Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications
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2017
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Qian Zha,Xin Wang,Xu Cheng,Shengxiang Fu,Guanqing Yang,Weijing Yao,Rupei Tang
This work describes an acid–degradable and tumor–targeted nanogels prepared by the copolymerization between lactobionic acid-modified methacrylated carboxymethyl chitosan and acid–labile methacrylated orthoester–based monomers. The size distribution and micromorphology of the prepared nanogels were observed by dynamic light scattering, transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The stability of nanogels in various environments was then investigated. Doxorubicin as a model drug was successfully encapsulated into nanogels. In vitro cellular uptake and MTT results indicate that the tumor–targeting and pH–sensitive nanogels display higher cellular internalization and cytotoxicity than non–target nanogels and free DOX. The improved penetration and growth inhibition against 3–D multicellular spheroids further demonstrate that the dual–functional nanogels may be a potential nano-carrier for drug delivery in cancer therapy.
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Journal of Functional Foods
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2021
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Chang Tan,Yanwen Kong,Yuqi Tong,Haotian Deng,Mingyue Wang,Yang Zhao,Meizhi Wan,Sixu Lin,Xiaoxu Liu,Xianjun Meng,Yan Ma
To investigate whether complexes of cyanidin-3-glucoside (C3G) and blueberry pectin (BP) can exert protective effects on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced Caco-2 inflammatory cells, as well as the influence of high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) processing on the activities of the complexes, for determining their anti-apoptosis in vitro . LPS-induced Caco-2 cells were treated with C3G-BP complexes with or without HHP treatment. Results showed that C3G-BP complexes (100–100 µg/mL) inhibited the depolarization of mitochondria and reduced the production of ROS, as demonstrated by the reduced mRNA expression of IL-1β, TNF-α, and IL-8; increased expression of IL-10; and reduced iNOS, COX-2, Bcl-2, and cleaved caspase-3 levels. These findings reveal that C3G-BP exerts anti-apoptosis effects by inhibiting several mediators and cytokines involved in the inflammatory process. Furthermore, HHP-treated C3G-BP complexes better reduced cell apoptosis than untreated complexes, owing to the high pressure-mediated alterations in the monosaccharide composition of the complexes. This study provides insights for the functional changes of anthocynin-pectin complexes during food processing applications.
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MOLECULES
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2018
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Ming-Xia Song,Zhen-Yuan Wang,Shi-Hui He,Sheng-Wang Yu,Shi-Long Chen,Dong-Fu Guo,Wen-Hao Zhao,Xian-Qing Deng
In this study, a novel series of 4-(2-(alkylthio)benzo[d]oxazol-5-yl)-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazol-3-ones (4a–m) was designed and synthesized. The anticonvulsant activities of these compounds were evaluated by using the maximal electroshock seizure (MES) and subcutaneous pentylenetetrazole (scPTZ) seizure models in mice. The neurotoxicity of these compounds was evaluated using the rotarod neurotoxicity test. The majority of compounds showed anti-MES activities at 100 or 300 mg/kg. Compound4gwas considered to be the most promising, based on its potency against MES- and PTZ-induced seizures with ED50values of 23.7 and 18.9 mg/kg, respectively. The TD50value of4gwas 284.0 mg/kg, which resulted in a higher protective index (PI = TD50/ED50) value than that of carbamazepine and valproate. In an ELISA test, compound4gsignificantly increased the γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) content in mouse brain. In addition, pretreatment with thiosemicarbazide (an inhibitor of the GABA synthesizing enzyme) significantly decreased the activity of4gin the MES model, which suggests that the mechanism through which compound4gelicits its anticonvulsive action is at least in part through increasing the GABA level in the brain.Keywords:anticonvulsant;maximal electroshock;pentylenetetrazole;benzoxazole;triazolone
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ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY
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2014
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Wang Liju,Keyume Ablajan,Feng Jun
A rapid and efficient ultrasound-promoted one-pot synthesis of spiro[indoline-3,4′-pyrano[2,3-c]pyrazole] derivatives is described here. The reaction of substituted phenylhydrazine and dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylate with substituted isatin and malononitrile is catalyzed by l -proline to give good-to-excellent yields in water/ethanol (v/v, 1:1) at room temperature.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2023
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Yali Liu,Youlong Xu,Yuan Zhang,Cheng Yu,Xuekai Sun
Composite solid electrolytes (CSEs) exhibit great potential due to their advantages of both sufficient strength and high ionic conductivity . However, their interfacial impendence and thickness hinder potential applications. Herein, a thin CSE with good interface performance is designed through the combination of immersion precipitation and in situ polymerization. By employing a nonsolvent in immersion precipitation, a porous poly(vinylidene fluoride-cohexafluoropropylene) (PVDF-HFP) membrane could be rapidly created. The pores in the membrane could accommodate sufficient well-dispersed inorganic Li 1.3 Al 0.3 Ti 1.7 (PO 4 ) 3 (LATP) particles. Subsequent in situ polymerized 1,3‑dioxolane (PDOL) further protects LATP from reacting with lithium metal and supplies superior interfacial performance. The CSE has a thickness of ∼ 60 μm, ionic conductivity of 1.57 × 10 −4 S cm −1 , and oxidation stability of 5.3 V. The Li/1.25LATP-CSE/Li symmetric cell has a long cycling performance of 780 h at 0.3 mA cm −2 for 0.3 mAh cm −2 . The Li/1.25LATP-CSE/LiFePO 4 cell exhibits a discharge capacity of 144.6 mAh/g at 1C and a capacity retention of 97.72 % after 300 cycles. Continuous depletion of lithium salts due to the reconstruction of the solid electrolyte interface (SEI) may be responsible for battery failure. The combination of the fabrication method and failure mechanism gives new insight into designing CSEs.
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JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
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2015
·Vol. 15
·期 4
·3067-3075
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Zhang Junwei,Xu Caihong,Liu Zhaoping,Wang Wei,Xin Xing,Shen Lu,Zhou Xiaobing,Zhou Jie,Huang Qing
Electrochemical performances of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNT)-SiCN composite have been investigated. The sample was synthesized by a simple ultrasonication assisted method combined with high-temperature pyrolysis and characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectra, Raman spectra,
X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy and transmission electronic microscopy. In this composite, CNT were uniformly distributed in the SiCN ceramic matrix, it retained the structural integrity during the polymer-ceramic conversion and had a relatively strong bonding
with the SiCN ceramic matrix. When tested as anode in the half cell, the obtained composite exhibited enhanced rate capability and cyclic capacity than that of pristine SiCN powder, CNT and graphite, it could supply a capacity of 222.7 mA h/g when charged at 2000 mA/g, while the SiCN anode
showed nearly no capacity even at the low current density of 200 mA/g. It is expected that the CNT-SiCN composite, perhaps the series of CNT-PDC composites, may be prospective candidate for high power applications.
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JOURNAL OF COORDINATION CHEMISTRY
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2017
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Wen Zhang,Qi Tang,Yan-Fang Feng,Kai-Liang Luo,Zhong Zhang,Yu-Ning Liang
Four new d-block metal complexes formulated as [NiII(H3thptacn)]Cl2·H2O (1), [MnIV(thptacn)]ClO4 (2), [CuII3(Hthptacn)2](ClO4)2 (3), and [CdII2(H3thptacn)2Cl2][B(C6H5)4]2 (4) were obtained from the macrocyclic ligand 1,4,7-tris(3-hydroxypropyl)-1,4,7-triazacyclononane (H3thptacn) either through solvent diffusion or by evaporation of their solutions. These complexes were characterized by single crystal X-ray structural determination, elemental analysis, and routine spectroscopic methods. Complexes 1 and 2 exhibit similar mononuclear structures with the metal centers being surrounded by both the backbone nitrogen atoms and the pendant coordinating alcohol/alkoxide groups. Complex 3 is a linear trinuclear cluster, where three Cu(II) centers are combined together by the bridging alkoxide groups in a centro-symmetric pattern. Two chloride groups join two Cd(II) atoms each chelated by one triply protonated ligand H3thptacn to afford dinuclear compound 4 with a symmetry center. When coordinating to different d-block metals, the macrocyclic ligand exhibits four types of binding modes with various dissociation status on its pendant alcohol groups and different numbers of these pendant groups participating in coordination. The magnetic measurements revealed significant zero-field splitting for mononuclear Ni(II) and Mn(IV) complexes. A moderate antiferromagnetic interaction between the neighboring Cu(II) centers governs the magnetic properties of 3 with J = −166(3) cm−1.
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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
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2018
·Vol. 20
·期 22
·15192-15202
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Jinggao Wu,Maowen Xu,Chun Tang,Guannan Li,Hong He,Chang Ming Li
F-Doping effects on polyaniline-derived carbon coated Li3V2(PO4)3 (Li3V2(PO4)3−xFx@C) as a cathode for high performance Li rechargeable batteries are systematically investigated with a combined experimental and DFT theoretical calculation approach. The results clearly indicate that the doping amount has a significant impact on the rate capability and long cycle life. The optimal material (Li3V2(PO4)2.88F0.12@C) delivers 123.16 mA h g−1@2C, which is close to the theoretical value (133 mA h g−1), while showing a greatly improved cycle stability. Rietveld refinements show that the F− doping does not obey Vegard's Law, which may be attributed to the generated lower valence of V ions. AC impedance spectroscopy shows that the F-doping can achieve faster interfacial charge transfer for higher reaction reversibility. DFT calculations confirm that the lower V2+ (t2g↑)3 does exist in Li3V2(PO4)2.88F0.12, and the mean nearest neighbor Li–O bond length also increases for faster electrochemical kinetics, and further reveal that there is a tendency for a transition from the insulator to the n-type semiconductor due to the F dopant. The combined experimental and calculated results suggest that F-doping indeed greatly facilitates the charge transfer rate of the Li+ insertion/de-insertion process for better reversibility and enhances the Li+ diffusion rate to access the reaction sites, thus resulting in high rate capacity and cycling stability. This work not only offers a facile and effective approach to synthesize high performance Li-ion battery material for very promising practical applications, but also discloses scientific insights on element coating and doping to guide the electrode material design for fast electrode kinetics in energy storage devices.
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Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds
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2021
·Vol. 57
·期 7
·806-816
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An Xiaoying,Gao Lei,Wang Mingliang,Wu Haitao,Wang Lanzhi
Novel, efficient and environmentally friendly approaches have been developed for the synthesis of 1,5-benzodiazepine-2,3-dicarboxylates by one-pot three-component domino reactions in the presence of a catalytic amount of γ-Fe 2 O 3 @SiO 2 /Ce(OTf) 3 in EtOH at ambient temperature. A total of 32 2,5-dihydro-1 H -1,5-benzodiazepine-2,3-dicarboxylates and 2-methyl-2,3-dihydro-1 H -1,5-benzodiazepine-2,3-dicarboxylates with enamine or imine structure of the heterocycle, respectively, were obtained in good yields by reacting substituted 1,2-phenylenediamine, β-carbonyl esters, and ethyl glyoxylate or ethyl pyruvate. One-pot reactions were successfully realized to form one new cycle and four new bonds (one C–C, two C–N, one C=C or two C–C, one C–N, one C=N). Furthermore, plausible mechanisms for the formation of 1,5-benzodiazepine-2,3-dicarboxylates have been proposed. The salient features of this reaction include short reaction time, mild reaction conditions, moderate to excellent yields, recyclability of the catalyst, and wide substrate scope.
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RSC Advances
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2023
·Vol. 13
·期 35
·24385-24392
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Shiyu Cao,Yanhong Xiang,Qiuling Zou,Youliang Jiang,Hanzhang Zeng,Jian Li,Jianhua Wu,Xiangsi Wu,Xianwen Wu,Lizhi Xiong
To alleviate the depletion of lithium resources and improve battery capacity and rate capacity, the development of aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) is crucial. The open channels monoclinic structure Li3V2(PO4)3 is conducive to the transfer and diffusion of guest ions, making it a promising cathode material for AZIBs. Therefore, in this study, nanoneedles and particles Li3V2(PO4)3 cathode materials for AZIBs were prepared by a hydrothermal assisted sol–gel method, and the effect of synthesized pH values was studied. XRD results show that all samples had the monoclinic structure, and the Li3V2(PO4)3 sample prepared at pH = 7 exhibits (LVP-pH7) the highest peak tips and narrowest peak widths. SEM images demonstrate that all samples have the morphology character of randomly oriented needles and irregular particles, with the LVP-pH7 sample having more needle-like particles that contribute to ion diffusion. EDS results show uniform distribution of P, V, and O elements in the LVP-pH7 sample, and no obvious aggregation phenomenon is observed. Electrochemical tests have shown that the LVP-pH7 sample exhibits excellent cycling performance (97.37% after 50 cycles at 200 mA g−1) and rate ability compared to other samples. The CV test results showed that compared with other samples, the LVP-pH7 sample had the most excellent ionic diffusion coefficient (2.44 × 10−12 cm2 s−1). Additionally, the Rct of LVP-pH7 is the lowest (319.83 Ω) according to the findings of EIS and Nyquist plot fitting, showing a decreased charge transfer resistance and raising the kinetics of the reaction.
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MOLECULES
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2022
·Vol. 27
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Hongyu Zeng,Xiaoqing Zhang,Qianna Zhen,Yifan He,Haoran Wang,Yang Zhu,Qi Sun,Min Ding
A novel dual-template magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer (MMIP) was synthesized to extract normetanephrine (NMN), metanephrine (MN) and 3-methoxytyramine (3-MT) from spot urine samples. As the adsorbent of dispersive solid-phase extraction (d-SPE), the MMIP was prepared using dopamine and MN as dual templates, methacrylic acid as the functional monomer, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate as the crosslinking reagent and magnetic nanoparticles as the magnetic core. NMN, MN, 3-MT and creatinine (Cr) in spot urine samples were selectively enriched by d-SPE and detected by HPLC-fluorescence detection/ultraviolet detection. The peak area (A) ratios of NMN, MN and 3-MT to Cr were used for the diagnosis of pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGLs). The results showed that the adsorption efficiencies of MMIP for target analytes were all higher than 89.0%, and the coefficient variation precisions of intra-assay and inter-assay for the analytes were within 4.9% and 6.3%, respectively. The recoveries of the analytes were from 93.2% to 112.8%. The MMIP was still functional within 14 days and could be reused at least seven times. The d-SPE and recommended solid-phase extraction (SPE) were both used to pretreat spot urine samples from 18 PPGLs patients and 22 healthy controls. The correlation coefficients of ANMN/ACrand AMN/ACrbetween d-SPE and SPE were both higher than 0.95. In addition, the areas under the receiver operator curves for spot urine ANMN/ACr, AMN/ACrand plasma free NMN and MN were 0.975, 0.773 and 0.990, 0.821, respectively, indicating the two methods had the similar performances. The d-SPE method took only 20 min, which was effective in clinical application.Keywords:magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer;normetanephrine;metanephrine;3-methoxytyramine;spot urine;PPGLs diagnosis
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Journal of Advanced Ceramics
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2022
·Vol. 11
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·392-402
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Feng Chao,Zhou Xu,Tao Bingjing,Wu Haitao,Huang Shifeng
Dense microwave dielectric ceramics of Ce 2 [Zr 1 − x (Al 1/2 Ta 1/2 ) x ] 3 (MoO 4 ) 9 (CZMAT) ( x = 0.02–0.10) were prepared by the conventional solid-state route. The effects of (Al 1/2 Ta 1/2 ) 4+ on their microstructures, sintering behaviors, and microwave dielectric properties were systematically investigated. On the basis of the X-ray diffraction (XRD) results, all the samples were matched well with Pr 2 Zr 3 (MoO 4 ) 9 structures, which belonged to the space group \(R\bar 3c\) . The lattice parameters were obtained using the Rietveld refinement method. The correlations between the chemical bond parameters and microwave dielectric properties were calculated and analyzed by using the Phillips—Van Vechten—Levine (P—V—L) theory. Excellent dielectric properties of Ce 2 [Zr 0.94 (Al 1/2 Ta 1/2 ) 0.06 ] 3 (MoO 4 ) 9 with a relative permittivity ( ε r ) of 10.46, quality factor ( Q × f ) of 83,796 GHz, and temperature coefficient of resonant frequency ( τ f ) of −11.50 ppm/°C were achieved at 850 °C.
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