A carbon nanosphere nanofluid for improving the toughness and thermal properties of epoxy composites.

A carbon nanosphere nanofluid (CNS-nanofluid) was successfully prepared through the non-covalent modification of carbon nanosphere (CNS) with the specific ionic liquid (i.e. [M2070][VBS]) at first.

Artificially Intelligent Olfaction for Fast and Noninvasive Diagnosis of Bladder Cancer from Urine.

Globally, bladder cancer (BLC) is one of the most common cancers and has a high recurrence and mortality rate. Current clinical diagnostic approaches are either invasive or inaccurate. Here, we report on a cost-efficient, artificially intelligent chemiresistive sensor array made of polyaniline (PANI) derivatives that can noninvasively diagnose BLC at an early stage and maintain postoperative surveillance through ″smelling″ clinical urine samples at room temperature.

An Organic Solvent-Assisted Intercalation and Collection (OAIC) for TiCT MXene with Controllable Sizes and Improved Yield.

A good method of synthesizing TiCT (MXene) is critical for ensuring its success in practical applications, e.g., electromagnetic interference shielding, electrochemical energy storage, catalysis, sensors, and biomedicine.

Transferred Photothermal to Photodynamic Therapy Based on the Marriage of Ultrathin Titanium Carbide and Up-Conversion Nanoparticles.

In this research, upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) are used as a light conversion carrier, and their deep light source penetrability is closely combined with ultrathin two-dimensional (2D) TiCT to explore the application efficiency of the complex in phototherapy. Due to the advantages of 2D TiCT with its high absorbance to ultraviolet/visible light, rich atomic defects to load the drugs, and adjustable thinner structure, this 2D material is beneficially applied as the energy donor. UCNPs@TiCT with a photothermal conversion efficiency of 20.

A Highly Aligned Nanowire-Based Strain Sensor for Ultrasensitive Monitoring of Subtle Human Motion.

Achieving highly accurate responses to external stimuli during human motion is a considerable challenge for wearable devices. The present study leverages the intrinsically high surface-to-volume ratio as well as the mechanical robustness of nanostructures for obtaining highly-sensitive detection of motion. To do so, highly-aligned nanowires covering a large area were prepared by capillarity-based mechanism.

Disease Detection with Molecular Biomarkers: From Chemistry of Body Fluids to Nature-Inspired Chemical Sensors.

This article aims to review nature-inspired chemical sensors for enabling fast, relatively inexpensive, and minimally (or non-) invasive diagnostics and follow-up of the health conditions. It can be achieved via monitoring of biomarkers and volatile biomarkers, that are excreted from one or combination of body fluids (breath, sweat, saliva, urine, seminal fluid, nipple aspirate fluid, tears, stool, blood, interstitial fluid, and cerebrospinal fluid). The first part of the review gives an updated compilation of the biomarkers linked with specific sickness and/or sampling origin.