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Yang H, Javed K, Li X, Zou Y, Dai X, He H, Qiao X, Tao G. Development of structure-tailored and composite magnetic-fluorescent microspheres through the PRI method. iScience 2024; 27:110407. [PMID: 39081287 PMCID: PMC11284680 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.110407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2024] [Revised: 05/14/2024] [Accepted: 06/13/2024] [Indexed: 08/02/2024] Open
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Multifunctional micro- and nanoparticles have found their applications in fields like medicine, display materials, cosmetics, and so on. Advances in these fields have been demonstrated to need scalable uniformly sized, mass-produced, and structured spherical particles. In this work, we proposed structure-tailored and multifunctional composite polymeric microspheres with tunable diameter size, by using a versatile and scalable in-fiber particle fabrication through the Plateau-Rayleigh capillary instability method. The results show that the characteristic shapes of the luminescence spectra of CsPbBr3 remained similar before and after embedding in the microspheres. The luminescence intensity was stabilized at 85-90% of their original photoluminescence intensities over an extended period. Moreover, the photoluminescence lifetime of the fluorescent microspheres was increased by 9.03% compared to CsPbBr3. The X-ray diffraction results revealed that there was no change in the crystal structure of the dopants before and after the encapsulation. Also, precise magnetic manipulation of Janus microspheres was successfully demonstrated.
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- Haochuan Yang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China
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- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China
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- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
- Key Laboratory of Vascular Aging, Ministry of Education, Tongji Hospital Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
- State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
- School of Physical Education, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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Reichstein J, Müssig S, Wintzheimer S, Mandel K. Communicating Supraparticles to Enable Perceptual, Information-Providing Matter. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023:e2306728. [PMID: 37786273 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202306728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Revised: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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Materials are the fundament of the physical world, whereas information and its exchange are the centerpieces of the digital world. Their fruitful synergy offers countless opportunities for realizing desired digital transformation processes in the physical world of materials. Yet, to date, a perfect connection between these worlds is missing. From the perspective, this can be achieved by overcoming the paradigm of considering materials as passive objects and turning them into perceptual, information-providing matter. This matter is capable of communicating associated digitally stored information, for example, its origin, fate, and material type as well as its intactness on demand. Herein, the concept of realizing perceptual, information-providing matter by integrating customizable (sub-)micrometer-sized communicating supraparticles (CSPs) is presented. They are assembled from individual nanoparticulate and/or (macro)molecular building blocks with spectrally differentiable signals that are either robust or stimuli-susceptible. Their combination yields functional signal characteristics that provide an identification signature and one or multiple stimuli-recorder features. This enables CSPs to communicate associated digital information on the tagged material and its encountered stimuli histories upon signal readout anywhere across its life cycle. Ultimately, CSPs link the materials and digital worlds with numerous use cases thereof, in particular fostering the transition into an age of sustainability.
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- Jakob Reichstein
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Egerlandstraße 1, D-91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Egerlandstraße 1, D-91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Egerlandstraße 1, D-91058, Erlangen, Germany
- Fraunhofer-Institute for Silicate Research ISC, Neunerplatz 2, D-97082, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Egerlandstraße 1, D-91058, Erlangen, Germany
- Fraunhofer-Institute for Silicate Research ISC, Neunerplatz 2, D-97082, Würzburg, Germany
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Liu S, Zhang C, Shen T, Zhan Z, Peng J, Yu C, Jiang L, Dong Z. Efficient agricultural drip irrigation inspired by fig leaf morphology. Nat Commun 2023; 14:5934. [PMID: 37741843 PMCID: PMC10518012 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41673-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/25/2023] Open
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Irrigation is limited by water scarcity. Here, we show how a drip irrigation system inspired by the leaf of the fig tree Ficus religiosa (also known as the bodhi tree) can improve irrigation efficiency. The reverse curvature of the leaf regulates the convergence process of multiple water streams, while its long-tail apex allows for fast water drainage with the droplet separation centroid beyond the leaf apex. We explain why drip frequency increases after the break-up of contact line pinning at the apex tip by using scaling laws for drip volume and analyzing drainage dynamics. We build a drip irrigation emitter inspired by the bodhi leaf apex and compare the germination efficiency of wheat, cotton, and maize under different irrigation modes. These results show that the proposed bodhi-leaf-apex-mimetic (BLAM) drip irrigation can improve water saving while ensuring germination and seedling growth.
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- Shijie Liu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interfacial Sciences, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
- Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research, University of Science and Technology of China, 215123, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
- School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interfacial Sciences, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
- School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interfacial Sciences, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interfacial Sciences, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
- School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interfacial Sciences, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
- School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interfacial Sciences, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
- School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interfacial Sciences, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
- Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research, University of Science and Technology of China, 215123, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
- School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interfacial Sciences, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China.
- School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China.
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Song J, Zhang W, Wang D, Fan Y, Zhang C, Wang D, Chen L, Miao B, Cui J, Deng X. Polymeric Microparticles Generated via Confinement-Free Fluid Instability. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2007154. [PMID: 33891327 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202007154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Revised: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In-fiber fluid instability can be harnessed to realize scalable microparticles fabrication with tunable sizes and multifunctional characteristics making it competitive in comparison to conventional microparticles fabrication methods. However, since in-fiber fluid instability has to be induced via thermal annealing and the resulting microparticles can only be collected after dissolving the fiber cladding, obtaining contamination-free particles for high-temperature incompatible materials remains great challenge. Herein, confinement-free fluid instability is demonstrated to fabricate polymeric microparticles in a facile manner induced by the ultralow surface energy of the superamphiphobic surface. The polymer solution columns break up into uniform droplets then form spherical particles spontaneously in seconds at ambient temperature. This method can be applied to a variety of polymers spanning an exceptionally wide range of sizes: from 1 mm down to 1 µm. With the aid of microfluidic spinning instrument, a large quantity of microparticles can be obtained, making this method promising for scaling up production. Notably, through simple modification of the feed solution configuration, composite/structured micromaterials can also be produced, including quantum-dots-labeled fluorescent particles, magnetic particles, core-shell particles, microcapsules, and necklace-like microfibers. This method, with general applicability and facile control, is envisioned to have great prospects in the field of polymer microprocessing.
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- Jianing Song
- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, P. R. China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, P. R. China
- School of Automation Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, P. R. China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, P. R. China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, P. R. China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, P. R. China
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- School of Physics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, P. R. China
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- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, College of Materials Science and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, P. R. China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, P. R. China
- Shenzhen Institute for Advanced Study, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen, 518110, P. R. China
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Top-down Approach for Fabrication of Polymer Microspheres by Interfacial Engineering. CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10118-020-2453-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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