Cyclic penta-twinned noble metal nanocrystals exhibit promising properties due to their unique geometric and electronic structures. However, the controlled synthesis of cyclic penta-twinned nanostructures, especially of noble metals with a high cohesive energy (e.g., Rh), is very difficult, and the corresponding growth mechanism is not fully understood. Herein, we report a facile one-pot hydrothermal approach for the synthesis of cyclic penta-twinned Rh icosahedral nanocrystals. It was found that apart from regulating the surface free energy by changing the concentration or category of the capping agents, the solvent might influence the adsorption ability of the surfactant on the Rh crystal surface, which results in a change in the surface free energy and thus allows the formation of Rh cyclic penta-twinned nanostructures. In addition, due to their unique electronic and geometric structures, the Rh icosahedral nanocrystals exhibit superior catalytic activity and stability for the electrooxidation of ethanol as compared to single-crystal Rh tetrahedral nanocrystals and commercial Rh black.
Atomic composition tuning and defect engineering are effective strategies toenhance the catalytic performance of multicomponent catalysts by improvingthe synergetic effect; however, it remains challenging to dramatically tune the active sites on multicomponent materials through simultaneous defect engineeringat the atomic scale because of the similarities of the local environment. Herein,using the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) as a probe reaction, we deliberatelyintroduced base-soluble Zn(II) or Al(III) sites into NiFe layered double hydroxides(LDHs), which are one of the best OER catalysts. Then, the Zn(II) or Al(III) siteswere selectively etched to create atomic M(II)/M(III) defects, which dramaticallyenhanced the OER activity. At a current density of 20 mA·cm?2, only 200 mV overpotential was required to generate M(II) defect-rich NiFe LDHs, which is the best NiFe-based OER catalyst reported to date. Density functional theory(DFT) calculations revealed that the creation of dangling Ni–Fe sites (i.e., unsaturated coordinated Ni–Fe sites) by defect engineering of a Ni–O–Fe site at the atomic scale efficiently lowers the Gibbs free energy of the oxygen evolutionprocess. This defect engineering strategy provides new insights into catalysts atthe atomic scale and should be beneficial for the design of a variety of catalysts.
Engineered functional neural interfaces (fNIs) serve as essential abiotic–biotic transducers between an engineered system and the nervous system. They convert external physical stimuli to cellular signals in stimulation mode or read out biological processes in recording mode. Information can be exchanged using electricity, light, magnetic fields, mechanical forces, heat, or chemical signals. fNIs have found applications for studying processes in neural circuits from cell cultures to organs to whole organisms. fNI-facilitated signal transduction schemes, coupled with easily manipulable and observable external physical signals, have attracted considerable attention in recent years. This enticing field is rapidly evolving toward miniaturization and biomimicry to achieve long-term interface stability with great signal transduction efficiency. Not only has a new generation of neuroelectrodes been invented, but the use of advanced fNIs that explore other physical modalities of neuromodulation and recording has begun to increase. This review covers these exciting developments and applications of fNIs that rely on nanoelectrodes, nanotransducers, or bionanotransducers to establish an interface with the nervous system. These nano fNIs are promising in offering a high spatial resolution, high target specificity, and high communication bandwidth by allowing for a high density and count of signal channels with minimum material volume and area to dramatically improve the chronic integration of the fNI to the target neural tissue. Such demanding advances in nano fNIs will greatly facilitate new opportunities not only for studying basic neuroscience but also for diagnosing and treating various neurological diseases. 相似文献
Nano Research - Atomically dispersed catalysts have attracted attention in energy conversion applications because their efficiency and chemoselectivity for special catalysis are superior to those... 相似文献
The evolution of the dislocation density induced by the nanomachining process dominates the plastic deformation behaviors of materials, thus affecting the mechanical properties significantly. However, a challenging topic related to how to establish an accurate model for predicting the dislocation density based on the limited simulations and experiments arises due to the complicated thermal–mechanical coupling mechanism during the machining process. Herein, a multistage method integrating machine learning, physics, and high-throughput atomic simulation is proposed to investigate the effect of cutting speed on the dislocation behavior in polycrystal copper. Compared with the traditional one-step machine learning method, the constraint of physical features effectively improves the accuracy and generalization ability of the model. The results indicate that the dislocation behaviors depend on the competition between the cutting force and temperature. In the low-cutting speed, the predominated role of the cutting temperature leads to a rapid decline of the dislocation density. In contrast, the dislocation density tends to be stable under a high-speed cutting process due to the dynamic balance between the effects of the cutting force and temperature. Notably, the proposed strategy provides a new and universal framework to design the machining parameters to obtain high-quality products. 相似文献
A simple theoretical model is presented for the reduction of a singly charged cation under conditions where migration is important and the cation is coupled to a neutral species through a chemical equilibrium, AB = A(+) + B(-). Only the steady-state transport-limited current, I(l), is considered. Simple algebraic equations describe the ratio of I(l) to the diffusion-limited current, I(d), as it depends on the degree of dissociation, determined by the ratio of equilibrium constant to formal concentration, K(AB)/C*(AB). The ratio I(l)/I(d) is found to depend on the ratio of electrolyte to equilibrium concentration of A(+) in bulk solution just as for the well-known result for the case without the equilibrium (i.e., K(AB) → ∞). The results are in accord with published experimental data for weak acids. Agreement and disagreement with other theoretical treatments of this problem are discussed. The main results are for 1:1 supporting electrolytes; extensions are made to 2:1, 1:2, and 2:2 supporting electrolytes. 相似文献
In the shadow-moiré system, the period of the grating is varied by rotation of the grating, so the phase of the moiré pattern is changed as well. By the selection of suitable rotation angles, three images at different positions of the grating are acquired to obtain the absolute distance from the object to the grating. A theoretical analysis is presented for the method, and some experiments have been done to verify the theoretical analysis. The results show that the method is fast and the accuracy is better than 10 μm. The measurable range is directly proportional to the period of the grating and inversely proportional to the angles at which the grating is rotated. 相似文献
In this paper, an adaptive controller with structurally dynamic wavelet network is developed for a harmonic drive subject
to parameter varying friction. The control architecture integrates a proportional controller, a feedback adaptive component
and sliding component to adaptively compensate for the friction to achieve accurate position tracking. Global asymptotic stability
of the algorithm is proved by using Lyapunov function. In parallel to the adaptive controller, a fuzzy reconfiguration scheme
is devised to change the structure of the network along with weights updating to improve the system tracking performance and
robustness. Experimental tests on a harmonic drive manipulator verify the effectiveness of the proposed control method. 相似文献