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Agarwal N, Agarwal D, Debnath T. Amino Acid-Driven Dimensional Reduction of CsPbBr 3 Nanocrystals. ACS OMEGA 2024; 9:31026-31034. [PMID: 39035888 PMCID: PMC11256307 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c04364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2024] [Revised: 06/05/2024] [Accepted: 06/17/2024] [Indexed: 07/23/2024]
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Inspired by biomineralization, the recent incorporation of organic molecules into inorganic lattices shows interesting optical properties and tunability. We functionalize all inorganic CsPbBr3 perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs) with amino acid (AA) cysteine using the water-hexane interfacial approach. Along with the AA cysteine, we added AuBr3 salt into the aqueous phase, leading to the formation of a Au-cysteine thiolate complex to activate the aqueous to nonaqueous phase transportation of the AA via a molecular shuttle, oleylamine. The interaction between CsPbBr3 PNCs and the Au-cysteine thiolate complex is probed using optical spectroscopy, which reveals dimensional reduction of the parent PNCs to form CsPbBr3 nanoplatelets (NPls) and subsequent phase transformation to CsPb2Br5 NPls. X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy conclusively support the above chemical transformation reaction via interfacial chemistry. We propose a mechanistic insight into the dimensional growth in one direction in the presence of AAs via preferential ligand binding to specific facets, leading to transformation from 3D cubes to 2D NPls, while, presumably, the phase transformation occurs via the CsBr stripping mechanism upon prolonged interaction with water. Since AAs are building blocks for several redox-active complex biological moieties, including proteins, investigation of the interaction of AAs with PNCs may be advantageous since the latter can act as a fluorescent probe for bioimaging application.
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- Nikunj Agarwal
- Centre
for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of
Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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- Centre
for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of
Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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- Centre
for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of
Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
- Nano
Physical Spectroscopy Group, Department of Chemistry, School of Natural
Sciences, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Delhi NCR 201314, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Zhao Z, Chen W, Li Q, Xiong B, Ning Y, Yang P. Interfacial Supra-Assembly of Copolymer Nanoparticles Enables the Formation of Nanocomposite Crystals with a Tunable Internal Structure. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:21546-21553. [PMID: 37748127 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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It is highly desirable but technically challenging to precisely control the spatial composition and internal structure of crystalline nanocomposite materials, especially in a one-pot synthetic route. Herein, we demonstrate a versatile pathway to tune the spatial distribution of guest species within a host inorganic crystal via an incorporation strategy. Specifically, well-defined block copolymer nanoparticles, poly(methacrylic acid)x-block-poly(styrene-alt-N-phenylmaleimide)y [PMAAx-P(St-alt-NMI)y], are synthesized by polymerization-induced self-assembly. Such anionic nanoparticles can supra-assemble onto the surface of larger cationic nanoparticles via an electrostatic interaction, forming colloidal nanocomposite particles (CNPs). Remarkably, such CNPs can be incorporated into calcite single crystals in a spatially controlled manner: the depth of CNPs incorporation into calcite is tunable. Systematic investigation indicates that this interesting phenomenon is governed by the colloidal stability of CNPs, which in turn is dictated by the PMAAx-P(St-alt-NMI)y adsorption density and calcium ion concentration. This study opens up a general and efficient route for the preparation of a wide range of crystalline nanocomposite materials with a controlled internal composition and structure.
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- Zhenghong Zhao
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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Mahakal S, Pathan HM, Prasad M, Rondiya S, Patole SP, Jadkar SR. Modification in Toxicity of l-Histidine-Incorporated ZnO Nanoparticles toward Escherichia coli. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:34354-34363. [PMID: 37780019 PMCID: PMC10536091 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c01183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
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This paper presents a comparative study of the toxicity of pristine-ZnO and l-histidine-incorporated ZnO toward Escherichia coli (E. coli) as a Gram-negative model organism. Pristine-ZnO and l-histidine-incorporated ZnO with different l-histidine concentrations were synthesized using an open aqueous solution bath technique. XRD studies revealed the formation of polycrystalline wurtzite ZnO. The average crystallite size of the synthesized l-histidine-incorporated ZnO decreased as the concentration of l-histidine increased. The FTIR spectra showed the presence of Zn-O, CO2-/CO3-, and C-N (only in l-histidine-incorporated ZnO samples) and -OH bond vibration signals in all samples. The chemical purity of all the samples was ensured using XPS analysis. The microbial activity of these samples was investigated using E. coli. The solution with 100 μg/mL ZnO in sterile distilled water showed up to 94% growth inhibition of E. coli, establishing antibacterial activity. However, l-histidine incorporated in ZnO showed reduced antibacterial activity with the increase of the concentration of l-histidine in ZnO. Furthermore, flow cytometry studies during the interaction of ZnO and E. coli confirmed the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), validating its antibacterial activity. The interaction of l-histidine-incorporated ZnO and E. coli showed declining ROS with the increase in the l-histidine concentration, indicating a ZnO toxicity reduction.
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- Shraddha Mahakal
- Department
of Physics, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411 007, India
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- Department
of Physics, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411 007, India
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- Department
of Physics, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411 007, India
- Department
of Applied Science and Humanities, Pimpri
Chinchwad College Of Engineering (PCCOE), Nigdi, Pune 411 004, India
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- Department
of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute
of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
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- Department
of Physics, Khalifa University of Science
and Technology, Abu Dhabi 127788, UAE
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- Department
of Physics, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411 007, India
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Kumar VB, Gedanken A, Porat Z. Sonochemistry of molten gallium. ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY 2023; 95:106364. [PMID: 36990048 PMCID: PMC10457574 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2023.106364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2022] [Revised: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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This review article summarizes the comprehensive work that was done in our laboratory in recent years, as-well-as other reports, on the various aspects of sonochemistry of molten gallium. The low mp (29.8 °C) of gallium enables its melting in warm water, aqueous solutions and organic liquids. This opened a new research direction that focused on the chemical and physical properties of gallium particles that were formed in such media. It includes their interactions with water and with organic and inorganic solutes in aqueous solutions and with carbon nanoparticles. Formation of nanoparticles of liquid gallium alloys was also reported.
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- Department of Chemistry and the BINA Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 5290002, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Nuclear Research Center-Negev, P.O. Box 9001, Be'er-Sheva 84190, Israel; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er-Sheva, Israel.
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Zhang J, Xiong B, Fu Z, Ning Y, Li D. Synergistic Effect of Hydroxyl and Carboxyl Groups on Promoting Nanoparticle Occlusion within Calcite. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2207843. [PMID: 36717276 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202207843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Revised: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Direct occlusion of guest nanoparticles into host crystals enables the straightforward preparation for various of nanocomposite materials with emerging properties. Therefore, it is highly desirable to elucidate the 'design rules' that govern efficient nanoparticle occlusion. Herein, a series of sterically-stabilized nanoparticles are rationally prepared, where the surface stabilizer chains of such nanoparticles are composed of either poly(methacrylic acid), or poly(glycerol monomethacrylate), or poly((2-hydroxy-3-(methacryloyloxy)propyl)serine). Systematic investigation reveals that hydroxyl groups and carboxyl groups play a synergistic role in driving nanoparticle incorporation into calcite crystals, where the hydroxyl groups enhance colloidal stability of the nanoparticles and the carboxyl groups provide binding sites for efficient occlusion. The generality of these findings is further validated by extending it to polymer-stabilized gold nanoparticles. This study demonstrates that precision synthesis of polymer stabilizers comprising of synergistic functional groups can significantly promote nanoparticle occlusion, thus enabling the efficient construction of organic-inorganic hybrid materials via nanoparticle occlusion strategy.
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- Jiahao Zhang
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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Abd-Alghafour NM, Kadhim IH, Naeem GA. UV detector characteristics of ZnO thin film deposited on Corning glass substrates using low-cost fabrication method. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE: MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS 2022; 33:23888-23899. [DOI: 10.1007/s10854-021-07252-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Ji W, Xue B, Yin Y, Guerin S, Wang Y, Zhang L, Cheng Y, Shimon LJW, Chen Y, Thompson D, Yang R, Cao Y, Wang W, Cai K, Gazit E. Modulating the Electromechanical Response of Bio-Inspired Amino Acid-Based Architectures through Supramolecular Co-Assembly. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:18375-18386. [PMID: 36164777 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c06321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Supramolecular packing dictates the physical properties of bio-inspired molecular assemblies in the solid state. Yet, modulating the stacking modes of bio-inspired supramolecular assemblies remains a challenge and the structure-property relationship is still not fully understood, which hampers the rational design of molecular structures to fabricate materials with desired properties. Herein, we present a co-assembly strategy to modulate the supramolecular packing of N-terminally capped alanine-based assemblies (Ac-Ala) by changing the amino acid chirality and mixing with a nonchiral bipyridine derivative (BPA). The co-assembly induced distinct solid-state stacking modes determined by X-ray crystallography, resulting in significantly enhanced electromechanical properties of the assembly architectures. The highest rigidity was observed after the co-assembly of racemic Ac-Ala with a bipyridine coformer (BPA/Ac-DL-Ala), which exhibited a measured Young's modulus of 38.8 GPa. Notably, BPA crystallizes in a centrosymmetric space group, a condition that is broken when co-crystallized with Ac-L-Ala and Ac-D-Ala to induce a piezoelectric response. Enantiopure co-assemblies of BPA/Ac-D-Ala and BPA/Ac-L-Ala showed density functional theory-predicted piezoelectric responses that are remarkably higher than the other assemblies due to the increased polarization of their supramolecular packing. This is the first report of a centrosymmetric-crystallizing coformer which increases the single-crystal piezoelectric response of an electrically active bio-inspired molecular assembly. The design rules that emerge from this investigation of chemically complex co-assemblies can facilitate the molecular design of high-performance functional materials comprised of bio-inspired building blocks.
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- Wei Ji
- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, P. R. China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases and Biomedical Sciences, Chongqing Municipal Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Engineering of Higher Education, Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 401147, China
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- Department of Physics, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick V94 T9PX, Ireland
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- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, P. R. China
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- CAEP Software Center for High Performance Numerical Simulation, Beijing 100088, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, China
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- Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- Department of Physics, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick V94 T9PX, Ireland
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- School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Xidian University, Xi'an 710126, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, P. R. China
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- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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Liu Z, Xiong B, Dong Y, Ning Y, Li D. Metal-Organic Frameworks@Calcite Composite Crystals. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:16203-16210. [PMID: 36150182 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The direct incorporation of guest crystals into another type of host crystals during the formation of the latter is technically challenging due to the large difference in surface energy for different crystalline components. Nevertheless, we herein demonstrate that metal-organic frameworks (MOFs, UiO-66-NH2 as a model guest crystal) after postsynthetic modification with poly(methacrylic acid) can be efficiently incorporated into calcite single crystals, forming a unique composite structure where the MOF crystals are uniformly distributed throughout the whole calcite host crystals. Remarkably, such MOF@calcite composite crystals exhibit superior performance in fluoride removal compared with the MOF or calcite alone. Moreover, this incorporation strategy is general as it can be extended to other guest particles. In principle, this study opens up a versatile avenue for the rational design and preparation of a wide range of hybrid functional materials with controllable compositions and enhanced physicochemical properties.
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- Ziqing Liu
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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Lang A, Polishchuk I, Confalonieri G, Dejoie C, Maniv A, Potashnikov D, Caspi EN, Pokroy B. Tuning the Magnetization of Manganese (II) Carbonate by Intracrystalline Amino Acids. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2201652. [PMID: 35776129 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202201652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2022] [Revised: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Incorporation of organic molecules into the lattice of inorganic crystalline hosts is a common phenomenon in biomineralization and is shown to alter various properties of the crystalline host. Taking this phenomenon as a source of inspiration, it is shown herein that incorporation of specific single amino acids into the lattice of manganese (II) carbonate strongly alters its inherent magnetic properties. At room temperature, the magnetic susceptibility of the amino-acid-incorporating paramagnetic MnCO3 decreases, following a simple rule of mixtures. When cooled below the Néel temperature, however, the opposite trend is observed, namely an increase in magnetic susceptibility measured in a high magnetic field. Such an increase, accompanied by a drastic change in the Néel phase transformation temperature, results from a decrease in MnCO3 orbital overlapping and the weakening of superexchange interactions. It may be that this is the first time that the magnetic properties of a host crystal are tuned via the incorporation of amino acids.
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- Arad Lang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 32000, Israel
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 32000, Israel
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, CS 40220, Grenoble, Cedex 9, 38043, France
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, CS 40220, Grenoble, Cedex 9, 38043, France
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- Physics Department, Nuclear Research Centre - Negev, P.O. Box 9001, Beer-Sheva, 84190, Israel
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- Physics Department, Nuclear Research Centre - Negev, P.O. Box 9001, Beer-Sheva, 84190, Israel
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 32000, Israel
- The Nancy and Stephen Grand Technion Energy Program, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 3200003, Israel
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Nahi O, Broad A, Kulak AN, Freeman HM, Zhang S, Turner TD, Roach L, Darkins R, Ford IJ, Meldrum FC. Positively Charged Additives Facilitate Incorporation in Inorganic Single Crystals. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS : A PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2022; 34:4910-4923. [PMID: 35722202 PMCID: PMC9202304 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c00097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Revised: 04/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Incorporation of guest additives within inorganic single crystals offers a unique strategy for creating nanocomposites with tailored properties. While anionic additives have been widely used to control the properties of crystals, their effective incorporation remains a key challenge. Here, we show that cationic additives are an excellent alternative for the synthesis of nanocomposites, where they are shown to deliver exceptional levels of incorporation of up to 70 wt % of positively charged amino acids, polymer particles, gold nanoparticles, and silver nanoclusters within inorganic single crystals. This high additive loading endows the nanocomposites with new functional properties, including plasmon coupling, bright fluorescence, and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). Cationic additives are also shown to outperform their acidic counterparts, where they are highly active in a wider range of crystal systems, owing to their outstanding colloidal stability in the crystallization media and strong affinity for the crystal surfaces. This work demonstrates that although often overlooked, cationic additives can make valuable crystallization additives to create composite materials with tailored composition-structure-property relationships. This versatile and straightforward approach advances the field of single-crystal composites and provides exciting prospects for the design and fabrication of new hybrid materials with tunable functional properties.
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- Ouassef Nahi
- School
of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K.
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, University College
London, Gower Street, London WC1E
6BT, U.K.
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K.
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- School
of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K.
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K.
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K.
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- Université
de Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ICMCB,
UMR 5026, 33600 Pessac, France
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, University College
London, Gower Street, London WC1E
6BT, U.K.
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, University College
London, Gower Street, London WC1E
6BT, U.K.
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K.
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Marzec B, Walker J, Jhons Y, Meldrum FC, Shaver M, Nudelman F. Micron-sized biogenic and synthetic hollow mineral spheres occlude additives within single crystals. Faraday Discuss 2022; 235:536-550. [PMID: 35388821 PMCID: PMC9281370 DOI: 10.1039/d1fd00095k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Incorporating additives within host single crystals is an effective strategy for producing composite materials with tunable mechanical, magnetic and optical properties. The type of guest materials that can be occluded can be limited, however, as incorporation is a complex process depending on many factors including binding of the additive to the crystal surface, the rate of crystal growth and the stability of the additives in the crystallisation solution. In particular, the size of occluded guests has been restricted to a few angstroms – as for single molecules – to a few hundred nanometers – as for polymer vesicles and particles. Here, we present a synthetic approach for occluding micrometer-scale objects, including high-complexity unicellular organisms and synthetic hollow calcite spheres within calcite single crystals. Both of these objects can transport functional additives, including organic molecules and nanoparticles that would not otherwise occlude within calcite. Therefore, this method constitutes a generic approach using calcite as a delivery system for active compounds, while providing them with effective protection against environmental factors that could cause degradation. Occlusion of micron-sized algae cells and calcitic hollow spheres within calcite single crystals, mediated by the positively charged polymer poly(allylamine hydrochloride). Both objects are used to transport functional additives to the host lattice.![]()
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- Bartosz Marzec
- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, The King's Buildings, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, UK. .,JEOL UK Ltd, 1-2 Silver Court, Watchmead, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1LT, UK
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, The King's Buildings, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, UK. .,Beamline I14, Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE, UK
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, The King's Buildings, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Materials, School of Natural Sciences, The University of Manchester, UK
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, The King's Buildings, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, UK.
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Ning Y, Armes SP, Li D. Polymer-Inorganic Crystalline Nanocomposite Materials via Nanoparticle Occlusion. Macromol Rapid Commun 2022; 43:e2100793. [PMID: 35078274 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202100793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Revised: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
Efficient occlusion of guest nanoparticles into host single crystals opens up a straightforward and versatile way to construct functional crystalline nanocomposites. This new technique has attracted increasing research interest because it enables the composition, structure and property of the resulting nanocomposites to be well-controlled. In this review article, we aim to provide a comprehensive summary of nanoparticle occlusion within inorganic crystals. First, we summarize recently-developed strategies for the occlusion of various colloidal particles (e.g., diblock copolymer nanoparticles, polymer-modified inorganic nanoparticles, oil droplets, etc.) within host crystals (e.g., CaCO3 , ZnO or ZIF-8). Second, new results pertaining to spatially-controlled occlusion and the physical mechanism of nanoparticle occlusion are briefly discussed. Finally, we highlight the physicochemical properties and potential applications of various functional nanocomposite crystals constructed via nanoparticle occlusion and we also offer our perspective on the likely future for this research topic. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Yin Ning
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, People's Republic of China.,College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Sheffield, Brook Hill, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S3 7HF, UK
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, People's Republic of China.,College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, People's Republic of China
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Wen Q, Ma W, Liu Y, Jin X, Ren J, Lin C, Hu C, Yang YM, Li H. PbI 2-TiO 2 Bulk Heterojunctions with Long-Range Ordering for X-ray Detectors. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:11176-11181. [PMID: 34761947 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c03297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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High-performance X-ray detectors are usually based on single crystals, due to the long-range ordering and hence outstanding electronic properties. On the other hand, bulk heterojunctions (BHJs) that can effectively enhance photogenerated exciton dissociation are widely used for photodetectors. The benefits of both spur investigation into how to combine these two strategies to enhance X-ray detection. Here, TiO2 networks are incorporated into PbI2 crystals to form interpenetrating type II heterojunctions, namely BHJs. These BHJs exhibit long-range ordering in molecular packing similar to that of single crystals. Compared with single crystals, the long-range ordered BHJs facilitate the separation of photogenerated electrons and holes to inhibit recombination, extend the mobility lifetime product by 6.4 times, and consequently improve X-ray sensitivity by 5.8 times. Hence, this work provides a new strategy using gel-grown crystals to fabricate high-performance X-ray detectors as well as a new platform for studying the behavior of X-ray-generated carriers in BHJs with long-range ordering.
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- Quan Wen
- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecule Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, International Research Center for Advanced Photonics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecule Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecule Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecule Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecule Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecule Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, International Research Center for Advanced Photonics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecule Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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- Elena Boldyreva
- Novosibirsk State University ul. Pirogova, 2 Novosibirsk 630090 Russian Federation
- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences Lavrentieva ave., 5 Novosibirsk 630090 Russian Federation
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Ren J, Liu Y, Li H. Incorporating polymers within a single‐crystal: From heterogeneous structure to multiple functions. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/pol.20210408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Jie Ren
- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering Zhejiang University Hangzhou China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering Zhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering Zhejiang University Hangzhou China
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Michaelis M, Delle Piane M, Rothenstein D, Perry CC, Colombi Ciacchi L. Lessons from a Challenging System: Accurate Adsorption Free Energies at the Amino Acid/ZnO Interface. J Chem Theory Comput 2021; 17:4420-4434. [PMID: 34191508 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We undertake steps to overcome four challenges that have hindered the understanding of ZnO/biomolecule interfaces at the atomic scale: parametrization of a classical force field, ZnO surface termination and amino acid protonation state in methanol, and convergence of enhanced sampling molecular dynamics simulations. We predict adsorption free energies for histidine, serine, cysteine, and tryptophan in remarkable agreement with experimental measurements obtained via a novel indicator-displacement assay. Adsorption is driven by direct surface/amino-acid interactions mediated by terminal hydroxyl groups and stabilized by strongly structured methanol solvation shells.
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- Monika Michaelis
- Hybrid Materials Interfaces Group, University of Bremen, Faculty of Production Engineering, Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, Center for Environmental Research and Sustainable Technology (UFT), and MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes, Am Fallturm 1, Bremen 28359, Germany.,Biomolecular and Materials Interface Research Group, Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Centre, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Lane, Nottingham NG11 8NS, United Kingdom
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- Hybrid Materials Interfaces Group, University of Bremen, Faculty of Production Engineering, Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, Center for Environmental Research and Sustainable Technology (UFT), and MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes, Am Fallturm 1, Bremen 28359, Germany.,Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Torino 10129, Italy
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- Institute for Materials Science, Department of Bioinspired Materials, University of Stuttgart, Heisenbergstrasse 3, Stuttgart 70569, Germany
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- Biomolecular and Materials Interface Research Group, Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Centre, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Lane, Nottingham NG11 8NS, United Kingdom
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- Hybrid Materials Interfaces Group, University of Bremen, Faculty of Production Engineering, Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, Center for Environmental Research and Sustainable Technology (UFT), and MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes, Am Fallturm 1, Bremen 28359, Germany
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In situ imaging of two-dimensional surface growth reveals the prevalence and role of defects in zeolite crystallization. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:28632-28639. [PMID: 33127756 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2011806117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Zeolite crystallization predominantly occurs by nonclassical pathways involving the attachment of complex (alumino)silicate precursors to crystal surfaces, yet recurrent images of fully crystalline materials with layered surfaces are evidence of classical growth by molecule attachment. Here we use in situ atomic force microscopy to monitor three distinct mechanisms of two-dimensional (2D) growth of zeolite A where we show that layer nucleation from surface defects is the most common pathway. Direct observation of defects was made possible by the identification of conditions promoting layered growth, which correlates to the use of sodium as an inorganic structure-directing agent, whereas its replacement with an organic results in a nonclassical mode of growth that obscures 2D layers and markedly slows the rate of crystallization. In situ measurements of layered growth reveal that undissolved silica nanoparticles in the synthesis medium can incorporate into advancing steps on crystal surfaces to generate defects (i.e., amorphous silica occlusions) that largely go undetected in literature. Nanoparticle occlusion in natural and synthetic crystals is a topic of wide-ranging interest owing to its relevance in fields spanning from biomineralization to the rational design of functional nanocomposites. In this study, we provide unprecedented insight into zeolite surface growth by molecule addition through time-resolved microscopy that directly captures the occlusion of silica nanoparticles and highlights the prevalent role of defects in zeolite crystallization.
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Ning Y, Armes SP. Efficient Occlusion of Nanoparticles within Inorganic Single Crystals. Acc Chem Res 2020; 53:1176-1186. [PMID: 32421304 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In principle, the incorporation of guest nanoparticles within host crystals should provide a straightforward and versatile route to a wide range of nanocomposite materials. However, crystallization normally involves expelling impurities, so nanoparticle occlusion is both counter-intuitive and technically challenging. Clearly, the nanoparticles should have a strong interaction with the growing crystalline lattice, but quantifying such an affinity has been challenging; the basic principles that govern efficient nanoparticle occlusion within inorganic single crystals are rather poorly understood. In the past few years, we have focused on the elucidation of robust design rules for such systems; our progress is summarized in this article.Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) is widely recognized as a powerful platform technology for the preparation of a broad range of model organic nanoparticles. Herein, PISA was exploited to prepare sterically stabilized diblock copolymer nano-objects (e.g., spheres, worms, or vesicles) of varying size using steric stabilizers of well-defined chain length, variable anionic charge density, tunable surface density, and adjustable chemical functionality (e.g., carboxylic acid, phosphate, sulfate or sulfonate groups). Thus, we were able to systematically investigate how such structural parameters influence nanoparticle occlusion. Given its commercial importance for many industrial sectors, calcium carbonate was selected as the model host crystal for nanoparticle occlusion studies. Perhaps surprisingly, the extent of nanoparticle occlusion is not particularly sensitive to nanoparticle size or morphology. However, the steric stabilizer chain length can play a key role: relatively short chains lead to surface-confined occlusion, while sufficiently long chains enable uniform nanoparticle occlusion to be achieved throughout the crystal lattice (albeit sometimes inducing a significant change in crystal morphology). Optimizing the anionic charge density and surface density of the stabilizer chains is required to maximize the extent of nanoparticle occlusion, while steric stabilizer chains comprising anionic carboxylate groups led to greater occlusion compared to those composed of phosphate, sulfate, or sulfonate groups when examining a model vesicle system.Subsequently, our occlusion studies were extended to include functional hybrid nanocomposite crystals. For example, the spatially controlled occlusion of poly(glycerol monomethacrylate)-stabilized gold nanoparticles was achieved within semiconductive ZnO crystals by either controlling the nanoparticle concentration or by delaying their addition to the reaction mixture. Moreover, oil droplets of up to 500 nm have been incorporated into calcite crystals at up to 11% by mass, despite the large mismatch in surface energy between the hydrophobic oil droplets and the ionic crystal lattice. We have also explored a "Trojan horse" strategy, whereby cargos comprising nanoparticles or soluble dye molecules are first encapsulated within anionic block copolymer vesicles prior to their incorporation within calcite crystals. This approach offers a generic and efficient strategy for the occlusion of many types of guest species into single crystals. In summary, we have established important guidelines for efficient nanoparticle occlusion within crystals, which opens up new avenues for the synthesis of next-generation hybrid materials.
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- Yin Ning
- Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Brook Hill, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S3 7HF, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Brook Hill, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S3 7HF, U.K
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Yang L, Wu D, Wang T, Jia D. B/N-Codoped Carbon Nanosheets Derived from the Self-Assembly of Chitosan-Amino Acid Gels for Greatly Improved Supercapacitor Performances. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:18692-18704. [PMID: 32223257 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c01655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This work presents an efficient strategy for preparing chitosan (CS)-derived boron (B), nitrogen (N)-codoped porous carbon (C) nanosheets by using three amino acids with different acidities and the help of boric acid. Amino acids act not only as a N sources but also as the structure-directing agents through the interaction with CS to induce the formation of special morphology and structure. Boric acid serves both as the B source and as the reactive template, improving activition efficiency to creat more pores. When amino acids with different acidities are added, the morphology of the prepared samples changes from large bulks to thin nanosheets. In particular, the as-prepared carbon formed by a CS-aspartic acid gel precursor shows thin curved nanosheets. After adding KOH and boric acid, the samples possess loose and cross-linked morphologies with porous structure, which is favorable for ion transport and has benefit for the supercapacitor (SC) performance. As a result, the obtained B/N-codoped porous carbons show enhanced electrochemical performance. The sample CS/His-B prepared with basic amino acid shows the superior capacitance of 478 F g-1. Meanwhile, the assembled symmetric SC achieves a maximum energy density of 30.1 Wh kg-1 when the power density is 225.1 W kg-1 and demonstrates an ultralong cycling life for which the retention of capacitance is approximately 100% after 100 000 cycles. The maximum area capacitance is up to 12.7 F cm-1 with 50 mg of active material loaded. For an all-solid-state SC using KOH-polyvinyl alchydroohol (PVA) electrolyte, the device owns a wide potential range of 1.4 V, which shows an excellent maximum energy density of 14.4 Wh kg-1 and still remains 4.4 Wh kg-1 at the power density of 1049.5 W kg-1. B/N-codoped carbon nanosheets derived from the self-assembly of chitosan-amino acid gels represent a promising route for preparing carbon materials for high-performance SCs.
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- Liu Yang
- Key Laboratory of Energy Materials Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Autonomous Region, Institute of Applied Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Xinjiang 830046, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Energy Materials Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Autonomous Region, Institute of Applied Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Xinjiang 830046, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Energy Materials Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Autonomous Region, Institute of Applied Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Xinjiang 830046, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Energy Materials Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Autonomous Region, Institute of Applied Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Xinjiang 830046, People's Republic of China
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Ihli J, Levenstein MA, Kim YY, Wakonig K, Ning Y, Tatani A, Kulak AN, Green DC, Holler M, Armes SP, Meldrum FC. Ptychographic X-ray tomography reveals additive zoning in nanocomposite single crystals. Chem Sci 2020; 11:355-363. [PMID: 32874489 PMCID: PMC7442293 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc04670d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 11/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Single crystals containing nanoparticles represent a unique class of nanocomposites whose properties are defined by both their compositions and the structural organization of the dispersed phase in the crystalline host. Yet, there is still a poor understanding of the relationship between the synthesis conditions and the structures of these materials. Here ptychographic X-ray computed tomography is used to visualize the three-dimensional structures of two nanocomposite crystals - single crystals of calcite occluding diblock copolymer worms and vesicles. This provides unique information about the distribution of the copolymer nano-objects within entire, micron-sized crystals with nanometer spatial resolution and reveals how occlusion is governed by factors including the supersaturation and calcium concentration. Both nanocomposite crystals are seen to exhibit zoning effects that are governed by the solution composition and interactions of the additives with specific steps on the crystal surface. Additionally, the size and shape of the occluded vesicles varies according to their location within the crystal, and therefore the solution composition at the time of occlusion. This work contributes to our understanding of the factors that govern nanoparticle occlusion within crystalline materials, where this will ultimately inform the design of next generation nanocomposite materials with specific structure/property relationships.
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- Johannes Ihli
- Paul Scherrer Institut , 5232 Villigen , Switzerland .
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- School of Mechanical Engineering , University of Leeds , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK
- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK .
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK .
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- Paul Scherrer Institut , 5232 Villigen , Switzerland .
- Institute for Biomedical Engineering , ETHZürich , University of Zürich , 8093 Zürich , Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Sheffield , Sheffield , S3 7HF , UK
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Sheffield , Sheffield , S3 7HF , UK
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK .
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- Paul Scherrer Institut , 5232 Villigen , Switzerland .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Sheffield , Sheffield , S3 7HF , UK
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK .
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Ji W, Xue B, Arnon ZA, Yuan H, Bera S, Li Q, Zaguri D, Reynolds NP, Li H, Chen Y, Gilead S, Rencus-Lazar S, Li J, Yang R, Cao Y, Gazit E. Rigid Tightly Packed Amino Acid Crystals as Functional Supramolecular Materials. ACS NANO 2019; 13:14477-14485. [PMID: 31755683 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b08217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The formation of ordered nanostructures by metabolites is gaining increased interest due to the simplicity of the building blocks and their natural occurrence. Specifically, aromatic amino acids possess the ability to form ordered supramolecular interactions due to their limited solubility in aqueous solution. Unexpectedly, l-tyrosine (l-Tyr) is almost 2 orders of magnitude less soluble in water compared to l-phenylalanine (l-Phe). However, the underlying mechanism is not fully understood as l-Tyr is more polar. Here, we explore the utilization of insoluble tyrosine assemblies for technological applications and their molecular basis by manipulating the basic building blocks of tightly packed dimers. We show that the addition of an amyloid inhibition agent increases l-Tyr solubility due to the disruption of the dimer formation. The molecular organization grants the l-Tyr crystal higher thermal stability and mechanical properties between three amino acids. Additionally, l-Tyr crystals are shown to generate high and stable piezoelectric power outputs under mechanical pressure in a sandwich device. By incorporating the rigid l-Tyr crystals into a soft polymer, a mechano-responsive bending composite was fabricated. Furthermore, the l-Tyr crystalline needles exhibit an active photowaveguiding property, making them promising candidates for the generation of photonic biomaterial-based devices. The present work exemplifies a feasible strategy to explore physical properties of supramolecular self-assemblies comprises minimalistic naturally occurring building blocks and their applications in energy harvesting, photonic devices, stretchable electronics, and soft robotics.
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- Wei Ji
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences , Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv 6997801 , Israel
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure, Department of Physics , Nanjing University , Nanjing , Jiangsu 210093 , China
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences , Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv 6997801 , Israel
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- School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology , Xidian University , Xi'an 710126 , China
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences , Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv 6997801 , Israel
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Lab of Colloid Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , China
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences , Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv 6997801 , Israel
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- ARC Training Centre for Biodevices , Swinburne University of Technology , Hawthorn , Victoria 3122 , Australia
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- Xi'an Modern Chemistry Research Institute , Xi'an , Shaanxi 710065 , China
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences , Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv 6997801 , Israel
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences , Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv 6997801 , Israel
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences , Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv 6997801 , Israel
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Lab of Colloid Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , China
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- School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology , Xidian University , Xi'an 710126 , China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure, Department of Physics , Nanjing University , Nanjing , Jiangsu 210093 , China
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences , Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv 6997801 , Israel
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Ning Y, Meldrum FC, Armes SP. Efficient occlusion of oil droplets within calcite crystals. Chem Sci 2019; 10:8964-8972. [PMID: 32953001 PMCID: PMC7472555 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc03372f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2019] [Accepted: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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It is well known that oil and water do not mix. Similarly, the incorporation of oil droplets within inorganic crystals is highly counter-intuitive because there is a large difference in surface energy for these two components. Nevertheless, herein we demonstrate the efficient occlusion of ∼250-500 nm oil droplets within 20-40 μm calcite crystals. These droplets are stabilized using various amphiphilic poly(methacrylic acid)-poly(n-alkyl methacrylate) diblock copolymer emulsifiers. Both copolymer concentration and diblock compositions affect the extent of occlusion, with optimized conditions producing calcite crystals containing up to 11% oil by mass. Moreover, compressive forces exerted by the growing crystals cause significant deformation of the oil droplets during occlusion. In principle, this protocol enables the incorporation of water-insoluble dyes or hydrophobic nanoparticles within calcite, which is a cheap, naturally-occurring and environmentally-benign mineral. The single crystal nature of this host lattice ensures efficient retention of such guests, while lowering the solution pH leads to triggered release via acid dissolution.
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- Yin Ning
- Department of Chemistry , University of Sheffield , Brook Hill , Sheffield , South Yorkshire S3 7HF , UK . ;
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Sheffield , Brook Hill , Sheffield , South Yorkshire S3 7HF , UK . ;
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Barbalinardo M, Di Giosia M, Polishchuk I, Magnabosco G, Fermani S, Biscarini F, Calvaresi M, Zerbetto F, Pellegrini G, Falini G, Pokroy B, Valle F. Retinoic acid/calcite micro-carriers inserted in fibrin scaffolds modulate neuronal cell differentiation. J Mater Chem B 2019; 7:5808-5813. [PMID: 31486471 DOI: 10.1039/c9tb01148j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The controlled release of cell differentiating agents is crucial in many aspects of regenerative medicine. Here we propose the use of hybrid calcite single crystals as micro-carriers for the controlled and localized release of retinoic acid, which is entrapped within the crystalline lattice. The release of retinoic acid occurs only in the proximity of stem cells, upon dissolution of the calcite hybrid crystals that are dispersed in the fibrin scaffold. These hybrid crystals provide a sustained dosage of the entrapped agent. The environment provided by this composite scaffold enables differentiation towards neuronal cells that form a three-dimensional neuronal network.
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- Marianna Barbalinardo
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (ISMN), Via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via F. Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- Department of Material Sciences and Engineering and the Russel Berrie Nanotechnology Institute Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 32000 Haifa, Israel
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via F. Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via F. Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 103, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via F. Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via F. Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- Center for Regenerative Medicine ''Stefano Ferrari'', University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy and Holostem Terapie Avanzate, Modena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via F. Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via F. Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (ISMN), Via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy. and Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase (CSGI), ISMN-CNR, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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Ihli J, Clark JN, Kanwal N, Kim YY, Holden MA, Harder RJ, Tang CC, Ashbrook SE, Robinson IK, Meldrum FC. Visualization of the effect of additives on the nanostructures of individual bio-inspired calcite crystals. Chem Sci 2019; 10:1176-1185. [PMID: 30774916 PMCID: PMC6349071 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc03733g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2018] [Accepted: 11/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Soluble additives provide a versatile strategy for controlling crystallization processes, enabling selection of properties including crystal sizes, morphologies, and structures. The additive species can also be incorporated within the crystal lattice, leading for example to enhanced mechanical properties. However, while many techniques are available for analyzing particle shape and structure, it remains challenging to characterize the structural inhomogeneities and defects introduced into individual crystals by these additives, where these govern many important material properties. Here, we exploit Bragg coherent diffraction imaging to visualize the effects of soluble additives on the internal structures of individual crystals on the nanoscale. Investigation of bio-inspired calcite crystals grown in the presence of lysine or magnesium ions reveals that while a single dislocation is observed in calcite crystals grown in the presence of lysine, magnesium ions generate complex strain patterns. Indeed, in addition to the expected homogeneous solid solution of Mg ions in the calcite lattice, we observe two zones comprising alternating lattice contractions and relaxation, where comparable alternating layers of high magnesium calcite have been observed in many magnesium calcite biominerals. Such insight into the structures of nanocomposite crystals will ultimately enable us to understand and control their properties.
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- Johannes Ihli
- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JT , UK . ;
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- Stanford PULSE Institute , SLAC National Accelerator , Menlo Park , California 94025 , USA
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- School of Chemistry and EaStCHEM , University of St. Andrews , North Haugh , St. Andrews , KY16 9ST , UK
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JT , UK . ;
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JT , UK . ;
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- Advanced Photon Source , Argonne , Illinois 60439 , USA
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- Diamond Light Source , Harwell Science and Innovation Campus , Didcot , Oxfordshire OX11 0DE , UK
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- School of Chemistry and EaStCHEM , University of St. Andrews , North Haugh , St. Andrews , KY16 9ST , UK
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- London Centre for Nanotechnology , University College London , London WC1H 0AH , UK
- Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science , Brookhaven National Lab. Upton , NY 11973-5000 , USA
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JT , UK . ;
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Ning Y, Whitaker DJ, Mable CJ, Derry MJ, Penfold NJW, Kulak AN, Green DC, Meldrum FC, Armes SP. Anionic block copolymer vesicles act as Trojan horses to enable efficient occlusion of guest species into host calcite crystals. Chem Sci 2018; 9:8396-8401. [PMID: 30542588 PMCID: PMC6243646 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc03623c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Accepted: 09/08/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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We report a versatile 'Trojan Horse' strategy using highly anionic poly(methacrylic acid)-poly(benzyl methacrylate) vesicles to incorporate two types of model payloads, i.e. either silica nanoparticles or an organic dye (fluorescein), within CaCO3 (calcite). Uniform occlusion of silica-loaded vesicles was confirmed by scanning electron microscopy, while thermogravimetry studies indicated extents of vesicle occlusion of up to 9.4% by mass (∼33% by volume). Efficient dye-loaded vesicle occlusion produces highly fluorescent calcite crystals as judged by fluorescence microscopy. In control experiments, silica nanoparticles alone are barely occluded, while only very weakly fluorescent calcite crystals are obtained when using just the fluorescein dye. This new 'Trojan Horse' strategy opens up a generic route for the efficient occlusion of various nanoparticles and organic molecules within inorganic host crystals.
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- Yin Ning
- Department of Chemistry , University of Sheffield , Brook Hill, South Yorkshire S3 7HF , Sheffield , UK . ;
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Sheffield , Brook Hill, South Yorkshire S3 7HF , Sheffield , UK . ;
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Sheffield , Brook Hill, South Yorkshire S3 7HF , Sheffield , UK . ;
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Sheffield , Brook Hill, South Yorkshire S3 7HF , Sheffield , UK . ;
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Sheffield , Brook Hill, South Yorkshire S3 7HF , Sheffield , UK . ;
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Sheffield , Brook Hill, South Yorkshire S3 7HF , Sheffield , UK . ;
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Liu Y, He K, Yuan W, Jin X, Liang T, Wang Y, Xin HL, Chen H, Gao C, Li H. Visualizing the toughening origins of gel-grown calcite single-crystal composites. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2018.05.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Wu D, Liu P, Wang T, Chen X, Yang L, Jia D. Amino acid-assisted synthesis of Fe2O3/nitrogen doped graphene hydrogels as high performance electrode material. Electrochim Acta 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.07.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Assessing the synergy effect of additive and matrix on single-crystal growth: Morphological revolution resulted from gel-mediated enhancement on CIT-calcite interaction. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2018.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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V T F, T S C. Effect of neutral red incorporation on Al-doped ZnO thin films and its bio-electrochemical interaction with NAD +/NADP + dependent enzymes. Enzyme Microb Technol 2018; 116:57-63. [PMID: 29887017 DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2018.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2017] [Revised: 05/06/2018] [Accepted: 05/10/2018] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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A new approach to deposition of electroactive ZnO thin films have been carried out, by one-pot chemical bath deposition with Al dopant and incorporation of neutral red as organic mediator. The morphological, structural and functional characterization of the neutral red incorporated, Al-doped ZnO (NR-AZO) film was carried out using electron microscopy, FTIR, XRD and EIS respectively. The incorporated neutral red was found to induce strain in the crystal of AZO proportional to the concentration used in depositing solution which further affected the charge transfer resistance of the films in solution. One mM neutral red was found to be the optimum concentration for both conductivity and response to NADH/NADPH. The response of the films was further validated by immobilizing NAD+ dependent alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and NADP+ dependent glucose dehydrogenase (GDH) independently. The ADH/NR-AZO showed a sensitivity of 3.2 μA cm-2 mM-1 with a LoD of 1.7 μM of ethanol in the range 5.6 μM-7 mM, whereas GDH/NR-AZO showed a sensitivity of 4.33 μA cm-2 mM-1 with a LoD of 27 μM of glucose in the range 90 μM-4 mM. This method serves as a simple alternative to immobilize the organic redox dyes into the inorganic thin films in a single step making it electroactive towards specific biomolecules.
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- Fidal V T
- Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India
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- Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India.
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Pyrophosphate-Inhibition of Apatite Formation Studied by In Situ X-Ray Diffraction. MINERALS 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/min8020065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The pathways to crystals are still under debate, especially for materials relevant to biomineralization, such as calcium phosphate apatite known from bone and teeth. Pyrophosphate is widely used in biology to control apatite formation since it is a potent inhibitor of apatite crystallization. The impacts of pyrophosphate on apatite formation and crystallization kinetics are, however, not fully understood. Therefore, we studied apatite crystallization in water by synchrotron in situ X-ray diffraction. Crystallization was conducted from calcium chloride (0.2 M) and sodium phosphate (0.12 M) at pH 12 where hydrogen phosphate is the dominant phosphate species and at 60 °C to allow the synchrotron measurements to be conducted in a timely fashion. Following the formation of an initial amorphous phase, needle shaped crystals formed that had an octacalcium phosphate-like composition, but were too small to display the full 3D periodic structure of octacalcium phosphate. At later growth stages the crystals became apatitic, as revealed by changes in the lattice constant and calcium content. Pyrophosphate strongly inhibited nucleation of apatite and increased the onset of crystallization from minute to hour time scales. Pyrophosphate also reduced the rate of growth. Furthermore, when the pyrophosphate concentration exceeded ~1% of the calcium concentration, the resultant crystals had reduced size anisotropy suggesting that pyrophosphate interacts in a site-specific manner with the formation of apatite crystals.
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Rodygin KS, Werner I, Ananikov VP. A Green and Sustainable Route to Carbohydrate Vinyl Ethers for Accessing Bioinspired Materials with a Unique Microspherical Morphology. CHEMSUSCHEM 2018; 11:292-298. [PMID: 28898575 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201701489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2017] [Revised: 09/07/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Synthesizing chemicals and materials from renewable sources is one of the main aims of modern science. Carbohydrates represent excellent renewable natural raw materials that are ecofriendly, inexpensive, and biologically compatible. A green procedure has been developed for the vinylation of carbohydrates by using readily available calcium carbide. Various carbohydrates were utilized as starting materials, resulting in mono-, di-, and tetravinyl ethers in high to excellent yields (81-92 %). The synthesized biobased vinyl ethers were utilized as monomers in free radical and cationic polymerizations. A unique combination of a smooth surface and intrinsic microcompartments was achieved in the synthesized materials. Two types of biobased materials were prepared involving microspheres and intrinsic hollow compartments in polymers. Scanning electron microscopy with built-in ion beam cutting was applied to reveal the spatial hierarchical structures in 3D space.
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- Konstantin S Rodygin
- Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetskii prospect, 26, Petergof, Russia
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- Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetskii prospect, 26, Petergof, Russia
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- Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetskii prospect, 26, Petergof, Russia
- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect, 47, Moscow, Russia
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Risan J, Jain G, Pendola M, Evans JS. Intracrystalline incorporation of nacre protein hydrogels modifies the mechanical properties of calcite crystals: a microcompression study. J Mater Chem B 2018; 6:4191-4196. [DOI: 10.1039/c8tb01156g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The fracture toughness of mollusk shell nacre has been attributed to many factors, one of which is the intracrystalline incorporation of nacre-specific proteins.
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- Jared Risan
- Nano Surfaces Division
- Bruker Corporation
- Eden Prairie
- USA
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- Laboratory for Chemical Physics
- Division of Basic Sciences and Center for Skeletal and Craniofacial Biology
- New York University College of Dentistry
- NY
- USA
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- Laboratory for Chemical Physics
- Division of Basic Sciences and Center for Skeletal and Craniofacial Biology
- New York University College of Dentistry
- NY
- USA
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- Laboratory for Chemical Physics
- Division of Basic Sciences and Center for Skeletal and Craniofacial Biology
- New York University College of Dentistry
- NY
- USA
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- Alexander G. Shtukenberg
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular
Design Institute, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York City, New York 10003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular
Design Institute, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York City, New York 10003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular
Design Institute, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York City, New York 10003, United States
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Hussain T, Kaewmaraya T, Khan M, Chakraborty S, Islam MS, Amornkitbamrung V, Ahuja R. Improved sensing characteristics of methane over ZnO nano sheets upon implanting defects and foreign atoms substitution. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2017; 28:415502. [PMID: 28767044 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aa8395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Thanks to the growing interests of metal oxide sensors in environmental and industrial uses, this study presents the sensing mechanism of methane gas (CH4) on recently synthesized two-dimensional form of ZnO, ZnO nano sheets (ZnO-NS). The adsorption energy of CH4 on pristine ZnO-NS, calculated by means of van der Waals corrected first-principles calculations, is found to be insufficient restricting its application as an efficient nano sensor. However, the creation of (O/Zn) vacancies and the substitution of foreign dopants into ZnO-NS considerably intensify the binding energy of CH4. Through a comprehensive energetic analysis, it is observed that among all the substituents, boron (B), sulphur (S) and gallium (Ga) improves the binding of CH4 to 2.75, 6.1 and 7.5 times respectively than its values on pristine ZnO-NS. In addition to the CH4 binding energies falling ideally between physisorption and chemisorption range, a prominent variation in the electronic properties before and after CH4 exposure indicates the promise of substituted Zn-NS as a useful nano sensors.
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- Tanveer Hussain
- Centre for Theoretical and Computational Molecular Science, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
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Green DC, Ihli J, Thornton PD, Holden MA, Marzec B, Kim YY, Kulak AN, Levenstein MA, Tang C, Lynch C, Webb SED, Tynan CJ, Meldrum FC. 3D visualization of additive occlusion and tunable full-spectrum fluorescence in calcite. Nat Commun 2016; 7:13524. [PMID: 27857076 PMCID: PMC5120221 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2016] [Accepted: 10/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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From biomineralization to synthesis, organic additives provide an effective means of controlling crystallization processes. There is growing evidence that these additives are often occluded within the crystal lattice. This promises an elegant means of creating nanocomposites and tuning physical properties. Here we use the incorporation of sulfonated fluorescent dyes to gain new understanding of additive occlusion in calcite (CaCO3), and to link morphological changes to occlusion mechanisms. We demonstrate that these additives are incorporated within specific zones, as defined by the growth conditions, and show how occlusion can govern changes in crystal shape. Fluorescence spectroscopy and lifetime imaging microscopy also show that the dyes experience unique local environments within different zones. Our strategy is then extended to simultaneously incorporate mixtures of dyes, whose fluorescence cascade creates calcite nanoparticles that fluoresce white. This offers a simple strategy for generating biocompatible and stable fluorescent nanoparticles whose output can be tuned as required. Introducing organic guests to a crystal is a convenient way to tailor its properties. Here, the authors occlude fluorescent dyes within calcite to reveal that additives can occupy distinct zones of a crystal, and strategically embed green, blue, and red dyes to create white fluorescent calcite.
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- David C Green
- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.,School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.,School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, UK.,London Centre for Nanotechnology, UCL, London WC1H 0AJ, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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Rae Cho K, Kim YY, Yang P, Cai W, Pan H, Kulak AN, Lau JL, Kulshreshtha P, Armes SP, Meldrum FC, De Yoreo JJ. Direct observation of mineral-organic composite formation reveals occlusion mechanism. Nat Commun 2016; 7:10187. [PMID: 26732046 PMCID: PMC4729825 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2015] [Accepted: 11/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Manipulation of inorganic materials with organic macromolecules enables organisms to create biominerals such as bones and seashells, where occlusion of biomacromolecules within individual crystals generates superior mechanical properties. Current understanding of this process largely comes from studying the entrapment of micron-size particles in cooling melts. Here, by investigating micelle incorporation in calcite with atomic force microscopy and micromechanical simulations, we show that different mechanisms govern nanoscale occlusion. By simultaneously visualizing the micelles and propagating step edges, we demonstrate that the micelles experience significant compression during occlusion, which is accompanied by cavity formation. This generates local lattice strain, leading to enhanced mechanical properties. These results give new insight into the formation of occlusions in natural and synthetic crystals, and will facilitate the synthesis of multifunctional nanocomposite crystals.
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- Kang Rae Cho
- The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Bioscience and Biotechnology Division, Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Brook Hill, Sheffield S3 7HF, UK
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Brook Hill, Sheffield S3 7HF, UK
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- The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Physical Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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Baumann V, Habeeb Muhammed MA, Blanch AJ, Dey P, Rodríguez-Fernández J. Biomolecules in Metal and Semiconductor Nanoparticle Growth. Isr J Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ijch.201500031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Magnabosco G, Giosia MD, Polishchuk I, Weber E, Fermani S, Bottoni A, Zerbetto F, Pelicci PG, Pokroy B, Rapino S, Falini G, Calvaresi M. Calcite Single Crystals as Hosts for Atomic-Scale Entrapment and Slow Release of Drugs. Adv Healthc Mater 2015; 4:1510-6. [PMID: 26033854 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201500170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2015] [Revised: 04/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Doxorubicin (DOX)/CaCO3 single crystals act as pH responsive drug carrier. A biomimetic approach demonstrates that calcite single crystals are able, during their growth in the presence of doxorubicin, to entrap drug molecules inside their lattice along specific crystallographic directions. Alterations in lattice dimensions and microstructural parameters are determined by means of high-resolution synchrotron powder diffraction measurements. Confocal microscopy confirms that doxorubicin is uniformly embedded in the crystal and is not simply adsorbed on the crystal surface. A slow release of DOX was obtained preferentially in the proximity of the crystals, targeting cancer cells.
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- Giulia Magnabosco
- Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”; Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna; via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”; Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna; via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Department of Material Sciences and Engineering and the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute; Technion - Israel Institute of Technology; 32000 Haifa Israel
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- Department of Material Sciences and Engineering and the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute; Technion - Israel Institute of Technology; 32000 Haifa Israel
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”; Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna; via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”; Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna; via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”; Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna; via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Department of Experimental Oncology; Istituto Europeo di Oncologia; via Adamello 16 20139Milano Italy
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- Department of Material Sciences and Engineering and the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute; Technion - Israel Institute of Technology; 32000 Haifa Israel
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”; Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna; via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”; Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna; via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”; Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna; via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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Ou G, Li D, Pan W, Zhang Q, Xu B, Gu L, Nan C, Wu H. Arc-melting to narrow the bandgap of oxide semiconductors. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2015; 27:2589-2594. [PMID: 25757453 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201405763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2014] [Revised: 02/05/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The bandgap of a series of oxide semiconductors is narrowed by a quick and facile arc-melting method. A defective structure is formed in the fast melting and cooling process without changing its phase structure. Enhanced optical and electrical properties are found in the arc-melted oxide, such as enhanced photocatalytic properties of the arc-melted ZnO under visible light.
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- Gang Ou
- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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Yuvakkumar R, Suresh J, Saravanakumar B, Joseph Nathanael A, Hong SI, Rajendran V. Rambutan peels promoted biomimetic synthesis of bioinspired zinc oxide nanochains for biomedical applications. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2015; 137:250-8. [PMID: 25228035 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2014.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2014] [Revised: 07/12/2014] [Accepted: 08/07/2014] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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A naturally occurring rambutan peel waste was employed to synthesis bioinspired zinc oxide nanochains. Rambutan peels has the ability of ligating zinc ions as a natural ligation agent resulting in zinc oxide nanochains formation due to its extended polyphenolic system over incubation period. Successful formation of zinc oxide nanochains was confirmed employing transmission electron microscopy studies. About 60% and ∼40% cell viability was lost and 50% and 10% morphological change was observed in 7 and 4 days incubated ZnO treated cells compared with control. Moreover, 50% and 55% of cell death was observed at 24 and 48 h incubation with 7 days treated ZnO cells and hence alters and disturbs the growth of cancer cells and could be used for liver cancer cell treatment.
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- R Yuvakkumar
- Department of Nanomaterials Engineering, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Anna University College of Engineering, Kanchipuram 631 552, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Center for Nanoscience and Technology, K.S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode 637 215, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Nano, Medical and Polymer Materials, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 712-749, South Korea
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- Department of Nanomaterials Engineering, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, South Korea.
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- Center for Nanoscience and Technology, K.S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode 637 215, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Sola-Rabada A, Liang MK, Roe MJ, Perry CC. Peptide-directed crystal growth modification in the formation of ZnO. J Mater Chem B 2015; 3:3777-3788. [DOI: 10.1039/c5tb00253b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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ZnO-binding peptides, differing only by Met or Cys at position 5 modify the mechanism of ZnO crystal growth.
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- Anna Sola-Rabada
- Biomolecular and Materials Interface Research Group
- Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Centre
- School of Science and Technology
- Nottingham Trent University
- Nottingham
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- Biomolecular and Materials Interface Research Group
- Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Centre
- School of Science and Technology
- Nottingham Trent University
- Nottingham
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- Advanced Materials Research Group
- X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
- Faculty of Engineering
- The University of Nottingham
- Nottingham
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- Biomolecular and Materials Interface Research Group
- Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Centre
- School of Science and Technology
- Nottingham Trent University
- Nottingham
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Weber E, Pokroy B. Intracrystalline inclusions within single crystalline hosts: from biomineralization to bio-inspired crystal growth. CrystEngComm 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ce00389j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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A review of the inclusion of organic matter within single crystalline hosts: from biogenic minerals to bio-inspired nanohybrid single crystal composites.
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- Eva Weber
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute
- Technion Israel Institute of Technology
- , Israel
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute
- Technion Israel Institute of Technology
- , Israel
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Murugappan G, Parthasarathy M. Bio-inspired morphological evolution of zinc oxide nanostructures on a tunable enzyme platform. Enzyme Microb Technol 2014; 61-62:13-6. [PMID: 24910331 DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2014.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2013] [Revised: 04/06/2014] [Accepted: 04/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Diamine oxidase is a copper-containing enzyme with interesting structural dynamics sensitive to environmental conditions. The present work explores the applicability of the system as a tunable platform for the shape and size selective synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles under ambient conditions. Significant changes in the nanoscale morphology of ZnO have been observed, using scanning electron microscopy, with respect to changes in pH and gas atmosphere of the medium. More specifically, hexagonal plates of nanoscale ZnO were formed at pH below the isoelectric point of the enzyme and spherical particles at alkaline pH. Interestingly the average particle size of ZnO nanostructures increases with increasing oxygen content at acidic pH while the opposite trend is noticed at alkaline pH. The observations are explained on the basis of changes in the enzyme's surface charge, conformation and redox potential using a combination of techniques like zeta potential measurements, FTIR spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, open circuit potential studies and cyclic voltammetry. Thus the present work demonstrates the applicability of an enzyme as a dynamic bio-template for the synthesis of a multitude of ZnO nanostructures which are expected to add newer insight into bottom-up fabrication of oxide nanostructures.
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- Gunavadhi Murugappan
- Centre for Nanotechnology & Advanced Biomaterials, School of Chemical & Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu 613 401, India
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- Centre for Nanotechnology & Advanced Biomaterials, School of Chemical & Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu 613 401, India.
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Ding Y, Shi L, Wei H. Protein-directed approaches to functional nanomaterials: a case study of lysozyme. J Mater Chem B 2014; 2:8268-8291. [DOI: 10.1039/c4tb01235f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Using lysozyme as a model, protein-directed approaches to functional nanomaterials were reviewed, making rational materials design possible in the future.
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- Yubin Ding
- Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Aerosol Bioeffects and Health Research Center
- College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures
- Nanjing University
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Aerosol Bioeffects and Health Research Center
- College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures
- Nanjing University
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Aerosol Bioeffects and Health Research Center
- College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures
- Nanjing University
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Brif A, Bloch L, Pokroy B. Bio-inspired engineering of a zinc oxide/amino acid composite: synchrotron microstructure study. CrystEngComm 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ce42520g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The presence of intracrystalline molecules has been shown to produce strains in synthetic ZnO crystals and alter the microstructure. These structural distinctions are accompanied by alteration of the band-gap of the semiconductor host.
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- Anastasia Brif
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute
- Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
- 32000 Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute
- Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
- 32000 Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute
- Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
- 32000 Haifa, Israel
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