Ashiqur Rahman, Abdur Rahman Bin Abdus Salam, Matthew G. Boebinger, Ahmed Touhami, Jennifer Lynch, Ali Ashraf
{"title":"Elastomeric Nanocomposite with Solvent-Free, One Step, In Situ Shear Exfoliation of Graphite to Graphene","authors":"Ashiqur Rahman, Abdur Rahman Bin Abdus Salam, Matthew G. Boebinger, Ahmed Touhami, Jennifer Lynch, Ali Ashraf","doi":"10.1002/admi.202400803","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202400803","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A graphene nanoflake (GNF)-enhanced elastomeric nanocomposite (G-EMC) is fabricated following an innovative, cost-effective, single-step, in situ shear exfoliation (ISE) method from low-cost bulk material, graphite, where uniform mixing happens simultaneously within the elastomer matrix. Electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and photo-induced force microscopy results show good dispersion of GNFs with exfoliation to a few layers and uniform distribution in the elastomer matrix. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis shows less than 1% oxygen-containing functional groups/impurity, enhanced bonding through the formation of edge sites as fracture occurs across the GNF basal plane, and pi-pi interactions with newly exfoliated planar basal plane surfaces of the GNFs. Raman spectroscopy results confirm the formation of GNFs with only a few layers of graphene formed by the ISE process. Fabricated 10 wt.% G-EMC nanocomposites show a 400%–500% increase in strength and fracture toughness. And 35 wt.% G-EMCs provide an electrical conductivity of 25.64 S m<sup>−1</sup> and a sensor gauge factor of 45. The resulting intrinsic piezo resistivity of the fabricated nanocomposite has been exploited to fabricate a multi-functional wired and wireless sensor for detecting different body movements, speech, human vital functions, solvents, and biomolecules.</p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"12 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202400803","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143914479","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}
Maryna Bilokur, Matt Thompson, Matthew Arnold, Cormac Corr
{"title":"Self-Organized Growth of Catalyst-Free Single Crystal WnO3n-2 (n = 25) Nanowire Bundles on Si (111) via Selective He+ Ion Irradiation","authors":"Maryna Bilokur, Matt Thompson, Matthew Arnold, Cormac Corr","doi":"10.1002/admi.202400907","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202400907","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Tungsten oxides (WO<sub>x</sub>) possess unique properties due to a synergy of multiple effects arising from their wide range of stoichiometric and sub-stoichiometric compositions, defect chemistry, and polymorphism. Synthesis and incorporation of 1D WO<sub>x</sub> nano-assemblies is an attractive pathway to enable highly efficient next-generation photocatalysts, sensors, and optoelectronic devices offering tunability over electro-optical response in a wide range of the spectrum, from UV–vis to NIR. However, synthesis of the metal oxide nano-patterns represents a technological challenge, often requiring the presence of a catalyst. Herein, a simple and economical method of synthesizing a catalyst-free self-organized sub-stoichiometric W<sub>n</sub>O<sub>3n-2</sub> (<i>n</i> = 25) single crystal nanowire bundles by selectively irradiating a Mo-Ni doped WO<sub>x</sub> surface with low-energy He<sup>+</sup> ions (27 eV) at 700 °C is reported. The synergetic effect of multiple factors including temperature, effective local electric field along the exposed area of the sample, and the micro-gap between the mask and the WO<sub>x</sub> (Mo – Ni) film, suitable oxygen content, doping, as well as shielding the nanowire growth area from the direct He<sup>+</sup> ion irradiation is suggested to drive the single-crystal wire growth. Adjustment is also observed in the effective refractive index and extinction coefficient values in the synthesized W<sub>n</sub>O<sub>3n-2</sub> nanorods across the solar spectrum.</p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"12 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202400907","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144118046","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":"Quasi-Static Compression Response and Energy Absorption of CNTF/EP Origami Thin-Walled Tubes","authors":"Bowen Zhang, Chuanling Men, Ying Kong, Zhengqiang Lv, Changwei Li, Dongmei Hu","doi":"10.1002/admi.202400826","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202400826","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study investigates the quasi-static compression response and energy absorption characteristics of origami-inspired thin-walled tubes fabricated from carbon nanotube film/epoxy (CNTF/EP). The quasi-static compression tests are performed on the origami tubes, square tubes, circular tubes, and thin-walled tubes made from other common materials for comparison, and key mechanical performance indicators, including initial peak force (PF), energy absorption (EA), specific energy absorption (SEA), mean crushing force (MCF), and crushing load efficiency (CLE), are evaluated. The deformation modes of the tubes during compression are observed and analyzed, revealing four typical patterns. Among them, there are both good deformation modes and bad deformation modes, which significantly affect the compressive performance of the thin-walled tube. Additionally, the effects of introducing creases at different positions on the quasi-static compression behavior are explored. Tests are conducted to verify the reusability of the thin-walled tubes. The origami tubes exhibited significant improvements in PF, SEA, and MCF after manual recovery and cyclic testing, indicating their potential for reusability. With excellent compressive energy absorption properties, foldability, and reusability, CNTF/EP origami thin-walled tubes are suitable for various impact mitigation applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"12 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202400826","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144118030","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}
Omrüye Ozok Arıcı, Aykut Caglar, Bassam A. Najri, Nahit Aktaş, Arif Kivrak, Hilal Kivrak
{"title":"Bimetallic Ruthenium-Cobalt Catalyst Supported on Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application in Electrochemical Sensing of Isoleucine","authors":"Omrüye Ozok Arıcı, Aykut Caglar, Bassam A. Najri, Nahit Aktaş, Arif Kivrak, Hilal Kivrak","doi":"10.1002/admi.202400707","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202400707","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this work, a bimetallic Ru-Co catalyst based on carbon nanotubes (Ru-Co/CNT) with a Ru to Co ratio of 95:5 is developed. The catalyst, featuring a total metal loading of 3% on the CNTs, is synthesized using the NaBH<sub>4</sub> reduction method. Several analytical analyses are used to detect the properties of the Ru-Co/CNT catalyst. X-ray diffraction (XRD) provides information on crystal structures of the catalysts, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) reveals particle size and distribution, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) measures the elemental composition, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) use to investigate the chemical oxidation states. In addition, thermal techniques including temperature-programmed reduction (TPR), temperature-programmed oxidation (TPO), and temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) are used to recognize the active sites on the catalyst's surface and the acidity. Then, the Ru-Co/CNT catalyst is applied as a sensor for isoleucine amino acid for the first time. It shows high performance with these parameters, sensitivity (0.002 mA cm<sup>−2</sup> m<span>m</span>), LOD – limit of detection (0.04 µ<span>m</span>), and LOQ – limit of quantification (0.12 µ<span>m</span>). Moreover, the interferences of common serum blood including (D-glucose, uric acid, ascorbic acid, and L-tryptophan) are studied. The findings indicated that the sensor is applicable to work in complex biological systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"12 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202400707","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143786930","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":"Synthesis and Characterization of Coated CoFe2O4 Nanoparticles with Biocompatible Compounds and In Vitro Toxicity Assessment on Glioma Cell Lines","authors":"Sevil Ozer, Nurcan Dogan, Sezen Canim-Ates, Ayhan Bingolbali","doi":"10.1002/admi.202400613","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202400613","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Rapid advances in the development of nanotechnology in recent years have led to functional magnetic nanoparticle types (MNPs) with different properties. The diverse applications of these nanoparticles make them a desirable candidate for use in biomedical areas due to their exclusive chemical and physical properties. The present work is conducted to study the in vitro biocompatibility of CoFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@shell with different surface coatings (shell: ascorbic acid (AA), dextran (DEX), and polyethyleneimine (PEI). The cytotoxicity of coated nanoparticles is screened toward the glioma cancer line (C6) and fibroblast cell line (L929) using an MTT assay. CoFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> NPs are synthesized using the co-precipitation method together with hydrothermal synthesis and characterized regarding their structural and magnetic properties using state-of-the-art techniques. Results showed the particles are consistent with the crystal structure of CoFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> and the average crystallite size in the range of 16–18 nm. For the coated NPs, only a slight increase in the Hc is found except for the CoFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@PEI NPs. The comparative analysis of the cytotoxic effects of CoFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@shell NPs on L929 fibroblast and glioma cells shows that the cytotoxicity of samples is much more specific in brain tumor cells, especially it also indicates the significant efficacy of CoFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@PEI in cancer cells.</p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"12 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202400613","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143497149","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 Crisci, Felix Boll, Sara Domenici, Jaime Gallego, Bernd Smarsly, Mengjiao Wang, Francesco Lamberti, Andrea Rubino, Teresa Gatti
{"title":"Easy Direct Functionalization of 2D MoS2 Applied in Covalent Hybrids with PANI as Dual Blend Supercapacitive Materials (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 1/2025)","authors":"Matteo Crisci, Felix Boll, Sara Domenici, Jaime Gallego, Bernd Smarsly, Mengjiao Wang, Francesco Lamberti, Andrea Rubino, Teresa Gatti","doi":"10.1002/admi.202570001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202570001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Capacitive Material</b></p><p>In article 2400621, Teresa Gatti and co-workers present a novel method for covalent anchoring of polyaniline chains to 2D MoS<sub>2</sub> nanosheets. The resulting covalently grafted hybrids are employed as active materials in electrochemical supercapacitors, providing improved performance and stability compared to the non-covalently grafted alternatives.\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":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202570001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143111129","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}
Jéssica Amorim, Emil Rosqvist, Cristina D. Cruz, Markus Haapala, Jouko Peltonen, Päivi Tammela, Tiina M. Sikanen
{"title":"A Systematic Study of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Formation on Thiol-Ene Polymers: Toward the Development of Microfluidic Bacterial Biofilm Models","authors":"Jéssica Amorim, Emil Rosqvist, Cristina D. Cruz, Markus Haapala, Jouko Peltonen, Päivi Tammela, Tiina M. Sikanen","doi":"10.1002/admi.202400910","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202400910","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Global antimicrobial resistance poses a major threat to human health and is largely driven by bacterial biofilms, which demonstrate significantly greater antibiotic resistance than planktonic bacteria. While most biofilm research targets the development of antibiofilm surfaces, materials that intentionally promote biofilm formation are crucial for creating screening tools to discover new antibiofilm agents. The transition from static to flow-through assay systems is also necessary to increase the methodological readiness of antibiofilm research. This study evaluates the feasibility of an emerging polymer platform, off-stoichiometry thiol-ene (OSTE), in supporting <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> biofilms. OSTE polymers provide versatile options for rapid prototyping of microfluidic devices, with unique opportunities for on-chip oxygen management. Here, the impacts of OSTE's key materials properties on <i>S. aureus</i> adhesion, biofilm viability, biomass, and metabolic activity are systematically examined in comparison to polystyrene, the current standard in microwell plate-based biofilm assays. Additionally, the composition of the extracellular polymer substances matrix and antimicrobial susceptibility are investigated to determine the most suitable OSTE composition for microfluidic <i>S. aureus</i> biofilm cultures. The results confirm compatibility with <i>S. aureus</i> biofilms, supported by atomic force microscopy analysis of biofilm morphologies under static and microfluidic conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"12 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202400910","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144117938","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}
Ondrej Dyck, Aisha Okmi, Kai Xiao, Sidong Lei, Andrew R. Lupini, Stephen Jesse
{"title":"Your Clean Graphene is Still Not Clean (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 1/2025)","authors":"Ondrej Dyck, Aisha Okmi, Kai Xiao, Sidong Lei, Andrew R. Lupini, Stephen Jesse","doi":"10.1002/admi.202570004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202570004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Invisible Hydrocarbons on Graphene</b></p><p>Rapidly diffusing hydrocarbons on graphene are revealed through direct detection in image intensity. The graphene appears to be clean on a microscopic level but is shown to still harbor contamination in a non-solid form, loosely adhered to the graphene surface. This work updates the conceptual model of surface hydrocarbons on graphene. More details can be found in article 2400598 by Ondrej Dyck and co-workers.\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":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202570004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143111103","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":"Optoelectric-Driven Wetting Transition on Artificially Micropatterned Surfaces With Long-Range Virtual Electrodes (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 1/2025)","authors":"Riccardo Zamboni, Debdatta Ray, Cornelia Denz, Jörg Imbrock","doi":"10.1002/admi.202570002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202570002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Optoelectric Superwetting</b></p><p>In article 2400459, Riccardo Zamboni and co-workers develop an optoelectric method for droplet manipulation on artificially micropatterned surfaces. It relies solely on optically induced virtual electrodes on photovoltaic crystals. Selective droplet transport and superhydrophobic wetting states are optically controlled on various patterns and substrates.\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":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202570002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143111262","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}
Md. Rubel Alam, Mitu Gharami, Barshan Dev, Md Ashikur Rahman, Tarikul Islam
{"title":"Next-Generation Materials for Multifunctional Applications: Design Progress and Prospects of 2D MXene-Enabled Hybrid Architectures","authors":"Md. Rubel Alam, Mitu Gharami, Barshan Dev, Md Ashikur Rahman, Tarikul Islam","doi":"10.1002/admi.202400681","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202400681","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The rapid development and widespread use of smart, portable, high-bandwidth wearable, and flexible electronic devices have led to an equivocally increased demand for multifunctional nanomaterials. The intriguing nature of the unique layered structure, chemical diversity, and outstanding physiochemical behaviors of 2D MXenes (transition metal carbides/nitrides)-based hybrid architectures with other low-dimensional materials can open a new doorfor multifunctional applications. Achieving high performance with MXenes, such as Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub>T<i><sub>x</sub></i>, often requires a large quantity of material, which can be impractical, and hybrid compositions can alleviate this issue quickly. So, combining MXenes with other low-dimensional materials to form hybrid architectures can offer novel solutions with increased physical, mechanical, chemical, and electrochemical properties. However, practical and large-scale applications of these hybrid architectures, especially for targeted applications, still need to be explored. This comprehensive study reviews the design progress and prospects of 2D MXene-enabled hybrid structures, focusing on combinations with graphene, carbon nanotubes, polyaniline, boron, silicon, and metal oxides. It also explores multifunctional applications, including wearable electronic devices, intelligent tunable sensors, new energy electrodes, and biomedical applications. Additionally, it offers a critical discussion (architectures–properties–applications), identifies research gaps, and provides pressing challenges with solutions for the frontier applications of 2D MXene-enabled hybrid architectures.</p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"12 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202400681","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143646152","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}