01440nas a2200193 4500008004100000022001400041245010300055210006900158260012500227300002300352490000700375520064400382100002901026700001701055700001701072700002001089700001301109856012401122 2006 eng d a0003-695100aPhysical manipulation of biological and chemical syntheses for nanoparticle shape and size control0 aPhysical manipulation of biological and chemical syntheses for n aCIRCULATION & FULFILLMENT DIV, 2 HUNTINGTON QUADRANGLE, STE 1 N O 1, MELVILLE, NY 11747-4501 USAbAMER INST PHYSICScDEC aArticle No. 2631050 v893 a

A nanosynthesis scheme is demonstrated which renders excellent control of nanoparticle shape, size, and dispersity in a solution based synthesis process. The scheme, termed as percolative microcavity synthesis, involves the use of a granular medium with percolative microcavities which facilitate nearly similar grain size/shape dependent reaction zones limiting intrinsic growth inhomogeneities, enabling particle size/shape control. The viability of the process is demonstrated for the synthesis of gold nanoparticles by a plant extract based biological method as well as a chemical method. (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics.

1 aOgale, Satishchandra, B.1 aAhmad, Absar1 aPasricha, R.1 aDhas, Vivek, V.1 aSyed, A. uhttp://library.ncl.res.in/content/physical-manipulation-biological-and-chemical-syntheses-nanoparticle-shape-and-size-102216nas a2200277 4500008004100000022001400041245009700055210006900152260007100221300001600292490000600308520122000314653001901534653000901553653003201562653002801594653001401622100002401636700002301660700002301683700002301706700002801729700002301757700002901780856012901809 2014 eng d a1944-824400aPulsed laser-deposited MoS2 thin films on W and Si: field emission and photoresponse studies0 aPulsed laserdeposited MoS2 thin films on W and Si field emission a1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USAbAMER CHEMICAL SOCcSEP a15881-158880 v63 a

We report field electron emission investigations on pulsed laser-deposited molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) thin films on W-tip and Si substrates. In both cases, under the chosen growth conditions, the dry process of pulsed laser deposition (PLD) is seen to render a dense nanostructured morphology of MoS2, which is important for local electric field enhancement in field emission application. In the case of the MoS2 film on silicon (Si), the turn-on field required to draw an emission current density of 10 mu A/cm(2) is found to be 2.8 V/mu m. Interestingly, the MoS2 film on a tungsten (W) tip emitter delivers a large emission current density of similar to 30 mA/cm(2) at a relatively lower applied voltage of similar to 3.8 kV. Thus, the PLD-MoS2 can be utilized for various field emission-based applications. We also report our results of photodiode-like behavior in (n- and p- type) Si/PLDMoS2 heterostructures. Finally we show that MoS2 films deposited on flexible kapton substrate show a good photoresponse and recovery. Our investigations thus hold great promise for the development of PLD MoS2 films in application domains such as field emitters and heterostructures for novel nanoelectronic devices.

10afield emission10aMoS210aphotodiode heterostructures10apulsed laser deposition10athin film1 aLate, Dattatray, J.1 aShaikh, Parvez, A.1 aKhare, Ruchita, T.1 aKashid, Ranjit, V.1 aChaudhary, Minakshi, V.1 aMore, Mahendra, A.1 aOgale, Satishchandra, B. uhttp://library.ncl.res.in/content/pulsed-laser-deposited-mos2-thin-films-w-and-si-field-emission-and-photoresponse-studies-002543nas a2200289 4500008004100000022001400041245014300055210006900198260007100267300001200338490000600350520143900356653002201795653003001817653003001847653002301877653003101900653003101931100002501962700002001987700002802007700001502035700002002050700002902070700002402099856013002123 2016 eng d a1944-824400aPt- and TCO-free flexible cathode for DSSC from highly conducting and flexible PEDOT paper prepared via in situ interfacial polymerization0 aPt and TCOfree flexible cathode for DSSC from highly conducting  a1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USAbAMER CHEMICAL SOCcJAN a553-5620 v83 a

Here, we report the preparation of a flexible, free-standing, Pt- and TCO-free counter electrode in dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC)-derived from polyethylenedioxythiophene (PEDOT)-impregnated cellulose paper. The synthetic strategy of making the thin flexible PEDOT paper is simple and scalable, which can be achieved via in situ polymerization all through a roll coating technique. The very low sheet resistance (4 Omega/square) obtained from a film of 40 mu m thick PEDOT paper (PEDOT-p-5) is found to be superior to the conventional fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrate. The high conductivity (357 S/cm) displayed by PEDOT-p-5 is observed to be stable under ambient conditions as well as flexible and bending conditions. With all of these features in place, we could develop an efficient Pt- and TCO-free flexible counter electrode from PEDOT-p-5 for DSSC applications. The catalytic activity toward the tri-iodide reduction of the flexible electrode is analyzed by adopting various electrochemical methodologies. PEDOT-p-5 is found to display higher exchange current density (7.12 mA/cm(2)) and low charge transfer resistance (4.6 Omega) compared to the benchmark Pt-coated FTO glass (2.40 mA/cm(2) and 9.4 Omega, respectively). Further, a DSSC fabricated using PEDOT-p-5 as the counter electrode displays a comparable efficiency of 6.1% relative to 6.9% delivered by a system based on Pt/FTO as the counter electrode.

10acounter electrode10adye-sensitized solar cell10aflexible and thin devices10aimpedance analysis10ainterfacial polymerization10apolyethylenedioxythiophene1 aAnothumakkool, Bihag1 aAgrawal, Ishita1 aBhange, Siddheshwar, N.1 aSoni, Roby1 aGame, Onkar, S.1 aOgale, Satishchandra, B.1 aKurungot, Sreekumar uhttp://library.ncl.res.in/content/pt-and-tco-free-flexible-cathode-dssc-highly-conducting-and-flexible-pedot-paper-prepared-0