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Kohantorabi M, Ugolotti A, Sochor B, Roessler J, Wagstaffe M, Meinhardt A, Beck EE, Dolling DS, Garcia MB, Creutzburg M, Keller TF, Schwartzkopf M, Vayalil SK, Thuenauer R, Guédez G, Löw C, Ebert G, Protzer U, Hammerschmidt W, Zeidler R, Roth SV, Di Valentin C, Stierle A, Noei H. Light-Induced Transformation of Virus-Like Particles on TiO 2. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:37275-37287. [PMID: 38959130 PMCID: PMC11261565 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c07151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2024] [Revised: 06/14/2024] [Accepted: 06/17/2024] [Indexed: 07/05/2024]
Abstract
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) shows significant potential as a self-cleaning material to inactivate severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and prevent virus transmission. This study provides insights into the impact of UV-A light on the photocatalytic inactivation of adsorbed SARS-CoV-2 virus-like particles (VLPs) on a TiO2 surface at the molecular and atomic levels. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, combined with density functional theory calculations, reveals that spike proteins can adsorb on TiO2 predominantly via their amine and amide functional groups in their amino acids blocks. We employ atomic force microscopy and grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS) to investigate the molecular-scale morphological changes during the inactivation of VLPs on TiO2 under light irradiation. Notably, in situ measurements reveal photoinduced morphological changes of VLPs, resulting in increased particle diameters. These results suggest that the denaturation of structural proteins induced by UV irradiation and oxidation of the virus structure through photocatalytic reactions can take place on the TiO2 surface. The in situ GISAXS measurements under an N2 atmosphere reveal that the virus morphology remains intact under UV light. This provides evidence that the presence of both oxygen and UV light is necessary to initiate photocatalytic reactions on the surface and subsequently inactivate the adsorbed viruses. The chemical insights into the virus inactivation process obtained in this study contribute significantly to the development of solid materials for the inactivation of enveloped viruses.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mona Kohantorabi
- Centre
for X-ray and Nano Science CXNS, Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Dipartimento
di Scienza dei Materiali, Università
degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Via Cozzi 55, 20125 Milano, Italy
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- Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Advanced
Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Helmholtz
Zentrum München, German Research
Center for Environmental Health, 81377 Munich, Germany
- German Center
for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Centre
for X-ray and Nano Science CXNS, Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Centre
for X-ray and Nano Science CXNS, Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- University
of Hamburg, Notkestraße
9-11, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Centre
for X-ray and Nano Science CXNS, Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- University
of Hamburg, Notkestraße
9-11, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Centre
for X-ray and Nano Science CXNS, Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- University
of Hamburg, Notkestraße
9-11, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Centre
for X-ray and Nano Science CXNS, Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- University
of Hamburg, Notkestraße
9-11, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Centre
for X-ray and Nano Science CXNS, Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Centre
for X-ray and Nano Science CXNS, Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Department
of Physics, University of Hamburg, Notkestraße 9-11, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Applied
Science Cluster, UPES, 248007 Dehradun, India
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- Technology
Platform Light Microscopy (TPLM), Universität
Hamburg (UHH), 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB), 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Technology
Platform Light Microscopy and Image Analysis (TP MIA), Leibniz Institute of Virology (LIV), 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB), 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB), 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute
of Virology, Technical University of Munich/Helmholtz
Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- Institute
of Virology, Technical University of Munich/Helmholtz
Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- Helmholtz
Zentrum München, German Research
Center for Environmental Health, 81377 Munich, Germany
- German Center
for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Helmholtz
Zentrum München, German Research
Center for Environmental Health, 81377 Munich, Germany
- German Center
for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany
- Department
of Otorhinolaryngology, LMU University Hospital, LMU München, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- KTH
Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 56-58, 10044 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Dipartimento
di Scienza dei Materiali, Università
degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Via Cozzi 55, 20125 Milano, Italy
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- Centre
for X-ray and Nano Science CXNS, Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Department
of Physics, University of Hamburg, Notkestraße 9-11, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Centre
for X-ray and Nano Science CXNS, Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- The
Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität
Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee
149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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Bonera E, Molle A. Emerging Two-Dimensional Materials: Inspiring Nanotechnologies for Smart Energy Management. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:1353. [PMID: 37110938 PMCID: PMC10142132 DOI: 10.3390/nano13081353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Two-dimensional (2D) materials are a class of materials that can be reduced to a thickness of a few layers, exhibiting peculiar and innovative properties relative to their three-dimensional solid counterparts [...].
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- Emiliano Bonera
- Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Via Cozzi 55, I-20125 Milano, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi (IMM), Unit of Agrate Brianza, Via C. Olivetti 2, I-20864 Agrate Brianza, Italy
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Kohantorabi M, Wagstaffe M, Creutzburg M, Ugolotti A, Kulkarni S, Jeromin A, Krekeler T, Feuerherd M, Herrmann A, Ebert G, Protzer U, Guédez G, Löw C, Thuenauer R, Schlueter C, Gloskovskii A, Keller TF, Di Valentin C, Stierle A, Noei H. Adsorption and Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 on the Surface of Anatase TiO 2(101). ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:8770-8782. [PMID: 36723177 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c22078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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We investigated the adsorption of severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus responsible for the current pandemic, on the surface of the model catalyst TiO2(101) using atomic force microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, fluorescence microscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, accompanied by density functional theory calculations. Three different methods were employed to inactivate the virus after it was loaded on the surface of TiO2(101): (i) ethanol, (ii) thermal, and (iii) UV treatments. Microscopic studies demonstrate that the denatured spike proteins and other proteins in the virus structure readsorb on the surface of TiO2 under thermal and UV treatments. The interaction of the virus with the surface of TiO2 was different for the thermally and UV treated samples compared to the sample inactivated via ethanol treatment. AFM and TEM results on the UV-treated sample suggested that the adsorbed viral particles undergo damage and photocatalytic oxidation at the surface of TiO2(101) which can affect the structural proteins of SARS-CoV-2 and denature the spike proteins in 30 min. The role of Pd nanoparticles (NPs) was investigated in the interaction between SARS-CoV-2 and TiO2(101). The presence of Pd NPs enhanced the adsorption of the virus due to the possible interaction of the spike protein with the NPs. This study is the first investigation of the interaction of SARS-CoV-2 with the surface of single crystalline TiO2(101) as a potential candidate for virus deactivation applications. Clarification of the interaction of the virus with the surface of semiconductor oxides will aid in obtaining a deeper understanding of the chemical processes involved in photoinactivation of microorganisms, which is important for the design of effective photocatalysts for air purification and self-cleaning materials.
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- Mona Kohantorabi
- Center for X-ray and Nano Science (CXNS), Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestr. 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- Center for X-ray and Nano Science (CXNS), Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestr. 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- Center for X-ray and Nano Science (CXNS), Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestr. 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Via Cozzi 55, Milano 20125, Italy
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- Center for X-ray and Nano Science (CXNS), Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestr. 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- Center for X-ray and Nano Science (CXNS), Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestr. 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- Electron Microscopy Unit, Hamburg University of Technology, Eissendorfer Strasse 42, Hamburg 21073, Germany
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- Institute of Virology, Technical University of Munich/Helmholtz Munich, Munich 81675, Germany
- Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, United States
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- Institute of Virology, Helmholtz Munich, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, Neuherberg 85764, Germany
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- Institute of Virology, Technical University of Munich/Helmholtz Munich, Munich 81675, Germany
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- Institute of Virology, Technical University of Munich/Helmholtz Munich, Munich 81675, Germany
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- Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB), Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), EMBL Hamburg, Notkestr. 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB), Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), EMBL Hamburg, Notkestr. 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- Technology Platform Light Microscopy and Image Analysis (TP MIA), Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology (HPI), Hamburg 20251, Germany
- Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB), Notkestr. 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestr. 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestr. 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- Center for X-ray and Nano Science (CXNS), Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestr. 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
- Department of Physics, University of Hamburg, Notkestraße 9-11, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Via Cozzi 55, Milano 20125, Italy
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- Center for X-ray and Nano Science (CXNS), Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestr. 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
- Department of Physics, University of Hamburg, Notkestraße 9-11, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- Center for X-ray and Nano Science (CXNS), Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestr. 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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Chen X, Zhu C, Liu B. Fluorescence enhancement induced by sulfuric acid intercalation on melem-based polymer. INORG CHEM COMMUN 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2022.109600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Raciti E, Gali SM, Melchionna M, Filippini G, Actis A, Chiesa M, Bevilacqua M, Fornasiero P, Prato M, Beljonne D, Lazzaroni R. Radical defects modulate the photocatalytic response in 2D-graphitic carbon nitride. Chem Sci 2022; 13:9927-9939. [PMID: 36128229 PMCID: PMC9430681 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc03964h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Graphitic carbon nitride (gCN) is an important heterogeneous metal-free catalytic material. Thermally induced post-synthetic modifications, such as amorphization and/or reduction, were recently used to enhance the photocatalytic response of these materials for certain classes of organic transformations, with structural defects possibly playing an important role. The knowledge of how these surface modifications modulate the photocatalytic response of gCN is therefore not only interesting from a fundamental point of view, but also necessary for the development and/or tuning of metal-free gCN systems with superior photo-catalytic properties. Herein, employing density functional theory calculations and combining both the periodic and molecular approaches, in conjunction with experimental EPR measurements, we demonstrate that different structural defects on the gCN surface generate distinctive radical defect states localized within the electronic bandgap, with only those correlated with amorphous and reduced gCN structures being photo-active. To this end, we (i) model defective gCN surfaces containing radical defect states; (ii) assess the interactions of these defects with the radical precursors involved in the photo-driven alkylation of electron-rich aromatic compounds (namely perfluoroalkyl iodides); and (iii) describe the photo-chemical processes triggering the initial step of that reaction at the gCN surface. We provide a coherent structure/photo-catalytic property relationship on defective gCN surfaces, elaborating how only specific defect types act as binding sites for the perfluoroalkyl iodide reagent and can favor a photo-induced charge transfer from the gCN surface to the molecule, thus triggering the perfluoroalkylation reaction. The nature of radical defects governs the photocatalytic activity of graphitic carbon nitride.![]()
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- Edoardo Raciti
- Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, Materials Research Institute, University of Mons, Place du Parc 20, Mons 7000, Belgium
- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, INSTM, University of Trieste, Via L. Giorgieri 1, Trieste 34127, Italy
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- Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, Materials Research Institute, University of Mons, Place du Parc 20, Mons 7000, Belgium
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, INSTM, University of Trieste, Via L. Giorgieri 1, Trieste 34127, Italy
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, INSTM, University of Trieste, Via L. Giorgieri 1, Trieste 34127, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Torino, NIS Centre of Excellence, Via Giuria 9, Torino 10125, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Torino, NIS Centre of Excellence, Via Giuria 9, Torino 10125, Italy
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- Institute of Chemistry of OrganoMetallic Compounds (ICCOM-CNR), via Madonna del Piano 10, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
- Center for Energy, Environment and Transport Giacomo Ciamician and ICCOM-CNR Trieste Research Unit, University of Trieste, via L. Giorgieri 1, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, INSTM, University of Trieste, Via L. Giorgieri 1, Trieste 34127, Italy
- Center for Energy, Environment and Transport Giacomo Ciamician and ICCOM-CNR Trieste Research Unit, University of Trieste, via L. Giorgieri 1, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, INSTM, University of Trieste, Via L. Giorgieri 1, Trieste 34127, Italy
- Center for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials (CIC biomaGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Paseo de Miramón 182, Donostia San Sebastián 20014, Spain
- Basque Foundation for Science, Ikerbasque, Bilbao 48013, Spain
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- Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, Materials Research Institute, University of Mons, Place du Parc 20, Mons 7000, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, Materials Research Institute, University of Mons, Place du Parc 20, Mons 7000, Belgium
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Scorza D, Vantadori S, Luciano R. Nanobeams with Internal Discontinuities: A Local/Nonlocal Approach. NANOMATERIALS 2021; 11:nano11102651. [PMID: 34685092 PMCID: PMC8539416 DOI: 10.3390/nano11102651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Revised: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Abstract
The aim of the present work is to extend the two-phase local/nonlocal stress-driven integral model (SDM) to the case of nanobeams with internal discontinuities: as a matter of fact, the original formulation avoids the presence of any discontinuities. Consequently, here, for the first time, the problem of an internal discontinuity is addressed by using a convex combination of both local and nonlocal phases of the model by introducing a mixture parameter. The novel formulation here proposed was validated by considering six case studies involving different uncracked nanobeams by varying the constrains and the loading configurations, and the effect of nonlocality on the displacement field is discussed. Moreover, a centrally-cracked nanobeam, subjected to concentrated forces at the crack half-length, was studied. The size-dependent Mode I fracture behaviour of the cracked nanobeam was analysed in terms of crack opening displacement, energy release rate, and stress intensity factor, showing the strong dependency of the above fracture properties on both dimensionless characteristic length and mixture parameter values.
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- Daniela Scorza
- Department of Engineering, University of Naples Parthenope, Centro Direzionale Isola C4, 80143 Naples, Italy; (D.S.); (R.L.)
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- Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 181/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Engineering, University of Naples Parthenope, Centro Direzionale Isola C4, 80143 Naples, Italy; (D.S.); (R.L.)
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