Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures

Opto-Thermophoretic Printing of Gold Nanosphere Assemblies with Tailorable Packing via Ligand Chain Length

Abstract The ability to control nanoparticle assembly on substrates using light offers unique opportunities for the fabrication of functional nanostructures. Herein, the opto-thermophoretic patterning of gold nanoparticles is mediated by carboxylated thiol ligands with varying ch...

Floating 3D‐Printed Grids: New Approach for Photocatalytic Degradation of Contaminants Under Direct Solar Radiation

ABSTRACT Water contamination by antibiotics and other emerging contaminants is ubiquitous across all water matrices worldwide, and underlines the need for sustainable, easy‐to‐deploy materials that operate efficiently in real aquatic environments. A straightforward implementation...

From printing to intelligence: Smart polymer composite actuators for next-generation soft robotics

Smart polymer composite actuators are emerging as enabling materials for next-generation soft robotics by combining mechanical compliance, multifunctionality, and programmable responsiveness within lightweight architectures. Their ability to convert electrical, thermal, magnetic,...

Carbon Dioxide Derived Polycarbonate Nanocomposites With Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes: Conductive and Piezoresistive Materials Towards Sustainable Electronics

ABSTRACT Bisphenol A polycarbonates are widely employed material among others, in electronics but their synthesis entails healthy concerns. Polycarbonates (PCs), thanks to their carbonate moiety, are the ideal candidates to substitute fossil feedstock by carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) in...

Solution-processed flexible neutron converter foils

Abstract The cost increase of helium-3 has sparked the development of alternative detection technologies, specifically the use of boron carbide converters is one of the pillars of next-generation neutron detectors. While producing high-quality films, sputter-coating is limited in...