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Single Molecular Layer of Chitin Sub‐Nanometric Nanoribbons: One‐Pot Self‐Exfoliation and Crystalline Assembly into Robust, Sustainable, and Moldable Structural Materials
Sub‐nanometric materials (SNMs) represent a series of unprecedented size‐/morphology‐related properties applicable in theoretical research and diverse cutting‐edge applications. However, in‐depth investigation and wide utilization of organic SNMs are frequently hindered, owing to the complex synthes...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9165516/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35355436 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202201287 |
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author | Ding, Yugao Chen, Xizhi Zhou, Youshuang Ren, Xiaoming Zhang, Weihua Li, Mingjie Zhang, Qunchao Jiang, Tao Ding, Beibei Shi, Dean You, Jun |
author_facet | Ding, Yugao Chen, Xizhi Zhou, Youshuang Ren, Xiaoming Zhang, Weihua Li, Mingjie Zhang, Qunchao Jiang, Tao Ding, Beibei Shi, Dean You, Jun |
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description | Sub‐nanometric materials (SNMs) represent a series of unprecedented size‐/morphology‐related properties applicable in theoretical research and diverse cutting‐edge applications. However, in‐depth investigation and wide utilization of organic SNMs are frequently hindered, owing to the complex synthesis procedures, insufficient colloidal stability, poor processability, and high cost. In this work, a low‐cost, energy‐efficient, convenient, effective, and scalable method is demonstrated for directly exfoliating chitin SNMs from their natural sources through a one‐pot “tandem molecular intercalation” process. The resultant solution‐like sample, which exhibits ribbon‐like feature and contains more than 85% of the single molecular layer (thickness <0.6 nm), is capable of being solution‐processed to different types of materials. Thanks to the sub‐nanometric size and rich surface functional groups, chitin SNMs reveal versatile intriguing properties that rarely observe in their nano‐counterparts (nanofibrils), e.g., crystallization‐like assembly in the colloidal state and alcoplasticity/self‐adhesiveness in the bulk aggregate state. The finding in this work not only opens a new avenue for the high value‐added utilization of chitin, but also provides a new platform for both the theoretical study and practical applications of organic SNMs. |
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spelling | pubmed-91655162022-06-04 Single Molecular Layer of Chitin Sub‐Nanometric Nanoribbons: One‐Pot Self‐Exfoliation and Crystalline Assembly into Robust, Sustainable, and Moldable Structural Materials Ding, Yugao Chen, Xizhi Zhou, Youshuang Ren, Xiaoming Zhang, Weihua Li, Mingjie Zhang, Qunchao Jiang, Tao Ding, Beibei Shi, Dean You, Jun Adv Sci (Weinh) Research Articles Sub‐nanometric materials (SNMs) represent a series of unprecedented size‐/morphology‐related properties applicable in theoretical research and diverse cutting‐edge applications. However, in‐depth investigation and wide utilization of organic SNMs are frequently hindered, owing to the complex synthesis procedures, insufficient colloidal stability, poor processability, and high cost. In this work, a low‐cost, energy‐efficient, convenient, effective, and scalable method is demonstrated for directly exfoliating chitin SNMs from their natural sources through a one‐pot “tandem molecular intercalation” process. The resultant solution‐like sample, which exhibits ribbon‐like feature and contains more than 85% of the single molecular layer (thickness <0.6 nm), is capable of being solution‐processed to different types of materials. Thanks to the sub‐nanometric size and rich surface functional groups, chitin SNMs reveal versatile intriguing properties that rarely observe in their nano‐counterparts (nanofibrils), e.g., crystallization‐like assembly in the colloidal state and alcoplasticity/self‐adhesiveness in the bulk aggregate state. The finding in this work not only opens a new avenue for the high value‐added utilization of chitin, but also provides a new platform for both the theoretical study and practical applications of organic SNMs. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9165516/ /pubmed/35355436 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202201287 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Advanced Science published by Wiley‐VCH GmbH https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Articles Ding, Yugao Chen, Xizhi Zhou, Youshuang Ren, Xiaoming Zhang, Weihua Li, Mingjie Zhang, Qunchao Jiang, Tao Ding, Beibei Shi, Dean You, Jun Single Molecular Layer of Chitin Sub‐Nanometric Nanoribbons: One‐Pot Self‐Exfoliation and Crystalline Assembly into Robust, Sustainable, and Moldable Structural Materials |
title | Single Molecular Layer of Chitin Sub‐Nanometric Nanoribbons: One‐Pot Self‐Exfoliation and Crystalline Assembly into Robust, Sustainable, and Moldable Structural Materials |
title_full | Single Molecular Layer of Chitin Sub‐Nanometric Nanoribbons: One‐Pot Self‐Exfoliation and Crystalline Assembly into Robust, Sustainable, and Moldable Structural Materials |
title_fullStr | Single Molecular Layer of Chitin Sub‐Nanometric Nanoribbons: One‐Pot Self‐Exfoliation and Crystalline Assembly into Robust, Sustainable, and Moldable Structural Materials |
title_full_unstemmed | Single Molecular Layer of Chitin Sub‐Nanometric Nanoribbons: One‐Pot Self‐Exfoliation and Crystalline Assembly into Robust, Sustainable, and Moldable Structural Materials |
title_short | Single Molecular Layer of Chitin Sub‐Nanometric Nanoribbons: One‐Pot Self‐Exfoliation and Crystalline Assembly into Robust, Sustainable, and Moldable Structural Materials |
title_sort | single molecular layer of chitin sub‐nanometric nanoribbons: one‐pot self‐exfoliation and crystalline assembly into robust, sustainable, and moldable structural materials |
topic | Research Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9165516/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35355436 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202201287 |
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