Journal of Materials Chemistry C
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2021
·Vol. 9
·期 43
·15654-15661
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IF 7.393
Yong Zhang,Weilin Liu,Yushen Liu,Conghuan Wang,Guodong Zhu,Weidong Song
The anisotropic electrical properties of organic semiconductors are one of the research hotspots currently. However, there is a great challenge to construct optoelectronic devices by using anisotropic properties of organic semiconductors. Here, we developed anisotropic self-powered photodetectors based on organic polymer semiconducting DPP-DTT and SrTiO3 (DPT/STO) heterojunctions. Two PDs were fabricated where anisotropic DPP-DTT layers were written directly on SrTiO3 with parallel and perpendicular configurations (‖DPT/STO and ⊥DPT/STO). It is found that both devices exhibit anisotropic self-powered characteristics under 400 nm light illumination at zero bias; however, the ‖DPT/STO device shows larger open-circuit voltage (0.71 V) and higher photocurrent (1.0 nA) than the ⊥DPT/STO device (0.26 V and 0.4 nA). Moreover, the anisotropic self-powered feature is also verified on the DPT/GaN devices. The observed phenomenon can be attributed to the anisotropic electrical performance of the directly written DPP-DTT organic polymer. Our work provides a promising way to fabricate anisotropic self-powered devices by employing anisotropic organic semiconductors for broad applications.
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材料科学
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光电材料与器件
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半导体物理
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ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
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2022
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IF 7.129
Dandan Kong,Xinyue Li,Yang Tang,Ming Sui,Jinping Li,Yonggui Ma,Gaofeng Wang,Wei Gu,Xuegang Guo,Meihua Yang
Environmental pollution and medicine safety have aroused increasing public concerns due to human health. Amongst various contaminants, mercury is of special attention owing to their environmental persistence and biogeochemical recycling and ecological risks. Herein, a simple and highly parallel electrochemical biosensor for Hg determination was designed and investigated. The proposed biosensor was prepared and compared between (1) DTT/MB-DNA/Au with configuration occupation approach and (2) MCH/MB-DNA/Au with passivation approach. According to the combined results of scanning electrochemical microscope (SECM) and Randles-Sevcik equation, the DTT modified electrode exhibited high uniformity on DNA distribution and superb stability on electron transfer in Hg 2+ detection. Evidentially, the response value of proposed DTT/MB-DNA/Au was increased from 57.518% to 97.607%, while RSD% between duplicate runs had dropped from 22.658% to 0.223% (n = 3). Moreover, the increased proportion of effective working area was 467.380% compared with general sensors. Besides, DTT concentration, DNA concentration as well as assembly time were optimized, utilizing electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), Cyclic Voltammetry (CV) and Square Wave Anode Stripping Voltammetry (SWASV). This optimized biosensor exhibited an excellent selectivity toward Hg 2+ over Cu 2+ , As 2+ , Cd 2+ , Pb 2+ , Cr 3+ , Ni 2+ and Zn 2+ etc., and the stability of DTT/MB-DNA/Au were at least two times better even after 3 days under room temperature. Also, a linear relation was observed between the peak current and Hg 2+ concentrations in a range from 0.25 nM to 2.00 μM with a detection limit of 53.00 pM under optimal conditions. Finally, DTT/MB-DNA/Au was applied for plants and medical products analysis. In all, this optimized DTT/MB-DNA/Au with advantages of high repeatability and sensitivity would provide a new insight into the design and application of biosensor for reliable sensing in safeguarding plant protection and medicinal safety.
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环境科学
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生物传感技术
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分析化学
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TALANTA
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2015
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IF 3.545
Qing Wang,Yao Long,Lin Yao,Li Xu,Zhi-Guo Shi,Lanying Xu
A mixed-mode chromatographic stationary phase , C18-DTT (dithiothreitol) silica (SiO 2 ) was prepared through “thiol-ene” click chemistry. The obtained material was characterized by fourier transform infrared spectroscope, nitrogen adsorption analysis and contact angle analysis. Chromatographic performance of the C18-DTT was systemically evaluated by studying the effect of acetonitrile content, pH, buffer concentration of the mobile phase and column temperature. It was demonstrated that the novel stationary phase possessed reversed phase liquid chromatography (RPLC)/hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) mixed-mode property. The stop-flow test revealed that C18-DTT exhibited excellent compatibility with 100% aqueous mobile phase. Additionally, the stability and column-to-column reproducibility of the C18-DTT material were satisfactory, with relative standard deviations of retention factor of the tested analytes (verapamil, fenbufen , guanine , tetrandrine and nicotinic acid) in the range of 1.82–3.72% and 0.85–1.93%, respectively. Finally, the application of C18-DTT column was demonstrated in the separation of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, aromatic carboxylic acids , alkaloids, nucleo-analytes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons . It had great resolving power in the analysis of various compounds in HILIC and RPLC chromatographic conditions and was a promising RPLC/HILIC mixed-mode stationary phase.
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分析化学
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Journal of Environmental Sciences
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2019
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IF 3.556
Haotian Jiang,Yun Xie,Yanli Ge,Hong He,Yongchun Liu
The dithiothreitol (DTT) assay is the most commonly used method to quantify the oxidative potential of fine particles. However, the reported DTT decay rates of carbon black (CB) materials vary greatly among different researchers. This might have resulted from either the intrinsic toxicity of CB or the unsuitability of the DTT assay protocol for CB particles. In the current study, the protocol of the DTT assay for CB materials has been carefully evaluated. It was found that the dispersion degree of CB particles in water has a great influence on the DTT decay rate of CB materials. For CB particles (special black 4A (SB4A) and Printex U) and single-walled carbon nanotube tube (SWCNT), the DTT decay rate after sonication for 10 min became 4.2, 4.6 and 1.7 times higher than that without sonication. The rate continued to grow as a function of ultrasound time up to 30 min of sonication. Although the concentration of soluble transition metals and surface oxygen-containing species such as carbonyls increased slightly with sonication, they had no significant effects on the measured DTT activity, while the increase in the dispersion degree of aggregates was found to play a vital role in the observed enhancement of the DTT decay rates for different CB materials. Based on our results, 30 min of sonication is recommended for sample dispersion when measuring the DTT decay rate of CB materials.
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环境科学
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毒理学
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JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS
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2018
·Vol. 56
·期 24
·1636-1644
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IF 2.499
Yixia Li,Jianhao Si,Haiyan Fan,Xiaodong Ye
The micelles formed by reduction-sensitive amphiphilic copolymer have emerged as promising drug nanocarriers due to the controlled drug release and effective anticancer activity triggered by the reducing stimulation. However, the effect of pH on the stability and guest exchange of the micelles formed by reduction-sensitive copolymer have not been systemically investigated. Herein, the micelles formed by a reduction-sensitive copolymer poly(ε-caprolactone)- b -poly[oligo(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate] (PCL–SS–POEGA) with a single disulfide group at different pH values loaded with dyes 3,3′-dioctadecyloxacarbocyanine perchlorate/1,1′-dioctadecyl-3,3,3′,3′-tetramethylindocarbocyanine perchlorate (DiO/DiI) were prepared through the precipitation-dialysis method. In addition, mixed micelles formed by different contents of reduction-sensitive and reduction-insensitive copolymers encapsulated with DiO/DiI at pH 7.5 were also prepared by the similar approach. The effects of pH and the content of reduction-sensitive copolymer on guest exchange of these micelles were studied by the fluorescence resonance energy transfer method. Results show that the pH value in the environment has great influence on the guest exchange rate of reduction-sensitive micelles in the presence of 10 mM dithiothreitol (DTT) and slight effect on that in the absence of DTT. Under a reducing environment, the guest exchange rate of the micelles containing various contents of disulfide-linked copolymer increases with the increasing content of PCL–SS–POEGA. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2018 , 56 , 1636–1644
研究领域:
聚合物科学
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药剂学
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纳米技术
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Natural Product Communications
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2022
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IF 1.496
Bozhan Tan,Zhiwen Qi,Guliang Yang,Haiyan Zhong
Tangeretin (Tan) possesses great anti-oxidation and anti-inflammation bioactivities; however, it is accompanied by poor water solubility, which leads to inefficient cellular internalization. To address this issue, a reactive oxygen species (ROS)-triggered poly (thioether-polyesters) micelle (PDHP, PEG-DTT) was designed and prepared via self-assembly, which consisted of poly (thioether-polyesters) as the hydrophilic shell, and the drug Tan as the hydrophobic inner core. The micelles (Tan@ PDHP), with a 63.15% loading efficiency of Tan, showed negligible cytotoxicity, high stability in phosphate-buffered saline buffer (pH = 7.4), and continuous release of Tan with the stimulation of H2O2. In addition, this Tan loading micelle was more efficient in responding to the formation of ROS in the lipopolysaccharide-stimulated RAW264.7 cells compared to that of the free Tan. In short, the strategy of encapsulating the low solubility Tan in ROS-triggered poly (thioether-polyesters) micelles provides an effective assay of enhancing Tan's antioxidative activity.
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药学
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纳米技术
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药物递送系统
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生物医学工程
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Materials Today Nano
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2022
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IF 13.364
X. Cui,Y. Zhou,Y. Zheng,L. Cao,L. Gao,J. Duan,H. Yin,S. Ai
N 6 -methyladenosine (m 6 A) is the most abundant and dynamic reversible modification of mRNA in eukaryotes discovered in the mid-1970s, which is widely involved in various physiological processes. Fat mass and obesity-associated protein (FTO protein) is not only a demethylase for m 6 A, but also a carcinogenic factor for many human cancers. Therefore, it is very important to build a simple and sensitive platform for simultaneous detection of m 6 A and FTO protein. To achieve this aim, a novel photoelectrochemical biosensor was constructed with the antibody-free detection strategy of DTT mediated –SH functionalization of m 6 A triggered by FTO protein catalyzed m 6 A oxidation . To achieve high detection sensitivity, CdS/Bi 2 MoO 6 /MoSe 2 system with matched energy gap was employed as photoactive material. To achieve high detection selectivity , the –CH 3 of m 6 A in the captured RNA sequence (m 6 A RNA) on the electrode surface was oxidized by FTO protein to form hydroxymethyl, followed with the covalent reaction of DTT with hydroxymethyl, making the labeling of m 6 A with –SH. Finally, a CdS nanoparticle was modified on the electrode through the specific covalent reaction between –SH and Cd, achieving the improvement of the photocurrent with the matched energy band . Under the optimal experimental conditions, the biosensor showed linear range from 0.001 to 50 nM and 0.0005–500 μg/L with the detection limit of 0.37 pM and 0.034 ng/L (S/N = 3) for m 6 A RNA and FTO protein, respectively. The applicability of the developed method was assessed by investigating the effect of entacapone on FTO protein activity.
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生物化学
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分析化学
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生物技术
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癌症研究
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Journal of Materials Chemistry B
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2017
·Vol. 5
·期 23
·4455-4469
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IF 4.543
Mengyun Zhou,Xin Du,Weike Li,Xiaoyu Li,Hongwei Huang,Qingliang Liao,Bingyang Shi,Xueji Zhang,Meiqin Zhang
Biodegradability is very critical for biomaterials to be nanocarriers. Ideal nanocarriers should be stable enough to execute their functions, but then can be efficiently got rid of, by either biodegradation or excretion. In this work, we report the design and one-pot fabrication of a series of uniform organic–inorganic hybrid nanocapsules with a disulfide-bridged silsesquioxane framework and a particle size smaller than 100 nm for redox-triggered biodegradation. The optimal synthesis conditions were explored for balancing the nanostructure, sulfur (S) content and aggregation degree. Fluorescent molecules were also integrated into the disulfide-bridged silsesquioxane framework by a co-condensation strategy for fluorescence tracking. Dithiothreitol (DTT) as a strong model reducing agent triggered the breakdown of hybrid nanocapsules without and with PEG modification from intact nanospheres to small fragments, while intracellular glutathione (GSH) had a slightly lower capacity of biodegrading these nanocapsules. The constructed delivery system obviously inhibited the growth of A549 cancer cells due to efficient cellular uptake by an endocytosis pathway and the subsequent pH and GSH-triggered drug release. The possibility of regulating the framework and surface functionalization of hybrid nanocapsules opens new opportunities for the development of silica-based degradable hybrid nanocarriers for promising drug delivery.
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纳米技术
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材料科学
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药剂学
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生物材料
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RSC Advances
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2016
·Vol. 6
·期 52
·46159-46169
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IF 3.289
Mingjia Chen,Chunmei Gao,Shaoyu Lü,Yuanmou Chen,Mingzhu Liu
An ideal tumor drug delivery platform should offer little release of the drug in a physiological environment and fast release of the drug once endocytosis into the tumor tissues occurs. Therefore, we have developed a new kind of core-crosslinked copolymers (mPEG-St-SeSex) based on mPEGylated starch and diselenide bonds for rapid drug release. The corresponding core-crosslinked analogs mPEG-St-SSx and mPEG-St-CCx copolymers using 3,3′-dithiodipropionic acid and octanedioic acid as crosslinkers, respectively, were synthesized and used as controls. The results displayed that all amphiphilic core-crosslinked copolymers could form micelles with spherical structures in aqueous solution, showing advanced stability compared to non-crosslinked micelles (mPEG-St) in physiologically related and ultra micelle destabilization conditions. The disassembly of micelles triggered by DTT, combined with in vitro drug release assay and intracellular drug release studies using confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM), indicated that the DOX-loaded mPEG-St-SeSex micelles showed higher activity and could be more quickly disrupted than the DOX-loaded mPEG-St-SSx and mPEG-St-CCx micelles in reducing environment and subsequently rapidly released drug. These results, in addition to cell cytotoxicity studies, demonstrated that the mPEG-St-SeSex micelles have the potential to develop controlled drug-delivery systems for cancer therapy.
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药学
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纳米技术
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药物递送系统
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癌症治疗
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2020
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IF 7.1
Hai-Bo Wang,Zi-Tao Zhong,Ting Zhang,Yuan-Di Zhao
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) can cause liver cancer, thus the detection of HBV-DNA is of great significance for liver cancer prevention. Since the concentration of HBV-DNA is often low, it is important to establish a highly sensitive detection method. In this study, microplate amplification and hybridization chain reaction (HCR) were used to improve the sensitive detection of HBV-DNA on dual strip biosensors. For the microplate-based amplification strategy on RS strip, the dual-DNA-AuNP probe could be immobilized on SA-Biotin-Anti-HBV-DNA-1 covered microplate through HBV-DNA. By adding dithiothreitol (DTT), a large amount of HS-RS-DNA on the dual-DNA-AuNP probe was dissociated. The indirect detection of HS-RS-DNA on RS strip could achieve the signal amplification of HBV-DNA. For the HCR-based strategy on HCR strip, HBV-DNA triggered the cascade reaction of H1-AuNP probe and H2-Biotin, a large amount of HCR product (AuNP-H1-H2-Biotin-AuNP-H1…) was produced. Thus, a lot of AuNP was fixed on the test zone of HCR strip to improve the HBV-DNA detection sensitivity. The detection limits by HCR strategy on HCR strip and microplate strategy on RS strip could reach to 5 pM and 0.1 nM, respectively, which were 200 and 10-fold higher than that of unamplified strategy, respectively. The recovery of HBV-DNA ranged from 97.2 to 102 % in the spiked human serum, presented a good accuracy for HBV-DNA detection in actual samples.
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生物技术
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分子生物学
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医学诊断
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Biomedical Materials
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2023
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IF 4
Jiandong Han,Kexin Zhang,Qixing Cai,Peng Dong,Daping Quan,Ying Bai
Non-specific biofilm formation (biofouling) commonly occurs to the surface of biomedical devices, which causes infection to the human tissues and function loss after implantation. To enhance the antifouling properties on the bioinert hydrogel-based biomaterials, a novel surface grafting approach was developed using surface radical chain-transfer reaction mediated by DL-dithiothreitol (DTT), rather than catalyzed by cytotoxic metal ions. Zwitterionic poly(2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine) (PMPC) brushes were grafted on the surface of poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate-co-glycidyl methacrylate) (PHG) to obtain PHG-graft-PMPC (PHG-g-PMPC) hydrogel, which were shown to have tunable surface hydrophilicity while maintaining high water content and transparency. Elemental composition analysis and micromorphology demonstrated the success of surface grafting. Protein adhesion assays were carried out, showing the reduction of bovine serum albumin, lactoferrin, and lysozyme adhesion by ~ 90%, 80%, and 70%, respectively, compared to the pristine hydrogel. Significant resistance of bacterial attachment was observed on surface-modified hydrogel using gram-negative Escherichia coli and gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus, respectively. The PHG-g-PMPC hydrogel are potentially feasible in various biomedical applications, especially for preventing surface biofouling of ophthalmic implants and devices. Furthermore, this de novo approach provides a universal platform for surface functionalization via thiol-epoxy click chemistry and surface radical chain-transfer reaction.
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生物材料
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表面化学
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生物医学工程
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材料科学
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