During cementing construction, H 2 S gas leak from micro-cracks of cement ring or cementing interface, seriously damaging wellbore integrity and shortening the life of wells. Therefore, microcrack self-healing cement technology is of great significance for oil wells to maintain the durability of cement rings and adapt to complex underground environments. Herein, acrylamide (AM), acrylonitrile (AN) and N-vinylformamide (NVF) were used as functional monomers , and laponite was added to prepare Laponite-poly(acrylamide-acrylonitrile-n-vinylformamide) nanocomposite hydrogel (L-PMAN) with excellent mechanical strength as micro-crack repair agent for gas-triggered cementing cement sheath. Considering the difference of chemical environment in the process of wellbore cement slurry sealing and subsequent micro-fracture plugging, different structural units were selected to design amphoteric structure. The construction of zwitterionic structure makes it exhibit excellent swelling behavior in salt solution while maintaining 80% of the original mechanical strength. More importantly, after adding L-PMAN powder,cement stone (C 1 ) can achieve good repair of microcracks under the trigger of H 2 S within 3 days, and the maximum gas breakthrough pressure can reach 2.5 MPa, indicating the great potentials of the L-PMAN for plugging microcracks in cement sheath.
The gut microbiota plays a significant role in the pathogenesis and remission of inflammatory bowel disease. However, conventional antibiotic therapies may alter microbial ecology and lead to dysbiosis of the gut microbiome, which greatly limits therapeutic efficacy. To address this challenge, novel nanomicelles that couple inulin with levofloxacin via disulfide bonds for the treatment of salmonellosis were developed in this study. Owing to their H 2 S-responsiveness, the nanomicelles can target the inflamed colon and rapidly release levofloxacin to selectively fight against enteric pathogens. Moreover, the embedded inulin can serve as prebiotic fiber to increase the amount of Bifidobacteria and Lactobacilli in mice with salmonellosis, thus maintaining the intestinal mechanical barrier and regulating the balance of the intestinal flora. Therefore, multifunctional nanomicelles had a better curative effect than pure levofloxacin on ameliorating inflammation in vivo . The pathogen-targeted glycovesicle represents a promising drug delivery platform to maximize the efficacy of antibacterial drugs for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.