The disclosure provides improved magnetic glass particles for use in nucleic acid capture, enrichment, analysis, and/or purification. Various modifications to the disclosed compositions and methods of using the same, as well as devices and kits are described.

The present invention provides a metal-carbon composite of a core-shell structure and a method of synthesizing the same. The method includes preparing a first polymer-covered glass substrate with a nano-thickness metal film deposited thereon; immersing the first polymer-covered glass substrate with the metal film to delaminate one or more 2D freestanding organic-metal nanosheets from the first polymer-covered glass substrate; transferring the one or more 2D freestanding organic-metal nanosheets onto a second target substrate; and annealing the one or more 2D freestanding organic-metal nanosheets to decompose an organic portion of the organic-metal nanosheet into an amorphous carbon-containing shell forming a metal-carbon nanocomposite of a core-shell structure.

Provided is a method for producing particles with which particles excellent in conductivity can be produced easily. The method for producing particles 1, the particles 1 including a particle body 2, and a covering layer 3 covering at least a part of a surface 2a of the particle body 2, the method including a step of preparing a mixture containing the particle body 2, a layered compound 11, and a dispersion medium 12, and a step of applying a shear force to the mixture to exfoliate the layered compound 11 and cover the particle body 2 with the layered compound 11 to form the covering layer 3, and the dispersion medium 12 having a viscosity at 25° C. of 1 mPa.Math.s or more.

Black titanium dioxide has a crystalline titanium dioxide core and an amorphous titanium dioxide shell that encompasses the crystalline titanium dioxide core. The black titanium dioxide has a reflectivity of electromagnetic radiation in the visible spectrum that is less than or equal to 15% and a reflectivity for near-IR and LiDAR electromagnetic radiation that is greater than or equal to 10%. The black titanium dioxide has a band gap from greater than or equal to 1.0 eV to less than or equal to 2.0 eV.

Some exemplary embodiments of the invention relate to performing atomic layer deposition (ALD) or molecular layer deposition (MLD) of a volatile organo silyl lithium compound and ozone on a substrate. According to various exemplary embodiments of the invention the volatile organo silyl lithium compound includes SiLi.sub.2tBuMe and/or tBuMe.sub.2SiLi and/or tBuMe.sub.2SiNa and/or SiLi.sub.3Et and/or Alk.sub.3GeLi and/or [(Alk.sub.3Si).sub.4Al]Li and/or (NMe.sub.2)(tBu).sub.2SiLi and/or tBuMe.sub.2SiLi-TMEDA and/or SiLi+TMA.sub.2tBuMe. Resultant coated products and their uses are also disclosed.

A ceramic composite having a phosphor particle and a coating layer on the surface of the phosphor particle, in which a matrix crystal structure of the phosphor particle and the coating layer have identical garnet structures, and the thickness of the coating layer is greater than or equal to 0.001 μm and smaller than or equal to 0.450 μm.

Use of a barium titanate based coating liquid composition comprising: (a) a sol-gel source material containing (i) at least a barium component selected from a group consisting of barium alkoxides, hydrolyzates of barium alkoxides and condensates of hydrolyzates of barium alkoxides and (ii) at least a titanium component selected from a group consisting of titanium alkoxides, hydrolyzates of titanium alkoxides and condensates of hydrolyzates of titanium alkoxides; and (b) a β-keto ester compound expressed by general formula (1) shown below: ##STR00001## where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently represent respective alkyl groups having not less than 1 and not more than 6 carbon atoms.

A method for forming colloidosomes with a shell comprising carbon particles and inorganic nano-particles, are provided. Further, compositions emulsions and articles comprising the colloidosomes are provided.

A positive electrode material for a lithium ion battery and a preparation method therefor, and a lithium ion battery, relating to the technical field of secondary batteries. The positive electrode material comprises a high-nickel multi-element positive electrode material, the high-nickel multi-element positive electrode material is formed by agglomerating multiple primary grains, and the primary grains are distributed in a divergent shape along the diameter direction of the high-nickel multi-element positive electrode material, the aspect ratio L/R of the primary grains in the positive electrode material is greater than or equal to 3, and the radial distribution ratio of the primary grains in the positive electrode material is greater than or equal to 60%. The lithium ion battery containing the positive electrode material has high capacity and greatly improved particle strength.

Provided is a production method for core-shell porous silica particles, the production method including: a preparation step of preparing an aqueous solution comprising non-porous silica particles, a cationic surfactant, a basic catalyst, an electrolyte, and an alcohol; a shell precursor formation step of adding a silica source to the aqueous solution to form a shell precursor on a surface of the non-porous silica particles; and a shell formation step of removing the cationic surfactant from the shell precursor to form a porous shell.