from universities and research institutions worldwide, who describe and analyze this phenomenon with criticism, discussion of policy issues, and views about further development. It focuses on the microeconomic factors in China’s growth, of which the critical force has been the steady drive for innovation. It identifies the many factors instrumental in the development of innovation and evaluates those that are specific to China’s context, and those applicable to other nations. The scope of topics is comprehensive, covering China's development policies, the place of innovation in national priorities, the components of the national innovation system, and the resources required for their effective deployment. These include the institutions and policies that provide incentives and support to technological development, including people, financial mechanisms, private ownership, rule of law, and culture. The issue of foreign influence is also addressed, including the evolution of policy toward inward foreign direct investment and knowledge transfer and China’s goals for outward foreign direct investment. The chapters include discussion of the capabilities and strategies of world-class Chinese innovators, together with emerging issues such as environmental remediation, green energy, digital innovation, open innovation, mass innovation, and China’s future science and technology policy. As China emerges as a contender for global leadership in many fields, this Handbook provides a foundation for informed conjecture regarding the challenges ahead.

scholarly journals EcoMat: Join us in the pursuit of functional materials for green energy and environment

EcoMat ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zijian Zheng ◽  
SonBinh Nguyen ◽  
Sang Il Seok ◽  
Huijun Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Functional Materials ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Energy And Environment

scholarly journals Butterfly wing architectures inspire sensor and energy applications

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurice I Osotsi ◽  
Wang Zhang ◽  
Imran Zada ◽  
Jiajun Gu ◽  
Qinglei Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Remediation ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Functional Materials ◽  
Butterfly Wing ◽  
Energy Materials ◽  
Energy Applications ◽  
Wing Scale ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
And Performance ◽  
External Stimuli

Abstract Natural biological systems are constantly developing efficient mechanisms to counter adverse effects of increasing human population and depleting energy resources. Their intelligent mechanisms are characterized by the ability to detect changes in the environment, store and evaluate information, and respond to external stimuli. Bio-inspired replication into man-made functional materials guarantees enhancement of characteristics and performance. Specifically, butterfly architectures have inspired the fabrication of sensor and energy materials by replicating their unique micro/nanostructures, light-trapping mechanisms and selective responses to external stimuli. These bio-inspired sensor and energy materials have shown improved performance in harnessing renewable energy, environmental remediation and health monitoring. Therefore, this review highlights recent progress reported on the classification of butterfly wing scale architectures and explores several bio-inspired sensor and energy applications.

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