Smart Bio-Palladium Nano Materials Synthesis by Green Method

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Nano-Bio Materials

radically different computing concepts that leverage the physics of biological materials. For example, selforganization, self-repair, and self-reproduction are commonly found in biological systems but are difficult to achieve with conventional computing systems. New computing paradigms, such as cellular automata, neural networks, and evolutionary computing, may provide clues to utilize the comp...

Bio-Inspired, Smart, Multiscale Interfacial Materials

In this review a strategy for the design of bioinspired, smart, multiscale interfacial (BSMI) materials is presented and put into context with recent progress in the field of BSMI materials spanning natural to artificial to reversibly stimuli-sensitive interfaces. BSMI materials that respond to single/dual/multiple external stimuli, e.g., light, pH, electrical fields, and so on, can switch reve...

Nano-Encapsulated Smart Tunable Phase Change Materials

Green Barrier Materials from Cellulose Nano Fibers

In this study we prepared high grammage, robust, and structurally dense CNF (Cellulose nano fibrils) films with and without wet strength crosslinker KymeneTM (PAE, a polyamide-epichlorohydrin resin). Both selfcrosslink of PAE network and hetero crosslink between cellulose and PAE were formed at elevated temperature. Besides expected wet strength improvement, we also discovered unique stress-str...

Green Synthesis of Fluorescent Palladium Nanoclusters

Metal nanoclusters, with dimensions between atomic and nanoparticles, have attracted a great deal of attention due to their significantly unusual properties. Water-soluble palladium nanoclusters (Pd NCs) with blue-green fluorescence were synthesized by a water bath heating method, with methionine as a stabilizer and ascorbic acid as a reducing agent. We investigated the optimal synthesis condit...