Bio-inspired Approaches to Functional Nano-structured Materials
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Sheffield
Department Name: Chemistry
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| Steven Armes (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Ning Y
(2018)
Anionic block copolymer vesicles act as Trojan horses to enable efficient occlusion of guest species into host calcite crystals.
in Chemical science
Kulak AN
(2014)
Colouring crystals with inorganic nanoparticles.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Rae Cho K
(2016)
Direct observation of mineral-organic composite formation reveals occlusion mechanism.
in Nature communications
Ning Y
(2019)
Efficient occlusion of oil droplets within calcite crystals.
in Chemical science
Douverne M
(2019)
How Many Phosphoric Acid Units Are Required to Ensure Uniform Occlusion of Sterically Stabilized Nanoparticles within Calcite?
in Angewandte Chemie
Douverne M
(2019)
How Many Phosphoric Acid Units Are Required to Ensure Uniform Occlusion of Sterically Stabilized Nanoparticles within Calcite?
in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
Ning Y
(2016)
Incorporating Diblock Copolymer Nanoparticles into Calcite Crystals: Do Anionic Carboxylate Groups Alone Ensure Efficient Occlusion?
in ACS macro letters
Kim Y
(2018)
Influence of the Structure of Block Copolymer Nanoparticles on the Growth of Calcium Carbonate
in Chemistry of Materials
Hendley CT
(2018)
Mechanistic Insights into Diblock Copolymer Nanoparticle-Crystal Interactions Revealed via in Situ Atomic Force Microscopy.
in Journal of the American Chemical Society
Ning Y
(2019)
Model Anionic Block Copolymer Vesicles Provide Important Design Rules for Efficient Nanoparticle Occlusion within Calcite.
in Journal of the American Chemical Society
Ning Y
(2016)
Occlusion of Sulfate-Based Diblock Copolymer Nanoparticles within Calcite: Effect of Varying the Surface Density of Anionic Stabilizer Chains.
in Journal of the American Chemical Society
Kulak A
(2016)
Polymer-Directed Assembly of Single Crystal Zinc Oxide/Magnetite Nanocomposites under Atmospheric and Hydrothermal Conditions
in Chemistry of Materials
Fielding L
(2019)
Rationally designed anionic diblock copolymer worm gels are useful model systems for calcite occlusion studies
in Polymer Chemistry
Ning Y
(2019)
Spatially Controlled Occlusion of Polymer-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles within ZnO
in Angewandte Chemie
Ning Y
(2019)
Spatially Controlled Occlusion of Polymer-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles within ZnO.
in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
Ning Y
(2015)
Sulfate-based anionic diblock copolymer nanoparticles for efficient occlusion within zinc oxide.
in Nanoscale
Fielding L
(2014)
Visible Mie Scattering from Hollow Silica Particles with Particulate Shells
in Chemistry of Materials
Ning Y
(2019)
What Dictates the Spatial Distribution of Nanoparticles within Calcite?
in Journal of the American Chemical Society
| Description | We have discovered new routes for the occlusion of both organic and inorganic nanoparticles into host crystals. This has produced several high-profile papers and many other excellent papers. |
| Exploitation Route | Not sure at the present time |
| Sectors | Electronics Other |