Cover Feature: Core/Shell NiFe Nanoalloy with a Discrete N-doped Graphitic Carbon Cover for Enhanced Water Oxidation (ChemElectroChem 5/2018)

Transforming chitosan into N-doped graphitic carbon electrocatalysts.

Chitosan, the only alkaline polysaccharide in nature with rich nitrogen content, is used as the sole precursor to obtain N-doped graphitic carbon-based ORR electrocatalysts. The findings of this work demonstrate that cheap, plentiful and renewable biomasses can be transformed into high value functional carbon materials.

Tuning Carbon Content and Morphology of FeCo/Graphitic Carbon CoreShell Nanoparticles using a SaltMatrixAssisted CVD Process

Among various magnetic nanoparticles that have been studied for potential biomedical applications, FeCo nanoparticles are promising candidates because of their high saturation magnetization and high Curie temperature. [ 3–5 ] However, the ease of oxidation, dissolution in acidic environments, and potential toxicity of these materials in their native state restrict their use in biomedical applic...

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Cover Feature Physiological Computing

Brain−computer interfaces (BCIs) hold great promise for improving information delivery and preserving user attention, but this promise has not yet translated to practical use. A prototype BCI that optimizes email notifications in noisy, complex environments, CARSON combines multiple measures from the brain to predict both cognitive workload and message relevancy to determine the optimum time to...

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