Inside Back Cover: Synthesis of Porous Inorganic Hollow Fibers without Harmful Solvents (ChemSusChem 2/2015)

• Published in: ChemSusChem Vol. 8; no. 2; p. 407
• Main Authors: Shukla, Sushumna, de Wit, Patrick, Luiten-Olieman, Mieke W. J., Kappert, Emiel J., Nijmeijer, Arian, Benes, Nieck E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 01.01.2015; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: carbohydrates; fibers; ionic crosslinking; membranes; solvent-free synthesis
• ISSN: 1864-5631; 1864-564X
• DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201403218

The Inside Back Cover image shows that high surface-area-to-volume ratio inorganic hollow fibers can be fabricated by a new route that completely avoids the use of harmful solvents. The approach is based on bio-ionic gelation of an aqueous mixture of inorganic particles and sodium alginate during dry-wet spinning. The route inherently avoids the manifestation of the so-called macro voids that are associated with solvent-based synthesis routes and allows the facile incorporation of additional metal oxides in the inorganic hollow fibers. More details are available in the Communication by Shukla et al. on page251 (DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201402483).