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Fabrication of Cobalt Oxide‐Block Copolymer Nanostructured Hybrid Films via a Mixed Solvent System The synthesized cobalt oxide (CoO) nanosheets embedded within a polymer matrix hold significant potential for applications in sensors, organic electronics, catalysis, organic photovoltaics, and energ....

Collaborator Ezzeldin Metwalli et al. in Journal of Applied Polymer Science: "Fabrication of #Cobalt #Oxide-Block #Copolymer #Nanostructured #Hybrid Films via a Mixed #Solvent System":

Journal of Applied Polymer Science 142, 26, e57089 (2025)

doi.org/10.1002/app....

Tuning the Morphology of Spray-Coated Biohybrid Beta-lactoglobulin:TiBALDh Films with pH for Water-Based and Nanostructured Titania The whey protein beta-lactoglobulin (β-lg) is used as a biotemplate for the water-based synthesis of nanostructured and foam-like titania films based on its variation in supramolecular structure when denatured at different pH values. Acting as a matrix, β-lg is mixed with the water-soluble titania precursor Ti(IV) bis(ammonium lactate)dihydroxide (TiBALDh) to promote biotemplated titania precipitation. Since TiBALDh is in chemical equilibrium with anatase titania nanoparticles and Ti(IV)-lactate complexes, and this equilibrium shifts with varying pH, the influence of the pH value on the final film morphology becomes essential. This work investigates this influence for three pH values: pH 7, pH 5, i.e., close to the isoelectric point of β-lg, and pH 2. Spray coating, a method of industrial relevance, is used to fabricate biohybrid β-lg:TiBALDh foam-like films. The obtained films are calcined to combust biotemplate β-lg and achieve nanostructured titania films. To understand the influence of pH on the film morphology, grazing-incidence small-angle and wide-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS/GIWAXS) and grazing-incidence small-angle neutron scattering (GISANS), in combination with scanning electron microscopy (SEM), are applied to both the biohybrid and biotemplated titania films. With these techniques, information about domain sizes, porosity, and crystal structure is obtained with high statistical significance. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) probes the interaction of TiBALDh and β-lg on the molecular level as a function of pH. The results underline pH as a suitable tool for tuning the morphology in biotemplated titania films.

Julian E. Heger et al. in JACS Au: "Tuning the #Morphology of #Spray-Coated #Biohybrid #Beta-#lactoglobulin: #TiBALDh Films with #pH for Water-Based and #Nanostructured #Titania":

JACS Au 2025, 5, 4, 1894–1902

doi.org/10.1021/jacs...

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Mar 31st, 2025 In the beginning God created data. Then She created Man to corrupt it. Vol II No 80 167 links Curated New Copper Alloy Demonstrates Incredi...

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#nanostructured #Copper-Tantalum-Lithium #stability #strength #Connectome #cortical #thickness #volume #conductor #Faraday #electrostatic #tube #stromatolites #amino-acids #abiogenesis #carbon-nitrogen #AMSAT-OSCAR #AO-7 #NiCd #AE4JC

Check out this month's #JPPEditorsChoice article by Laís de Castro Carvalho Silva et al: Impact of #nanostructured formulations for #schistosomiasis treatment: a systematic #review of in vivo preclinical evidence
➡️ doi.org/10.1093/jpp/... (Read free for 6 mths)

#pharmaceutics #DrugFormulation #nano

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Revolutionizing nitrogen fixation: communicating the potentials of nanostructured photocatalysts for sustainable ammonia/nitrate synthesis.

#Ammonium #Photocatalysis #Nitrogen #fixation #Nanostructured #materials

Details: maxapress.com/article/doi/...