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CURRENT OPINION IN COLLOID & INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 16, Issue 6, Pages 470-481Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2011.08.004
Keywords
Biomimetic synthesis; Self-assembly; Thin film; Cellulose; Metal oxide; Polymer; Biomacromolecule; Nanoparticle; Nanotube
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- National Key Project on Basic Research of China [2009CB930104]
- Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [R2080061]
- Chinese Universities Scientific Fund [2010QNA3009]
- Qianjiang Talent Program of Zhejiang Province, China [2009R10013]
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Biological organisms are produced from self-assembly of highly ordered functional units and are inherently complex and hierarchical, possessing macro-to-nanoscale features. It is a facile, low-cost and environmentally benign short-cut to artificial functional materials with unique multilevel structures and morphologies employing biological substances as platform for the self-assembly of various guest substrates. This review summarizes the recent advances in the fabrication of nanostructured materials with designed properties and functionalities by means of self-assembly of different guest substrates (such as metal oxide thin films, small molecules, polymers, biomacromolecules, nanoparticles. carbon nanotubes and colloidal spheres) on the surfaces of cellulose nanofibers of bulk natural cellulose substances. The combination of the specific chemical properties of the guest substrates and the unique physical features of the natural cellulose substances sheds new light on the design and syntheses of new functional nanomaterials. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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