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Evaluating Protein Fouling on Membranes Patterned by Woven Mesh Fabrics

EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program AND Program Evaluation

Husson SM, Malakian A.
GSID: rKFfPtu9BY8J
A Malakian, SM Husson - Membranes, 2021 - mdpi.com

Membrane surface patterning is one approach used to mitigate fouling. This study used a combination of flux decline measurements and visualization experiments to evaluate the effectiveness of a microscale herringbone pattern for reducing protein fouling on polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)...

Electric field induced phase transitions in polymers: a novel mechanism for high speed energy storage.

Physical review letters

Ranjan V, Nardelli MB, Bernholc J.
PMID: 22463575
Phys Rev Lett. 2012 Feb 24;108(8):087802. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.087802. Epub 2012 Feb 23.

Using first-principles simulations, we identify the microscopic origin of the nonlinear dielectric response and high energy density of polyvinylidene-fluoride-based polymers as a cooperative transition path that connects nonpolar and polar phases of the system. This path explores a complex...

Systematic Investigation of the Alucone-Coating Enhancement on Silicon Anodes.

ACS applied materials & interfaces

Son SB, Wang Y, Xu J, Li X, Groner M, Stokes A, Yang Y, Cheng YT, Ban C.
PMID: 28948765
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2017 Nov 22;9(46):40143-40150. doi: 10.1021/acsami.7b08960. Epub 2017 Nov 07.

Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) is the most popular binder in commercial lithium-ion batteries but is incompatible with a silicon (Si) anode because it fails to maintain the mechanical integrity of the Si electrode upon cycling. Herein, an alucone coating synthesized...

Light-Activated Rapid-Response Polyvinylidene-Fluoride-Based Flexible Films.

Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)

Tai Y, Lubineau G, Yang Z.
PMID: 27061392
Adv Mater. 2016 Jun;28(23):4665-70. doi: 10.1002/adma.201600211. Epub 2016 Apr 09.

The design strategy and mechanical response mechanism of light-activated, rapid-response, flexible films are presented. Practical applications as a microrobot and a smart spring are demonstrated.

Nanowires as Building Blocks to Fabricate Flexible Thermoelectric Fabric: The Case of Copper Telluride Nanowires.

ACS applied materials & interfaces

Zhou C, Dun C, Wang Q, Wang K, Shi Z, Carroll DL, Liu G, Qiao G.
PMID: 26376703
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2015 Sep 30;7(38):21015-20. doi: 10.1021/acsami.5b07144. Epub 2015 Sep 21.

A general approach to fabricate nanowires based inorganic/organic composite flexible thermoelectric fabric using a simple and efficacious five-step vacuum filtration process is proposed. As an excellent example, the performance of freestanding flexible thermoelectric thin film using copper telluride nanowires/polyvinylidene...

Layered Bi2Se3 nanoplate/polyvinylidene fluoride composite based n-type thermoelectric fabrics.

ACS applied materials & interfaces

Dun C, Hewitt CA, Huang H, Xu J, Montgomery DS, Nie W, Jiang Q, Carroll DL.
PMID: 25798653
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2015 Apr 08;7(13):7054-9. doi: 10.1021/acsami.5b00514. Epub 2015 Mar 27.

In this study, we report the fabrication of n-type flexible thermoelectric fabrics using layered Bi2Se3 nanoplate/polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) composites as the thermoelectric material. These composites exhibit room temperature Seebeck coefficient and electrical conductivity values of -80 μV K(-1) and...

Zirconium/PVA modified flat-sheet PVDF membrane as a cost-effective adsorptive and filtration material: A case study on decontamination of organic arsenic in aqueous solutions.

Journal of colloid and interface science

Zhao D, Yu Y, Wang C, Chen JP.
PMID: 27267042
J Colloid Interface Sci. 2016 Sep 01;477:191-200. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.04.043. Epub 2016 Apr 27.

Organic arsenic in waters has been a global concern in drinking water due to its higher toxicity to humans. In this study, a novel zirconium/polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) modified polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane was applied to remove organic arsenic from...

Self-Powered Acceleration Sensor Based on Liquid Metal Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Vibration Monitoring.

ACS nano

Zhang B, Zhang L, Deng W, Jin L, Chun F, Pan H, Gu B, Zhang H, Lv Z, Yang W, Wang ZL.
PMID: 28671813
ACS Nano. 2017 Jul 25;11(7):7440-7446. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.7b03818. Epub 2017 Jul 07.

An acceleration sensor is an essential component of the vibration measurement, while the passivity and sensitivity are the pivotal features for its application. Here, we report a self-powered and highly sensitive acceleration sensor based on a triboelectric nanogenerator composed...

Preparation and characteristics of graphene oxide-blending PVDF nanohybrid membranes and their applications for hazardous dye adsorption and rejection.

Journal of colloid and interface science

Zhu Z, Wang L, Xu Y, Li Q, Jiang J, Wang X.
PMID: 28595153
J Colloid Interface Sci. 2017 Oct 15;504:429-439. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.05.068. Epub 2017 May 23.

Graphene oxide (GO) and lithium chloride (LiCl) were introduced into poly (vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) membranes prepared using the immersion precipitation technique. The hydrophilicity, water flux, X-ray diffraction (XRD), zeta potential, SEM and AFM images of membranes were investigated. By...

Humidity- and Sunlight-Driven Motion of a Chemically Bonded Polymer Bilayer with Programmable Surface Patterns.

ACS applied materials & interfaces

Zhang L, Qiu X, Yuan Y, Zhang T.
PMID: 29112819
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2017 Nov 29;9(47):41599-41606. doi: 10.1021/acsami.7b14112. Epub 2017 Nov 14.

We report a bilayer of sodium alginate/polyvinylidene fluoride (SA/PVDF) that is chemically bonded through a series of interfacial coupling reactions. The SA layer is hydrophilic in structure and is capable of strong interaction with water molecules, thus presenting high...

Note: A novel cantilever beam for low-frequency high performance piezoelectric geophone.

The Review of scientific instruments

Xin Y, Sun H, Guo C, Li X, Xu Y, Lin T, Wang S, Wang C.
PMID: 28667976
Rev Sci Instrum. 2017 Jun;88(6):066105. doi: 10.1063/1.4986810.

A multilayer spiral-corrugated cantilever beam was developed as an improvement for a conventional single-layer flat cantilever beam to improve the performance of a piezoelectric geophone adopting polyvinylidene fluoride film for low frequency seismic vibration measurement. The proposed structure is...

Densification of chlorine-doped continuous CNT sheet/polyvinylidene fluoride sandwich film and improvement of the mechanical and dielectric properties.

Nanotechnology

Liang J, Gu Y, Zhang Z, Wang S, Li M, Zhang Z.
PMID: 29148983
Nanotechnology. 2018 Jan 19;29(3):035701. doi: 10.1088/1361-6528/aa9b6c.

The compact structure of a chlorine-doped continuous CNT sheet/polyvinylidene fluoride (Cl-CNT sheet/PVDF) was successfully optimized by means of a hot-press treatment to improve the mechanical and dielectric properties with a high densification degree. Then, the densified Cl-CNT sheet/PVDF dielectric...

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