ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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2025
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Qing-Nan Li,Yun-Xi Cui,Zhi-Qi Dai,Zhi-Li Yao,Man-Ying Li,Qi-Liang Cai,De-Ming Kong
The CRISPR/Cas12a system has emerged as a powerful tool in biosensing due to its unique trans-cleavage activity. This study conducted an in-depth investigation of the modulatory capabilities of this system, particularly focusing on the 5′-end modifications of the activator strand, and found that introducing a hairpin structure (HP) at the 5′-end of the activator strand, which was designed based on the RESET effect, can effectively suppress the activator strand’s ability to activate the trans-cleavage activity of the CRISPR/Cas12a system. This suppression is independent of the HP’s relation to the activator strand and the type of linker used (DNA, RNA or peptide). Detaching the HP from the activator strand restores the system’s activity. These findings enrich the development of CRISPR/Cas12a-based biosensors, and expand their application beyond DNA-based target detection to peptide sequence-based target recognition. Based on this discovery, we constructed a sensitive biosensor for caspase-3 (Casp-3), a key executor in apoptosis, by linking the HP to the activator strand with a peptide linker containing a Casp-3 recognition site. The proposed biosensor has been validated for its sensitivity and specificity in detecting Casp-3, as well as for monitoring drug-induced apoptosis through the imaging of Casp-3 in living cells, providing a valuable tool for studying the apoptotic process, screening drugs, assessing drug efficacy, and evaluating treatment outcomes. This strategy also shows promise for detecting other peptide-based targets, broadening the horizons for early disease biomarker detection and timely therapeutic interventions.
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Methods and Applications in Fluorescence
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2024
·Vol. 12
·期 2
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IF 2.4
Mingyu Gan,Rui Yao,Baoping Wang,Jiarong Li,Ning Wang,Martin M F Choi,Wei Bian
Dopamine (DA) is the most abundant catecholamine neurotransmitter in the brain and plays an extremely essential role in the physiological activities of the living organism. There is a critical need for accurately and efficiently detecting DA levels in organisms in order to reflect physiological states. Carbon nitride quantum dots (C3N4) were, in recent years, used enormously as electrochemical and fluorescence probes for the detection of metal ions, biomarkers and other environmental or food impurities due to their unique advantageous optical and electronic properties. 3-Aminophenylboronic acid (3-APBA) can specifically combine with DA through an aggregation effect, providing an effective DA detection method. In this work, 3-APBA modified carbon nitride quantum dots (3-APBA-CNQDs) were synthesized from urea and sodium citrate. The structure, chemical composition and optical properties of 3-APBA-CNQDs were investigated by XRD, TEM, UV–visible, and FT-IR spectroscopy. The addition of DA could induce fluorescence quenching of 3-APBA-CNQDs possibly through the inner filter effect (IFE). 3-APBA-CNQDs shows better selectivity and sensitivity to DA than other interfering substances. By optimizing the experiment conditions, good linearity was obtained at 0.10–51 μM DA with a low detection limit of 22.08 nM. More importantly, 3-APBA-CNQDs have been successfully applied for the detection of DA in human urine and blood samples as well as for bioimaging of intracellular DA. This study provides a promising novel method for the rapid detection of DA in real biological samples.
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MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
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2024
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Hao Tian,Jie Ma,Bai Yang,Ran Li,Ronghai Yu
It is necessary to broaden absorption bandwidth, regulate applied frequency, reduce the weight and maintain strong absorption for magnetic microwave absorbing materials by constructing suitable material structures to satisfy the requirements for wide applications in various electromagnetic devices. In this work, well-structured amorphous-Co@Nd(BO 2 ) 3 /rGO nanocomposites have been fabricated using a selective chemical reduction in a mixed aqueous solution containing Co 2+ and Nd 3+ ions along with GO sheets reduced by NaBH 4 as the reductant, in which only Co 2+ and GO but no Nd 3+ ions were reduced. Very low coercivity of 0.4 Oe is achieved in amorphous-Co@Nd(BO 2 ) 3 /rGO nanocomposites due to amorphous Co@Nd(BO 2 ) 3 core-shell nanoparticles uniformly anchored on rGO sheets. These soft magnetic rGO-based nanocomposites exhibit high-frequency microwave absorption performance including a minimum reflection loss ( RL min ) value of −84.09 dB at 15.38 GHz for a 2.1 mm thickness at an applied frequency range (12.31–18 GHz) covering almost the entire Ku band. Moreover, a much wider absorption band of 7.24 GHz (10.67–17.89 GHz, RL ≤ −10 dB) with a 2.3 mm thickness along with a RL min value of −35.92 dB is also achieved. These rGO-based magnetic composites also show good structural stability , low density and easily controlled material compositions along with facile chemical fabrication suitable for mass production, which promises their latent use in high-performance microwave absorbing devices. Crystallization behavior of a new amorphous Nd(BO 2 ) 3 phase was also investigated.
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
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2024
·Vol. 59
·期 27
·12447-12463
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Gong Yanan,Xue Pan,Wang Xinyi,Ma Shaoshuai,Xu Xinhua
Developing hydrogel actuators with excellent driving performance and extended lifespan remains challenging. Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene, as a two-dimensional nanomaterial with a unique layered structure, has attracted widespread attention in flexible hydrogel actuators for its excellent optical absorption properties and tunable surface functionality. However, MXene faces difficulties in dispersion and is prone to oxidation, which significantly hinders the development and use of MXene-based hydrogel actuators. In this study, we fabricated a near-infrared light-driven hydrogel actuator with rapid photo responsiveness and antioxidative properties by incorporating modified MXene with antioxidant characteristics and the pore-forming agent polyvinyl alcohol into the poly( N -isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) hydrogel system. We functionalized MXene nanosheets with (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES), effectively enhancing antioxidative properties, preventing structural degradation caused by spontaneous oxidation, and improving surface properties. This enhanced the dispersion stability of MXene in the system and extended its lifespan from 7 days to over two weeks. The hydrophilic polyvinyl alcohol chains served as drainage channels during hydrogel contraction, imparting the hydrogel with rapid driving capabilities (127.1° s −1 ). Additionally, leveraging the fast response characteristics, we designed an octopus-inspired light-driven soft swimmer and gripper. This work provides novel insights into the application of intelligent responsive hydrogels in biomimetic and practical scenarios. Graphical abstract
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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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2024
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Yongfeng Liu,Yupeng Ying,Qingyu Xie,Zhaoju Gao,Xiuwen Shao,Min Zhou,Wei Pei,Xiaosheng Tang,Yusong Tu
Mixed-halide CsPb(Br/Cl)3 perovskite quantum dots (PeQDs) have attracted extensive attention in light-emitting diodes (LEDs), but their low photoluminescent efficiency and especially poor stability impede their practical applications. Here, we employ bifunctional didodecyldimethylammonium thiocyanide (DDASCN) with a pseudohalogen SCN– and branched DDA+ to obtain blue-emitting CsPbBr2Cl PeQDs. DDASCN significantly boosts the photoluminescence quantum yield to 92% by inhibiting nonradiative recombination. Importantly, DDASCN PeQDs show excellent stabilities against air, UV light, heat, and polar solvents. These improved performances were explained by density functional theory calculation, which shows that SCN– fills the Cl– vacancy by simultaneously binding with undercoordinated Pb2+ and Cs+, while DDA+ connects undercoordinated Br– and lies parallel to the PeQD core, leading to efficient passivation and a strong binding capacity. Finally, we achieved high-performance white LEDs by integrating our PeQDs, resulting in a color-rendering index of 92.9, a color gamut of 119.61%, and chromaticity coordinates of (0.33, 0.33). This provides an effective method to obtain efficient and stable CsPb(Br/Cl)3 PeQDs for practical applications.
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2025
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Daomiao He,Likun Guan,Huayu Sun,Fanzhong Zeng,Fei Li,Leyi Zhang,Wenhao Li,Huajuan Deng,Dan Zhang,Ruijin Yu
A novel series of samarium-activated orange-red emitting CaY 2 Sb 2 (ZnO 4 ) 3 (CYSZO) phosphors has been successfully synthesized by the high-temperature solid-state method. The phase purity, spectroscopy, and morphological properties of the phosphors have been extensively characterized. When excited at 407 nm, CYSZO:Sm 3+ samples exhibited a pronounced orange-red emission peak at 610 nm, this corresponding to the typical 4 G 5/2 → 6 H 7/2 both magnetic-dipole and electric-dipole transitions of Sm 3+ ions. The optimal doping concentration was established as 10 mol%. The quenching mechanism is attributed to the interaction of the nearest-neighbor ions. The prepared sample showed a remarkable internal quantum efficiency (IQE) of 68.63 % and exceptional thermal stability at working temperature of the LEDs. As the Sm 3+ concentration increased, the decay time decreased correspondingly, ranging from 2.45 ms to 1.40 ms for concentrations ranging from 0.6 to 40 mol%. The phosphor materials exhibited high color purity, as evidenced by the Commission International de L'Éclairage (CIE) chromaticity coordinates. The synthesized white light-emitting diode (w-LED) exhibited an impressive color rendering index (CRI) of 96 and a desirable correlated color temperature (CCT) of 5674 K. Furthermore, the CYSZO:10 mol%Sm 3+ @oleic acid phosphor-stained latent fingerprint (LFP) images show excellent visualization capabilities on various surfaces with high contrast and long-term stability. These results highlight the potential of CYSZO:Sm 3+ phosphors to serve as a promising orange-red material for w-LED applications and LFP detection.
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FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2025
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Zonghan Wang,Yingchen Fan,Ying Luo,Chao Guo,Yuanyuan Hu,Xiaoming Guo,Dayong Zhou,Beiwei Zhu
This work aimed to elucidate the deterioration mechanisms of shrimp surimi gels during refrigerated storage, and the regulatory mechanisms of epigallocatechin-3-gallate loaded cyclodextrin-based metal−organic framework (EGCG@CD-MOF) as a model antioxidant. Labele-free proteomics provided a quantitative analysis of the differential proteomic signatures of degraded proteins. Structural proteins, like myosin, paramyosin, titin, laminin, and α-actinin, along with calcium regulatory proteins, like calcineurin and sarcoplasmic calcium-binding protein were found to be highly susceptible to oxidative degradation during refrigeration. In contrast, EGCG@CD-MOF significantly mitigated protein degradation. Electron spin resonance (ESR) data demonstrated that EGCG@CD-MOF efficiently inhibited free radical accumulation over the 8-week refrigeration period. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) further confirmed its ability to prevent network structural deterioration. Additionally, rheological, infrared, and molecular dynamics analyses supported the sustained interaction between EGCG@CD-MOF and proteins, with key interaction sites identified at residues ASP-131, ARG-92, SER-97, ASP-98, Lys-12, Gly-168, Glu-170, Arg-8, and Gly-6.
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APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
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2024
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Zhiyin Huang,Yuqin Peng,Lixin Xing,Mijia Xu,Meng Fang,Huiqi Xie,Jiamin Li,Yangdong Zhou,Puwei Wu,Ning Wang,Chunmei Tang,Mingjie Wu,Liguang Wang,Siyu Ye,Lei Du
Platinum (Pt) is inevitably employed to facilitate various electrocatalysis including hydrogen oxidation/evolution and oxygen reduction reactions (HOR/HER/ORR), the foundation for renewable energy conversion and storage. Pt-based high-entropy-alloy (HEA) catalysts have been recently presenting promises to improve intrinsic activity of unit mass Pt. However, their current synthesis methods always produce large particles—some can control small size but have to use complicated recipe and/or highly toxic and expensive chemicals. Alternatively, a facile microenvironment regulation strategy is herein proposed to tune solvent polarity and nanoparticle-support interactions within the precursors for carbon-thermal shock pyrolysis. We found that the decreased solvent polarity and enhanced particle-support affinity can jointly control the nanoparticle size ultimately to ∼2.68 nm with ∼10 wt% Pt loading. The compressed lattice fringe in such HEA particles leads to electron accumulation at Pt atoms and build a moderate charge density rearrangement, showing superior multifunctional HER/HOR/ORR activity to Pt/C in acidic media.
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BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS
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2013
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Yi Huang,Wen Wang,Zou Li,Xiaoli Qin,Lijuan Bu,Zhiyong Tang,Yingchun Fu,Ming Ma,Qingji Xie,Shouzhuo Yao,Jiming Hu
We report here on a facile enzymatic polymerization protocol to prepare enzyme—poly(thiophene-3-boronic acid) (PTBA) polymeric biocomposites (PBCs) for high-performance mono-/bi-enzyme amperometric biosensing. Horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-catalyzed polymerization of thiophene-3-boronic acid (TBA) monomer was conducted in aqueous solution containing HRP (or plus glucose oxidase (GOx)) by either directly added or GO x -glucose generated oxidant H 2 O 2 . The mono-/bi-enzyme amperometric biosensors were prepared simply by casting the dialysis-isolated PBCs on Au-plated Au electrode (Au plate /Au), followed by coating with an outer-layer chitosan (CS) film. The boronic acid residues are capable of covalent bonding with enzyme at the glycosyl sites (boronic acid-diols interaction), which should less affect the enzymatic activity as compared with the common cases of covalent bonding at the peptide chains, and UV–vis spectrophotometric tests confirmed that the encapsulated HRP almost possesses its pristine enzymatic specific activity. The enzyme electrodes were studied by cyclic voltammetry , electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and chronoamperometry in the presence of Fe(CN) 6 4− mediator. The CS/HRP–PTBA/Au plate /Au electrode responded linearly to H 2 O 2 concentration from 1 to 300 μM with a sensitivity of 390 μA mM −1 cm −2 and a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.1 μM. The bienzyme CS/GO x −HRP−PTBA(H 2 O 2 )/Au plate /Au electrode responded linearly to glucose concentration from 5 μM to 0.83 mM with a sensitivity of 75.1 μA mM −1 cm −2 and a LOD of 1 μM, and it is found here that the use of Fe(CN) 6 4− that can only efficiently mediate HRP favorably avoids the “unusual amperometric responses” observed when other mediators that can efficiently turn over both HRP and GO x are used.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2022
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Lichen Zhang,Xing Su,Shuo Wang,Xiaodong Li,Meishuai Zou
Fluoride coating can reduce the ignition temperature, enhance the burning rate and inhibit the agglomeration of aluminum powder. However, the addition of non-energetic fluoride can reduce the energy of aluminum powder. In this study, for the first time, 3-Perfluorohexyl-1,2-epoxypropane (PFHP) was coated on the surface of aluminum powder, which reacted with glycidyl azide polymer (GAP) in situ to form core–shell Al@PFHP@GAP. Compared with raw aluminum powder, Al@PFHP@GAP not only significantly reduced ignition temperature (about 150 °C), but also greatly improved the combustion efficiency (from 87.7% to 97.6%). Besides, the heat of combustion was also greatly increased by 6.3%, compared with that of raw aluminum powder. Such performances were outstanding among the existing coated Al. In addition, the formation of coating shell effectively improved the hydrophobicity and corrosion resistance of the aluminum powder. In a word, our derived Al@PFHP@GAP provided a novel rationale for aluminum powder with greatly enhanced combustion performance.
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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING DATA
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2024
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Wanyu Gao,Yuan Gao,Ziping Yin,Yanfei Sun,Yu Zhang,Longyi Zhu,Jun Luo
The solubility of 3,4-bis(4′-aminofurazan-3′-yl)furoxan (BAFF) was determined in ten pure solvents (dichloromethane, 1,2-dichloroethane, cyclohexane, water, methanol, ethanol, n-propanol, isopropanol, n-butanol, and ethyl acetate) as well as three binary solvent mixtures (methanol/water, ethanol/water, ethyl acetate/1,2-dichloroethane) over various temperature ranges (283.15 to 353.15 K). The measurements were conducted by using a static analytical method under atmospheric pressure. During the temperature ranges investigated, it was observed that the solubility of BAFF increased with the increase in the temperature in all selected solvents. Among the ten pure solvents, ethyl acetate has the highest solubility, while methanol, ethanol, n-butanol, and isopropanol have moderate solubilities. Water, 1,2-dichloroethane, and dichloromethane have relatively low solubilities, while in the binary solvent systems, the solubility of BAFF decreased with increasing the mole fraction of antisolvent (water or 1,2-dichloroethane) at given temperature. Moreover, the experimental solubility data in pure solvents were correlated using the modified Apelblat equation, the λh equation, and two local composition models (Wilson model and NRTL model). Additionally, the modified Apelblat equation, CNIBS/R-K model, Jouyban-Acree model, and multicomponent NRTL model were successfully employed to correlate the experimental solubility in mixed solvent systems. Furthermore, based on the experimental data and the NRTL model, the dissolution thermodynamic properties of BAFF in both pure and binary solvents were calculated and analyzed. These properties include the dissolution Gibbs energy, enthalpy, and entropy. These data indicate that the dissolution process of BAFF is endothermic and spontaneous.
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INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY
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2024
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Yujing Du,Linjie Li,Xixuan Li,Jingxuan Tan,Yanjie Qin,Yongning Lv,Xuejia Zhai
DL-3-n-butylphthalide (NBP) is isolated from the seeds of Apium graveolens L., and has been recently used as a neuroprotective agent for acute ischemic stroke. The present study aimed to determine the efficacy and safety of the combined use of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) and NBP for treating of acute ischemic stroke in rats and to explore the synergistic mechanism of this treatment strategy in rat middle cerebral artery occlusion models. The efficacy of DAPT combined with NBP was evaluated by determining neurological deficits, infarction status, and histological changes. Changes in body weight, blood glucose level, blood count, and serum biochemical parameters were detected to evaluate the safety. To explore the synergistic pharmacological mechanism, the mRNA expression and protein levels of key proteins in the pyroptosis–inflammatory pathway, and the pyroptosis ratio of microglias were examined. Compared with the administration of NBP or DAPT alone, combination of them significantly improved neurological deficits, reduced infarct area, and repaired tissue injury and inflammation after cerebral ischemia. No hepatorenal toxicity was observed. The mRNA expression and protein levels of key proteins in the pyroptosis–inflammation pathway, and the pyroptosis ratio of microglias were significantly downregulated in the combined administration group than in the monotherapy group. We demonstrated that the combined use of NBP and DAPT exhibits better efficacy and high safety and plays a synergistic role by inhibiting the pyroptosis–inflammation pathway in the brain tissues, particularly in microglial cells.
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