Abstract
Highly ordered, multi-layered, regular hexagonally patterned and size controlled honeycomb magnetic chitosan hydrogel beads were successfully fabricated by a facile method combining breath-figure templating and co-precipitation processing. The chitosan honeycomb beads were characterized and the unique structure formation mechanism was outlined. The diameter of pores in the hexagonally patterned structure was ∼10 μm, and the saturation magnetization of the chitosan honeycomb containing Fe3O4 nanoparticles (ca. 5 ± 2 nm) was around 12 emu/g.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 91-95 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Materials Letters |
Volume | 211 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Jan 2018 |
Keywords
- Breath figure
- Chitosan bead
- Co-precipitation
- Honeycomb structure
- Magnetic adsorbent
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering