Janus材料微结构精细调控进展

Janus材料由于其拥有两个具有不同化学组成的表面而备受关注,其特殊的结构和性能已成为材料科学研究热点.如何实现Janus材料形貌可控、化学组成严格分区、不同位点复合功能分区、微结构精细调控和批量化制备是该研究方向中的重点和难点.针对上诉问题,基于本课题组研究工作,本文总结了Janus材料微结构精确控制和批量化制备的方法,为Janus材料大规模制备和应用提供新思路和新方法.     

导电高分子在神经界面电极中的应用

神经界面电极作为人体和外部器件间信息融合的媒介, 为人们进一步探究神经系统高级功能的机制提供了有效工具. 传统的神经电极多以金属和半导体材料为主, 这两类材料因具有惰性材料的特性及优越的 导电性能而成为早期神经电极的主要制备材料, 但由于其刚性过大和光滑表面导致的机械失配及与生物组织间过高的电化学阻抗限制了神经电极的进一步发展. 导电高分子作为一种有机导电材料, 同时具备柔软性 (杨氏模量约在0.01~10 GPa)和导电性(高掺杂度的导电高分子的电导率在金属范围, 10⁰~10⁵ S/cm)的特征, 是制备神经电极的有效材料. 近年来, 人们利用导电高分子材料对传统电极材料进行改性甚至替代, 以提高电极比表面积、 减小界面阻抗, 并提高电极检测的灵敏性; 同时减小电极与组织间的应变失配, 减少炎症反应, 并进一步在导电高分子中引入功能性生物大分子, 减少生物组织对电极的排异反应, 增加电极在体内长期植入的稳定性. 本文讨论和总结了导电高分子材料在神经电极中的应用, 分别对导电高分子作为涂层修饰神经电极、 全导电高分子材料神经电极及导电高分子复合材料神经电极等展开讨论, 分析了导电高分子在神经界面电极中的应用前景及存在的问题, 以期对神经界面电极在脑科学和生物电子医疗等前沿领域的进一步发展提供参考.     

高分子单链键接Fe_3O_4制备Janus复合纳米颗粒

采用溶剂热法制备油酸保护的Fe_3O_4纳米颗粒,通过硅烷配体交换在颗粒表面引入氨基.基于氨基快速淬灭阳离子活性种,将阳离子聚合制备的活性高分子链如聚(4-氯甲基苯乙烯)键接到氨基改性的Fe_3O_4纳米颗粒表面,制备高分子链/Fe_3O_4复合纳米颗粒.分子量决定键接活性高分子链数目.当高分子流体力学尺寸大于纳米颗粒直径时,空间排斥效应保证单根高分子链键接到Fe_3O_4纳米颗粒(10 nm),得到呈降落伞结构的复合Janus纳米颗粒,高分子链分布在Fe_3O_4颗粒一侧.当高分子链尺寸较小时,多根高分子链键接到纳米颗粒表面.研究了该复合Janus纳米颗粒双亲特性.作为固体乳化剂可容易乳化水/油体系得到稳定乳液.该Janus纳米颗粒在油水界面通过自组装可得到单层薄膜.     

γ-射线辐照接枝制备几种功能性高分子材料

概述了近几年来本研究组在高分子材料辐照接枝制备功能性高分子材料方面的研究进展.分别以丙烯酸、顺丁烯二酸、苯乙烯接枝聚四氟乙烯纤维,制备了不同酸性的聚四氟乙烯功能纤维.以N-异丙基丙烯酰胺接枝壳聚糖制备温度及pH敏感材料,获得了性能特异的新型功能性高分子材料.报道了该类新型功能高分子材料的各种特异性能,如对金属离子优异的分离、吸附和解吸性能、超强酸性和一系列潜在用途.     

聚合物Janus微粒材料的制备与应用

聚合物Janus微粒是指具有各向异性微观结构的微/纳米聚合物粒子。因在乳液稳定、聚合物混合、可控组装、生物医药、多相催化和功能涂层等领域有重要的应用价值,聚合物Janus微粒材料的可控制备和应用研究已成为新型多功能和智能高分子材料研究的前沿领域。本文首先归纳了聚合物Janus微粒在制备方法、环境响应类型和应用领域的最新进展,进而分析了不同制备方法的优缺点。表面选择性修饰、微流体合成技术、自组装和种子聚合等方法都可用于制备具有可控尺寸、微观结构和表面性质的聚合物Janus微粒,但纳米级微粒微观结构的精确控制和大量合成还存在一定的挑战。环境响应性多组分聚合物Janus微粒在自组装和药物控释方面有其特殊的优势,而简单高效的种子聚合法有望应用于工业生产聚合物Janus固体表面活性剂。预计天然和多功能型聚合物Janus微粒的制备和应用研究将会是未来发展的趋势。     

两亲性Janus粒子的合成及其在Pickering乳液中的应用

Janus粒子由于在光、电、力、磁及表面亲/疏水性等方面表现出各向异性,因此在稳定乳液、生物医药及功能涂层等方面展现出广阔的应用价值.两亲性Janus粒子是指一侧具有亲水性、另一侧具有疏水性的不对称材料,由于同时具有表面活性剂的性质和固体颗粒的效应,在稳定Pickenng乳液方面极具优势.基于此,本文对两亲性Janus...     

多功能Fe3O4@SiO2 Janus颗粒

采用溶剂热法和溶胶-凝胶法制备了顺磁性Fe₃O₄@SiO₂颗粒,以Pickering乳液界面保护法实现颗粒表面分区获得Fe₃O₄@SiO₂ Janus颗粒,进一步选区复合生长Pt或Ag纳米颗粒制备Fe₃O₄@SiO₂-Pt和Fe₃O₄@SiO₂-Ag Janus颗粒.Fe₃O₄@SiO₂-Pt Janus颗粒的Pt一侧进行催化过氧化氢的反应,具有自驱动功能.因其顺磁性和两亲性,Fe₃O₄@SiO₂-Ag Janus颗粒能够作为磁响应颗粒乳化剂稳定油水乳液,并将Ag的催化功能引入界面.     

Janus 粒子在环境检测领域中的应用

Janus 粒子,也称为阴阳结构粒子或两面性非对称粒子,是指表面上具有两种或两种以上不同化学组成或性质的不对称粒子。目前,Janus 粒子因其独特的结构和功能已经逐渐成为生物医药、催化、材料以及防污等领域中的新型功能材料。在环境检测领域,Janus材料亦因其特殊的光学、磁学及电学性能,为提高检测灵敏度、选择性和稳定性等提供了新的研究方向。基于此,本文主要讨论了Janus材料在环境检测方面的特点、优势和相关应用。最后,本文基于本课题组的研究经验以及工作中所面临的问题,对本领域的发展和未来的研究方向提出了展望,以期对本领域的未来发展提供指导。     

聚合物接枝Janus纳米片形变的耗散粒子动力学研究

由于在检测、药物输运、分子马达等领域具有广阔的应用前景,二维柔性响应Janus材料受到了广泛的关注。但遗憾的是,这些二维材料的响应形变的分子机理仍不明确。基于此,我们采用介观尺度的耗散粒子动力学模拟方法系统研究了Janus纳米片两侧接枝不同长度和不同溶剂相容性的高分子链对Janus纳米片形变的影响。我们发现由于构象熵和混合焓的共同作用,通过对接枝链长度和溶剂相容性的调整,Janus纳米片可以形成如反相包覆、信封装包覆和碗状等新奇的结构。我们的理论结果首次提供了对二维柔性Janus材料可控形变的基本认识,并预报了设计合成新型Janus纳米器件在药物和生物医学领域的潜在应用。     

Janus颗粒的制备及泡沫性能

通过改进的Pickering乳液模板法,对合成的单分散Si O2纳米颗粒的局部表面进行氟化硅烷改性,制备了具有两亲性的Janus颗粒;研究了其在气/液表面上的自组装行为和泡沫性能.采用粒度分析仪、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、傅里叶变换红外光谱仪(FTIR)、荧光显微镜、界面流变仪和泡沫扫描分析仪等对Si O2颗粒的粒径分布、石蜡乳滴的表面形貌以及Janus颗粒的化学组成、表面结构、界面活性和泡沫性能进行了表征.研究结果表明,制备的Janus颗粒表面呈现非对称结构.界面活性测试结果表明,Janus颗粒具有良好的界面活性,可以将气/水表面的表面张力降低至38 m N/m.泡沫性能测试结果表明,Janus颗粒能够有效地抑制气泡合并、歧化和液膜排液,所制备的泡沫具有良好的稳定性.     

Adaptive Structured Pickering Emulsions and Porous Materials Based on Cellulose Nanocrystal Surfactants

Taking advantage of the formation and assembly of cellulose nanocrystal surfactants (CNCSs) at the water–oil interface, where polar cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) and end‐functionalized polymer chains interact, the preparation and stability of emulsions prepared with CNCSs were investigated. The packing density of CNCSs at the interface can be adjusted by tuning parameters such as pH, ionic strength, and concentration/molecular weight of the end‐functionalized polymer ligands. Stable non‐spherical emulsions are obtained during homogenization, as a result of the interfacial jamming of CNCSs, with pH‐triggered reconfigurability. Porous materials are prepared by freeze‐drying creamed, CNCS‐stabilized emulsions. The cells of the porous materials have a controlled pore size and shape that are commensurate with the droplets in the emulsion and are responsive to pH. The behavior of the adaptive, reconfigurable supracolloidal system is coupled to its internal and surrounding environment.     

We the droplets: A constitutional approach to active and self-propelled emulsions

The field of active matter, and particularly active emulsions, is growing rapidly, with significant progress made recently on both theoretical and experimental fronts. Here, we summarize experimental research progress related to active droplets. The constitution of active droplets, in particular the chemical compositions and structure of interfaces, is critical. We discuss how emulsion properties such as mechanism of motion, speed, trajectory, interaction strength, and lifetime are related to the droplet composition. We consider not only traditional single emulsions but also more complex variants, such as Janus droplets, Pickering emulsions, and multiple emulsions. Active behavior of isolated droplets as well as pairwise and multibody interactions between droplets is described. The influence of physical barriers that shape the local chemical gradients and fluid flow is also highlighted. This review provides perspective on the past, current, and promising future experimental research directions in active droplet research.     

碳纳米复合物作为催化剂和乳化剂用于水/有机两相体系反应(英文)

This mini-review summarizes some novel aspects of reactions conducted in aqueous/organic emulsions stabilized by carbon nanohybrids functionalized with catalytic species. Carbon nanohybrids represent a family of solid catalysts that not only can stabilize water-oil emulsions in the same fashion as Pickering emulsions, but also catalyze reactions at the liquid/liquid interface. Several exam-ples are discussed in this mini-review. They include (a) aldol condensation-hydrodeoxygenation tandem reactions catalyzed by basic (MgO) and metal (Pd) catalysts, respectively; (b) Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyzed by carbon-nanotube-supported Ru; and (c) emulsion polymerization of styrene for the production of conductive polymer composites. Conducting these reactions in emul-sion generates important advantages, such as increased liquid/liquid interfacial area that consequently means faster mass transfer rates of molecules between the two phases, effective separation of products from the reaction mixture by differences in the water-oil solubility, and significant changes in product selectivity that can be adjusted by modifying the emulsion characteristics.     

Janus and patchy colloids at fluid interfaces

Understanding the fundamental behavior of chemically anisotropic Janus and patchy particles at fluid interfaces enables utilization of these colloids as solid surfactants for stabilization of emulsions and as building blocks for fabrication of functional and responsive materials. Here, we review recent progress on understanding the combined effects of particle–interface and particle–particle interactions on the surface activity and organization of Janus and patchy particles at fluid interfaces. We also highlight recent developments that harness these fundamental properties for applications in self-assembly and emulsion stabilization, and discuss some of the outstanding questions that warrant future investigation. The progress in the field opens new opportunities to pursue techniques for controlling interfacial rheology, directed motion, and the formulation of novel soft materials.     

Surfactant‐Assisted Stabilization of Au Colloids on Solids for Heterogeneous Catalysis

The stabilization of surfactant‐assisted synthesized colloidal noble metal nanoparticles (NPs, such as Au NPs) on solids is a promising strategy for preparing supported nanocatalysts for heterogeneous catalysis because of their uniform particle sizes, controllable shapes, and tunable compositions. However, surfactant removal to obtain clean surfaces for catalysis through traditional approaches (such as solvent extraction and thermal decomposition) can easily induce the sintering of NPs, greatly hampering their use in synthesis of novel catalysts. Such unwanted surfactants have now been utilized to stabilize NPs on solids by a simple yet efficient thermal annealing strategy. After being annealed in N₂ flow, the surface‐bound surfactants are carbonized in situ as sacrificial architectures that form a conformal coating on NPs and assist in creating an enhanced metal‐support interaction between NPs and substrate, thus slowing down the Ostwald ripening process during post‐oxidative calcination to remove surface covers.     

Interface composition of multiple emulsions: rheology as a probe

We have investigated the dynamic rheological properties of concentrated multiple emulsions to characterize their amphiphile composition at interfaces. Multiple emulsions (W1/O/W2) consist of water droplets (W1) dispersed into oil globules (O), which are redispersed in an external aqueous phase (W2). A small-molecule surfactant and an amphiphilic polymer were used to stabilize the inverse emulsion (W1 in oil globules) and the inverse emulsion (oil globules in W2), respectively. Rheological and interfacial tension measurements show that the polymeric surfactant adsorbed at the globule interface does not migrate to the droplet interfaces through the oil phase. This explains, at least partly, the stability improvement of multiple emulsions as polymeric surfactants are used instead of small-molecule surfactants.     

Colloidal shape controlled by molecular adsorption at liquid crystal interfaces

The ability to control finely the structure of materials remains a central issue in colloidal science. Due to their elastic properties, liquid crystals (LC) are increasingly used to organize matter at the micrometer scale in soft composites. Textures and shapes of LC droplets are currently controlled by the competition between elasticity and anchoring, hydrodynamic flows, or external fields. Molecules adsorbed specifically at LC interfaces are known to orient LC molecules (anchoring effect), but other induced effects have been poorly explored. Using specifically designed amphitropic surfactants, we demonstrate that large-shape transformations can be achieved in direct LC/water emulsions. In particular, we focus on unusual nematic filaments formed from spherical droplets. These results suggest new approaches to design new soft LC composite materials through the adsorption of molecules at liquid crystal interfaces.     

Universal Janus Filters for the Rapid Separation of Oil from Emulsions Stabilized by Ionic or Nonionic Surfactants

Existing Janus filters cannot separate oil from emulsions stabilized by nonionic surfactants. Reported herein are universal Janus filters that separate oil from emulsions stabilized by not only ionic but also nonionic surfactants. To prepare such a filter, poly(dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS) is grafted onto one side of a fabric. The other side is then grafted with a copolymer polysoap bearing pendant oligo(ethylene glycol) monolaurate (EL) chains. Upon contact with an emulsion, the grafted polysoap competes with free surfactants, ionic or nonionic, for adsorption onto the emulsified droplets, drawing them to the surfaces of the fabric fibers, and causes them to coalesce locally. The coalesced oil then migrates to the PDMS‐coated side of the fabric and selectively permeates it. These novel filters possess enhanced versatility and showcase a new application for polysoaps.     

Water-in-water emulsions stabilized by non-amphiphilic interactions: polymer-dispersed lyotropic liquid crystals

Emulsion systems involving surfactants are mainly driven by the separation of the hydrophobic interactions of the aliphatic chains from the hydrophilic interactions of amphiphilic molecules in water. In this study, we report an emulsion system that does not include amphiphilic molecules but molecules with functional groups that are completely solvated in water. These functional groups give rise to molecular interactions including hydrogen bonding, pi stacking, and salt bridging and are segregated into a dispersion of droplets forming a water-in-water emulsion. This water-in-water emulsion consists of dispersing droplets of a water-solvated biocompatible liquid crystal--disodium cromoglycate (DSCG)--in a continuous aqueous solution containing specific classes of water-soluble polymers. Whereas aqueous solutions of polyols support the formation of emulsions of spherical droplets consisting of lyotropic liquid crystal DSCG with long-term stability (for at least 30 days), aqueous solutions of polyamides afford droplets of DSCG in the shape of prolate ellipsoids that are stable for only 2 days. The DSCG liquid crystal in spherical droplets assumes a radial configuration in which the optical axis of the liquid crystal aligns perpendicular to the surface of the droplets but assumes a tangential configuration in prolate ellipsoids in which the optical axis of the liquid crystal aligns parallel to the surface of the droplet. Other classes of water-soluble polymers including polyethers, polycations, and polyanions do not afford a stable emulsion of DSCG droplets. Both the occurrence and the stability of this unique emulsion system can be rationalized on the basis of the functional groups of the polymer. The different configurations of the liquid crystal (DSCG) droplets were also found to correlate with the strength of the hydrogen bonding that can be formed by the functional groups on the polymer.     

Resolving Optical and Catalytic Activities in Thermoresponsive Nanoparticles by Permanent Ligation with Temperature‐Sensitive Polymers

Thermoresponsive nanoparticles (NPs) represent an important hybrid material comprising functional NPs with temperature‐sensitive polymer ligands. Strikingly, significant discrepancies in optical and catalytic properties of thermoresponsive noble‐metal NPs have been reported, and have yet to be unraveled. Reported herein is the crafting of Au NPs, intimately and permanently ligated by thermoresponsive poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM), in situ using a starlike block copolymer nanoreactor as model system to resolve the paradox noted above. As temperature rises, plasmonic absorption of PNIPAM‐capped Au NPs red‐shifts with increased intensity in the absence of free linear PNIPAM, whereas a greater red‐shift with decreased intensity occurs in the presence of deliberately introduced linear PNIPAM. Remarkably, the absence or addition of free linear PNIPAM also accounts for non‐monotonic or switchable on/off catalytic performance, respectively, of PNIPAM‐capped Au NPs.