Insulating plasmonic photothermal heat of Ag nanoparticles by a thin carbon shell

Assessment of the corrosion resistance of self-ordered anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) obtained in tartaric-sulfuric acid (TSA)

“…These treatments contrast with TSA industrial anodizing, that requires only one anodization during less than 30 minutes, temperatures above room temperature and give rise to disordered porous anodic layers with 2-7 microns of thickness [42]. To date, ordered porous anodic layers have been applied to numerous fields as such as separation [43], chemical/biological sensing devices [44], cell adhesion [45], catalysis [46], energy storage [47] and drug delivery vehicles [48], being the most remarkable the employment as a template for the synthesis of nanostructures inside their pores [40,49].…”

Multifunctional nanocomposites based on graphite-phase carbon nitride quantum dot-silver nanospheres for combined photothermal–photodynamic anti-tumor therapy

“…3d. Using eqn (1)–(3), the photothermal conversion efficiency of g-CNQDs@AgNSs is determined to be 55.4%, which is higher than those of many traditional photothermal agents such as Ag (44%), 36 CoS (33%) 37 and CuS@graphene oxide (46.2%). 38 In addition, Fig.…”

Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Photonic Crystals for Sunlight Harvesting Applications: A Perspective

“…[220][221][222] LSPR energy is locally released by internal scattering processes, which in turn heat the local environment of the platform material. [221] Deposition of NPs consisting of various materials such as titanium nitride (TiN), [228,229] zirconium nitride, [228] hafnium nitride, [228] silver, [230] and nickel, [224,231] and co-deposition of gold and TiO 2 NPs [196] leads to increased sunlight-to-energy conversion efficiencies for water vaporization and desalination. These applications are studied by floating functionalized NAA membranes (open pores) on top of a water reservoir containing salt species and illuminating the NAA structure with artificial sunlight (Figure 15b).…”

“…Cheng et al observed an enhancement of desalination rate by a factor of 1000 compared to direct seawater desalination when an NAA membrane functionalized with silver NPs and carbon is utilized. [ 230 ] TiN NPs are also reported to improve water vapor generation through NAA structures. [ 228,229 ] Kaur et al systematically investigated the influence of NAA nanopore diameter and TiN sputter deposition thickness of this system.…”