Correction for 'Surface modification of medical grade biomaterials by using a low-temperature-processed dual functional Ag-TiO coating for preventing biofilm formation' by Lipi Pradhan , , 2024, https://doi.org/10.1039/D4TB00701H.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiofilm development in medical devices is considered the major virulence component that leads to increased mortality and morbidity among patients. Removing a biofilm once formed is challenging and frequently results in persistent infections. Many current antibiofilm coating strategies involve harsh conditions causing damage to the surface of the medical devices.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe exploration of synaptic plasticity in metal-oxide-based ferroelectric thin-film transistors has been limited. As a perovskite ferroelectric material, LiNbO is widely studied; but its potential use as a neuromorphic device, like synaptic transistors, has not been realized. In this study, a solution-processed ferroelectric thin-film transistor (FeTFT) with an alternating layer of LiNbO and LiAlO as a gate dielectric has been fabricated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBacterial infections and biofilm growth are common mishaps associated with medical devices, and they contribute significantly to ill health and mortality. Removal of bacterial deposition from these devices is a major challenge, resulting in an immediate necessity for developing antibacterial coatings on the surfaces of medical implants. In this context, we developed an innovative coating strategy that can operate at low temperatures (80 °C) and preserve the devices' integrity and functionality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMetal oxide materials processed using solution methods have garnered significant attention due to their ability to efficiently and affordably create transparent insulating layers or active channel layers on various substrates for thin-film transistors (TFTs) used in modern electronics. The key properties of TFTs largely depend on how charge carriers behave near the thin layer at the semiconductor and dielectric interface. Effectively controlling these characteristics offers a straightforward yet effective approach to enhancing device performance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFACS Appl Mater Interfaces
October 2023
Viologens are fascinating redox-active organic compounds that have been widely explored in electrochromic devices (ECDs). However, the combination of electrochromic and resistive random-access memory in a single viologen remains unexplored. We report the coexistence of bistate electrochromic and single-resistor (1R) memory functions in a novel viologen.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe contemporary work focuses on embossing the emissive nature of lead halide perovskite materials, specifically CsPbBr microcrystal powder prepared via single step bulk recrystallization method followed by the solvent evaporation route from gram to kilogram scale. The X-ray diffraction pattern confirms the formation of phase pure CsPbBr with a goodness of fit value of 1.51 calculated from Rietveld refinement and the fluorophore powder manifesting an intrinsic band gap of 3.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSurface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has been widely used to effectively detect various biological and organic molecules. This detection method needs analytes adsorbed onto a specific metal nanostructure, e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSimultaneous sensing of multiple gases by a single fluorescent-based gas sensor is of utmost importance for practical applications. Such sensing is strongly hindered by cross-sensitivity effects. In this study, we propose a novel analysis method to ameliorate such hindrance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOne-dimensional ZnO nanostructure arrays such as nanowires, nanonails, and nanotrees, have been synthesized by oxygen assisted thermal evaporation of metallic zinc on a quartz substrate over a large area. Morphological evolution of ZnO nanostructures at different time scales and different positions of the substrates have been studied by electron microscopy. A self-catalyzed vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) process is believed to be responsible for the nucleation and subsequently a vapor-solid process is operative for further longitudinal growth.
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