ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2021
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Yihan Wang,Siqi Wu,Qinjian Yin,Kai Du,Qiang Yin,Bo Jiang,Site Mo
Mussel-inspired polydopamine (PDA) can serve as building blocks and interfaces in designing functional materials. Here, the use of PDA as an interlayer between polyaniline (PANi) and multidimensional carbon materials, such as graphene quantum dots (GQD), multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT), and graphene nanosheets (GNS), to improve the thermoelectric performance of p-type polymer-based materials has been reported. The introduction of PDA promotes the carrier mobility of GQD/PDA/PANi, CNT/PDA/PANi, and GNS/PDA/PANi ternary composites due to the superior adhesive property of PDA. An optimal conductivity of 4.98 × 104 S m–1 and a power factor of 92.17 μW m–1 K–2 at 363 K are achieved in GNS/PDA/PANi, which are much higher than the values of GNS/PDA and GNS/PANi. More surprisingly, despite the fact that GQD/PDA, CNT/PDA, and GNS/PDA binary composites show p-type properties, the pyrolysis treatment of GQD/PDA, CNT/PDA, and GNS/PDA at 800 °C results in a gain in both the electrical conductivity and negative Seebeck coefficient of c-GQD/PDA, c-CNT/PDA, and c-GNS/PDA. The c-CNT/PDA composites possess the highest Seebeck value of −30.2 μV K–1 and a maximum power factor value of 35.57 μW m–1 K–2. Finally, a flexible thermoelectric generator with 24 thermoelectric units composed of GNS/PDA/PANi and c-CNT/PDA is demonstrated, which gives an output voltage of 52.8 mV at a temperature difference of 60 °C.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry B
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2022
·Vol. 10
·期 19
·3723-3733
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IF 7.571
Qing Hao,Jinghong Wang,Jie Shen,Rong Gu,Yu Rao,Jian Feng,Huanhuan Wang,John L. Brash,Hong Chen
In analogy with adsorbed protein films, we have fabricated a family of 2D nanofilms composed of poly(N-vinyl caprolactam-co-vinylimidazole) (PNVCL) nanogels. NVCL was copolymerized with 1-vinylimidazole (VIM), and then cross-linked with α,ω-dibromoalkanes with 2 to 8 carbons via quaternization to form the nanogels. The swelling ratio of the gels was precisely controlled by regulating the inter-chain spacing of the polymers at the level of the carbon atom chain length of the cross-linker. The short-chain alkanes used are relatively rigid and their dimensions provide an accurate estimate of the chain spacing in the nanogels. It was shown that small differences in the carbon atom number of the cross-linking agent led to significant differences in the mechanical properties of the nanogels, in particular in the softness, deformability, and contact area (in film form), all of which increased with increasing carbon number. Films of the softer gels not only showed good adhesion to a number of substrates, but were also mechanically robust. In addition, the films showed excellent light transmission and nontoxicity to L929 cells. Nanogels of intermediate softness were shown to inhibit the adhesion of bacteria and human umbilical vein smooth muscle cells (HUVSMCs), and to be resistant to the adsorption of the plasma protein fibrinogen, indicating strong anti-biofouling properties. Gels that were either too stiff or too soft showed somewhat weaker anti-fouling activity in terms both of HUVSMCs adhesion and protein adsorption.
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Frontiers in Physiology
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2021
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Qing Fang,Binjie Zheng,Na Liu,Jinfeng Liu,Wenhui Liu,Xinyi Huang,Xiangchang Zeng,Lulu Chen,Zhenyu Li,Dongsheng Ouyang
The gut microbiota plays a pivotal role in the onset and development of diabetes and its complications. Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), a gut microbiota-dependent metabolite of certain nutrients, is associated with type 2 diabetes and its complications. Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is one of the most serious microvascular complications. However, whether TMAO accelerates the development of DKD remains unclear. We tested the hypothesis that TMAO accelerates the development of DKD. A high-fat diet/low-dose streptozotocin-induced diabetes rat model was established, with or without TMAO in the rats’ drinking water. Compared to the normal rats, the DKD rats showed significantly higher plasma TMAO levels at the end of the study. TMAO treatment not only exacerbated the kidney dysfunction of the DKD rats, but also renal fibrosis. Furthermore, TMAO treatment activated the nucleotide-binding domain, leucine-rich-containing family, pyrin domain-containing-3 (NLRP3) inflammasome and resulted in the release of interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-18 to accelerate renal inflammation. These results suggested that TMAO aggravated renal inflammation and fibrosis in the DKD rats, which provides a new perspective to understand the pathogenesis of DKD and a potential novel target for preventing the progression of DKD.
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Frontiers in Chemistry
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2021
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IF 5.221
Wang Chao,Zhong Weilin,Peng Suqing,Zhang Jingtao,Shu Riyang,Tian Zhipeng,Song Qingbin,Chen Ying
Pickering emulsion offers a promising platform for conducting interfacial reactions between immiscible reagents; it is particularly suitable for hydrogen production by photoreforming of non-water soluble biomass liquid and water. Herein, Pt-promoted (001)-facet-dominated anatase TiO2 nanosheets were synthesized by a hydrothermal route associated with microfluidic technology for high activity and metal dispersion, and selective surface modification was carried out for preparing Janus particles. Photoreforming hydrogen production through n-octanol and water that formed O/W microemulsion with an average diameter of 540 µm was achieved to obtain amphiphilic catalyst. The as-prepared 2D Janus-type catalysts exhibited remarkably stable emulsification performance as well as photocatalytic activity. This finding indicates that triethoxyfluorosilane had negligible impact on the catalytic performance, yet provided a remarkable benefit to large specific surface area at microemulsion interface, thereby enhancing the H2 yield up to 2003 μmol/g. The cyclic experiments indicate that the decrease in cyclic performance was more likely to be caused by the coalescence of the microemulsion rather than the decrease in catalytic activity, and the microemulsion could be easily recovered by simply hand shaking to more than 96% of the initial performance.
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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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2022
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IF 5.436
Zhi Hua Zhang,Li Xia Chen,Yun Qian Zhang,Qian Jiang Zhu,Kai Chen,Zhu Tao
The anion-induced outer surface interaction of Q[n]s is an important driving force in the construction of Q[n]-based supramolecular frameworks. In this work, a symmetric tetramethyl-substituted cucurbit[6]uril (TMeQ[6]) is selected as the basic structural block. Using the anion-induced outer surface interaction of Q[n]s derived from [CdxCly]n− anions formed by Cd2+ cations in a HCl medium, four different TMeQ[6]-[CdxCly]n−-based supramolecular frameworks are constructed. Three of the most common TMeQ[6]-[CdxCly]n−-based supramolecular frameworks are selected for further vulcanization, and three different CdS/TMeQ[6]-based framework catalysts with different structures and properties are obtained. The catalytic activities of these three CdS/TMeQ[6]-based framework catalysts are investigated by the coupling photocatalytic reaction of aminobenzyl, and the results showed that the catalytic activities of the three catalysts are all higher than that of pure CdS. Therefore, this work establishes that it is possible to establish a method for synthesizing the Q[n]-based framework-supported catalysts by first synthesizing TMeQ[6]-[CdxCly]n−-based supramolecular frameworks and then forming Q[n]-based framework supported catalysts by sulfurization or reduction.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2021
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IF 5.316
Shumeng Wu,Caixia Feng,Bingbing Fan,Yonghong Li,He Wang,Yanmei Zhou
Heteroatoms-doped hierarchical porous carbons have attracted considerable interest owing to their efficient utility in supercapacitors . However, the increase of defects tends to sacrifice the electrical conductivity of carbon materials. Therefore, it is of great significance to build a good conductive network by increasing the graphitization degree of porous carbons . Here, this study reports the use of serine phosphate protic salt ([Seri][H 2 PO 4 ]), Pluronic F127 and cobalt nitrate to engineer the N/O/P co-doped hierarchical porous graphitic carbon materials. The Co 2+ catalyzes the graphitization of porous carbons under high temperature. A large number of mesopores, highly doped heteroatoms (O: 4.2 wt%, N: 4.07 wt%, P: 0.81 wt%) and conductive carbon skeleton boost the ultrafast transport of electrons and ions, resulting in high specific capacitance, wide operating voltage and outstanding rate performance. The symmetric supercapacitor assembled in KOH electrolyte shows good frequency response with the scan rate up to 1.5 V s −1 on the working voltage of 0–1.3 V. At the same time, when the power density reaches up to 21.3 kW kg −1 , its energy density remains 8.74 W h kg −1 . Furthermore, the symmetric supercapacitor delivers a high energy density of 81.42 W h kg −1 at the power density of 875 W kg −1 with an ultrahigh working voltage of 3.5 V in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (EMIMBF 4 ) electrolyte. More promisingly, all-solid device based on the optimized sample exhibits outstanding flexibility, which greatly broadens its practicability. This work marks the importance of the balance between porous structure, heteroatom doping and high conductivity for advanced supercapacitors .
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Catalysts
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2023
·Vol. 13
·期 7
·1060
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IF 3.9
Wei Gao,Fang Gao,Haikuan Yang,Zongde Wang,Yaru Huang
Pyranoquinolinones synthesized from citral were used for Cu-catalyzedN-arylation with a wide range of arylboric acids. The reaction proceeded well with a broad substrate scope, providing a direct way to access highly functional pyranoquinolinone core structure derivatives in yields of up to 80%. Compared to citral, the compounds we obtained have a much better inhibitory effect on HeLa cervical cancer cells, and compound3phas an IC50value of 4.6 μM, lower than cisplatin’s 5.9 μM.Keywords:citral;pyranoquinolinone;N-arylation
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Polymer Chemistry
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2013
·Vol. 5
·期 8
·2951-2960
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IF 5.231
Minghui He,Guangxue Chen,Xun Huang,Ruixin Xu,Zhaohua Zeng,Jianwen Yang
N-Phthaloyltranexamic acid ammonium salt derivatives integrating with peroxides can invoke redox photopolymerization and propagating polymerization. A series of N-phthaloyltranexamic acid ammonium salt derivatives based on benzophenone, thioxanthen, and naphtha chromophores as novel photocaged bases were synthesized and characterized. In combination with a benzoyl peroxide initiator, these structures were able to initiate the amine-mediated redox photopolymerization of acrylates. In particular, the covalent binding of N-phthalimidoamino acid and type II chromophores (thioxanthone, benzophenone) improved remarkably the photoreactivity of photocaged bases (thioxanthen-DBU and benzophenone-DBU) compared to the parent compound. Furthermore, naphthal-DBU matches well the emission spectra of the mercury lamp with a dominant emission wavelength at 365 nm. More importantly, phthal-DBU & BPO as a new photocaged redox combination can invoke controlled redox polymerization within an irradiation time of 3 min. Finally, due to the persistent interaction of the produced longeval amine with peroxides, remarkable post conversion after irradiation, which is significant for preparation of photo-screened materials, was thus initially achieved in the redox photopolymerization.
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APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
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2017
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Guoxiang Yang,Haibo Yin,Wenhua Liu,Yuping Yang,Quan Zou,Liulin Luo,Huiping Li,Yuning Huo,Hexing Li
The hybrid Ag/TiO 2 -N photocatalyst was prepared via a supercritical solvothermal process in ethanol fluid. The simultaneous achievement of reduction of Ag + ions and N-doping in silver-ammonia complex solution led to the uniform distribution of Ag nanoparticles stably combined with the surface of TiO 2 -N substrate. As a result, the visible-light photocatalytic inactivation of Acinetobacter baumannii was facilitated via the enhanced visible light harvesting and the high separation efficiency of photo-induced charge carriers. By means of the main active species of O 2 − radical, the synergistic effect of Ag nanoparticles and TiO 2 -N could induce the structure change of bacteria with the leakage of K + ions as well as the mineralization of cell membrane with the elimination of self-repair function, leading to the final cell death. In comparison, the bactericidal activity of Ag nanoparticles and TiO 2 -N under UV light irradiation was due to the intrinsic efficiency and the high light harvesting, respectively. The photothermal effect of Ag nanoparticles in the near-IR light region could be possibly remained by TiO 2 -N substrate to achieve the antibacterial activity. Furthermore, Ag/TiO 2 -N photocatalyst played great bactericidal effect for kinds of bacteria, implying the applicable future to the medical disinfection.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2019
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Qingqing Han,Kunjie Zhu,Ting Jin,Zewen Yang,Yuchang Si,Yijing Wang,Lifang Jiao
Sn is considered as a promising anode for lithium-ion batteries due to its low cost and high theoretical capacity (992 mA h g −1 with Li 4.4 Sn). However, the volume expansion (∼300%) during lithiation/delithiation process can result in the continuous pulverization of active materials and exfoliation from current collector, deteriorating the capacity and cycling performance. Here Co/Co 3 SnC 0.7 N-doped carbon nanofibers are successfully synthesized by a feasible electrospinning method. And the materials as the self-standing anode for lithium-ion batteries reveal a high-rate performance as delivering reversible capacities of 480 mA h g −1 at 100 mA g −1 and 290 mA h g −1 at 2000 mA g −1 . In addition, the specific capacity can still maintain 320 mA h g −1 at 500 mA g −1 even after 900 cycles, showing the outstanding cycling stability. The inactive metal Co and one-dimensional N-doped carbon nanofibers synergistically promote the electrochemical performance of the Sn-based anode by inhibiting the aggregation of the nanoparticles and buffering volume variation during lithiation/delithiation process.
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Surfaces and Interfaces
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2022
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Zhiming Jiang,Hongyan Li,Chenxi Zhang,Ping Zhu
Fabric made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a common textile that is widely used in daily life. Its flame retardancy has emerged as a major concern for lowering the risk of fire. As a kind of popular flame retardants , cyclic phosphoramides have been widely applied to improve the flame retardancy of various inflammable materials. To achieve more suitable and effective flame retardants for PET fabric, the fire-safety capabilities of PET fabric coated with various cyclic phosphoramides substituted by siloxane (PDPTP), hydroxyphenyl (DPHBP), and hydroxyethyl (PDNP) groups was explored in this work. All of these chemicals can successfully prevent PET fabric from melting and burning, providing it good flame retardancy and non-dripping performance. LOI values for PET fabrics coated with PDPTP, DPHBP and PDNP increased to 24.6, 25.2, and 30.3% under comparison loadings. These flame-retardant coatings enhanced the char-forming capacity for PET fabric. The residues at 700 °C increased to 26.5 and 27.4% for PDPTP and PDNP coated fabric in N 2 atmosphere compared with 2.9% for pure fabric. Peak heat release rate (PHRR) and total heat release (THR) was effectively restrained by 50% and 35%, respectively. Fortunately, these flame-retardant coatings had no detrimental effects on the mechanical characteristics of PET fabric and even enhanced the weft's tensile breaking forces. Apart from DPHBP significantly reducing the fabric's whiteness, the whiteness of PDPTP and PDNP coated PET fabric hardly changed. The effect of cyclic phosphoramides with various substitutions on the flame retardancy of PET fabric is thoroughly discussed in this paper, which might be useful in the development of more effective flame retardants for PET materials.
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JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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2020
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IF 3.807
Chenyang Shi,Bo Hong,Xueya Zhang,Qian Xiang,Zhian Zhang,Kai Zhang,Jing Fang,Yanqing Lai
Lithium-sulfur batteries are considered to be the most promising high-energy-density storage system, yet the dissolution of polysulfides during the charging process limits the utilization, and cycle stability of active materials, which affects the practical application of lithium-sulfur batteries. Herein, a poly( N -methylaniline) (PMAn) coating film is formed in situ on the cathode surface by electrochemically polymerizing the monomer of N -methylaniline(MAn) contained in the electrolyte during film formation process. The PMAn coating film on the surface of the cathode can prevent the dissolution of polysulfide, then reduce the loss of active material, and slow the oxidation of polysulfide by lithium nitrate , resulting in improved cycle stability. As a result, the lithium-sulfur battery with 0.5 wt% MAn render an initial discharge specific capacity of 1224 mAh/g and a capacity retention of 63.79% for 200 cycles, which is better than the performance of the battery without MAn.
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