Abstract: Provided includes methods, compositions and systems for single molecule seeding and amplification on a flow cell. In some embodiments, nucleic acids are isothermally seeded and amplified on a flow cell comprising multiple binding areas (e.g., pads), resulting in an ensemble of substantially the same amplified molecules on each of the binding areas.

Abstract: Disclosed herein include methods of specifying sites (e.g., sites for colony formation) on a surface (e.g., a planar surface) and generating a flow cell having the sites specified on a surface. Also disclosed are methods of performing sequencing (e.g., sequencing-by-synthesis and sequencing-by-binding) using the flow cell generated and processing (e.g., aligning, orienting, sorting, and assessing quality) images of the flow cell captured during sequencing.

Abstract: A coated sulfur particle and methods are shown. In one example, the coated sulfur particles are used as an electrode in a battery, such as a lithium ion battery.

Abstract: A method of making a porous material is provided. The method includes: preparing a mixture including a sugar, a polymer, and at least one soluble metal source, in water; heating the mixture to obtain a gelled material; thermally curing the gelled material to obtain a cured material; and annealing at least a part of the cured material to obtain a porous material that includes metal nanoparticles, where the metal nanoparticles include at least one metal from the at least one soluble metal source. The porous material can include: sheets of multilayer graphene layers; metal nanoparticles dispersed among the sheets and encapsulated by layers of graphene; and macropores, mesopores or micropores, or any combination thereof, throughout the porous material and on its surface. Methods of using the porous material to separate contaminants from water are also provided.

Abstract: A coated substrate including a thin film of a transition metal dichalcogenide and associated methods are shown. In one example, the substrate is a semiconductor wafer. In one example, the thin film is atomically thin, and the substrate is a number of centimeters in diameter. In one example a crystalline structure of the thin film is substantially 2H hexagonal.

Abstract: A coated sulfur particle and methods are shown. In one example, the coated sulfur particles are used as an electrode in a battery, such as a lithium ion battery.

Abstract: A coated substrate including a thin film of a transition metal dichalcogenide and associated methods are shown. In one example, the substrate is a semiconductor wafer. In one example, the thin film is atomically thin, and the substrate is a number of centimeters in diameter. In one example a crystalline structure of the thin film is substantially 2H hexagonal.