Correlating semiconductor nanoparticle architecture and applicability for the controlled encoding of luminescent polymer microparticles.

Luminophore stained micro- and nanobeads made from organic polymers like polystyrene (PS) are broadly used in the life and material sciences as luminescent reporters, for bead-based assays, sensor arrays, printable barcodes, security inks, and the calibration of fluorescence microscopes and flow cytometers. Initially mostly prepared with organic dyes, meanwhile luminescent core/shell nanoparticles (NPs) like spherical semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are increasingly employed for bead encoding. This is related to their narrower emission spectra, tuneability of emission color, broad wavelength excitability, and better photostability.

Correction: Magnetic aerogels from FePt and CoPt directly from organic solution.

Correction for 'Magnetic aerogels from FePt and CoPt directly from organic solution' by L. Schoske , , 2024, , 4229-4238, https://doi.org/10.

Magnetic aerogels from FePt and CoPt directly from organic solution.

Here the synthesis of magnetic aerogels from iron platinum and cobalt platinum nanoparticles is presented. The use of hydrazine monohydrate as destabilizing agent triggers the gelation directly from organic solution, and therefore a phase transfer to aqueous media prior to the gelation is not necessary. The aerogels were characterized through Transmission Electron Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Powder X-Ray Diffraction Analysis and Argon Physisorption measurements to prove the formation of a porous network and define their compositions.

Multiplying Oxygen Permeability of a Ruddlesden-Popper Oxide by Orientation Control via Magnets.

Ruddlesden-Popper-type oxides exhibit remarkable chemical stability in comparison to perovskite oxides. However, they display lower oxygen permeability. We present an approach to overcome this trade-off by leveraging the anisotropic properties of Nd NiO .