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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 300, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.120236
Keywords
Hidden nanoporous structure; Gradient assembly; Alginic acid/quaternary chitosan; Thermal-management textiles
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This work develops a gradient assembly technique to prepare biological hidden nanoporous fibers with exceptional thermal insulation and robust mechanical strength, holding great potential to replace unsustainable animal products.
Hidden pores (including compact shell and porous core pores) occur naturally in polar animals' feathers/fur, and they show exceptional capability for thermal insulation. The facile implementation of such an architecture in macroscopic fibers is challenging. In this work, gradient assembly is developed to prepare biological hidden nanoporous fibers (average aperture, similar to 80 nm). Namely, a weak polyanion (alginic acid) and a polycation (quaternary chitosan) were dissolved in dimethyl sulphoxide (the anion charge of alginic acid was largely shielded) and then spun to ethanol/water/ammonia solution, whereby ammonia triggered the polymer assembly from the shell to the core. This presents an efficient process in 20 min, which is in stark contrast to tedious freeze-spinning or template methods. The as-prepared green textiles featuring much lower thermally conductivity (0.033 W m(-1) K-1) compared with the conventional microporous/compact fibers, as well as robust mechanical strength and enhanced solar/electric-heat-harvesting properties, holding great potential to replace the unsustainable animal products.
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