Metal thin film functional properties depend strongly on its nanostructure, which can be manipulated by varying nucleation and growth conditions. Hence, in order to control the nanostructure of aluminum thin films fabricated by RF magnetron sputtering, we made use of in-situ monitoring of electrical and optical properties of the growing layer as well as plasma characterization by mass and optic...

For a nanoplasmonic approach of wearable biochip platform, understanding correlation between near-field enhancement on nanostructures and sensing capability is a crucial step to improve the sensitivity in biosensing. A novel and effective method is demonstrated to increase sensitivity with the enhanced electric fields and to reduce noise with targeted functionalization enabled by transferring s...

In the last decade, Prussian blue (PB) has attracted increased scientific interest in various research fields, such as fuel cells, gas separation and pollution treatment. Due to its advanced catalysis, biocompatibility, selectivity and stability, PB has been widely used in biosensor construction. However, the formation of regular PB nanostructures is challenging due to its fast crystallization ...

In this paper, a sensitive chronocoulometric deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) biosensor based on a nanostructure gold electrode was fabricated for detection of the femtomolar level survivin gene which was correlated with osteosarcoma by using hexaamine-ruthenium III complexes, [Ru(NH(3))(6)](3+), as the electrochemical indicator. The effect of different frequencies on the real surface area of the na...

Physical properties are crucial to gelatin utilization and the physical properties are determined by structure. Therefore, it is important to investigate the nanostructure and physical properties of gelatin over the full range of concentrations which are widely applied in research and industry. Nanostructure of gelatin can be investigated by atomic force microscopy (AFM). However, it is hard to...

Fabrication of ZnO nanostructure via direct patterning based on sol-gel process has advantages of low-cost, vacuum-free, and rapid process and producibility on flexible or non-uniform substrates. Recently, it has been applied in light-emitting devices and advanced nanopatterning. However, application as an electrically conducting layer processed at low temperature has been limited by its high r...

Artificial enzyme mimics have attracted considerable interest due to easy denaturation and leakage of enzymes during their storage and immobilization procedure. Herein we describe the design of a novel mimic peroxidase, a nanostructure of sheet-like FeS prepared by a simple micelle-assisted synthetic method. Such a nanostructure has a large specific surface area and high peroxidase-like activit...

in this investigation, hydroxyapatite (hap) nanostructure with uniform morphologies, controllable size, nano-dispersion and narrow-size distribution in diameter has been synthesized successfully by low-temperature hydrothermal process, and the as-synthesized powders were characterized by energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, high-resolution transmission electron mi...

Engineering the electromagnetic environment in a nanostructure to study single electron tunneling

tellurium (te) nanostructures have been successfully synthesized via a simple hydrothermal methodfrom the reaction of a tecl4 aqueous solution with thioglycolic acid (tga) as a reductant. tga can be easily oxidized to the corresponding disulfide [sch2co2h]2, which in turn can reduce tecl4 to te. the obtained te was characterized by xrd, sem, eds, and drs. the effect of reducing agent on morphol...