Advanced Optical Materials
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2022
·Vol. 10
·期 20
·2201188
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IF 10.05
Guangyang Bao,Wenyuan Yu,Qianqian Fu,Jianping Ge
Electrically responsive photonic crystal (ERPC) based on particle electrophoresis is a promising material to construct reflective color displays with low-power-consumption and antiglare advantages. However, the high driving voltages for the polar ERPC inevitably cause electrochemical reactions on the electrode, which decreases the stability and reversibility of electrical response. Here, a weak-polar EPRC composed of hydrophobic SiO 2 particles, 1,2-dichlorobenzene (DCB), and dioctyl sulfosuccinate sodium salt (AOT) is fabricated based on the charge separation by AOT reverse micelles and formation of highly charged particles in DCB. Compared to the polar ERPCs, the SiO 2 /DCB-AOT ERPC works at much lower voltages (0.5–1.7 V) and still possesses a wide color tuning range because the weak-polar solvent applies less screening to the coulombic interactions. The low potential further renders the ERPC good capability against color fading in a strong field and long-term reversibility during color switching, which addresses the critical concerns for its application in reflective displays.
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材料科学
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光学工程
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2025
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IF 9.7
Biao Li,Defei Zhang,Hualin Wu,Chenze Qi,Dekun Ma,Dongpeng Yang,Qianqian Fu,Shaoming Huang
Electrically responsive photonic crystals (ERPCs) capable of adjusting their structural colors in response to electric fields are promising next-generation smart optical materials. However, the poor color saturation and stability of conventional ERPCs significantly limit their practical applications. Here, a new kind of ZnS-silica/diethylene glycol ERPC was designed and fabricated by directly non-close-assembling ZnS-silica core–shell particles with high refractive indexes into a diethylene glycol with a low dielectric constant. Compared to traditional ERPCs, the as-fabricated ERPC exhibits: 1) brilliant structural colors and broad photonic bandgaps, owing to the large refractive index contrast; and 2) good stability under voltages, improved at least two magnitude, due to the combined intense solvation repulsion and enhanced electrostatic repulsion. This work provides new insight for designing and fabricating advanced ERPCs and will promote their practical applications in low-power displays, anti-counterfeiting, and optical devices.
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材料科学
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光学工程
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Journal of Water Process Engineering
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2025
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IF 6.7
Xinyi Wang,Zezhen Zhang,Weishan Deng,Haolan Xiao,Liming Xia,Lili Wu
Carbon nanotube (CNT) is a promising raw material for membrane fabrication due to its good electrical conductivity, great specific surface area, and special piping structure. In this report, tannin (TA), CNT, and D-aspartic acid (DAS) were co -deposited on the surface of polyethersulfone (PES) ultrafiltration membrane to construct an electrically responsive coating. The membrane can maintain the high electrical conductivity while avoiding the membrane defects due to the accumulation of CNTs and the different lengths of chain segments in the process of CNT co-blending to form the membrane. The results show that the average pore size of the membrane is reduced from 19.55 nm to 8.165 nm, and the retention capacity is greatly improved, showing good separation efficiency (99.5 %) and hydrophilicity (water contact angle of 13°). Through adsorption and electric field deflection, CNT endows the membrane with the ability to selectively separate dyestuffs with different electrically charged properties. Long-term stability tests show that the modified membrane still maintains a high level of pure water flux and conductivity after seven days of operation. This paper is of exploratory significance in the field of electrically responsive smart membranes for dye separation. The membrane developed in this study exhibits unique selective separation performance and can dynamically adjust its separation efficiency by externally controlling the electric field strength. This demonstrates its excellent intelligence, making it highly promising for applications in electrically responsive intelligent separation membranes. Additionally, it offers a novel approach for treating dye-containing wastewater using electrically charged functional membranes.
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材料科学
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环境工程
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化学工程
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2019
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IF 8.456
Haowei Lin,Kai Chen,Mingke Li,Beibei Ji,Yaohui Jia,Xinyu Liu,Jinling Li,Weiqiang Song,Chunlong Guan
We demonstrate that a novel photodetector is constructed by CdS/poly(p-phenylene vinylene) (PPV) homogeneous hybrid nanowire arrays via a simple template-assisted electrochemical codeposition approach. Owing to the well-matched energy levels between CdS and PPV, the recombination of photogenerated electrons and holes in CdS/PPV hybrid nanowire arrays is greatly inhibited. It is found that the homogeneous hybrid nanowire arrays exhibit remarkably enhanced photoelectric response and the ON/OFF ratio by 17 times compared to the individual CdS component. More importantly, the CdS/PPV hybrid nanowire arrays are observed with significant spectral selectivity especially for green light under 545 nm. In addition, a straight linear relationship is obtained between the ON/OFF ratios and the illumination intensities, implying that the quantitative detection of illumination intensity can be achieved. The new as-prepared homogeneous hybrid organic/inorganic semiconductor nanowire arrays have a bright prospect for applications in high-sensitivity and high-speed green photodetectors.
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材料科学
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光电子学
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ACS Nano
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2021
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IF 15.881
Shuxin Wei,Huiyu Qiu,Huihui Shi,Wei Lu,Hao Liu,Huizhen Yan,Dachuan Zhang,Jiawei Zhang,Patrick Theato,Yen Wei,Tao Chen
The active color-changing ability of many living species has inspired scientists to replicate the optical property into soft wet and tissue-like hydrogel materials. However, the color-changing processes of most reported examples are controlled by the traditional stimuli (e.g., pH, temperature, and ions), which may suffer from the residual chemical product accumulation, and have difficulty in achieving local control and integration into the commercial robots, especially when applied as biomimetic skins. Herein, inspired by the nervous (bioelectricity) control of skin color change in cephalopods, we present an electrically powered multicolor fluorescent hydrogel system with asymmetric configuration that couples thermoresponsive fluorescent hydrogel with stacked graphene assembly (SGA)-based conductive paper through luminous paint as the middle layer. Owing to the highly controllable electrical stimulus in terms of amplitude and duration, the Joule heat supplied by SGA film can be regulated locally and in real time, leading to precise and local emission color control at low voltage. It also avoids the addition of any chemicals. Furthermore, the electrically powered color-changing hydrogel system can be conveniently integrated into the commercial robots as biomimetic skins that help them achieve desirable camouflage, display, or alarming functions.
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材料科学
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生物医学工程
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仿生学
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Journal of Materials Chemistry C
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2024
·Vol. 12
·期 32
·12571-12581
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IF 5.7
Kaiyi Zhang,Fang Wang,Lei Zheng,Junqing Wei,Yongxu Hu,Yangyang Xie,Hongling Guo,Fengpu Zhang,Xin Lin,Zewen Li,Tianling Ren,Zhitang Song,Kailiang Zhang
2D Bi2O2Se is an intriguing building block for next-generation optoelectronic devices owing to its ultrahigh electron mobility and ultrabroadband photodetection capability. However, fully exploiting its advantages in advanced optoelectronic applications remains greatly challenging owing to the lack of in-depth understanding of the morphological evolution of Bi2O2Se crystals and efficient methods for enhancing their photoresponse. Herein, we developed a novel “cage-confinement” technique to achieve dimensionality-tunable growth of Bi2O2Se crystals in a space-confined CVD system. It can effectively control the key parameter of determining the dimensionality of crystals, referred to as the elastic strain energy of nucleation (ΔGs), by tuning the active area size of Bi2O3 seeds at a suitable flow rate of carrier gas. Furthermore, based on an optimized van der Waals transfer technique of crystals and electrodes, a sheet-shaped phototransistor of Bi2O2Se has a high responsivity (R) of ∼74 000 A W−1 and detectivity (D*) of ∼4.0 × 1011 Jones. Meanwhile, a wire-shaped device demonstrates an impressive R value of 300 000 A W−1, D* value of 3.9 × 1012 Jones and photoconductance gain (Gph) of 1.2 × 105. These results surpass most reported Bi2O2Se-based detectors and pave the way for the applications of 2D layered semiconductors in advanced optoelectronic devices and technologies.
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材料科学
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光电子学
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POLYMER
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2022
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IF 4.432
Bingxiu Xue,Fang He,Qi Lei,Xiaopeng Zhao,Jianbo Yin
Backbone, pendant and cross-linked poly(ionic liquid) (PIL) particles with the same ion pair and similar ion number density have been prepared and the electro-responsive electrorheological (ER) effect of their suspensions in insulating carrier liquid has been comparably studied by rheology and dielectric spectroscopy . It has found that the ER effect of cross-linked PILs is strongest and that of backbone PILs is weakest. Dielectric spectrum analysis has showed that the difference of ER effect is mainly due to the difference in the ion leakage and effective interfacial polarization of PIL particles under electric fields. Although the backbone PILs have the largest interfacial polarization strength , its ion leakage conductance is also largest and this results in its weakest ER effect. The cross-linked PILs well restrains the ion leakage conductance and the ER effect is largely enhanced. The difference in ion leakage conductance and ER effect is further related to the difference of PIL matrix structure according to X-ray diffraction characterization. This study clarified the influence of matrix structure on ER effect and dielectric polarization of PILs and provided a guidance for the design of PIL ER materials.
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材料科学
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物理学
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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2022
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IF 10.53
Lili Xu,Shuai Liu,Ling Yu,Kuiling Li,Yong Zhang,Jianbing Wang,Jun Wang
The conventional membrane technology provides an effective solution for ion separation. However, the traditional membrane is not able to tune the permselectivity during operation, and has inherent drawbacks of permeance and selectivity trade-off. In view of this, the purpose of this project is to realize controllable ion transport without impeding water filtration through electrically responsive membrane (ERMs) under electrical assistance. To achieve this, we developed electrically responsive membranes with different electrical conductivities and surface charge properties by incorporating multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and different acids doped polyaniline (PANI). The external potential was supplied to create tuneable electrostatic interactions between surface charged ERMs and ions, which was expected to regulate and control ion transport. It was found that the developed ERMs exhibited improved rejection without decreasing the water permeance under applied potential. The responsiveness of ion rejection to the electrical potential was affected by the combined effect of charge density and electrical conductivity. The calculations based on the Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek (DLVO) theory suggested that imposing an external voltage increased the surface potential of ERMs and thus improved the electrostatic repulsive force between ERMs and ions, resulting in improved ion rejection. It is believed that this simple and feasible strategy for fabrication of ERMs has a potential for practical applications in tunable ion separation.
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环境科学
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材料科学
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Journal of Materials Chemistry C
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2022
·Vol. 10
·期 8
·3114-3120
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IF 8.067
Shaoxin Song,Yang Liu,Xuejuan Liu,Jianping Ge,Dengteng Ge,Lili Yang
Electrically-responsive photonic crystals have drawn extensive interest due to the growing demands of camouflage, displays, sensing, energy-saving buildings, etc., due to their fine control, fast response and convenient implementation. Veiled by the development on hue modulation, brightness/saturation tuning still remains a challenge. This work demonstrates a strategy to modulate the brightness of electrically-responsive photonic pixels via surface charge treatment of electrodes. The reflection intensity is raised by 110% due to the growth of the short-range ordered Fe3O4@C colloidal lattice as a result of enhanced Coulombic forces. The numerical simulation of the potential of the photonic liquid confirms that the potential distribution depends on the electrode surface charge. Furthermore, wide angle-independent photonic colors are well-tuned due to the anisotropic expansion/compression of the photonic lattice via electrophoretic movements of charged particles under an electric field. We believe that our work not only provides a useful way to modulate brightness but also suggests novel designs for electrically-responsive photonic devices.
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材料科学
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光学工程
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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
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2021
·Vol. 138
·期 48
·51601
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IF 3.125
Qianru Xu,Yaqi Zhang,Ruquan Zhang,Yongzhen Tao
Polyelectrolyte hydrogels with spinnability and electroresponsive were prepared from xanthan gum (XG) and gelatin. Oscillatory rheological measurements were utilized to explore mechanical properties and thermal stability of the resultant XG-Gelatin5 hydrogels. The XG-Gelatin5 hydrogels possessed higher strength and larger critical strain than these of the XG hydrogels, demonstrating existence of synergistic interactions. The XG-Gelatin5 hydrogels were stable in temperature range of 20–60°C, and gradually release drug with controlled manner in neutral and acid medium at 37°C. The self-recoverable and thixotropic XG-Gelatin5 hydrogels were extruded to form hydrogel fibers, and the dried hydrogel fibers rapidly bend towards cathode under applied voltage. Long hydrogel fibers were harvested with enhancement by Fe 3+ ions, and were weaved and braided to obtain hydrogel fiber constructs. The XG-Gelatin5 hydrogel fibers with electroresponsive and controlled drug release possess potential applications in biomaterials, tissue engineering, and drug carrier fields.
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生物材料
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组织工程
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药剂学
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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
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2025
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IF 19
Rui Zhang,Hanli Zhang,Shaowen Dong,Yongfeng Yang,Jinjin Li
Polar regions hold significant potential for energy and resource development, but extreme temperatures and persistent ice pose challenges to commercial shipping, resource exploration, and scientific research. Here, a super-slippery oleogel ice-phobic coating (CP_U80@L-Ppy) with ultra-low temperature applicability is developed using expanded lamellar graphite networks and temperature-controlled deformed microspheres modified with linear polypyrrole. The ice adhesion strength at −30 °C is reduced to ≈ 3.76 kPa in the horizontal shear mode and remains below 10 kPa after 231 icing/shear detachment cycles. At ultra-low temperatures (−100–−70 °C), the ice adhesion strength stays below 30 kPa due to the vertical modulus mismatch between the ice and coating, along with the tangential modulus mismatch between the surface components. The coating also exhibits photo- and electro-responsive anti-icing/ice-phobic functionalities, broadening its potential for all-weather applications. Under “1 sun” irradiation at −30 °C, rapid defrosting (1 min) and ice detachment (2.8 min) are achieved. Additionally, electro-responsive defrosting and ice detachment periods of 1.4 and 2.6 min, respectively, are obtained using only two standard batteries in series (3.5 V) at −15 °C, demonstrating high energy efficiency. This work offers a promising strategy for developing efficient ice-phobic technologies suited to ultra-cold environments, with practical potential for polar applications.
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环境工程
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APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
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2024
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IF 20.2
Lizhen Lu,Haoyu Zhang,Jinghui Wang,Haolin Wang,Qian Chen,Jinbo Xue,Qianqian Shen,Chunliang Zhou,Jian Ku Shang,Qi Li
A ferroelectric ceramic material of Na 0.5 Bi 0.5 TiO 3 was found to possess a pronounced, long-lasting, and fast-switchable photochromic behavior responsive to visible light. The working mechanism of its photochromism could be attributed to an interesting photocatalytic memory effect , during which photogenerated electrons were trapped by Bi 3+ /Ti 4+ and oxygen vacancies generated in Na 0.5 Bi 0.5 TiO 3 . The release kinetics of trapped electrons could be modulated by controlling environment conditions to make its photochromism phenomenon both long-lasting and fast-switchable to meet various application requirements. In the meantime, the photochromism process changed its inner electronic structure, resulting in stronger oxidation capability, increased piezoelectric response, improved charge carrier separation and transfer, and more active oxygen species production. Thus, its photocatalytic, piezocatalytic and photopiezocatalytic performances were all significantly enhanced as demonstrated by its TC-HCl degradation performances. This work offered a novel approach to search for and design inorganic photochromic materials with good reversibility for various technical applications.
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材料科学
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光催化
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无机化学
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