Binder-free cobalt manganese sulfide nanoneedle arrays with porous structures exhibit excellent electrochemical performance for supercapacitor application.

Synthesis of Ag-doped magnetic composites with antibacterial properties is in the great interest in the development of new biomedical applications. Ag/γ-Fe2O3 composite microspheres have been successfully prepared via a simple solvothermal reduction method under mild conditions. The crystal phases and the shapes of the products were characterized by XRD and SEM. The results revealed that the composites are spherical with the diameter of 200-300 nm. Magnetic measurements showed that the mixed microspheres exhibit a typical ferromagnetic behavior, a specific saturation magnetization of 56 emu/g and an intrinsic coercivity of 38 Oe at room temperature. The strain of E. coli was used to evaluate the antibacterial activity of the Ag-doped γ-Fe2O3 composites which exhibited very high inhibition.

Layered manganese oxide nanostructures were synthesized by a facile hydrothermal method, using KMnO4 and CH3CH2OH as the precursors. The structure, composition and morphology of the product are evaluated by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Infrared (IR) techniques. The results showed that crystalline birnessite-based manganese oxide was formed and the hydrothermal time and temperature had great influence on nanostructures of the products. The electrochemical results showed that birnessite nanowires exhibit excellent cyclic stability performance in the potential application window of 1.5~4.8 V.