Photoactive hybrid nanostructures composed of metal oxides and plasmonic metals are able to perform the conversion of radiant (solar) energy into electrical or chemical energy. However, their use in large-scale practical ...

Organic-inorganic hybrid coatings for corrosion protection of aluminum alloys are promising alternatives to the current methods based on chromate passivation. This study examined the role of the polymer/silica ratio in ...

Hybrid nanostructures composed of magnetic iron oxides and plasmonic metals can convert light energy into chemical energy, and they can be easily manipulated through magnetic fields. As a consequence of these multifunctional ...

We report here a novel approach to the template assisted electrochemical synthesis of vertically aligned polyaniline (PANI) nanostructure surface arrays. When PANI is obtained by electropolymerimtion inside a custommade ...

Urea-cross-linked polyether-siloxane hybrid blends with tuneable hydrophilic/hydrophobic features were prepared from a mixture of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO1900) and poly(propylene oxide) (PPO2000), hybridized by end-chain ...

Luminescent complexes of rare earth have been extensively studied in different fields of research improving the industrial development of these materials for their utilization as electroluminescent displays, catalysts and ...

In this work, we have studied the influence of the substrate surface condition on the roughness and the structure of the nanostructured DLC films deposited by High Density Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition. Four methods ...