SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2024
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Long Cheng,Chengping Li,Xingqiao Wu,Ziyi Wang,Liuting Zhang,Wei Kong,Liang Wang,Petr Senin,Arkadii Proskurin,Ting Bian
As a promising and sustainable way for freshwater production, interfacial solar vapor generation technology often encounters harsh conditions such as fluctuating illumination, high salinity, bacterial growth, and acid/alkali corrosion, which can reduce its conversion efficiency and lifespan. Here, to address these challenges, an environmentally adaptive hierarchical structure incorporating plasmonic Ag nanoparticles, MoS 2 nanoflowers, and polydopamine (PDA) (MoS 2 @PDA/Ag) within a hybrid hydrogel matrix was designed as the functional solar evaporator. By systematically adjusting the volume ratio of cellulose nanofibers (CNF) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) skeletons, high evaporation efficiencies can be achieved in hypersaline conditions. Further, the cooperation of multi-photothermal materials endows the evaporator with a broad light absorption spectrum, superior photothermal conversion efficiency, and strong antimicrobial capabilities. The evaporator demonstrates a high evaporation rate of 2.79 kg m -2 h −1 under 1 sun irradiation and maintains sustainable evaporation for 8 h without salt deposition in 20 % NaCl solution. After being immersed in an acidic and alkaline seawater environment for 30 days, the evaporator shows no change in appearance, with only a slight decrease in performance. This work presents a promising platform for the development of solar evaporators with practical applications in various environmental conditions.
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ACS Applied Bio Materials
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2024
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Wei Wei,Jiawen Zhu,Yiting Liu,Liujing Chen,Wenhui Zhu,Hengxing Ji,Zhongle Cheng
Polyetheretherketone (PEEK), particularly its sulfonated form (SPEEK), has emerged as a promising synthetic biomaterial for artificial bone implants, providing an alternative to conventional titanium metal. However, postoperative infections pose a critical challenge, driven by diverse and antibiotic-resistant bacteria. To address this issue, we propose the modification of the SPEEK surface using a thin graphene oxide (GO) film containing silver (Ag) ions. The resulting coating exhibits substantial antibacterial effects against various pathogens, including Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Candida albicans. Experimental assessments elucidate the coating’s impact on bacterial adhesion, biofilm formation, and morphology. The results suggest that hindered bacterial growth stems from reduced biofilm production and the controlled release of Ag ions facilitated by the GO coating. The Ag/GO-SPEEK material holds promise as a bioactive implant, addressing the challenges associated with bacterial targeting in bone tissue engineering applications.
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2024
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Ruikai Wang,Zhichao Hao,Haiyan Li,Chenghui Xia,Bohua Dong,Lixin Cao
Optimizing the interfacial action of photoanode for photoelectrochemical (PEC) behavior to facilitate charge transport is essential for enhancing solar-to-fuel efficiency. Herein, a typical CuWO 4 /NiFe-LDH/Ag photoanode was reported and an alternative pathway for charge transfer in the PEC process through surface states mechanism was elucidated. In particular, the layer double hydroxides (NiFe-LDH) acted as charge-transfer agents to facilitate the transfer of photogenerated carriers; while the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) effect of the Ag provided hot electrons, which increased the carrier concentration and promoted the charge separation. The influence of presence of surface states on the PEC process was systematically illustrated. Experimental results indicated that the optimized CuWO 4 /NiFe-LDH/Ag photoanode displayed a photocurrent that was more than an order of magnitude larger than that of the pure CuWO 4 (increasing from 0.30 mA cm −2 to 1.45 mA cm −2 at 1.23 V vs. RHE), accompanied by favorable electrochemical impedance and stability (maintaining 92.4%). Importantly, increasing the available filled surface states could be beneficial in enhancing the PEC behavior. This work provided additional insights into photoanode charge transport in PEC processes.
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OPTICAL FIBER TECHNOLOGY
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2024
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Yuhao Chen,Xiaozhan Yang
A Michelson interference dimethyl methyl phosphate (DMMP) fiber sensor with a single-mode (SMF)-dislocated single-mode (DSMF)-hollow-core fiber (HCF) structure is proposed. To fabricate the Michelson interference structure of SMF-DSMF-HCF, one end of the DSMF was misaligned and fused to the SMF, the other end was fused to the HCF to generate a reflective surface. The structure, elemental composition, and surface morphology of ZIF-8@Ag were analyzed using X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy after the ZIF-8@Ag/PDDA composite was coated on the surface of DSMF. The result shows that the sensitivity and the detection limit of the sensor are 45.71 dB/ppm and 0.1431 ppb, respectively, and the response/recovery time is around 14/12 s. The sensor also has excellent selectivity and stability.
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MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
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2025
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Tao Wang,Shuang Zhang,Dongling Wu,Maohua Li,Yalan He,Yunpeng Shen
The polyol reduction method has performed well in Ag nanocube (AgNC) synthesis but is hindered by high-temperature requirements, impacting environmental sustainability and economy. Using polyethylene glycol (PEG)/deionized water as a solvent mitigates these issues, by leveraging PEG’s high solubility, bio-compatibility, low cost, and redox properties. The synthesis conditions were optimized, resulting in relatively uniform AgNC. The synthetic AgNC were loaded on porous, cheap, flexible and biocompatible filter paper (FP) by a simple self-assembly, and the formed flexible substrate (AgNC@FP) was used for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) detection. The AgNC@FP substrate had a high enhancement factor (EF) of 9.8 × 10 7 , with a detection limit of Rhodamine 6G (R6G) of 5.2 × 10 -12 M. Meanwhile, the substrate showed good reproducibility and stability, with a relative standard deviation (RSD) of 5.9 % and a decrease in Raman signal strength of only 25 % after 30 days. Furthermore, the direct sampling of apples and pears from their surface thereby enables the rapid identification of ultra-low thiram residue concentrations, with a sensitivity of 8.3 × 10 -7 M. The high SERS enhancement factor and sensitivity were attributed to the result of the high hot spot density generated by the FP surface, excellent uniformity and superior sample collection efficiency. It can therefore be concluded that this flexible AgNC@FP substrate, which is manufactured at a low cost and allows for label-free SERS detection, represents a promising SERS platform for analytical and biosensing applications.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2024
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Saibei Zhang,Xiaohan Qu,Hui Lv,Jingbo Mao,Jinxia Zhou
Cu-based catalysts featured with high activity at low temperatures and suppressed CO generation are expected to attract significant attention in the methanol steam reforming (MSR) reaction for on-board hydrogen production for proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Herein, we demonstrate that Ag incorporation into a CuO/ZnO/Al 2 O 3 catalyst leads to enhanced hydrogen production activity and suppressed CO selectivity in MSR reactions at low temperatures (200–220 °C). The characterization results revealed that incorporation of a small amount of Ag in the catalyst not only improves the dispersion of the polymetallic components and diversifies the Cu species, but also lowers Cu reduction temperature and brings more oxygen vacancies , thereby leading to improved catalytic performance. The preparation conditions, structure-activity relationship, and stability of the Ag-promoted catalyst were investigated in detail based on time-on-steam tests and characterizations. This finding paves a new possible way for the optimization of the Cu-based catalysts for MSR.
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ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY
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2024
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Xiaoting Li,Xin Li,Jiayi Chen,Zuomin Tan,Chuan Wang
Bacteremia , as a serious infectious disease, has an increasing incidence and a high mortality rate . Early diagnosis and early treatment are crucial for improving the cure rate. In this work, we proposed an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)-based detection method combined with gold nanoparticle (Au NP) and silver nanoparticle (Ag NP) labeling for the simultaneous detection of Salmonella and Escherichia coli ( E. coli O157:H7) in human blood samples. Salmonella and E. coli O157:H7 were captured by magnetic beads coupled with anti-8G3 and anti-7C2, and then specifically labeled by Au NP-anti-5H12 and Ag NP-anti-8B1 respectively, which were used as signal probes for ICP-MS detection. Under the optimal experimental conditions, the limits of detection of 164 CFU mL −1 for Salmonella , 220 CFU mL −1 for E. coli O157:H7 and the linear ranges of 400–80,000 CFU mL −1 Salmonella , 400–60,000 CFU mL −1 E . coli O157:H7 were obtained. The proposed method can realize the simultaneous detection of two types of pathogenic bacteria in human whole blood in 3.5 h, showing great potential for the rapid diagnosis of bacteremia in clinic.
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2025
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Hua Li,Yumin Wang,Zhiqiang Hou,Xingyu Zhao,Xiao Miao,Guina Ren,Xiaotao Zhu
Solar-powered interfacial evaporation is emerging as a promising way to desalinate water and address global freshwater scarcity. The combination of a high water production rate and salt resistance capacity is highly desirable in the solar steam generation process, yet still challenging to realize. To overcome this problem, a suspended interfacial evaporator was developed using the Janus Ag/PDA textile. The Janus wettability of the Ag/PDA textile facilitated the unidirectional movement of water from the top to the bottom surface. The suspended type design of the Ag/PDA textile evaporator was capable of reducing heat dissipation to bulk water and enhancing localized heat generation significantly under solar illumination, thereby facilitating effective desalination. The steam generation rate reached an impressive 2.96 kg m -2 h −1 under one sun of solar irradiation. Remarkably, no salt crystallisation was observed on the evaporator surface during a 50 h continuous experiment in a highly saline environment (15 wt% NaCl). The remarkable salt inhibition capacity was attributed to three factors, including the salt rejection effect, the salt removal effect, and the salt dissolution effect. It is hoped that this work will inspire the development of a durable solar steam evaporator.
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MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
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2024
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IF 4.9
Zelong Li,Xue Han,Lan Fu,Guochao Shi,Shiqi Xu,Mingli Wang,Wenzhi Yuan,Wenying Zhou,Jiahao Cui
The combination of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and machine learning algorithm provides an effective means for the identification of pharmacodynamic substances. This paper reported a biomimetic synthesis route of Ag-30/SiO 2 -4/Cu-20/rice leaf (Ag-30/SiO 2 -4/Cu-20/RL) SERS platform with multiple synergistic electromagnetic enhanced performance. The localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) effect was strengthened as the SiO 2 nanolayer generated between Ag and Cu. This SERS platform demonstrated high sensitivity, with a low limit of detection (LOD) of 1 × 10 −10 M for 4-Aminophenylthiophenol (4-ATP) and an enhancement factor (EF) of 3.86 × 10 6 . More importantly, the principal component analysis (PCA) was adopted to analyze the SERS data of three different Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) pharmacodynamic substances (Orientin, Atractylenolide III and Prim-o-glucosylcimifugin). The K-nearest neighbor (KNN) and Naïve Bayes (NB) achieved classification accuracy of 0.9474 and 0.9649, respectively. The platform provides guidance for the accurate identification of TCM pharmacodynamic substances.
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Molecular Catalysis
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2024
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Zuwei Luo,Yun Shen,Di Fang,Chuanchao He,Yueqiang Cao,Wei Li,Yi-An Zhu,Jinghong Zhou,Xinggui Zhou
Support materials play vital roles in heterogenous catalysis via the so-called support effects, and understanding on the support effects is beneficial for the design of high-performance catalysts. Herein, we represent detailed investigations on the support effects of Ag catalysts for dimethyl glycolate (DMO) semi-hydrogenation to methyl glycolate (MG), where G6 silica with amorphous mesopores, SBA-15 with parallel mesopores and silica nanospheres (MSNS) with center-radial ones were employed as the supports. The hydrogenation activity decreases in the order of Ag/MSNS > Ag/SBA-15 > Ag/G6 while the MG selectivity in the order of Ag/G6 > Ag/MSNS > Ag/SBA-15 at the same reaction conditions, indicating remarkable support effects on both activity and selectivity. Structural characterizations, temperature programmed experiments and in-situ FTIR of DMO adsorption experiments demonstrate that the weak confinement effect of G6 leads to the larger sized Ag nanoparticles and weakened activation of DMO and H 2 , which contributes to low hydrogenation activity. In contrast, the ordered mesoporous SBA-15 and MSNS deliver well confinement effects for Ag nanoparticles and the activation of DMO and H 2 , but the distinct pore structures result in different activation and diffusion behaviors. Finally, DMO conversion and MG yield are well correlated with the competitive adsorption of H 2 versus DMO on Ag catalysts, indicating such competitivity as a descriptor for DMO semi-hydrogenation over Ag catalysts.
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Journal of Energy Chemistry
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2024
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Haotian Duan,Wenyang Li,Lixiu Ran,Fulong Zhu,Tianxiang Li,Ming Miao,Wen-jin Yin,Xin Wang,Yongzhu Fu
The conversion of carbon dioxide to ethylene by electrochemical reduction (CO 2 RR) provides a new strategy for achieving carbon dioxide conversion. However, copper-based catalysts have the disadvantages of unsatisfactory selectivity and low current density, which limit the potential CO 2 RR industrial expansion. Researches have verified that the real reaction sites at the catalyst surface often undergo reconstruction during the reaction, therefore, understanding and utilizing this phenomenon is crucial for improving catalytic performance. In this work, we introduced additional Ag component into Cu@Ag/C tandem catalyst by in-situ electrochemical reconstruction of Cu 2 CO 3 (OH) 2 /AgCl/C precursor. This electro-reduced catalyst exhibits a C 2 H 4 Faradaic efficiency of 50.41% in H-cell, and 58.03% in the flow cell, surpassing the counterparts of pure Cu and Ag, as well as the Cu-Ag homolog with separated interface. Moreover, it also provides a long-term stability of 21 h with the ethylene Faraday efficiency (FE) over 50%. The appropriate amount of Ag dopant into the Cu catalyst changes the electronic structure of Cu surface by the electron transfer from Cu to Ag, which distinctly enhances the binding energy of CO 2 on the catalyst. Meanwhile, in-situ Raman results and theoretical calculation reveal that the introduction of silver increases the number of active sites and improves the coverage of *CO intermediate, thereby accelerating the kinetics of C–C coupling and reducing its energy barrier. The combination of cascade catalytic strategy and in-situ electroreduction interface provides potential applications for future artificial carbon balance.
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2024
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Morui Wang,Haoxuan Diao,Cheng Dou,Zhenye Wu,Liguang Ruan,Zhixin Wang,Zhong Wang,Weichun Ye,Jiangong Duan,Yuee Li
This work aims to face the challenge of label-free and quantitative detection for pathogenic microorganisms concerning on food safety and medical diagnosis. Ag NPs@PDMS sponge SERS substrates were developed through the "mold transfer-surface embedding" method for pathogenic microbial detection. The pore structure provided large specific surface area and critical contact sites, which endowed the detection limit of only 1 CFU/mL for E.coli . Importantly, six different microorganisms could be identified using this SERS substrate. The classification models combining three types of data dimension reductions and five types of machine learning algorithms were constructed to achieve the automatic classification of microorganisms. Among these algorithms, the PCA-SVC model held the highest accuracy of 92.17%. Different from labeled SERS, label-free SERS technique is conducive to the discovery of unknown microorganisms in water-environment. Therefore, this SERS substrate is expected for microbial system assessment and microbial safety monitoring, combined with handheld Raman spectrometer and artificial intelligence.
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