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Bistervels MH, Hoogendoorn NT, Kamp M, Schoenmaker H, Brouwer AM, Noorduin WL. Light-controlled morphological development of self-organizing bioinspired nanocomposites. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:2310-2317. [PMID: 38230748 PMCID: PMC10832358 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr05828j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 01/18/2024]
Abstract
Nature's intricate biominerals inspire fundamental questions on self-organization and guide innovations towards functional materials. While advances in synthetic self-organization have enabled many levels of control, generating complex shapes remains difficult. Specifically, controlling morphologies during formation at the single micro/nanostructure level is the key challenge. Here, we steer the self-organization of barium carbonate nanocrystals and amorphous silica into complex nanocomposite morphologies by photogeneration of carbon dioxide (CO2) under ultraviolet (UV) light. Using modulations in the UV light intensity, we select the growth mode of the self-organization process inwards or outwards to form helical and coral-like morphologies respectively. The spatiotemporal control over CO2 photogeneration allows formation of different morphologies on pre-assigned locations, switching between different growth modes-to form for instance a coral on top of a helix or vice versa, and subtle sculpting and patterning of the nanocomposites during formation. These findings advance the understanding of these versatile self-organization processes and offer new prospects for tailored designs of functional materials using photochemically driven self-organization.
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- AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1090 GD, The Netherlands
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- AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1090 GD, The Netherlands
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Achamyeleh A, Ankala BA, Workie YA, Mekonnen ML, Abda EM. Bacterial Nanocellulose/Copper as a Robust Laccase-Mimicking Bionanozyme for Catalytic Oxidation of Phenolic Pollutants. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:43178-43187. [PMID: 38024715 PMCID: PMC10652835 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c06847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2023] [Revised: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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Industrial effluents containing phenolic compounds are a major public health concern and thus require effective and robust remediation technologies. Although laccase-like nanozymes are generally recognized as being catalytically efficient in oxidizing phenols, their support materials often lack resilience in harsh environments. Herein, bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) was introduced as a sustainable, strong, biocompatible, and environmentally friendly biopolymer for the synthesis of a laccase-like nanozyme (BNC/Cu). A native bacterial strain that produces nanocellulose was isolated from black tea broth fermented for 1 month. The isolate that produced BNC was identified as Bacillus sp. strain T15, and it can metabolize hexoses, sucrose, and less expensive substrates, such as molasses. Further, BNC/Cu nanozyme was synthesized using the in situ reduction of copper on the BNC. Characterization of the nanozyme by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) confirmed the presence of the copper nanoparticles dispersed in the layered sheets of BNC. The laccase-mimetic activity was assessed using the chromogenic redox reaction between 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DP) and 4-aminoantipyrine (4-AP) with characteristic absorption at 510 nm. Remarkably, BNC/Cu has 50.69% higher catalytic activity than the pristine Cu NPs, indicating that BNC served as an effective biomatrix to disperse Cu NPs. Also, the bionanozyme showed the highest specificity toward 2,4-DP with a Km of 0.187 mM, which was lower than that of natural laccase. The bionanozyme retained catalytic activity across a wider temperature range with optimum activity at 85 °C, maintaining 38% laccase activity after 11 days and 46.77% activity after the fourth cycle. The BNC/Cu bionanozyme could efficiently oxidize more than 70% of 1,4-dichlorophenol and phenol in 5 h. Thereby, the BNC/Cu bionanozyme is described here as having an efficient ability to mimic laccase in the oxidation of phenolic compounds that are commonly released into the environment by industry.
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- Afomiya
Animaw Achamyeleh
- Biotechnology
Department, Addis Ababa Science and Technology
University, Addis Ababa, P.O. Box 1647, Ethiopia
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- Industrial
Chemistry Department, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Addis Ababa, P.O. Box
1647, Ethiopia
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- Industrial
Chemistry Department, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Addis Ababa, P.O. Box
1647, Ethiopia
- Nanotechnology
Center of Excellence, Addis Ababa Science
and Technology University, Addis
Ababa, P.O. Box 1647, Ethiopia
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- Industrial
Chemistry Department, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Addis Ababa, P.O. Box
1647, Ethiopia
- Nanotechnology
Center of Excellence, Addis Ababa Science
and Technology University, Addis
Ababa, P.O. Box 1647, Ethiopia
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- Biotechnology
Department, Addis Ababa Science and Technology
University, Addis Ababa, P.O. Box 1647, Ethiopia
- Biotechnology
and Bio-processing Center of Excellence, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Addis Ababa, P.O. Box 1647, Ethiopia
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Bistervels MH, Antalicz B, Kamp M, Schoenmaker H, Noorduin WL. Light-driven nucleation, growth, and patterning of biorelevant crystals using resonant near-infrared laser heating. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6350. [PMID: 37816757 PMCID: PMC10564937 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42126-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/01/2023] [Indexed: 10/12/2023] Open
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Spatiotemporal control over crystal nucleation and growth is of fundamental interest for understanding how organisms assemble high-performance biominerals, and holds relevance for manufacturing of functional materials. Many methods have been developed towards static or global control, however gaining simultaneously dynamic and local control over crystallization remains challenging. Here, we show spatiotemporal control over crystallization of retrograde (inverse) soluble compounds induced by locally heating water using near-infrared (NIR) laser light. We modulate the NIR light intensity to start, steer, and stop crystallization of calcium carbonate and laser-write with micrometer precision. Tailoring the crystallization conditions overcomes the inherently stochastic crystallization behavior and enables positioning single crystals of vaterite, calcite, and aragonite. We demonstrate straightforward extension of these principles toward other biorelevant compounds by patterning barium-, strontium-, and calcium carbonate, as well as strontium sulfate and calcium phosphate. Since many important compounds exhibit retrograde solubility behavior, NIR-induced heating may enable light-controlled crystallization with precise spatiotemporal control.
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- AMOLF, 1098 XG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- AMOLF, 1098 XG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1090 GD, The Netherlands.
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van der Weijden A, Léonard AS, Noorduin WL. Architected Metal Selenides via Sequential Cation and Anion Exchange on Self-Organizing Nanocomposites. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS : A PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2023; 35:2394-2401. [PMID: 37008406 PMCID: PMC10061662 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c03525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Revised: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Shape-preserving conversion reactions have the potential to unlock new routes for self-organization of complex three-dimensional (3D) nanomaterials with advanced functionalities. Specifically, developing such conversion routes toward shape-controlled metal selenides is of interest due to their photocatalytic properties and because these metal selenides can undergo further conversion reactions toward a wide range of other functional chemical compositions. Here, we present a strategy toward metal selenides with controllable 3D architectures using a two-step self-organization/conversion approach. First, we steer the coprecipitation of barium carbonate nanocrystals and silica into nanocomposites with controllable 3D shapes. Second, using a sequential exchange of cations and anions, we completely convert the chemical composition of the nanocrystals into cadmium selenide (CdSe) while preserving the initial shape of the nanocomposites. These architected CdSe structures can undergo further conversion reactions toward other metal selenides, which we demonstrate by developing a shape-preserving cation exchange toward silver selenide. Moreover, our conversion strategy can readily be extended to convert calcium carbonate biominerals into metal selenide semiconductors. Hence, the here-presented self-assembly/conversion strategy opens exciting possibilities toward customizable metal selenides with complex user-defined 3D shapes.
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- AMOLF, Science Park 104, Amsterdam 1098 XG, The Netherlands
- Van
‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, Amsterdam 1090 GD, The Netherlands
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Wang Q, Steinbock O. Shape-preserving conversion of calcium carbonate tubes to self-propelled micromotors. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:14538-14544. [PMID: 35666107 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp01807a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The self-assembly of inorganic structures beyond the euhedral shape repertoire is a powerful approach to grow hierarchically ordered materials and mesoscopic devices. The hollow precipitate tubes in chemical gardens are a classic example, which we produce on Nafion membranes separating a CaCl2-containing gel from a Na2CO3 solution. The resulting CaCO3 microtubes are conical and consist of either pure vaterite or calcite. The process also forms branched T- and Y-shaped structures. The metastable vaterite polymorph can be converted to Mn-based structures without loss of the macroscopic shape. In H2O2 solution, the resulting tubes self-propel by the release of O2 bubbles, which for branched structures causes rotation. The tubes can contain multiple bubbles which are ejected in a quasi-periodic fashion (e.g. in groups of four). The addition of surfactants causes the accumulation of bubble trails and bubble rafts that interact with the moving tubes and give rise to distinct motion patterns.
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- Qingpu Wang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, USA.
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van der Weijden A, van Hecke M, Noorduin WL. Contraction and Expansion of Nanocomposites during Ion Exchange Reactions. CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN 2022; 22:2289-2293. [PMID: 35401052 PMCID: PMC8990519 DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.1c01364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Revised: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The next generation of advanced functional materials can greatly benefit from methods for realizing the right chemical composition at the right place. Nanocomposites of amorphous silica and metal carbonate nanocrystals (BaCO3/SiO2) form an attractive starting point as they can straightforwardly be assembled in different controllable three-dimensional (3D) shapes, while the chemical composition of the nanocrystals can be completely converted via ion exchange. Nevertheless, it is still unknown-let alone predictable-how nanoscopic changes in the lattice volume of the nanocrystals translate to changes in the microscopic dimensions of 3D BaCO3/SiO2 structures during ion exchange. Here, we demonstrate that the microscopic shape adapts to contraction and expansion of the atomic spacing of nanocrystals. Starting from BaCO3/SiO2, we systematically decrease and increase lattice volumes by converting the BaCO3 nanocrystals into a range of chalcogenides and perovskites. Based on geometrical analysis, we obtain a precise prediction for how the microscopic nanocomposite volume follows the change in nanoscopic crystal volume. The silica matrix facilitates mechanical flexibility to adapt to nanoscopic volume changes, while preserving the 3D morphology and fine details of the original composite with high fidelity. The versatility and predictability of shape-preserving conversion reactions open up exciting opportunities for using nanocomposites as functional components.
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- AMOLF, Science Park 104, Amsterdam 1098 XG, The Netherlands
- Leiden
Institute of Physics, Leiden University, Niels Bohrweg 2, Leiden 2333 CA, The Netherlands
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- AMOLF, Science Park 104, Amsterdam 1098 XG, The Netherlands
- Van
‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, Amsterdam 1090 GD, The Netherlands
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Bistervels MH, Kamp M, Schoenmaker H, Brouwer AM, Noorduin WL. Light-Controlled Nucleation and Shaping of Self-Assembling Nanocomposites. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2107843. [PMID: 34854142 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202107843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Controlling self-assembly of nanocomposites is a fundamental challenge with exciting implications for next-generation advanced functional materials. Precursors for composites can be generated photochemically, but limited insight in the underlying processes has hindered precise hands-on guidance. In this study, light-controlled nucleation and growth is demonstrated for self-assembling composites according to precise user-defined designs. Carbonate is generated photochemically with UV light to steer the precipitation of nanocomposites of barium carbonate nanocrystals and amorphous silica (BaCO3 /SiO2 ). Using a custom-built optical setup, the self-assembly process is controlled by optimizing the photogeneration, diffusion, reaction, and precipitation of the carbonate species, using the radius and intensity of the UV-light irradiated area and reaction temperature. Exploiting this control, nucleation is induced and the contours and individual features of the growing composite are sculpted according to micrometer-defined light patterns. Moreover, moving light patterns are exploited to create a constant carbonate concentration at the growth front to draw lines of nanocomposites with constant width over millimeters with micrometer precision. Light-directed generation of local gradients opens previously unimaginable opportunities for guiding self-assembly into functional materials.
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- AMOLF, Science Park 104, Amsterdam, 1098 XG, The Netherlands
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1090 GD, The Netherlands
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- AMOLF, Science Park 104, Amsterdam, 1098 XG, The Netherlands
- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1090 GD, The Netherlands
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