INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS
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2016
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IF 3.994
Chenguang Wang,Wei Xiong,Sathyanarayana Reddy Perumalla,Jianguo Fang,Changquan Calvin Sun
Dihydromyricetin (DMY) is a natural flavanol compound isolated from a traditional Chinese medicine , Ampelopsis grossedentata . Despite that optically pure (+)DMY is desired for treating chronic pharyngitis and alcohol use disorders, only DMY racemate is commercially available due to prolonged exposure time to high temperature and the presence of metal ions during industrial extraction, which cause racemization of the homochiral (+)DMY. We have developed an extraction method for successfully obtain optically pure (+)DMY. We have further assessed the physicochemical properties of the two phases using PXRD, DSC , TGA, FTIR, and moisture sorption. Among them, PXRD and FT-IR are suitable for quickly distinguishing homochiral (+)DMY from racemic (±)DMY. Lastly, with the aid of cocrystallization with theophylline , the absolute configuration of homochiral (+)DMY was identified to be (2R, 3R).
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化学
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Materials
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2025
·Vol. 18
·期 10
·2373
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IF 3.2
Jing Zhu,Xiyun Yang,Yongqiang Huang,Rongzheng Yao
With the depletion of solid lithium ore, extracting lithium from salt lake brine has become a critical focus for future endeavors. A four-step method was used to synthesize high-purity H1.6Mn1.6O4for extracting Li+. Porous cubic Mn2O3was hydrothermally synthesized with carbon spheres and surfactants as templates. Then, it was converted to LiMnO2by calcining with Li2CO3. After roasting and acid pickling, H1.6Mn1.6O4was successfully synthesized. The impacts of calcination temperature, Li/Mn molar ratio and glucose addition on LiMnO2composition, loss percentage of dissolved Mn in precursor, and the adsorption characteristics of the lithium ion sieve were studied. Glucose inhibited the formation of LiMn2O4and promoted the formation of pure LiMnO2. The resulting precursor without impurities showed porous structure. After acid pickling, H1.6Mn1.6O4showed a high-adsorption performance and excellent cycle performance. After five cycles, adsorption capacity remained above 30 mg/g, and the loss percentage of dissolved Mn stabilized at about 1%. The Li+–H+exchange conformed to pseudo-second-order adsorption dynamics and the Langmuir adsorption isotherm equation, indicating that the adsorption process can be classified as monolayer chemical adsorption.
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Nature Communications
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2025
·Vol. 16
·期 1
·1-10
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IF 15.7
Jiao Jiqing,Ma Yanbin,Han Xiaoqian,Ergu Awu,Zhang Chao,Chen Pingping,Liu Wei,Luo Qiquan,Shi Zhaolin,Xu Han,Chen Chen,Li Yaguang,Lu Tongbu
CO 2 conversion to CH 3 OH under mild conditions is of particular interest yet rather challenging. Both electro- and thermo-catalytic CO 2 reduction to CH 3 OH can only produce CH 3 OH in low concentration (typically mixed with water), requiring energy-intensive purification processes. Here we design a sun-simulated-driven tandem catalytic system comprising CO 2 electroreduction to syngas, and further photothermal conversion into high-purity CH 3 OH (volume fraction > 97%). We construct a self-supporting electrocatalyst featuring dual active sites of Ni single atoms and encapsulated Co nanoparticles, which could produce syngas with a constant H 2 :CO ratio of ~2 via solar-powered CO 2 electroreduction. The generated syngas is subsequently fed into the photothermal module, which could produce high-purity CH 3 OH under 1 sun-light irradiation, with a rate of 0.238 g CH3OH g cat –1 h –1 . This work demonstrates a feasible and sustainable route for directly converting CO 2 into high-purity CH 3 OH.
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可再生能源
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Plant Phenomics
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2022
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IF 6.961
Yongni Shao,Di Zhu,Yutian Wang,Zhi Zhu,Wenchao Tang,Zhengan Tian,Yan Peng,Yiming Zhu
Moxa wool is a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, which can warm channels to dispel coldness. At present, there is no unified index to evaluate the purity and growing years of moxa wool in the market. Terpineol is one of the effective substances in the volatile oil of moxa wool. Here, we characterize the purity and growing years of moxa wool by studying terpineol. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) are the methods for monitoring terpineol at present, all of which have defects of complicated procedures. We established linear fitting to distinguish the different purities of moxa wool through the intensities (areas) of terpineol, the characteristic peaks, and the consequence presented; the coefficient of determination (R2) was higher than 0.90. Furthermore, based on the characteristic peak position of standard terpineol, the correlation model with the purity and growing year of moxa wool was set up, thereby differentiating the quality of moxa wool. We have built the partial least squares (PLS) model of the growing years of moxa wool with high accuracy, and the determination coefficient is greater than 0.98. In addition, we compare the quantitative accuracy of Raman spectroscopy with terahertz technology. Finally, a new method of terahertz spectroscopy to evaluate quality of moxa wool was found. It provides a new idea for the identification of inferior moxa wool in the market and a new method for identifying the quality of moxa wool in traditional Chinese medicine.
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中药学
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光谱分析
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MATERIALS SCIENCE FORUM
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2020
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IF 0
Fei Fei Li,Xue Song Jiang,Jing Wei Li,Bo Yuan Ban,Jian Chen
The one of major impurities in quartz is iron, which has a great impact on the properties of the material and should be be strictly removed in many applications. In this study, a low-energy consumption, simple, fast processing is introduced by combination microwave treatment with different acid leaching. Selective heating of microwaves is used to process quartz, causing local phase changes to improve the purification effect. Acid leaching was used to remove the iron in the quartz matrix. Under optimized conditions, the iron content can be reduced to below 0.167 ppmw with one single purification pass.
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化学工程
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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
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2024
·Vol. 107
·期 6
·4232-4241
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IF 3.5
Xiaoxin Chen,Hailan Qin,Hongtian Li,Yuxiao Du,Shenghao Wang,Peifeng Li,Yongming Hu,Laijun Liu,Jianwei Zhao,Dawei Wang
In many studies, the properties of BiFeO 3 –BaTiO 3 (BF–BT) ceramics vary greatly using different raw reagents, which makes it challenging to obtain reliable and repeatable properties of BF–BT-based devices. In this work, 0.7BiFeO 3 –0.3BaTiO 3 (0.7BF–0.3BT) ceramics were fabricated by a conventional solid-phase synthesis using TiO 2 reagents with varied purities of 98%, 99%, 99.9%, and 99.99%, respectively. The phase structure, microstructure, ferroelectric, and piezoelectric properties were comprehensively studied. All compositions of the ceramics exhibit a pseudo-cubic phase perovskite structure, and the fraction of the rhombohedral phase increases with increasing the TiO 2 purity. Additionally, backscattered electron images and energy-dispersive spectroscopy revealed an obvious core–shell structure within grains. In particular, the 0.7BF–0.3BT ceramics prepared with 98% purity TiO 2 exhibited superior ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties, d 33 ∼ 220 pC/N and d 33 ∗ $d_{{\mathrm{33}}}^{\;*}$ ∼ 230 pm/V. The ceramics prepared with higher purity TiO 2 suffered from severe leakage conduction, which can be well addressed by adding excess TiO 2 . Our work reveals the importance of different grades of purity TiO 2 on the electrical properties of BF–BT ceramics.
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物理学
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2022
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IF 5.532
Keke Guan,Wen Lei,Honghong Wang,Xuefeng Liu,Jin Luo,Jianghao liu,Quanli Jia,Haijun Zhang,Shaowei Zhang
In this work, Ti 3 AlC 2 powders with high purity were prepared by microwave-assisted molten salt method (MA-MS). The synthesis parameters (such as raw materials ratio, heating temperature and reactant materials) and the formation mechanisms were systematically investigated. The results indicate that Ti 3 AlC 2 powders with a high purity up to 98.5% are prepared using TiH 2 /Al/1.8TiC mixture as reactant materials, and NaCl–KCl as molten salt by microwave-assisted heating at 1050 °C for 30 min. Compared with traditional heating methods, both the synthesis temperature and holding time of highly pure Ti 3 AlC 2 powders synthesized in this work are much milder. This high-efficiency synthesis approach could be ascribed to the synergistic effect of molten salt and microwave heating. Moreover, the TiH 2 –Al–TiC starting material is more suitable for the rapid synthesis of Ti 3 AlC 2 powders with high purity via present microwave-assisted molten salt method than that TiH 2 –Al–C.
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INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
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2020
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IF 3.573
Tiefeng Wang,Xu Li,Jinxiang Dong
Ethylene glycol (EG), synthesized from coal-based syngas, is frequently contaminated with refractory impurities 1,2-butanediol (BDO) and 1,2-propanediol (PDO), which affect the quality of EG for polyester production. Distillation, one of the existing methods employed, is still difficult for separation and purification due to the close boiling points. Melt crystallization is an effective technology to obtain high-purity organic compounds based on the difference in the melting points of each component in the mixture. Thus, in this work, we have explored the feasibility of the static melt crystallization on the separation of these two binary systems, EG/BDO and EG/PDO, respectively. For this purpose, a jacketed crystallization tube was adopted and the process was divided into three stages: seed generation, crystallization, and sweating. The crystallization parameters were investigated and fractal porous media theory was used to describe the state of the crude crystals. Furthermore, sweating was applied as a finishing treatment. The purity of ethylene glycol was recorded using gas chromatography, and its corresponding UV transmittance spectrum was studied. The results showed that the purity of ethylene glycol could reach ≥99.8% from the two binary systems studied and its UV transmittance at 220 nm was significantly improved by the tertiary separation process. Overall, melt crystallization has been proved as an effective way to solve the difficulty of separating these short-chain glycols.
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WATER RESEARCH
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2025
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IF 12.4
Guo Li,Yan Liu,Chi Jiao,Zhengyu Jiang,Juan Zhang,Tao Chen,Tao Lin,Rong He,Wenkun Zhu,Xiangke Wang
Electrochemical uranium extraction from real nuclear wastewater with a high concentration of fluoride ions (F-) represents a promising strategy for the efficient treatment of radioactive wastewater and the recovery of the valuable uranium resource. However, the current progress suffers from the interference of extremely high concentration of F- and undesired purity of the final uranium product. Herein, we constructed the neighboring ensemble Lewis acid-base pair sites (ensemble Lewis sites) in bismuth oxides as the extraction material, which was integrated into a designed tandem electrochemical device for efficient recovery of high-purity uranium from real nuclear wastewater. The mechanistic study revealed that the ensemble Lewis sites dramatically enhance the binding of all dominant uranyl fluoride (UO2Fx) species through the simultaneous strengthened chemical bonds with U, O, and F atoms. Besides, the tandem electrochemical device rationally controlled the reaction period to U3O8, avoiding the undesired crystalline transformation to K2U2O7. Through 3 h electrolysis in 1 L of real nuclear wastewater, the extraction efficiency of uranium reached 99.9 % with only 2.2 % impurities of alkali metals in extracted uranium product, outperforming the previous work. This study offers an effective method for the recovery of uranium resources in real nuclear wastewater.
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CHINESE JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
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2025
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IF 3.7
Yingxi Gao,Tong Wei,Jie Wang,Yuming Tu,Zhiyong Zhou,Chencan Du,Zhongqi Ren
Nervonic acid (NA) is a long-chain monounsaturated fatty acid with significant potential for neural fiber repair. In this study, a mixed fatty acid methyl ester was synthesized as the raw material through saponification of Acer truncatum Bunge seed oil. Based on the differences in boiling points and relative volatilities of various components, a four-stage vacuum batch distillation process was employed to enrich the nervonic acid methyl ester (NAME). The effect of distillation process parameters on enrichment efficiency was investigated, including distillation temperature, operating pressure, and reflux ratio. The purity of NAME achieved as 91.20% under optimal conditions and the corresponding yield was 48.91%. To further increase the purity, a low-temperature crystallization process was adopted and a final purity of NAME was obtained as 97.56%. Simulation of the above four-stage batch distillation was conducted using Aspen Plus software, and a continuous distillation processes was further simulated to establish a theoretical basis for future industrial-scale production. The results of experiments and simulation demonstrate that the integrated process of vacuum distillation and low-temperature crystallization exhibits remarkable separation performances, providing robust guidance for the production of high-purity NA.
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食品科学
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BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
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2021
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IF 9.642
Jing Li,Zhaomeng Liu,Chengqi Feng,Xiaoying Liu,Fangyu Qin,Chen Liang,Huiyang Bian,Chengrong Qin,Shuangquan Yao
The premise of high value utilization of lignocellulosic biomass is effective separation of hemicellulose. In this paper, the extraction of bamboo hemicellulose using freeze-thaw assisted alkali treatment (FAT) was studied. The effect of alkali concentration, alkali treatment time, freezing temperature, and freeze-thaw time on the main components was studied. Bamboo was frozen at −30 °C for 12 h, thawed at room temperature, and then treated at 75 °C for 90 min with 7.0% alkali. The extraction rate of hemicellulose was as high as 64.71%. The purity of hemicellulose samples using conventional AT decreased from 82.63% to 78.56%. Hemicellulose with the same yield as that of conventional alkali treatment was obtained by further reducing the alkali concentration. The purity of hemicellulose samples increased from 82.63% to 89.45%. It had a higher purity, higher molecular weight, and lower polydispersity. A new, green and efficient alkaline extraction method for hemicellulose was developed.
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FirePhysChem
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2023
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IF 0
Xinyi Li,Yuangang Xu,Jianxin Zhou,Tianyang Hou,Ze Xu,Pengcheng Wang,Ming Lu
As an important intermediate in the synthesis of most energetic pentazole compounds, the reaction system of sodium pentazole is complex and has many by-products, but there is no suitable HPLC analysis method. Based on the study of ultraviolet absorption peak of sodium pentazole aqueous solution, the HPLC purity analysis method of sodium pentazole was successfully established and its sensitivity, accuracy and repeatability were verified. When the detection wavelength was 192 nm, the chromatographic column was Agilent WondaSil C18 Superb (4.6 × 250 mm, 5 μm), the mobile phase was 95% water and 5% acetonitrile mixed solution, the flow rate was 0.8 ml/min, the analysis time was 8 min, the sample size was 1 μL and the column temperature was 40 °C, a liquid phase map of sodium pentazole was obtained. The analysis results showed that the retention time of pentazole sodium was 3.76 min, and showed a good linear relationship in the range of 0.3068–0.3288 g/L. The linear equation is y = -217447.64+835837.85 x , the correlation coefficient R 2 is 0.99997, and it has good sensitivity, accuracy and repeatability. In addition, three by-products from the synthesis of sodium pentazole were simply separated.
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有机合成
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