Browsing Chemistry (Scholarly Publications) by Author "Nicolosi, Valeria"
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0D-1D hybrid silicon nanocomposite as lithium-ion batteries anodes
Nicolosi, Valeria (2020)Lithium ion batteries (LIBs) are the enabling technology for many of the societal changes that are expected to happen in the following years. Among all the challenges for which LIBs are the key, vehicle electrification is ... -
3D MXene Architectures for Efficient Energy Storage and Conversion
Nicolosi, Valeria; Li, Ke; Liang, Meiying; Coelho, João; Pinilla, Sergio (2020)2D transition metal carbides and/or nitrides (MXenes), by virtue of high electrical conductivity, abundant surface functional groups and excellent dispersion in various solvents, are attracting increasing attention and ... -
Additive Manufacturing of Ti3C2-MXene-Functionalized Conductive Polymer Hydrogels for Electromagnetic-Interference Shielding
Stamenov, Plamen; Coleman, Jonathan; Nicolosi, Valeria (2021)The ongoing miniaturization of devices and development of wireless and implantable technologies demand electromagnetic interference (EMI)shielding materials with customizability. Additive manufacturing of conductive ... -
Advanced materials of printed wearables for physiological parameter monitoring
Nicolosi, Valeria (2020)The consumer demand for flexible wearables has increased rapidly with the advent of recent commercial health monitoring systems. The progress in wearable electronics for monitoring physiological parameters in the healthcare ... -
A comprehensive analysis of extrusion behavior, microstructural evolution, and mechanical properties of 6063 Al–B4C composites produced by semisolid stir casting
Nicolosi, Valeria; Pakdel, Amir; Witecka, Agnieszka; Rydzek, Gaulthier; Shri, Dayangku Noorfazidah Awang (2018)In this study, composites of aluminum alloy 6063 reinforced with 10 wt.% boron carbide microparticles were successfully fabricated by a combination of spark plasma sintering and stir casting methods, followed by hot ... -
Enhanced thermoelectric performance of Bi-Sb-Te/Sb2O3 nanocomposites by energy filtering effect
Nicolosi, Valeria; Pakdel, Amir; Guo, Quansheng; Mori, Takao (2018)Engineering of thermoelectric materials through hybridization with nanoparticles has been proved effective to boost their thermoelectric efficiency by providing the means to decouple thermal and electrical transport ... -
Extra lithium-ion storage capacity enabled by liquid-phase exfoliated indium selenide nanosheets conductive network
Coleman, Jonathan; Nicolosi, Valeria; Boland, John (2020)As a recent addition to the family of van der Waals layered crystals, indium selenide (InSe) possesses unique optoelectronic and photonic properties, enabling high-performance electronic devices for broad applications. ... -
Graphene and MXene-based transparent conductive electrodes and supercapacitors
Nicolosi, Valeria; Zhang, Chuanfang (John) (2019)The great popularity of portable, smart electronics has intensively stimulated the development of energy storage devices and other cutting-edge products, such as displays and touch panels. Interactive devices such as smart ... -
High mobility solution processed MoS2 thin film transistors
Nicolosi, Valeria; Gomes, Francis Oliver Vinay; Pokle, Anuj; Marinkovic, Marko; Balster, Torsten; Anselmann, Ralf; Wagner, Veit (2019)A simple wet-chemical synthesis of layered MoS2 thin films on sapphire is reported. The gap in understanding solution processed MoS2 deposition needs to be closed to exploit all its excellent properties for low-cost ... -
Improving stability of organometallic-halide perovskite solar cells using exfoliation two-dimensional molybdenum chalcogenides
Nicolosi, Valeria; Sanvito, Stefano (2020)Organometallic-halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are emerging as the most promising next generation solar cell devices. However, the stability is still the main bottleneck of their further development. Here, we introduce ... -
Interconnected Metallic Membrane Enabled by MXene Inks Toward High-Rate Anode and High-Voltage Cathode for Li-Ion Batteries
Nicolosi, Valeria (2023)The ever-increasing popularity of smart electronics demands advanced Li-ion batteries capable of charging faster and storing more energy, which in turn stimulates the innovation of electrode additives. Developing single-phase ... -
Investigation of process by-products during the Selective Laser Melting of Ti6AL4V powder
Nicolosi, Valeria (2020)This paper investigates the formation of process by-products during the laser processing of titanium alloy powders by Selective Laser Melting (SLM). The study was carried out during the printing of Ti6AL4V parts using a ... -
Ionic liquid pre-intercalated MXene films for ionogel-based flexible micro-supercapacitors with high volumetric energy density
Nicolosi, Valeria; Bao, Xinhe; Zheng, Shuanghao; Zhang, Chuanfang (John); Zhou, Feng; Dong, Yanfeng; Shi, Xiaoyu; Wu, Zhong-Shuai (2019)MXenes are emerging as a very promising electrode material of high-performance micro-supercapacitors (MSCs) for microscale electronics. However, MXene based MSCs (M-MSCs) reported so far exhibit low areal (≤10 μW h cm−2) ... -
Layered double hydroxide as a potent non-viral vector for nucleic acid delivery using gene-activated scaffolds for tissue regeneration applications
Nicolosi, Valeria (2020)Nonviral vectors offer a safe alternative to viral vectors for gene therapy applications, albeit typically exhibiting lower transfection efficiencies. As a result, there remains a significant need for the development of a ... -
Lithium Titanate/Carbon Nanotubes Composites Processed by Ultrasound Irradiation as Anodes for Lithium Ion Batteries
Nicolosi, Valeria; Mc Evoy, Niall; Duesberg, Georg (2017) -
Low-temperature synthesis and investigation into the formation mechanism of high quality Ni-Fe layered double hydroxides hexagonal platelets
Nicolosi, Valeria; Browne, Michelle (2018)This paper describes the wet-chemistry synthesis of highly crystalline hexagonal fakes of Ni-Fe layered double hydroxide (LDH) produced at temperature as low as 100°C. The fakes with diameter in the range of 0.5–1.5μm ... -
Multifunctional Ti3C2Tx MXene Composite Hydrogels with Strain Sensitivity toward Absorption-Dominated Electromagnetic-Interference Shielding
Nicolosi, Valeria (2021)The fast development of terahertz technologies demands high-performance electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding materials to create safe electromagnetic environments. Despite tremendous breakthroughs in achieving ... -
Mxene materials based printed flexible devices for healthcare, biomedical and energy storage applications
Nicolosi, Valeria (2021)The advent of cost effective printed smart devices has revolutionized the healthcare sector by allowing disease prediction and timely treatment through non-invasive real time and continuous health monitoring. Future ... -
Novel in-situ lamella fabrication technique for in-situ TEM
Nicolosi, Valeria; Canavan, Megan; Daly, Dermot; Rummel, Andreas; McCarthy, Eoin K.; McAuley, Cathal (2018)In-situ transmission electron microscopy is rapidly emerging as the premier technique for characterising materials in a dynamic state on the atomic scale. The most important aspect of in-situ studies is specimen preparation. ... -
An outlook on printed microsupercapacitors: Technology status, remaining challenges, and opportunities
Nicolosi, Valeria (2020)The concept of the Internet of Things is dramatically changing the way society interacts with physical spaces and portable technologies. For the last couple of years, intensive research has been devoted on the design of ...