Publications by authors named "Zhen-Hai Fu"
Binary metal oxide stannate (MSnO; M = Zn, Mn, Co, etc.) structures, with their high theoretical capacity, superior lithium storage mechanism and suitable operating voltage, as well as their dual suitability for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and sodium-ion batteries (SIBs), are strong candidates for next-generation anode materials. However, the capacity deterioration caused by the severe volume expansion problem during the insertion/extraction of lithium or sodium ions during cycling of MSnO-based anode materials is difficult to avoid, which greatly affects their practical applications.
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- Optical trapping of nanoparticles in vacuum is important for precise measurements and fundamental physics, but determining the size and number of particles is challenging without a vacuum environment.
- The study presents a new method for estimating nanoparticle size using scattering light from particles in an optical tweezer system, demonstrating experimental success in non-vacuum conditions.
- This method shows strong agreement with existing theories and can preselect single particles from a mixed sample, making it useful for various types of nanoparticles and potentially aiding in the discovery of new scattering effects.
Study on synthesis and fluorescence property of rhodamine-naphthalene conjugate.
Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc
March 2020
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- A new ligand (HL) made up of 2-methyl quinoline-4-carboxylic acid, rhodamine, and naphthalene was created for detecting aluminum.
- This ligand works as a ratiometric fluorescent sensor by using fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between naphthalimide and rhodamine.
- When aluminum is added, there is a noticeable increase in fluorescence at 550 nm, while the emission at 524 nm decreases significantly.
Two fluorescein-based chemosensors for the fast detection of 2,4,6-trinitrophenol (TNP) in water.
Chem Commun (Camb)
September 2017
Two fluorescein-based chemosensors have been developed. They exhibited rapid and selective detection of 2,4,6-trinitrophenol (TNP) via fluorescence quenching both in ethanol and water solution when excited by visible light.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRelay recognition of copper(ii) ions and biothiols via a fluorescence "on-off-on" cascade was designed and realized as a new sequential combination of cations and small molecules. Probe 1 bearing a fluorescein skeleton was thus synthesized, which performed well in 100% HEPES buffer (pH = 7.0) solution, as a highly sensitive, selective fluorescence sensor for Cu.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA dual mode fluorescent probe, which is based on an integration of fluorescein and coumarin fluorophores, was developed for the discrimination of Cys from Hcy and GSH. This probe (2) shows the advantage of quick reaction (5 min) with Cys, resulting in a strong fluorescence turn-on response when excited at 450 nm. Notably, it also demonstrates the ratiometric fluorescence property while excited by a shorter wavelength (332 nm).
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