SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2024
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IF 8.1
Zhao Cui,Ting Li,Jing Sun,Qian Li,Hui Zhang,Guang-Yue Li
Carbonic anhydrase (CA)-mediated carbon conversion and utilization (CCU) technology is recognized as an eco-friendly and cost-effective strategy for carbon reduction. However, the broader application of this technology is significantly constrained by the operational instability and challenging recyclability of free CA . Fortunately, nano-integrated biocatalysis has emerged as an effective solution to these challenges. In this study, we immobilized CA for the first time as a CA-embedded ferriferous oxide-zeolite imidazolium framework-8 (Fe 3 O 4 @ZIF-8@CA) nanocomposite enzyme through a one-pot co-precipitation strategy, integrating both the in-situ growth of ZIF-8 around the Fe 3 O 4 core and the immobilization of CA within a single step. Subsequently, this nanocomposite was employed as a nano-integrated biocatalyst to facilitate an innovative CCU pathway. This pathway leverages bicarbonate, produced from the enzymatic hydration of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), as a substantive uranyl complexing agent to facilitate the neutral leaching of sandstone uranium ore. Systematic characterization techniques, including SEM, TEM, XRD, FTIR, TGA, CLSM, and MPMS, confirmed that Fe 3 O 4 @ZIF-8@CA, which possesses a core–shell structure and excellent magnetic responsiveness, has been successfully synthesized. Enzymatic assays revealed that Fe 3 O 4 @ZIF-8@CA retains approximately 79% of the activity compared to its free counterparts while demonstrating significantly enhanced thermal and storage stability. The outcome of CO 2 hydration conversion for facilitating uranium extraction indicated that, compared with the non-enzymatic reaction group, the bicarbonate yield increased up to 1.5 times, and the uranium extraction efficiency was nearly 10% higher in the Fe 3 O 4 @ZIF-8@CA-mediated reaction group. These findings suggest that Fe 3 O 4 @ZIF-8@CA possesses excellent catalytic properties for CO 2 hydration and can achieve multiplied decarbonization by mediating this innovative CCU pathway. Furthermore, Fe 3 O 4 @ZIF-8@CA demonstrated superb reusability and durability, experiencing no significant degradation in its catalytic performance after eight consecutive hydration regeneration cycles. Our research is anticipated to be a viable option for advancing the goals of carbon neutrality and sustainable development.
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生物催化
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材料科学
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LANGMUIR
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2025
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IF 3.9
Yuchen Zhou,Zezhi Chen,Huijuan Gong,Donglin Jiang,Huiqiang Yu,Lu Chen
Zinc porphyrin is a promising carbonic anhydrase (CA) mimic for promoting CO2 absorption, but its application is hindered by poor dispersibility in absorption solutions. To address these challenges, we developed a strategy to impregnate zinc porphyrin on an γ-Al2O3 carrier. The hydrophilic surface groups and porous structure of γ-Al2O3 were expected to enhance both the hydrophilicity and stability of zinc porphyrin. To verify its feasibility, zinc tetraphenylporphyrin (ZnTPP) was chosen as the representative to synthesize ZnTPP/Al2O3. Characterizations showed that ZnTPP could be loaded into the pores of γ-Al2O3 in a highly dispersed state. Also, ZnTPP/Al2O3 could be uniformly dispersed in the absorption liquid, effectively exposing the Zn2+ active sites and reducing diffusion resistance. CO2 absorption experiments revealed that ZnTPP/Al2O3 significantly enhanced CO2 absorption in water, 20 wt % K2CO3, and 20 wt % monoethanolamine (MEA) solutions, far outperforming original ZnTPP. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations further elucidated the interaction mechanisms, showing that oxygen atoms on γ-Al2O3 stabilize ZnTPP by forming van der Waals and coordination bonds with Zn2+ active sites. Additionally, these oxygen atoms donate electrons to Zn2+, enhancing its catalytic activity. These findings highlight the effectiveness of this strategy and provide a promising pathway for optimizing other CA-mimics for CO2 capture applications.
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Foods
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2025
·Vol. 14
·期 7
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IF 5.1
Lijuan Fu,Hongfei Chi,Hang Wei,Biao Huang,Yueyue Qiang,Mengzhu Shi,Ling Fang,Jianwei Fu
Turmeric has extensive applications in various fields, including food and medicine. However, research on turmeric starch remains relatively scarce. There is a significant lack of in-depth studies on its processing properties and starch modification abilities. In this context, octenyl succinic anhydride (OSA)-modified turmeric starches (O-MTSs) were synthesized. Subsequently, a comprehensive investigation was carried out, including property analysis, characterization, and evaluation of the emulsifying capacity. The alterations in solubility, swelling degree, syneresis, and transparency of turmeric starches before and after modification were systematically studied. The characterization of O-MTSs was conducted using a scanning electron microscope (SEM), particle size analysis, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and thermogravimetric analysis. The possibility of using O-MTS as an emulsifier to prepare Pickering emulsions was explored. The results show that O-MTS had better solubility, swelling degree, syneresis, and transparency compared to turmeric starches (TSs). The O-MTS retained a relatively intact morphology, but its particle size slightly increased, and the characteristic peak at 995 cm−1shifted to some extent. The relative crystallinity decreased from 32.59% to 18.39%, and the water-binding capacity of O-MTSs improved accordingly. O-MTSs could better stabilize Pickering emulsions as an emulsifier compared to TSs. With the increase in the degree of substitution (DS) and concentration of the O-MTS, its emulsification index (EI) demonstrated an upward trend.
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INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
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2025
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IF 3.9
Cheng Zhang,Hongyi Qi,Tianxiao Chang,Yahe Wu,Jiacheng Cao,Mingsen Chen,Yanbin Huang,Wantai Yang
Maleic anhydride (MAH) copolymers have a wide range of applications in various fields. However, the difficulty in obtaining high-molecular-weight (Mw) copolymers through polymerization often limits their potential for application expansion. In this paper, diols were chosen as chain extenders to increase the Mw of MAH copolymers through esterification reactions between anhydride and alcohol, achieving the goal of “chain extension”. As the reaction progressed, the double-end esterification content (DEC) increased and the Mw showed exponential growth accompanied by an increase in gel content. The effects of various reaction parameters, including the temperature, reaction time, types and amounts of diols, polymer concentration, and Mw of raw polymer, on the Mw and gel content of the product were investigated systematically. Furthermore, this method can effectively increase the Mw of various mixed olefin–MAH copolymers. The experimental results demonstrated that the Mw of raw polymers could be increased by up to 70 times (from 18.0 to 1270.8 kg/mol), thereby broadening the polymers’ potential applications.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2024
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IF 13.3
Yuchen Zhou,Zezhi Chen,Huijuan Gong,Xiaoshu Wang,Lu Chen,Huiqiang Yu
Zinc porphyrins, boasting a coordination environment akin to that of natural carbonic anhydrase (CA), coupled with excellent structural stability, built-in hydrophobic pocket, and suitable charge of center Zn 2+ , were considered as potential CA-mimics for CO 2 capture. To validate this assumption, three zinc porphyrin representatives, zinc porphin (ZnP), zinc protoporphyrin IX (ZnPP), and zinc meso -tetrakis(N-methylpyridinium-4-yl) porphyrin (ZnTMPyP), were prepared, and tested performance in enhancing CO 2 absorption in water and K 2 CO 3 solutions. The results from CO 2 absorption experiments indicated that ZnTMPyP with the optimal dosage increased CO 2 absorption rate by 44.25 % in water, and ZnPP with the optimal dosage increased the CO 2 absorption rate by 63.67 % in 20 wt% of K 2 CO 3 solution, which are respectively 1.53 and 2.07 times of CO 2 absorption performance of zinc cyclen (ZnC), the most effective CA-mimic reported. Besides, the zinc porphyrins demonstrated excellent stability and reusability throughout five cycles of CO 2 absorption and desorption, which are vital aspects for practical applications. Through the calorimetric method and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, it was confirmed that the prepared zinc porphyrins had similar enzymatic behavior and catalytic CO 2 hydration pathway to natural CA. According to the results of characterization and DFT calculations, high dispersion, the lowest charge of the Zn 2+ center, and the existence of additional CO 2 adsorption sites (propionate ions), endow ZnPP with the highest catalytic activity in the K 2 CO 3 solution.
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化学
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Molecular Catalysis
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2024
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IF 3.9
Chengliang Wang,Yin Zhang,Haitao Li,Feifan Zhang,Jie Wang,Wei Wei,Yongxiang Zhao
Core-shell Ni@C catalysts with a uniform grain size distribution were synthesised via a simple hydrothermal method followed by pyrolysis carbonisation, and their catalytic performance for the liquid-phase hydrogenation of maleic anhydride (MA) was investigated herein. When the pyrolysis temperature was 350 °C, the resulting Ni@C catalyst (Ni@C-350) possessed abundant Ni/NiO heterostructures and a carbon surface layer. Among the analysed catalysts, Ni@C-350 demonstrated the lowest apparent activation energy for the hydrogenation of C C bonds ( Ea = 34.3 KJ/mol) and C O bonds ( Ea = 65.18 KJ/mol), yielding an MA conversion of 100 % and a γ-butyrolactone (GBL) selectivity of 99.89 % under mild reaction conditions (200 °C, 3 MPa hydrogen pressure, and 0.05 g catalyst). Furthermore, the Ni@C-350 catalyst exhibited high stability, with the yield of GBL above 95 % after five consecutive usage cycles. Ni@C-350 significantly outperformed other previously reported catalysts for the liquid-phase hydrogenation of MA.
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化学工程
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催化材料科学
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POLYMER
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2024
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IF 4.1
Pan Tian,Shengdu Yang,Yushun He,Wanjing Liu,Junhua Zhang
Despite the great progress in alkali developing photocurable resins for electronic packaging, the continuous development of high-frequency communication technology still poses a great challenge to the high heat resistance, toughness, robustness, and dielectric properties of photocurable resins. In this paper, a simple and feasible method is proposed to prepare a series of naphthalene-based photocurable resins with excellent thermal/mechanical properties and performance by introducing four selected fluorodiamine molecules into 1,6-naphthalene diglycidyl ether (NDE), respectively, and employing maleic anhydride (MA) as the alkali developing functional component. Among them, the effects of MA on the photocuring kinetics and thermo-mechanical properties of the resins were systematically investigated. Most importantly, the high functionality molecules obtained by diamine chain extension effectively improved the properties of the photocured films. As a result, two of the cured films exhibited excellent toughness (3.00 ± 1.39 MJ cm −3 and 4.55 ± 1.16 MJ cm −3 ), excellent heat resistance (212 and 195 °C), low dielectric constants (2.84 and 3.25), and low dielectric losses (0.0024 and 0.0068). Finally, the fast alkali development capability possessed by these two resins was verified, demonstrating their potential for technical application in real packaging boards and providing an effective strategy for the design and manufacture of high-performance naphthalene-based inks.
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材料科学
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电子工程
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SURFACE REVIEW AND LETTERS
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2023
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IF 1.1
JINGBAO WANG,MOHAMMAD TABISH,JINGMAO ZHAO
Magnesium alloy with good application potential has a poor corrosion resistance, so it is essential to develop a new corrosion inhibitor and investigate the inhibition mechanism for magnesium alloy. In this work, three vapor phase corrosion inhibitors (VCIs) were used for AZ31B magnesium alloy under a simulated ocean–atmosphere environment, and the inhibition behaviors and mechanisms were studied. The inhibition performances of the three VCIs were evaluated by Digital Still Camera, electrochemical tests and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) combined with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was used to further explore the inhibition mechanism. Compared to benzoic acid and ammonium benzoate, o-phthalic anhydride can provide the best protection for AZ31B magnesium alloy. The i corr was reduced from 11.18 μ A cm − 2 (blank) to 0.65 μ A cm − 2 and the ( R f + R ct ) was increased from 1478.1 Ω cm 2 (blank) to 3129.8 Ω cm 2 with o-phthalic anhydride as VCI. O-phthalic anhydride combined with Mg 2 + to form different complexes with different molecular weights, which developed a more compact protective film on the AZ31B surface. Overall, the o-phthalic anhydride can be utilized as an excellent VCI for AZ31B magnesium alloy in a simulated ocean–atmosphere environment.
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材料科学
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腐蚀与防护
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PROGRESS IN ORGANIC COATINGS
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2019
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IF 3.42
Bo Tang,Weihua Feng,Jia Guo,Jun Sun,Sheng Zhang,Xiaoyu Gu,Hongfei Li,Wantai Yang
Pentaerythritol (PER) is generally used as carbon source in intumescent fire- retardant coating. In order to enhance water resistance of the coating, PER reacted with C9 maleic anhydride copolymer microsphere (C9-MAH) by esterification. The composition of the product PER-C9-MAH was analyzed by FTIR; TGA results show the thermostability of PER-C9-MAH is better than PER; and SEM observation clearly showed the obvious enlargement in particle size from PER to PER-C9-MAH. The contact angle of PER is 26.5° and it raised to 87.2° for PER-C9-MAH. The fire resistance changes of the coating before and after water/salt water soaking are compared. After soaking in distilled water and 5 g/L salt water for 48 h respectively, phenomena such as blistering and falling off will be found in the coating containing PER accompanied with 1.9 ± 0.01% (in water) and 2.4 ± 0.01% (in salt water) weight losses; however the coating containing PER-C9-MAH looked smooth with little defects, and the weight losses are just 0.3 ± 0.01% (in water) and 0.3 ± 0.01% (in salt water) respectively. After burning 30 min, the back temperature of coating containing PER raises 76.2 °C (soaked in water) and 157.0 °C (soaked in salt water) respectively; However, it is just 19.7 °C and 33.7 °C rise for coating containing PER-C9-MAH. TGA, SEM and Raman spectroscopy results document the char of the coating containing PER-C9-MAH shows higher quantity, density and degree of graphitization, so it exhibits enhanced strength.
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Frontiers in Chemistry
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2020
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IF 3.693
Wang Tian-xing,Li Xiao-xi,Chen Ling,Li Lin,Janaswamy Srinivas
Herein, a self-assembly formulation of Zein and dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) binary complex has been developed for the quercetin (Que) delivery. The prepared particles display a smooth sphere in the range of 180 ~ 250 nm. The addition of DSS shields the Trp residues of Zein that were located on the hydrophilic exterior and in-turn reduces the surface hydrophobicity of the nanoparticles. The presence of DSS, indeed, increases the encapsulation efficiency of Que from the initial 45.9 in the Zein to 72.6% in the Zein/DSS binary complex. A significant reduction of Que diffusion in the simulated intestinal conditions has been observed with the addition of DSS on the nanoparticles, which also improves Que bioavailability. The release mechanism of Que-loaded Zein/DSS composites is in accordance with the Higuchi model (Q = 0.0913t0.5+0.1652, R2 = 0.953). Overall, nanoparticles based on Zein-DSS complexes stand out as an attractive carrier system of quercetin and the outcome could be extended to several bioactive compounds.
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药剂学
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食品科学
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生物材料学
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Polymers
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2019
·Vol. 11
·期 12
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IF 3.164
Wei Chen,Xin-Tong Meng,Hui-Hui Wang,Xue-Qin Zhang,Yi Wei,Zeng-Yong Li,Di Li,Ai-Ping Zhang,Chuan-Fu Liu
Recently, the nanofiber materials derived from natural polymers instead of petroleum-based polymers by electrospinning have aroused a great deal of interests. The lignocellulosic biomass could not be electrospun into nanofiber directly due to its poor solubility. Here, sugarcane bagasse (SCB) was subjected to the homogeneous esterification with different anhydrides, and the corresponding esterified products (SCB-A) were obtained. It was found that the bead-free and uniform nanofibers were obtained via electrospinning even when the mass fraction of acetylated SCB was 70%. According to the thermogravimetric analyses, the addition of SCB-A could improve the thermal stability of the electrospun composite nanofibers. More importantly, in contrast to the pure polyacrylonitrile (PAN) based carbon nanofiber, the SCB-A based carbon nanofibers had higher electrical conductivity and the surface N element content. In addition, the superfine carbon nanofiber mats with minimum average diameter of 117.0 ± 13.7 nm derived from SCB-A were obtained, which results in a larger Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area than pure PAN based carbon nanofiber. These results demonstrated that the combination of the homogeneous esterification and electrospinning could be a feasible and potential way to produce the bio-based carbon nanofibers directly from lignocellulosic without component separation.Keywords:electrospinning;homogeneous esterification;acid anhydrides;carbon nanofiber;lignocellulosic biomass
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JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A
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2021
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IF 4.759
Xiaoping Wang,Hui Li,Kaijun Quan,Liang Zhao,Zuguang Li,Hongdeng Qiu
β -Cyclodextrin can be functionalized by derivation of reactive hydroxyl on the ring due to its special chiral environment and structural characteristics, which can be used to identify or separate a variety of chiral substance. In this manuscript, a series of excellent chiral stationary phases for high-performance liquid chromatography were developed for enantioseparation by using anhydride modified β -cyclodextrin bearing chiral ( R / S )˗ α ˗phenethylamine or ( S )-(+)-2-amino-1-propanol. They were characterized by elemental analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectra (FT-IR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and BET. These chiral stationary phases presented good resolution and repeatability, about 17 kinds of enantiomers were effectively separated. And most of enantiomers were separated better than those reported in the literature in the same both normal and reversed phase modes. The RSD values of R s for repeatability and column-to-column were below 0.44% and 2.83%, respectively. All results revealed that these new CSPs show great prospect for chiral separation in actual applications.
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分析化学
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色谱技术
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