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Andrade ÓR, Camarillo R, Martínez F, Jiménez C, Rincón J. Impact of the Precursor on the Physicochemical Properties and Photoactivity of TiO 2 Nanoparticles Produced in Supercritical CO 2. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:2328. [PMID: 37630913 PMCID: PMC10459058 DOI: 10.3390/nano13162328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023]
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The synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) in supercritical media has been reported over the last two decades. However, very few studies have compared the physicochemical characteristics and photoactivity of the TiO2 powders produced from different precursors, and even fewer have investigated the effect of using different ratios of hydrolytic agent/precursor (HA/P) on the properties of the semiconductor. To bridge this knowledge gap, this research focuses on the synthesis and characterization of TiO2 NPs obtained in a supercritical CO2 medium from four different TiO2 precursors, namely diisopropoxytitanium bis (acetylacetonate) (TDB), titanium (IV) isopropoxide (TIP), titanium (IV) butoxide (TBO), and titanium (IV) 2-ethylhexyloxide (TEO). Further, the effect of various HA/P ratios (10, 20, 30, and 40 mol/mol) when using ethanol as a hydrolytic agent has also been analyzed. Results obtained have shown that the physicochemical properties of the catalysts are not significantly affected by these variables, although some differences do exist between the synthesized materials and their catalytic performances. Specifically, photocatalysts obtained from TIP and TEO at the higher HA/P ratios (HA/P = 30 and HA/P = 40) led to higher CO2 photoconversions (6.3-7 µmol·g-1·h-1, Apparent Quantum Efficiency < 0.1%), about three times higher than those attained with commercial TiO2 P-25. These results have been imputed to the fact that these catalysts exhibit appropriate values of crystal size, surface area, light absorption, and charge transfer properties.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Biochemistry, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 45071 Toledo, Spain
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Domingues JM, Miranda CS, Homem NC, Felgueiras HP, Antunes JC. Nanoparticle Synthesis and Their Integration into Polymer-Based Fibers for Biomedical Applications. Biomedicines 2023; 11:1862. [PMID: 37509502 PMCID: PMC10377033 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11071862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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The potential of nanoparticles as effective drug delivery systems combined with the versatility of fibers has led to the development of new and improved strategies to help in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Nanoparticles have extraordinary characteristics that are helpful in several applications, including wound dressings, microbial balance approaches, tissue regeneration, and cancer treatment. Owing to their large surface area, tailor-ability, and persistent diameter, fibers are also used for wound dressings, tissue engineering, controlled drug delivery, and protective clothing. The combination of nanoparticles with fibers has the power to generate delivery systems that have enhanced performance over the individual architectures. This review aims at illustrating the main possibilities and trends of fibers functionalized with nanoparticles, focusing on inorganic and organic nanoparticles and polymer-based fibers. Emphasis on the recent progress in the fabrication procedures of several types of nanoparticles and in the description of the most used polymers to produce fibers has been undertaken, along with the bioactivity of such alliances in several biomedical applications. To finish, future perspectives of nanoparticles incorporated within polymer-based fibers for clinical use are presented and discussed, thus showcasing relevant paths to follow for enhanced success in the field.
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- Joana M Domingues
- Centre for Textile Science and Technology (2C2T), Campus of Azurém, University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
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- Centre for Textile Science and Technology (2C2T), Campus of Azurém, University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
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- Simoldes Plastics S.A., Rua Comendador António da Silva Rodrigues 165, 3720-193 Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal
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- Centre for Textile Science and Technology (2C2T), Campus of Azurém, University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
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- Centre for Textile Science and Technology (2C2T), Campus of Azurém, University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
- Fibrenamics, Institute of Innovation on Fiber-Based Materials and Composites, Campus of Azurém, University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
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Marica I, Stefan M, Boca S, Falamaş A, Farcău C. A simple approach for coffee-ring suppression yielding homogeneous drying patterns of ZnO and TiO 2 nanoparticles. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 635:117-127. [PMID: 36580694 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.12.113] [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: 10/28/2022] [Revised: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Evaporation-induced self-assembly in colloidal droplets is a method for organising nanoparticles on substrates, with various resulting patterns. The coffee-ring pattern is among the most common ones, but its non-uniformity limits its applicability, which led to efforts for developing coffee-ring suppression strategies. Considering the wide applicability of ZnO and TiO2 nanoparticles, there is a high demand for practical means to deposit them as uniform films. Here, we present a simple approach for obtaining highly uniform thin films of ZnO and TiO2 nanoparticles by drop-coating in ambient conditions, without using surfactants or other surface chemistry modifications. Disc-like films were obtained via a restricted evaporation achieved by covering the droplets with a lid during drying, seconded by the relatively high sedimentation rate of these nanoparticles. To better understand the assembly mechanism, the influence of suspension concentration, type and temperature of the substrate, droplet volume, colloid type, and evaporation rate were studied. The method allows preparing disc-like nanoparticle films with a good control over their diameter and thickness, onto different kinds of substrates (glass, Si, polyethylene terephthalate, polystyrene). By fabricating both two-dimensional lattices and custom disc patterns we highlight the versatility of this drop-coating method and its potential for, e.g., automatized serial production processes.
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- Ioana Marica
- Molecular and Biomolecular Physics Department, National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, 67-103 Donat, 400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Molecular and Biomolecular Physics Department, National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, 67-103 Donat, 400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in Bio-Nano-Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, 42 T Laurian, 400271 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Molecular and Biomolecular Physics Department, National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, 67-103 Donat, 400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Molecular and Biomolecular Physics Department, National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, 67-103 Donat, 400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Molecular and Biomolecular Physics Department, National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, 67-103 Donat, 400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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Photocatalytic degradation of dyes using rutile TiO2 synthesized by reverse micelle and low temperature methods: real-time monitoring of the degradation kinetics. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.117407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Wang J, Sun Z, Jiang X, Yuan Q, Dong D, Zhang P, Zhang Z. Uniform decoration of UiO-66-NH 2 nanooctahedra on TiO 2 electrospun nanofibers for enhancing photocatalytic H 2 production based on multi-step interfacial charge transfer. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:6152-6160. [PMID: 33885683 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt00743b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Metal-organic framework (MOF) materials have been extensively incorporated with inorganic semiconductor photocatalysts to improve their photocatalytic activity through an efficient charge transfer process across their heterointerface. In this work, octahedral UiO-66-NH2 MOFs with edge-lengths of 110-330 nm are uniformly decorated on the surface of TiO2 electrospun nanofibers by a traditional solvothermal method combined with activation pretreatment. Before the solvothermal growth of UiO-66-NH2, the TiO2 electrospun nanofibers were activated in NaOH solution to etch the TiO2 surface for allowing the exposure of lattice oxygen. The exposed lattice oxygen on the TiO2 surface could interact with the MOF precursor of Zr4+ ions, thus enabling octahedral UiO-66-NH2 to grow uniformly on the surface of TiO2 nanofibers with an intimate Ti-O-Zr hetero-interface. Such an intimate hetero-interface provides an effective channel for boosting the electron transfer between UiO-66-NH2 and TiO2 in their heterostructure. Thus, the UiO-66-NH2/TiO2(anatase) heterostructures exhibited enhanced photocatalytic activity for H2 production as compared to either TiO2(anatase) nanofibers or UiO-66-NH2 nanooctahedra in the presence of Rhodamine B (RhB) as a sensitizer under visible light irradiation. In particular, the decoration of UiO-66-NH2 nanooctahedra on anatase/rutile mixed TiO2 nanofibers could induce further enhancement of the photocatalytic H2 production. The enhanced photocatalytic activity is attributed to the multi-step continuous interfacial transfer of photoinduced electrons with the way of RhB → UiO-66-NH2 → TiO2(anatase) → TiO2(rutile).
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- Jie Wang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, P. R. China. and Key Laboratory of New Energy and Rare Earth Resource Utilization of State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Key Laboratory of Photosensitive Materials and Devices of Liaoning Province, School of Physics and Materials Engineering, Dalian Nationalities University, 18 Liaohe West Road, Dalian 116600, P. R. China..
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of New Energy and Rare Earth Resource Utilization of State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Key Laboratory of Photosensitive Materials and Devices of Liaoning Province, School of Physics and Materials Engineering, Dalian Nationalities University, 18 Liaohe West Road, Dalian 116600, P. R. China..
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- Key Laboratory of New Energy and Rare Earth Resource Utilization of State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Key Laboratory of Photosensitive Materials and Devices of Liaoning Province, School of Physics and Materials Engineering, Dalian Nationalities University, 18 Liaohe West Road, Dalian 116600, P. R. China..
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- Key Laboratory of New Energy and Rare Earth Resource Utilization of State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Key Laboratory of Photosensitive Materials and Devices of Liaoning Province, School of Physics and Materials Engineering, Dalian Nationalities University, 18 Liaohe West Road, Dalian 116600, P. R. China..
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of New Energy and Rare Earth Resource Utilization of State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Key Laboratory of Photosensitive Materials and Devices of Liaoning Province, School of Physics and Materials Engineering, Dalian Nationalities University, 18 Liaohe West Road, Dalian 116600, P. R. China..
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Purification of air from the organic contaminants by the photocatalytic process has been confirmed to be very perspective. Although many various photocatalysts have been prepared and studied so far, TiO2 is still the most commonly used, because of its advantageous properties such as non-toxicity, relatively low cost and high stability. Surface modifications of TiO2 were extensively proceeded in order to increase photocatalytic activity of the photocatalyst under both UV and visible light activations. The intention of this review paper was to summarize the scientific achievements devoted to developing of TiO2-based materials considered as photocatalysts for the photocatalytic degradation of acetaldehyde in air. Influence of the preparation and modification methods on the parameters of the resultant photocatalyst is reviewed and discussed in this work. Affinity of the photocatalyst surfaces towards adsorption of acetaldehyde will be described by taking into account its physicochemical parameters. Impact of the contact time of a pollutant with the photocatalyst surface is analyzed and discussed with respect to both the degradation rate and mineralization degree of the contaminant. Influence of the photocatalyst properties on the mechanism and yield of the photocatalytic reactions is discussed. New data related to the acetaldehyde decomposition on commercial TiO2 were added, which indicated the different mechanisms occurring on the anatase and rutile structures. Finally, possible applications of the materials revealing photocatalytic activity are presented with a special attention paid to the photocatalytic purification of air from Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs).
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Martínez-Merino P, Sánchez-Coronilla A, Alcántara R, Martín EI, Navas J. Insights into the stability and thermal properties of WSe2-based nanofluids for concentrating solar power prepared by liquid phase exfoliation. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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