A sonochemical process has been developed for the insertion of tin nanoparticles into mesoporous carbon, giving a product which was used as a building block for the anode of a rechargeable Li battery; the electrode could deliver a reversible capacity of 400 mAh gr(-1)(C + Sn) at 100% cycling efficiency, which is higher than that of graphite electrodes.

We report the sonochemical synthesis of copper(I) hydride (CuH) by the ultrasonic irradiation of a copper(II) aqueous solution. A reaction mechanism based on the reduction of copper(II) by the ultrasound-generated hydrogen atoms is discussed. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that a metal hydride has been synthesized through sonochemistry.

A facile, versatile, and one-pot sonochemical synthesis of polydopamine (PDA)-nanocapsules from dopamine is reported. The nanocapsules (227 ± 25 nm) can encapsulate hydrophobic substances while retaining the reactivity of PDA toward nucleophilic reactions, enabling facile surface modification for different applications. PDA nanocapsules are nontoxic to mammalian cells while Cu-containing PDA ca...

Sonochemical preparation of composite nanoparticles were performed in an aqueous solution. The reduction rates of metal ions and the size of the formed metal nanoparticles could be control by using various ultrasonic parameters. In addition, control of the nanostructure of these particles were succeeded.

This study effectively demonstrates the sonochemical synthesis of visible-light-responsive Cu-ZnO/TiO2 ternary Z-scheme heterojunction nanocomposite photocatalyst. The as-prepared photocatalyst was comprehensively characterized by techniques including high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), field emission scanning (FE-SEM) with energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) and elemen...

The crystalline and nano-sized {[Cu(tipe)(H2O)](2,2′-bpdc)·11H2O·DMF}n (1·11H2O·DMF or Cu-tipe) (tipe ​= ​1,1,2,2-tetrakis (imidazole-1-yl)phenyl)ethylene, 2,2′-bpdc ​2,2′-biphenyldicarboxylate) were synthesized structural analysis by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, optical band gaps, photoluminescence thermal stability. Cu-tipe graphene oxide (GO) nanocomposite (Cu-tipe/GO) wa...

We report a remarkably facile one-pot sonochemical approach to prepare protein microspheres whose shells are covalently decorated with a mannosyl derivative to target Escherichia coli (E. coli), while their cores are encapsulated with tetracycline. Conjugated microspheres induced the agglutination of E. coli and increased the anti-bacterial activity of the encapsulated tetracycline by five fold.

A convenient sonochemical method is described for the preparation of polystyrene functionalized graphenes starting from graphite flakes and a reactive monomer, styrene. Ultrasonic irradiation of graphite in styrene results in the mechanochemical exfoliation of graphite flakes to single-layer and few-layer graphene sheets combined with functionalization of the graphene with polystyrene chains. T...