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Highly Stable, Functional Hairy Nanoparticles and Biopolymers from Wood Fibers: Towards Sustainable Nanotechnology
Published on: July 20, 2016
A versatile bottom-up interface self-assembly strategy to hairy nanoparticle-based 2D monolayered composite and
Weicong Mai1, Yuan Zuo, Xingcai Zhang
1Materials Science Institute, Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China. wudc@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Herein, we present a universal bottom-up interface self-assembly of hairy nanoparticle strategy for 2D monolayered composite and functional nanosheets, including polymeric composite nanosheets and functional porous polymer and carbon nanosheets. By using diverse hairy nanoparticles as building blocks, a series of 2D monolayered polymeric composite nanosheets was prepared, demonstrating the universality of our strategy. Furthermore, the 2D polymeric composites could be easily transformed into 2D monolayered functional porous polymer and carbon nanosheets. We hope that this strategy will open a new door for the design and fabrication of advanced 2D composite and functional nanosheets and thus provide new opportunities for different fields including the environment, energy, catalysis and medicine.
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