Magnetic and pH sensitive nanocomposite microspheres for controlled temozolomide delivery in glioblastoma cells by Meysam Ahmadi, Muhammad Hossein Ashoub, Kamran Heydaryan, Sanaz Abolghasemi, Elmuez A. Dawi, Ghazal khajouei, Mahnaz Amiri

“…In this context, novel magnetic-/pH-sensitive graphene oxide/chitosan/iron oxide magnetic nanocomposite microspheres were synthesized. …”
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Moiré band structure engineering using a twisted boron nitride substrate by Xirui Wang, Cheng Xu, Samuel Aronson, Daniel Bennett, Nisarga Paul, Philip J. D. Crowley, Clément Collignon, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Raymond Ashoori, Efthimios Kaxiras, Yang Zhang, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, Kenji Yasuda

“…Finally, we find that near-60°-twisted bilayer BN also leads to moiré band features in bilayer graphene, which may come from the in-plane piezoelectric effect or out-of-plane corrugation effect. …”
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Influence of polyester fabric with infrared emissive additives on cell metabolism by He Peng Fei, Veerakumar Arumugam, Aleksander Góra, Vitali Lipik

“…In this work, three different combinations of additives such as silicon oxide doped with 10% of iron oxide III, 10% of graphene and 10% calcium hydroxyapatite were prepared, each combination was compounded separately with polyester, and pellets were extruded with additive weight around 4%. …”
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Performance analysis of a wavy fin-and-tube automobile radiator operating on ethylene glycol and water based ternary nanofluids by Ferdinard Dika, Mustafa Dagbasi, Michael Adedeji, Humphrey Adun

“…TNF 1 (ZnO-Al2O3-SiO2) is made up of all spherical-shaped nanoparticles; TNF 2 (Al2O3-TiO2-MWCNT) is made up of both spherical and cylindrical nanoparticles; TNF 3 (Fe-TiO2-Graphene) comprises spherical and platelet nanoparticles; and TNF 4 (Al2O3-MWCNT-Graphene) has dissimilar-shaped nanoparticles. …”
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Micro-Mechanosensory insights from Nature’s Mimosa leaves to shape memory adaptive robotics by Lihua Lou, Kazue Orikasa Lopez, Arya B. Nair, William Desueza, Arvind Agarwal

“…This study is focused on the micromechanics of the Mimosa Pudica plant to develop an adaptive robot that is 3D-printed using shape memory polymer-graphene composite. Traditionally, leaf-folding responses of Mimosa are examined at the pinna (leaflet) level due to the difficulty of applying small, localized forces without causing damage. …”
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Capacitance enhancement by ion-laminated borophene-like layered materials by Tetsuya Kambe, Masahiro Katakura, Hinayo Taya, Hirona Nakamura, Takuya Yamashita, Masataka Yoshida, Akiyoshi Kuzume, Kaori Akagami, Ryota Imai, Jumpei Kawaguchi, Shigeyuki Masaoka, Shoichi Kubo, Hiroaki Iino, Atsushi Shishido, Kimihisa Yamamoto

“…Abstract Atomically flat two-dimensional networks of boron are attracting attention as post-graphene materials. An introduction of cations between the boron atomic layers can exhibit unique electronic functions that are not achieved by neutral graphene or its derivatives. …”
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Three different methods for ZnO-RGO nanocomposite synthesis and its adsorption capacity for methylene blue dye removal in a comparative study by Safaa A. Hussein, Gharib M. Taha, F. A. Adam, Marwa A. Moghazy

“…The synthesis of reduced graphene oxide (RGO) was accomplished through the exothermic reaction of a modified Hummer's method. …”
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Many-body van der Waals interactions in multilayer structures studied by atomic force microscopy by Xiao Wang, Zepu Kou, Ruixi Qiao, Yuyang Long, Baowen Li, Xuemei Li, Wanlin Guo, Xiaofei Liu, Jun Yin

“…Here we verify the substrate contribution at the adhesion between the atomic force microscopy tip and the supported graphene, by taking advantage of the atomic-scale proximity of two objects separated by graphene. …”
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Design and Verification of a Deep Rock Corer with Retaining the In Situ Temperature by Zhiqiang He, Heping Xie, Mingzhong Gao, Ling Chen, Bo Yu, Yunqi Hu, Jianping Yang

“…Finally, a verification test of the integrated active and passive thermal insulation system (graphene heating material and C1) was carried out. …”
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Effect of Surface Treated Nanofillers on Abrasive Wear of Carbon Fiber/Polyamide Blend Composites by S. Srinivas, R. Hemanth, B. Harshavardhan, G. S. Ananthapadmanabha, B. Suresha

“…This work investigated the fabrication and wear behaviour of a carbon fiber reinforced polyamide (cf/PA) blend composite with silane-treated graphene and silica nanoparticles. Using an extrusion and injection molding process, four series of cf/PA blend composites with different concentrations of silica and graphene (0 to 3 wt%) were made from a polyamide blend consisting of PA6 and thermoplastic copolyester (80:20). …”
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Magnetohydrodynamic mixed convective heat transfer augmentation in a rectangular lid-driven enclosure with a circular hollow cylinder utilizing nanofluids by U.K. Suma, M. Masum Billah, Aminur Rahman Khan, K.E. Hoque

“…In this study, six different water-based nanofluids containing different nanoparticles: Cu, Zn, ZnO, Al₂O₃, Fe₃O₄, and graphene have been considered. It was found that the graphene-water nanofluid demonstrated higher thermal efficiency than the other considered nanofluids. …”
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Theoretical Study of Fractal-Like Kinetics of Adsorption by Hadis Bashiri, Adele Shajari

“…As a proof of concept, we investigated the applicability of the new equation by describing experimental data of adsorption on graphene. The fitting of the obtained equation was compared with fractal-like rate equation of Azizian. …”
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Simulating Molecular Interactions of Carbon Nanoparticles with a Double-Stranded DNA Fragment by Zhuang Wang, Hao Fang, Se Wang, Fan Zhang, Degao Wang

“…Six types of CNPs including fullerenes (C60 and C70), (8,0) single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT), (8,0) double-walled carbon nanotube (DWNT), graphene quantum dot (GQD), and graphene oxide quantum dot (GOQD) were studied. …”
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Unveiling the Mechanism of Deprotonation and Proton Transfer of DNA Polymerase Catalysis via Single‐Molecule Conductance by Lihua Zhao, Yang Xu, Zhiheng Yang, Wenzhe Liu, Shichao Zhong, Jingwei Bai, Xuefeng Guo

“…In this work, a method is presented to detect the full catalytic cycle of human Pol (hPol β) in graphene‐molecule‐graphene single‐molecule junctions. …”
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Thermal Spin Transport Properties in Diarylethene-Based Molecule Devices by Gang Xu, Xingyi Tan, Dahua Ren

“…Here, a novel spin caloritronic device is presented using a diarylethene molecule photoswitch sandwiched among two semi-infinite zigzag graphene nanoribbons containing asymmetrical edge hydrogenation electrodes. …”
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Recent Progress of Imprinted Nanomaterials in Analytical Chemistry by Rüstem Keçili, Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain

“…In addition, MIPs can be prepared as composite nanomaterials using nanoparticles, multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), nanorods, quantum dots (QDs), graphene, and clays. This review paper aims to demonstrate and highlight the recent progress of the applications of imprinted nanocomposite materials in analytical chemistry.…”
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Parent Berry Curvature and the Ideal Anomalous Hall Crystal by Tixuan Tan, Trithep Devakul

“…Our theory offers a unified perspective for understanding several aspects of the recently observed integer and fractional quantum anomalous Hall effects in rhombohedral multilayer graphene and provides a recipe for engineering new topological states.…”
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Straightforward Probing of Polarization and Spin-Resolved Transmission through Potential Barriers in Silicene by Diana Meneses-Gustin, Marcos R. S. Tavares

“…We find a spin-resolved transmission, reflected in the polarization P, and a conductance qualitatively different in some ranges of E than that in graphene. P exhibits quasiperiodic resonances versus θ in double-barrier structures.…”
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Remote epitaxy and exfoliation of vanadium dioxide via sub-nanometer thick amorphous interlayer by Chang Liu, Xing Li, Yang Wang, Zhi Zheng, Binmin Wu, Wenhao He, Xiang Dong, Ziyu Zhang, Bingxin Chen, Jiayuan Huang, Zhenghua An, Changlin Zheng, Gaoshan Huang, Yongfeng Mei

“…Abstract The recently emerged remote epitaxy technique, utilizing 2D materials (mostly graphene) as interlayers between the epilayer and the substrate, enables the exfoliation of crystalline nanomembranes from the substrate, expanding the range of potential device applications. …”
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Efficient Prediction of Superlattice and Anomalous Miniband Topology from Quantum Geometry by Valentin Crépel, Jennifer Cano

“…Our approach gives a microscopic understanding of the quantum anomalous Hall insulators recently observed in rhombohedral graphene multilayers.…”
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