TY - JOUR
T1 - Surface porous microstructured fibers with customized functionalities for 1D functional materials
AU - Huang, Junxian
AU - Guan, Xiaoyang
AU - Xu, Bingang
AU - Gong, Jianliang
AU - Gao, Yuanyuan
AU - Li, Meiqi
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the funding support from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project No. PolyU 152060/19 E), for the work reported here.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2021/10/15
Y1 - 2021/10/15
N2 - Fibers have been widely used for wearable textiles and fiber-reinforced composites owing to their unique structures and performances. However, design and fabrication of 1D advanced fiber materials with diversified surface microstructures and desired functionalities is still a considerable challenge. In this study, we present a novel one-dimensional confined breath figure (1D-cBF) approach for efficient preparation of a brand-new kind of 1D continuous fibers surface-engineered with conformal honeycomb porous microstructures (F@HPMs) and a novel kind of Hybrid F@HPMs (HF@HPMs) with functional nanomaterials incorporated in porous microstructures. The obtained F@HPMs demonstrated controllable surface microstructural morphologies by adjusting the experimental variables, and the main influential factors including solvents, concentrations, polymer bricks, and substrates in the 1D-cBF process were systematically studied. Moreover, various functional nanocomponents could be incorporated for developing HF@HPMs for customized functionalities. As a demonstration, TiO2/HF@HPMs that incorporate with TiO2 nanoparticles were fabricated for enhanced photodegradation of organic pollutants.
AB - Fibers have been widely used for wearable textiles and fiber-reinforced composites owing to their unique structures and performances. However, design and fabrication of 1D advanced fiber materials with diversified surface microstructures and desired functionalities is still a considerable challenge. In this study, we present a novel one-dimensional confined breath figure (1D-cBF) approach for efficient preparation of a brand-new kind of 1D continuous fibers surface-engineered with conformal honeycomb porous microstructures (F@HPMs) and a novel kind of Hybrid F@HPMs (HF@HPMs) with functional nanomaterials incorporated in porous microstructures. The obtained F@HPMs demonstrated controllable surface microstructural morphologies by adjusting the experimental variables, and the main influential factors including solvents, concentrations, polymer bricks, and substrates in the 1D-cBF process were systematically studied. Moreover, various functional nanocomponents could be incorporated for developing HF@HPMs for customized functionalities. As a demonstration, TiO2/HF@HPMs that incorporate with TiO2 nanoparticles were fabricated for enhanced photodegradation of organic pollutants.
KW - Composite
KW - Conformal porous structure
KW - Fiber material
KW - Photocatalytic degradation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.compositesb.2021.109112
DO - 10.1016/j.compositesb.2021.109112
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85109070060
VL - 223
JO - Composites Part B: Engineering
JF - Composites Part B: Engineering
SN - 1359-8368
M1 - 109112
ER -