Nano Express
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2020
·Vol. 1
·期 1
·010055
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IF 0
Lingyi Yang,Wenhong Wang,Yufeng Hu,Jing Guo,Xiao Huang
Excess lactic acid in blood will lead to hyperlactatemia, which is frequently detected in critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care. Reducing the blood lactic acid content using acute treatments becomes particularly important for bringing a patient out of danger. Traditional treatments often fail in case of malfunctioning of a patients' metabolism. Herein, nanotechnology was introduced to remove blood lactic acid independent of metabolism. In this work, chitosan was employed as the shell to adsorb lactic acid, and Fe3O4 nanoparticles were employed as the core to enable proper magnetic separation property. Our data showed that core–shell nanocomposites (NCs) had an exigent and efficient adsorption behavior. Furthermore, they could be easily separated from blood plasma by magnetic separation. Thus, the good hemocompatibility and cytocompatibility indicated that of core–shell NCs hold great potential in lactic acid removal for emergent hyperlactatemia treatment.
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POLYMERS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES
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2021
·Vol. 33
·期 3
·795-806
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IF 3.665
Fangzhou Yang,Bihe Yuan,Yong Wang,Xianfeng Chen,Liancong Wang,Hongming Zhang
Using layer-by-layer self-assembly technology, an intelligent nano-coating was constructed on melamine foam (MF) by electrostatic interactions between chitosan (CS) molecules and graphene oxide (GO) nano-sheets. According to the principle that GO is quickly reduced to reduced GO under high temperature, a fast fire-warning network can be constructed. Due to the protective effect of nano-coating constructed on MF, the thermal stability and flame retardancy of melamine composite foams are improved. As the nano-coating self-assembly layer increases to 20, its flame-response time is only 3 s, and the continuous alarm time is as high as 1280 s. These indicate that the prepared GO-CS composite foam possesses excellent flame retardancy and super-fast fire response. This study provides a novel idea for the application of bio-based nano-coating in the fire early response and warning.
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FOOD HYDROCOLLOIDS
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2020
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IF 7.053
Xiangwei Zhu,Jianjun Chen,Yuxi Hu,Ni Zhang,Yuqing Fu,Xiaoqiang Chen
Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) is an economical and easily available cellulose derivative that ionizes in water and is used in several charge-related interfacial applications. However, compared with other chemically functionalized cellulose derivatives, such as cellulose nanocrystals, the development of CMC-based (CMC as the major ingredient) O/W emulsions remains unexplored. In this study, we synthesized a CMC and quaternized chitosan (QCS) complex for the preparation of Pickering emulsions . Partially protonated CMC was complexed with QCS, followed by neutralization at pH 7 to obtain the CMC/QCS (CQ) particles. The prepared CQ-stabilized emulsion showed a gel-like rheological behavior and exhibited emulsion stability against several environmental stresses, including pH, salt, temperature, and long-term storage. The curcumin was then encapsulated in the CQ-stabilized emulsion and displayed a reduced degradation rate. This study provides a new route for the development of a Pickering emulsion delivery system with improved stability, sustainability and reduced complexity.
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Materials Today Chemistry
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2022
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IF 7.613
Y. Wei,R. Zou,Y. Xia,Z. Wang,W. Yang,J. Luo,C. Liu
Water remediation from arsenite [As(III)] is critical to environmental sustainability and human health. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) hold great promise for this purpose, while their efficient application requires addressing loading and activation issues. Herein, a new bionanocomposite bead UiO-66/CB was fabricated through simple gelation followed by the freeze-casting method for remediation of As(III)-contaminated water. Highly accessible UiO-66 nanoparticles are uniformly dispersed within the networking pores of the macroporous chitosan bead with high activity retention. Moreover, the fabrication strategy effectively activated the embedded UiO-66 nanoparticles, leading to improving the utilization efficiency of the active sites. The millimeter-sized UiO-66/CB-2.0 performed much more efficiently than the freely dispersed UiO-66 nanoparticles in removing As(III) and even exhibited comparable adsorption to the activated UiO-66 nanoparticles. The maximal sorption capacity of As(III) onto UiO-66/CB-2.0 was larger than 47.9 mg/g (88.6 mg As/g UiO-66) at pH 7. 1 g/L UiO-66/CB-2.0 can reduce As(III) levels (200 μg/L) in groundwater to below 10 μg/L. It could be readily regenerated and reused. Fixed-bed column adsorption by using UiO-66/CB-2.0 could treat ∼1600 bed volumes of As(III)-spiked groundwater to below 10 μg/L. This research provides a versatile route to fabricate high-performance and convenient MOFs biocomposite adsorbents for As(III) remediation.
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Polymers
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2021
·Vol. 13
·期 18
·3151
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IF 4.329
Meng Zhang,Guohui Wang,Xin Zhang,Yuqi Zheng,Shaoxiang Lee,Dong Wang,Yang Yang
In this paper, polyvinyl alcohol/Ag-Metal-organic framework (PVA/Ag@MOF) and polyvinyl alcohol/chitosan (PVA/CS) were used as the inner and outer layers to successfully prepare a bilayer composite hydrogel for tissue engineering scaffold. The performance of bilayer hydrogels was evaluated. The outer layer (PVA/CS) has a uniform pore size distribution, good water retention, biocompatibility and cell adhesion ability. The inner layer (PVA/Ag@MOF) has good antibacterial activity and poor biocompatibility. PVA, PVA/0.1%Ag@MOF, PVA/0.5%Ag@MOF, and PVA/1.0%Ag@MOF show anti-microbial activity in ascending order. However, its use as an inner layer avoids direct contact with cells and prevents infection. The cell viability of all samples was above 90%, indicating that the bilayer hydrogel was non-toxic to A549 cells. The bilayer hydrogel scaffold combines the advantages of the inner and outer layers. In summary, this new bilayer composite is an ideal lung scaffold for tissue engineering.
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2016
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IF 2.76
Zhan-Chao Wu,Zhao-Zhan Wang,Jie Liu,Jin-Hua Yin,Shao-Ping Kuang
A new adsorbent l -Arg-CS/Fe 3 O 4 was prepared by l -arginine modifying magnetic chitosan for the removal of Cu(II ) ions from aqueous solution. The compositions of l -Arg-CS/Fe 3 O 4 were characterized by infrared (IR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis and thermogravimetric (TG) analysis, respectively. The surface morphology, particle size and specific surface area were measured on scanning electron microscope (SEM) and micromeritics gas adsorption surface analyzer. The adsorption behavior of l -Arg-CS/Fe 3 O 4 for Cu(II ) were investigated as a function of pH, contact time and initial Cu(II ) concentration. The maximum adsorption capacity for Cu(II ) was 2.13 mmol g −1 at the optimized adsorption conditions, which were pH = 5.5, t = 13 min, C 0 = 4.0 mmol L −1 . The adsorption behavior was evaluated by the analysis of adsorption kinetics. Freundlich and Langmuir isotherm models were used to estimate the adsorption mode. l -Arg-CS/Fe 3 O 4 exhibited high adsorption capability after five regeneration cycles. The adsorption and desorption mechanisms were discussed. The results show that l -Arg-CS/Fe 3 O 4 is a promising adsorbent for removal of Cu(II) from aqueous solutions.
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WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION
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2020
·Vol. 231
·期 2
·1-12
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IF 1.9
Zeng Ganning,Hong Chunxian,Zhang Yan,You Hanzhang,Shi Wenyue,Du Mingming,Ai Ning,Chen Bing
A novel polymer/activated carbon composite was prepared in this study by one-step chemical activation of Sargassum horneri , followed by surface modification with chitosan, a widely abundant biopolymer. The prepared composite was used as adsorbent to remove one of the most toxic metal ions, Cr(VI), from aqueous solution. Surface characterization tests revealed the material to be predominantly mesoporous with the specific surface area of 293.4 m 2 ·g −1 and the average pore diameter of 6.27 nm. Enhanced uptake capacity of Cr(VI) by the prepared composite was obtained due to the presence of more metal-binding functional (amino and hydroxyl) groups on its surface. Extremely fast adsorption rate of Cr(VI) was also achieved due to the porous structure of the prepared composite. This study has clearly shown that Sargassum horneri can be a potential alternative precursor for carbon-based adsorbents and the proper designed polymer/AC composites can be tailor-made adsorbents for heavy metal removal.
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CARBON
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2021
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IF 9.594
Junyang Ding,Li Zhong,Qi Huang,Yuanyuan Guo,Tingting Miao,Yue Hu,Jinjie Qian,Shaoming Huang
Herein, we present a stepwise approach for constructing 3-dimensional porous carbon foam pretreated via glutaraldehyde cross-linking and decorated with highly dispersed molybdenum carbide ( CF-Glu-Mo ) or Co-doped FeNi carbonate hydroxide ( CF-Glu-CoFeNi ), which is structurally derived from the initial chitosan hydrogel. The as-prepared CF-Glu-Mo and CF-Glu-CoFeNi can act as mono-functional electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER), respectively. In 1.0 M KOH, CF-Glu-Mo exhibits a small overpotential of 88 mV with a low Tafel slope of 56 mV dec −1 under the working condition of 10 mA cm −2 for HER, and CF-Glu-CoFeNi requires an overpotential of 290 mV for OER to reach a current density of 50 mA cm −2 , accompanied by a low Tafel slope of 115 mV dec −1 . In this case, these integrated electrodes derived from the robust interconnection between the electrocatalyst and the chitosan hydrogel derived carbon foam make the whole water decomposition behavior more direct and efficient, which is reasonably attributed to hierarchically porous nanostructures and intrinsically high conductivity. The full electrolyzer assembled with carbon cloth (CC) of CF-Glu-Mo/CC || CF-Glu-CoFeNi/CC can drive full alkaline water splitting by applying a voltage of 1.65 V at a catalytic current of 10 mA cm −2 for 24 h. Meanwhile, this work provides a feasible approach for the development of efficient water splitting electrocatalysts through the rational design and regulation of heterogeneous interfaces and nanostructures.
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Green Synthesis and Catalysis
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2022
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IF 0
Mariam Iqbal,Yuefeng Deng,Qiaoyue Chen,Chengli Yang,Yihui Zhu,Ziqian Chen,Jianjun Wang,Kaishun Hu,Guanya He,Dali Li
Nanotechnology has become the most promising domain to boost the efficiency of enzymes. Enzymes are vital as a green catalyst in many industries, food, pharmaceutical and biomedical, etc. The immobilization process of the enzyme increases its catalytic properties. In this research, a novel method is presented to describe the effect of nano-calcium carbonate on the characteristics of immobilized β -glucosidase, which was extracted from the Agrocybe aegirit . The nano-CaCO 3 was produced using the eco-friendly natural deep eutectic solvent. The pure nano -CaCO 3 was observed as vaterite, with a size of about 300 nm. The nano-calcium carbonate was coated by a natural polymer sodium alginate compound and then adsorbed chitosan. Further, this obtained composite is cross-linked by the bioactive genipin to immobilize the β -glucosidase. The enzyme/protein loading ratio to the supports was 1:4, respectively. The recovery efficiency of immobilized β -glucosidase was 89.3%, and immobilization yield was 96.452%. Chitosan-coated nano-CaCO 3 was used as a carrier for immobilization of β -glucosidase to improve its stability and reusability. In addition to stability and reusability, pH tolerance, temperature tolerance, and enzyme kinetics are the significant parameters that illustrate the proficiency of an immobilized enzyme. The measured optimal enzymatic reaction conditions for the immobilized β -glucosidase were 50 °C and pH 6. Furthermore, it has shown noticeable improvements in thermo-stability and pH tolerance. Temperature tolerance was observed 50% to the initial activity of the immobilized enzyme even after the 3 h of incubation at 50 °C, while pH tolerance was noticed more than 50% and 40% at pH 7 and 8, respectively. The K m and V max values of free and immobilized β -glucosidase to 4-nitrophenyl β -D-glucopyranoside were 1.549 μmol/L/min, 0.346 mmol/L and 0.532 μmol/L/min, 0.080 mmol/L, respectively. The immobilized β -glucosidase retains its storability 80% even after 30 days of storage at 4 °C and maintains 93.1% of its residual activity by reusing up to 10 cycles.
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CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE
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2024
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Feng Wen-Jun,Wu Yan-He,Liu Xiao-Yang,Wang Zheng-Ke
Shear-thinning hydrogels have emerged for endoscopic submucosal dissection, while wound intervention after surgery has rarely been mentioned. Herein, a catechol-modified chitosan hydrogel with shear-thinning property was developed for simultaneously facilitating endoscopic submucosal dissection and postoperative wound healing. Benefiting from the shear-thinning and self-healing characteristics, the asprepared hydrogel showed easily endoscopic injectability. It also performed very well as submucosal cushion, which could remain above 70% after injection for 120 min in ex vivo porcine large intestine model. In fact, the cushion height of normal saline dramatically decreased to 46% of the initial height at 30 min. Ag nanoparticles encapsulated into the network endowed the hydrogel with almost reached 100% antibacterial effect against E. coli and S. aureus . The hemolysis ratio of the hydrogel was calculated to be as low as 0.8%. Combined with good hemocompatibility and cytocompatibility, the as-prepared hydrogel displayed much higher in vivo wound closure and healing efficacy than normal saline. These results demonstrated the superiority of the shear-thinning chitosan hydrogel in facilitating clinical endoscopic submucosal dissection surgery.
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INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
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2023
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Beibei Weng,Kangkang Xu,Bin Yan,Zhong Zhang,Chuangye Li,Yingquan Tan,Kaiting Zhang,Yan Lv,Fuli Wang,Yong Guo,Yuxia Chen
Mold infestation-induced degradation of quality and performance of bamboo remains a persistent and unresolved issue in the bamboo engineering industry. Herein, an effective strategy was proposed to prepare mold resistant bamboo by luffa seed oil (LSO) microcapsules impregnation method. First, microcapsules were prepared by ionic gelation method, with LSO as the core and chitosan as the shell. Second, the microwave-pretreated bamboo slices were vacuum impregnated with the microcapsules. Microcapsules exhibited good slow-release properties, with a maximum embedding ratio of 17.65% and an average particle size of less than 500 nm. Microcapsules got adsorbed, bonded to, or fused with the bamboo fiber cell wall, and they exhibited less effect on the moisture absorption ratio, moisture desorption ratio, and mechanical properties of bamboo. However, the microcapsule impregnation treatment led to significant improvement in the mold resistance of the bamboo slices, so that the infection level was still level 1 after 30 d of inoculation with mold. This strategy lays a strong foundation for further research on mold-resistant bamboo materials and encourages new applications in green engineering.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2016
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IF 3.138
Xinyi Zhu,Liping Bao,Yong Wei,Jiangquan Ma,Yong Kong
Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (NaCMC) and chitosan (CS) are successfully combined via amidation, and the obtained product, CMC-CS-A, is used for the adsorption of toxic indigo blue (IB) for the first time. The results of control experiments indicate that the adsorption performance of CMC-CS-A is superior to that of NaCMC, CS, and the composites of NaCMC and CS integrated via electrostatic attractions (CMC-CS-E), which can be attributed to the unique interconnected porous network structure of the as-prepared CMC-CS-A. The mass fraction of CS in the CMC-CS-A is also investigated to achieve the best adsorption of IB, and it reveals that satisfactory removal of IB can be achieved at the CMC-CS-A (50 wt%). Important parameters such as contact time, temperature and initial concentration are discussed in detail in this work. Finally, adsorption isotherms and adsorption kinetics are investigated and compared by using classic models, and the results indicate that the adsorption fits well with the Langmuir isotherm model and the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. It opens a new avenue for the effective and convenient treatment of textile wastewater with integrated natural biopolymers.
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