Materials Today Chemistry
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2023
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Shiwei Feng,Chengping Zhang,Hengdao Quan
A facile, safe, and environmentally friendly preparation method is described for the synthesis of AlF x (OH) 3-x by the activation of γ-Al 2 O 3 using HCFO-1233zd( E ) under various temperatures. Comprehensive characterization techniques including XRD , XPS, N 2 sorption, SEM, TEM , 27 Al MAS NMR, FTIR, and py-IR were employed, revealing that at lower temperatures such as 275 °C and 300 °C, the synthesis yielded AlF(OH) 2 , while at higher temperatures like 350 °C and 375 °C, pyrochlore AlF 1.5 (OH) 1.5 and metastable hexagonal tungsten bronze-type (HTB) β-AlF 3 were formed, with α-AlF 3 detected at 325 °C. Notably, a significant quantity of AlF(OH) 2 can be obtained at 325 °C within a specific time frame. This amorphous phase exhibits weak Lewis acid sites and a lower acid density, rendering it significantly more effective in the isomerization of HCFO-1233zd( E ) compared to strong Lewis acid catalysts such as AlF 1.5 (OH) 1.5 and β-AlF 3 , which could promote coke formation, leading to catalyst deactivation . Moreover, due to its limited further fluorination at 290 °C, the optimal catalyst exhibits prolonged lifespan and high efficiency in HCFO-1233zd( E ) isomerization.
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IRANIAN POLYMER JOURNAL
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2023
·Vol. 32
·期 10
·1229-1240
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Song Lixin,Zhang Jian,Zhang Xing,Rui Chaofan,Zhang Yunxia,Wang Mingyu,He Juan
The surface imprinting polymers (HKUST-1 @ MIPs) were synthesized by molecular imprinting technology. Using the metal–organic framework (HKUST-1) as the carrier, 4-methylumbelliferyl acetate as alternative templates for aflatoxins, and molecularly imprinted polymers polymerized on the surface of HKUST-1. The adsorption capacity (6.0 μg·mg −1 ) and adsorption rate (adsorption equilibrium reached within 5 min) of HKUST-1 @ MIPs for aflatoxins were studied. HKUST-1 @ MIPs were used as adsorbents to prepare surface-imprinted solid-phase extraction columns (HKUST-1 @ MIPs SPE columns). The extraction conditions of HKUST-1 @ MIPs SPE columns were optimized, and the reliability of the method was verified by HPLC–FD technique. Water was chosen as the wash solution and methanol as the eluent with an elution volume of 2 mL. The linear range of the method was 0.5–20 μg·kg −1 with R 2 = 0.9991–0.9996. The detection limits of aflatoxins (G2, G1, B2, and B1) were 0.05, 0.02, 0.03, and 0.05 μg·kg −1 , respectively. The limits of quantification were 0.2, 0.1, 0.15, and 0.3 μg·kg −1 , accordingly. The spiked recovery of aflatoxins (G2, G1, B2, and B1) was 92.5%-118.4%, and the relative standard deviation was 3.14%-6.03%. It had been verified that the self-made solid-phase extraction column had high stability and reusability and could be used for at least six times. Comparing the HKUST-1 @ MIPs SPE and immunoprophylactic columns, a low-cost, easy-to-operate, and sensitive method was developed for detecting trace aflatoxins in food by combining with HPLC–FD technique. Graphical abstract
In this work, dissolve BTC and Cu (NO3)2·3H2O completely and stir magnetically, heat to 120 °C for 12 hours. After washing with solvent, the purple solid HKUST-1 was obtained by centrifugation and drying
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JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
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2023
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Juan Liu,Bing Liu,Cheng Chao Hu,Qing Wei Zhou,Kai Xin Song
(1– x )BaV 2 O 6 - x LiF ( x = 0.025, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15) ceramics with an ultra-low sintering temperature of 475 °C were synthesized using the standard solid-state reaction method. The ceramics demonstrated a remarkable enhancement in the quality factor ( Qf ), reaching a maximum value of 16,800 GHz at x = 0.10, which is 5.6 times higher than that of pure BaV 2 O 6 ceramics obtained in this work. A near-zero temperature coefficient of resonant frequency ( τ f = 1.44 ppm/°C) was simultaneously achieved, together with a dielectric constant ε r of 11.54. Additionally, the chemical compatibility between the present ceramics and the Al electrode was confirmed. Moreover, a millimeter-wave antenna with an excellent S 11 value of −50.3 dB, and a large bandwidth of 3.44 GHz was fabricated using the 0.9BaV 2 O 6 -0.1LiF ceramic as the dielectric resonator . These results highlight the potential application prospects of (1– x )BaV 2 O 6 - x LiF ceramics in the ultra-low temperature co-fired ceramic technology and 5 G millimeter-wave antennas.
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Crystals
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2023
·Vol. 13
·期 6
·955
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Qi Su,Jingjing Qu,Fei Liu,Changlai Yuan,Xiao Liu,Mingwei Su,Liufang Meng,Guohua Chen
Ti4+-ion-doped (n+ 1)SrO −nCeO2(n= 2) ceramic systems were prepared with the conventional solid-state reaction method, and the effects of the phase structures and compositions, sintering behaviors, microstructures and microwave dielectric properties of these ceramic systems were investigated in detail as a function of TiO2content. The analytical results of the XRD patterns show that the pure (n+ 1)SrO −nCeO2(n= 2) system is a composite-phase ceramic system with coexisting SrCeO3and Sr2CeO4phases (represented as a SrCeO3+ Sr2CeO4system), which belong to the orthogonal structures of the Pmcn (62) and Pbam (55) space groups, respectively. For thexTiO2-(1 − x) (SrCeO3+ Sr2CeO4) (x= 0.1–0.4) ceramic samples, the secondary phase Sr2TiO4can also be detected within the range of the investigated components. Meanwhile, the Raman spectroscopy, SEM-EDS, and HRTEM (SAED) analysis results also verified the correctness and consistency of the phase structures and compositions for all the given specimens. In addition, complex impedance spectroscopy was used to detect the conductive behavior of these compound ceramic systems, and the calculation results show that the appropriate addition of Ti4+-ions can make the SrCeO3+ Sr2CeO4system have better thermal stability. The composition ofx= 0.2 multiphase structural ceramic sample sintered at 1330 °C for 4 h has a near zero τfvalue of ~−4.6 ppm/°C, a moderateεrof ~40.3 and a higherQ×f~44,020 GHz (at 6.56 GHz). The relatively superior-performing ceramics developed in this work are expected to provide a promising microwave dielectric material for communication components.Keywords:phase structures and compositions;SrCeO3+ Sr2CeO4system;TiO2addition;microwave dielectric properties
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Drug Design Development and Therapy
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2022
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Zhenming Gao,Jidong Sui,Rong Fan,Weikun Qu,Xuepeng Dong,Deguang Sun
Aim Lung injury is a common complication of acute pancreatitis (AP), which leads to the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome and causes high mortality. In the present study, we investigated the therapeutic effect of emodin on AP-induced lung injury and explored the molecular mechanisms involved.Materials and Methods Thirty male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into AP (n=24) and normal (n=6) groups. Rats in the AP group received a retrograde injection of 5% sodium taurocholate into the biliary-pancreatic duct and then randomly assigned to untreated, emodin, combined emodin and ML385, and dexamethasone (DEX) groups. Pancreatic and pulmonary injury was assessed using H&E staining. In in vitro study, rat alveolar epithelial cell line L2 cells were exposed to lipopolysaccharide and treated with emodin. Nrf2 siRNA pool was applied for the knockdown of Nrf2. The contents of the pro-inflammatory cytokines in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and lung were determined using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The expressions of related mRNAs and proteins in the lung or L2 cells were detected using real-time polymerase chain reaction, Western blot, immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence.Key Findings Emodin administration alleviated pancreatic and pulmonary injury of rats with AP. Emodin administration suppressed the production of proinflammatory cytokines, downregulated NLRP3, ASC and caspase-1 expressions and inhibited NF-κB nuclear accumulation in the lung. In addition, Emodin increased Nrf2 nuclear translocation and upregulated HO-1 expression. Moreover, the anti-inflammatory effect of emodin was blocked by Nrf2 inhibitor ML385.Conclusion Emodin effectively protects rats against AP-associated lung injury by inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome activation via Nrf2/HO-1 signaling.
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CELL BIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
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2022
·Vol. 47
·期 3
·598-611
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Yangyang Wu,Shuo Zhou,An Zhao,Yuling Mi,Caiqiao Zhang
Oxidative stress is a major cause of ovarian aging and follicular atresia. There is growing evidence that showed potential roles of rutin in antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, antibacterial and antioxidant, although it is yet unclear what the underlying mechanism is. Here, we looked into the potential effects of rutin on oxidative stress in the prehierarchical small white follicles (SWFs) from 580-day-old (D580) laying chickens. According to the findings, aging D580 layer ferroptosis was much higher than it was for laying hens during the peak period (280-day-old, D280). In both naturally aged and d -gal-induced chicken SWFs, rutin treatment concurrently boosted cell proliferation and prevented apoptosis. In addition, rutin inhibited the increased ferroptosis in aging hens. Meanwhile, rutin markedly suppressed the elevated ferroptosis and descending antioxidant capacity of D280-culture-SWFs from chicken elicited by d -gal. Rutin's activation of the Nrf2/HO-1 pathway hastened the SWFs' verbal battle with oxidative damage and reduced ferroptosis. Furthermore, activation of the ferroptosis signal increased the oxidative damage in SWFs. In conclusion, rutin alleviated oxidative stress that was induced by ferroptosis in aging chicken SWFs through Nrf2/HO-1 pathway. These findings point to a novel mechanism by which rutin protects SWFs from oxidative stress by suppressing ferroptosis, which is presumably a fresh approach to slowing ovarian aging in laying hens.
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BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE
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2022
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Huiwen Wang,Jian Zhang,Xiaoxun Zhang,Nan Zhao,Zongtao Zhou,Lijian Tao,Lei Fu,Shifang Peng,Jin Chai
Cholestasis is characterized by intrahepatic accumulation of bile acids (BAs), resulting in liver injury, fibrosis, and liver failure. To date, only ursodeoxycholic acid and obeticholic acid have been approved for the treatment of cholestasis. As fluorofenidone (AKF-PD) was previously reported to play significant anti-fibrotic and anti-inflammatory roles in various diseases, we investigated whether AKF-PD ameliorates cholestasis. A mouse model of cholestasis was constructed by administering a 0.1 % 3,5-diethoxycarbonyl-1,4-dihydroxychollidine (DDC) diet for 14 days. Male C57BL/6 J mice were treated with either AKF-PD or pirfenidone (PD) orally in addition to the DDC diet. Serum and liver tissues were subsequently collected and analyzed. We found that AKF-PD significantly reduced the levels of serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and total bile salts (TBA), as well as hepatic bile acids (BAs) levels. Hepatic histological analyses demonstrated that AKF-PD markedly attenuated hepatic inflammation and fibrosis. Further mechanistic analyses revealed that AKF-PD markedly inhibited expression of Cyp7a1, an enzyme key to BAs synthesis, by increasing Fxr nuclear translocation, and decreased hepatic inflammation by attenuating Erk/-Egr-1-mediated expression of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines Tnfα, Il-1β, Il-6, Ccl2, Ccl5 and Cxcl10. Moreover, AKF-PD was found to substantially reduce liver fibrosis via inhibition of Tgfβ1/Smad pathway in our mouse model. Here, we found that AKF-PD effectively attenuates cholestasis and hepatic fibrosis in the mouse model of DDC-induced cholestasis. As such, AKF-PD warrants further investigation as a candidate drug for treatment of cholestasis.
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JOURNAL OF NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY
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2022
·Vol. 20
·期 1
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Huang Haoming,Hu Dian,Chen Zhuo,Xu Jiarong,Xu Rengui,Gong Yusheng,Fang Zhengming,Wang Ting,Chen Wei
Background Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is an autoimmune disease mediated by autoreactive T cells and dominated by Th1 response polarization. Insulin replacement therapy faces great challenges to this autoimmune disease, requiring highly frequent daily administration. Intriguingly, the progression of T1DM has proven to be prevented or attenuated by helminth infection or worm antigens for a relatively long term. However, the inevitable problems of low safety and poor compliance arise from infection with live worms or direct injection of antigens. Microneedles would be a promising candidate for local delivery of intact antigens, thus providing an opportunity for the clinical immunotherapy of parasitic products. Methods We developed a Schistosoma japonicum- egg tip-loaded asymmetric microneedle patch (STAMP) system, which serves as a new strategy to combat TIDM. In order to improve retention time and reduce contamination risk, a specific imperfection was introduced on the STAMP (asymmetric structure), which allows the tip to quickly separate from the base layer, improving reaction time and patient’s comfort. After loading Schistosoma japonicum- egg as the immune regulator, the effects of STAMP on blood glucose control and pancreatic pathological progression improvement were evaluated in vivo. Meanwhile, the immunoregulatory mechanism and biosafety of STAMP were confirmed by histopathology, qRT-PCR, ELISA and Flow cytometric analysis. Results Here, the newly developed STAMP was able to significantly reduce blood glucose and attenuate the pancreatic injury in T1DM mice independent of the adjuvants. The isolated Schistosoma japonicum- eggs micron slowly degraded in the skin and continuously released egg antigen for at least 2 weeks, ensuring localization and safety of antigen stimulation. This phenomenon should be attributed to the shift of Th2 immune response to reduce Th1 polarization. Conclusion Our results exhibited that STAMP could significantly regulate the blood glucose level and attenuate pancreatic pathological injury in T1DM mice by balancing the Th1/Th2 immune responses, which is independent of adjuvants. This technology opens a new window for the application of parasite products in clinical immunotherapy.
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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2022
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Ke Chen,Linhan Ni,Hao Zhang,Chengming Xiao,Li Li,Xin Guo,Junwen Qi,Chaohai Wang,Xiuyun Sun,Jiansheng Li
Rational design of fillers and polymers is of great importance to fabricate mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) with high performance. In this work, fluorinated metal-organic frameworks (KAUST-7 (also referred as NbOFFIVE-1-Ni)) were adopted as nanofillers to prepare MMMs through physically blending into the polymer of intrinsic microporosity (PIM-1). Benefiting from the features of porous KAUST-7, including well CO 2 affinity, distinctive pore characteristics (size, shape, and functionality) and strong intermolecular interactions with PIM-1, the achieved MMMs demonstrated increased CO 2 /CH 4 separation performance and improved anti-physical aging property. Specifically, with the assistance of KAUST-7, the CO 2 permeability and CO 2 /CH 4 (30:70 vol%) selectivity of the optimized MMMs increased up to 5928 Barrer and 23.5, corresponding to improvements of 50% of and 88% of the permeability and selectivity compared with the pristine membranes, respectively. Importantly, 100-h continuous separation test results confirmed the satisfying long-term stability of the prepared MMMs. Notably, the MMMs maintained 91% of the initial CO 2 permeability after 150 days (decreased only 539 Barrer), implying that the CO 2 permeability decrement is about 5-fold lower than that of the control PIM-1 membrane. These results suggest that the fabricated MMMs are promising candidates for CO 2 separation in practical applications.
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MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS
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2022
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Qiqi Lu,Xiu-Zhi Wei,Jianguo Liu,Longlong Ma
Zeolite-tailored encapsulation of metal nanoparticles exhibits prominent catalytic performance in many fields especially for selective hydrogenation reaction due to the modulation effect of the zeolite microenvironment. Here, Pd nanoparticles encapsulated in MFI zeolite by an in-situ encapsulation method were first used in the selective hydrogenation of nitrile into a primary amine. After introducing KOH for mediating the acid-base property of zeolite microenvironment, the as-synthesized [email protected] manifested an improved selectivity in the synthesis of primary amine from nitrile, while outperformed both commercial catalysts and conventional Pd supported on zeolite catalyst. The remarkable performance of [email protected] could be attributed to both the basic property of the S-1-K zeolite for inhibiting the side reactions and the highly dispersed and ultrasmall Pd clusters for superior catalytic activity. Besides, the best yield of 81% was achieved at 80 °C, 5 bar H 2 , 2 h in ammonia solution via optimization experiments, and the moderate applicability of [email protected] catalyst was obtained by substrate scope test.
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Biomaterials Advances
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2022
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Qiying Shen,Quan Hu,Ting Tang,Xiaoying Ying,Gaofeng Shu,Jiawei Shen,Chong Teng,Yongzhong Du
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an immune-mediated inflammatory disease without effective treatment. Tofacitinib (TOF) is a JAK inhibitor that can be used for RA therapy, but it still faces the problems of nonspecific distribution and relatively low therapeutic effect. Herein, ICAM-1-modified TOF-loaded P(AN-co-AAm)-PEG micelles (AI-TM) were developed, which can result in an enhanced RA therapy when combining with microwave hyperthermia (MH). It was found that AI-TM could rapidly release the encapsulated TOF under a thermal condition of >43 °C, which was due to the fact that the polymeric micelles has an upper critical solution temperature (UCST) of 43 °C. AI-TM could specifically distribute into the inflamed joints of RA mice, which is associated with the high affinity between anti-ICAM-1 and overexpressed ICAM-1 receptors. Moreover, the combination of AI-TM and MH could result in a remarkably enhanced anti-rheumatic activity, which was related to the RA-targeted ability of AI-TM, the rapid TOF release under MH, and the combined effect between TOF and MH treatment. Our study definitely provides a novel strategy for effective treatment of RA.
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NANOTECHNOLOGY
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2022
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Xuexue Liu,Xiang Zhang,Jian Chen,Changhao Zhang,Songke Feng,Weiguo Zhang
Dendritic fibrous nanosilica (DFNS) is a suitable nano-carrier for loading pesticides with radially oriented pores and a large surface area. The microemulsion method is standard method to prepare DFNS, and 1-pentanol is taken to replace cyclohexane as an oil solvent due to its high stability and nontoxic property. The results showed that the volume ratio of 1-pentanol (oil) to water (O/W) and the molar ratio of hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) to tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) had effected on morphology and adsorption properties of DFNS in the water-CTAB-1-pentanol-ethanol-trimethylbenzene (TMB) microemulsion system. DFNS with bicontinuous concentric lamellar morphologies can be synthesized in this microemulsion at the meager O/W volume ratio (0.025–0.045). It features a tight mesoporous structure with a thin dendritic fibrous in 0.03 to 0.04 O/W volume ratio. The particle sizes, surface areas, and porosity of DFNS were positively correlated with the addition of the silica precursor TEOS. The size of DFNS increased from 123 to about 220 nm with the CTAB/TEOS molar ratio decreasing from 0.119 to 0.050. When the molar ratio of CTAB to TEOS = 0.119, DFNS has a smaller particle size (123 nm) with a larger surface area and abundant honeycomb mesopores; the low O/W volume ratio strategy provides theoretical support for the industrialization development of DFNS and nano-pesticides, which plays a profound role in promoting the sustainable development of pesticide reduction, efficiency and green agriculture.
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