Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2018
·Vol. 6
·期 32
·15789-15796
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IF 9.931
Jiali Sheng,Jiahui Kang,Zhixiong Hu,Yan Yu,Xian-Zhu Fu,Rong Sun,Ching-Ping Wong
Exploring effective electrocatalysts is in urgent demand to boost their large-scale applications for direct ethanol fuel cells. Herein, for the first time, we report nanoparticle-assembled Pd nanocages with efficient catalytic activity towards ethanol electrochemical oxidation. The catalysts are prepared from the second template of a nanosheet surface of amorphous Co(OH)2 octahedral nanocages, which are prepared from the original template of octahedral Cu2O. These Pd octahedral nanocages exhibit a porous rough surface, which consists of smaller Pd nanoparticles, endowing them with highly active surface area and many active sites. For the electrochemical oxidation of ethanol, the Pd nanocages demonstrate superior activity (3765 mA mgPd−1), 4.8 times and 5.9 times those of commercial Pd/C and Pd nanocatalysts, respectively, prepared directly from an octahedral Cu2O original template. Furthermore, the Pd nanocages demonstrate excellent long-term durability.
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Nanomaterials
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2022
·Vol. 12
·期 15
·2579
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IF 5.719
Beiying Qi,Xinchang Wang,Xinyue Wang,Jipeng Cheng,Yuanyuan Shang
Metal–organic framework (MOF)-derived pure ZnO and Cu-doped ZnO nanocages were fabricated by calcining a zeolitic imidazole framework (ZIF-8) and Cu-doped ZIF-8. The morphology and crystal structure of the samples were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). It was found that Cu doping did not change the crystal structures and morphologies of MOF-derived ZnO nanocages. The H2S-sensing properties of the sensors based on ZnO and Cu-doped ZnO nanocages were investigated. The results indicated that the H2S-sensing properties of MOF-derived ZnO nanocages were effectively improved by Cu doping, and the optimal doping content was 3 at%. Moreover, 3 at% Cu-doped ZnO nanocages showed the highest response of 4733 for 5 ppm H2S at 200 °C, and the detection limit could be as low as 20 ppb. The gas-sensing mechanism was also discussed.Keywords:MOF-derived ZnO;nanocages;Cu doping;H2S sensing
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传感器技术
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Catalysts
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2022
·Vol. 12
·期 10
·1100
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IF 4.501
Jingxin Tan,Guoqiang Wei,Zhen Wang,Hui Su,Lingtao Liu,Chunhu Li,Junjie Bian
Zn1−xCdxS catalysts with Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-8 (ZIF-8) as the precursor were successfully prepared by ion exchange method, and the ability and electrochemical properties of a series of ZIF-8, ZnS and Zn1−xCdxS catalysts in photocatalytic degradation of 2-CP and TC were investigated. Doping of Cd ions was able to modulate the ZnS band gap width and improve the utilization of visible light by the photocatalyst. The nanocage catalysts with hollow structure of Zn1−xCdxS have better photocatalytic response. The removal of photocatalytic pollutants was up to 90% under optimal conditions. Using a Peroxymonosulfate (PMS)-assisted system to improve the degradation efficiency of 2-chlorophenol and tetracycline hydrochloride under visible light, we present a possible mechanism of Zn1−xCdxS as a photocatalyst for degradation in persistent pollutants and in PMS-assisted photocatalysis. Four active species, O2−, h+, -OH, and SO4•−, can be generated to degrade 2-chlorophenol and tetracycline hydrochloride under PMS-assisted activation. Zn1−xCdxS nanocage with high activity and stability provides a feasible approach to catalytically remove persistent pollutants from aqueous solutions under visible light conditions.Keywords:nanocage photocatalyst;Zn1−xCdxS;2-CP;TC;PMS;degradation
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2021
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IF 5.316
Xianwei Geng,Chenguang Liu,Yi Sun,Yingchao Zhao,Ruowei Yi,Pengfei Song,Chun Zhao,Ivona Mitrovic,Li Yang,Cezhou Zhao
Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries hold their promise in renewable next-generation energy storage technologies due to low cost and high theoretical energy. Herein, a Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene-carbon nanocage-sulfur (MXene/CNC/S) cathode is synthesized by a simple process with high conductivity and outstanding performance in Li-S batteries. The cathode with an unusually high sulfur content of 80% demonstrates an eminent initial specific capacity of 1275.5 mAh·g −1 at 0.1 C and retains 823.8 mAh·g −1 after 100 cycles, showing a high retention rate of 64.6%. Besides, it exhibits a great conductive feature for rate performance, delivering 630.5 mAh·g −1 capacity when the current rises to 4 C. In this composition electrode, the excellent electrochemical performance indicates that MXene can effectively adsorb polysulfides to help batteries achieve long-term cyclic performance. On the other hand, the introduction of CNC strongly improves the specific surface area of the cathode and constructs a high conductive network to reduce the stacking of MXene, thus exhibiting better rate performance and increasing utilization of sulfur. Our work holds future technological significance as it could accelerate progress towards lithium-sulfur batteries with high sulfur content and less pricy conductive materials.
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BioNanoScience
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2025
·Vol. 15
·期 2
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Cai He-Qing,Han Lu,Xue Xin-Yu,Zhang Kou,Wang Tian-Hao,Pan Fu-Hong,Sun Zhi-Cheng,Liu Ru-Ping,Hu Kun,Wei Yen
Gold nanocages (AuNCs) exhibit tunable local surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) properties and exceptional drug loading and releasing capabilities, attributes stemming from their hollow interiors and ultra-thin porous walls. These features underscore their promising applications in the biomedical field. In this study, we fabricated AuNCs with LSPR peaks at 810 nm via chemical etching of Ag nanocube templates with sharp edges using a precisely controlled volume of chloroauric acid. To impart gene-loading functionality, we chemically anchored thiol-modified polyethyleneimine (PEI) onto the surfaces of AuNCs through robust Au–S bonds, generating a novel gene carrier, AuNCs-PEI. Subsequently, we evaluated its photothermal efficacy using a femtosecond laser and assessed cytotoxicity via MTT assay. The binding affinity of AuNCs-PEI for EGFP plasmids was characterized by gel retardation assays. Furthermore, the gene delivery efficiency of AuNCs-PEI was examined in 293 T cells by quantifying green fluorescence protein signals using inverted fluorescence microscopy. These findings demonstrate that engineered AuNCs-PEI not only facilitates gene loading for therapeutic applications but also enables photothermal therapy (PTT).
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生物医学工程
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纳米医学
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2024
·Vol. 12
·期 26
·16043-16051
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IF 10.7
Keying Su,Shan Yang,Yulu Zhu,Yujia Liang,Yawen Tang,Xiaoyu Qiu
High-entropy alloy (HEA) nanoparticles have been recognized as one kind of efficient electro-catalyst for water splitting. However, their higher catalytic activity is restrained by the difficulty in precisely shaping the HEAs into ordered facets and fully exposed surface structures. Herein, we report a seed-mediated conformal growth and partial etching method for the controlled synthesis of PtIrRuRhPd HEA cubic nanocages (CNCs), which feature the ordered {100} facets and ultrathin shells of five atomic layers. The slow injection of a PtIrRuRh layer on Pd nanocubes and the subsequent capture of dissociative Pd atoms in the etching step are responsible for the formation of nearly equimolar PtIrRuRhPd HEAs. Due to the synergistic effects derived from the multicomponent high-entropy effects, the ordered (100) facets, and the ultrathin feature, the PtIrRuRhPd HEA CNCs exhibit significantly high electro-catalytic activities for hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions in an acidic medium, with overpotentials of 20 mV and 272 mV at 10 mA cm−2 (η10), respectively. As electrodes for a water electrolyzer, the PtIrRuRhPd HEA CNCs afford an η10 as low as 196 mV, together with superior long-term durability for 200 000 s.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2020
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IF 4.65
Jiang-Kuan Chen,Shu-Min Zhao,Jian Zhu,Jian-Jun Li,Jun-Wu Zhao
Herein, we propose a selective and simple colorimetric sensing approach for the determination of Hg 2+ ions based on bimetallic AuAg nanocages with partial hollow cavity and several pinholes on the wall, wherein the residual Ag atoms existing inside this AuAg nanocages can be directly etched by Hg 2+ and the generated Hg depositing on inner surface of nanocages induces the morphology transformation from hollow AuAg nanocages to closed nanoboxes which consists of an AuAg shell and Hg core. This morphology transformation of “nanocage-to-nanobox” not only extends the detection range of Hg 2+ , but also cleans the Hg 2+ in solutions by enriching it into the nanoboxes. With increasing Hg 2+ concentrations, the blue shift of localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) peak position with multicolor changing from light-blue to light-brown is great for colorimetric determination of Hg 2+ . Under optimal conditions, the colorimetric sensing shows a linear response to Hg 2+ ranging from 0.03 to 35 μM with a detection limit of 10 nM. Besides, interference study and real samples detection applying lake and tap water demonstrated that Hg 2+ can be specifically and practically detected by utilizing this method.
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2024
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Peng-jie Zhu,Fang-yuan Su,Li-jing Xie,Xiao-Ming Li,Yong-feng Li,Cheng-Meng Chen
Research into environmentally friendly energy storage devices is a vital strategy to address the energy crisis and environmental pollution challenges. In this paper, oxygen-rich vacancy Co 3 O 4 /NiCo 2 O 4 heterojunction hollow nanocage electrodes were synthesized by a two-step hydrothermal and calcination method. Taking advantage of its unique structure, oxygen vacancies, and the synergistic effect of multi-element transition metal oxides, the electrode has good conductivity, high specific surface area, and abundant active sites. As a result, the Co 3 O 4 /NiCo 2 O 4 HHNCs electrode exhibits an ultra-high specific capacitance of 1788F g −1 at 1Ag -1 , and the assembled hybrid supercapacitor has an energy density of up to 43.9 Wh kg −1 , which is promising for applications in energy storage materials.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry B
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2024
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Ran Hao,Meng Jiao,Xingguo Xu,Di Wu,Haiying Wei,Leyong Zeng
Delivery nanosystems were popularly developed to improve chemotherapy efficacy, but the non-specific leakage of drugs was still not satisfactory. Here, using gold nanocages (AuNCs) as carrier and thermo-sensitive liposome (TSL) as protection shell, a camptothecin (CPT) loaded delivery nanosystem (AuNCs/CPT@TSL) was designed for photothermal-modulated drug release, by which the non-specific leakage of CPT was avoided, and the combination of photothermal therapy (PTT) and chemotherapy was achieved. In the simulated tumor microenvironment (pH=5.5), the TSL shell protected CPT from leakage at 37℃, and the release rate of CPT was only 11.4%. However, the release rate of CPT greatly increased to 85.4% by elevating temperature to 45℃. The photothermal conversion efficiency of AuNCs/CPT@TSL reached up to 46.1%. When the incubation temperature was 37℃, the cell survival rate was reduced to 43.6% in AuNCs/CPT, but was still above 90% in AuNCs/CPT@TSL, demonstrating the good protection of TSL shell. Under the combination of PTT/chemotherapy, the cell viability greatly decreased to 10.9%, and the tumors completely disappeared, confirming the safe and reliable antitumor effect of AuNCs/CPT@TSL.
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Biotechnology Journal
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2025
·Vol. 20
·期 3
·e70006
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Jingyi Xiao,Zan Ge,Xiaowei Tan,Ziyi Liu,Yafang Zhang,Shufen Xiao,Rongyuan Yi,Ye Hu,Wenyan Hu,Hui Chu,Jian Chen
Traditional beta-cyclodextrin (beta-CD) in biomedical applications faces challenges due to its inherent physical and biochemical limitations. One of the most effective strategies to enhance the properties of beta-CD for drug delivery is the synthesis of supramolecular polycyclodextrins. In this study, we designed a novel beta-CD nanocage-like structure for drug delivery, incorporating imine and disulfide bonds through Schiff base reactions. Aldehyde group-functionalized beta-CD units were used to construct the main backbone of the nanocage, forming dual-dynamic covalent bonds. The chemical structure of the beta-CD nanocage was confirmed using ¹H nuclear magnetic resonance (¹H NMR) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Additionally, atomic force microscopy (AFM) and dynamic light scattering (DLS) revealed that varying amounts of beta-CD crosslinked with cystamine resulted in nanocages approximately 200 nm in size. In vitro drug release experiments demonstrated that doxorubicin (DOX)-loaded beta-CD nanocages exhibited accelerated DOX release in acidic and reductive environments compared to normal physiological conditions, owing to the pH-sensitive imine bond and the glutathione (GSH)-cleavable disulfide bond. The DOX-loaded beta-CD nanocages showed exceptional tumor-killing effects, particularly in acid/reduction-enhanced tumor cells. Both cellular fluorescence imaging and flow cytometry confirmed the potential of the beta-CD nanocages for acid/reduction-specific drug release. Consequently, this precision medicine model using imine/disulfide-linked beta-CD nanocage structures as acidity/reduction-sensitive drug carriers promises to improve oncotherapy through more targeted drug delivery and release, supporting individualized treatment approaches.
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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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2024
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Huanhuan Li,Wei Sheng,Md. Mehedi Hassan,Wenhui Geng,Quansheng Chen
The abuse of antibiotics has caused gradually increases drug-resistant bacterial strains that pose health risks. Herein, a sensitive SERS sensor coupled multivariate calibration was proposed for quantification of antibiotics in milk. Initially, octahedral gold-silver nanocages (Au@Ag MCs) were synthesized by Cu 2 O template etching method as SERS substrates, which enhanced the plasmonic effect through sharp edges and hollow nanostructures. Afterwards, five chemometric algorithms, like partial least square (PLS), uninformative variable elimination-PLS (UVE-PLS), competitive adaptive reweighted sampling-PLS (CARS-PLS), random frog-PLS (RF-PLS), and convolutional neural network (CNN) were applied for TTC and CAP . RF-PLS performed optimally for TTC and CAP (Rc = 0.9686, Rp = 0.9648, RPD = 3.79 for TTC and Rc = 0.9893, Rp = 0.9878, RPD = 5.88 for CAP). Furthermore, the detection limit of 0.0001 µg/mL for both TTC and CAP was obtained. Finally, satisfactory ( p > 0.05) results were obtained with the standard HPLC method. Therefore, SERS combined RF-PLS could be applied for fast, nondestructive sensing of TTC and CAP in milk.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2024
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Mengyao Li,Lixin Wang,Wanning Xiong,Linlin Zhao,Yi Tian,Mengting Cheng,Yuzhu Wang,Zejun Li,Xinjun Wang,Qingquan Sheng,Yongfeng Luo
The rational design and synthesis of carbon nanocages with highly complex porous structures are continuously facing challenges in the development of high-performance supercapacitors (SCs). The electrochemical performance characteristics of electrodes rely on their compositions and fabrication methods. Here, we propose a universal and efficient approach for the in-situ synthesis of zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) on porous carbonized wood, where the selective utilization of hexacarbonyl molybdenum protects the structural integrity of the ZIF-8 precursor, preventing collapse during thermal treatment. The subsequent pyrolysis process leads to the formation of small-sized molybdenum carbide (MoC) which are embedded in carbon nanocages (CN). The composite electrode consists of MoC/CN embedded in a porous carbonized wood (PCW), and it shows area-specific capacity of 9.7F cm −2 and 9.4 F cm −2 at 5 mA cm −2 and 30 mA cm −2 , respectively. Subsequently, the symmetric supercapacitor , with two MoC/CN@PCW electrodes exhibits a areal specific capacitance of 2.7 F cm −2 at 5 mA cm −2 . Moreover, this supercapacitor maintains an capacitance retention rate of 98.5 % after 12,000 discharge cycles. The supercapacitor exhibits a power density of 6.5 mW cm −2 , resulting in an energy density of 0.864 mWh cm −2 . Therefore, the utilization of wood-based electrodes holds promise for energy storage systems.
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