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Bhatt HN, Pena-Zacarias J, Beaven E, Zahid MI, Ahmad SS, Diwan R, Nurunnabi M. Potential and Progress of 2D Materials in Photomedicine for Cancer Treatment. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2023; 6:365-383. [PMID: 36753355 PMCID: PMC9975046 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.2c00981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Over the last decades, photomedicine has made a significant impact and progress in treating superficial cancer. With tremendous efforts many of the technologies have entered clinical trials. Photothermal agents (PTAs) have been considered as emerging candidates for accelerating the outcome from photomedicine based cancer treatment. Besides various inorganic and organic candidates, 2D materials such as graphene, boron nitride, and molybdenum disulfide have shown significant potential for photothermal therapy (PTT). The properties such as high surface area to volume, biocompatibility, stability in physiological media, ease of synthesis and functionalization, and high photothermal conversion efficiency have made 2D nanomaterials wonderful candidates for PTT to treat cancer. The targeting or localized activation could be achieved when PTT is combined with chemotherapies, immunotherapies, or photodynamic therapy (PDT) to provide better outcomes with fewer side effects. Though significant development has been made in the field of phototherapeutic drugs, several challenges have restricted the use of PTT in clinical use and hence they have not yet been tested in large clinical trials. In this review, we attempted to discuss the progress, properties, applications, and challenges of 2D materials in the field of PTT and their application in photomedicine.
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- Himanshu N. Bhatt
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, The University of Texas El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79902, United States; Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, The University of Texas El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79902, United States; Environmental Science & Engineering, The University of Texas El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, The University of Texas El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79902, United States; Environmental Science & Engineering and Aerospace Center (cSETR), The University of Texas El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, The University of Texas El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79902, United States; Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, The University of Texas El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79902, United States; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Environmental Science & Engineering, and Aerospace Center (cSETR), The University of Texas El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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Wang J, Zeng W, Zhou Q. Research status of gas sensing performance of MoTe2-based gas sensors: A mini review. Front Chem 2022; 10:950974. [PMID: 35936095 PMCID: PMC9354782 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.950974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have been widely explored for their excellent gas sensing properties, especially high sensitivity and stability at room temperature. MoTe2 exhibits good sensitivity and selectivity to some nitrogen-containing gases (i.e., NO2, NH3) and has received extensive attention in gas sensing. In addition, increasingly complex production environments place demands on high-quality gas sensors. Therefore, worldwide efforts are devoted to designing and manufacturing MoTe2-based gas sensors with faster response and recovery speed. This paper summarizes the research progress of MoTe2-based gas sensing, focuses on the practical measures to improve the response and recovery speed of MoTe2-based sensors, and discusses the mechanism. This provides guidance for exploring higher performance MoTe2 sensors.
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- Jingyu Wang
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
- *Correspondence: Wen Zeng, ; Qu Zhou,
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- College of Engineering and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- *Correspondence: Wen Zeng, ; Qu Zhou,
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Tuning the structural, electronic and adsorption properties of Au-embedded 2D WSe2 and Arsenene nanosheets: A DFT study. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2020.112913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Perea Acosta J, Barral MA, María Llois A. Monolayer of PtSe 2 on Pt(1 1 1): is it metallic or insulating? JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2020; 32:235002. [PMID: 32032005 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab73a5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Motivated by the recent synthesis of a PtSe2 monolayer by direct selenization of a Pt(1 1 1) substrate and in order to reproduce ARPES experimental results, we investigate if the PtSe2 film could have grown directly on top of the Pt substrate or if some buffer structure separates both of them. We calculate the electronic properties for different growth possibilities and come to the conclusion that the experimental outcome is not compatible with the growth of a PtSe2 monolayer directly on top of the Pt(1 1 1) substrate.
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- Jeremias Perea Acosta
- Instituto de Nanociencia y Nanotecnología CNEA-CONICET, Centro Atómico Constituyentes, San Martín, Pcia. de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Depto de Física de la Materia Condensada, Gerencia de Investigación y Aplicaciones, Centro Atómico Constituyentes, CNEA, San Martín, Pcia. de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Instituto Sabato, Universidad Nacional de General San Martín-CNEA, Avenida General Paz 1499, B1650KNA, San Martín, Pcia. de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Wojciechowski T, Rozmysłowska-Wojciechowska A, Matyszczak G, Wrzecionek M, Olszyna A, Peter A, Mihaly-Cozmuta A, Nicula C, Mihaly-Cozmuta L, Podsiadło S, Basiak D, Ziemkowska W, Jastrzębska A. Ti 2C MXene Modified with Ceramic Oxide and Noble Metal Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Morphostructural Properties, and High Photocatalytic Activity. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:7602-7614. [PMID: 31117635 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Among two-dimensional (2D) materials, such as graphene, a new family of 2D anisotropic carbides and nitrides of early transition metals (MXenes) is very interesting because of the potential applications in electronics, medicine, and photocatalysis. In this paper, preparation, morphostructural characterization, band gaps determination, and salicylic acid photodegradation ability of Ti2C MXene and six nanocomposites consisting of the MXene modified by TiO2, Ag2O, Ag, PdO, Pd, and Au are reported. It was confirmed using electron diffraction studies, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and high-resolution transmission microscopy that metals and metal oxides occur on the MXene flakes as nanoparticles in a shape of spots. The band gaps determined experimentally using Tauc's method are placed in the region of 0.90-1.31 eV. In recent years, the method of photocatalytic decomposition of pollutants using semiconductor photocatalysts and UV-vis energy has become increasingly important. The MXene based nanocomposites revealed high activity in the salicylic acid (SA) photodegradation reaction (86.1-97.1% of degraded SA after 3 h, concentration of SA initial solution 100 μM, the circulation rate of the SA solution 0.875 cm3/min). The interfacial charge transfer mechanism and the role of the metallic and metal oxide nanoparticles in the photocatalytic activity of the MXene based nanocomposites are presented and discussed.
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- Tomasz Wojciechowski
- Faculty of Chemistry , Warsaw University of Technology , Noakowskiego 3 , 00-664 Warsaw , Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry , Warsaw University of Technology , Noakowskiego 3 , 00-664 Warsaw , Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry , Warsaw University of Technology , Noakowskiego 3 , 00-664 Warsaw , Poland
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering , Warsaw University of Technology , Wołoska st. 141 , 02-507 Warsaw , Poland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology , Technical University Cluj Napoca , Victor Babes 76 , Baia Mare , Romania
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology , Technical University Cluj Napoca , Victor Babes 76 , Baia Mare , Romania
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology , Technical University Cluj Napoca , Victor Babes 76 , Baia Mare , Romania
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology , Technical University Cluj Napoca , Victor Babes 76 , Baia Mare , Romania
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- Faculty of Chemistry , Warsaw University of Technology , Noakowskiego 3 , 00-664 Warsaw , Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry , Warsaw University of Technology , Noakowskiego 3 , 00-664 Warsaw , Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry , Warsaw University of Technology , Noakowskiego 3 , 00-664 Warsaw , Poland
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering , Warsaw University of Technology , Wołoska st. 141 , 02-507 Warsaw , Poland
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Mendes RG, Pang J, Bachmatiuk A, Ta HQ, Zhao L, Gemming T, Fu L, Liu Z, Rümmeli MH. Electron-Driven In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy of 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides and Their 2D Heterostructures. ACS NANO 2019; 13:978-995. [PMID: 30673226 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b08079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Investigations on monolayered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and TMD heterostructures have been steadily increasing over the past years due to their potential application in a wide variety of fields such as microelectronics, sensors, batteries, solar cells, and supercapacitors, among others. The present work focuses on the characterization of TMDs using transmission electron microscopy, which allows not only static atomic resolution but also investigations into the dynamic behavior of atoms within such materials. Herein, we present a body of recent research from the various techniques available in the transmission electron microscope to structurally and analytically characterize layered TMDs and briefly compare the advantages of TEM with other characterization techniques. Whereas both static and dynamic aspects are presented, special emphasis is given to studies on the electron-driven in situ dynamic aspects of these materials while under investigation in a transmission electron microscope. The collection of the presented results points to a future prospect where electron-driven nanomanipulation may be routinely used not only in the understanding of fundamental properties of TMDs but also in the electron beam engineering of nanocircuits and nanodevices.
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- Rafael G Mendes
- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden , P.O. Box 270116, Dresden D-01171 , Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden , P.O. Box 270116, Dresden D-01171 , Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden , P.O. Box 270116, Dresden D-01171 , Germany
- Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials , Polish Academy of Sciences , M. Curie-Skłodowskiej 34 , Zabrze 41-819 , Poland
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden , P.O. Box 270116, Dresden D-01171 , Germany
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Science , Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072 , China
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- Center for Nanochemistry, Beijing Science and Engineering Centre for Nanocarbons, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden , P.O. Box 270116, Dresden D-01171 , Germany
- Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials , Polish Academy of Sciences , M. Curie-Skłodowskiej 34 , Zabrze 41-819 , Poland
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Adetunji Moses O, Khan MI, Fang Q, Qin L, Rehman ZU, Zhang Y, Deng Feng C, Ma Y, Tang X, Wu C, Adam ML, Huang D, Liu H, Song L. PVP intercalated metallic WSe 2 as NIR photothermal agents for efficient tumor ablation. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2019; 30:065102. [PMID: 30543196 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aaf151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Transition metal dichalogenides (TMDCs) with unique layered structures hold promising potential as transducers for photothermal therapy. However, the low photothermal conversion efficiency and poor stability in some cases limit their practical applications. Herein, we demonstrate the fabrication of ultrathin homogeneous hybridized TMDC nanosheets and their use for highly efficient photothermal tumor ablation. In particular, the nanosheets were composed of metallic WSe2 intercalated with polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), which was facilely prepared through a solvothermal process from the mixture of selenourea crystals, WCl6 powder along with PVP polymeric nanogel. Our characterizations revealed that the obtained nanosheets exhibited excellent photothermal conversion efficiency, therapeutic demonstration with improved biocompatibility and physiological stability attributing to the combined merits of metallic phase of WSe2 and hydrophilic PVP insertion. Both the histological analysis of vital organs and in vitro/in vivo tests confirmed the nanosheets as actively effective and biologically safe in this phototherapeutic technique. Findings from this non-invasive experiment clearly emphasize the explorable therapeutic efficacy of the layered-based hybrid agents in future cancer treatment planning procedures.
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- Oyawale Adetunji Moses
- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, People's Republic of China
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Meng Z, Stolz RM, Mendecki L, Mirica KA. Electrically-Transduced Chemical Sensors Based on Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials. Chem Rev 2019; 119:478-598. [PMID: 30604969 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 249] [Impact Index Per Article: 49.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Electrically-transduced sensors, with their simplicity and compatibility with standard electronic technologies, produce signals that can be efficiently acquired, processed, stored, and analyzed. Two dimensional (2D) nanomaterials, including graphene, phosphorene (BP), transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), and others, have proven to be attractive for the fabrication of high-performance electrically-transduced chemical sensors due to their remarkable electronic and physical properties originating from their 2D structure. This review highlights the advances in electrically-transduced chemical sensing that rely on 2D materials. The structural components of such sensors are described, and the underlying operating principles for different types of architectures are discussed. The structural features, electronic properties, and surface chemistry of 2D nanostructures that dictate their sensing performance are reviewed. Key advances in the application of 2D materials, from both a historical and analytical perspective, are summarized for four different groups of analytes: gases, volatile compounds, ions, and biomolecules. The sensing performance is discussed in the context of the molecular design, structure-property relationships, and device fabrication technology. The outlook of challenges and opportunities for 2D nanomaterials for the future development of electrically-transduced sensors is also presented.
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- Zheng Meng
- Department of Chemistry, Burke Laboratory , Dartmouth College , Hanover , New Hampshire 03755 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Burke Laboratory , Dartmouth College , Hanover , New Hampshire 03755 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Burke Laboratory , Dartmouth College , Hanover , New Hampshire 03755 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Burke Laboratory , Dartmouth College , Hanover , New Hampshire 03755 , United States
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Pomelova TA, Podlipskaya TY, Kuratieva NV, Cherkov AG, Nebogatikova NA, Ryzhikov MR, Huguenot A, Gautier R, Naumov NG. Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Liquid Exfoliation of Layered Lanthanide Sulfides KLn 2CuS 6 (Ln = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm). Inorg Chem 2018; 57:13594-13605. [PMID: 30354089 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b02213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Among the great amount of known lanthanide nanoparticles, reports devoted to chalcogenide ones are deficient. The properties of such nanoparticles remain almost unknown due to the lack of simple and proper synthetic methods avoiding hydrolysis and allowing preparation of oxygen-free lanthanide nanoparticles. A liquid exfoliation method was used to select the optimum strategy for the preparation of quaternary lanthanide sulfide nanoparticles. Bulk KLn2CuS6 (Ln = La-Sm) materials were obtained via a reactive flux method. The crystal structures of three new members of the KLn2CuS6 series were determined for Pr, Nd, and Sm as well as for known KLa2CuS6. KLn2CuS6 (Ln = La, Pr, Nd) compounds crystallize in the monoclinic C2 /c space group, whereas KSm2CuS6 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Fddd space group. The analysis of their electronic structures confirms that the main bonding interactions occur within the anionic {Ln2CuS6}- layers. Due to their layered structure, exfoliation of these compounds is possible using ultrasonic treatment in appropriate solvents with the formation of colloidal solutions. Colloidal particles show a plate-like morphology with a lateral size of 100-200 nm and a thickness of 2-10 nm. Highly negative or positive charges found in isopropanol and acetonitrile dispersions, respectively, are associated with high stability and concentration of the dispersions.
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- Tatiana A Pomelova
- Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry SB RAS , 3, Akad. Lavrentiev Ave. , 630090 Novosibirsk , Russian Federation
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- Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry SB RAS , 3, Akad. Lavrentiev Ave. , 630090 Novosibirsk , Russian Federation
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- Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry SB RAS , 3, Akad. Lavrentiev Ave. , 630090 Novosibirsk , Russian Federation.,Novosibirsk State University , 2, Pirogova Str. , 630090 Novosibirsk , Russian Federation
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- Novosibirsk State University , 2, Pirogova Str. , 630090 Novosibirsk , Russian Federation.,Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS , 13, Acad. Lavrentyev Ave. , 630090 Novosibirsk , Russian Federation
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- Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS , 13, Acad. Lavrentyev Ave. , 630090 Novosibirsk , Russian Federation
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- Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry SB RAS , 3, Akad. Lavrentiev Ave. , 630090 Novosibirsk , Russian Federation.,Novosibirsk State University , 2, Pirogova Str. , 630090 Novosibirsk , Russian Federation
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- Univ Rennes, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes, CNRS, ISCR-UMR 6226, F-35000 , Rennes , France
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- Univ Rennes, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes, CNRS, ISCR-UMR 6226, F-35000 , Rennes , France
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- Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry SB RAS , 3, Akad. Lavrentiev Ave. , 630090 Novosibirsk , Russian Federation.,Novosibirsk State University , 2, Pirogova Str. , 630090 Novosibirsk , Russian Federation
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Donarelli M, Ottaviano L. 2D Materials for Gas Sensing Applications: A Review on Graphene Oxide, MoS₂, WS₂ and Phosphorene. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2018; 18:E3638. [PMID: 30373161 PMCID: PMC6264021 DOI: 10.3390/s18113638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2018] [Revised: 10/18/2018] [Accepted: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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After the synthesis of graphene, in the first year of this century, a wide research field on two-dimensional materials opens. 2D materials are characterized by an intrinsic high surface to volume ratio, due to their heights of few atoms, and, differently from graphene, which is a semimetal with zero or near zero bandgap, they usually have a semiconductive nature. These two characteristics make them promising candidate for a new generation of gas sensing devices. Graphene oxide, being an intermediate product of graphene fabrication, has been the first graphene-like material studied and used to detect target gases, followed by MoS₂, in the first years of 2010s. Along with MoS₂, which is now experiencing a new birth, after its use as a lubricant, other sulfides and selenides (like WS₂, WSe₂, MoSe₂, etc.) have been used for the fabrication of nanoelectronic devices and for gas sensing applications. All these materials show a bandgap, tunable with the number of layers. On the other hand, 2D materials constituted by one atomic species have been synthetized, like phosphorene (one layer of black phosphorous), germanene (one atom thick layer of germanium) and silicone (one atom thick layer of silicon). In this paper, a comprehensive review of 2D materials-based gas sensor is reported, mainly focused on the recent developments of graphene oxide, exfoliated MoS₂ and WS₂ and phosphorene, for gas detection applications. We will report on their use as sensitive materials for conductometric, capacitive and optical gas sensors, the state of the art and future perspectives.
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- Maurizio Donarelli
- Sensor Laboratory, Department of Information Engineering, University of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25136 Brescia, Italy.
- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio 10, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio 10, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
- CNR-SPIN, UOS L'Aquila, Via Vetoio 10, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
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Zappa D, Galstyan V, Kaur N, Munasinghe Arachchige HMM, Sisman O, Comini E. "Metal oxide -based heterostructures for gas sensors"- A review. Anal Chim Acta 2018; 1039:1-23. [PMID: 30322540 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2018.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Revised: 09/10/2018] [Accepted: 09/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This review focuses on the synthesis and chemical sensing characterization of metal oxide heterostructures reported since 2012. Heterostructures exhibit strong interactions between closely packed interfaces, showing superior performances compared to single structures. Surface effects appear thanks to the magnification of nanostructures' surface leading to an enhancement of surface related properties (the base of chemical sensors working mechanism). The combination of different metal oxides to form heterostructures further improves the selectivity and/or other important sensing parameters. A very large number of different morphologies and structures have been proposed, each one exhibiting peculiar sensing properties towards specific chemical compounds. Among the different preparation methodologies, a significant number has been performed by means of hydrothermal method. However, the combination of various fabrication methods seems a very efficient strategy to obtain metal oxide-based heterostructures with different morphologies and dimensions such as core-shell nanostructures, one-dimensional heterostructures, two-dimensional layered heterojunctions, and three-dimensional hierarchical heterostructures. Despite all extraordinary advances in both material science and nanotechnology and the results achieved with heterostructured chemical sensors, there are few points that still deserve further studies and investigations, such as possible diffusion across the junctions, reproducibility of the fabrication process, synergistic or catalytic effects among the materials forming the heterostructures and influence/stability of the contacts. Moreover, perfect control over their growth is mandatory for their application in commercial devices. Only a careful understanding of the growth and the interface properties could fill the existing gap between laboratory studies and real-world exploitation of these heterostructures.
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- Dario Zappa
- SENSOR Laboratory, Dept. of Information Engineering (DII), Università degli Studi di Brescia, Via Valotti 7, 25123, Italy
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- SENSOR Laboratory, Dept. of Information Engineering (DII), Università degli Studi di Brescia, Via Valotti 7, 25123, Italy
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- SENSOR Laboratory, Dept. of Information Engineering (DII), Università degli Studi di Brescia, Via Valotti 7, 25123, Italy
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- SENSOR Laboratory, Dept. of Information Engineering (DII), Università degli Studi di Brescia, Via Valotti 7, 25123, Italy
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- SENSOR Laboratory, Dept. of Information Engineering (DII), Università degli Studi di Brescia, Via Valotti 7, 25123, Italy.
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