- biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Synthesis and properties of polymers
- Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
- Electromagnetic wave absorption materials
- ZnO doping and properties
- Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
- Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Photopolymerization techniques and applications
- Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
- Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers
- Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
- Polymer crystallization and properties
- Polymer composites and self-healing
- Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties
- Biopolymer Synthesis and Applications
- Electrical Contact Performance and Analysis
- Flame retardant materials and properties
- Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
- Membrane Separation and Gas Transport
- Covalent Organic Framework Applications
- Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
- Dye analysis and toxicity
- Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications
- Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
Donghua University
2022-2025
Textile Research Institute
2025
Interfacial solar vapor generation (ISVG) technology has been considered a promising and sustainable strategy for seawater desalination wastewater treatment. However, its practical application is greatly limited due to severe salt accumulation poor long-term evaporation stability. Herein, an all-cellulose-based wicking fabric (CB@CA/CF) fabricated via breath figure template (BFT) method high-performance stable desalination. The abundant porous structure of carbon black@cellulose acetate...
Interfacial solar vapor generation (ISVG) is an emerging technology to alleviate the global freshwater crisis. However, high-cost, low collection rate, and salt-blockage issues significantly hinder practical application of solar-driven desalination devices based on ISVG. Herein, with a low-cost copper plate (CP), nonwoven fabric (NWF), insulating ethylene–vinyl acetate foam (EVA foam), multistage device elaborately fabricated for highly efficient simultaneous salt collection. In designed...
Poly(amide ester)s (PAEs) have attracted substantial academic interest as efficient and versatile biodegradable materials. However, conventional linear aliphatic PAEs often low melting temperatures, which limit their suitability for production processing, restricting applications. Among PAEs, poly(oxamide (POAEs) feature a trans-aligned o-dicarbonyl structure in molecular chains, allowing high-density, adjacent double hydrogen bonds that enhance temperature. In this study, we synthesized...
The great challenge for the chemical recycling of waste and scrap (Was) polyamide 6 (PA6) textiles is to achieve with short processes, low costs, energy consumption. An effective method was developed convert PA6 into high-purity ε-caprolactam (CPL) a process, reaction temperature, water This work described in detail feasibility as catalyst hydrolysis under subcritical water, enabling degradation roughly 100% virgin (vPA6) Was 89.9 91.6% CPL optimized conditions, i.e., 300 °C mass ratio...
Abstract Functional textiles that inhibit bacterial proliferation while providing advanced moisture and thermal management are increasingly in demand for regulating personal microclimates enhancing thermal‐wet comfort. However, traditional wet‐processing technologies face challenges terms of specific functionalities limited wash durability, accompanied by severe water waste pollution. In this study, a scalable Janus polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fabric comprising molecular engineering...
Abstract To enhance the performance of biochar made from almond shells for adsorption phenol pollutants in water, we prepared an shell-based and modified it through combined pyrolysis with KOH EDTA-4Na at 750 °C, yielding activated carbon (A-BC); mass ratio biochar, EDTA-4Na, was 1:1:3. A-BC characterized by using Scanning Electron Microscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, Brunauer–Emmett–Teller method, X-ray Diffraction. The conditions were optimized single-factor experiments,...
ABSTRACT The polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fiber is extensively utilized in various textiles due to its excellent mechanical properties and high modulus. However, the moisture absorption performance of PET notably inadequate, which restricts application high‐quality fabrics. Co‐polycondensation with comonomers containing hydrophilic groups has been identified as a viable approach enhance water capabilities. In this study, we aim improve by incorporating comonomer 6‐aminohexanol (AH) into...
Electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding fibers are crucial in practical uses for their flexibility and one-dimensional form. However, application is limited by poor compatibility between EMI components fiber substrates, high electromagnetic wave reflectivity. Herein, a core/shell-structured introduced, featuring core of Ga-In-Sn-Zn alloy, Carbopol, air bubbles, shell ionogel formed from copolymerized acrylamide acrylic acid. A single achieves total effectiveness ∼35 dB within the 2-18...
Abstract Conductive textiles with electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding functionality are highly desirable for growing flexibility requirements of EMI devices. Most extant coatings on rely rigid nanomaterials, which susceptible to detachment, and generate a great deal reflected EM waves. Thus, there is high demand that stretchable, stable, capable suppressing the secondary reflection toward incident Liquid metal particularly suitable candidate owing its electrical conductivity...
Abstract Polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs) have broad application prospects in the detoxification chemical warfare agents (CWAs) due to their unique pore structure, good tunable reactivity, and solution processability. However, its structure is relatively homogeneous, resulting high resistance mass transfer. Here, inspired by fractal nature, a engineering strategy proposed develop 3D reactive nanofibrous aerogels featuring hierarchical porous structures minimize transfer resistance....
Abstract Poly(ester amide)s (PEAs) have received extensive attention due to their unique chemical structure and excellent properties. In this paper, a novel PEA (P6T6T) was prepared through melt polycondensation of terephthalic acid (PTA) 6T6‐diamide‐diol (6T6), which from the amidation 6‐amino‐1‐hexanol PTA. The structures were characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance, fourier transform infrared, wide‐angle X‐Ray diffraction, thermal properties evaluated differential scanning calorimetry...
Electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding textiles have received widespread attention, and liquid metal (LM) shows superiority in flexible deformable electronics. Here, we introduce a novel method using nanosilicates to help sinter LM through capillary evaporation, resulting strong adhesion substrates. By adjustment of the amount nanosilicates, EMI yarns are created dip-coating curing processes. The sintered tightly adhered undulating uneven surfaces polyurethane (PU) yarns. as-fabricated...
Phase change materials (PCMs) are appealing for their fascinating capability of thermal reallocation, assisting widely in many areas human productivity and life. However, it has remained a significant challenge to attain shape stability, temperature resistance, microscale continuity PCMs while maintaining sufficient phase performance. Here we report sol epitaxial fabrication strategy create metal-insulator transition nanofibers (MIT-NFs) composed monoclinic vanadium dioxide. The MIT-NFs...
Improving the hygroscopicity of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) is a desired goal, and aliphatic amides with hydrophilic groups are ideal modified monomers. In this paper, two (adipate pentamethylenediamines (APs) phosphorylacetic acid (APA)) different segment lengths were prepared by reactions between 1,5-pentane diamine adipic acid, which copolymerized purified terephthalic (PTA) ethylene glycol (EG) to synthesize copolymers PET/APs PET/APA, respectively. The chemical structures...
The Ag NWs/TCMs/WPU/PET fabric was prepared by coating the polyester (PET) with NWs/TCMs/WPU paint. First, an electrothermochromic paint fabricated incorporating waterborne polyurethane (WPU) and thermochromic microcapsules (TCMs) into silver nanowire (Ag NW) dispersions, then applied to fabrics via brushing, thereby integrating electrothermal color-changing properties a single functional layer. color change test DSC data demonstrate that exhibits reversible effect, flexibility indicate...
Abstract Room‐temperature phase change materials (RTPCMs) exhibit promise to address challenges in thermal energy storage and release, greatly aiding numerous domains of human existence productivity. The conventional RTPCMs undergo inevitable volume expansion, structural collapse, diffusion active ingredients while maintaining desirable enthalpy ideal temperature. Here, a sol–gel 1D‐induced growth approach is presented fabricate meta nanofibers (Meta‐NFs) comprised vanadium dioxide with...