Allyl sulfide-based visible light-induced dynamically reshaped liquid crystalline elastomer/SWCNT nanocomposites capable of multimode NIR photomechanical actuations

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (26) ◽  
pp. 10902-10910
Author(s):  
Zhongying Wu ◽  
Pin Cheng ◽  
Weiguang Zhao ◽  
Jianglin Fang ◽  
Tianchi Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Visible Light ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Composite Films ◽  
Allyl Sulfide ◽  
Covalent Crosslinks

The fully light-driven LCE/SWCNT composite films with exchangeable covalent crosslinks possess reconfigurability and recyclability, enabling shrinking, bending and curling motions.

Hexaarylbiimidazoles(HABI)-functionalized lyotropic liquid crystalline systems as visible light-responsive materials

2020 ◽  
Vol 579 ◽  
pp. 379-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiyang Jia ◽  
Bim Graham ◽  
Ben Capuano ◽  
Angel Tan ◽  
Adrian Hawley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Visible Light ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Responsive Materials

scholarly journals Porous V2O5/TiO2 Nanoheterostructure Films with Enhanced Visible-Light Photocatalytic Performance Prepared by the Sparking Method

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (15) ◽  
pp. 3327
Author(s):  
Porntipa Pooseekheaw ◽  
Winai Thongpan ◽  
Arisara Panthawan ◽  
Ekkapong Kantarak ◽  
Wattikon Sroila ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Visible Light ◽  
Photoelectron Spectroscopy ◽  
Photocatalytic Performance ◽  
Composite Films ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Atomic Ratio ◽  
Pure Tio2 ◽  
Sem Images ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Highly Correlated

Porous V2O5/TiO2 nanoheterostructure films with different atomic ratios of Ti/V (4:1, 2:1, 1:1, and 1:2) were synthesized by a sparking method for the first time. The sparking method, which is a simple and cost-effective process, can synthesize highly porous and composite films in one step. Field-emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) images revealed the porosity morphology of all prepared samples. V2O5/TiO2 nanoheterostructure films were confirmed by Raman spectroscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The secondary particle size and band gap of the samples were highly correlated to the V2O5 proportion, resulting in enhanced visible-light absorbance. V2O5/TiO2 nanoheterostructure films at an atomic ratio of 1:1 showed the highest photocatalytic performance, which improved the degradation rate up to 24% compared to pure TiO2 film. It is believed that the formed nanoheterostructure and greater portion of V4+ ions are reflected by this ratio.

Study of Casting Self-Colored Liquid Crystalline Solid Films of Hydroxypropyl Cellulose

2013 ◽  
Vol 341-342 ◽  
pp. 217-220
Author(s):  
Qin Xing Zhang ◽  
Li Qian ◽  
Li Xia Wang ◽  
S. Stuto ◽  
Chang Yu Shen
Keyword(s):  
Visible Light ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Solution Concentration ◽  
Hydroxypropyl Cellulose ◽  
Crystalline Solid ◽  
Selective Reflection ◽  
Solid Films ◽  
Colored Coating ◽  
Cooling Velocity ◽  
Cholesteric Liquid Crystalline

Solutions of lyotropic cholesteric liquid crystalline hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC) in water would be self-colored due to the selective reflection of visible light, depending on the solution concentration. Colored coating of the liquid crystalline aqueous HPC solutions was attempted to apply. HPC solid films were found which could cast from the liquid crystalline solutions at different conditions such as solution concentration and different drying temperature. Experiments show that both solution concentration and cooling velocity play an important effect in controlling the color of HPC films.

scholarly journals Preparation of N-Doped TiO2-ZrO2Composite Films under Electric Field and Heat Treatment and Assessment of Their Removal of Methylene Blue from Solution

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lefu Mei ◽  
Ranfang Zuo ◽  
Jing Xie ◽  
Libing Liao ◽  
Hao Ding
Keyword(s):  
Methylene Blue ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Visible Light ◽  
Composite Film ◽  
Photoelectron Spectroscopy ◽  
Composite Films ◽  
Partial Replacement ◽  
Cutoff Wavelength ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray

TiO2-ZrO2composite film with the grain size of 50 nm was synthesized by electric field and heat (EF&H) treatments. Portions of O atoms in the TiO2network structure were replaced by N atoms as revealed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses, suggesting formation of a nonstoichiometric compoundTiO2-xNxon the composite film. The UV-Vis spectra of the film suggested that the visible light with wavelength of 550 nm could be absorbed for the N-doped composite film after EF&H treatment in comparison to a cutoff wavelength of 400 nm for the composite film without EF treatment. Photocatalytic experiments showed that the degradation rate of methylene blue by N-doped composite films increased significantly under visible light irradiation. The partial replacement of O by doped N played a very important role in narrowing the band gap and improving the visible light photocatalytic reactivity.

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