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Jia S, Li L, Shi Y, Wang C, Cao M, Ji Y, Zhang D. Recent development of manganese dioxide-based materials as zinc-ion battery cathode. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:1539-1576. [PMID: 38170865 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr04996e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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The development of advanced cathode materials for zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) is a critical step in building large-scale green energy conversion and storage systems in the future. Manganese dioxide is one of the most well-studied cathode materials for zinc-ion batteries due to its wide range of crystal forms, cost-effectiveness, and well-established synthesis processes. This review describes the recent research progress of manganese dioxide-based ZIBs, and the reaction mechanism, electrochemical performance, and challenges of manganese dioxide-based ZIBs materials are systematically introduced. Optimization strategies for high-performance manganese dioxide-based materials for ZIBs with different crystal forms, nanostructures, morphologies, and compositions are discussed. Finally, the current challenges and future research directions of manganese dioxide-based cathodes in ZIBs are envisaged.
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- Shaofeng Jia
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Industrial Automation, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723001, China.
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Industrial Automation, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723001, China.
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Industrial Automation, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723001, China.
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723001, China.
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- School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723001, China.
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Wang Z, Zhao Y, Shen M, Tomás H, Zhou B, Shi X. Antitumor Efficacy of Doxorubicin-Loaded Electrospun Attapulgite–Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) Composite Nanofibers. J Funct Biomater 2022; 13:jfb13020055. [PMID: 35645263 PMCID: PMC9149849 DOI: 10.3390/jfb13020055] [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: 03/15/2022] [Revised: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Currently, cancer chemotherapeutic drugs still have the defects of high toxicity and low bioavailability, so it is critical to design novel drug release systems for cancer chemotherapy. Here, we report a method to fabricate electrospun drug-loaded organic/inorganic hybrid nanofibrous system for antitumor therapy applications. In this work, rod-like attapulgite (ATT) was utilized to load a model anticancer drug doxorubicin (DOX), and mixed with poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) to form electrospun hybrid nanofibers. The ATT/DOX/PLGA composite nanofibers were characterized through various techniques. It is feasible to load DOX onto ATT surfaces, and the ATT/DOX/PLGA nanofibers show a smooth and uniform morphology with improved mechanical durability. Under neutral and acidic pH conditions, the loaded DOX was released from ATT/DOX/PLGA nanofibers in a sustained manner. In addition, the released DOX from the nanofibers could significantly inhibit the growth of tumor cells. Owing to the significantly reduced burst release profile and increased mechanical durability of the ATT/DOX/PLGA nanofibers, the designed organic–inorganic hybrid nanofibers may hold great promise as a nanoplatform to encapsulate different drugs for enhanced local tumor therapy applications.
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- Zhe Wang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China;
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China;
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- College of Textile Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China;
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China;
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- CQM—Centro de Química da Madeira, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9000-390 Funchal, Portugal;
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China;
- Correspondence: (B.Z.); (X.S.)
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China;
- CQM—Centro de Química da Madeira, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9000-390 Funchal, Portugal;
- Correspondence: (B.Z.); (X.S.)
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During the last two decades, electrospinning has become a very popular technique for the fabrication of nanofibers due to its low cost and simple handling. Nanofiber materials have found utilization in many areas such as medicine, sensors, batteries, etc. In catalysis, these materials also present important advantages, since they present a low resistance to internal diffusion and a high surface area to volume ratio. These advantages are mainly due to the diameter–length proportion. A bibliographic analysis on the applications of electrospun nanofibers in catalysis shows that there are two important groups of catalysts that are being investigated, based on TiO2 and in carbon materials. The main applications found are in photo- and in electro-catalysis. The present study contributes by reviewing these catalytic applications of electrospun nanofibers and demonstrating that they are promising materials as catalysts, underlining some works to prove the advantages and possibilities that these materials have as catalysts. On one hand, the possibilities of synthesis are almost infinite, since with coaxial electrospinning quite complex nanofibers with different layers can be prepared. On the other hand, the diameter and other properties can be controlled by monitoring the applied voltage and other parameters during the synthesis, being quite reproducible procedures. The main advantages of these materials can be grouped in two: one related to their morphology, as has been commented, relative to their low resistance and internal diffusion, that is, their fluidynamic behavior in the reactor; the second group involves advantages related to the fact that the active phases can be nanoscaled and dispersed, improving the activity and selectivity in comparison with conventional catalytic materials with the same chemical composition.
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Yang H, Zhang X, Yu Y, Chen Z, Liu Q, Li Y, Cheong WC, Qi D, Zhuang Z, Peng Q, Chen X, Xiao H, Chen C, Li Y. Manganese vacancy-confined single-atom Ag in cryptomelane nanorods for efficient Wacker oxidation of styrene derivatives. Chem Sci 2021; 12:6099-6106. [PMID: 33996006 PMCID: PMC8098698 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc00700a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Single-atom catalysts provide a pathway to elucidate the nature of catalytically active sites. However, keeping them stabilized during operation proves to be challenging. Herein, we employ cryptomelane-type octahedral molecular sieve nanorods featuring abundant manganese vacancy defects as a support, to periodically anchor single-atom Ag. The doped Ag atoms with tetrahedral coordination are found to locate at cation substitution sites rather than being supported on the catalyst surface, thus effectively tuning the electronic structure of adjacent manganese atoms. The resulting unique Ag–O–MnOx unit functions as the active site. Its turnover frequency reaches 1038 h−1, one order of magnitude higher than for previously reported catalysts, with 90% selectivity for anti-Markovnikov phenylacetaldehyde. Mechanistic studies reveal that the activation of styrene on the ensemble site of Ag–O–MnOx is significantly promoted, which can accelerate the oxidation of styrene and, in particular, the rate-determining step of forming the epoxide intermediate. Such an extraordinary electronic promotion can be extended to other single-atom catalysts and paves the way for their practical applications. Manganese vacancy-confined single-atom Ag in cryptomelane nanorods efficiently catalyses Wacker oxidation of styrene derivatives.![]()
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- Hongling Yang
- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Shanghai Tech University Shanghai 201210 China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Shanghai Tech University Shanghai 201210 China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University Wuhu 241000 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Physics and Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau Taipa Macau SAR 999078 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Functional Molecular and Crystalline Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing Beijing 100083 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Institute of Solid State Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing 100083 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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Rathore P, Schiffman JD. Beyond the Single-Nozzle: Coaxial Electrospinning Enables Innovative Nanofiber Chemistries, Geometries, and Applications. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:48-66. [PMID: 33356093 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c17706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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With an ever increasing scientific, technological, and industrial interest in high surface area, porous nanofiber mats, electrospinning has emerged as a popular method to produce fibrous assemblies for use across biomedical, energy, and environmental applications. However, not all precursor solutions nor complex geometries can be easily fabricated using the traditional single-nozzle apparatus. Therefore, coaxial electrospinning, a modified version of electrospinning that features a concentrically aligned dual nozzle, has been developed. This review will first describe the mechanism of electrospinning two precursor solutions simultaneously and the operational parameters that need to be optimized to fabricate continuous fibers. Modifications that can be made to the coaxial electrospinning process, which enable the fabrication of uniform fibers with improved properties, as well as the fabrication of fibers that are hollow, functionalized, and from "nonspinnable precursors" will be discussed as a means of promoting the advantages of using a coaxial setup. Examples of how coaxially electrospun nanofibers are employed in diverse applications will be provided throughout this review. We conclude with a timely discussion about the current limitations and challenges of coaxial electrospinning.
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- Prerana Rathore
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9303, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9303, United States
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Zhang W, He Z, Han Y, Jiang Q, Zhan C, Zhang K, Li Z, Zhang R. Structural design and environmental applications of electrospun nanofibers. COMPOSITES. PART A, APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING 2020; 137:106009. [PMID: 32834735 PMCID: PMC7291996 DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2020.106009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2020] [Revised: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Nanofibers have attracted extensive attention and been applied in various fields due to their high aspect ratio, high specific surface area, flexibility, structural abundance, etc. The electrospinning method is one of the most promising and effective ways to produce nanofibers. The electrospun nanofibers-based films and membranes have already been demonstrated to possess small pore sizes, larges specific surface area, and can be grafted with different functionalities to adapt to various purposes. The environmental applications of nanofibers are one of the essential application fields, and great achievements have been made in this field. To well summarize the development of nanofibers and their environmental applications, we review the nanofiber fabrication methods, advanced fiber structures, and their applications in the field of air filtration, heavy metal removal, and self-cleaning surface. We hope this review and summary can provide readers a comprehensive understanding of the structural design and environmental applications of electrospun nanofibers.
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Homaeigohar S, Davoudpour Y, Habibi Y, Elbahri M. The Electrospun Ceramic Hollow Nanofibers. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2017; 7:E383. [PMID: 29120403 PMCID: PMC5707600 DOI: 10.3390/nano7110383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2017] [Revised: 11/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Hollow nanofibers are largely gaining interest from the scientific community for diverse applications in the fields of sensing, energy, health, and environment. The main reasons are: their extensive surface area that increases the possibilities of engineering, their larger accessible active area, their porosity, and their sensitivity. In particular, semiconductor ceramic hollow nanofibers show greater space charge modulation depth, higher electronic transport properties, and shorter ion or electron diffusion length (e.g., for an enhanced charging-discharging rate). In this review, we discuss and introduce the latest developments of ceramic hollow nanofiber materials in terms of synthesis approaches. Particularly, electrospinning derivatives will be highlighted. The electrospun ceramic hollow nanofibers will be reviewed with respect to their most widely studied components, i.e., metal oxides. These nanostructures have been mainly suggested for energy and environmental remediation. Despite the various advantages of such one dimensional (1D) nanostructures, their fabrication strategies need to be improved to increase their practical use. The domain of nanofabrication is still advancing, and its predictable shortcomings and bottlenecks must be identified and addressed. Inconsistency of the hollow nanostructure with regard to their composition and dimensions could be one of such challenges. Moreover, their poor scalability hinders their wide applicability for commercialization and industrial use.
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- Shahin Homaeigohar
- Nanochemistry and Nanoengineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Aalto University, Kemistintie 1, 00076 Aalto, Finland.
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- The Institute of Mineralogy, Crystallography and Material Science, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, University of Leipzig, 04109 Leipzig, Germany.
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- Department of Materials Research and Technology (MRT), Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), L-4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
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- Nanochemistry and Nanoengineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Aalto University, Kemistintie 1, 00076 Aalto, Finland.
- Nanochemistry and Nanoengineering, Institute for Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kaiserstrasse 2, 24143 Kiel, Germany.
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Wan T, Ramakrishna S, Liu Y. Recent progress in electrospinning TiO2
nanostructured photo-anode of dye-sensitized solar cells. J Appl Polym Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/app.45649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Tingting Wan
- College of Mechanical and Electric Engineering; Beijing University of Chemical Technology; Beijing 100029 China
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- Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative; National University of Singapore; Singapore 11576 Singapore
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- College of Mechanical and Electric Engineering; Beijing University of Chemical Technology; Beijing 100029 China
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Xie W, Zheng Y, Kuang J, Wang Z, Yi S, Deng Y. Preparation of Disperse Silver Particles by Chemical Reduction. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A 2016. [DOI: 10.1134/s0036024416040324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Zhang CL, Yu SH. Nanoparticles meet electrospinning: recent advances and future prospects. Chem Soc Rev 2014; 43:4423-48. [PMID: 24695773 DOI: 10.1039/c3cs60426h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 280] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Nanofibres can be fabricated by various methods and perhaps electrospinning is the most facile route. In past years, electrospinning has been used as a synthesis technique and the fibres have been prepared from a variety of starting materials and show various properties. Recently, incorporating functional nanoparticles (NPs) with electrospun fibres has emerged as one of most exciting research topics in the field of electrospinning. When NPs are incorporated, on the one hand the NPs endow the electrospun fibres/mats novel or better performance, on the other hand the electrospun fibres/mats could preserve the NPs from corrosion and/or oxidation, especially for NPs with anisotropic structures. More importantly, electrospinning shows potential applications in self-assembly of nanoscale building blocks for generating new functions, and has some obvious advantages that are not available by other self-assembly methods, i.e., the obtained free-standing hybrid mats are usually flexible and with large area, which is favourable for their commercial applications. In this critical review, we will focus on the fabrication and applications of NPs-electrospun fibre composites and give an overview on this emerging field combining nanoparticles and electrospinning. Firstly, two main strategies for producing NPs-electrospun fibres will be discussed, i.e., one is preparing the NPs-electrospun fibres after electrospinning process that is usually combined with other post-processing methods, and the other is fabricating the composite nanofibres during the electrospinning process. In particular, the NPs in the latter method will be classified and introduced to show the assembling effect of electrospinning on NPs with different anisotropic structures. The subsequent section describes the applications of these NPs-electrospun fibre mats and nanocomposites, and finally a conclusion and perspectives of the future research in this emerging field is given.
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- Chuan-Ling Zhang
- Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China.
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Liu X, Hu YY, Chen RY, Chen Z, Han HC. Coaxial Nanofibers of ZnO-TiO2 Heterojunction With High Photocatalytic Activity by Electrospinning Technique. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1080/15533174.2013.776590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Xian Liu
- a College of Environmental Science and Engineering , Fujian Normal University , Fuzhou , P. R. China
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- a College of Environmental Science and Engineering , Fujian Normal University , Fuzhou , P. R. China
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- a College of Environmental Science and Engineering , Fujian Normal University , Fuzhou , P. R. China
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- a College of Environmental Science and Engineering , Fujian Normal University , Fuzhou , P. R. China
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- a College of Environmental Science and Engineering , Fujian Normal University , Fuzhou , P. R. China
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Liu M, Cheng Z, Yan J, Qiang L, Ru X, Liu F, Ding D, Li J. Preparation and characterization of TiO2nanofibers via using polylactic acid as template. J Appl Polym Sci 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/app.38166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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