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Jakšić Z, Jakšić O. Biomimetic Nanomembranes: An Overview. Biomimetics (Basel) 2020; 5:E24. [PMID: 32485897 PMCID: PMC7345464 DOI: 10.3390/biomimetics5020024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Revised: 05/26/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Nanomembranes are the principal building block of basically all living organisms, and without them life as we know it would not be possible. Yet in spite of their ubiquity, for a long time their artificial counterparts have mostly been overlooked in mainstream microsystem and nanosystem technologies, being a niche topic at best, instead of holding their rightful position as one of the basic structures in such systems. Synthetic biomimetic nanomembranes are essential in a vast number of seemingly disparate fields, including separation science and technology, sensing technology, environmental protection, renewable energy, process industry, life sciences and biomedicine. In this study, we review the possibilities for the synthesis of inorganic, organic and hybrid nanomembranes mimicking and in some way surpassing living structures, consider their main properties of interest, give a short overview of possible pathways for their enhancement through multifunctionalization, and summarize some of their numerous applications reported to date, with a focus on recent findings. It is our aim to stress the role of functionalized synthetic biomimetic nanomembranes within the context of modern nanoscience and nanotechnologies. We hope to highlight the importance of the topic, as well as to stress its great applicability potentials in many facets of human life.
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- Zoran Jakšić
- Center of Microelectronic Technologies, Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia;
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Sinha M, Izadi A, Anthony R, Roccabianca S. A novel approach to finding mechanical properties of nanocrystal layers. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:7520-7526. [PMID: 30942804 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr02213a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Flexible, bendable, stretchable devices represent the future of electronics for a wide range of real-world applications. Due to the fact that these technologies deviate significantly from traditional wafer technologies there is a need to understand and engineer material systems that allow large elastic deformations present in such devices, which requires knowledge about the mechanical properties of these material systems. Here we evaluate the mechanical properties of a bilayer polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)/silicon nanocrystal system. By observing the formation of instabilities due to finite bending deformation and applying theoretical modeling, we estimated the neo-Hookean coefficient (analogous to shear modulus at low stress/strain) of the silicon nanocrystal film to be 345 ± 23 kPa. The method used here represents a novel approach to evaluating these properties and is widely applicable to many different combinations of systems of nanocrystals and elastomers.
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- Mayank Sinha
- Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
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Suzuki K, Ohzono T. Wrinkles on a textile-embedded elastomer surface with highly variable friction. SOFT MATTER 2016; 12:6176-6183. [PMID: 27338136 DOI: 10.1039/c6sm00728g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Wrinkling of a soft elastomer surface capped by a relatively hard thin film or modified by some physical treatments to induce hardening has been widely studied for applications in fields such as low-cost micro-fabrication, optics and tribology. Here we show that a biaxial textile sheet embedded on the surface of an elastomer buckles and selectively forms anisotropic wrinkles when experiencing a compressive strain in the fibre axial direction. The wrinkles also possess a fine surface structure that originates from the periodic structure of the biaxial textile sheet. Depending on whether the surface is wrinkled or not, the unique frictional property due to which the friction on wrinkles significantly decreases by a factor of less than 0.1 because of the localized contact regions on the protrusions originating from the textile structure is shown.
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- K Suzuki
- Research Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, AIST, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, 305-8565, Japan.
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- Research Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, AIST, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, 305-8565, Japan.
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Han C, Li MY, Li YN, Liu HL, Wang P, Collinson MM, Lu ZX. Self-supporting hybrid silica membranes with 3D large-scale ordered interconnected pore architectures. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra16653a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Transferrable, self-supporting membranes with unique hierarchical, interconnected pore architectures over a large length scale, have been developed.
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- Chang Han
- College of Science
- Huazhong Agricultural University
- Wuhan 430070
- China
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- College of Science
- Huazhong Agricultural University
- Wuhan 430070
- China
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- College of Science
- Huazhong Agricultural University
- Wuhan 430070
- China
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- College of Science
- Huazhong Agricultural University
- Wuhan 430070
- China
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- College of Science
- Huazhong Agricultural University
- Wuhan 430070
- China
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- College of Science
- Huazhong Agricultural University
- Wuhan 430070
- China
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Ohzono T, Hirai Y, Suzuki K, Shimomura M, Uchida N. Reinforced shape-tunable microwrinkles formed on a porous-film-embedded elastomer surface. SOFT MATTER 2014; 10:7165-7169. [PMID: 25097044 DOI: 10.1039/c4sm00942h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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A new structural design is proposed for wrinkling to improve mechanical durability by exploiting a porous polymer film embedded on the surface of an elastomer, which acts as a hard layer, buckles into wrinkles and effectively suppresses fatal failures such as delamination and cracking.
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- T Ohzono
- Nanosystem Research Institute, AIST, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, 305-8565, Japan.
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Liu H, Wu R, Du J, Nie X, Xu S, Wang J. Fabrication of polyelectrolyte/amine-modified silica composite thin film by coupling of layer-by-layer assembly and sol–gel techniques. JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s10965-013-0328-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Saeki D, Imanishi M, Ohmukai Y, Maruyama T, Matsuyama H. Stabilization of layer-by-layer assembled nanofiltration membranes by crosslinking via amide bond formation and siloxane bond formation. J Memb Sci 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Ohzono T, Monobe H. Microwrinkles: Shape-tunability and applications. J Colloid Interface Sci 2012; 368:1-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2011.11.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2011] [Revised: 11/11/2011] [Accepted: 11/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Li C, Strachan A. Effect of Thickness on the Thermo-Mechanical Response of Free-Standing Thermoset Nanofilms from Molecular Dynamics. Macromolecules 2011. [DOI: 10.1021/ma201927n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Chunyu Li
- School of Materials Engineering and Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, United States
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- School of Materials Engineering and Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, United States
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Chung JY, Nolte AJ, Stafford CM. Surface wrinkling: a versatile platform for measuring thin-film properties. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2011; 23:349-68. [PMID: 20814918 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201001759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 268] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2010] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Surface instabilities in soft matter have been the subject of increasingly innovative research aimed at better understanding the physics of their formation and their utility in patterning, organizing, and measuring materials properties on the micro and nanoscale. The focus of this Review is on a type of instability pattern known as surface wrinkling, covering the general concepts of this phenomenon and several recent applications involving the measurement of thin-film properties. The ability of surface wrinkling to yield new insights into particularly challenging materials systems such as ultrathin films, polymer brushes, polyelectrolyte multilayer assemblies, ultrasoft materials, and nanoscale structured materials is highlighted. A perspective on the future directions of this maturing field, including the prospects for advanced thin-film metrology methods, facile surface patterning, and the control of topology-sensitive phenomena, such as wetting and adhesion, is also presented.
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- Jun Young Chung
- Polymers Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
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Ling XY, Reinhoudt DN, Huskens J. From supramolecular chemistry to nanotechnology: Assembly of 3D nanostructures. PURE APPL CHEM 2009. [DOI: 10.1351/pac-con-09-07-04] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Fabricating well-defined and stable nanoparticle crystals in a controlled fashion receives growing attention in nanotechnology. The order and packing symmetry within a nanoparticle crystal is of utmost importance for the development of materials with unique optical and electronic properties. To generate stable and ordered 3D nanoparticle structures, nanotechnology is combined with supramolecular chemistry to control the self-assembly of 2D and 3D receptor-functionalized nanoparticles. This review focuses on the use of molecular recognition chemistry to establish stable, ordered, and functional nanoparticle structures. The host–guest complexation of β-cyclodextrin (CD) and its guest molecules (e.g., adamantane and ferrocene) are applied to assist the nanoparticle assembly. Direct adsorption of supramolecular guest- and host-functionalized nanoparticles onto (patterned) CD self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) occurs via multivalent host–guest interactions and layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly. The reversibility and fine-tuning of the nanoparticle-surface binding strength in this supramolecular assembly scheme are the control parameters in the process. Furthermore, the supramolecular nanoparticle assembly has been integrated with top-down nanofabrication schemes to generate stable and ordered 3D nanoparticle structures, with controlled geometries and sizes, on surfaces, other interfaces, and as free-standing structures.
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- Xing Yi Ling
- 1Molecular Nanofabrication Group, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- 1Molecular Nanofabrication Group, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- 1Molecular Nanofabrication Group, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Ling XY, Phang IY, Reinhoudt DN, Vancso GJ, Huskens J. Free-standing porous supramolecular assemblies of nanoparticles made using a double-templating strategy. Faraday Discuss 2009; 143:117-27; discussion 169-86. [DOI: 10.1039/b822156a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Watanabe H, Muto E, Ohzono T, Nakao A, Kunitake T. Giant nanomembrane of covalently-hybridized epoxy resin and silica. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1039/b819213h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Aoki Y, Hashizume M, Onoue S, Kunitake T. Determination of Surface Area and Porosity of Small, Nanometer-Thick Films by Quartz Crystal Microbalance Measurement of Gas Adsorption. J Phys Chem B 2008; 112:14578-82. [DOI: 10.1021/jp801919h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Yoshitaka Aoki
- Topochemical Design Laboratory, Frontier Research System, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Topochemical Design Laboratory, Frontier Research System, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Topochemical Design Laboratory, Frontier Research System, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Topochemical Design Laboratory, Frontier Research System, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Lu ZX, Namboodiri A, Collinson MM. Self-supporting nanopore membranes with controlled pore size and shape. ACS NANO 2008; 2:993-9. [PMID: 19206497 DOI: 10.1021/nn8000017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Self-supporting membranes containing either isolated or organized arrays of nanosized pores have been prepared using a nonlithographic approach by coupling sol-gel processing, thin film preparation, and templating. Specifically, polystyrene latex spheres were doped into a hybrid sol prepared from tetraethoxysilane and dimethyldiethoxysilane and the resultant sol spin cast on a sacrificial support. Upon removal of the template and the sacrificial support, the self-supporting nanopore membranes were transferred to glass for characterization by atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Through variations in the thickness of the membranes and the size of the polystyrene latex spheres, the geometry (cylinder-like to asymmetric-like) and the dimensions of the nanopores were altered. Pores with diameters that range from 35 to 2100 nm, aspect ratios (defined as the top pore diameter divided by the bottom pore diameter) from 1-4, and depths (effective film thickness) from 50 to 1500 nms have been prepared using templates that range in diameter from 100 to 3100 nm. The method described employs "wet-chemistry", is highly versatile, and is easily amenable to modification by utilizing templates of different sizes and geometries to create stable membranes with different pore geometries and sizes that can be used as platforms for nanofiltration and/or chemical sensors.
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- Zhe-Xue Lu
- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284-2006, USA
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Vendamme R, Kunitake T. Supramolecular assemblies of surfactants and lipid derivatives on free-standing hybrid nanofilms. SOFT MATTER 2008; 4:797-804. [PMID: 32907185 DOI: 10.1039/b714480f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A large, free-standing hybrid nanofilm (thickness 35 nm) of zirconia and cross-linked acrylate is stably dispersed in aqueous media via assembly with surfactants and lipid derivatives. These amphiphiles showed three different behaviours. Category 1 is represented by single-chain ionic surfactants of SDS and CTAB and by non-ionic surfactant of Triton X100. In this case, the amphiphile is adsorbed onto the surface of the nanofilm to stably disperse the supramolecular assembly in water but it is desorbed upon further transfer to pure water. Similar behavior is found for double-chain ionic amphiphiles of 2C12N+Br- and 2C10sucSO3-Na+. In Category 2 of non-ionic surfactants of poly(oxyethylene)-based C18En and TWEEN 20, the amphiphile-nanofilm assembly, once formed in aqueous amphiphile solution, remains intact even after transfer to pure water. A similar result is obtained, when 2C12sucSO3-Na+ is used. In the third category, the nanofilm cannot be dispersed in aqueous amphiphiles, as the supramolecular assembly is apparently not formed. Double-chain amphiphiles of 2C18N+Br-, 2C14sucSO3-Na+ and egg yolk lecithin show this behaviour. Although amphiphile-nanofilm assemblies are formed invariably under amphiphile concentrations above their CMCs (Category 1 and 2), some of them show quite slow desorption rate in water (Category 2). This situation is desirable in the design of useful amphiphile-nanofilm assemblies equipped with certain properties of biomembranes, such as fluid molecular ordering on surface and robust nanofilm structure.
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- Richard Vendamme
- Topochemical Design Laboratory, Spatio-Temporal Function Materials Group, Frontier Research System (FRS), The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Hirosawa 2-1, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
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- Topochemical Design Laboratory, Spatio-Temporal Function Materials Group, Frontier Research System (FRS), The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Hirosawa 2-1, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
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Watanabe H, Ohzono T, Kunitake T. Fabrication of Large Nanomembranes by Radical Polymerization of Multifunctional Acrylate Monomers. Polym J 2008. [DOI: 10.1295/polymj.pj2007223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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