Bo Dong

Adsorption of Cu(II) from aqueous solution by anatase mesoporous TiO2 nanofibers prepared via electrospinning

Anatase mesoporous titanium nanofibers (m-TiO(2) NFs) have been synthesized from calcination of the as-spun TiO(2)/polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP)/pluronic123 (P123) composite nanofibers at 450 °C in air for 3h. The structures and the physicochemical properties of m-TiO(2) NFs are characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherm analysis, and determination point of zero charge, respectively. An investigation of Cu(II) adsorption onto m-TiO(2) NFs has been studied in this research. The pH effect, adsorption kinetics, and adsorption isotherms are examined in batch experiments. Experimental data were analyzed using pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order kinetic models. It was found that adsorption kinetics were the best fitting by a pseudo-second order kinetic model. The optimum pH for Cu(II) adsorption was found to be 6.0. The equilibrium data were analyzed by the Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin, and Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherm models, which revealed that the Freundlich isotherm is the best-fit isotherm for the adsorption of Cu(II). Compared to the TiO(2) NFs (regular anatase titanium nanofibers) in the same experimental conditions to elucidate the role of the mesoporous structure of m-TiO(2) NFs, experimental results showed that the m-TiO(2) NFs had a better adsorption capacity for Cu(II) due to its higher surface area.

Au‐Doped Polyacrylonitrile–Polyaniline Core–Shell Electrospun Nanofibers Having High Field‐Effect Mobilities

Au-doped polyacrylonitrile–polyaniline core–shell nanofibers are fabricated via electrospinning and subsequent gas-phase polymerization, providing a very high field-effect mobility of up to 11.6 cm2 V−1 s−1. This method is also suitable for other conducting polymers and may eventually lead to a new and simplified fabrication of high-performance polymer organic field-effect transistors.

EFFECT OF THE THICKNESS OF PAN/Au MODIFIED ELECTRODE ON BIOSENSOR SENSITIVITY

A simple electrospinning method was used to control the thickness of polyacrylonitrile (PAN)/Au modified electrode. The influence of membrane thickness to modified electrode sensitivity was discussed. In our experiment, a 20-min electrospinning time and a mass ratio of 3:1 PAN/HAuCl4 are the optimum parameters to generate the high performance PAN/Au membrane modified electrode for detecting H2O2 which has a sensitivity of 145.63 mA M-1 cm-2) and a wide linear range of 20 μM–20 mM.