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Nanostructured, electroactive and bioapplicable materials

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Abstract<br />

<strong>Nanostructured</strong>, Electroactive <strong>and</strong> Bioapplicable Materials<br />

Shan Cheng<br />

Advisor: Yen Wei<br />

Novel nanostructured porous sol-gel <strong>materials</strong>, nanocomposites, <strong>electroactive</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>bioapplicable</strong> <strong>materials</strong> have been successfully developed for a wide range of perceivable<br />

applications. Several versatile nonsurfactant templated sol-gel pathways have been<br />

developed to prepare nanostructured porous <strong>materials</strong> <strong>and</strong> composites with different<br />

morphologies (e.g., monoliths, nanospheres, nanoparticles, <strong>and</strong> thin films), structures,<br />

compositions <strong>and</strong> properties. The synthetic conditions were systematically studied <strong>and</strong><br />

optimized. The template effects on pore structure as well as synthetic process, especially<br />

template removal steps, have been investigated. The composition <strong>and</strong> pore structures<br />

were thoroughly studied with various spectroscopic <strong>and</strong> microscopic methods such as IR,<br />

TGA, SEM, TEM, BET <strong>and</strong> XRD. The obtained mesoporous <strong>materials</strong> usually exhibit<br />

high surface area, large pore volume <strong>and</strong> narrowly distributed pore diameter. The<br />

porosity can be fine tuned simply by adjusting the template concentration. The<br />

convenient synthesis as well as the distinctive structure <strong>and</strong> physical-chemical properties<br />

render these sol-gel <strong>materials</strong> great suitability for a wide range of potential applications,<br />

such as chemical <strong>and</strong> biological sensors, catalysts, drug delivery <strong>and</strong> functional coatings.<br />

Biocompatible <strong>and</strong> <strong>electroactive</strong> nanocomposites have been prepared through a<br />

biological agent (i.e., collagen) templated chemical polymerization of aniline monomers.<br />

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