Photocatalytic nanocomposite membranes for environmental remediation.

We report the design and one-pot synthesis of Ag-doped BiVOembedded in reduced graphene oxide (BiVO:Ag/rGO) nanocomposites via a hydrothermal processing route. The binary heterojunction photocatalysts exhibited high efficiency for visible light degradation of model dyes and were correspondingly used for the preparation of photocatalytic membranes using polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) or polyethylene glycol (PEG)-modified polyimide (PI), respectively. The surface and cross-section images combined with elemental mapping illustrated the effective distribution of the nanocomposites within the polymeric membranes.

Micro-emulsion synthesis, surface modification, and photophysical properties of Zn(1-x) Mn(x)S nanocrystals for biomolecular recognition.

In this research, we mainly focused on the micro-emulsion synthesis of biotinylated ZnS (zinc sulfide) nanocrystals for avidin recognition. Various samples of Zn(1-x)Mn(x) S, with x = 0.0001, 0.