INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2024
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Ju Liu,Danna Yan,Qianying Chen,Huayong Peng,Lu Jin,Chong Feng,Lixia Zhang,Guomin Zhao,Depo Yang,Zhimin Zhao
In this study, a homogeneous polysaccharide, named YDOP-1 was isolated form Dendrobium officinale using hot water extraction and ethanol precipitation method. YDOP-1 was characterized to be a typical O -acetyl-glucomannan with the molecular wight was 13,456 Da. Cell viability and colony forming assay showed that YDOP-1 possess moderate anti-gastric cancer effects. In order to further improve the anti-gastric cancer effects of YDOP-1, a selenium modification on YDOP-1 was performed. Energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis demonstrated that the Se was successfully introduced into YDOP-1 by forming Se O bonds. Se modification significantly enhanced the anti-gastric cancer effects of YDOP-1, which could effectively inhibit the proliferation of MGC-803 cells via suppressing colony and inducing apoptosis by regulating the apoptosis proteins of Bax, Bcl-2, and Caspase-7. Our results indicated that the Se modified O -acetyl-glucomannan, YDOP-Se, was expected to be useful in the biomedicine field for the gastric cancer treatment.
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Journal of Energy Chemistry
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2025
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IF 14.9
Chenggong Niu,Yi Liu,Shuqing Zhou,Heyang Liu,Linyu Chen,Jingya Guo,Tayirjan Taylor Isimjan,Xiulin Yang
Triggering structural asymmetry can induce charge redistribution and modify electronic structures, which is of great significance for the design of high-performance hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) electrocatalysts. Herein, we propose a dual anion-induced strategy to create an innovative RuS 2 -RuO 2 heterostructure featuring abundant S-Ru-O interfaces (RuS 2 -RuO 2 @C). This RuS 2 -RuO 2 @C demonstrates an impressive mass activity of 2.61 mA μ g R u - 1 and an exchange current density of 2.96 mA cm −2 , surpassing Pt/C and other comparative samples by over 20 times. Durability assessments confirm the superior stability of RuS 2 -RuO 2 @C, with only minimal performance loss during operation. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations indicate that the asymmetric S-Ru-O configuration optimizes the interfacial electronic structure and shifts the d -band center closer to the Fermi level, effectively reducing the energy barrier of the rate-determining step (RDS) in the alkaline HOR process. Moreover, in situ attenuated total reflection surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy (ATR-SEIRAS) characteristics disclose the formation of a substantial hydrogen bond network at the S-Ru-O interface, which aids in the desorption of H 2 O ad and facilitates the vital Volmer step in the HOR pathway.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2024
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Haiyin Zhan,Chenxu Li,Zixuan Cao,Ruiren Zhou,Simiao Zhang,Ziyu Guo,Qixing Zhou
Y 2 O 3 is a cost-effective and environmentally friendly wide-band gap photocatalyst with extensive application potential. However, its limited ability to be excited by visible light restricts its practical uses. In this study, we coupled the narrow bandgap semiconductor AgI with Y 2 O 3 to form a Z-scheme heterostructure , significantly promoting its photocatalytic degradation activity. Characterization and experimental results demonstrated the formation of Y-O-Ag bonds through coupling with AgI, leading to an increase in oxygen vacancies in Y 2 O 3 , which promotes the chemisorption of H 2 O and O 2 . The Y-O-Ag bond introduction promotes electron transfer , improves hole utilization, and boosts energy transfer efficiency, thus promoting the efficient generation of ·OH and 1 O 2 . The photocatalytic degradation rates of RhB and o-nitrophenol by 7.5% AgI/Y 2 O 3 were 26.5 and 4 times higher than those of pure Y 2 O 3 , respectively. This study provides theoretical support for the Z-scheme heterojunction to improve photocatalytic activity and offers efficient solutions and practical design ideas for sewage purification.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2025
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Xinyu Wang,Rui Li,Guoqing Zhao,Xiaorong Yan,Mingsheng Yang,Bei Wang,Haiping Yu,Mengxiao Li,Yuxin Hao,Zhihui Wang,Jingru Liu,Mingjun Hu,Jun Yang
Organic electrode materials are considered as a promising alternative to conventional transition metal-based electrodes because of their low cost, adjustable structure, high specific capacity, and good sustainability. However, many organic molecule electrodes and their corresponding discharge products can be easily dissolved in liquid electrolytes, leading to severe shuttle effect and performance decay. Here, we designed a separator with double carbon layer modification. The first layer is a B 4 O 7 2− cross-linked GO layer, which serves as a barrier to prevent organic small molecules from passing through the separator attributed to physical blocking and electrostatic repulsion. The second layer is a carbon nanotube layer, which mainly acts as an absorbing layer and upper current collector attributed to porous structure and good conductivity. The synergistic effect of double carbon layer enables the GO-B 4 O 7 2− @CNT-modified separator to effectively inhibit the shuttling of small molecules while maintaining their intrinsic electrochemical performance. Three soluble organic electrode materials with different molecular sizes, including 2,3,5,6-tetraamino-benzoquinone (TABQ), 9,10-anthraquinone (AQ), and 3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic diimide (PTCDI), were used as model molecules to validate the availability of modified separator, and the results shows that their cycling stability, specific capacity and rate capability were enhanced significantly after using the separator. Such simple cost-effective separator modification method will substantially promote the battery performance and facilitate the application of organic small molecule electrodes for energy storage.
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FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2024
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Shuhua Li,Shen Zhang,Jizhong Wu,Imran Mahmood Khan,Min Chen,Tianhui Jiao,Jie Wei,Xiaomei Chen,Qingmin Chen,Quansheng Chen
Pesticide residues in agricultural products pose a significant threat to human health. Herein, a sensitive fluorescence method employing upconversion nanoparticles was developed for detecting organophosphorus pesticides (OPs) based on the principle of enzyme inhibition and copper-triggered o -phenylenediamine (OPD) oxidation . Copper ions (Cu 2+ ) oxidized the colorless OPD to a yellow 2,3-diaminophenazine (oxOPD). The yellow solution oxOPD quenched the fluorescence of upconversion nanoparticles due to the fluorescence resonance energy transfer. The high affinity of Cu 2+ for thiocholine reduced the level of oxOPD, resulting in almost no fluorescence quenching . The addition of dimethoate led to the inhibition of acetylcholinesterase activity and thus prevented the formation of thiocholine. Subsequently, Cu 2+ oxidized OPD to form oxOPD, which attenuated the fluorescence signal of the system. The detection system has a good linear range of 0.01 ng/mL to 50 ng/mL with a detection limit of 0.008 ng/mL, providing promising applications for rapid detection of dimethoate .
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Materials Today
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2025
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Hang Yue,Sichen Huo,Xinyu Wang,Mingyi Wang,Heyuan Sun,Yanjie Chen,Ying Dai,Mingyang Liu,Jinlong Zou
Due to restrictive linear relationship between intermediates in adsorption evolution mechanism (AEM) of oxygen evolution reaction (OER), a higher overpotential must be overcome for conversion of *O to *OOH. Activating lattice oxygen mechanism (LOM) can address the AEM’s challenges by facilitating O-O coupling. However, via LOM pathway, extracting electrons from metal-oxygen (M−O) bonds usually results in structural instability. Herein, we propose an effective method to stabilize LOM-catalysts by combining cerium dioxide with cobalt phosphide (CeO 2 /CoP heterostructure). CeO 2 acts as an electron buffer to retain/provide electrons at different stages, while CoP with strong Co-P covalency enhances structural/catalytic stability in strongly-alkaline conditions. CeO 2 /CoP exhibits an OER overpotential of only 225 mV at 10 mA cm −2 . Initially, CeO 2 acquires electrons from CoP to accelerate surface reconstruction and form high-valence Co δ+ (CoOOH). Then, CoOOH acquires electrons from the 4 f -orbital of Ce through the Ce-O-Co interface, rather than from the M−O bond, thus ensuring OER stability. For water splitting, bifunctional CeO 2 /CoP-assembled electrolyzer requires a cell-voltage of only 1.54 V to achieve 10 mA cm −2 and retains 89.5 % of its activity after 72 h of cycling. It highlights that leveraging electron-buffering metal species can enhance the LOM stability, thereby enabling its application in bifunctional electrocatalysis.
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FOOD HYDROCOLLOIDS
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2025
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Long Deng,Junqiu Liao,Weiqi Liu,Shiyuan Liu,Xiaoxiao Liang,Rujin Zhou,Yanbin Jiang
Overcoming gastrointestinal tract barriers to enhance bioavailability is a major challenge for oral delivery. The innovative design of multi-compartment functional Pickering emulsions would provide an ideal option for targeted co-delivery of bioactive components. In this study, pH-responsive water-in-oil-in-water (W/O/W) Pickering double emulsions co-loaded with curcumin and fluorouracil were fabricated by zein/anthocyanin (ACN)/Zn 2+ nanoparticles (ZAZn NPs) via a one-step emulsification process. The unique emulsifier was designed by depositing ACN-Zn 2+ complexes on zein nanoparticles (zein NPs). The binding of ACN to the nanoparticle surface through hydrogen bonding interaction enhanced the hydrophilization and stimuli-response of zein NPs. Furthermore, the co-ordination of Zn 2+ and ACN facilitated the formation of nanoparticles with near-neutral wettability, which served as the dominant driving force for the one-step generation of W/O/W Pickering emulsions. The droplet size, distribution and internal structure of Pickering double emulsions were influenced by nanoparticle concentration and oil fraction. Due to Zn 2+ complexation with curcumin at the oil/water interface, the W/O/W Pickering emulsions obtained exhibited high curcumin encapsulation efficiency (91.2%) and free fatty acid release degree (65.9%), resulting in increased bio-accessibility (71.0%). The simulated gastrointestinal release demonstrated that curcumin and fluorouracil achieved controlled intestinal release, which was driven by a pH-mediated competitive adsorption-desorption mechanism. Moreover, in vitro cell experiments showed that co-encapsulated Pickering double emulsions exhibited 2.5 times greater bio-activity than those containing fluorouracil only. This facile strategy for preparing Pickering double emulsions is promising for the co-delivery of different physico-chemical bio-active compounds, which would improve oral bio-accessibility and bio-activity.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2024
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Xiao Liu,Jicong Wang,Fangyuan Zhu,Yanrui Li,Wenchao Tian,Weijia Wang,Ruiyun Guo,Laijun Liu,Jing Shi
Photocatalytic conversion of CO2 into renewable fuels is an exciting and challenging approach to mitigate carbon emissions and energy crisis. The efficiency is hindered by the insufficient carrier transport capacity and high electron-hole pair complexation of catalysts. The inherent spontaneous polarization in ferroelectric materials can affect the generation, transportation, and isolation of intermediates within catalytic reactions in modulating the pace and effectiveness of photocatalytic processes. Herein, ferroelectric bismuth sodium titanate (BNT) decorated by oxygen vacancies (OVs) via in-situ reduction is first explored to promote photocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR). The chemical states and coordination environment of the cations and OVs are elaborated by using the X-ray absorption fine structure to probe weakened Bi-O bonds and enhanced lattice distortion. Besides built-in electric fields originating from intrinsic spontaneous polarization, carrier dynamics and reactive sites are optimized with extended visible light absorption thanks to the special morphology and OVs. Remarkably, defected catalysts show 18 times higher CO reduction yield than pristine BNT, outperforming state-of-the-art bulk ferroelectrics for single photocatalytic CO2RR. Interestingly, the product selectivity can be tailored after a poling treatment. This work provides a systematic approach to designing efficient ferroelectric photocatalysts, and meanwhile expands the ferroelectric photocatalysts family for advancing CO2 conversion.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2024
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Yanqing Zheng,Xiheng Kang,Zi You,Yihan Li,Yongheng Huang,Tieguang He,Tianming Su,Arthur J. Ragauskas,Zhenglong Li,Qiong Wang,Xueping Song
As an “upstream” process in biorefinery, biomass dismantling can dismantle the natural stable structure of lignocellulosic biomass and separate its three major components. To increase the value of the entire biomass by fully utilizing the three main components (cellulose, lignin, and hemicellulose), this study proposes a two-step decomposition system combining formic acid (FA) pretreatment and ethylene glycol-NaOH (EGA) dismantling, aiming to effectively convert sugarcane bagasse into xylose, fermentable glucose, and high-value lignin. In the first step, FA pretreatment removed 79.85 % of hemicellulose at 140 °C for 90 min with 3 % FA. Based on the first step, further combination of EGA dismantling can achieve a hemicellulose removal rate of 92.05 % and a lignin removal rate of 95.90 %. In addition, the solid residue was hydrolyzed by enzymes, and the glucose conversion rate was close to 83.29 % when the cellulase dosage was 10 FPU/g. In addition, the lignin recovered by this system retained 83.62 % of the natural β-O-4 structure, which has the potential to catalyze the formation of aromatic monomers. In summary, this gentle two-step system simultaneously improves the efficiency of lignocellulose decomposition and produces different value-added products, demonstrating the potential for industrial-scale production.
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JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS
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2025
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Jing Li,Ying-Xia Ma,Shi-Fan Chang,Wen-Jing Li,Rui-Xiang Wu,Zhi-Da Wang,Yu-Ting Chai,Fen Ran
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) exhibit promising prospects as supercapacitor electrode materials due to the high specific surface area, adjustable pore structure and flexible structural design, but suffer from low conductivity, unstable structure and easy collapse. In this work, by selecting nickel (Ⅱ) nitrate hexahydrate and 2-amino-5-mercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole (EAMTD, containing various functional groups), a series of Ni-MOFs-EAMTD samples were fabricated in a mixed solvent system of N, N-dimethylformamide and ethylene glycol. EAMTD and mixed solvents provided a coordination environment rich in S, N and O heteroatoms for Ni ions, enhancing the delocalization of charge throughout the framework. The synergistic electronic interaction improved electrical conductivity and electrochemical performance of the Ni-MOFs-EAMTD, which demonstrated a high specific capacitance of 1608.0 F·g -1 at 1 A·g -1 . And assembled into an asymmetric supercapacitor (ASC) with activated carbon, it exhibited high energy density (39.2 Wh·kg -1 ) and power density (850.0 W·kg -1 ). More significantly, the ASC exhibits self-regenerative property. After 10000 cycles, the specific capacitance of ASC dropped to 45%, then recovered to 65%, which was attributed to the decomposition of Ni-MOFs-EAMTD into smaller nanoparticles and the release of active sites to compensate for the capacitance. This work provides a feasible strategy to develop MOFs-based electrode materials, paving the way for secondary resource utilization and extended industrial chain development.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2025
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Hongyu Wang,Tao Wang,Gonghao Li,Bo Wu,Ruijun Gao
Balancing increased recoverable strain with high phase transformation temperature is crucial for Cu-Al-Mn SMAs to cost-effectively overcome the service temperature limitation (<100°C) of NiTi-based SMAs. This study fabricated four types of Cu-12.5Al-3Mn SMAs modified with nano-Al₂O₃ p (0, 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 wt%) using wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) with cored wires. It investigated the effects of nano-Al₂O₃ p on shape memory properties, exploring mechanisms via microstructural, phase, and hardness analysis. Results show that adding an appropriate amount of nano-Al₂O₃ p significantly enhances memory performance while maintaining high martensite transformation temperatures. The 0.5 wt% nano-Al₂O₃ p modified alloy exhibited optimal properties: a shape recovery rate of 87.77 % (13.8 % higher than the base alloy) and a recoverable strain of 7.02 % (>40 % higher than the commonly reported 5 %) under 8 % bending pre-strain. Its Ms temperature remained above 100°C (As, Af, Mf were largely unchanged), and full recovery time was halved compared to the unmodified alloy. The enhancement is attributed to nano-Al₂O₃ p strengthening the parent phase and improving thermoelastic martensite order via pinning. Their high stability under WAAM's high-energy heat source minimizes impact on alloy composition, while dispersed particles create lattice distortion and stress fields, reducing the energy barrier for martensitic transformation.
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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
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2025
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Haikuo Lei,Yanli Ruan
The slow kinetics of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) significantly limit the performance and broader applications of zinc-air batteries. To address this, a series of M-N-C catalysts were synthesized using W,O-doped ZIF-67 as a precursor. By modifying the surface electronic structure through doping and improving oxygen intermediate adsorption, these catalysts demonstrated excellent bifunctional catalytic activities for OER and ORR. Among them, W,O-CoNC700 achieved the half-wave potential and overpotential of 0.81 V and 359 mV, respectively. DFT calculations revealed that doping with W atoms affected the d-band center of the Co site, thus enhancing its catalytic ability. The maximum power density of a W,O-CoNC700-based zinc-air battery reached 174.8 mW/cm², outperforming the commercial Pt/C + IrO₂ catalysts. Under constant current discharge at 5 and 10 mA/cm², the cell maintained 1100 and 450 h, respectively.
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