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King J, Lin Z, Zanca F, Luo H, Zhang L, Cullen P, Danaie M, Hirscher M, Meloni S, Elena AM, Szilágyi PÁ. Controlling nanocluster growth through nanoconfinement: the effect of the number and nature of metal-organic framework functionalities. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:25021-25028. [PMID: 39301657 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp02422b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/22/2024]
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Controlled nanocluster growth via nanoconfinement is an attractive approach as it allows for geometry control and potential surface-chemistry modification simultaneously. However, it is still not a straight-forward method and much of its success depends on the nature and possibly concentration of functionalities on the cavity walls that surround the clusters. To independently probe the effect of the nature and number of functional groups on the controlled Pd nanocluster growth within the pores of the metal-organic frameworks, Pd-laden UiO-66 analogues with mono- and bi-functionalised linkers of amino and methyl groups were successfully prepared and studied in a combined experimental-computational approach. The nature of the functional groups determines the strength of host-guest interactions, while the number of functional groups affects the extent of Pd loading. The interplay of these two effects means that for a successful Pd embedding, mono-functionalised host matrices are more favourable. Interestingly, in the context of the present and previous research, we find that host frameworks with functional groups displaying higher Lewis basicity are more successful at controlled Pd NC growth via nanoconfinement in MOFs.
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- James King
- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Campus, E1 4NS, London, UK
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- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Campus, E1 4NS, London, UK
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- Scientific Computing Department, Science and Technologies Facilities Council, Daresbury Laboratory, Keckwick Lane, Daresbury, WA4 4AD, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
- Hydrogen Storage Group, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenbergstrasse. 3, Stuttgart 70569, Germany
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- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Campus, E1 4NS, London, UK
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- electron Physical Science Imaging Centre (ePSIC), Diamond Light Source, Didcot, OX11 0DE, UK
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- Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
- Hydrogen Storage Group, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenbergstrasse. 3, Stuttgart 70569, Germany
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- Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, via Luigi Borsari 46, Ferrara 44121, Italy
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- Scientific Computing Department, Science and Technologies Facilities Council, Daresbury Laboratory, Keckwick Lane, Daresbury, WA4 4AD, UK
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- Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology (SMN), Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1033, Blindern, Oslo N-0315, Norway.
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Modulating the size and photoluminescence of a copper nanocluster via metal-organic frameworks encapsulating strategy for fluorescence sensing. Microchem J 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2022.107876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Ribadeneyra MC, King J, Titirici MM, Szilágyi PÁ. A facile and sustainable one-pot approach to the aqueous and low-temperature PET-to-UiO-66(Zr) upcycling. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:1330-1333. [PMID: 34985069 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc06250f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Accelerating waste management requires the conversion of polymer waste to value-added materials through sustainable approaches. While depolymerised PET has been used as feedstock to produce metal-organic frameworks, this is the first report of the successful one-pot hydrothermal synthesis of the desirable UiO-66 topology through the judicious choice of reactants, modulators and reaction conditions.
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- Maria Crespo Ribadeneyra
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK.
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Pompe CEL, Szilágyi PÁ. Effect of linker functionalisation on the catalytic properties of Cu nanoclusters embedded in MOFs in direct CO and CO 2 reduction by H 2. Faraday Discuss 2021; 231:371-383. [PMID: 34231607 DOI: 10.1039/d1fd00012h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Metal-organic frameworks are promising host supporting matrices for catalytically active guests. In particular, their crystallinity renders them desirable as their pores may act as atom-precise templates for the growth of nanoparticles or nanoclusters therein. This is very advantageous for studying the fundamentals of heterogeneous catalytic processes, especially for site-selective ones, in which the catalyst particle size and shape are of import. Furthermore, metal-organic frameworks may be decorated with organic functional groups, which affect a number of the frameworks' physical and chemical properties, while remaining isotopological, i.e. having identical structural features and thus templating characteristics. Effectively, this allows for the independent tuning of the Brønsted and Lewis acidity of the substrate while the geometry of the catalytically active guest remains identical. In this study, we systematically study the effect of amino functionalisation of UiO-66(Zr) as a supporting matrix for Cu nanoclusters on the direct reduction of carbon dioxide with hydrogen. In particular, we have found that through modulation of the acidity of the inorganic nodes, framework functionalisation effectively controls the reaction selectivity.
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- Cornelia Elizabeth Lisette Pompe
- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Campus, E1 4NS, London, UK.
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Wei N, Liao M, Xu K, Qin Z. High-performance soy protein-based films from cellulose nanofibers and graphene oxide constructed synergistically via hydrogen and chemical bonding. RSC Adv 2021; 11:22812-22819. [PMID: 35480465 PMCID: PMC9034277 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra02484a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Soybean protein isolate (SPI) shows a broad application prospect in the food and packaging industry. However, its inferior mechanical properties and water resistance limit its application. In this work, a series of SPI-based composite films were prepared by combining with cellulose nanofiber (CNF), graphene oxide (GO), GO/CNF, ethylene glycol diglycidyl ether (EDGE) or GO/CNF/EGDE. The results show that by adding a small amount of reinforced materials (3%), the water resistance, hydrophilicity, mechanical properties and thermal stability of composite films were improved. The filling effect and hydrogen bonding of the reinforcing materials contribute to the formation of film structure. EGDE cross-link SPI with CNF and GO build a chemical network to improve the properties of the film. In addition, they could make a synergistic effect to better enhance the performance of a protein film. Therefore, the tensile strength and elastic modulus of the SGCE film reached 469.21% and 367.58%, respectively. Soybean protein isolate (SPI) shows a broad application prospect in the food and packaging industry.![]()
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- Ningsi Wei
- Guangxi University, School of Resources, Environment and Materials Nanning 530000 China
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- Guangxi University, School of Resources, Environment and Materials Nanning 530000 China
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- Guangxi University, School of Resources, Environment and Materials Nanning 530000 China
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- Guangxi University, School of Resources, Environment and Materials Nanning 530000 China
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Wang T, Gao L, Hou J, Herou SJA, Griffiths JT, Li W, Dong J, Gao S, Titirici MM, Kumar RV, Cheetham AK, Bao X, Fu Q, Smoukov SK. Rational approach to guest confinement inside MOF cavities for low-temperature catalysis. Nat Commun 2019; 10:1340. [PMID: 30902984 PMCID: PMC6430784 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-08972-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2018] [Accepted: 01/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Geometric or electronic confinement of guests inside nanoporous hosts promises to deliver unusual catalytic or opto-electronic functionality from existing materials but is challenging to obtain particularly using metastable hosts, such as metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). Reagents (e.g. precursor) may be too large for impregnation and synthesis conditions may also destroy the hosts. Here we use thermodynamic Pourbaix diagrams (favorable redox and pH conditions) to describe a general method for metal-compound guest synthesis by rationally selecting reaction agents and conditions. Specifically we demonstrate a MOF-confined RuO2 catalyst (RuO2@MOF-808-P) with exceptionally high catalytic CO oxidation below 150 °C as compared to the conventionally made SiO2-supported RuO2 (RuO2/SiO2). This can be caused by weaker interactions between CO/O and the MOF-encapsulated RuO2 surface thus avoiding adsorption-induced catalytic surface passivation. We further describe applications of the Pourbaix-enabled guest synthesis (PEGS) strategy with tutorial examples for the general synthesis of arbitrary guests (e.g. metals, oxides, hydroxides, sulfides). Loading guests inside the pre-existing pores of nanoporous hosts remains challenging. Here, the authors introduce a rational route for incorporation of guest compounds into an arbitrary nanoporous host, enabling the investigation of multiple host-guest systems with surprising functionalities.
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- Tiesheng Wang
- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK.,EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Sensor Technologies and Applications, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0AS, UK.,School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, iChEM, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK.,UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK.,Materials Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK.,Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK
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- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, iChEM, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, People's Republic of China
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- UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK.,Materials Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK.,Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK
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- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK.,Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117574, Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, iChEM, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, iChEM, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK. .,School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK. .,Materials Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK. .,Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Sofia University, Sofia, 1164, Bulgaria.
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Butson JD, Kim H, Murugappan K, Saunders M, Buckley CE, Silvester DS, Szilágyi PÁ. Interrogation of the Effect of Polymorphism of a Metal‐Organic Framework Host on the Structure of Embedded Pd Guest Nanoparticles. Chemphyschem 2019; 20:745-751. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201801037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2018] [Revised: 12/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Joshua D. Butson
- Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics and Engineering The Australian National University Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Tsukuba West, 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8569 Japan
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- Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, M010 Perth WA 6009 Australia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy Fuels and Energy Technology Institute, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987 Perth WA 6845 Australia
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- Curtin Institute for Functional Molecules and Interfaces, School of Molecular and Life Sciences Curtin University Perth, Bentley 6102 Australia
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- School of Engineering and Materials Science Queen Mary University of London London E1 4NS UK
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Malouche A, Zlotea C, Szilágyi PÁ. Interactions of Hydrogen with Pd@MOF Composites. Chemphyschem 2019; 20:1282-1295. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201801092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Abdelmalek Malouche
- Institut de Chimie et des Matériaux Paris-Est (UMR 7182)Université Paris EstCNRSUPEC 2–8 Rue Henri Dunant F-94320 Thiais France
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- Institut de Chimie et des Matériaux Paris-Est (UMR 7182)Université Paris EstCNRSUPEC 2–8 Rue Henri Dunant F-94320 Thiais France
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- School of Engineering and Materials ScienceQueen Mary University of London Mile End Road E1 4NS London United Kingdom
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Guo P, Fu Q, Yildiz C, Chen YT, Ollegott K, Froese C, Kleist W, Fischer RA, Wang Y, Muhler M, Peng B. Regulating the size and spatial distribution of Pd nanoparticles supported by the defect engineered metal–organic framework HKUST-1 and applied in the aerobic oxidation of cinnamyl alcohol. Catal Sci Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cy00560a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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A series of novel Pd@DE-HKUST-1(Cu/Pd) catalysts with different pydc feeding ratios were successfully synthesized. The size regime and the spatial distribution of the Pd NPs can be controlled by the amount of framework incorporated pydc.
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Guo W, Hassan ZM, Kübel C, Haldar R, Weidler PG, Heissler S, Peikert K, Fröba M, Redel E, Wöll C. MOF-templated synthesis of 3D Bi 2O 3 supracrystals with bcc packing. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:17099-17104. [PMID: 30179247 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr04204g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We describe a non-conventional, MOF-based approach with modified linkers to fabricate 3D Bi2O3 supracrystals. The nanoparticle (NP) assembly exhibits bcc-packing, which is difficult to achieve with other methods. The NPs possess a very narrow size distribution. The individual NPs were synthesized inside the pores of a surface-mounted metal-organic framework (SURMOF) template via a photo-decomposition procedure. The supracrystals were thoroughly characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), infrared (IR) and Raman spectroscopy as well as high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) and SAED (Selected Area Electron Diffraction). In order to achieve sharp size distributions of the NPs, the pores within the SURMOF were functionalized with amino (-NH2) functional groups acting as nucleation centers. MOFs lacking such additional functionalities, Cu3(BTC)2, yielded much broader size distributions. These findings provide a unique molecular design tool for creating nanometer-sized reaction compartments for the synthesis of supracrystals with packing types not accessible via self-assembly.
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- Wei Guo
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
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Li K, Jin S, Chen H, He J, Li J. A High-Performance Soy Protein Isolate-Based Nanocomposite Film Modified with Microcrystalline Cellulose and Cu and Zn Nanoclusters. Polymers (Basel) 2017; 9:E167. [PMID: 30970846 PMCID: PMC6432157 DOI: 10.3390/polym9050167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2017] [Revised: 05/01/2017] [Accepted: 05/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Soy protein isolate (SPI)-based materials are abundant, biocompatible, renewable, and biodegradable. In order to improve the tensile strength (TS) of SPI films, we prepared a novel composite film modified with microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) and metal nanoclusters (NCs) in this study. The effects of the modification of MCC on the properties of SPI-Cu NCs and SPI-Zn NCs films were investigated. Attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy analyses and X-ray diffraction patterns characterized the strong interactions and reduction of the crystalline structure of the composite films. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed the enhanced cross-linked and entangled structure of modified films. Compared with an untreated SPI film, the tensile strength of the SPI-MCC-Cu and SPI-MCC-Zn films increased from 2.91 to 13.95 and 6.52 MPa, respectively. Moreover, the results also indicated their favorable water resistance with a higher water contact angle. Meanwhile, the composite films exhibited increased initial degradation temperatures, demonstrating their higher thermostability. The results suggested that MCC could effectively improve the performance of SPI-NCs films, which would provide a novel preparation method for environmentally friendly SPI-based films in the applications of packaging materials.
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- Kuang Li
- Key Laboratory of Wood Material Science and Utilization, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
- Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Wood Science and Engineering, College of Materials Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Wood Material Science and Utilization, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
- Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Wood Science and Engineering, College of Materials Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Wood Material Science and Utilization, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
- Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Wood Science and Engineering, College of Materials Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Wood Material Science and Utilization, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
- Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Wood Science and Engineering, College of Materials Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Wood Material Science and Utilization, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
- Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Wood Science and Engineering, College of Materials Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
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