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Rahmani Del Bakhshayesh A, Saghebasl S, Asadi N, Kashani E, Mehdipour A, Nezami Asl A, Akbarzadeh A. Recent advances in nano-scaffolds for tissue engineering applications: Toward natural therapeutics. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS. NANOMEDICINE AND NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY 2023; 15:e1882. [PMID: 36815236 DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Revised: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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Among the promising methods for repairing or replacing tissue defects in the human body and the hottest research topics in medical science today are regenerative medicine and tissue engineering. On the other hand, nanotechnology has been expanded into different areas of regenerative medicine and tissue engineering due to its essential benefits in improving performance in various fields. Nanotechnology, a helpful strategy in tissue engineering, offers new solutions to unsolved problems. Especially considering the excellent physicochemical properties of nanoscale structures, their application in regenerative medicine has been gradually developed, and a lot of research has been conducted in this field. In this regard, various nanoscale structures, including nanofibers, nanosheets, nanofilms, nano-clays, hollow spheres, and different nanoparticles, have been developed to advance nanotechnology strategies with tissue repair goals. Here, we comprehensively review the application of the mentioned nanostructures in constructing nanocomposite scaffolds for regenerative medicine and tissue engineering. This article is categorized under: Nanotechnology Approaches to Biology > Nanoscale Systems in Biology Implantable Materials and Surgical Technologies > Nanotechnology in Tissue Repair and Replacement Diagnostic Tools > Biosensing.
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- Azizeh Rahmani Del Bakhshayesh
- Department of Tissue Engineering, Faculty of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Medical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Medical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Medical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Tissue Engineering, Faculty of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Medical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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Tang Y, Yang X, Wang L, Li Y, Zhu D. Dropwise Condensate Comb for Enhanced Heat Transfer. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:21549-21561. [PMID: 37083343 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c20874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Dropwise condensation on superhydrophobic surfaces could potentially enhance heat transfer by droplet spontaneous departure via coalescence-induced jumping. However, an uncontrolled droplet size could lead to a significant reduction of heat transfer by condensation, due to large droplets that resulted in a flooding phenomenon on the surface. Here, we introduced a dropwise condensate comb, which consisted of U-shaped protruding hydrophilic stripes and hierarchical micro-nanostructured superhydrophobic background, for a better control of condensation droplet size and departure processes. The dropwise condensate comb with a wettability-contrast surface structure induced droplet removal by flank contact rather than three-phase line contact. We showed that dropwise condensation in this structure could be controlled by designing the width of the superhydrophobic region and height of the protruding hydrophilic stripes. In comparison with a superhydrophobic surface, the average droplet radius was decreased to 12 μm, and the maximum droplet departure radius was decreased to 189 μm by a dropwise condensate comb with 500 μm width of a superhydrophobic region and 258 μm height of a protruding hydrophilic stripe. By controlling the droplet size and departure on hierarchical micro-nanostructured superhydrophobic surfaces, it was experimentally demonstrated that both the heat transfer coefficient and heat flux could be enhanced significantly. Moreover, the dropwise condensate comb showed a maximum heat transfer coefficient of 379 kW m-2 K-1 at a low subcooling temperature, which was 85% higher than that of a superhydrophobic surface, and it showed 113% improvement of high heat flux or heat transfer coefficient when it was compared with that of the hierarchical micro-nanostructured superhydrophobic surface at a high subcooling temperature of ∼10.6 K. This work could potentially transform the design and fabrication space for high-performance heat transfer devices by spatial control of condensation droplet size and departure processes.
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- Yu Tang
- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
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- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
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- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
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- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
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- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
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Wang J, Wang S. A critical review on graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4)-based materials: Preparation, modification and environmental application. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.214338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Alaghmandfard A, Ghandi K. A Comprehensive Review of Graphitic Carbon Nitride (g-C 3N 4)-Metal Oxide-Based Nanocomposites: Potential for Photocatalysis and Sensing. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 12:294. [PMID: 35055311 PMCID: PMC8779993 DOI: 10.3390/nano12020294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2021] [Revised: 12/27/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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g-C3N4 has drawn lots of attention due to its photocatalytic activity, low-cost and facile synthesis, and interesting layered structure. However, to improve some of the properties of g-C3N4, such as photochemical stability, electrical band structure, and to decrease charge recombination rate, and towards effective light-harvesting, g-C3N4-metal oxide-based heterojunctions have been introduced. In this review, we initially discussed the preparation, modification, and physical properties of the g-C3N4 and then, we discussed the combination of g-C3N4 with various metal oxides such as TiO2, ZnO, FeO, Fe2O3, Fe3O4, WO3, SnO, SnO2, etc. We summarized some of their characteristic properties of these heterojunctions, their optical features, photocatalytic performance, and electrical band edge positions. This review covers recent advances, including applications in water splitting, CO2 reduction, and photodegradation of organic pollutants, sensors, bacterial disinfection, and supercapacitors. We show that metal oxides can improve the efficiency of the bare g-C3N4 to make the composites suitable for a wide range of applications. Finally, this review provides some perspectives, limitations, and challenges in investigation of g-C3N4-metal-oxide-based heterojunctions.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada;
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Constructing carbon microspheres/MnFe2O4/g-C3N4 composite photocatalysts for enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible light irradiation. INORG CHEM COMMUN 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2021.108947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Humayun M, Ullah H, Tahir AA, Bin Mohd Yusoff AR, Mat Teridi MA, Nazeeruddin MK, Luo W. An Overview of the Recent Progress in Polymeric Carbon Nitride Based Photocatalysis. CHEM REC 2021; 21:1811-1844. [PMID: 33887089 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202100067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2021] [Revised: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Recently, polymeric carbon nitride (g-C3 N4 ) as a proficient photo-catalyst has been effectively employed in photocatalysis for energy conversion, storage, and pollutants degradation due to its low cost, robustness, and environmentally friendly nature. The critical review summarized the recent development, fundamentals, nanostructures design, advantages, and challenges of g-C3 N4 (CN), as potential future photoactive material. The review also discusses the latest information on the improvement of CN-based heterojunctions including Type-II, Z-scheme, metal/CN Schottky junctions, noble metal@CN, graphene@CN, carbon nanotubes (CNTs)@CN, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)/CN, layered double hydroxides (LDH)/CN heterojunctions and CN-based heterostructures for H2 production from H2 O, CO2 conversion and pollutants degradation in detail. The optical absorption, electronic behavior, charge separation and transfer, and bandgap alignment of CN-based heterojunctions are discussed elaborately. The correlations between CN-based heterostructures and photocatalytic activities are described excessively. Besides, the prospects of CN-based heterostructures for energy production, storage, and pollutants degradation are discussed.
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- Muhammad Humayun
- Engineering Research Center for Functional Ceramics of the Ministry of Education, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, PR, China.,Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, PR, China
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- Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, TR10 9FE, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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- Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, TR10 9FE, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Swansea University, Vivian Tower, Singleton Park, SA2 8PP, Swansea, United Kingdom
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- Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Rue de l'Industrie 17, CH-1951, Sion, Switzerland
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- Engineering Research Center for Functional Ceramics of the Ministry of Education, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, PR, China.,Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, PR, China
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Chen Y, Zhu Y, Zhao Y, Wang J, Li M. Insight into CuX (CuO, Cu2O, and CuS) for enhanced performance of CuX/g-C3N4 nanocomposites-based acetaminophen electrochemical sensors. Microchem J 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2020.105884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Synthesis of g-C3N4/BiVO4 heterojunction composites for photocatalytic degradation of nonylphenol ethoxylate. Sep Purif Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2020.117202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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A Nitrogen-Rich Covalent Triazine Framework as a Photocatalyst for Hydrogen Production. ADVANCES IN POLYMER TECHNOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1155/2020/7819049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Covalent triazine frameworks (CTFs) have emerged as new candidate materials in various research areas such as catalysis, gas separation storage, and energy-related organic devices due to their easy functionalization, high thermal and chemical stability, and permanent porosity. Herein, we report the successful synthesis of a CTF rich in cyano groups (CTF-CN) by the solvothermal condensation of 2,3,6,7-tetrabromonapthalene (TBNDA), Na2(1,1-dicyanoethene-2,2-dithiolate), and 1,3,5-tris-(4-aminophenyl)-triazine (TAPT) at 120°C. XRD, SEM, and TEM characterization studies revealed CTF-CN to be amorphous and composed of ultrathin 2D sheets. CTF-CN possessed strong absorption at visible wavelengths, with UV-vis measurements suggesting a band gap energy in the range 2.7-2.9 eV. A 5 wt.% Pt/CTF-CN was found to be a promising photocatalyst for hydrogen production, affording a rate of 487.6 μmol g-1 h-1 in a H2O/TEOA/CH3OH solution under visible light. The photocatalytic activity of CTF-CN was benchmarked against g-C3N4 for meaningful assessment of performance. Importantly, the 5 wt.% Pt/CTF-CN photocatalyst exhibited excellent thermal and photocatalytic stability. Further, as a nitrogen-rich porous 2D material, CTF-CN represents a potential platform for the development of novel electrode material for fuel cells and metal ion batteries.
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Verma A, Kumar S, Chang WK, Fu YP. Bi-functional Ag-Cu xO/g-C 3N 4 hybrid catalysts for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol and the electrochemical detection of dopamine. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:625-637. [PMID: 31859301 DOI: 10.1039/c9dt04309h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The immense need to build highly efficient catalysts has always been at the forefront of environmental remediation research. Herein, we have synthesized dual-phase copper oxide containing Cu2O and CuO originating from the same reaction using hexamethyltetramine (HMT). Simultaneously, we coupled it with g-C3N4 (g-CN), constructing a triple synergetic heterojunction, which is reported significantly less often in the literature. Hydrothermal reactions led to the formation of various catalysts, namely, Ag-Cu2O-CuO-gCN (ACCG), Ag-CuO-gCN (ACG), Ag-Cu2O-CuO (ACC) and Ag-CuO (AC), which were thoroughly characterized via XRD and FESEM to gain structural, crystallographic and morphological insights. We clearly observed the pure phase formation of the catalysts and the development of sheet-like CuO and truncated octahedrons of Cu2O fused together within the g-CN framework. Also, XPS studies revealed the presence of copper in two different oxidation states, namely, Cu2+ and Cu+. BET analysis was performed to analyze the surface area and pore volume of the catalysts, which play very significant roles in catalytic reduction. The catalytic efficiencies of the catalysts were evaluated via the reduction of 100 ppm 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) to 4-aminophenol (4-AP) without using any light irradiation. The most efficient catalyst was ACCG, revealing the reduction of 4-NP in 4 minutes. Both Cu2O and g-CN played significant roles in reduction, following zero-order kinetics, unlike that which is often reported in the literature. We also evaluated the catalytic reduction with different concentrations of 4-NP and tuning the catalyst amount as well. A mechanism was postulated based on the XRD results of the post-catalytic reduction catalyst. The ACCG catalyst was also successfully tested as an effective dopamine sensor. The GC/ACCG electrode exhibited oxidation peak current density of 0.28 mA cm-2, which was much higher than those of the other catalysts. This unique combination of pure phase materials to form a composite as an effective catalyst as well as a sensor is an exclusive effort towards environmental remediation.
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- Atul Verma
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien 97401, Taiwan.
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Shen W, Wang X, Ge Y, Feng H, Feng L. Synthesis and characterization of AgO/g-C3N4 hybrids with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity for Rhodamine B degradation and bactericidal inactivation. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2019.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Matheswaran P, Thangavelu P, Palanivel B. Carbon dot sensitized integrative g-C3N4/AgCl Hybrids: An synergetic interaction for enhanced visible light driven photocatalytic process. ADV POWDER TECHNOL 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apt.2019.05.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Preparation of highly dispersed WO3/few layer g-C3N4 and its enhancement of catalytic oxidative desulfurization activity. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2019.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Li D, Zan J, Wu L, Zuo S, Xu H, Xia D. Heterojunction Tuning and Catalytic Efficiency of g-C3N4–Cu2O with Glutamate. Ind Eng Chem Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b04581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Dongya Li
- School of Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430073, P.R. China
- Engineering Research Center Clean Production of Textile Dyeing and Printing, Ministry of Education, Wuhan, 430073, P.R. China
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- School of Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430073, P.R. China
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- School of Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430073, P.R. China
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- School of Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430073, P.R. China
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- Engineering Research Center Clean Production of Textile Dyeing and Printing, Ministry of Education, Wuhan, 430073, P.R. China
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- School of Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430073, P.R. China
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Chang F, Zheng J, Wu F, Wang X, Deng B. Binary composites WO3/g-C3N4 in porous morphology: Facile construction, characterization, and reinforced visible light photocatalytic activity. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2018.11.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Christoforidis KC, Fornasiero P. Photocatalysis for Hydrogen Production and CO2Reduction: The Case of Copper‐Catalysts. ChemCatChem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201801198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences ICCOM-CNR and INSTMUniversity of Trieste Via L. Giorgieri 1 34127 Trieste Italy
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Decoration of mesoporous graphite-like C3N4 nanosheets by NiS nanoparticle-driven visible light for hydrogen evolution. APPLIED NANOSCIENCE 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s13204-018-0835-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Zuo S, Xu H, Liao W, Sun L, Han D, Zan J, Zhang B, Li D, Xia D. Acid-treated g-C3
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- Shiyu Zuo
- School of Environmental Engineering; Wuhan Textile University; Wuhan 430073 China
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- Engineering Research Center Clean Production of Textile Dyeing and Printing, Ministry of Education; Wuhan 430073 China
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- School of Environmental Engineering; Wuhan Textile University; Wuhan 430073 China
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- School of Environmental Engineering; Wuhan Textile University; Wuhan 430073 China
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- South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, The Ministry of Environment Protection of PRC; Guangzhou 510655 China
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- School of Environmental Engineering; Wuhan Textile University; Wuhan 430073 China
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- School of Environmental Engineering; Wuhan Textile University; Wuhan 430073 China
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- School of Environmental Engineering; Wuhan Textile University; Wuhan 430073 China
- Engineering Research Center Clean Production of Textile Dyeing and Printing, Ministry of Education; Wuhan 430073 China
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- School of Environmental Engineering; Wuhan Textile University; Wuhan 430073 China
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Molten-salt synthesis of g-C3N4-Cu2O heterojunctions with highly enhanced photocatalytic performance. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2018.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Asadzadeh-Khaneghah S, Habibi-Yangjeh A, Abedi M. Decoration of carbon dots and AgCl over g-C3N4 nanosheets: Novel photocatalysts with substantially improved activity under visible light. Sep Purif Technol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2018.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Zuo S, Xu H, Liao W, Sun L, Li Q, Zan J, Zhang B, Li D, Xia D. Enhancement of acid treated g-C3N4Cu2O photocatalytic activity by PEG under visible light irradiation. Chem Phys Lett 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2018.03.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Under Visible Light Illumination in Systems Based on Graphitic Carbon Nitride. THEOR EXP CHEM+ 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11237-018-9541-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Zhang S, Kai Y, Sunami Y. Tactile Sliding Behavior of R2R Mass-Produced PLLA Nanosheet towards Biomedical Device in Skin Applications. NANOMATERIALS 2018; 8:nano8040210. [PMID: 29601509 PMCID: PMC5923540 DOI: 10.3390/nano8040210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Revised: 03/27/2018] [Accepted: 03/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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In this research, sliding friction was measured between the fingertip and nanosheet on a silicon substrate under two conditions: dry and wet. By using a force transducer, the tactile friction force and applied load were measured. According to the experimental results, the relationship of friction force and applied load exhibits a positive correlation under both dry and wet conditions. In addition, the nanosheets are able to reduce the friction force and coefficient of friction (COF) compared to the reference sample, especially under the wet condition. Under the assumption of a full contact condition, the estimated contact area increases with larger applied loads. Furthermore, based on the wear observation, the skin sliding performance caused slight abrasions to the surface of the nanosheet samples with a mild wear track along the sliding direction. Overall, the sliding behavior between the skin and nanosheet was investigated in terms of friction force, COF, applied load, contact area, and wear. These findings can contribute to the nanosheet-related research towards biomedical devices in skin applications.
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- Sheng Zhang
- Micro/Nano Technology Center, Tokai University, 4-1-1 Kitakaname, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan.
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- Course of Mechanical Engineering, Tokai University, 4-1-1 Kitakaname, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan.
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- Micro/Nano Technology Center, Tokai University, 4-1-1 Kitakaname, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan.
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tokai University, 4-1-1 Kitakaname, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan.
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Zhang S, Sunami Y, Hashimoto H. Mini Review: Nanosheet Technology towards Biomedical Application. NANOMATERIALS 2017; 7:nano7090246. [PMID: 28858235 PMCID: PMC5618357 DOI: 10.3390/nano7090246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2017] [Revised: 08/26/2017] [Accepted: 08/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The fabrication technique of ultrathin film (commonly known as nanosheets) has been significantly developed over the years. Due to the mechanical properties of nanosheets, such as high levels of adhesion and flexibility, this made nanosheets the ideal candidate in biomedical applications. In this review, innovative biomedical applications of nanosheets are discussed, which include, drug delivery, wound treatment, and functional nanosheets towards flexible biodevices, etc. Finally, the future outlook of nanosheet technology towards a biomedical application is discussed.
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- Sheng Zhang
- Micro/Nano Technology Center, Tokai University, 4-1-1 Kitakaname, Hiratsuka-city, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan.
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- Micro/Nano Technology Center, Tokai University, 4-1-1 Kitakaname, Hiratsuka-city, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan.
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tokai University, 4-1-1 Kitakaname, Hiratsuka-city, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tokai University, 4-1-1 Kitakaname, Hiratsuka-city, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan.
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