title: Tailoring insoluble nanobelts into soluble anti-UV nanopotpourris.
abstract: Soluble, transparent and anti-UV nanopotpourris have been prepared by tailoring long nanobelts. The strains and layered structures facilitate the breaking of the as-synthesized nanobelts under an applied mechanical action. The developed tailoring process of nanobelts is a general top-down secondary processing of layered nanostructures at the nanoscale level, which can be expended to the modifications of layered nanowires, nanotubes and hierarchical nanostructures. By tailoring, the size, morphology and solubility are modified, which may open up an area of advanced processing of nanomaterials and hint at some potential applications. Because of the excellent solubility of the tailored nanopotpourris, they are easily dispersed in cosmetics or polymer films, which are quite useful for some anti-UV protection applications, such as anti-UV sunscreen creams and anti-UV window films for vehicles and buildings.
authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore.
authors: Jinmin
authors: J
authors: Wang
authors: Xiao Wei
authors: XW
authors: Sun
authors: Zhihui
authors: Z
authors: Jiao
authors: Eugene
authors: E
authors: Khoo
authors: Pooi See
authors: PS
authors: Lee
authors: Jan
authors: J
authors: Ma
authors: Hilmi Volkan
authors: HV
authors: Demir
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry; D008422:Materials Testing; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010316:Particle Size; D012031:Refractometry; D012995:Solubility; D013499:Surface Properties; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances