ACS Synthetic Biology
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2018
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Wei Zong,Xunan Zhang,Chao Li,Xiaojun Han
The fabrication of artificial cells containing nature components is challenging. Herein we construct a thylakoid containing artificial cell (TA-cell) by forming multicompartmental structure inside giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) using osmotic stress. The thylakoids are selectively loaded inside each compartment in GUVs to mimic “chloroplast”. The TA-cells are able to carry out photosynthesis upon light on. The TA-cells keep their 50% functionality of electron transfer for 12 days, which is twice of those of free thylakoids. Using TA-cells the inhibition of 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea (DCMU) and heavy metal ions (Hg2+, Cu2+, Cd2+, Pb2+ and Zn2+) on the electron transfer process in TA-cells is systematically investigated. Their half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) values are 36.23 ± 1.87, 0.02 ± 0.01, 0.42 ± 0.08, 0.82 ± 0.12, 1.97 ± 0.21, and 4.08 ± 0.18 μM, respectively. Hg2+ is the most toxic ion for the photosynthesis process among these five heavy metal ions. This biomimetic system can be expanded to study other processes during the photosynthesis. The TA-cells pave a way to fabricate more complicated nature component containing artificial cells.
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RSC Advances
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2018
·Vol. 8
·期 8
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IF 2.936
Yongmei Xia,Zuming He,Jiangbin Su,Bin Tang,Kejun Hu,Yaling Lu,Shunping Sun,Xiaoping Li
A series of novel flower-like NiFe2O4/BiOI (NFO/BOI) nanocomposites have been synthesized via a facile solvothermal method. The structure, morphology and magnetic, optical and visible-light photocatalytic properties of the as-prepared nanocomposite were respectively characterized by X-ray diffraction, field-emission scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, photoluminescence spectroscopy, vibrating sample magnetometry and UV-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. Experimental results revealed that the weight percent of NiFe2O4 has a considerable effect on the photodegradation of rhodamine B, methylene blue and crystal violet under visible-light irradiation. Compared with pure NiFe2O4 and BiOI, all the heterogeneous NFO/BOI nanocomposites exhibited significantly enhanced photocatalytic efficiency. Among these prepared samples, the NiFe2O4/BiOI nanocomposite with 15% wt NiFe2O4 displayed the best photocatalytic activity. The enhanced photocatalytic performance was mainly ascribed to the efficient separation of photo-induced electron–hole pairs and the formation of highly active species, superoxide radicals (˙O2˙−), in the NFO/BOI photocatalytic oxidation system. Furthermore, the NFO/BOI nanocomposites could be easily separated and recycled from contaminant solution using a magnet, which exhibited great potential application in the treatment of various pollutants in wastewater by utilizing solar energy effectively.
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JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE
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2018
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IF 7.877
Meng Wang,Jiahe Wu,Ying Li,Fangyuan Li,Xi Hu,Gang Wang,Min Han,Daishun Ling,Jianqing Gao
Stimuli-responsive nanomaterials have emerged as promising drug delivery systems for tumor therapy, as they can specifically respond to tumor-associated stimuli and release the loaded drugs in a controllable manner. However, most currently available stimuli-responsive nanomedicines rely on surrounding extreme stimulus to trigger the activity, which can be inefficient under dynamic and complex living conditions. Herein, we report a near-infrared (NIR) light-responsive nanocomposite, which can generate reactive oxygen species to efficiently trigger the decomposition upon NIR laser irradiation. This nanocomposite is fabricated by conjugating polyamidoamine-pluronic F68 and graphene oxide via diselenide bond, and encapsulating the NIR photosensitizer indocyanine green and chemotherapeutic drug doxorubicin (DOX) as payloads. Under NIR light, the nanocomposite shows lysosomal escape, controlled drug release , and nuclear trafficking of DOX inside multidrug resistant (MDR) MCF-7/ADR cells. Interestingly, this nanocomposite effectively down-regulates ABCB1 gene and P-glycoprotein of MCF-7/ADR cells, exhibiting significant cytotoxicity. In vivo anti-tumor study demonstrates an effective accumulation and superior therapeutic efficacy of this multifunctional nanocomposite in MCF-7/ADR tumors, representing a great potential for clinical treatment of MDR cancer.
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Optical Materials Express
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2018
·Vol. 8
·期 9
·2643-2653
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IF 2.566
Yangyi Zhang,Jingjing Liu,Yang Ji,Dongke Li,Jun Xu,Ling Xu,Kunji Chen
A facile sol-gel method combined with the post-annealing process has been used to synthesize Yb3+/Er3+ co-doped TiO2 nanocrystals. It is found that the high Yb3+ concentrations can promote the formation of TiO2 nanocrystals with pyrochlore phase. An intense up-conversion (UC) red light emission (658 nm) has been achieved under 980 nm laser excitation, which is enhanced by 108 folds compared with the reference sample. Both the luminescence intensity and the red-to-green emission intensity ratio are dependent of the annealing temperature, which can be explained as the distribution of rare-earth ions and phase change of TiO2 nanocrystals.
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APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
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2018
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IF 11.698
Juanjuan Zhang,Xu Zhao,Yanbin Wang,Yan Gong,Di Cao,Meng Qiao
In this study, a metal-free photocatalyst (PI-g-C 3 N 4 ) was synthesized through an amidation reaction between perylene tetracarboxylic dianhydride (PTCDA) and graphitic carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ). In order to enhance the photocatalytic degradation efficiency of bisphenol A (BPA) by 5 wt% PI-g-C 3 N 4 , peroxymonosulfate (PMS) was introduced into this system. When 5 mM PMS was added, 96% of BPA with an initial concentration of 10 mg/L was degraded within 60 min; the pseudo-first-order degradation kinetics constant of BPA was increased from 0.0057 to 0.0501 min −1 . Based on the photoelectrochemical analysis, it was proposed that PI-g-C 3 N 4 achieved a more effective separation of photogenerated electron–hole pairs and displayed higher conductivity than PTCDA and g-C 3 N 4 individually, thus promoting the PMS activation into active radicals by the photogenerated electrons. The BPA degradation was favored at high PMS concentrations under alkaline conditions. The slight inhibition effect of co-existing anions on the degradation of BPA followed the order: H 2 PO 4 − > NO 3 − ≈ HCO 3 − ; Cl − had a remarkable positive effect on the degradation of BPA. The radical quenching tests and electron spin resonance results indicated that O 2 − , 1 O 2 , and h + were the major species for the degradation of BPA. Combined with intermediates analysis, the degradation mechanism and pathway of BPA was proposed. The high stability of the 5 wt% PI-g-C 3 N 4 was finally demonstrated.
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JOURNAL OF SURFACTANTS AND DETERGENTS
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2018
·Vol. 21
·期 5
·657-665
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IF 1.454
Shishi Pang,Wanfen Pu,Chongyang Wang
Crude oil properties significantly affect foam behavior that is important to foam application in enhanced oil recovery. This study focused on the comparison on foam behavior in the presence of light oil and heavy oil. Foamability and foam stability, the bubble size, and the film thickness as well as the configuration of oil drops were fully investigated. Final results indicated that both the heavy oil and light oil increased the foamability of sodium dodecyl sulfate but decreased that of the amphoteric surfactant imidazoline. The positive effect of both light oil and heavy oil on foam stability was reconfirmed. However, heavy oil was more favorable to foam stability. The light oil may shorten the foam half-life but prolong the foam drainage half-life. The heavy oil was more effective in reducing the foam size and increasing the foam uniformity compared with light oil. According to the micrograph of foam, light oil was emulsified into quite small oil droplets, filling the plateau borders and lamellas. The heavy oil, in the form of far larger oil droplets, was mainly distributed in plateau borders only. The larger oil droplets resulted in the more stable foam, which was verified. Moreover, light oil (oil B) performed well in thickening the foam film, as did the heavy oil (oil A). But for the lightest oil (oil C), a thinning effect on the film was detected.
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Nanomaterials
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2018
·Vol. 8
·期 6
·415
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Wei Li,Hao Ding,Hua Ji,Wenbin Dai,Jianping Guo,Gaoxiang Du
A photocatalytic active CdS-TiO2heterostructure composite was prepared by hydrothermal method and its morphology and properties were characterized. Results indicate that the CdS nanoparticles deposited on the surface of a TiO2nanoparticles, which was in anatase phase. The particle scale of both of the components reached approximately 15 nm. In comparison to pure TiO2(410 nm), the light absorption edge of the heterostructure composite was 550 nm, which could extend the light response from UV to the visible region. Under visible light irradiation, the degradation efficiency of tetracycline hydrochloride by the CdS-TiO2composite achieved 87.06%, significantly enhancing photocatalytic activity than the as-prepared pure TiO2and commercial TiO2(Degussa P25). This character is attributed to the synergetic effect of these two components in the absorption of visible light.Keywords:CdS-TiO2heterostructure composite;photocatalyst;tetracycline hydrochloride
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2018
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IF 5.091
Jiaojiao Jiang,Zipeng Xing,Meng Li,Zhenzi Li,Junwei Yin,Junyan Kuang,Jinlong Zou,Qi Zhu,Wei Zhou
Plasmon Ag decorated 3D urchinlike N-TiO 2−x photocatalysts are successfully synthesized by a facile hydrothermal treatment (180 °C) and combined with a photo-deposition approach, followed by a reduction treatment. The results show that the resultant Ag/N-TiO 2−x sample possesses a three-dimensional (3D) urchinlike nanostructure with high crystallinity of anatase. Meanwhile, it exhibits the narrow optical band gap (Eg ∼ 2.61 eV) and the excellent visible-light-driven photocatalytic performance. Moreover, the hydrogen generation rate and photocatalytic degradation rate of phenol are up to 186.2 μmol h −1 g −1 and 97.7% under visible light irradiation, which are about 4.2 and 5.4 folds greater than that of N-TiO 2 . The mechanism of photocatalytic process is also proposed, and the enhanced photocatalytic property is mainly due to the synergistic reaction of the Ti 3+ and N codoping, which narrows the band gap and favors the utilization of visible light, and the plasmon effect of Ag nanoparticles and unique 3D urchinlike architecture, which are propitious to the separation and transmission of photogenerated carriers.
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ACS Catalysis
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2018
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IF 11.384
Xiaoqin Sun,Yongli Mi,Feng Jiao,Xiaoxiang Xu
Solar water splitting into H2 and O2 upon a particulate photocatalyst relies on significant advances in material engineering where a number of important properties such as optical absorption, charge transportation, defect level, etc. can be manipulated. In this work, we have gained control over these properties for the wide band gap semiconductor Sr2TiO4 and successfully actualized water splitting under visible light illumination. This has been realized by codoping La/N into the laminated perovskite structure of Sr2TiO4. Strong visible light absorption as far as 650 nm can be tailored by varying the La/N content in Sr2–xLaxTiO4–yNy (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.5). Optimal photocatalytic H2 and O2 production has been achieved at x = 0.2, 0.3 and outweighs that of a number of typical perovskite oxynitrides. These activities are a function of several important parameters for photogenerated charges (e.g., concentration, mobility, and lifetime) which are all linked to La/N codoping levels. More strikingly, overall water splitting has been achieved at x = 0.2 with Rh/Cr2O3 as a cocatalyst. Defects such as Ti3+ species play a negative role in the photocatalytic activity, as they strongly promote charge recombination and shorten the electron lifetime. Theoretical calculations reveal the crucial role of N in uplifting the valence band maximum of Sr2TiO4 by hybridization with O 2p orbitals. La, therefore, balances the charge discrepancies induced during N/O replacements which would otherwise be unfeasible for substantial doping. Our calculations also suggest that Sr2TiO4 has a 2D charge transportation character which is extremely useful for charge separations.
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MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN
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2018
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Aijun Cai,Aiying Guo,Liqaing Du,Yanling Qi,Xiuping Wang
In this paper, poplar leaf is used as a template to synthesize hierarchical AgCl-Ag-ZnO composites via a calcination method. Zn(NO 3 ) 2 and AgNO 3 are selected as precursors. During the calcination of the templates, Zn 2+ ions react with oxygen to produce ZnO nanoparticles (NPs), Cl − ions in leaf cells combine with the external Ag + ions to form AgCl, and Ag + ions are reduced by reducing agents in leaf to Ag NPs. The morphology, structure and visible-light response of the as-prepared hierarchical AgCl-Ag-ZnO composites are determined. The composites exhibit a strong photocatalytic activity toward the degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB) under visible-light irradiation. The AgCl-Ag-ZnO composites display an enhanced photocatalytic activity, compared with the leaf-templated AgCl-Ag and ZnO. A photocatalytic mechanism is proposed, based on the efficient separation of photoexcited electron-hole pairs due to the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) effect of metal Ag.
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Nanoscale
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2018
·Vol. 10
·期 15
·7155-7162
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IF 7.233
Kai-Kai Liu,Xiao-Ming Li,Shao-Bo Cheng,Rui Zhou,Ya-Chuan Liang,Lin Dong,Chong-Xin Shan,Hai-Bo Zeng,De-Zhen Shen
Aggregation-induced quenching (ACQ) in carbon nanodots (CNDs) impede their applications in solid devices. Herein, the concept of alternating quantum dot (QD) chains was proposed to overcome the common issue of fluorescence quenching in CNDs; in this study, CNDs and ZnO QDs were interlinked to form carbon-ZnO alternating quantum dot chains (CZA-QDCs), which overcame the ACQ of CNDs and hence ensured efficient full-spectrum fluorescence for white light-emitting devices (WLEDs) without excessive blue emission. Under the excitation of 365 nm lines, white emission resulting from the combination of blue emission from the CNDs and yellow emission from the ZnO QDs has been achieved from these powders. The quantum efficiency of the CZA-QDC powders can reach 49% and remain stable for two months. By coating the powders onto an ultraviolet chip as phosphors, WLEDs with a luminous efficiency of 20.1 lm W−1, color coordinate of (0.30, 0.35), correlated color temperature of 5205 K, and a color rendering index of 84 have been fabricated. Due to the relatively high abundance and eco-friendly characteristics of both carbon and ZnO, the results reported herein may provide a promising alternative to fluorescent phosphors that are widely used in WLEDs.
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TEXTILE RESEARCH JOURNAL
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2018
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Yehua Sun,Yuzhuo Luo,Yaofeng Zhu,Yaqin Fu
Biomass-derived silk fibroin (SF)-doped NaTaO3 catalysts were successfully synthesized by a simple hydrothermal process using SF as the dopant. The as-prepared samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-vis DRS) analyses. The samples were tested as photocatalysts in the degradation of methylene blue under UV and visible light. XRD results showed the monoclinic structure of NaTaO3 lacking significant structural changes after anion doping. SEM and TEM images revealed the nanocubic morphology of the samples, the crystal particle sizes of which were about 100–300 nm. The XPS spectrum showed the peak of Ta4p3&N1s, indicating the combination of N and Ta. The UV-vis DRS results of the samples revealed a cut-off edge that red shifted from 315 nm of the pure NaTaO3 to 324 nm of the SF-doped counterpart. SF doping helped narrow the band gap and rendered the prepared sample sensitive to visible light. Under UV and visible-light irradiation, SF-doped NaTaO3 exhibited higher photocatalytic activity than that the undoped compound. SF-doped NaTaO3 samples also exhibited excellent stability during the recycling photocatalytic process.
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