Coronene·TCNQ cocrystal microrods, coronene microrods, and TCNQ microsheets were constructed by a drop-casting method. Prototype devices were fabricated and their field-effect-transistor (FET) performances were investigated. It is found that coronene·TCNQ microrods had exhibited an n-type characteristic and showed better FET performances than TCNQ microsheets.

Nanofabrication and characterization of ZnO nanorod arrays and branched microrods by aqueous solution route and rapid thermal processing Oleg Lupan a,b,∗, Lee Chow a, Guangyu Chai c, Beatriz Roldan a, Ahmed Naitabdi a, Alfons Schulte a, Helge Heinrich a,d a Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, P.O. Box 162385 Orlando, FL 32816-2385, USA b Department of Microelectronics and Semi...

The fast and contact-free detection of biomagnetic vital signs can benefit clinical diagnostics in medical care, emergency services, scientific studies, hugely. A highly sensitive magnetoelectric sensor for the signals combined with piezotronic effect is a promising path to increase signal limit. Herein, results three ZnO microrods examined by nano X-ray diffraction current–voltage curves inves...

Single-crystalline 1,2,3,4,5-pentaphenyl-1,3-cyclopentadiene (PPCP) microrods were prepared by a facile solution process. The PPCP microrods with smooth surfaces could absorb excitation light and propagate the photoluminescence (PL) emission. They showed excellent properties in the low optical loss of a single rod and feasible transfer between neighboring rods. Moreover, PPCP displayed typical ...

Novel TiO2 mesocrystalline microrods with unique hexagonal structure were prepared via a facial thermal method. Their photocatalytic performance under UV irradiation was much higher than that of the Degussa P25 benchmark, one of the best commercial polycrystalline TiO2 photocatalyst. The hexagonal microrods were formed through self-directed self-assembly within intermediate scaffolds.

Bimetallic gold-ruthenium microrods are propelled in opposite directions in water by ultrasound and by catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide. This property was used to effect reversible swarming, to stall and reverse autonomous axial propulsion, and to study the chemically powered movement of acoustically levitated microrods.

In the present study, using chondroitin sulfate as morphology-directing matrix, hydroxyapatite– chondroitin sulfate hybrid mesoporous microrods were prepared successfully through a facile one-pot method under mild conditions. From the results, the antitumor drug doxorubicin hydrochloride (DOX HCl) could be loaded into the as-prepared microrods efficiently owing to the large specific surface are...

The self-assembly of uniform single-crystalline microrods of organic dye Sudan II (1-(2,4- dimethylphenyl-azo)-2-naphthol) in solution was achieved by reprecipitation with the assistance of amphiphilic block copolymer Pluronic F127. It was found that the formation of F127 micelles was favorable for the production of uniform Sudan II microrods whereas individual F127 molecules favored the format...