NANOBLOC’s Post

I am excited to report my partecipation to the XXVIII National Congress "Chemistry Elements of Future" organized by the Società Chimica Italiana in Milan. It was a pleasure to present my poster in collaboration with National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology (INSTM) and University of Florence about the development of a new biomimetic #sensor based on #MIPS for the detection of #amelogenins from human enamel. #SCI2024 #HeritageScience

In this publication, out now in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, we collaborated with the Biosoft Lab at Delft University of Technology and with dsm-firmenich to develop a method to tune the viscoelasticity of temperature-responsive hydrogels made of silk-elastin-like polypeptides (SELPs). We tested two postprocessing methods ─ water annealing or EtOH annealing ─ that altered the topology of highly disordered SELP networks via the formation of ordered intermolecular β-sheets. This dramatically changed the rate of gelation of SELP solutions and their storage modulus by several orders of magnitude without having to modify their amino acid sequence. Open-access article available here: https://lnkd.in/egUz_eCE Thanks to all the co-authors for this nice collaboration! Klaartje Houben, Olaf Schouten, Gijsje Koenderink, Jens Thies and Cees Sagt.

#MOFs are promising candidates for temperature-driven adsorption applications but how the rate at which temperature is varied affects these processes? To address this question, we took inspiration from electrochemistry and especially cyclic voltammetry. Hajar AMYAR introduces "cyclic ellipsometry" to explore sorption #kinetics in MOFs. Thanks to the collaborators Andrea Cattoni Mondher Besbes Civan Avcı... and to European Research Council (ERC) for funding. https://lnkd.in/ehjEYsXT Sorbonne Université Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (Sorbonne Université, CNRS) Institut universitaire de France (IUF)

🌟 Excited to announce our latest publication in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces: "Efficient Lithium Recovery from Water Using Polyamide Thin Film Nanocomposite (TFN) Membrane Modified with Positively Charged Silica Nanoparticles." In this work, we developed a TFN membrane with an outstanding Li⁺/Mg²⁺ selectivity of 37.95, achieving 95.7% Mg²⁺ rejection, -63.2% Li⁺ rejection, and an impressive water flux of 56.0 L·m⁻²·h⁻¹ at 70 psi. By addressing critical factors for large-scale implementation—such as cost-effectiveness, environmental sustainability, and the advanced maturity of synthesis and modification techniques—this membrane sets a new benchmark, outperforming all previously reported methods for lithium recovery. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to my supervisor, Professor Mohtada Sadrzadeh, for his unwavering support and guidance throughout this project. I am also deeply thankful to my co-authors—Dr. Muhammad Amirul Islam, Dr. Jae-Young Cho, Elham Jashni, and Aria Khalili—for their invaluable contributions and assistance in bringing this research to life. Take a look at our paper here: https://lnkd.in/dx5MDjff

📢 New paper out from uninanobiosensors.com at the Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II about the development of a novel concept of 2D paper-based electrochemical device to detect paracetamol in wastewaters! 👀 Due to its high consumption, paracetamol has been listed as an emerging pollutant, and rapid screening tests are essential to monitor its presence in the environment. 🙌 Thank you to Antonella Miglione and Ada Raucci for leading this project in collaboration with Acea infrastructure! 👉 You can read the paper published in Electrochimica Acta Elsevier at the following link https://lnkd.in/d-ZQA3Wf

The news about the Chirality Medal made me think about this paper that was described the first observation of giant chiroptical activity in nanostructures. What was then an observation of an extremely strong peak in the unusual part of the visible spectrum, later fleshed out in detailed understanding of the role nanoscale size of the nanoparticle assemblies and their high polarizability in the generation of the off-the-chart polarization rotation. It also gives me an opportunity to give a shout-out to my long-term collaborator in this area Prof. Chuanlai Xu for ever-present enthusiasm, open-mindedness, and hard-core dedication to fundamental science. https://lnkd.in/gSsF8RTG

This is an interesting highlight from one of the SFB's (large collaborative research clusters) I'm involved in in Hamburg. Effectively the project is about monitoring and control of reactor systems (in future SMART) by calibrating internal structure and reactor behaviour on model scale using spectroscopy/diffraction (in this case wettability of C nanotubes), then later extrapolating this to large scale where it is hardly possible to do such measurements anymore. In short, break the length scale gap between model and large scale reactors with the help of synchrotron radiation. 💡 What's fantastic about working in an SFB research cluster like this is that you meet many interesting people outside of your direct field, so effectively I get to learn how much I *don't* know about science and engineering. 🔬 ⚙ What is not so fun on a personal level, it is hard to meet such people and maintain such connections when holding down three academic position simultaneously and skivvying around between three different cities like a little delocalised electron. ⚡ But you know what they say about those right? Highly charged and with great potential. 😉 Or was it low potential and high stability... that doesn't sound right for me... see this is why I'm not an electrochemist! #SMARTreactors #research #collaboration

💖 #𝐦𝐝𝐩𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 💖 #𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 📣 The Influence of the Matrix Selection and the Unification Process on the Key Parameters of the Conductive Graphene Layers on a Flexible Substrate 📝 Authored by Sandra Lepak-Kuc et al. Warsaw University of Technology 📌 https://lnkd.in/gjuuiDby 💖 Welcome to read!

🌟 We are very pleased to announce that our latest paper, titled "Revealing Intrinsic Functionalization, Structure, and Photo-Thermal Oxidation in Hexagonal Antimonene", has been published and is now available online in the journal Small! ➕ In this study, we explore how β-antimonene undergoes oxidation when exposed to laser irradiation and elevated temperatures. Using advanced microscopy and spectroscopy techniques, we have gained insights into the intrinsic functionalization and structural changes of this material under oxidative conditions. ➕ Our findings clarify why oxidation previously limited reliable electrical contact with antimonene. Now, we can work toward controlling oxidation to enable stable electrical interfacing. This work also opens the door to the development of new Sb/Sb₂O₃ heterostructures. Find out more details in the full paper:   https://lnkd.in/eG9QnV6m Many thanks to all authors for their effort 😊 👏 , as it has been a long journey. Mahesh Eledath Changarath Juan Francisco Sanchez Royo Gonzalo Abellán Sáez Instituto de Ciencia Molecular- ICMol Parc Científic de la Universitat de València #2DChem #2DPnictogens #FunctionalizedAntimonene #PhotoThermalOxidation 🎗 Additionally, I want to send a message of encouragement and hope to everyone affected by the recent DANA. My heartfelt condolences to those who have suffered losses. Now, more than ever, we must stand united.

🚨New On Demand Webinar! For our recent webinar, we were joined by two pioneers in advanced material development, Dr. John Gregoire (Caltech) and Aaike van Vugt (VSPARTICLE), who discussed emerging technologies that enable High Throughput Experimentation (HTE) in materials science. If you missed the webinar or would like to watch it again, it is now available for On Demand viewing on our website: https://ow.ly/1g8150SBBl9 #catalysts #sparkablation #nanoprinting #nanoporous #thinfilms #nanoparticles #platinum #NanoscienceInstruments