Redox Behavior of Nanostructured Molybdenum Oxide−Mesoporous Silica Hybrid Materials

Redox Behavior of Nanostructured Molybdenum Oxide-Mesoporous Silica Hybrid Materials

Encapsulation of molybdenum oxide MoO3 into ordered mesoporous silica materials is demonstrated using different synthetic routes. Either supramolecular polyoxometalates of the “Müller type” or Na2MoO4 were used as precursors. Molybdenum oxide (MoO3)-silica hybrid materials were characterized using nitrogen-sorption experiments, transmission electron microscopy, small-angle X-ray scattering, and...

Bulk Behavior of Nanostructured Materials

Silica-based mesoporous organic-inorganic hybrid materials.

Mesoporous organic-inorganic hybrid materials, a new class of materials characterized by large specific surface areas and pore sizes between 2 and 15 nm, have been obtained through the coupling of inorganic and organic components by template synthesis. The incorporation of functionalities can be achieved in three ways: by subsequent attachment of organic components onto a pure silica matrix (gr...

Nanoliter analyte sensing on hybrid plasmonic-biosilica nanostructured materials

We developed a new strategy of optofluidic analysis from inkjet-printed droplets on photonic crystal biosilica-diatom at nanoliter scales. The hydrophilic diatom surface could concentrate target molecules in the liquid droplets as the solvent evaporates, which enables 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) detection down to 2.7×10-15 grams by surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). © 2016 The Authors. P...

Ultra-sensitive immunoassay biosensors using hybrid plasmonic-biosilica nanostructured materials.

We experimentally demonstrate an ultra-sensitive immunoassay biosensor using diatom biosilica with self-assembled plasmonic nanoparticles. As the nature-created photonic crystal structures, diatoms have been adopted to enhance surface plasmon resonances of metal nanoparticles on the surfaces of diatom frustules and to increase the sensitivity of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). In this...