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Continuous microwave synthesis of Bi2O3 rods coated with a temperature-sensitive polymer

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Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) is an organic environment-sensitive material, which can be combined with photocatalysts to control the photocatalytic process. Herein, rodlike environment-sensitive Bi2O3 (PNIPAM/Bi2O3) was prepared by a novel one-step continuous microwave method. This new method is efficient and convenient. The as-prepared PNIPAM/Bi2O3 was very sensitive to temperature and pH, and the degradation rate in the environment of 25 °C and pH = 9 was 3.87 times than that in the environment of 45 °C and pH = 5. While Bi2O3 is under the above various environmental conditions, its degradation rate did not change obviously. More interestingly, the introduction of PNIPAM and one-step continuous microwave method was beneficial to the transformation of Bi2O3 from no specific shape to rodlike morphology without changing its crystal structure. This work not only developed a new one-step continuous microwave synthesis method, but also opened up new ideas for the controllability requirements of materials in special environment.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of National Natural Science Foundation of China (21607062 and 21706104), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20160494), Zhenjiang Key Research & Development Project (Social Development) (SH2018021), Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Technology and Material of Water Treatment, and Youth Talent Project of Jiangsu University.

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  1. School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Institute of Environmental Health and Ecological Security, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu, China

    Xiaodie Zhu, Ziyang Lu, Guosheng Zhou, Zehui Yu, Song Han & Jinyu Chu

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA

    Ziyang Lu

  3. School of Energy and Power Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu, China

    Xinlin Liu, Lingyan Xu & Qian Liu

  4. Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Portland State University, Portland, OR, 97207-0751, USA

    Xinlin Liu

  5. School of Science, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, 212003, Jiangsu, China

    Minshan Song

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Zhu, X., Lu, Z., Liu, X. et al. Continuous microwave synthesis of Bi2O3 rods coated with a temperature-sensitive polymer. J Mater Sci 55, 11213–11225 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-04799-w

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