ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
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2022
·Vol. 29
·期 41
·62272-62280
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IF 5.19
Wang Xiaowen,Wang Yanjie,Zhao Xiaoyan,Chen Bingqiong,Kong Nannan,Shangguan Lingfei,Zhang Xiaobin,Xu Yingchun,Hu Feng
It has been well documented that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs) can be taken up from the environment by the plants and translocated into the shoots. However, the mechanisms underlying this process are poorly understood. Nelumbo nucifera L. (lotus) is a highly ornamental aquatic plant known to possess strong phytoremediation capability. In the present study, the association between phenanthrene (Phe) and nutrients, including nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), in lotus was investigated. Over 2 years, all eight lotus cultivars tested accumulated Phe to various degrees when grown in PAH-polluted sediment (0.46 mg/kg Phe). Cluster analysis showed N. nucifera 'Zhongguo Hong Beijing (ZHB)' was the one with the highest Phe levels in the leaves and petals in 2 years. The Phe concentrations in the tissues of 'ZHB' were 3.14 mg/kg and 1.63 mg/kg on average in the first and second year, respectively. Interestingly, 'ZHB' was also the cultivar with the lowest N and P levels considering 2 years and tissues. Hydroponic studies further revealed a negative association between the concentrations of Phe and those of N and P in the aerial tissues under 0.5 and 1.0 mg/L Phe treatments in 'ZHB'. Furthermore, the significant reductions of the roots number (72.6%), longest root length (75.8%), and petiolar height (34.6%) in 'ZHB' seedlings exposed to 1.0 mg/L Phe were observed, indicating that Phe retarded the growth of lotus. These results provide a new understanding of the accumulation of Phe in plants and the association with nutrients and enrich the basis of phytoremediation to the contaminated environment.
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植物学
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2024
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IF 4.9
Xiaochun Tian,Ao Sun,Chengyu Wang,Kangle Ding
In this study, a novel hydrochar adsorbent derived from lotus seedpods was synthesized and subsequently modified to enhance its adsorption efficiency for quinoline contaminated wastewater. Using lotus seedpods as biomass raw material, lotus seedpod hydrochar (LSH) was prepared by hydrothermal carbonization method, and it was modified with hydrochloric acid (HA) and phosphoric acid (PA) as modifiers to improve adsorption efficiency. The adsorption kinetics and isotherms of quinoline on both the unmodified and modified hydrochars were studied in detail to elucidate the underlying adsorption mechanisms. Furthermore, the effect of coexisting organic pollutants, i.e. phenol and pyridine, commonly found in coking effluents, on the quinoline adsorption efficiency of hydrochar was investigated. The regenerative potential of the adsorbent was explored through desorption studies to assess the reusability and practicality of hydrochar post-adsorption. The optimal conditions for modified LSH were determined as follows: an adsorbent dosage of 3 g/L, pH of 3, an initial quinoline concentration of 200 mg/L, and a contact time of 90 minutes. The maximum adsorption capacities for PA-LSH and HA-LSH were 48.59 mg/g and 49.12 mg/g, respectively. Among the types of modification agents, acid modifiers, particularly 20 % phosphoric acid and 20 % hydrochloric acid, significantly enhanced the adsorption efficiency, increasing the adsorption rates by 24.24 % and 14.56 %, respectively, compared to unmodified hydrochar (64.06 %). Coexisting pollutants minimally affected quinoline adsorption, with phosphoric acid-modified hydrochar maintaining 80.33 % removal in simulated coking wastewater. Regeneration with hydrochloric acid showed improved utility, with modified hydrochar sustaining over 80 % adsorption after three cycles. This research not only presents an innovative approach to the development of efficient adsorbents for quinoline removal, but also provides insight into the adsorption behavior of hydrochar in the complex wastewater systems. The findings contribute to both the advancement of sustainable water treatment technologies and the use of biomass-derived materials for environmental remediation. As such, this work holds promise for applications in wastewater treatment and environmental remediation.
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ACTA PHYSICO-CHIMICA SINICA
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2024
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IF 10.8
Ping Ye,Lingshuang Qin,Mengyao He,Fangfang Wu,Zengye Chen,Mingxing Liang,Libo Deng
With the growth of batteries, electroplating, and mining industries, heavy metal ions such as cadmium (Cd 2+ ) are being discharged on a massive scale, thus posing a severe threat to the environment. Conventional techniques for removing Cd 2+ from wastewater with low concentrations still suffer from slow kinetics and secondary pollution. A carbon-based capacitive deionization (CDI) system is highly desired but encounters a severe co-ion expulsion effect. Herein, we developed CDI systems based on surface charge-modulated porous carbon and an asymmetric configuration. This was achieved by first preparing porous carbons through facile microwave pyrolysis of lotus leaf followed by KOH activation. The morphology, pore structure, heteroatom content, surface charge, and electrochemical behavior of porous carbons were investigated by adjusting the mass ratio of KOH to carbon. The lotus leaf-derived carbons show a morphology of nanosheet-like thin carbon (NSTC), with their specific surface areas increasing with the amount of KOH used for activation. In contrast, the heteroatom ( i.e ., nitrogen and oxygen) contents decrease with the increase in the mass ratio of KOH to carbon, resulting in a more positive surface charge. Notably, the NSTC with a mass ratio of 3 for KOH/carbon (NSTC-3) displays an ultrahigh specific surface area of 3705.0 m 2 g −1 , and a specific capacitance of 92.5 F g −1 at a current density of 0.5 A g −1 when coupled with a commercial activated carbon in an asymmetric YP-50F//NSTC-3 supercapacitor. Consequently, the CDI cell equipped with a YP-50F as the anode and a NSTC-3 as the cathode exhibits a high specific adsorption capacity of 88.6 mg Cd ·g cathode −1 at 1.2 V in a 100 mg L −1 Cd 2+ solution, which is about 36.3 % higher than that of the symmetrical configuration NSTC-3//NSTC-3. Furthermore, 71 % of the initial removal capacity of the YP-50F//NSTC-3 system is retained after 7 cycles of charging and discharging. Characterizations of the cathode after the adsorption process indicate that the Cd 2+ is captured by both electrical-double-layer and pseudocapacitive mechanisms. Additionally, CdCO 3 precipitate is also responsible for Cd 2+ removal, which might be ascribed to the reaction of dissolved CO 2 in aqueous media with Cd 2+ under the electrified action. The high removal performance and excellent cycling stability are attributed to the tunability of the surface charge properties and the asymmetric configuration, which minimizes the co-ion expulsion and modulates potential distribution. This study provides a novel avenue to design biochar-based configurations for electrified water treatment.
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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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2021
·Vol. 2021
·期 24
·2384-2389
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IF 2.524
Gongguo Zhang,Yanyun Ma,Wenjun Zhao,Yiqun Zheng
Graphical Non-planar platelets of gold nanocrystals with the lotus leaf- and donut-like morphologies are selectively prepared via seeded growth. The preferable deposition of Au on the central region of plate-like Au seeds is realized by the underpotential-deposition (UPD) effect of Ag ions, while epitaxial growth on the edge part and cold-welding of the newly-formed branches lead to formation of an in-plane hole when Ag + is absent. We report a seeded growth of gold (Au) nanoplates with two distinct morphologies, which are similar to a lotus leaf and a donut, respectively. The success of this synthesis relies on the use of flat Au nanoplates in high purity as seeds, followed by a controlled deposition. In particular, the presence of Ag + led to the deposition of Au atoms preferentially occurred at the central part of one face of the nanoplate and thus the formation of lotus leaf-like shape. In contrast, when Ag + was absent, the growth mainly occurred to the edge region. Then, cold-welding of newly-formed branches and further diffusion of Au atoms created holes in the nanoplate, resulting in the formation of donut-like shape. The Au nano-lotus leaves with tunable sizes exhibited absorbance in near-infrared region and enhanced chemical activities in electrochemical measurements. The current strategy is extended to fabricate Au−Ag nanoplates with a similar lotus leaf-like morphology, which also exhibited strong absorbance in near-infrared region in UV-vis extinction spectra. The current work allows the fabrication of two-dimensional Au-based nanomaterials with concave shape and three-dimensional architecture and could be potentially extended to other noble metals and alloys.
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2022
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IF 9.136
Pingping Dong,Xiaoxu Jing,Yungui Li,Yi Shen,Qingqing Li,Qile Fang
Phosphorus (P) discharge is well recognized as the chief culprit of eutrophication and algal blooms. It is of pressing need to remove excessive phosphorus to protect the important watershed. Lanthanum (La) based materials are one type of attention-grabbing adsorbent due to their superior affinity to phosphate. Here, a La-Fe cyanometallate (CM) framework with a novel “twin lotus flower” structure was synthesized and rich hierarchical pores were fabricated via pyrolysis. The resultant “twin lotus flower” oxide of LaFe CM-500 was demonstrated to be a high-performance adsorbent for phosphate removal with a saturated capacity as high as 45.03 mg P/g. It also possessed superior removal ability for the stubborn low concentration of P pollution. The abundant hierarchical pores (from macropore to micropore) render a rapid diffusion of phosphate on the LaFe CM-500. The La components on porous adsorbent were verified to be the key active sites that form stable LaPO 4 via a ligand exchange process. The effects of solution conditions (temperature, pH, co-existing ions, and humic acid) were also investigated, and a high selectivity for phosphate adsorption enables the as-prepared “twin lotus flower” adsorbent to be competitive in practical water body treatment.
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JOURNAL OF POLYMER ENGINEERING
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2023
·Vol. 43
·期 3
·277-286
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IF 2
Xiaoru Hao,Jun Xie,Yu Zhang,Wei Sheng,Haikun Zheng
This paper investigated anti-icing behavior and wettability of droplets on superhydrophobic polymercoatings between lotus effect and petal effect, which were prepared on surfaces of 2021 aluminum alloy with 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-heptafluorodecyl (FAS-17). The prepared surfaces displayed excellent hydrophobicity with contact angles of 154.9° ± 1.5°and 139.8° ± 1.3°, while rolling angles are 4° ± 1.0° (lotus effect) and 30° ± 1.5° (petal effect). Thus, the present study focused on the different characterizations and the anti-icing potential of the superhydrophobic polymersurfaces were analyzed based on three parameters including the icing delay time, the crystallization temperature of water droplets, and contact time of impinging droplets on the cold superhydrophobic polymer coatings (−15 °C). Furthermore, the anti-icing of superhydrophobic coatings between lotus effect and petal effect with freezing time and crystallization temperature experimental phenomena were consistent with the thermodynamic analysis. It is also proved that the droplets have different bounce behavior on different polymercoating surfaces by droplet impact experiment. The study offers a comprehensive perspective on polymercoatings of different wetttablility for anti-icing behavior applications.
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材料科学
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表面工程
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Food Chemistry-X
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2024
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IF 6.5
Xin-Yu Jiang,Lin Li,Jia-Nan Yan,Ce Wang,Bin Lai,Hai-Tao Wu
This study focused on binary hydrogels constructed from lotus rhizome starch (LRS) and three types of carrageenan ( κ -C, ι -C, and λ -C). The enthalpy of LRS gelatinization was reduced by 32.1%-88.4% with the incorporation of carrageenan. Compared with ι -C and λ -C, the conformations of κ -C more facilitated the development of the binary hydrogel network structure. The ability of the LRS/carrageenan binary hydrogel to immobilize water was mainly related to the effect of different types of carrageenan on starch molecular ordering. LRS-based hydrogels were recognized as level 4 in the International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative (IDDSI) framework. Nevertheless, the incorporation of carrageenan significantly reduced the ability of the LRS hydrogel to resist stress under large deformations, which might be favorable to oral processing and swallowing. This research provides preliminary evidence for relevant industries to use carrageenan to adjust LRS hydrogel properties and improve the quality of starch-based foods for dysphagia management.
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食品科学
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生物材料学
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2017
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IF 3.387
Hao Yang,Yuantao He,Zhongqiang Wu,Jing Miao,Fang Yang,Zhong Lu
Superhydrophobic metal coatings have been extensively studied in recent years because of their significant potential applications. Unfortunately, most of them lost the original metallic luster due to the micro/nano binary structures. In this paper, a facile method was developed to prepare a superhydrophobic and high-glossy copper coating on aluminum substrates. The bionic lotus leaf surfaces were constructed by electroless plating method and further modified with octadecanethiol. The wettability and gloss could be tuned by the concentration of the precursor. With the increase of CuSO 4 concentration, the surface roughness of the coating raised, thus resulting in increase of contact angle and decrease of glossiness. When the CuSO 4 concentration was 30 mmol/L, the coating exhibited a sub-micro/nano binary structure, in which 20–30 nm protuberances were grown on 300–500 nm mastoids. Such special morphology endowed the coating with superhydrophobic and high-glossy properties, and the coating also showed ultra-low water adhesion and stable dynamic water repellence.
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Small
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2023
·Vol. 19
·期 50
·2304918
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IF 13.3
Haotian Jiang,Chengjuan Wang,Bowen Cui,Xiaodan Xu,Mengfan Li,Zhenhao Xu,Hongxue Tan,Chengguo Wang,Yanxiang Wang
Developing composite materials with the synergistic effects of heterogeneous structures and multiple components is considered as a promising strategy to achieve high-performance electromagnetic wave (EMW) absorbers. To further satisfy the demand of broadband and strong microwave absorption, a novel NiS/carbon nanofibers (CNFs)/porous carbon composite is successfully synthesized by hydrothermal and chemical vapor deposition using lotus leaves as a biomass carbon source. A few carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and uniformly dispersed Ni nanocrystals have also been found in the hybrid. Benefiting from the porous structure derived from lotus leaves, the combination of dielectric NiS, conductive carbon nanomaterials, and magnetic Ni nanoparticles, together with the three-dimensional conductive network of CNFs and CNTs, the remarkable EMW absorption properties with a minimum reflection loss up to −67.65 dB have been achieved at merely 2.32 mm. Besides, the widest effective absorption band can reach 5.9 GHz with a thin thickness of 2.07 mm, covering almost the entire Ku band. In addition, under the incident angle of 31°, the radar cross-section reduction value of LNSF-600 can reach 42.88 dBm2. Therefore, this work provides an efficient and facile method for manufacturing outstanding biomass-derived EMW absorbers.
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Food Bioscience
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2024
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IF 4.8
Shunqian Zhuang,Jun Cheng,Songting Chen,Yuliang Li,Dazhi Ding,Zhilong Yu,Yunfei Xie
Lotus leaf is a super-hydrophobic material found in nature. Drawing inspiration from the micro-nano structure of lotus leaf surface, a hybrid surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrate owning both hydrophobic and hydrophilic properties was developed. The biomimetic part, which was fabricated by replicating the surface structure of lotus leaf using polydimethylsiloxane, exhibited a hydrophobic surface with a contact angle of 150.3°. Meanwhile, silver nanoparticles-coated filter paper was assembled on the top of the biomimetic part to render hydrophilic regions for SERS detection. Silver nanoparticles on the surface of filter paper owned a size of approximately 70–80 nm with an interval of about 5–10 nm. The hydrophobic/hydrophobic hybrid regions on the substrate significantly enhanced Raman signals of rhodamine 6g with mitigated coffee ring effects, showing a limit of detection low to 10 −10 M. Notably, the limit of detection of this technique for thiram on apple surface reached 0.5 ng/cm 2 , which was lower than the reported methods. The prepared substrate displayed exceptional uniformity and stability, with an RSD value of 7.21% calculated based upon 30 randomly selected Raman signals, and experienced a decrease in signal by only 29.7% after 30-d storage. This biomimetic substrate can be utilized for batch detection of pesticide residues on fresh produce with high sensitivity, thereby owning great potential for application as a rapid detection tool for food safety.
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食品安全
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材料科学
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2018
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IF 8.097
Xin Li,Jin Wang,Yibo Zhao,Xuetong Zhang
Aerogels have been widely used in the fields like thermal insulation, energy storage, environmental remediation, catalysis, drug release, sensor, and cosmic dust collection, etc. Hydrophobic functionalization not only determines the surface energy and basic physical properties of the target aerogels but also be critical for their long-term stability due to their highly open-porous structures. However, there is still lack of facial and versatile methodologies for the hydrophobic functionalization of aerogels, especially for the nonsilica ones. Herein, two efficient fluorine-free strategies were developed to synthesize various hydrophobic and even superhydrophobic polyimide (PI) aerogels. First, superhydrophobic PI aerogels with contact angle higher than 150° were fabricated by the segregation self-assembly process between poly[4,4′-(4,4′-isopropylidenediphenoxy)bis(phthalic anhydride)-co-p-phenylene diamine] and poly[biphenyl-3,3′,3,4′-tetracarboxylic dianhydride-co-2,2′-dimethylbenzidine] (poly(BPDA-DMBZ)). These PI aerogels exhibited a lotus effect that water droplets could not wet the surface but could easily roll off. Second, various hydrophobic PI aerogels, including the well-documented superhydrophilic PI aerogels derived from DMBZ–BPDA and 4,4′-oxydianiline–BPDA, were synthesized by the density-induced hydrophilicity–hydrophobicity transition approach. These PI aerogels exhibited a petal effect that water droplets on the aerogel surface appeared spherical in shape, which could not roll off even when the aerogel was turned upside down. These two reported strategies might open new and straightforward ways to hydrophobic functionalization of other polymeric aerogel systems.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2022
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IF 8.025
Jialin Tang,Qiufang Liang,Xiaofeng Ren,Husnain Raza,Haile Ma
Novel lotus root starch (LRS)-myristic acid (MA) complexes were prepared using an ultrasound-assisted hydrothermal method (UHM) to investigate its nutritional intervention in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Ultrasonic treatment promoted the formation of the V-type crystal structure of the complex and improved the intermolecular interaction force, the order of the short-range starch molecules, and crystallinity. The volume of the ultrasound-assisted LRS-MA composite (U-LRS-MA) particles was enlarged, the particle distribution showed non-uniformity, and the surface grooves were deepened. The resistant starch content of U-LRS-MA was greatly increased from 34.58 % of native starch to 68.20 %. Dietary Supplements of 5 % and 15 % U-LRS-MA significantly reduced the body weight, the organ index and fasting blood glucose of T2DM mice, effectively adjusted its blood lipid level, alleviated its liver damage and increased the levels of colonic short-chain fatty acids. The addition of 5 % U-LRS-MA was more effective in T2DM than 15 % U-LRS-MA. Ultrasound could be effectively employed to prepare lipid-starch complexes, namely type 5 resistant starch, which was proved for the first time to have an excellent intervention effect on T2DM.
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营养学
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