Novel Molecular Organic Framework Composite Molecularly Imprinted Nanofibrous Membranes with a Bioinspired Viscid Bead Structure for Selective Recognition and Separation of Atrazine.

In this work, novel atrazine (ATZ) molecularly imprinted nanofibrous membranes (A-MNMs) with a molecular organic framework (MOF)-based viscid bead structure were developed based on a natural spider-web-inspired strategy for selective separation of ATZ. Poly(vinylidene fluoride)/poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVDF/PVA) blended nanofibrous membranes as the basal membrane were synthesized by electrospinning technology combined with a chemical cross-linking procedure. The most critical design is that MOF nanocrystals as the matrix of the viscid bead structure were assembled on the PVDF/PVA blended nanofibrous membrane surface and the specific recognition sites were efficiently constructed on the surface and pores of the MOF-based viscid bead structure by a surface imprinting strategy.

Three-dimensional macroporous wood-based selective separation membranes decorated with well-designed Nd(III)-imprinted domains: A high-efficiency recovery system for rare earth element.

Three-dimensional (3D) basswood materials, for the first time, were successfully used for the construction of rare-earth Nd(III)-imprinted nanocomposite membranes. Herein, polydopamine (PDA)-modified layers could be initially synthesized on basswood surfaces. After the double-bonded modification procedure, the 3D wood-based ionic imprinted membranes (3DW-IIMs) system was finally accomplished by developing a re-modified two-step-temperature free radical polymerization process.

Multifunctional-imprinted nanocomposite membranes with thermo-responsive biocompatibility for selective/controllable recognition and separation application.

Inspired by the biomimetic modification strategy of dopamine self-polymerization technique, molecularly imprinted nanocomposite membranes (MINCMs) with thermo-responsive rebinding and separation performance were synthesized and evaluated. Herein, the Au/SiO-based multilevel structure had been successfully obtained onto the polydopamine (pDA) modified membrane surfaces. Afterward, the poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-based biomolecule-imprinted sites were adequately constructed by developing a photoinitiated atom transfer radical polymerization (pATRP) imprinting strategy using the high-biocompatible ovalbumin (Ova, pI 4.

Multilevel mineral-coated imprinted nanocomposite membranes for template-dependent recognition and separation: A well-designed strategy with PDA/CaCO-based loading structure.

In spite of the intense efforts in selective separation field, the utilization and preparation of membrane-associated molecularly imprinted membranes with both enhanced rebinding capacities and high permselectivity performance still remain strong challenges. Herein, the bioinspired PDA-modified porous regenerated cellulose membrane (pRCMs) with mineral-coated multilevel structure was first proposed for the preparation of PDA/CaCO-based imprinted nanocomposite membranes (PCIMs), m-cresol was chosen as the template molecule. Importantly, this bioinspired methodology was redeveloped and optimized to obtain abundant and uniformly distributed CaCO nanocomposite on the surfaces of PDA@pRCMs.

Bio-inspired fabrication of Ester-functionalized imprinted composite membrane for rapid and high-efficient recovery of lithium ion from seawater.

Lithium ion (Li) is one of the important sustainable resource and it's urgently demanded to develop high-selectivity and high-efficient method to extract of Li from seawater. Hence, we propose the ester-functionalized ion-imprinted membrane (IIMs) with high selectivity and stability for the rebinding and separation of Li in aqueous medium via ion imprinted technology and membrane separation technology. In this work, the hydrophilic polydimethylsiloxane membranes (PDMS) are synthesized by self-polymerization of dopamine (DA) in aqueous solution, resulting in the fabrication of dense poly-dopamine (PDA) layer on the surface of PDMS (PDMS-PDA).

A lithographically patterned capacitor with horizontal nanowires of length 2.5 mm.

A symmetrical hybrid capacitor consisting of interdigitated, horizontal nanowires is described. Each of the 750 nanowires within the capacitor is 2.5 mm in length, consisting of a gold nanowire core (40 × ≈200 nm) encapsulated within a hemicylindrical shell of δ-phase MnO2 (thickness = 60-220 nm).

Electroluminescent, polycrystalline cadmium selenide nanowire arrays.

Electroluminescence (EL) from nanocrystalline CdSe (nc-CdSe) nanowire arrays is reported. The n-type, nc-CdSe nanowires, 400-450 nm in width and 60 nm in thickness, were synthesized using lithographically patterned nanowire electrodeposition, and metal-semiconductor-metal (M-S-M) devices were prepared by the evaporation of two gold contacts spaced by either 0.6 or 5 μm.

Laser annealing of nanocrystalline gold nanowires.

The efficacy of laser annealing for the thermal annealing of nanocrystalline gold nanowires is evaluated. Continuous laser illumination at 532 nm, focused to a 0.5 μm diameter spot, was rastered perpendicular to the axis of nanocrystalline gold nanowire at ∼2 kHz.

Field-effect transistors from lithographically patterned cadmium selenide nanowire arrays.

Field-effect transistors (NWFETs) have been prepared from arrays of polycrystalline cadmium selenide (pc-CdSe) nanowires using a back gate configuration. pc-CdSe nanowires were fabricated using the lithographically patterned nanowire electrodeposition (LPNE) process on SiO(2)/Si substrates. After electrodeposition, pc-CdSe nanowires were thermally annealed at 300 °C × 4 h either with or without exposure to CdCl(2) in methanol-a grain growth promoter.

High-throughput fabrication of photoconductors with high detectivity, photosensitivity, and bandwidth.

Nanocrystalline cadmium selenide (nc-CdSe) was electrodeposited within a sub-50 nm gold nanogap, prepared by feedback-controlled electromigration, to form a photoconductive metal-semiconductor-metal nanojunction. Both gap formation and electrodeposition were rapid and automated. The electrodeposited nc-CdSe was stoichiometric, single cubic phase with a mean grain diameter of ∼7 nm.

A chemically-responsive nanojunction within a silver nanowire.

The formation of a nanometer-scale chemically responsive junction (CRJ) within a silver nanowire is described. A silver nanowire was first prepared on glass using the lithographically patterned nanowire electrodeposition method. A 1-5 nm gap was formed in this wire by electromigration.

Mesoporous manganese oxide nanowires for high-capacity, high-rate, hybrid electrical energy storage.

Arrays of mesoporous manganese dioxide, mp-MnO(2), nanowires were electrodeposited on glass and silicon surfaces using the lithographically patterned nanowire electrodeposition (LPNE) method. The electrodeposition procedure involved the application, in a Mn(ClO(4))(2)-containing aqueous electrolyte, of a sequence of 0.60 V (vs MSE) voltage pulses delineated by 25 s rest intervals.

Tunable photoconduction sensitivity and bandwidth for lithographically patterned nanocrystalline cadmium selenide nanowires.

Nanocrystalline cadmium selenide (nc-CdSe) nanowires were prepared using the lithographically patterned nanowire electrodeposition method. Arrays of 350 linear nc-CdSe nanowires with lateral dimensions of 60 nm (h) × 200 nm (w) were patterned at 5 μm pitch on glass. nc-CdSe nanowires electrodeposited from aqueous solutions at 25 °C had a mean grain diameter, d(ave), of 5 nm.

Remote multi-color excitation using femtosecond propagating surface plasmon polaritons in gold films.

We demonstrate dual-color nonlinear excitation of quantum dots positioned onto a gold film at distances up to 40 μm away from a micrometer sized focused laser spot. We attribute the observed remote nonlinear signal to the excitation of two independent surface plasmon polariton (SPP) modes excited at the laser spot in the gold film, which subsequently propagate in a collinear fashion to a distant site and provide the surface field required for nonlinear excitation of the target. This scheme decouples the illuminating photon flux from surface plasmon mediated nonlinear excitation of the target, which provides more control of unwanted heating effects at the target site and represents an attractive approach for surface-mediated femtosecond nonlinear examinations of molecules.