Bacterial cellulose-assisted hydrothermal synthesis and catalytic performance of La2CuO4 nanofiber for methanol steam reforming

Green and facile synthesis of highly biocompatible carbon nanospheres and their pH-responsive delivery of doxorubicin to cancer cells

“…23,24 Recently we have successfully prepared bacterial cellulose nanobers with the ultra-ne structure (i.e., with the diameter from 30 nm to 50 nm) by using microorganisms as nanorobot. 25 It is evident that the antibiotics loaded on the bacterial cellulose nanobers have an excellent drug release capacity and good anti-bacterial property. Based on these observations, we have further synthesized carbon nanospheres from bacterial cellulose with a mean particle size below 71 nm by using an easy hydrothermal method.…”

Biomass-Assisted Synthesis of CeO2 Nanorods for CO2 Photoreduction under Visible Light

“…Similar to the case, ZnO nanoparticles and La 2 CuO 4 nanofibers are synthesized, respectively, in the presence of starch and bacterial cellulose in the corresponding precursor solutions. Both starch and bacterial cellulose are composed of an analogous glucose unit as cellulose and act as a template and a dispersing/stabilizing/capping agent to regulate the nucleation and growth of the resulting nanocrystallines. , However, to our knowledge, there is no related report up to date on the synthesis of a particular CeO 2 nanomorphology by such a biomass (cellulose)-assisted strategy. Evoked by this interest as well as the potential of CeO 2 crystal phase tailoring in catalysis, herein, we, for the first time, synthesize CeO 2 nanorods with high structure defects and a large SSA by a simple yet effective hydrothermal-calcining method.…”

Alkali metal-resistant mechanism for selective catalytic reduction of nitric oxide over V2O5/HWO catalysts

“…Bacterial cellulose as a precursor can be employed instead of the typically used oxalic acid since this inexpensive and green biobased material possesses a three-dimensional network structure and abundant hydroxyl groups that promote nucleation and binding for metal oxide particles. Previously, researchers reported that La2CuO4 nanocrystals synthesized by bacterial cellulose nanofibre templates exhibit considerable activity for methanol steam reforming, arising from their unique structure and large specific area [14] . Nevertheless, there is limited statistical evidence related to the morphologically controllable synthesis of deNOx catalysts using different precursors, and the 4 predominant contributor to the enhanced activity has not yet been reported.…”