Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides are of particular interest in high-performance photothermal conversion, yet there remains a huge challenge in their practical application in smart textiles for healthcare, energy, and personal protection. Herein, we controllably prepared MoS 2 hollow nanospheres with a high photothermal conversion efficiency of 36% via a microemulsion-hydrothermal method, which was further applied to construct photothermal fibers for personal thermal management after a hot-blast dip-drying process. Because of the prominent photothermal effect, the temperature of the photothermal fibers sharply increases from the room temperature value of 25.0 to 55.5 °C in 60 s under near-infrared illumination with a power density of 500 W/cm 2 . Furthermore, the photothermal fiber pad demonstrated an obvious temperature enhancement of 38.0 °C from a skin temperature of 22.0 °C after it was irradiated by natural sunlight for 60 s. Significantly, the antibacterial elimination rates of the photothermal fibers for Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus are ∼99.9 and ∼99.8%, respectively. This strategy affords an avenue toward the practical application of photothermal materials in smart fibers for personal thermoregulation.

Core-shell structured Au@Cu 2 O nanocomposites with different morphologies were prepared by a facile solution route. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) results indicated that the obtained nanocomposite consisted of gold nanorod (NR) core and Cu 2 O shell, and both of them were in good crystallization. It was interested that the morphologies of the products could be tuned from octahedral to corner-truncated octahedral by changing the reductant. The results indicated that the reductant played a crucial role in determining the morphologies of as-prepared products. In addition, we investigated the photocatalytic properties of the products. It was found that both the core-shell structure and morphology of Au@Cu 2 O nanocomposites had great influence on the photodegradation of MO. As a result, the Au@Cu 2 O corner-truncated octahedral nanocomposites exhibited the best photocatalytic property. Our experimental results helped clarify the enhanced role of Au core and shape-dependent effect of Cu 2 O NPs, which contributed to pursue more efficient photocatalysts and other promising applications. * Corresponding author: No.199,

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The controlled preparation of two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials exhibiting heterojunction structures based on nontoxic and economical transition metal oxides represents breakthroughs in the electrochemistry field. Herein, flowerlike CuO/Au nanoparticles that have 2D nanomaterial characteristics and excellent glucose sensing performance were prepared by microwave hydrothermal synthesis of sea urchinlike CuO and subsequent self-generated acid etching of the sea urchinlike CuO in the presence of HAuCl 4 and NaBH 4 . HAuCl 4 was not only the reactant for the authigenic acid etching, but also the raw material for the heterojunction structure. Upon the acid etching, Au nanoparticles with an average size of 15 nm were uniformly distributed on the surface of CuO nanoflakes. Benefiting from a large specific surface area and low electron transfer resistance, the flowerlike CuO/Au nanoparticles were excellent electrode modification materials: glucose sensors based on the glassy carbon electrodes modified by the flowerlike CuO/Au nanoparticles demonstrated high sensitivity (2455 μA•mM −1 •cm −2 ), wide detection range (0.01−12 mM), low detection limit (0.53 μM), good stability, good reproducibility, and good selectivity. The green and economical authigenic acid etching method presented in this study exemplifies the controlled preparation of 2D nanomaterials with specific properties.