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Design of double-shelled and dual-cavity structures in Fe3O4@Void@PMAA@Void@TiO2 nanocomposite particles for comprehensive photocatalyst and adsorbent applications

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Yolk-shell nanocomposite particles (YSNPs) have been extensively investigated because of their great application potential and unique properties attributed to their distinct structures and multiple discrete functions. In this study, Fe3O4@Void@PMAA@Void@TiO2, a special YSNP with double shells and dual cavities (denoted as DDYSNPs), was prepared by conducting dispersion polymerization with a high production rate and by using a hydrothermal strategy. The synthesized DDYSNPs, which effectively integrate inorganic and organic functions, exhibit an outstanding photocatalytic activity under ultraviolet light irradiation for five experimental cycles and show an excellent adsorptive property for heavy metal ions. These comprehensive properties are mainly attributed to the novel structure of double-shelled and dual-cavity structures.

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The work described in this paper was supported by the Shandong Province Natural Science Foundation (ZR2012EMM009, ZR2013EMQ005, and ZR2018MEM012), the Foundation of Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Science and Technology of Ministry of Education/Shandong Province of China (No. KF201602), the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Scholars in Jinan (20100406), the National Training Program of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Undergraduates (201610431033), and the National Natural Science Foundations of China (31570566, 31500489, 51372140, 51303086, 51403111, 51503107, and 51172130).

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    Yi-Fan Wang, Ting-Ting Yang, Wei-Liang Liu, Dan Zhao & Man-Man Ren

  2. Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Science and Technology of Ministry of Education/Shandong Province of China, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, People’s Republic of China

    Fan-Gong Kong & Shou-Juan Wang

  3. State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, People’s Republic of China

    Xin-Qiang Wang & Xiu-Lan Duan

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Wang, YF., Yang, TT., Liu, WL. et al. Design of double-shelled and dual-cavity structures in Fe3O4@Void@PMAA@Void@TiO2 nanocomposite particles for comprehensive photocatalyst and adsorbent applications. Colloid Polym Sci 296, 1719–1728 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-018-4390-z

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