Alexander Thewes, Lars Bröcker, Phillip Marvin Reinders, Hanno Paschke, Tristan Brückner, Wolfgang Tillmann, Julia Urbanczyk, Nelson Filipe Lopes Dias, Michael Paulus, Christian Sternemann
{"title":"Formation of a Nanostructured Ti-Si-C-N Coating by Self-Organization with Reduced Amorphous Matrix","authors":"Alexander Thewes, Lars Bröcker, Phillip Marvin Reinders, Hanno Paschke, Tristan Brückner, Wolfgang Tillmann, Julia Urbanczyk, Nelson Filipe Lopes Dias, Michael Paulus, Christian Sternemann","doi":"10.1002/admi.202400644","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202400644","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A Ti-Si-C-N coating is deposited on AISI H11 hot working steel by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) to investigate its micro- and nanostructure as well as its mechanical and thermal properties. Instead of a nanocomposite structure consisting of randomly oriented nanocrystalline (nc-) grains < 10 nm surround by an amorphous (a-) matrix, as usually found for these systems, this Ti-Si-C-N coating shows much larger Ti(C,N)-grains with a preferred (200) orientation identify by X-ray diffraction analysis. The strong texturing and grain sizes > 10 nm of the coating are confirmed by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy images. The coating's hardness is 46.3 GPa, making it equally hard to, e.g., nanocomposite Ti-Si-N coatings. These hardness values can only be achieved by a strong interface between a-matrix and nc-grains and small grain size. Despite 41.1 at.% carbon content, no significant quantity of a-C is found, as evidenced by Raman spectroscopy analysis. In order to investigate the oxidation behavior of the coatings, X-ray diffraction experiments are carried out at room temperature and in-situ in ambient atmosphere at elevated temperatures. The room temperature measurement shows a strong texturing of the Ti(C,N) lattice and yielded additional information on an anisotropic grain size.</p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"12 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202400644","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143497263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wannian Zhang, Yingquan Du, Zhigang Gao, Fang Yu, Yu-Peng He
{"title":"Recyclable Multifunctional PSOGs for Rapid Removal of Wastewater Pollutants (Oily and Dye)","authors":"Wannian Zhang, Yingquan Du, Zhigang Gao, Fang Yu, Yu-Peng He","doi":"10.1002/admi.202400525","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202400525","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The treatment of contaminants in water has become one of the most critical environmental issues today, especially oil- and dye-pollutants in water, for which there is still no efficient and economical solution. A multifunctional phase-selective organogel (tert-butyl (<i>S</i>)-(5-amino-1,5-dioxo-1-(tetradecylamino)pentan-2-yl)carbamate, <b>TBTC</b>) is developed to remove oils and dyes from water. Benefiting from the significant van der Waals interaction between the long alkyl chain of <b>TBTC</b> and the oil, <b>TBTC</b> can rapidly disperse into the oil phase. Then, <b>TBTC</b> aggregates into fibers and solidifies oil through a repairable, dynamic, and balanced hydrogen bonding network, which can solidify and recover the spilled oil at room temperature. <b>TBTC</b> can also efficiently remove more than a dozen typical dye contaminants through a host–guest recognition mode. The mechanism of host–guest recognition is studied by experiment combined with multiscale calculations. Partial <sup>1</sup>H VT NMR, FTIR, and XRD experiments have shown that the main driving force for <b>TBTC</b> gelation and host–guest recognition originates from interaction hydrogen bonding, are <b>TBTC</b> specifically recognizes dye molecules through weak hydrogen bonding interactions and rapidly aggregates to form precipitates. <b>TBTC</b>-based organogel provides a potential solution for oil spill recovery and removal of dyes from water.</p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"12 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202400525","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143117394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria G. Bauer, Fabio Henkel, Ufuk Gürer, Oliver Lieleg
{"title":"Bio-Based and Degradable Food Packaging Materials: Where Are They?","authors":"Maria G. Bauer, Fabio Henkel, Ufuk Gürer, Oliver Lieleg","doi":"10.1002/admi.202400645","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202400645","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In the 1960s, the Swedish company Celloplast patented the first one-piece plastic bag for packaging, and such plastic bags are heavily used all around the world until they are banned by some countries for environmental and sustainability reasons. Similarly, the EU banned certain single-use plastic items in 2021—but food packaging is not part of this new regulation. And indeed, the majority of food packaging encountered today in the supermarket is still made from traditional, petrol-based plastics. This review summarizes recent efforts in developing more sustainable alternatives to such petrol-based food packaging. Different natural sources and production processes used to develop biodegradable, biopolymer-based materials (bbMs) are discussed, which are categorized into natural bbMs, modified/plasticized bbMs, and plastic bbMs. An overview of the material properties of commercially available bbMs and bbMs developed in academic research projects is provided, and are compared with the properties of conventional, petrol-based materials used for packaging. Furthermore, the role of academic and industrial contributors along the value chain of bbMs is highlighted and challenges that are responsible for the still limited occurrence of bbMs in daily lives are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"12 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202400645","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143646245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strong, Reversible, Heat-Activated Adhesion from Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 36/2024)","authors":"Hongye Gou, Shenghui Hou, Mohand O. Saed","doi":"10.1002/admi.202470088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202470088","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Liquid Crystal Elastomers</b></p><p>In article 2400488, Mohand O. Saed and co-workers develop reusable liquid crystal adhesives with controlled transition temperatures (Tg and Ti). These adhesives show low tackiness in the glassy and isotropic phases, becoming activated between Tg and Ti. They are reusable across multiple heating and cooling cycles, resistant to contamination, and offer lap shear and peel strengths comparable to traditional pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs).\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"11 36","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202470088","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142868866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Graphene Decorated With Mo3S7 Clusters for Sensing CO2\t(Adv. Mater. Interfaces 36/2024)","authors":"Juan Casanova-Chafer, Eduard Llobet, Marta Feliz","doi":"10.1002/admi.202470087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202470087","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Metal Cluster-Based Chemical Sensor</b></p><p>The development of a nanohybrid based on trinuclear molybdenum sulfido clusters supported onto graphene and its application to detect toxic and harmful gaseous molecules is described. The outstanding sensing performance toward CO<sub>2</sub> makes these materials promising for a new generation of molybdenum resistive interrogators for the control of air quality. More details can be found in article 2400590 by Juan Casanova-Chafer, Eduard Llobet, and Marta Feliz.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"11 36","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202470087","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142868865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sanzeeda Baig Shuchi, Solomon T. Oyakhire, Wenbo Zhang, Philaphon Sayavong, Yusheng Ye, Yuelang Chen, Zhiao Yu, Yi Cui, Stacey F. Bent
{"title":"Deconvoluting Effects of Lithium Morphology and SEI Stability at Moderate Current Density Using Interface Engineering (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 36/2024)","authors":"Sanzeeda Baig Shuchi, Solomon T. Oyakhire, Wenbo Zhang, Philaphon Sayavong, Yusheng Ye, Yuelang Chen, Zhiao Yu, Yi Cui, Stacey F. Bent","doi":"10.1002/admi.202470090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202470090","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Planetary Lithium Islands</b></p><p>The cover image of the article 2400693 by Yi Cui, Stacey F. Bent, and co-workers depicts a unique planetary-like microstructure with lithium islands achieved by resistive hafnia coating on copper. The work introduces an interface engineering approach that allows the decoupling of two critical lithium (Li)-metal battery parameters—Li-morphology and solid electrolyte interphase (SEI)—in their kinetically convoluted regime. The article highlights that Li morphological control is more practical due to the challenges in SEI preservation.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"11 36","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202470090","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142868864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andre Klinger, Oscar Strobl, Hannes Michaels, Michael Kress, Nemanja Martic, Anna Maltenberger, Benjamin Britton, Andrew Belletti, Rüdiger-A. Eichel, Guenter Schmid
{"title":"Transport of Hydrogen Through Anion Exchange Membranes in Water Electrolysis","authors":"Andre Klinger, Oscar Strobl, Hannes Michaels, Michael Kress, Nemanja Martic, Anna Maltenberger, Benjamin Britton, Andrew Belletti, Rüdiger-A. Eichel, Guenter Schmid","doi":"10.1002/admi.202400515","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202400515","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The transport of hydrogen through an anion-exchange membrane (AEM) is analyzed by <i>in</i>-<i>line</i> product gas analysis in a large dynamic range (0.1–2 <i>Acm</i><sup>−2</sup>) at ambient pressure and correlated to <i>ex</i> <i>situ</i> membrane properties, including volumetric electrolyte uptake, dimensional swelling and diffusivities. A commercial AF3-HWK9-75-X membrane from Ionomr Innovations Inc. is characterized and employed in a 25 <i>cm</i><sup>2</sup> electrolyzer cell, which is operated for 56 <i>h</i> at 60 °<i>C</i> in 1 <i>M</i> KOH solution. A model of the membrane is developed, based on a combination of existing theoretical knowledge regarding liquid electrolytes and measured properties of the membrane. The model is employed to quantify the transport parameters through the membrane and the porous electrode. The hydrogen transport through the membrane is 770 times slower than through the electrode. The anion-exchange membrane permits a low degree of gas crossover, with a hydrogen-in-oxygen concentration of <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mn>0.37</mn>\u0000 <mspace></mspace>\u0000 <mo>%</mo>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$0.37,%$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> at 2 <i>Acm</i><sup>−2</sup>. The model indicates that modifying the membrane's microstructure has a more pronounced effect on the gas crossover than altering the swollen thickness. A correlation is derived to estimate the polymer diffusivity from the derived effective diffusivity through the membrane, which allows the determination of preferred membrane properties to lower hydrogen crossover.</p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"12 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202400515","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143497260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matteo Piscitelli, Diellza Bajrami, Cinzia Di Franco, Lucia Sarcina, Michele Catacchio, Eleonora Macchia, Luisa Torsi, Boris Mizaikoff, Gaetano Scamarcio
{"title":"β-Sheets Orientation in Physisorbed Protein Layers","authors":"Matteo Piscitelli, Diellza Bajrami, Cinzia Di Franco, Lucia Sarcina, Michele Catacchio, Eleonora Macchia, Luisa Torsi, Boris Mizaikoff, Gaetano Scamarcio","doi":"10.1002/admi.202400867","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202400867","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Physisorption of antibodies onto surfaces is a low-cost, rapid, and effective approach for immobilizing bioreceptors in applications such as bioelectronic sensors. However, there is a prevailing notion that physisorbed protein layers lack structural order, thus potentially compromising their stability and sensitivity compared to antibody films that are covalently attached to the substrate surface. This study demonstrates the preferential orientation of β-sheets within the secondary structure of protein layers, specifically anti-immunoglobulin G (anti-IgG) and bovine serum albumin (BSA), when physisorbed onto gold (Au) thin films. Using polarization modulation infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy (PM-IRRAS) and infrared attenuated total reflection (IR-ATR) spectroscopy, it has been confirmed that the β-strands in these protein layers are tilted relative to the surface normal by average angles of 75.3° ± 0.4° for anti-IgG and of 79.3 ± 0.2° for BSA. These results are obtained by analyzing the orientation of the transition dipole moments (TDMs) associated with the amide I molecular vibrations derived from a comparison between experimental and simulated mid-infrared spectra assuming isotropically oriented TDMs. The simulations incorporate refractive and absorption index dispersions obtained from the IR-ATR spectra. Thus obtained findings offer valuable molecular-level insights facilitating the design and optimization of biofunctionalized interfaces in advanced biomedical and biosensing applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"12 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202400867","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143645877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design and Preparation of Activated Carbon with High Specific Surface Area and Porosity Through an Organic Activator Coupled with CO2 Activation","authors":"Yizhong Li, Xiaoqing Yan, Zhi Cui, Jingkang Yuan, Baorong Xu, Guidong Yang","doi":"10.1002/admi.202400450","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202400450","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The advancement of effective techniques for the production of activated carbon has been a prominent focus of research. Herein, this work designs and successfully prepares a nontoxic, environmentally friendly organic activator on the surface of carbon materials through in situ organic fermentation treatment method. The production of activated carbon via this novel organic activator is at a temperature of 850 °C under CO<sub>2</sub> atmosphere for an activation time of 90 min, showing a specific surface area (<i>S</i><sub>BET</sub>) of 1354 m<sup>2</sup> g<sup>−1</sup>, an adsorption capacity of iodine (<i>Q</i><sub>I</sub>) of 1195 mg g<sup>−1</sup><sub>,</sub> and a total pore volume (<i>V</i><sub>tot</sub>) of 0.855 cm<sup>3</sup> g<sup>−1</sup>. Compared to the activated carbon prepared at high temperature under pure CO<sub>2</sub>, these results represent increases of 69.67%, 53.01%, and 93.44% in <i>S</i><sub>BET</sub>, <i>Q</i><sub>I</sub>, and <i>V</i><sub>tot</sub> values, respectively. By means of thermogravimetric (TG) analysis and simultaneous thermal analysis-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry a suggested activation process and mechanism of the novel organic activators is proposed. This organic activator is not only used for semi-coke (SC) based activated carbon preparation and saturated activated carbon (SAC) regeneration, but also attracts other industrial activated carbon production.</p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"12 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202400450","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143115620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}