It is challenging to capture N-glycopeptides with high recovery and high specificity from complicated biosystems. Herein, we present a facile and economical procedure to generate a novel self-assembling 4-Mercaptobenzene boronic acid functionalized and Au-doped Straticulate C 3 N 4 (MASC), with enhanced affinity capability towards glycopeptides . The materials possess low pH value adaptation, high hydrophilicity and stability, good repeatability and recyclability, and provided high selectivity (1:100), low limit of detection (0.33 fmol/μL), high enrichment efficiency (~ 80%) and high recovery rate (~ 90%) towards glycopeptides. The materials can capture glycopeptides unbiasedly, as demonstrated by the identification of 37 glycopeptides from IgG and 21 glycopeptides from horseradish peroxidase (HRP). The performance of MASC on human urine and serum glycoproteome analysis was also tested. An average of 1465 glycopeptides from 839 glycoproteins and 1553 glycopeptides from 884 glycoproteins were identified from female and male urine samples in a single mass spectrometry analysis. O -glycopeptides from human urine were also significantly enriched. Additionally, 463 glycopeptides assigned to 209 glycoproteins were identified from 5 μL of human serum. All of these results indicate that MASC presents a good performance and applicability in the field of glycoproteomic research.
The development of photothermal-assisted photocatalytic systems with broad-spectrum solar utilization and high charge separation efficiency remains a critical challenge for antibiotic degradation. Herein, we report novel black g-C3N4(BCN) materials synthesized via a one-step thermal copolymerization strategy using C/N precursors and tetrachlorofluorescein. After the introduction of tetrachlorofluorescein, the color of the sample changes, which gives BCN enhanced light absorption and a significant photothermal effect for poorly heating-assisted photocatalysis. The synergistic coupling of photothermal and photocatalytic processes enabled the optimal BCN-U sample to achieve exceptional degradation efficiency (89% within 120 min) for a typical antibiotic (e.g., tetracycline) under an LED lamp as the visible light source, outperforming conventional yellow g-C3N4(YCN-U) by a factor of 1.37. Mechanistic studies revealed that the photothermal effect facilitates carrier separation via thermal-driven electron excitation while accelerating reactive oxygen species (•OH and •O2−) generation. The synergistic interplay between photocatalysis and photothermal effects, which improved mass transfer, ensures robust stability, which provides new insights into designing dual-functional carbon nitride-based materials for sustainable environmental remediation.