RSC Advances
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2019
·Vol. 9
·期 68
·39561-39571
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IF 3.049
Fahim A. Qaraah,Samah A. Mahyoub,Mahmoud Elsayed Hafez,Guangli Xiu
Herein, we fabricated a C and N co-modified Nb2O5 nanonet structure (C–N/Nb2O5NNs) from niobium oxalate using 2-methylimidazole (Hmim) as a source for C and N via a simple hydrothermal route. The obtained nanonets are robust and cost-effective with excellent recycling stability. Compared with N-doped TiO2 (N-TiO2) and a Nb2O5 control sample (Nb2O5-CS), the resulting nanonets exhibited the highest performance toward the photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB) upon visible light irradiation (λ > 420 nm). Through this study, we revealed that the synergetic effects of C and N on the nanonet surface, which were effectively incorporated into the surface of the Nb2O5 nanonet structure, not only remarkably enhanced the visible light response by decreasing the bandgap to 2.9 eV but also improved the light utilization efficiency and photo-induced electron–hole pair separation efficiency of our nanonet structure. We also proposed that the presence of carbonate species (COx) and nitrogen species (NOx) increased the population of generated holes (h+) that had the key role in the photodegradation mechanism of RhB, suggesting reasonable importance for the modification of Nb2O5 with C and N. This synergism offers a new view to reveal the origin of photodegradation processes, introducing h+ as a key intermediate. Our approach provides a new insight to design 2D nanostructures with potential applications in catalysis, solar energy conversion, and environmental protection.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2019
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IF 8.355
Jingtao Bi,Xin Huang,Jingkang Wang,Ting Wang,Hao Wu,Jinyue Yang,Haijiao Lu,Hongxun Hao
In this work, to simultaneously remove organic dyes and Pb(II) from wastewater, a series of magnetic Fe 3 O 4 @C@TiO 2 -nanotube composites were designed and successfully synthesized via a new facile oil-phase cyclic magnetic adsorption (OCMA) method. The structural properties of the synthesized composites were investigated by different characterization methods systematically. It was found that Fe 3 O 4 was uniformly deposited on the inner walls of TiO 2 nanotubes. Although a Type III band alignment was formed in the catalysts, Fe 3 O 4 @C@TiO 2 -nanotube composites exhibited enhanced light absorbing ability and enlarged absorption edge due to efficient separation of h + and e − , which was verified by UV–Vis (Ultraviolet–visible) and PL (Photoluminescence) spectra. Decontamination experiments of 1FeCTi showed that more than 98% of RhB and about 92% of Pb(II) ions could be removed through adsorptive removal in the dark equilibrium period and further elimination during the illuminating period. The pseudo-first-order model, L-H model and adsorption-reaction model were established to describe the adsorption of Pb(II) in the dark, photodegradation of RhB and further elimination of Pb(II), respectively. A four-step mechanism was proposed to describe the decontamination process of Pb(II) during the illuminating period according to the final forms of Pb (Pb δ1 , Pb δ2 , Pb 0 and PbO). Finally, it was found that the photocatalytic activity would be maintained in the recycle experiments due to the existence of 1FeCTi@PbO heterostructure.
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NANO
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2018
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Yanmei Feng,Zhiqiang Wang,Yunfeng Yang,Xiangfeng Wu,Xiaodong Gong,Yajian Liu,Yufei Li,Zuolin Cao,Chao Wang,Xin Tong
The Ag 2 SO 3 /NaNbO 3 hybrids have been fabricated via a facile method at room temperature. Several methods such as X-ray diffraction, UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy were used to characterize the samples. Moreover, the photocatalytic activity of the samples was assessed by degradation of rhodamine B and methyl orange under the visible light illumination. Experimental results indicated the photocatalytic degradation efficiency of the as-fabricated hybrids was first increased and then decreased with increasing the dosage of NaNbO 3 . When the molar ratio of Ag 2 SO 3 to NaNbO 3 was 1:0.7, the as-fabricated composites had the best photodegradation efficiency of 96.4% in 30 min for rhodamine B and 97.1% in 60 min for methyl orange, respectively. These were obviously higher than that of pure samples. Furthermore, Ag 2 SO 3 was conjugated with NaNbO 3 via chemical-bonds rather than physical contact. In addition, the possible photocatalytic degradation mechanism was also provided and the main roles during the process of photocatalytic degradation were played by holes.
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Journal of Physical Chemistry C
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2018
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IF 4.484
Peng Zhao,Yanlu Li,Lili Li,Shulin Bu,Weiliu Fan
Here, we report oxygen vacancy (VO)-modified B/N-codoped ZnGa2O4 (VO-B/N-ZGO) nanospheres, showing excellent photocatalytic H2 production even without a Pt cocatalyst, which is better than that obtained with VO-modified B-doped ZnGa2O4 (VO-B-ZGO) or N-doped ZnGa2O4 (N-ZGO) and as high as about three times of that achieved with the undoped ZnGa2O4 (ZGO) photocatalyst. The dramatically enhanced photocatalytic activity of VO-B/N-ZGO predominately originates from the improvement of charge separation and surface activation. Experimental characterization combined with the theoretical calculation method demonstrates that VO-B/N-ZGO can show effective charge compensation more easily through the interaction of oxygen vacancies, interstitial boron, and substitutional nitrogen; especially for the formation of a B–N bond, it avoids the presence of semioccupied states as new recombination centers in a doped photocatalyst. In addition, VO-B/N-ZGO rich in reactive sites is generated by oxygen vacancy-modified B/N-codoping, which overcomes the limitation for most semiconductors without high H2 evolution activities in the absence of a cocatalyst and provides a potentially new photocatalytic H2 generation research.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2018
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Ming Ying,Manjunath D. Meti,Hong Xu,Yuhan Wang,Jialiang Lin,Zhibing Wu,Qingguo Han,Xu Xu,Zhendan He,Wenxu Hong,Zhangli Hu
The interaction of lipase with Ligupurpuroside B was studied by multiple spectroscopic techniques , enzyme activity and molecular modeling under simulative physiological condition. According to Stern-Volmer equation, fluorescence of lipase was quenched by Ligupurpuroside B via a static quenching mechanism because of formation of Ligupurpuroside B-lipase complex. Binding constants , number of binding sites & thermodynamic parameters were evaluated. The values of Δ G o (−25.085 kJ mol −1 ), Δ H o (−12.14 kJ mol −1 ) and Δ S o (+43.45 J mol −1 K −1 ) at 298 K indicated that Ligupurpuroside B-lipase interaction is spontaneous and hydrophobic interaction is the main force stabilizing the Ligupurpuroside B-lipase complex. The enzyme activity assay showed that Ligupurpuroside B inhibited lipase activity efficiently. Synchronous fluorescence spectra (SFS) suggested that Ligupurpuroside B is closer to Trp residues than to Tyr residues. All above experimental results were confirmed by molecular docking studies, which further indicated the binding site of Ligupurpuroside B on the surface of lipase, and the amino acid residues of lipase interacting with Ligupurpuroside B. Our present research work gives valuable information on the design of drugs with lipase as a carrier and should be useful for food industries.
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JOURNAL OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION
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2019
·Vol. 39
·期 1
·358-369
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IF 2.179
Cui Dandan,Mo Yuncai,Zeng Lingjie,Feng Kai,Feng Xiaoyun,Huang Jialing,He Mengling,Zhang Xiaoyuan,Teng Xifeng
The response of Dendrobium officinale Kimura et Migo ( D. officinale ) to continuous UV-B irradiation at different carbon to nitrogen ratios (C/N ratios) was investigated. Seedlings grown for 60 days were incubated under aseptic conditions with UV-B irradiation (15.6 µW cm −2 ) at different C/N ratios: control group (CK; C/N 30 without UV-B), UV-B + CK (C/N 30 with UV-B irradiation, similarly hereafter), UV-B + C/N 120, UV-B + C/N 60, UV-B + C/N 15, UV-B + C/N 10, UV-B + C/N 7.5. Growth parameters (the defoliation rate and the sprout number), photosynthetic pigments (carotenoids, chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b), total polysaccharides, total alkaloids, and activities of antioxidant enzymes were determined following 4, 8, 12, and 16 days of continuous UV-B exposure. Results indicated that UV-B irradiation increased the defoliation rate and the content of carotenoids, total polysaccharides and total alkaloids, as well as the activities of antioxidant enzymes. Conversely, UV-B irradiation reduced the sprout number and chlorophyll content in D. officinale . Compared with UV-B + CK, lower C/N ratio treatments (UV-B + C/N 15, UV-B + C/N 10 and UV-B + C/N 7.5) enhanced the defoliation rate and sprout number, but decreased antioxidant enzyme activities and total polysaccharide content during the whole period, and reduced total alkaloid content after 4 days of UV-B exposure. Following initial UV-B irradiation, lower C/N ratios increased the contents of carotenoid and chlorophyll b, while after 8 days, a reversal in carotenoid content was observed, and after 12 days, a reversal in chlorophyll b content was observed. Optimizing the C/N ratio (C/N 60) resulted in lower defoliation rate, higher photosynthetic pigments and total polysaccharides, and increased activities of antioxidant enzymes, whereas no significant change in sprout number and total alkaloid content was recorded under long-term UV-B irradiation. Furthermore, the UV-B + C/N 120 treatment negatively affected D. officinale in terms of an increased defoliation rate and reduced sprout number, photosynthetic pigments, and total alkaloids. Therefore, results suggested that an appropriate C/N ratio (C/N 60) could ameliorate the adverse effects of continuous UV-B irradiation on D. officinale .
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2019
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IF 3.131
Wenning Shen,Xu Wang,Yanfeng Ge,Hui Feng,Lajun Feng
The AgO/g-C 3 N 4 hybrids were prepared by growing and anchoring AgO nanoparticles on the surface of g-C 3 N 4 . The results demonstrated that AgO nanoparticles were well-dispersed on the surface of g-C 3 N 4 and AgO/g-C 3 N 4 hybrids were formed. Compared with bulk g-C 3 N 4 , the hybrids with narrow bandgap could adsorb visible light effectively. Additionally, the hybrids exhibited improved photocatalytic activity for RhB degradation under visible light irradiation and strong bactericidal activity against S. aureus . The RhB degradation and S. aureus inactivation were increased with increasing AgO content, in which the hybrid with 35.0 wt% of AgO showed maximum RhB degradation and minimum numbers of survival S. aureus colonies existed, and owned an apparent rate constant about 24.474 and 0.775 times higher than those of blank g-C 3 N 4 and AgO, respectively. The improved activity of the hybrids might be attributed to highly dispersed AgO nanoparticles, increased visible light absorption and high separation efficiency of photogenerated electron-holes originating from the well-matched band structure between AgO and g-C 3 N 4 .
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Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers
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2014
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Zhengjun Cheng,Lei Zhang,Xiao Guo,Xiaohui Jiang,Rong Liu
Removals of Lissamine rhodamine B (LRB) and acid orange 10 (AO10) using activated carbon/surfactant from aqueous solution were optimized. Box–Behnken design (BBD) has been employed to investigate the effects of different process variables (such as time of adsorption process, temperature, pH, and initial concentration of the dye) and analyze their interactive effects in the adsorption capacity for the two dye systems. The experimental data could be simulated accurately using second order polynomial regression models because they have high correlation coefficient values ( R 2 ) of 0.9920 and 0.9938, low p -value of 0.000, and their F values of 105.96 and 137.01 for the LRB and AO10 systems, respectively. The optimum conditions were found to be t = 120 min, T = 20 °C, pH = 11.0, and C LRB = 50 mg/L for the LRB adsorption, and t = 120 min, T = 20 °C, pH = 2.5, and C AO10 = 90 mg/L for the AO10 removal. The measured maximum experimental adsorption capacities for the LRB and AO10 systems under above optimum conditions were 218.08 mg/g and 405.15 mg/g, which agreed with their corresponding predicted values (229.43 and 400.51 mg/g) well due to small relative errors of 4.95% and −1.16%, respectively. The adsorption equilibrium and kinetics of the two dye adsorptions onto AC/DDAC were also investigated. The results indicated that Langmuir model presented the best fit and the pseudo-second-order model showed excellent fit to the kinetic data.
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RSC Advances
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2015
·Vol. 5
·期 112
·92025-92032
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IF 3.84
Jing Zheng,Liping Hu,Min Zhang,Jingli Xu,Pingang He
Rapid, sensitive, and accurate DNA detection is of great significance to meet the growing demand of disease diagnostics. Herein, an ultrasensitive and highly specific electrochemical sensing strategy for detection of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA hybridization in homogeneous solution was presented. In this sensing protocol, magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) were prepared and modified with β-CD. MNPs/β-CD were then used for host–guest recognition, separation and detection. In the experiment, a stem-loop structured DNA was designed as the probe to indicate the occurrence of hybridization. It was labeled with dabcyl at the 5′-end as a guest molecule and Au nanoparticles at the 3′-end as an electrochemical tag. Initially, the DNA probe retained the stem-loop configuration, which shielded dabcyl from docking with β-CD/MNP in solution due to the steric effect. While in the presence of the complementary target DNA, the stem-loop structure of the probe was dissociated and the double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) was formed as a result of the hybridization. Consequently, dsDNA was linked to β-CD/MNP owing to the host–guest recognition between β-CD and dabcyl. Thus, the hybridization events could be sensitively transduced to electrochemical signals provided by Au nanoparticles. Au nanoparticles were then captured by the electrode through an external magnetic field. The designed sensor favored discrimination between the healthy and single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-containing sequences. Under the optimized detection conditions, the sensing strategy showed high sensitivity and the detection limit was down to 9.930 × 10−13 M for a complementary HBV DNA sequence.
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2015
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IF 2.711
Xiaolin Zhu,Kexin Zhang,Nan Lu,Xing Yuan
In the present study, a poly(Rhodamine B)/graphene oxide/multiwalled carbon nanotubes nanocomposite modified glass carbon electrode (PRhB/GO/MWCNTs/GCE) was developed for the simultaneous determination of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (2,4,6-TCP) and pentachlorophenol (PCP). The PRhB/GO/MWCNTs film was extensively characterized by emission scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The electrochemical behaviors of 2,4,6-TCP and PCP were investigated by cyclic voltammetry, linear sweep voltammetry and differential pulse voltammetry. Due to the synergistic effect, the PRhB/GO/MWCNTs/GCE significantly facilitated the simultaneous electro-oxidation of 2,4,6-TCP and PCP with peak potential difference of 160 mV and enhanced oxidation currents. Under optimum conditions, the oxidation current of 2,4,6-TCP was linear to its concentration in the ranges of 4.0 × 10 −9 to 1.0 × 10 −7 M and 1.0 × 10 −7 to 1.0 × 10 −4 M with the detection limit (S/N = 3) of 8.0 × 10 −10 M. And the linear concentration ranges for PCP were 2.0 × 10 −9 to 1.0 × 10 −7 M and 1.0 × 10 −7 to 9.0 × 10 −5 M with the detection limit of 5.0 × 10 −10 M. Moreover, the proposed PRhB/GO/MWCNTs/GCE was successfully applied to the simultaneous determination of 2,4,6-TCP and PCP in practical water samples.
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JOURNAL OF HETEROCYCLIC CHEMISTRY
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2014
·Vol. 52
·期 4
·1219-1225
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IF 0.873
Guang-Fan Han,Li-Jun Zhao,Li-Zhuang Chen,Jia-Wei Du,Zhong-Xia Wang
The 2-arylidene-3-oxobutanenitrile derivatives 2 were prepared by the Knoevenagel condensation between aldehydes and 3-oxobutanenitrile 1 , which was obtained by acid hydrolysis of β-aminocrotononitrile. 3-Acetyl-2-amino-4 H -chromen-5(6 H )-one derivatives 3 were synthesized by reaction of 2-arylidene-3-oxobutanenitrile 2 and 5-substituted-1,3-cyclohexanedione in ethylene glycol. The 11-methyl-3,8-disubstituted-12-aryl-3,4,7,8,9,12-hexahydro-1 H -chromeno[2,3- b ]quinoline-1,10(2 H )-dione derivatives 4 were obtained by Friedländer reaction of compounds 3 with 5-substituted-1,3-cyclohexanedione, using p -toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate as catalyst. The structures of all novel compounds were characterized by elemental analysis, IR, MS, and 1 H NMR spectra. The crystal and molecular structure of compound 4f has been determined by single crystal XRD analysis.
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IONICS
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2017
·Vol. 24
·期 3
·787-795
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IF 2.062
Wang Ping,Zhang Di,Zhou Yiyang,Li Yu,Fang Huagao,Wei Haibing,Ding Yunsheng
A novel biodegradable 1,2,3-triazolium-functionalized PEG- b -PCL copolymer (TAPEC) was synthesized by the “click” coupling of methoxypolyethylene glycol azide and α-propargyl-ω-hydroxyl-poly(ε-caprolactone), followed by the quaternization of the 1,2,3-triazole moiety with iodomethane. All the intermediates and TAPEC were characterized by 1 H NMR, FT-IR, and gel permeation chromatography (GPC). Taking advantage of the characteristics of ionic liquid and block copolymer, this ion-containing diblock copolymer is expected to be used as a novel compatibilizer in mixed biopolyester for regulating the interface and crystallization behaviors. Hence, the TAPEC was evaluated as a compatibilizer and an interface emulsifier in the blends of polylactic acid (PLA) and poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL). Non-isothermal crystallization experimental results showed that the TAPEC with the higher amount of ε-caprolactone units induces a plasticization and nucleate effect that increased the crystallization ability of the PLA phase; meanwhile, in the PCL phase, the agminated ionic cluster acting as a nucleating agent significantly increased the crystalline of PCL.
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