title: Polyol mediated synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles templated by bacterial cellulose.
abstract: Zinc oxide nanoparticles have been successfully synthesized through a facile polyol method using bacterial cellulose (BC) as a template. BC membrane was used as a host matrix to introduce quantitatively Zn(2+) ions and then as nanoreactors to fabricate ZnO nanoparticles by hydrolysis of zinc acetate in a polyol medium. The influence of the concentration of zinc acetate and hydrolytic time on the morphologies and size of ZnO nanoparticles were investigated. The results indicated that the uniform spherical ZnO nanoparticles were incorporated into BC fibers. The resulting nanocomposites show good mechanical properties and high photocatalytic activity in the degradation of methyl orange.
authors: State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Key Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology (Ministry of Education), College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, PR China. chensy@dhu.edu.cn
authors: Shiyan
authors: S
authors: Chen
authors: Bihui
authors: B
authors: Zhou
authors: Weili
authors: W
authors: Hu
authors: Wen
authors: W
authors: Zhang
authors: Na
authors: N
authors: Yin
authors: Huaping
authors: H
authors: Wang
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry*; D060326:Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic; D041822:Gluconacetobacter xylinus / Q000737:chemistry*; D006018:Glycols / Q000737:chemistry*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D055595:Mechanical Phenomena; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D055668:Photochemical Processes; D016062:Porosity; D013696:Temperature; D019345:Zinc Acetate / Q000737:chemistry; D015034:Zinc Oxide / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D006018:Glycols; D002482:Cellulose; D019345:Zinc Acetate; D015034:Zinc Oxide