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ArticleSmall methods2025

Liquid Printing in Nanochitin Suspensions: Interfacial Nanoparticle Assembly Toward Volumetric Elements, Organic Electronics and Core-Shell Filaments.

Mahyar Panahi-Sarmad, Ahmadreza Ghaffarkhah, Lukas Alexander Bauman, Amin Babaei-Ghazvini, Seyyed Alireza Hashemi, Bishnu Acharya, Boxin Zhao, Mohammad Arjmand, Feng Jiang, Orlando J Rojas

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Article in Small methods, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The Synthesis, Construction, and Applications of Benzophenone-Based Porous Polymers.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Mahyar Panahi-SarmadDepartment of Wood Science, The University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall #2900, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8918-4875
Ahmadreza GhaffarkhahBioproducts Institute, University of British Columbia, 2385 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Lukas Alexander BaumanBioproducts Institute, University of British Columbia, 2385 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5688-3610
Amin Babaei-GhazviniDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, 57 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N5A9, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9740-5626
Seyyed Alireza HashemiNanomaterials and Polymer Nanocomposites Laboratory, School of Engineering, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, V1 V 1V7, Canada.
Bishnu AcharyaDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, 57 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N5A9, Canada.
Boxin ZhaoDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.
Mohammad ArjmandNanomaterials and Polymer Nanocomposites Laboratory, School of Engineering, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, V1 V 1V7, Canada.
Feng JiangDepartment of Wood Science, The University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall #2900, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2497-9922
Orlando J RojasDepartment of Wood Science, The University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall #2900, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4036-4020

Funding

Canada Excellence Research Chair Program 00006Canada Foundation for Innovation 38623Canada Research Chairs program 231928Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 569824-21Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada ALLRP 555586-20NSERC Discovery Grant RGPIN-2023-03534
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A nanoparticle-nanoparticle assembly is introduced using electrostatic complexation to precisely control volumetric structuring at the water/alcohol interface. In this system, an aqueous graphene oxide (GO) ink interacts electrostatically with partially deacetylated chitin nanofibers (mChNF), modified with benzophenone and dispersed in 1-butanol, which serves as the external phase. Upon extrusion of the GO ink, a jammed interfacial network forms, stabilizing the printed patterns within the external suspension, which provides suitable viscoelasticity for support-free printing. This approach is further extended to inks incorporating metal-organic frameworks or cellulose nanoparticles, demonstrating the advantages of mChNF as a stabilizer. Additionally, by incorporating a conductive polymer, the inks can be tailored for programmable and conductive patterning, opening new opportunities in liquid electronics and reconfigurable systems. Finally, GO inks containing an anionic polyelectrolyte (sodium alginate) undergo osmosis-driven solidification, facilitating the demolding of high-fidelity 3D structures formed by the printed threads of struts. These structures exhibit coreshell morphologies and high mechanical strength (∼175 MPa at 4% strain). Overall, this liquid-in-liquid fabrication approach, enabled by the integration of mChNF in the external phase, unlocks new possibilities for the design of versatile and multifunctional materials.

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core–shell filamentshigh‐resolution extrusionliquid‐in‐liquid printingnanoparticle interfacial assemblypartially miscible interfaces

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PMID40025943
PMCPMC12391653

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