COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2024
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IF 4.9
Yurou Feng,Amatjan Sawut,Rena Simayi,Xieraili Maimaitiyiming,Xueying Jiao
With the advancement of science and technology, the issue of wastewater pollution has escalated, necessitating urgent attention to wastewater treatment . In this study, a highly efficient adsorbent for Cu 2+ was successfully synthesized through in situ self-assembly using Ca 2+ as the cross-linking agent in ZIF-8@ALG composite hydrogel. The results demonstrated that the incorporation of Ca 2+ as the cross-linker enhanced both adsorption capacity and swelling properties of ZIF-8@ALG composite hydrogel. Adsorption performance evaluation revealed that the hydrogel followed pseudo-second-order kinetic model for Cu 2+ adsorption and Freundlich isotherm model with a theoretical maximum adsorption capacity of 309.57 m g −1 . Thermodynamic analysis indicated that Cu 2+ adsorption onto the hydrogel occurred spontaneously with heat absorption. Furthermore, excellent reusability was observed after five cycles of usage without significant loss in adsorption efficiency. Overall, these findings highlight the potential application of ZIF-8@ALG composite hydrogel as an effective solution for wastewater remediation and recovery of heavy metal ions.
研究领域:
环境科学
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材料科学
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化学工程
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环境污染治理
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重金属去除
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Advanced Science
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2019
·Vol. 6
·期 13
·1900462
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IF 15.804
Chenghao Bi,Shixun Wang,Stephen V. Kershaw,Kaibo Zheng,Tönu Pullerits,Sergey Gaponenko,Jianjun Tian,Andrey L. Rogach
Colloidal all-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals have gained significant attention as a promising material for both fundamental and applied research due to their excellent emission properties. However, reported photoluminescence quantum yields (PL QYs) of blue-emitting perovskite nanocrystals are rather low, mostly due to the fact that the high energy excitons for such wide bandgap materials are easily captured by interband traps, and then decay nonradiatively. In this work, it is demonstrated how to tackle this issue, performing self-assembly of 2D perovskite nanoplatelets into larger size (≈50 nm × 50 nm × 20 nm) cuboid crystals. In these structures, 2D nanoplatelets being isolated from each other within the cuboidal scaffold by organic ligands constitute multiple quantum wells, where exciton localization on potential disorder sites helps them to bypass nonradiative channels present in other platelets. As a result, the cuboid crystals show an extremely high PL QY of 91% of the emission band centered at 480 nm. Moreover, using the same synthetic method, mixed-anion CsPb(Br/Cl) 3 cuboid crystals with blue emission peaks ranging from 452 to 470 nm, and still high PL QYs in the range of 72–83% are produced.
研究领域:
材料科学
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纳米科技
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光电子学
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半导体物理
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胶体化学
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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
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2012
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IF 3.832
Hu Qu,Bizhou Lin,Liwen He,Xiaorong Fan,Yi Zhou,Yilin Chen,Bifen Gao
TaWO 6 nanosheet was assembled into multilayer films by a layer-by-layer deposition technology with polyethylenimine as the linker. UV–vis absorption spectra in the assembly process showed a linear enhancement of absorbance at 238 nm per deposition cycle, indicating the successful formation of multilayer composite films, which were converted into polymer-free films by the heat treatment at 400 °C for 2 h. The bandgap energy and flatband potential of TaWO 6 nanosheet were estimated to be 3.48 eV and −0.79 V vs. Ag/AgCl, respectively. The photoelectrocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B with the TaWO 6 nanosheet electrodes demonstrated that both the oxygen anionic radicals and the dye cationic radical are essential to mineralize the dye under visible-light-driven photocatalytic conditions. It is the first time to investigate the mechanism of photoelectrocatalysis of TaWO 6 nanosheet electrode.
研究领域:
材料科学
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物理化学
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环境催化
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纳米科技
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能源材料
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2016
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IF 2.76
Caili Dai,Zhe Yang,Huili Yang,Yifei Liu,Jichao Fang,Wenxia Chen,Weitao Li,MingWei Zhao
Micelle-to-vesicle aggregate transition is investigated in this work through the addition of β-cyclodextrin 1 (β-CD) in mixed catanionic surfactant aqueous solutions. The catanionic system is composed of 1-hexadecyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (C 16 mimCl) and sodium oleate (NaOle) which are cationic surfactant and anionic surfactant, respectively. The mixed surfactant solutions can self −assemble into micelles, which are studied by dynamic light scattering measurements and the calculation of molecular interaction parameter. The inclusion complexation of β-CD to C 16 mimCl-NaOle surfactants is studied by surface tension measurements and the calculation of association constants. The dynamic light scattering (DLS), rheological measurements, freeze-fracture transmission electron microscopy(FF-TEM)were conducted to indicate that micelles can transform into vesicles with the addition of β-CD. Finally, the transformation mechanism is proposed. The main reason for micelle-to-vesicle aggregate transition is the inclusion complexation of β-CD to surfactants and it will alter the composition of mixed C 16 mimCl-NaOle surfactant systems which should be responsible for the phase behavior.
研究领域:
胶体化学
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纳米材料
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药物递送
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自组装体系
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物理化学
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FUEL
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2022
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IF 8.035
Jian Qiao,Xiang-Ming Hu,Yun-Tao Liang,Qian Zhang,Wei Wang,Yan-Yun Zhao,Shuang Ju,Fu-Chao Tian
In order to improve the stability time and foaming ratio of gel foam, and change the traditional preparation method of gel foam. In this paper, using super-hydrophobic nanoparticles , PVA, sodium tetraborate and sodium bicarbonate as the main raw materials, based on the self-assembly effect of super-hydrophobic nanoparticles and hydrophilic macromolecules, a high-foaming gel foam (PGF) without foaming agent was prepared. Through the test, the foaming volume of the 100 ml PGF can reach 329 ml without adding foaming agent, which is 1.4 times of the traditional gel foam (TGF) and 1.2 times of the viscous foam (VF). Even without foaming agent, the PGF has a half-life of more than 13 days and can retain water for more than 15 h at 100 °C. Response surface analysis showed that the foaming performance of the PGF was affected by nanoparticles, sodium tetraborate and sodium bicarbonate, among which the content of nanoparticles was the main factor. At the same time, sodium tetraborate and sodium bicarbonate also significantly affect the water retention performance of PGF. Fire prevention experiments show that the gel foam prepared by this method also has excellent fire prevention ability, which can effectively inhibit the consumption of hydroxyl group and the generation of methyl and methylene group in the process of coal oxidation. Moreover, it can still play an inhibiting ability at a high temperature of 400 °C, and can effectively prevent the recurrence of coal fire after extinguishing. The development of PGF provides a new method for the preparation of gel foam in the future. At the same time, the application of foaming agent is avoided, which reduces the pollution of surfactant to the environment.
研究领域:
材料科学
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消防工程
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能源安全
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高分子化学
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界面科学
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Small
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2024
·Vol. 20
·期 40
·2400578
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IF 13
Yike Du,Aotian Li,Fan Zhang,Han Gao,Xuan Zhou,Jiliang Zhu,Zhicheng Ye
Passive radiative cooling (PRC) can spontaneously dissipate heat to outer space through atmospheric transparent windows, providing a promising path to meet sustainable development goals. However, achieving simultaneously high transparency, color-customizable, and thermal management of PRC anti ultraviolet (anti-UV) films remains a challenge. Herein, a simple strategy is proposed to utilize liquid crystalline polymer, with high mid-infrared emissive, forming customizable structural color film by molecular self-assembly and polymerization-induced pitch gradient, which guarantees the balance of transparency in visible spectrum and sunlight reflection, rendering anti-UV colored window for thermal management. By performing tests, temperature fall of 5.4 and 7.9 °C are demonstrated at noon with solar intensity of 717 W m −2 and night, respectively. Vivid red-, green-, blue-structured colors, and colorless films are designed and implemented to suppress the solar input and control the effective visible light transmissivity considering the efficiency function of human vision. In addition, temperature rise of 11.1 °C is achieved by applying an alternating current field on the PRC film. This study provides a new perspective on the thermal management and aesthetic functionalities of smart windows and wearables.
研究领域:
材料科学
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高分子化学
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光学工程
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能源材料
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纳米科技
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MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS
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2015
·Vol. 36
·期 15
·1437-1443
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IF 4.941
Linge Wang,Paul D. Topham,Oleksandr O. Mykhaylyk,Hao Yu,Anthony J. Ryan,J. Patrick A. Fairclough,Wim Bras
Polymer beads have attracted considerable interest for use in catalysis, drug delivery, and photonics due to their particular shape and surface morphology. Electrospinning, typically used for producing nanofibers, can also be used to fabricate polymer beads if the solution has a sufficiently low concentration. In this work, a novel approach for producing more uniform, intact beads is presented by electrospinning self-assembled block copolymer (BCP) solutions. This approach allows a relatively high polymer concentration to be used, yet with a low degree of entanglement between polymer chains due to microphase separation of the BCP in a selective solvent system. Herein, to demonstrate the technology, a well-studied polystyrene-poly(ethylene butylene)–polystyrene triblock copolymer is dissolved in a co-solvent system. The effect of solvent composition on the characteristics of the fibers and beads is intensively studied, and the mechanism of this fiber-to-bead is found to be dependent on microphase separation of the BCP.
研究领域:
高分子科学
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纳米材料
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生物医学工程
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药物递送
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组织工程
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RSC Advances
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2016
·Vol. 6
·期 14
·11204-11210
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IF 3.289
Yawei Sun,Yaopeng Zhang,Jingjing Liu,Fuqiang Nie
In this work, hydrogel photonic crystal beads with inverse opal structure are generated on a well-controlled microfluidic chip device. An online droplet drying method and templating technique are integrated into the producing process. This process results in the silica nanoparticles in the droplets self-assembled into spherical photonic crystals with narrow stop bands and identical structural colours, which is the ideal template for fabricating inverse opal hydrogel beads. The effects of acrylic acid (AA) concentration, water dosage and buffer pH on the equilibrium swelling of inverse opal hydrogel are discussed. In the concentration of AA (3%) and water (31%), the inverse opal hydrogel beads show wide sensing range and rapid response (less than 30 s) to pH variation. Overall, the inverse opal hydrogels as pH sensors show homogeneous structural colour changes due to the spherical 3D structure. The present characterization of quite mechanically robust and good reproducibility for the spherical pH sensor may have promise application in advanced optical devices.
研究领域:
生物医学工程
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材料科学
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分析化学
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微纳制造
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传感技术
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CHINESE JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
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2013
·Vol. 31
·期 6
·745-751
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IF 0.917
Yifei Wang,Daoyong Chen
Here we report novel shear-sensitive polymeric large compound micelles (LCMs) formed by self-assembly of glutathione end-capped poly(4-vinylpyridine) (GP4VP) in water containing 4 vol% methanol. The amphiphile prefers to form the kinetically stabilized LCMs due to the small length ratio of the hydrophilic part to the hydrophobic part; the encapsulation of the hydrophilic part within LCMs causes only a small enthalpy loss from a thermodynamic view. Sheared by vortex flows generated by vigorous stir, the LCMs evolve to thick wall vesicles, thin wall vesicles, broken vesicles and "pearl-necklace" structures consecutively. The high flexibility of the LCMs and the internal tension caused by the encapsulation of the hydrophilic part are responsible for the high shear sensitivity of the LCMs.
研究领域:
高分子化学
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胶体与界面科学
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纳米材料
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自组装
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流变学
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RSC Advances
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2018
·Vol. 8
·期 38
·21613-21620
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IF 2.936
Xiaoteng Zhou,Lingxiao Li,He Qin,Bo Ning,Junpei Li,Chengyou Kan
A series of amphiphilic PDMAEMA–SS–PCL chains with variable ratios of hydrophilic poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (PDMAEMA) to hydrophobic poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) were prepared via ring-opening polymerization, in which the two different moieties were linked via a disulfide bond with reduction responsiveness. After cross-linking by the photodegradable o-nitrobenzyl linkage, the amphiphilic chains could self-assemble into microspheres, branched cylindrical micelles and vesicles, which were responsive to the reduction agent DL-dithiothreitol and UV light irradiation through different mechanisms.
研究领域:
高分子化学
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纳米医学
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药物递送
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生物材料
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智能材料
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自组装
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还原响应
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光响应
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JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE ELECTROCHEMISTRY
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2023
·Vol. 27
·期 5
·1165-1175
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IF 2.5
Liu Shuling,Zhang Wei,An Yiming,Li Ying,Wang Jie,Wang Chao
The Si-based flexible electrodes attracted increasing research interests owing to the growing demand for high-performance flexible energy storage devices. Herein, a facile and smart self-assembly strategy is adopted to address huge volume expansion and particle aggregation issues of Si-based anodes, and a high-performance freestanding film anode (NC@Si/CNTs/N-rGO) is synthesized. The 3D-crosslinked porous graphene-CNTs networks offer abundant electric conductive pathways, high active sites, large internal space to accommodate the expansion of Si NPs, and facilitate Li + diffusion and insertion/extraction kinetics. The synergistic effect between the well-dispersed Si/NC nanoparticles and 3D porous networks significantly enhances electrochemical performance of Si NPs. The as-prepared NC@Si/CNTs/N-rGO electrode exhibits a high reversible specific capacity of 1089 mAh·g −1 at a charge–discharge current density of 1 A·g −1 after 500 cycles. Even at 2 A·g −1 , the electrode still exhibits an excellent reversible specific capacity of 606 mAh·g −1 after 300 cycles. These indicate that the NC@Si/CNTs/N-rGO is a promising candidate for high-performance flexible anode material in lithium-ion batteries.
研究领域:
材料科学
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电化学
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纳米科技
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能源存储
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先进电池技术
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Arabian Journal of Chemistry
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2021
·Vol. 14
·期 10
·103351
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IF 5.165
Deqiang Wang,Xin Zhou,Chong Ma,Meiying Liu,Hongye Huang,Xiaoyong Zhang,Yen Wei
Fluorescent sensor has demonstrated to be a facile and effective method to detect heavy metal ions owing to its unique characteristics such as simplicity, ease of operation and cost-effectiveness. In this work, a novel fluorescent probe with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) feature that contains an amide ligand base on the tetraphenylethylene (TPE) dye was designed and successfully synthesized. The utilization of the AIE-active fluorescent probe (named as FDPA) for detection of Cu 2+ in aqueous solution has also been examined. We demonstrated that the resultant AIE-active molecule displays amphiphilic property and can self-assemble in aqueous solution with remarkable enhancement of fluorescent intensity owing to its AIE feature. The detection limit of probe for Cu 2+ determination is 6.11 × 10 −9 M and shows excellent selectivity in the presence of competitive ions. This work provides a useful route to overcome the fluorescence quenching of conventional fluorescent probes in aqueous solution and an elegant way to prepare fluorescent probes with better fluorescence properties.
研究领域:
分析化学
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生物医学工程
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分子影像
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环境毒理学
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化学生物学
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药物分析
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纳米医学
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