{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Wang Y"],"funding":["Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft","DFG","National Natural Science Foundation of China","China Postdoctoral Science Foundation"],"pagination":["e2005263"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11468950"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["33(3)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Owing to advantageous properties attributed to well-organized structures, multifunctional materials with reversible hierarchical and highly ordered arrangement in solid-state assembled structures have drawn tremendous interest. However, such materials rarely exist. Based on the reversible phase transition of phase-change materials (PCMs), phase-change nanocrystals (C18-UCNCs) are presented herein, which are capable of self-assembling into well-ordered hierarchical structures. C18-UCNCs have a core-shell structure consisting of a cellulose crystalline core that retains the basic structure and a soft shell containing octadecyl chains that allow phase transition. The distinct core-shell structure and phase transition of octadecyl chains allow C18-UCNCs to self-assemble into flaky nano/microstructures. These self-assembled C18-UCNCs exhibit efficient thermal transport and light-to-thermal energy conversion, and thus are promising for thermosensitive imaging. Specifically, flaky self-assembled nano/microstructures with manipulable surface morphology, surface wetting, and optical properties are thermoreversible and show thermally induced self-healing properties. By using phase-change nanocrystals as a novel group of PCMs, reversible self-assembled multifunctional materials can be engineered. This study proposes a promising approach for constructing self-assembled hierarchical structures by using phase-change nanocrystals and thereby significantly expands the application of PCMs."],"journal":["Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)"],"pubmed_title":["Multifunctional Reversible Self-Assembled Structures of Cellulose-Derived Phase-Change Nanocrystals."],"pmcid":["PMC11468950"],"funding_grant_id":["ZH546/2‐1","2018M640286","31890774","ZH546/2-1","31890770"],"pubmed_authors":["Qiu Z","Liang D","Lang Z","Li J","Xie Y","Zhang K","Xiao Z","Wang H","Wang Y"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Multifunctional Reversible Self-Assembled Structures of Cellulose-Derived Phase-Change Nanocrystals.","description":"Owing to advantageous properties attributed to well-organized structures, multifunctional materials with reversible hierarchical and highly ordered arrangement in solid-state assembled structures have drawn tremendous interest. However, such materials rarely exist. Based on the reversible phase transition of phase-change materials (PCMs), phase-change nanocrystals (C18-UCNCs) are presented herein, which are capable of self-assembling into well-ordered hierarchical structures. C18-UCNCs have a core-shell structure consisting of a cellulose crystalline core that retains the basic structure and a soft shell containing octadecyl chains that allow phase transition. The distinct core-shell structure and phase transition of octadecyl chains allow C18-UCNCs to self-assemble into flaky nano/microstructures. These self-assembled C18-UCNCs exhibit efficient thermal transport and light-to-thermal energy conversion, and thus are promising for thermosensitive imaging. Specifically, flaky self-assembled nano/microstructures with manipulable surface morphology, surface wetting, and optical properties are thermoreversible and show thermally induced self-healing properties. By using phase-change nanocrystals as a novel group of PCMs, reversible self-assembled multifunctional materials can be engineered. This study proposes a promising approach for constructing self-assembled hierarchical structures by using phase-change nanocrystals and thereby significantly expands the application of PCMs.","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Jan","modification":"2025-04-18T14:10:09.107Z","creation":"2025-04-07T00:10:42.1Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11468950","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33283336"],"doi":["10.1002/adma.202005263"]}}