Bioinspired carbon nanotube-based materials

Fan, Yi; Hou, Yaqi; Wang, Miao; Zheng, Jing; Hou, Xu

doi:10.1039/d2ma00086e

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“…The mutually reinforcing process of evaporation and catalysis in 3DP-HP rGO-Pd evaporator was also formed (Figure 1c To achieve efficient catalytic interface photothermal evaporators, more requirements for materials were put forward: strong transmission capacity, large specific surface area, high catalytic activity, and so on. [43] However, the reported bulk materials demonstrate low catalytic activity and the high-activity powder materials show poor recyclability, which hinders the application of catalytic evaporator in the treatment of highly concentrated polluted saline. To solve the above problems, a 3DP-HP rGO-Pd evaporator with layered porosity and high catalytic activity was prepared and the process of 3D printing catalytic evaporator is shown in Figure 2a: a composite ink of GO sheets and palladium salt was treated by freeze-drying to form a microscopic porous structure and subsequently treated by high temperature to reduce palladium salt to Pd NPs.…”

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Mutual Reinforcement of Evaporation and Catalysis for Efficient Freshwater–Salt–Chemical Production

Liang

et al. 2023

Adv Funct Materials

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The development of mutually reinforcing solar‐driven interfacial evaporation (SDIE) and integrated functional materials/systems to achieve efficient production of freshwater and energy/matters simultaneously under extremely high solar utilization is in high demand. Herein, an integrated SDIE reaction system (reduced graphene oxide (rGO)‐palladium (Pd) catalytic evaporator, rGO‐Pd) is first reported, where SDIE and the integrated catalytic reaction are mutually reinforced. The apparent utilization of solar to thermal energy by the integrated SDIE reaction system is a combination of evaporative utilization and catalytic utilization. The reaction heat released by the rGO‐Pd catalytic evaporator enhances its anti‐salt water production performance to a record of 12.7 L m−2 h−1, surpassing the reported performance of other integrated SDIE reaction systems. In the rGO‐Pd catalytic evaporator, the synergetic effect of photothermal and rapid mass transfer significantly increases the catalytic activity (turnover frequency) of Pd catalysts up to a record 125.07 min−1, which is about 3.75 times of the condition without light. This integrated SDIE reaction system can effectively and simultaneously produce freshwater, salt, and catalyzed chemicals after evaporating water to dryness. This study paves the way for SDIE's high‐performance applications in future integrated water, energy, and environmental systems.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mutual Reinforcement of Evaporation and Catalysis for Efficient Freshwater–Salt–Chemical Production

Liang

et al. 2023

Adv Funct Materials

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“…As it is still in its primary stage, there is still a lot of room for optimization. For example, on the premise of not affecting the student learning and teacher teaching of the existing modules, new contents and modules in the VSE will be extended constantly based on our latest and upcoming research findings. ,− More experimental paths and parameter setting choices would be added at the same time according to more real experimental data, offering more space for students’ exploration. Furthermore, with the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI), we need to try to integrate machine learning algorithms to the platform, so that the platform can learn the relationship between different outputs and different parameter inputs based on the existing experimental data, so that it can infer possible experimental results depending on the students’ variable settings, and also the exploration by different students in the experimental process can be recorded and evaluated more accurately.…”

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Virtual Simulation Experiments: A Teaching Option for Complex and Hazardous Chemistry Experiments

et al. 2023

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Teaching through experiments has always been an indispensable teaching method in chemistry and other STEM disciplines. Letting more students have access to experiments at the frontier of scientific research is essential to stimulating students’ interest in chemistry. With the advancement of computer technology, virtual simulation experiments (VSEs) provide a new method to perform chemical experiments for the students who might have no resources to conduct an experiment. Here, a VSE of preparation and test analysis of flexible nanochannel membrane materials is designed by our group at Xiamen University in China, which is an interactive learning platform for studying and practicing experiments reported in the latest scientific articles. The objective pursued herein is to equip students with the appropriate tools and strategies required to perform a dangerous or complex chemical experiment. Multiexperimental paths are designed in different experimental modules and steps to meet students’ exploration needs. Our platform suits both on- and off-campus undergraduates or graduates with open access. After practicing 5–6 times, students can gain more professional skills and get higher scores in the test section as the feedback. VSE could become a remote-flexible experimental teaching method with a safer process, lower cost, and wider academic community, especially during the pandemic or in the postpandemic era.

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“…In 1991, Carbon based nanoparticles structures were discovered mainly constituted of carbon nanotubes and fullerenes [45]. A car bon nanotube comes with cylindrical framework and is distributed as single walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) and multi walled car bon nanotube (MWCNT) [46]. A carbon nanotube has distinctive properties like thermal conductivity lengthwise and nonconduc tivity diagonally of the tube along with mechanical strength, opti cal properties and electrical conductivity which have biomedical application.…”

Section: Carbon Based Nanoparticlesmentioning

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Nanomedicines: A Focus on Nanomaterials as Drug Delivery System with Current Trends and Future Advancement

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The rapid advancement of nanomedicine presents novel alternatives that have the potential to transform health care. Targeted drug delivery as well as the synthesis of nanocarriers is a growing discipline that has been intensively researched to reduce the complexity of present medicines in a variety of diseases and to develop new treatment and diagnostic techniques. There are several designed nanomaterials used as a delivery system such as liposomes, micelles, dendrimers, polymers, carbon-based materials, and many other substances, which deliver the drug moiety directly into its targeted body area reducing toxic effect of conventional drug delivery, thus reducing the amount of drug required for therapeutic efficacy and offering many more advantages. Currently, these are used in many applications, including cancer treatment, imaging contrast agents, and biomarker detection and so on. This review provides a comprehensive update in the field of targeted nano-based drug delivery systems, by conducting a thorough examination of the drug synthesis, types, targets, and application of nanomedicines in improving the therapeutic efficiency.

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Bioinspired carbon nanotube-based materials

Abstract: Bioinspired materials possess instinctive design strategies derived from nature, with remarkable biomimetic structures and identical biological features. Among all, the bioinspired carbon nanotubes (CNTs)-based materials have drawn great interest because...

Cited by 10 publications

References 151 publications

Mutual Reinforcement of Evaporation and Catalysis for Efficient Freshwater–Salt–Chemical Production

Mutual Reinforcement of Evaporation and Catalysis for Efficient Freshwater–Salt–Chemical Production

Virtual Simulation Experiments: A Teaching Option for Complex and Hazardous Chemistry Experiments

Nanomedicines: A Focus on Nanomaterials as Drug Delivery System with Current Trends and Future Advancement

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