scholarly journals Sensitive chemoselectivity of cellulose nanocrystal films

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenna Ge ◽  
Zhixin Feng ◽  
Fusheng Zhang ◽  
Xiangge Bai ◽  
Shile Feng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mesoporous Carbon ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Surface Areas ◽  
Chiral Nematic ◽  
Selective Interaction ◽  
Chiral Nematic Structure ◽  
Nanocrystal Films ◽  
Specific Surface Areas ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Mesoporous Structures

Abstract Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) self-assembled into a chiral nematic structure film is an advanced platform for the fabrication of fascinating sensing, photonic and chiral nematic materials. Despite extensive progress in the functions of CNCs, their chemoselectivity has rarely been reported. Here, we exploit a brand-new perspective of CNCs in chemoselectivity, which shows sensitive selectivity even between isomers of monosaccharides and disaccharide by generating discernible crystal patterns. This sensitive selectivity of glucose homologs is attributed to the selective interaction of carbohydrate–carbohydrate, which enables the tune of the photonic properties and chiral mesoporous structures. Moreover, based on the chemoselectivity, chiral mesoporous structures with tunable specific surface areas are assembled from CNC suspensions and glucose homologs. We envision that the sensitive chemoselectivity of CNC films could provide insights into the recognition of carbohydrates and the preparation of mesoporous carbon in numerous practical applications.

Multifunctional Mesoporous Nanocomposites

2012 ◽  
Vol 736 ◽  
pp. 98-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shilpi Banerjee ◽  
Dipankar Chakravorty
Keyword(s):  
Gas Sensors ◽  
Mesoporous Carbon ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Magnetic Sensors ◽  
Dye Sensitized ◽  
Surface Areas ◽  
Reaction Processes ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Mesoporous Structures

Multifunctional behaviour viz., ferroelectric, ferromagnetic and magnetodielectric coupling has been reported in a number of nanocomposites. The latter were synthesized by growing nanoparticles of different kinds within a suitable matrix. Different morphologies of the particles were introduced. Both natural as well as synthetic mesoporous materials were used to prepare nanocomposite systems. Mesoporous structures with large surface areas and pore volumes were found to be effective in developing most efficient drug delivery systems. For identical reasons such structures were suitable as catalysts in various industrially important reaction processes, as humidity and gas sensors, as magnetic sensors. Mesoporous carbon based nanocomposites used as electrodes were found to improve the efficiency of lithium-ion batteries. Nanocomposites using mesoporous carbon and carbon nanotubes were shown to improve the performance of dye sensitized solar cells. In this article, the above mentioned developments are reviewed and discussed.

scholarly journals Wormhole-Like Mesoporous Carbons from Gelatine as Multistep Infiltration Effect

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Ulfa ◽  
Wega Trisunaryanti ◽  
Iip Izul Falah ◽  
Indriana Kartini
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Stability ◽  
Specific Surface ◽  
Mesoporous Carbon ◽  
Mesoporous Carbons ◽  
Removal Process ◽  
Surface Areas ◽  
Silica Removal ◽  
Specific Surface Areas ◽  
Level Effect

Wormhole-like mesoporous carbon from gelatine (WMCG) with two different pore diameters have been synthesized by adopting a modified infiltration treatment. The infiltration effect on the morphology was investigated. The results show that the WMCG sample was obtained after dehydration, pyrolysis and silica removal process. The pore diameters WMCG are 15.2 and 4.8 nm with specific surface areas of 280 m2/g, total pore volumes of 0.5 cm3/g and the thermal stability up to 1400 °C. The bimodal pore of WMCG obtained as the high step of infiltration level effect.

scholarly journals Concentric chiral nematic polymeric fibers from cellulose nanocrystals

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arash Momeni ◽  
Christopher M. Walters ◽  
Yi-Tao Xu ◽  
Wadood Y. Hamad ◽  
Mark J. MacLachlan
Keyword(s):  
Cellulose Nanocrystals ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Capillary Tube ◽  
Single Domain ◽  
Cellulose Nanocrystal ◽  
Polymeric Fibers ◽  
Chiral Nematic ◽  
Chiral Nematic Structure ◽  
Crystalline Suspension

A cellulose nanocrystal liquid crystalline suspension was mixed with monomers and confined to a capillary tube. After photopolymerization, a fiber with a single-domain concentric chiral nematic structure throughout the length of the fiber was obtained.

scholarly journals Ultrafine porous boron nitride nanofibers synthesized via a freeze-drying and pyrolysis process and their adsorption properties

RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 1253-1259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Lin ◽  
Lulu Xu ◽  
Yang Huang ◽  
Jie Li ◽  
Weijia Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Boron Nitride ◽  
Specific Surface ◽  
Freeze Drying ◽  
Adsorption Properties ◽  
Pyrolysis Process ◽  
Surface Areas ◽  
Aspect Ratios ◽  
Large Pore ◽  
Specific Surface Areas

Ultrafine porous boron nitride nanofibers with high aspect ratios, high specific surface areas and large pore volumes has been synthesized in large quantity via a freeze-drying and post pyrolysis process.

scholarly journals Experimental Investigation of Coal Dust Wettability Based on Surface Contact Angle

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gang Zhou ◽  
Han Qiu ◽  
Qi Zhang ◽  
Mao Xu ◽  
Jiayuan Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Tension ◽  
Contact Angle ◽  
Specific Surface ◽  
Coal Dust ◽  
Single Point ◽  
Contact Angles ◽  
Critical Surface ◽  
Volume Percentage ◽  
Surface Areas ◽  
Specific Surface Areas

Wettability is one of the key chemical properties of coal dust, which is very important to dedusting. In this paper, the theory of liquid wetting solid was presented firstly; then, taking the gas coal of Xinglongzhuang coal mine in China as an example, by determination of critical surface tension of coal piece, it can be concluded that only when the surface tension of surfactant solution is less than 45 mN/m can the coal sample be fully wetted. Due to the effect of particle dispersity, compared with the contact angle of milled coal particle, not all the contact angles of screened coal powder with different sizes have a tendency to increase. Furthermore, by the experiments of coal samples’ specific surface areas and porosities, it can be achieved that the volume of single-point total pore decreases with the gradual decreasing of coal’s porosity, while the ultramicropores’ dispersities and multipoint BET specific surface areas increase. Besides, by a series of contact angle experiments with different surfactants, it can be found that with the increasing of porosity and the decreasing of volume percentage of ultramicropore, the contact angle tends to reduce gradually and the coal dust is much easier to get wetted.

Facile Method To Synthesize Mesoporous Multimetal Oxides (ATiO3, A = Sr, Ba) with Large Specific Surface Areas and Crystalline Pore walls

2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 1276-1278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoxing Fan ◽  
Ying Wang ◽  
Xinyi Chen ◽  
Ling Gao ◽  
Wenjun Luo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Specific Surface ◽  
Surface Areas ◽  
Specific Surface Areas

Organic-free large-pore-sized γ-alumina for the removal of three azo dyes from aqueous solution

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1534-1545
Author(s):  
Xuhui Wang ◽  
Jianchuan Sun ◽  
Shuaiqi Chen ◽  
Shuai Ren ◽  
Awang Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dye Adsorption ◽  
Specific Area ◽  
Kinetics Study ◽  
Order Model ◽  
Surface Areas ◽  
Adsorption Capacities ◽  
Direct Blue ◽  
Calculation Results ◽  
Specific Surface Areas ◽  
Adsorption Rates

A series of γ-alumina with different pore sizes (5.7 nm–21.6 nm) and similar specific surface areas were synthesized via an organic-free method and their adsorption rates and capacities for Congo red (CR), direct blue 78 (DB78) and direct green 26 (DG26) were investigated. The kinetics study reveals that the dye adsorptions of all γ-alumina samples fit the pseudo-2nd-order model. For CR, its k2 and the pore size of absorbent are in a linear relationship at low dye concentrations. Both of the experimental results and Langmuir isotherm calculation results suggest that the dye adsorption capacities of the γ-alumina prepared in our lab are much higher than those of other γ-alumina reported in literatures. GA-1 with the largest specific area of surface and largest size of pores exhibits a CR adsorption capacity up to 4213.6 mg/g. In addition, initial dye adsorption rates of the γ-alumina prepared in-house are much higher than that of the γ-alumina prepared with the commercially available alumina under the same conditions.

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