Publications by authors named "A Bakandritsos"
Green hydrogen from water splitting has emerged as a critical energy vector with the potential to spearhead the global transition to a fossil fuel-independent society. The field of catalysis has been revolutionized by single-atom catalysts (SACs), which exhibit unique and intricate interactions between atomically dispersed metal atoms and their supports. Recently, bimetallic SACs (bimSACs) have garnered significant attention for leveraging the synergistic functions of two metal ions coordinated on appropriately designed supports.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe outbreak of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, or "superbugs", poses a global public health hazard due to their resilience against the most effective last-line antibiotics. Identifying potent antibacterial agents capable of evading bacterial resistance mechanisms represents the ultimate defense strategy. This study shows that -the otherwise essential micronutrient- manganese turns into a broad-spectrum potent antibiotic when coordinated with a carboxylated nitrogen-doped graphene.
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- Glass waveguides are crucial for advanced photonic circuits and applications like quantum computing, imaging, and sensing, but their traditional manufacturing methods can be complex and costly.
- This study introduces a new, simpler method for creating glass waveguides using low-temperature processes where silver iodide phosphate glass microwires are integrated into silver phosphate glass matrices, enhancing light propagation.
- The innovative design allows for the incorporation of multiple microwires, enabling the transmission of different colors of light in various directions, making them suitable for advanced photonic applications, including smart glass technologies.
Water molecules confined in nanoscale spaces of 2D graphene layers have fascinated researchers worldwide for the past several years, especially in the context of energy storage applications. The water molecules exchanged along with ions during the electrochemical process can aid in wetting and stabilizing the layered materials resulting in an anomalous enhancement in the performance of supercapacitor electrodes. Engineering of 2D carbon electrode materials with various functionalities (oxygen (─O), fluorine (─F), nitrile (─C≡N), carboxylic (─COOH), carbonyl (─C═O), nitrogen (─N)) can alter the ion/water organization in graphene derivatives, and eventually their inherent ion storage ability.
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- Growing energy consumption driven by population growth and technological advancement is making the use of rare metals in energy processes costly and geopolitically complicated.
- Earth-abundant single-atom catalysts (SACs) present a promising alternative for electrochemical energy storage and conversion, especially in creating clean fuels and chemicals.
- The review highlights key processes like oxygen reduction reactions, electrochemical water splitting for hydrogen fuel, and ammonia production through nitrogen reduction, emphasizing the advantages of using transition metal SACs.