Polymers
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2023
·Vol. 15
·期 8
·1882
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Gao Cai,Haisong Ni,Xunzhang Li,Yangxin Wang,Huaixia Zhao
Silica aerogel microspheres show great potential in various fields as fillings in different materials. It is important to diversify and optimize the fabrication methodology for silica aerogel microspheres (SAMS). This paper presents an eco-friendly synthetic technique for producing functional silica aerogel microspheres with a core–shell structure. Mixing silica sol with commercial silicone oil containing olefin polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) resulted in a homogeneous emulsion with silica sol droplets dispersed in the oil. After gelation, the droplets were transformed into silica hydrogel or alcogel microspheres and coated with the polymerization of the olefin groups. Microspheres with silica aerogel as their core and polydimethylsiloxane as their shell were obtained after separation and drying. The sphere size distribution was regulated by controlling the emulsion process. The surface hydrophobicity was enhanced by grafting methyl groups onto the shell. The obtained silica aerogel microspheres have low thermal conductivity, high hydrophobicity, and excellent stability. The synthetic technique reported here is expected to be beneficial for the development of highly robust silica aerogel material.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2023
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IF 15.1
Yufen Li,Ruijie Wang,Shouzheng Jiao,Hua Lai,Yuyan Liu,Zhongjun Cheng
Surfaces with switchable adhesion have been vigorously investigated over the past decades by mimicking the unique adhesive mechanisms of living systems. However, designing a universal intelligent adhesive surface for both solid and liquid remains a challenge. Herein, drawing inspiration from the controllable capillary forces generated by muscle movements and oil-secretion on the foot pads of the beetle ( Hemisphaerota cyanea ), we report a novel oil-loaded shape memory polymer (SMP) micropillars with such smart controllability. Based on the shape memory effect (SME) of the SMP, the pillars can be reversibly switched between the tilted state and the upright state, which simultaneously changes the distribution of the trapped oil, and thus generates different capillary forces. This variation results in reversible adhesion behaviors of the surface to diverse solids including flat glass, CD disk, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), rough glass, sandpaper, nylon net, and liquid droplets like acid, basic, salt-containing water droplets, and some organic liquids such as glycol, glycerol, and formamide. Given its smart adhesion, the surface was further applied in in-situ gripping/release of solid objects and directed liquid shedding. This work provides a new design strategy for smart adhesive materials, which may contribute to the development of smart grippers, microfluidics, etc.
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Advanced Science
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2022
·Vol. 10
·期 4
·2205886
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Minghua Deng,Zhanpeng Ren,Huibin Zhang,Ziqin Li,Chenglong Xue,Jianying Wang,Dan Zhang,Huan Yang,Xianbao Wang,Jinhua Li
The incidence of prostate cancer (PCa) in men globally increases as the standard of living improves. Blood serum biomarker prostate-specific antigen (PSA) detection is the gold standard assay that do not meet the requirements of early detection. Herein, a solution-gated graphene transistor (SGGT) biosensor for the ultrasensitive and rapid quantification detection of the early prostate cancer-relevant biomarker, miRNA-21 is reported. The designed single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) probes immobilized on the Au gate can hybridize effectively with the miRNA-21 molecules targets and induce the Dirac voltage shifts of SGGT transfer curves. The limit of detection (LOD) of the sensor can reach 10 −20 M without amplification and any chemical or biological labeling. The detection linear range is from 10 −20 to 10 −12 M. The sensor can realize real-time detection of the miRNA-21 molecules in less than 5 min and can well distinguish one-mismatched miRNA-21 molecule. The blood serum samples from the patients without RNA extraction and amplification are measured. The results demonstrated that the biosensor can well distinguish the cancer patients from the control group and has higher sensitivity (100%) than PSA detection (58.3%). Contrastingly, it can be found that the PSA level is not directly related to PCa.
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Materials Today Physics
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2023
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Rahul A. Rajan,Huang Tao,Weili Yu,Jianjun Yang
Femtosecond laser processing of lead halide perovskites has recently sparked wide popularity for creating various micro/nanostructures and instigating interesting properties. However, it is still lacking detailed insights into correlating the laser induced morphology and defect chemistry of perovskite materials to their light emitting properties. Here, the space-resolved photoluminescence and lasing behaviors are investigated for both the single crystal (SC) and polycrystalline (PC) perovskites upon femtosecond laser ablation . In the case of SC sample, three different regions based on the laser ablation , recast deposition, and modification respectively exhibits distinguished carrier recombination mechanisms due to their variable defect chemistries and morphologies identified, which helps to realize the amplified spontaneous emission with the recrystallized micro/nanostructures. On the other hand, the laser modified region on the PC sample reveals the significant enhancement of random lasing performance (the lasing threshold was reduced by ∼7 times and the slope efficiency increased by ∼1.5 times), which is attributed to the femtosecond laser induced non-radiative defect passivation and the average crystalline grain size reduction by more than 1.5 times. This study unveils the physical and chemical modification effects of the femtosecond laser irradiation on perovskite materials, and thus is an optimal strategy to fabricate desired perovskite light-emitting microstructures by ultrafast laser processing.
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International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials
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2023
·Vol. 30
·期 3
·548-558
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Li Qiuying,Lu Yiheng,Shao Zhuoyan
A new type of composite filler was designed by a modified sol—gel method using fly ash (FA), Fe(NO 3 ) 3 ·9H 2 O, and Ni(NO 3 ) 2 ·6H 2 O as raw materials. The composite filler was a spherical core-shell structure composed of FA as the core and NiFe 2 O 4 as the shell. Further, the composite filler was added into the silicone rubber to fabricate the high temperature vulcanized microwave absorption materials; X-ray diffraction, fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscope confirmed that NiFe 2 O 4 was successfully coated on the surface of FA and formed a uniform and continuous coating layer. As expected, silicone rubber filled with the composite filler had a minimum reflection loss of −23.8 dB at 17.5 GHz with the thickness of 1.8 mm, while the effective absorption bandwidth was as high as 12 GHz. The addition of the composite filler greatly enhanced the microwave absorption properties of the system, which was resulted from multiple losses mechanism: interface polarization losses, magnetic losses, and multiple reflection losses. Also, silicone rubber filled with the composite filler exhibited excellent thermal stability, flexibility, environmental resistance, and hydrophobicity compared with traditional silicone rubber. Therefore, this work not only responds to the green chemistry to achieve efficient FA recovery, but also devises a new strategy to prepare microwave absorption materials with strong potential for civilian applications.
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MATERIALS & DESIGN
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2023
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Wenhui Yao,Jie Qin,Yonghua Chen,Liang Wu,Bin Jiang,Fusheng Pan
A slippery liquid-infused porous surface (SLIPS) was developed, based on MgAl-layered double hydroxide (LDH), in order to improve the corrosion and wear resistance of AZ31 Mg alloys. In particular, different concentrations of SiO 2 nanoparticles were incorporated into the silicone oil to further ameliorate the performances of Mg alloys, which can effectively seal the nanopores constructed by MgAl-LDH. With increasing SiO 2 nanoparticle concentration, the nanosheet microstructure of MgAl-LDH was gradually covered by the hierarchical structure of SiO 2 nanoparticles. The formed composite SiO 2 -SLIPSs exhibited good surface hydrophobicity and superior corrosion and wear resistance. When the concentration of SiO 2 nanoparticle was 10 mg mL −1 , the composite SLIPS showed the best performances, with the lowest corrosion current density of 2.43 × 10 -10 A cm −2 and wear volume of 0.041 mm 3 . The developed composite SLIPSs could find wide applications in effective corrosion and wear protection of Mg alloys in industry.
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Surfaces and Interfaces
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2023
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Huiying Xiang,Li Cheng,Guoyong Liu,Tao Zhu,Xu Dai,Zheng Wei,Jiang Zhou,Ruijin Liao,Yuan Yuan
Slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces (SLIPSs) with anti-icing properties are challenged by the lubricant loss. Many strategies (such as structure optimization, lubricant improvement) are used to retain the lubricant in the porous structure. However, the matching of modifier and lubricant is rarely studied, which is another key factor for durable anti-icing performance of lubricated surfaces. Herein, proper matching of different lubricants and modifiers were investigated. Perfluoropolyether oil (PFPE) and silicone oil (SO) are chosen as lubricants. Linear alkane (OTS) and fluorinated alkane (FAS) are chosen as modifiers. A series of SLIPSs were prepared by infusing lubricants into unmodified and modified anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) surfaces. The suitable matches (OTS with SO, FAS with PFPE) make the prepared SLIPS have high water mobility and enable high affinity between the lubricant and modified AAO surface. The former contributes to improving the anti-icing performance in the simulated glaze icing test, and the latter is beneficial to improving the durability during the icing/deicing cycles. This work provides useful information to determine the suitable pairs of lubricant-modifier for durable anti-icing lubricated surfaces.
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DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS
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2023
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Jiying Shi,Linlin Zang,Long Zhang,Jingzhen Wang,Qing Xu,Yanhong Zhang,Liguo Sun
Porous carbon supported metal nanoparticles as supercapacitor electrode materials have attracted extensive attention. In this paper, cobalt nitrate/polystyrene microspheres/chitosan(Co(NO 3 ) 2 /PS/CS) balls were fabricated by emulsion encapsulation and self-assembly process. After carbonization, Co nanoparticles (NPs) loaded on porous ball-in-ball N-doped carbon (Co/BNC) were prepared. Co/BNCs with high surface area profit formation of sufficient active sites and facilitate ion transport due to the interconnected and interpenetrating porous carbon structure. The electrochemical performances of Co/BNCs are affected by Co NPs content and the Co/BNC with the optimal Co NPs content (Co/BNC-2) possesses a commendable specific capacitance of 1120 F g −1 at 1 A g −1 . Moreover, the capacitance retention of the asymmetric supercapacitors assembled by Co/BNC-2 and activated carbon is about 85.38 % after 5000 cycles. Remarkably, the device exhibits a maximum energy density of 60.9 Wh kg −1 at 764 W kg −1 and maintains 37.8 Wh kg −1 at 7878 W kg −1 . Co/BNCs mentioned here have the potential to be candidates for high-performance supercapacitor electrode materials.
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PROGRESS IN ORGANIC COATINGS
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2023
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Huimin Qi,Xuemei Lei,Jianzhen Gu,Yafeng Zhang,Xingshi Gu,Gai Zhao,Jiaxin Yu
Organogels with low modulus are widely used as anti-icing materials due to their low ice adhesion strength . In this work, the poly(dimethylsiloxane) swelled with silicone oil , trimethyl terminated poly(dimethylsiloxane), vinyl terminated polydimethylsiloxanes, and hydride terminated poly(dimethylsiloxane) were prepared, respectively. The organogels with a wide range of shear modulus displayed various ice adhesion strength. In particular, the lowest ice adhesion strength 6.5 kPa was obtained for poly(dimethylsiloxane)/100 trimethyl terminated poly(dimethylsiloxane) at −10 °C. After being placed for 60 days, the ice adhesion strength of poly(dimethylsiloxane)/trimethyl terminated poly(dimethylsiloxane) almost maintained the previous effect. We believed that the low modulus and the lubricated film co-contributed to this result. However, the even lower modulus of poly(dimethylsiloxane) gels enhanced the ice adhesion strength due to the failure within poly(dimethylsiloxane) gels. Molecular dynamics further demonstrated that the ice adhesion strength was almost independent on the electrostatic interactions and van der Waals. This work opens up new opportunities for tailoring modulus of organogels by tuning structures and composition of de-icing materials.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2022
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Huiying Xiang,Yuan Yuan,Cheng Zhang,Xu Dai,Tao Zhu,Linbo Song,Yu Gai,Ruijin Liao
Slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces (SLIPSs) are widely used as an effective passive approach to reduce icing disasters. However, various porous structures make SLIPSs exhibit different droplet mobility and lubricant stability. Undoubtedly, the substrate surface has a great impact on the durable anti-icing of SLIPSs. Herein, surfaces with different pore sizes and porosities were prepared to study their effects on the performance of SLIPS. The results show that small pores and high porosity are beneficial for the preparation of durable anti-icing SLIPS. The small pore size (about 100 nm) has a strong capillary pressure on the lubricant, and the surface with high porosity (66%) possesses a large lubricant–liquid contact ratio. These two can greatly improve the lubricant stability of SLIPS and achieve rapid self-healing. The SLIPS prepared by a suitable porous surface shows excellent anti-icing performance in the simulated glaze ice and durable anti-icing ability in the long-term icing/deicing cycles. In detail, the prepared SLIPS experiences more than 140 icing/deicing cycles through four effective self-healing while maintaining extremely low ice adhesion (<20 kPa). This work proposes a certain improved SLIPS with small pores and high porosity to achieve excellent durable anti-icing performance, broadening the practical applications of SLIPS.
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2022
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Muhammad Imran Jamil,Yuhang Cai,Waqar Ahmed,Xiaoli Zhan,Fengqiu Chen,Dangguo Cheng,Qinghua Zhang
Natural species use their surface structures for water harvesting. It is the dire need of the hour to learn from nature, mimic its functions, and solve the water scarcity problem through dew condensation . However, the present microscale and nanoscale approaches still suffer from complicated fabrication methods and durability failure in harsh conditions. Here, we introduce a bioinspired slippery surface of candle soot particles which uses its bumps to enhance the growth of condensed water droplets. The Namib desert beetles-inspired convex topography, cacti-inspired asymmetric slope, and Nepenthes pitcher plant-inspired slippery surface of soot particles synergistically combines the large droplet nucleation density, fast droplet coalescence, and easy removal of droplet from the surface. The hydrophilic SLIPS of soot particles harvests water at a rate of 326.4 ± 9 mg/cm 2 h -1 which is 70 % high as compared to hydrophobic SLIPS of soot particles. The fluorinated SLIPS reveals 32 % high water collection rate as compared to the methyl-terminated SLIPS of candle soot particles and the results are corroborated by calculating the intermolecular hydrogen bonding energies through DFT. The programmed motion of water droplet on a slippery surface of soot particles is also observed by applying laser light, heat, and magnetic field even against gravity. The slippery surface shows long-term stability due to nano-porosity, permeation of lubricant into soot particles and lubricant’s crosslinking ability with the binder. The developed surface is biocompatible, self-cleaning, and suitable for water harvesting particularly in cold and arid regions.
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SLAS Technology
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2023
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Xinyu Liu,Jinying Cai,Wenjia Wang,Yujuan Chai
Digital microfluidics (DMF) has found great applications in vitro diagnostics (IVD). Compared to the microfabrication-based DMF, printed circuit board (PCB)-based DMF is more economical and compatible with existing IVD instruments. Despite that, current PCB-based DMF is oftentimes limited by the available droplets that can be controlled simultaneously, compromising their throughput and applications as point-of-care tools. In this work, a platform that simultaneously controls multiple PCB-based DMF plates was constructed. The software and hardware were first developed, followed by the reliability tests. Colorimetric analysis of glucose was applied to the PCB-based DMF, demonstrating the capability of this platform. With the high throughput enabled by simultaneous operations of multiple plates, this PCB-based DMF can potentially allow point-of-care testing with low cost for resource-limited settings.
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