Synthesized in green plants, cellulose is the most abundant natural biopolymer on the planet and is thus widely available, cheap and renewable. Furthermore, its hierarchical structure allows extraction of nanosized particles in the form of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), obtained with hydrolysis or cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs), isolated through chemical, biological pretreatment …
Polycrystalline, BaTiO3 nanorods and SrTiO3 nanotubes were synthesized by the electrophoretic deposition (EPD) of a barium titanate sol and a strontium titanate sol into 2D ordered anodic aluminium oxide templates (AAO) with a subsequent thermal treatment and template removal. The BaTiO3 nanorods grown within the AAO template membranes had diameters …
Thin film nanocomposites consisting of inorganic matter embedded within a soft polymeric matrix on the nanometer scale have attracted much interest lately due to their unique properties with potential application in optoelectronics and photonics. Polyelectrolyte multilayers formed by the layer-by-layer electrostatic assembly of oppositively charged polyions can be utilized as …