Nanoarchitectonics of photothermal materials to enhance the sensitivity of lateral flow assays

• Elangovan Sarathkumar,
• Rajasekharan S. Anjana and
• Ramapurath S. Jayasree

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 988–1003, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.82

• various important photothermal materials and their classification along with their working principle. Then, we highlight important aspects of the nanoscale architecture (i.e., size, shape, and composition) to enable maximum light-to-heat conversion efficiency. Finally, we discuss some of the recent

• possessing well-engineered characteristics in terms of size, shape, and composition are regarded as potential candidates for diverse photothermal applications, including photothermal LFAs. Photothermal materials can be categorized into four main types, depending on their chemistry and light absorption

•  3). The subsequent sections offer a comprehensive discussion on the photothermal properties of these materials. These photothermal materials hold significant promise in enhancing the sensitivity and effectiveness of photothermal LFA and various other applications. Plasmonic photothermal

Conjugated photothermal materials and structure design for solar steam generation

• Chia-Yang Lin and
• Tsuyoshi Michinobu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 454–466, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.36

• and describe commonly used conjugated organic materials and structural designs. Keywords: absorption; conjugated molecules; energy transfer; photothermal materials; solar steam generation; Review Introduction With the rapid development of the world economy, global water shortages are occurring

• . Photothermal materials (PTMs) applied to SSG include metallic materials, semiconductors, carbon-based materials, and conjugated organic materials [1][2][3][4]. Compared to metallic and inorganic PTMs, π-conjugated organic PTMs have advantages, such as a greater light absorption, easier synthesis, and

• the initial temperature of water, c is the specific heat of water (4.2 J·g−1·K−1), Q is the sensible heat of water, HLV is the enthalpy of water vaporization, and Ein is the energy of the incident light. Conjugated organic photothermal materials Conjugated organic small molecules Organic molecular