Abstract: A composition can include a carbon nanofiber, wherein a precursor for the carbon nanofiber includes an alcohol and an aldehyde crosslinked by a primary amine. In certain embodiments, the carbon nanofiber can be biotemplated. Biotemplating enables precise control of morphology at the nanometer scale, while molecular templating allows control of carbon nanotexture and structure at the sub-nanometer scale.

Abstract: A metal-carbon dioxide battery can include an aluminum-containing anode and a carbon-containing cathode.

Abstract: A sodium ion battery can include a biotemplated anode material.

Abstract: A composition can include a carbon nanofiber, wherein a precursor for the carbon nanofiber includes an alcohol and an aldehyde crosslinked by a primary amine. In certain embodiments, the carbon nanofiber can be biotemplated. Biotemplating enables precise control of morphology at the nanometer scale, while molecular templating allows control of carbon nanotexture and structure at the sub-nanometer scale.

Abstract: A dye-sensitized solar cell can include a plurality of a plasmon-forming nanostructures. The plasmon-forming nanostructures can include an oxide core, an inner metallic shell on a surface of the oxide core, and an outer oxide shell on a surface of the inner metallic shell.

Abstract: An imaging probe can include a photoluminescent carbon nanostructure configured to emit a wavelength of light detectable through living tissue, and a targeting moiety including a first binding partner configured to interact with a second binding partner.

Abstract: A method, and corresponding system, can include identifying a plurality of wavelength spectral band components in hyperspectral image data, the spectral band components corresponding to mutually distinct sources of image contrast. An intensity image corresponding to each respective spectral band component can be calculated, followed by combining the respective intensity images to form an inter-band image based on the respective, mutually distinct sources of image contrast for each spectral band component. Intensity images can be hyperspectral or hyperdiffuse images. Hyperdiffuse imaging can be performed for each spectral band component identified using hyperspectral measurements. Spectral position and spectral width images corresponding to each spectral band component can be calculated and used to determine depth of features inside a surface of the target. Diffuse width images can be calculated from hyperdiffuse image data and used to determine depth.

Abstract: An efficient perovskite solar cells can be synthesized from used car batteries by using both the anodes and cathodes of car batteries as material sources for the synthesis of lead iodide perovskite materials.

Abstract: The invention is directed toward systems and methods for the formation of two dimensional monolayer structures of ordered biomacromolecules, such as viruses, atop cohesive polyelectrolyte multilayers to create functional thin films. Methods for the formation of such thin films are disclosed that involve an interdiffusion-induced assembly process of the biomacromolecules. The inventive systems provide a general platform for the systematic incorporation and assembly of organic, biological and inorganic materials and will enable many potential technological applications such as, for example, chemical and biological sensors, power devices and catalytic membranes.

Abstract: An efficient perovskite solar cells can be synthesized from used car batteries by using both the anodes and cathodes of car batteries as material sources for the synthesis of lead iodide perovskite materials.

Abstract: A dye-sensitized solar cell can include a plurality of a plasmon-forming nanostructures. The plasmon-forming nanostructures can include an oxide core, an inner metallic shell on a surface of the oxide core, and an outer oxide shell on a surface of the inner metallic shell.

Abstract: An imaging probe can include a photoluminescent carbon nanostructure configured to emit a wavelength of light detectable through living tissue, and a targeting moiety including a first binding partner configured to interact with a second binding partner.

Abstract: A dye-sensitized solar cell can include a plurality of a plasmon-forming nanostructures. The plasmon-forming nanostructures can include a metal nanoparticle and a semiconducting oxide on a surface of the metal nanoparticle.

Abstract: The invention is directed toward systems and methods for the formation of two dimensional monolayer structures of ordered biomacromolecules, such as viruses, atop cohesive polyelectrolyte multilayers to create functional thin films. Methods for the formation of such thin films are disclosed that involve an interdiffusion-induced assembly process of the biomacromolecules. The inventive systems provide a general platform for the systematic incorporation and assembly of organic, biological and inorganic materials and will enable many potential technological applications such as, for example, chemical and biological sensors, power devices and catalytic membranes.

Abstract: A colloidal suspension of III-V semiconductor nanoparticles.