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Chitin Nanofibers, Networks and Composites
Chitin nanofibers, networks and composites - Preparation, structure and mechanical properties Ngesa Ezekiel Mushi KTH, Royal Institute of Technology School of Chemical Science and Engineering Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology Division of Biocomposites Doctoral Thesis Stockholm 2014 Supervisor Prof Lars A Berglund Copyright © Ngesa Ezekiel Mushi, Stockholm 2014 All rights reserved The following papers are reprinted with permission: Paper I © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Paper II © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. Paper III © 2014 Mushi, Utsel and Berglund - Frontiers Paper IV © 2014 Manuscript Paper V © 2014 Manuscript TRITA-CHE Report 2014:43 ISSN 1654-1081 ISBN 978-91-7595-312-0 Tryck: US-AB, Stockholm 2014 AKADEMISK AVHANDLING Som med tillstånd av Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan framläggs till offentlig granskning för avläggande av teknisk doktorsexamen i fiber och polymerteknologi fredagen den 28 november 2014, kl 13:00 i sal Kollegiesalen, Brinellvägen 8, KTH campus, Stockholm. Fakultetsopponent: Prof Shinsuke Ifuku från Tottori University in Japan. Avhandlingen försvaras på engelska. Wakunde baba na mamaakwa walemiinutwa na nkaakwa nkunde na wana wakwa wesha Reuben na Ulla ABSTRACT Chitin is an important reinforcing component in load-bearing structures in many organisms such as insects and crustaceans (i.e. shrimps, lobsters, crabs etc.). It is of increasing interest for use in packaging materials as well as in biomedical applications. Furthermore, biological materials may inspire the development of new man-made material concepts. Chitin molecules are crystallized in extended chain conformations to form nanoscale fibrils of about 3 nm in diameter. In the present study, novel materials have been developed based on a new type of chitin nanofibers prepared from the lobster exoskeleton. -
Nanofiber Solutions Brochure
Nanofiber Solutions || 1 Nanofiber Solutions || 2 Table of Contents Introduction .............................................................................................................. 3 Research Areas ........................................................................................................ 4 Cancer Research .......................................................................................... 4 Stem Cell Research ..................................................................................... 4 Cell Migration Analysis ........................................................................ 5 In Vitro Disease Models ............................................................................... 8 Tissue Engineering Scaffolds ..................................................................... 8 Schwann Cell Alignment ..................................................................... 9 High Throughput Drug Discovery .............................................................. 11 Brain Cancer Drug Sensitivity ........................................................... 12 Successful Manufacturing of Artificial Trachea .................................................. 17 Nanofiber Comparisons to Native Tissue ............................................................. 18 Products .................................................................................................................... 19 Cell Seeding Protocol ............................................................................................. -
Preparations and Characterization of Chitin Nanofibers and Related Materials Ajoy Kumar Dutta
Preparations and Characterization of Chitin Nanofibers and Related Materials July, 2014 Ajoy Kumar Dutta Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology Graduate School of Engineering Tottori University CONTENTS General Introduction 1 Chapter1. Preparation of α-Chitin Nanofibers by High Pressure Water Jet System: Impact of Number of Passes on Nanofibrillation 6 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Experimental 1.3 Results and Discussion 1.4 Conclusion Chapter 2. Simple Preparation of β-Chitin Nanofibers from Squid Pen 26 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Experimental 2.3 Results and Discussion 2.4 Conclusion Chapter 3. Novel Preparation of Chitin Nanocrystals by H2SO4 and H3PO4 Hydrolysis 40 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Experimental 3.3 Results and Discussion 3.4 Conclusion -I- Chapter 4. Simple Preparation of Chitosan Nanofibers by High Pressure Water Jet System 55 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Experimental 4.3 Results and Discussion 4.4 Conclusion Chapter 5. Facile Preparation of Surface N-halamine Chitin Nanofiber to Endow Antimicrobial Activities 70 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Experimental 5.3 Results and Discussion 5.4 Conclusion General Summary 88 References 92 List of Publications 106 Acknowledgements 107 -II- List of Figures Figure 1. Chemical structure of (a) cellulose, (b) chitin, and (c) chitosan. 2 Figure 2. FE-SEM micrograph of α-chitin powder. 8 Figure 3. FE-SEM micrographs of α-chitin fibers after several passes treatments by HPWJ system. The scale bar length is 400 nm. 14 Figure 4. FT-IR spectrum of α-chitin nanofibers at several passes. 15 Figure 5. Average widths of α-chitin nanofibers as a function of number of passes. -
Nanofibers Based on Concentrated Collagen Hydrolysate Loaded with Essential Oils
https://www.scientificarchives.com/journal/journal-of-nanotechnology-and-nanomaterials Journal of Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials Research Article Nanofibers Based on Concentrated Collagen Hydrolysate Loaded with Essential Oils M. D. Berechet1, C. Gaidau1, A. Miletic2, B. Pilic2, D. Simion1, M. Râpă3, M. Stanca1, R. Constantinescu1 1Leather and Footwear Research Institute Division, National Research and Development Institute for Textiles and Leather, Bucharest, Romania 2Faculty of Technology, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia 3Center for Research and Eco-Metallurgical Expertise, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania *Correspondence should be addressed to M. D. Berechet; [email protected] Received date: November 24, 2020, Accepted date: December 22, 2020 Copyright: © 2021 Berechet MD, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Abstract Collagen is a biopolymer with regenerative and tissue reconstruction properties used in various treatments in medicine, but few research studies were dedicated to the electrospinning of collagen derivatives loaded with essential oils as efficient antimicrobial biomaterial. This research aimed to obtain antibacterial nanofibers based on concentrated collagen hydrolysate loaded with cloves and cinnamon essential oils as natural alternatives to synthesis products. The essential oils were successfully incorporated into collagen using electrospinning process, resulting in nanofibers with diameter from 404.8 nm to 717.6 nm and porous structure. The presence of essential oils in collagen nanofiber mats was confirmed by Attenuated Total Reflectance-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), Ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy (UV–VIS) and antibacterial activity assays. -
Polymeric Nanofiber Coating with Tunable Combinatorial Antibiotic
Polymeric nanofiber coating with tunable combinatorial PNAS PLUS antibiotic delivery prevents biofilm-associated infection in vivo Alyssa G. Ashbaugha,1, Xuesong Jiangb,c,d,1, Jesse Zhenge, Andrew S. Tsaie, Woo-Shin Kima, John M. Thompsonf, Robert J. Millera, Jonathan H. Shahbaziana, Yu Wanga, Carly A. Dillena, Alvaro A. Ordonezg,h, Yong S. Changg,h, Sanjay K. Jaing,h, Lynne C. Jonesf, Robert S. Sterlingf, Hai-Quan Maob,c,d,i,2,3, and Lloyd S. Millera,b,f,j,2,3 aDepartment of Dermatology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231; bDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218; cTranslational Tissue Engineering Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218; dInstitute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218; eDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218; fDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287; gDepartment of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287; hCenter for Infection and Inflammation Imaging Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287; iWhitaker Biomedical Engineering Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218; and jDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287 Edited by Scott J. Hultgren, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, and approved September 20, 2016 (received for review August 23, 2016) Bacterial biofilm formation is a major complication of implantable potential development of antibiotic resistance while on therapy medical devices that results in therapeutically challenging chronic (14–16). infections, especially in cases involving antibiotic-resistant bacteria. -
Chitin and Chitosan Nanofibers: Preparation and Chemical Modifications
Molecules 2014, 19, 18367-18380; doi:10.3390/molecules191118367 OPEN ACCESS molecules ISSN 1420-3049 www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules Review Chitin and Chitosan Nanofibers: Preparation and Chemical Modifications Shinsuke Ifuku Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyama-cho Minami, Tottori 680-8550, Japan; E-Mail: [email protected]; Tel.: +81-857-31-5592; Fax: +81-857-31-3190 External Editor: Derek J. McPhee Received: 18 September 2014; in revised form: 15 October 2014 / Accepted: 4 November 2014 / Published: 11 November 2014 Abstract: Chitin nanofibers are prepared from the exoskeletons of crabs and prawns, squid pens and mushrooms by a simple mechanical treatment after a series of purification steps. The nanofibers have fine nanofiber networks with a uniform width of approximately 10 nm. The method used for chitin-nanofiber isolation is also successfully applied to the cell walls of mushrooms. Commercial chitin and chitosan powders are also easily converted into nanofibers by mechanical treatment, since these powders consist of nanofiber aggregates. Grinders and high-pressure waterjet systems are effective for disintegrating chitin into nanofibers. Acidic conditions are the key factor to facilitate mechanical fibrillation. Surface modification is an effective way to change the surface property and to endow nanofiber surface with other properties. Several modifications to the chitin NF surface are achieved, including acetylation, deacetylation, phthaloylation, naphthaloylation, maleylation, chlorination, TEMPO-mediated oxidation, and graft polymerization. Those derivatives and their properties are characterized. Keywords: chitin; chitosan; nanofiber; chemical modification 1. Introduction A nanofiber (NF) is generally defined as a fiber of less than 100 nm diameter and an aspect ratio of more than 100 [1,2]. -
Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofiber Arrays As a Platform for Gene Delivery and Expression Analysis in Mammalian Cells
University of Tennessee, Knoxville TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 5-2008 Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofiber Arrays as a Platform for Gene Delivery and Expression Analysis in Mammalian Cells David George James Mann University of Tennessee - Knoxville Follow this and additional works at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss Part of the Microbiology Commons Recommended Citation Mann, David George James, "Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofiber Arrays as a Platform for Gene Delivery and Expression Analysis in Mammalian Cells. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2008. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/362 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized administrator of TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact [email protected]. To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a dissertation written by David George James Mann entitled "Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofiber Arrays as a Platform for Gene Delivery and Expression Analysis in Mammalian Cells." I have examined the final electronic copy of this dissertation for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the equirr ements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, with a major in Microbiology. Gary S. Sayler, Major Professor We have read this dissertation and recommend its acceptance: -
Diamonds from the Sky -‐ C2CNT, the Inexpensive Transforma[On of CO2 To
Diamonds from the Sky - C2CNT, the inexpensive transformaon of CO2 to carbon nanotubes Stuart Licht, [email protected] presentaon to: the Naonal Academy Washington, DC, March 2018 Not for reproducon. All rights retained by George Washington University. Stuart Licht – 30 years solar chemistry & climate change mitigation expertise Academic credenals Deans’s Research Prof. George Washington Univ. Former NSF Program Director (Chemistry Division) Former Professor Technion Professor of Chemistry Former Chair – UMass Dept. of Chemistry Former Carlson Chair Assoc. Prof. of Chemsitry Postdoc: MIT (with Prof. Mark Wrighton) Ph.D. in chemistry: Weizmann Instute of Science B.Sc. & M.Sc. in chem&phys: Wesleyan University 2 Stuart Licht – 30 years solar chemistry & climate change mitigation expertise ~400 peer reviewed papers & patents 2014 3 Addressing climate change: What if we could convert CO2 to a product worth over 1,000 times more than coal? Money talks loudly. This would provide economic incenve to remove CO2. We can. We do it now. Today, we present an alternave transformaon of carbon dioxide into a compact, stable, valuable product. This process provides an economic incenve to remove the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. 1 Introduc;on of a soluon to remove atmospheric carbon dioxide & migate climate change A novel, high-yield, low energy process is shown to remove the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. We have found a chemistry to produce high-yield, high purity, carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers products directly from either atmospheric or smokestack CO2. Such carbons are used to make strong carbon composites, such as used in the Boeing Dreamliner, as well as in high-end sports equipment, wind turbine blades and a host of other lightweight, high strength, flexible, products. -
Carbon Nanofiber Mats for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding
Carbon 111 (2017) 529e537 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Carbon journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/carbon Carbon nanofiber mats for electromagnetic interference shielding * Xinghua Hong a, b, D.D.L. Chung a, a Composite Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 14260-4400, USA b Key Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, China article info abstract Article history: This paper reports the electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness of carbon nanofiber (CNF, Received 13 September 2016 originally called carbon filament) mats made from 0.16-mm-diameter catalytically grown CNFs by the Received in revised form paper-making process (1.7e13.1 MPa compaction pressure). These low-cost lightweight binderless mats 13 October 2016 (2.9e5.4 mm thick, 0.13e0.22 g/cm3 bulk density, 6.1e10 vol% solid) provide high shielding effectiveness Accepted 14 October 2016 (SE,52e81 dB, 1.5 GHz) and high SE/density (370e470 dB cm3/g), though SE/thickness is low (14e18 dB/ Available online 14 October 2016 mm). Compared to the spun CNF mats of prior work, they exhibit higher SE, but lower SE/thickness. With consideration of SE, SE/thickness, and SE/density, the CNF mats are superior to graphene aerogel, reduced-graphene-oxide polyurethane foam and reduced-graphene-oxide aerogel of prior work, but are inferior to carbon nanotube mats, graphene film, carbon foam and flexible graphite of prior work. Ab- sorption is the dominant shielding mechanism of CNF mats, so both SE and absorption loss tend to decrease with decreasing thickness. -
New Biocomposite Electrospun Fiber/Alginate Hydrogel for Probiotic Bacteria Immobilization
materials Article New Biocomposite Electrospun Fiber/Alginate Hydrogel for Probiotic Bacteria Immobilization Adam Grzywaczyk 1, Agata Zdarta 1 , Katarzyna Jankowska 1, Andrzej Biadasz 2, Jakub Zdarta 1 , Teofil Jesionowski 1 , Ewa Kaczorek 1 and Wojciech Smułek 1,* 1 Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Poznan University of Technology, Berdychowo 4, 60-965 Poznan, Poland; [email protected] (A.G.); [email protected] (A.Z.); [email protected] (K.J.); [email protected] (J.Z.); teofi[email protected] (T.J.); [email protected] (E.K.) 2 Institute of Physics, Faculty of Materials Engineering and Technical Physics, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 3, 60-965 Poznan, Poland; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected] Abstract: Biotechnological use of probiotic microorganisms involves providing them with appropri- ate conditions for growth, but also protection against environmental changes caused by an exchange of the medium, isolation of metabolites, etc. Therefore, the research on effective immobilization of probiotic microorganisms should be focused in this direction. The present study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of an innovative hybrid immobilization system based on electrospun nanofibers and alginate hydrogel. The analyses carried out included the study of properties of the initial compo- nents, the evaluation of the degree and durability of cell immobilization in the final material, and their survival under stress conditions. Effective binding of microorganisms to the hydrogel and Citation: Grzywaczyk, A.; Zdarta, nanofibers was confirmed, and the collected results proved that the proposed biocomposite is an A.; Jankowska, K.; Biadasz, A.; efficient method of cell protection. -
Methane Pyrolysis for Carbon Nanotubes and Cox‑Free H2 Over
Article Cite This: Energy Fuels XXXX, XXX, XXX−XXX pubs.acs.org/EF ‑ Methane Pyrolysis for Carbon Nanotubes and COx Free H2 over Transition-Metal Catalysts † † I-Wen Wang, Deepa Ayillath Kutteri, Bingying Gao, Hanjing Tian, and Jianli Hu* Chemical & Biomedical Engineering Department, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States *S Supporting Information ABSTRACT: Recently, researchers at West Virginia University reported a promising catalyst innovation for nonoxidative thermochemical conversion of methane to CO2-free hydrogen and solid carbon nanotubes (CNTs). A catalyst system was discovered that promotes “base growth” CNT formation rather than conventional “tip growth”. This enables catalyst regenerability while also generating highly pure and crystalline carbon products. In this study, simultaneous productions of CNTs and CO2-free hydrogen were studied over Fe-based catalysts supported on Al2O3, SiO2, and H-ZSM-5. The experimental results showed that metal−support interaction played a key role in the base growth mechanism. Methane conversion and the property of CNTs depended significantly on metal loading and the type of support. To elucidate the formation mechanism of CNTs, the spent catalysts were characterized by a number of analytical instrumentations including transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The formation of the active intermediate phase, Fe3C, was discovered. The results of XPS analysis revealed that Fe/Al2O3 had a stronger interaction between metal particles and support than Fe/SiO2 and Fe/ZSM-5. The characterization result is consistent with the performance test results from the methane decomposition reaction. To further explore the fi application of the CNTs, separation and puri cation were carried out using spent Fe/Al2O3 and 9Ni-1Fe/SiO2 catalysts. -
Multifunctional Nanoparticles Reinforced Nanofibers by Electrospinning
TH 16 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPOSITE MATERIALS MULTIFUNCTIONAL NANOPARTICLES REINFORCED NANOFIBERS BY ELECTROSPINNING * Heejae Yang, **Hui Li, **Wei-Heng Shih, ***Yoshihiro Yamashita **Frank Ko : * School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health System **Department of Materials Sciences and Engineering Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA ***Department of Materials Science, The University of Shiga Prefecture, Japan Keywords: Electrospinning, Nanofiber, Nanoparticles, Nanocomposites, CdS, Fe3O4 Abstract evident at the size smaller than 100 nm. One of the unique features of nanomaterial is the enormous Nanomaterials in various geometry such as surface area to volume ratio as compared to the bulk quantum-dots, carbon nanotubes and nanoclays material. This can make materials more chemically have been used effectively as coating and fillers for reactive and affect their strength and/or electrical many products to achieve nanoscale effects. In order properties. to amplify the nanoscale effect and provide a means In order to facilitate the translation of to carry the nanoscale effect to macrostructures, the nanoscale effect to macrostructures, creating nanoparticles are incorporated in ultrafine fibers to nanocomposite has been one of the effective form nanocomposite fibrils. This was carried out by methods to utilize the unique properties of nanoscale a co-electrospinning process wherein materials. Among various techniques of fabricating nanocomposite fibrils were spun from a spinning polymer-nanoparticles nanocomposite systems,