Highly responsive ultrathin GaS nanosheet photodetectors on rigid and flexible substrates.

The first GaS nanosheet-based photodetectors are demonstrated on both mechanically rigid and flexible substrates. Highly crystalline, exfoliated GaS nanosheets are promising for optoelectronics due to strong absorption in the UV-visible wavelength region. Photocurrent measurements of GaS nanosheet photodetectors made on SiO2/Si substrates and flexible polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrates exhibit a photoresponsivity at 254 nm up to 4.

Synthesis of few-layer GaSe nanosheets for high performance photodetectors.

Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor nanomaterials hold great promises for future electronics and optics. In this paper, a 2D nanosheets of ultrathin GaSe has been prepared by using mechanical cleavage and solvent exfoliation method. Single- and few-layer GaSe nanosheets are exfoliated on an SiO(2)/Si substrate and characterized by atomic force microscopy and Raman spectroscopy.

Network single-walled carbon nanotube biosensors for fast and highly sensitive detection of proteins.

Detection of proteins is powerfully assayed in the diagnosis of diseases. A strategy for the development of an ultrahigh sensitivity biosensor based on a network single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) field-effect transistor (FET) has been demonstrated. Metallic SWNTs (m-SWNTs) in the network nanotube FET were selectively removed or cut via a carefully controlled procedure of electrical break-down (BD), and left non-conducting m-SWNTs which magnified the Schottky barrier (SB) area.

Biodiesel production from waste cooking oil catalyzed by TiO2-MgO mixed oxides.

Mixed oxides of TiO(2)-MgO obtained by the sol-gel method were used to convert waste cooking oil into biodiesel. Titanium improved the stability of the catalyst because of the defects induced by the substitution of Ti ions for Mg ions in the magnesia lattice. The best catalyst was determined to be MT-1-923, which is comprised of an Mg/Ti molar ratio of 1 and calcined at 923 K, based on an assessment of the activity and stability of the catalyst.

[Construction of recombinant Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus by zero background Tn7 transposition].

Objective: In order to construct a recombinant Bombyx mori Nucleopolyhedrovirus by Tn7-mediated transposition in Escherichia coli efficiently, a new zero background transposition system was developed.

Method: The new system consisted of a conditional replication donor vector pRADM and an attTn7 site blocked E. coli containing BmNPV-Bacmid.

Intensification of biodiesel synthesis using zigzag micro-channel reactors.

Zigzag micro-channel reactors have been fabricated and used for continuous alkali-catalyzed biodiesel synthesis. The influences of the main geometric parameters on the performance of the micro-channel reactors were experimentally studied. It has been found that the zigzag micro-channel reactor with smaller channel size and more turns produces smaller droplets which result in higher efficiency of biodiesel synthesis.