scholarly journals Cover Feature: Synthesis of Dual‐Responsive Materials with Reversible and Switchable Phase‐Transition Properties for High‐Performance Cellulose Enzymatic Hydrolysis (ChemSusChem 4/2020)

ChemSusChem ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 660-660
Author(s):  
Xing Zhu ◽  
Yi Tian ◽  
Bin He ◽  
Ting Gan ◽  
Xiao Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Enzymatic Hydrolysis ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Responsive Materials ◽  
Dual Responsive

scholarly journals Review of Functional Treatments for Modified Wood

Coatings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 327
Author(s):  
Morwenna J. Spear ◽  
Simon F. Curling ◽  
Athanasios Dimitriou ◽  
Graham A. Ormondroyd
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Responsive Materials ◽  
Wood Modification ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Natural Wood ◽  
Impregnation Modification ◽  
New Applications ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Dimensional Instability ◽  
Modified Wood

Wood modification is now widely recognized as offering enhanced properties of wood and overcoming issues such as dimensional instability and biodegradability which affect natural wood. Typical wood modification systems use chemical modification, impregnation modification or thermal modification, and these vary in the properties achieved. As control and understanding of the wood modification systems has progressed, further opportunities have arisen to add extra functionalities to the modified wood. These include UV stabilisation, fire retardancy, or enhanced suitability for paints and coatings. Thus, wood may become a multi-functional material through a series of modifications, treatments or reactions, to create a high-performance material with previously impossible properties. In this paper we review systems that combine the well-established wood modification procedures with secondary techniques or modifications to deliver emerging technologies with multi-functionality. The new applications targeted using this additional functionality are diverse and range from increased electrical conductivity, creation of sensors or responsive materials, improvement of wellbeing in the built environment, and enhanced fire and flame protection. We identified two parallel and connected themes: (1) the functionalisation of modified timber and (2) the modification of timber to provide (multi)-functionality. A wide range of nanotechnology concepts have been harnessed by this new generation of wood modifications and wood treatments. As this field is rapidly expanding, we also include within the review trends from current research in order to gauge the state of the art, and likely direction of travel of the industry.

Hierarchical photonic structured stimuli-responsive materials as high-performance colorimetric sensors

Nanoscale ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (19) ◽  
pp. 10316-10322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Lu ◽  
Shenmin Zhu ◽  
Zhixin Chen ◽  
Wanlin Wang ◽  
Wang Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Stimuli Responsive ◽  
Responsive Materials ◽  
Colorimetric Sensors

Ti-Substituted NaNi0.5 Mn0.5- x Ti x O2 Cathodes with Reversible O3−P3 Phase Transition for High-Performance Sodium-Ion Batteries

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (19) ◽  
pp. 1700210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng-Fei Wang ◽  
Hu-Rong Yao ◽  
Xin-Yu Liu ◽  
Jie-Nan Zhang ◽  
Lin Gu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Sodium Ion ◽  
Sodium Ion Batteries

scholarly journals A Comprehensive Approach of Eucalyptus globulus Acid Sulfite Pretreatment for Enzymatic Hydrolysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 3764
Author(s):  
Vera D. Costa ◽  
Ana Costa ◽  
Maria Amaral ◽  
Rogério S. Simões
Keyword(s):  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Enzymatic Hydrolysis ◽  
Eucalyptus Globulus ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Sodium Bisulfite ◽  
Hydrolysis Rate ◽  
Hemicellulose Removal ◽  
Pretreatment Temperature ◽  
Pretreatment Conditions ◽  
Very High

The effect of different acid sulfite pretreatment conditions on released components in the hydrolysates and the pretreated solid residues’ response to enzymatic hydrolysis for Eucalyptus globulus chips was investigated. Sodium bisulfite (0–15%), and sulfuric acid (0–5%) were used to pretreat chips at 170 °C and 190 °C, for as long as 30 min. The hydrolysates were analyzed through high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and spectrophotometry. Overall porosity and pores larger than 2.65 nm (size of a typical cellulase) on the solid residues were estimated using glucose and two dextrans with different hydrodynamic radii as probes. The external specific surface area was analyzed by dynamic light scattering. The solid residues underwent enzymatic hydrolysis with an enzymatic cocktail. Very high (84–95%) carbohydrate conversion was achieved for either an extensively delignified biomass or a biomass with very high content of sulfonated residual lignin (23.4%), since internal porosity enables enzymes accessibility. At least 5% sodium bisulfite and 1% sulfuric acid was required to attain a carbohydrate release above 90% in the enzymatic hydrolysis. Results suggest that the presence of sulfonated lignin does not impair the enzymatic hydrolysis rate and extent. The increase of pretreatment temperature had a positive effect mainly on the initial rate of carbohydrates release in the enzymatic hydrolysis. The increase of the wood material dimensions from pins to conventional chips significantly decreased the hemicellulose removal in acid sulfite pretreatment but had a small effect on the enzymatic yield.

scholarly journals Tailoring the phase transition temperature to achieve high-performance cubic GeTe-based thermoelectrics

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (36) ◽  
pp. 18880-18890 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ady Suwardi ◽  
Jing Cao ◽  
Lei Hu ◽  
Fengxia Wei ◽  
Jing Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Phase Transition Temperature ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Cubic Phase

The rhombohedral–cubic phase transition temperature of GeTe can be tailored via Sn-alloying, leading to high performance thermoelectric GeTe.

scholarly journals New High‐Performance Pb‐Based Nanocomposite Anode Enabled by Wide‐Range Pb Redox and Zintl Phase Transition

2020 ◽  
pp. 2005362
Author(s):  
Jinhyup Han ◽  
Jehee Park ◽  
Seong‐Min Bak ◽  
Seoung‐Bum Son ◽  
Jihyeon Gim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Zintl Phase ◽  
Wide Range

Electrochemically induced spinel-layered phase transition of Mn3O4 in high performance neutral aqueous rechargeable zinc battery

2018 ◽  
Vol 259 ◽  
pp. 170-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianwu Hao ◽  
Jian Mou ◽  
Jingwen Zhang ◽  
Liubing Dong ◽  
Wenbao Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
High Performance

Phase Transition of a Cobalt-Free Perovskite as a High-Performance Cathode for Intermediate-Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

ChemSusChem ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 2023-2031 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shanshan Jiang ◽  
Wei Zhou ◽  
Yingjie Niu ◽  
Zhonghua Zhu ◽  
Zongping Shao
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Solid Oxide ◽  
Intermediate Temperature ◽  
Oxide Fuel
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