Freeze casting: from low‐dimensional building blocks to aligned porous structures—a review of novel materials, methods, and applications

G Shao, DAH Hanaor, X Shen, A Gurlo - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Freeze casting, also known as ice templating, is a particularly versatile technique that has
been applied extensively for the fabrication of well‐controlled biomimetic porous materials …

[HTML][HTML] Superstructured assembly of nanocarbons: fullerenes, nanotubes, and graphene

Z Li, Z Liu, H Sun, C Gao - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Carbon is one of the basic elements for life on Earth. It exists in diverse allotropic forms while
being different in chemical and physical properties. The best well-known natural allotropes …

Carbon‐based microbial‐fuel‐cell electrodes: from conductive supports to active catalysts

S Li, C Cheng, A Thomas - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have attracted considerable interest due to their potential in
renewable electrical power generation using the broad diversity of biomass and organic …

[HTML][HTML] Three dimensional macroporous architectures and aerogels built of carbon nanotubes and/or graphene: synthesis and applications

S Nardecchia, D Carriazo, ML Ferrer… - Chemical Society …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nanotubes and graphene are some of the most intensively explored carbon
allotropes in materials science. This interest mainly resides in their unique properties with …

Controlled freezing and freeze drying: a versatile route for porous and micro‐/nano‐structured materials

L Qian, H Zhang - Journal of Chemical Technology & …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Freeze drying is a process whereby solutions are frozen in a cold bath and then the frozen
solvents are removed via sublimation under vacuum, leading to formation of porous …

A novel carbon nanotube modified scaffold as an efficient biocathode material for improved microbial electrosynthesis

L Jourdin, S Freguia, BC Donose, J Chen… - Journal of Materials …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
We report on a novel biocompatible, highly conductive three-dimensional cathode
manufactured by direct growth of flexible multiwalled carbon nanotubes on reticulated …

Ice-templated materials: Sophisticated structures exhibiting enhanced functionalities obtained after unidirectional freezing and ice-segregation-induced self-assembly

MC Gutiérrez, ML Ferrer, F del Monte - Chemistry of Materials, 2008 - ACS Publications
This review aims to demonstrate the capability of the ice-segregation-induced self-assembly
(ISISA) process for the preparation of materials with highly sophisticated structures (eg …

Multiwall carbon nanotube scaffolds for tissue engineering purposes

A Abarrategi, MC Gutiérrez, C Moreno-Vicente… - Biomaterials, 2008 - Elsevier
The use of scaffolds composed of a major fraction of multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT,
up to 89 wt.%) and a minor one of chitosan (CHI), and with a well-defined microchannel …

Advances in biomimetic and nanostructured biohybrid materials

E Ruiz‐Hitzky, M Darder, P Aranda… - Advanced …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid increase of interest in the field of biohybrid and biomimetic materials that exhibit
improved structural and functional properties is attracting more and more researchers from …

[HTML][HTML] Electrocatalysis in microbial fuel cells—from electrode material to direct electrochemistry

Y Qiao, SJ Bao, CM Li - Energy & Environmental Science, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are promising clean energy sources for simultaneous recycling of
organic waste while harvesting electricity. The electrocatalysis of the anode is crucial for …