Facile Fabrication of Multifunctional Superhydrophobic Surfaces Synthesized by the Additive Manufacturing Technique Modified with ZnO Nanoparticles.

This article reports facile fabrication of a multifunctional smart surface having superhydrophobic self-cleaning property, superoleophilicity, and antimicrobial property. These smart surfaces have been synthesized using the stereolithography (SLA) method of the additive manufacturing technique. SLA is a fast additive manufacturing technique used to create complex parts with intricate geometries.

Synergistic metal halide perovskite@metal-organic framework hybrids for photocatalytic CO reduction.

The photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide (CO) into multi-electron carbon products remains challenging due to the inherent stability of CO and slow multi-electron transfer kinetics. Here in, we synthesized a hybrid material, cesium copper halide (CsCuI) intercalated onto two-dimensional (2D) cobalt-based zeolite framework (ZIF-9-III) nanosheets (denoted as CsCuI@ZIF-1) through a simple mechanochemical grinding. The synergy in the hybrid effectively reduces CO to carbon monoxide (CO) at 110 μmol/g/h and methane at 5 μmol/g/h with high selectivity, suppressing hydrogen evolution.

H-Glass Supported Hybrid Gold Nano-Islands for Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution.

Flat panel reactors, coated with photocatalytic materials, offer a sustainable approach for the commercial production of hydrogen (H) with zero carbon footprint. Despite this, achieving high solar-to-hydrogen (STH) conversion efficiency with these reactors is still a significant challenge due to the low utilization efficiency of solar light and rapid charge recombination. Herein, hybrid gold nano-islands (HGNIs) are developed on transparent glass support to improve the STH efficiency.

Sustainable Bioengineering of Gold Structured Wide-Area Supported Catalysts for Hand-Recyclable Ultra-Efficient Heterogeneous Catalysis.

Metal nanoparticles grafted within inert and porous wide-area supports are emerging as recyclable, sustainable catalysts for modern industry applications. Here, we bioengineered gold nanoparticle-based supported catalysts by utilizing the innate metal binding and reductive potential of eggshell as a sustainable strategy. Variable hand-recyclable wide-area three-dimensional catalysts between ∼80 ± 7 and 0.

Enhanced Metal-Insulator Transition in Freestanding VO Down to 5 nm Thickness.

Ultrathin freestanding membranes with a pronounced metal-insulator transition (MIT) have huge potential for future flexible electronic applications as well as provide a unique aspect for the study of lattice-electron interplay. However, the reduction of the thickness to an ultrathin region (a few nm) is typically detrimental to the MIT in epitaxial films, and even catastrophic for their freestanding form. Here, we report an enhanced MIT in VO-based freestanding membranes, with a lateral size up to millimeters and the VO thickness down to 5 nm.