Mussel-inspired chemistry, as a powerful tool to manipulate material properties, has been
widely studied and implemented in surface engineering of a variety of materials for …

Bio-inspired materials, of whose structures, properties or functions mimic those of natural
materials, have provided solutions to many practical problems. While an increasing number …

Natural metal-organic complexes have gained much attention due to their self-assembly
behaviors and photochemical properties. They perform various biological processes …

The design and synthesis of high-performance materials for the recovery of gold are of
paramount importance to alleviate its high consumption and protect the environment …

The gold recovery from wastewater is not only beneficial to environmental protection, but
also to alleviate the shortage of resources. Chitosan is considered as an excellent …

In this study, we designed scaffolds coated with gold nanoparticles (GNPs) grown on a
polydopamine (PDA) coating of a three-dimensional (3D) printed polycaprolactone (PCL) …

Recovering precious gold Au (III) ions from aqueous solution not only has a large economic
incentive but also bears a significant environmental impact. One longstanding challenge is …

Chemically exfoliated MoS2 (ce-MoS2) has emerged in recent years as an attractive two-
dimensional material for use in relevant technological applications, but fully exploiting its …

Efficient removal of gold ions from wastewater has become a hot research topic. A new
metal–organic framework material (PAR-UiO-66) was prepared by post-modification of UiO …

In the present work, polydopamine nanotubes (PDA NTs) decorated with silver (Ag)
nanoparticles (NPs) were successfully fabricated via a template induced self-polymerization …