AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY
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2024
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Peining Cai,Qi Li,Shuhui Wang,Liju Tan,Jiangtao Wang
A large number of nanoparticles are produced and enter the aquatic environment, where they interact with each other, posing a potential threat to aquatic organisms. The toxicity of two types of nanoparticles (nCu and nSiO 2 ) on Nitzschia closterium f. minutissima (N. closterium f. minutissima ) was investigated in this study by examining changes in microalgal cell density, instantaneous fluorescence rate (Ft), and a range of antioxidant parameters in the cells. It was found that both nCu and nSiO 2 showed time- and concentration-dependent toxic effects on N. closterium f. minutissima . nSiO 2 could promote microalgae growth at low concentrations by providing Si, an essential element for the synthesis of siliceous shells. As the exposure time increased, both the growth and photosynthetic efficiency of the microalgae were inhibited. Nanoparticles also produced oxidative stress and caused lipid peroxidation in the microalgae. In the meantime, SOD and CAT activity were altered to protect cells from oxidative damage. Inverted biomicroscopy images showed that the microalgae enhanced their cell size to adapt to the environmental stress as exposed to 1 mg/L nCu. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images showed that 10 mg/L nSiO 2 could adsorb nCu and reduce the toxic effect of nCu on the microalgae, while 30 mg/L nSiO 2 caused mechanical damage to microalgal cells and accelerated the internalization of nanoparticles and Cu 2+ in the cells.
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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2024
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Shaojin Jia,Sha Yang,Yu Pan,Salah Ud Din,Yuanjie Cai
As an important part of the fields such as renewable energy and electric vehicles, electrochemical energy storage technology faces significant challenges in improving energy density , extending battery life and improving safety. We successfully prepared a composite battery separator of polyvinylidene fluoride-chlorotrifluorinylene (PVDF-CTFE) and fluorinated polyimide (F-PI) -based materials, mixed it with different contents of boehmite nanoparticles , and then modified it by different doses of electron beam irradiation to improve the performance, especially to overcome the problem of maintaining capacity decline in high-speed charging environment. The results showed that the prepared battery separators exhibited outstanding thermal stability, electrochemical properties and ionic conductivity with 12 % boehmite nanoparticles . After 1000 high-speed charge and discharge cycles in current density of 10C, the battery based on the modified separator still maintained a capacity retention rate of 84.4 %, with the initial discharge specific capacity of 111.9 mAhg −1 . This means that irradiated separators not only maintain a high energy density in a high-speed charging environment, but also overcome the problem of maintaining capacity decline. Electron beam irradiation further improved the comprehensive performance of the separator. After 1000 and 1500 cycles at the current density of 10C and 15C, the specific discharge capacity of the battery can still retain more than 90 % and 80 % of the initial specific discharge capacity, which provides a longer life in practical applications.
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
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2024
·Vol. 31
·期 29
·42075-42087
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Zhang Qian,Lan Xin-yue,Huang Zhi,Liu Yan-ying,Hong Jun-ming
Highly active catalysts with salt and acid/alkali resistance are desired in peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation processes and marine environment applications. F- and Cl-doped graphene (F-GN and Cl-GN) were prepared via electronegative and atom radius adjustment for tetracycline hydrochloride (TCH) pollution removal to satisfy these requirements. The introduction of special F and Cl functionalities into graphene exhibits superior electron transfer properties for PMS activation, considering the experimental and density functional theory (DFT) calculation results. The TCH degradation efficiency reached up to 80% under various pH and salt disturbance conditions with F-GN and Cl-GN. Cl-GN exhibited an activity superior to F-GN due to the higher electron polarization effect of C atoms adjacent to Cl atoms. The presence of more positive charged C sites in Cl-GN (around Cl doping) is more favorable for PMS attachment and sequence radical generation than F-GN. In addition, the main active species functionalized during reaction included ·OH and SO 4 − ·, and the stability of F-GN and Cl-GN was confirmed to be over 60% by recycle test. Final research results provide an effective strategy for designing and preparing PMS activators resistant to salt, acid, and alkali, thereby expanding their application potential.
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2025
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Qian Kong,Chengcheng Yu,Qing Lu,Xingyu Yang,Tongguang Xu,Qi Song,Huatong Li,Zhaoshuo Yuan,Hongyu Liu,Qian Qiao,Gang He,Yufan Wang,Linglong Yao,Xiaoping Dai,Xin Zhang
The electrolysis of water for hydrogen production has gained increasing attention as a sustainable and efficient method to obtain high-purity green hydrogen. The development of efficient catalysts for hydrogen evolution is crucial in order to achieve this target under industrial conditions. The objective of this work is to synthesize a highly efficient F-Co x Fe y (PO n ) z /IF catalyst with ultra-low impedance for hydrogen evolution in electrolytic water by incorporating metal phosphatides into metal oxide nanoclusters through a controlled two-step process involving melting and electrodeposition. The nano-heterostructure of F-Co x Fe y (PO n ) z /IF exhibits a low overpotential of 276 mV at a current density of 1000 mA cm −1 , while having an electrochemical impedance comparable to commercial Pt/C/CP (0.41 Ω), and long-term stability up to 200 h in 1 M KOH electrolyte. The synergistic effect of crystal/amorphous heterojunctions, F doping, and oxygen vacancies further enhances the kinetics of water cracking. Impressively, when combined with NiFeCo LDH/NiS/NF as membrane electrodes, F-Co x Fe y (PO n ) z /IF || NiFeCo LDH/NiS/NF achieves a water decomposition voltage of 2.03 V at a current density of 1000 mA cm −2 and demonstrates stable operation for over 500 h, showing great potential for large-scale commercial production.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry C
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2024
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Jinwen Tan,Han Luo,Shiyi Wang,Ling Huang,Liling Cao,Xuehua Dong,Guohong Zou
A short-wave UV antimony(III) oxysalt, RbSb(SO4)(H2PO2)F, by incorporating three different anions (SO42-, H2PO2-, F-) with trivalent antimony cations that possess stereochemically active lone-pair electrons (SCALP), has been successfully synthesized. Significantly, the mixed anions and Sb3+ cations combine to form a low-dimensional 1D infinite anionic chain, denoted as [Sb(SO4)(H2PO2)F]∞-, where synergistic interactions among these units contribute to a substantial birefringence of 0.192 at 546 nm and achieve a short cutoff edge down to 276 nm. This research expands the family of UV birefringent optical materials and provides guidance for the further exploration of novel structural-functional materials.
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VACUUM
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2024
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Zuhong Ji,Yunfei Sun,Xiaodong Guan,Yang Zhou,Junchao Qian,Feng Chen
In this work, the La substitution of iron and replacing the oxygen with fluorine are both adopted to expectantly enhance the rate performance and structure stability of LiFePO 4 during working. The characterizations of X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope , transmission electron microscope, charging-discharging tests, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and safety tests are used to investigate the influences of La 3+ and F − doping on the LiFePO 4 . The results indicate the cathodes after La 3+ doping not only deliver the larger lattice parameters and unit cell volume to broaden the lithium ions migration pathway and accelerate the Li + diffusion speed, but also strengthen the whole bond energy of LiFePO 4 owing to the high bond energy of La–O. In addition, the F replacement of O could increase the length of Li–O bonds and decrease the length of P–O bonds, further be helpful to enhance the Li + diffusion between LiFePO 4 phase and FePO 4 phase due to the weakening of Li–O bonds. Finally, the La 3+ and F − co-doped cathode delivers the superior discharge capacity of 139.3 mAh g −1 at 5C high rate and 127.2 mAh g −1 at −20 °C, with the high discharging capacity of 160.1 mAh g −1 after 100 cycles at 45 °C.
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JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
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2020
·Vol. 20
·期 2
·779-788
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Fan Ji-Min,Lei Yun-Yu,Gu Zhan-Yong,Zhang Bing,Yin Shu,Zhao Zhi-Huan
N and F co-doped La-TiO2 (La-TONF) samples were prepared through the solvothermal method by using HMT and NaF as precursors. The obtained samples were characterized by UV-Vis DRS, XRD, XPS and PL measurements for light-harvesting properties, crystal phase and optical characteristics,
respectively. Interestingly, the TONF sample had a different fluorescence emission intensity than the TON or TOF samples, thus suggesting a clear synergistic effect of N and F co-doping. The optimal doping amount of La was 2 wt.%, and the absorption edge was red-shifted from 453 nm to 464
nm for La-TiO2 and La-TONF. The photocatalytic activity was evaluated by degradation of MO and oxidation of TMB under visible light irradiation. La-TONF exhibited excellent photocatalytic activity and a degradation rate of 92.4%, 4.4 times that of undoped TiO2 (20.8%).
The photocatalytic degradation activity remained above 85.8%, even after five runs. In addition, the MO photodegradation catalyzed by La-TONF followed first order kinetics. According these results, a possible synergistic effect mechanism for the enhanced photocatalytic performance is proposed.
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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
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2024
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A. W. Peshala Amarajeewa,Aslihan Özcan,Alveena Mukhtiar,Xu Ren,Qianyu Wang,Pemra Ozbek,Malgorzata A. Garstka,Onur Serçinoğlu
HLA-B*39:06, HLA-B*39:01, and HLA-B*38:01 are closely related HLA allotypes differentially associated with type 1 diabetes (T1D) risk and progression. B*39:06 is highly predisposing, while B*39:01 and B*38:01 are weakly predisposing and protective allotypes, respectively. Here, we aimed to decipher molecular mechanisms underlying the differential association of these allotypes with T1D pathogenesis. We addressed peptide binding and conformational stability of HLA-B allotypes using computational and experimental approaches. Computationally, we found that B*39:06 and B*39:01 allotypes had more rigid peptide-binding grooves and were more promiscuous in binding peptides than B*38:01. Peptidomes of B*39:06 and B*39:01 contained fewer strong binders and were of lower affinity than that of B*38:01. Experimentally, we demonstrated that B*39:06 and B*39:01 had a higher capacity to bind peptides and exit to the cell surface but lower surface levels and were degraded faster than B*38:01. In summary, we propose that promiscuous B*39:06 and B*39:01 may bind suboptimal peptides and transport them the cell surface, where such unstable complexes may contribute to the pathogenesis of T1D.
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ACS Synthetic Biology
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2025
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Jing Wu,Ziqian Xiao,Yuhui Du,Minglan Luo,Jiacheng Zhang,Pei Guo,Zhipeng Chen,Binyuan Yang,Tingjian Chen
Aptamer-based sensors (aptasensors) have been extensively employed in biosensing and diagnostics. However, the broader application of aptasensors fabricated with DNA and RNA aptamers has been limited due to the intolerance of DNA and RNA to nucleases in biological fluids. A majority of sugar-modified nucleic acids, in particular 2’-F and 2’-OMe-modified nucleic acids, demonstrate a remarkable resistance to nuclease degradation and thus hold great potential in the development of more stable aptamers and aptasensors. In this work, employing enzymes including a laboratory-evolved polymerase for 2’-modified nucleic acids, we carried out systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) experiments to obtain 2’-F/OMe-RNA aptamers for Bacillus cereus 5/B/6 metallo-β-lactamase (B. cereus 5/B/6 MBL), a crucial marker of many penicillin-resistant strains. Three aptamers composed of 2’-OMe-A, 2’-F-U, 2’-F-C, and 2’-OMe-G nucleotides (Apt-FUC1, Apt-FUC2, and Apt-FUC3) have been obtained and systematically characterized. All of them exhibited excellent target binding affinities, with equilibrium dissociation constant (Kd ) values of 95.9, 70.0, and 81.3 nM, and outstanding biological stability. Combining FAM-labeled Apt-FUC1, Apt-FUC2, and Apt-FUC3 with graphene oxide (GO), which could quench the fluorescence of FAM, we successfully constructed three sensitive and biologically stable 2’-F/OMe-RNA aptasensors for B. cereus 5/B/6 MBL, with the limit of detection (LOD) values of 0.38, 0.27, and 0.29 nM. Moreover, these three aptasensors all demonstrated good specificity for target detection in biological samples. This work has established a streamlined strategy for generating stable 2’-F/OMe-RNA aptamers and aptasensors, which should broaden the application of sugar-modified nucleic acids in biosensing and diagnostics.
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CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
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2025
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Xudong Wang,Yanyang Wu,Tianyou Wang,Bin Wu,Kui Chen,Lijun Ji
M-cresol and p-cresol, typically produced as mixtures in industrial processes, are crucial chemical intermediates. However, their separation is challenging due to their similar structures and properties. ZSM-5 zeolite has shown potential as an adsorbent for separation, while the performance is yet to be improved. In this study, ZSM-5-F(x) was synthesized via hydrothermal method, incorporating F − ions during the synthesis process. The adsorption behaviour of m-cresol and p-cresol on ZSM-5-F(x) was investigated through static experiments, with ZSM-5-F(8) demonstrating the highest selectivity (9.01). Both ZSM-5-F(0) and ZSM-5-F(8) were characterized using XRD, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) techniques. In addition, the introduction of F − ions increased the material's electronegativity, as demonstrated by the change in zeta potential from 53.22 to −45.93 mV. Single-component adsorption of m-cresol or p-cresol on ZSM-5-F(0) and ZSM-5-F(8) respectively were investigated in detail. The adsorption of m-cresol on ZSM-5-F(8) showed a non-monotonic phenomenon with a significant decrease after 0.06 mol/L. The thermodynamic parameters including Δ G , Δ H , and Δ S were calculated accordingly. All the values |Δ G |, |Δ H |, and |Δ S | of both components on ZSM-5-F(8) were greater than those on ZSM-5-F(0), suggesting that the introduction of F − ions facilitated the adsorption. Competitive adsorption experiments on both ZSM-5-F(0) and ZSM-5-F(8) were conducted at 298.2 K. The results indicated that the selectivity α p/m on ZSM-5-F(8) increased with increasing initial concentration and laid between 13 and 14. After seven consecutive regeneration cycles, the selectivity (α p/m ) only decreased to 13. This study suggests that ZSM-5-F(8) could be a promising adsorbent for m-cresol and p-cresol in industrial applications.
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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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2022
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Mei Yan,Ru-Ling Tang,Wenlong Liu,Sheng-Ping Guo
Metal oxyhalides have attracted extensive attention as fascinating nonlinear optical (NLO) materials. Here, two barium niobium oxyfluorides, Ba3Nb2O2F12(H2O)2 (1) and Ba0.5NbO2F2(H2O) (2), have been obtained by regulating the O/F ratio in Nb–O–F units (NbOF6 pyramids to NbO4F2 octahedra). The overall NLO effect is improved from 1 to 2 with larger second-harmonic generation (SHG) intensities (0.9 to 1.7 × KH2PO4 (KDP)) and maintainable large band gaps (>3.0 eV) by regulating the O/F ratio in Nb–O–F units (1:6 to 4:2).
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2022
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Kang Du,Changzhi Yin,Wei Zhu,Cai Zhou,Bohan Zhang,Tingting Wang,Shengxiang Wang,Wen Lei
The phase compositions and microwave dielectric properties of Sn-deficient Ca 2 Sn 2 Al 2 O 9 ceramics in this study were explored. The CaSnO 3 and SnO 2 second phases existed at Ca 2 Sn 2- x Al 2 O 9-2 x ( x = 0) ceramic. Single-phase Ca 2 Sn 2 Al 2 O 9 ceramics were obtained at 0.08 ≤ x ≤ 0.1, and the orthorhombic structure with the Pbcn space group of Ca 2 Sn 2 Al 2 O 9 was verified. For multi-phase Ca 2 Sn 2- x Al 2 O 9-2 x (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.06) ceramics, their microwave dielectric properties were mainly affected by second phase contents, and their Q × f values increased gradually with the rise in x . High Q × f (105,700 GHz at 12.99 GHz) was obtained by the Ca 2 Sn 2- x Al 2 O 9-2 x ( x = 0.08) ceramic with high intrinsic Q × f (175,000 GHz). The large deviation between measured Q × f values and fitted intrinsic Q × f values could be ascribed to the Sn 4+ vacancies of the Sn-deficient Ca 2 Sn 2 Al 2 O 9 ceramics. The Ca 2 Sn 2- x Al 2 O 9-2 x (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.1) ceramics presented large negative τ f values, and this τ f was mainly affected by τ ε . Meanwhile, the Ca 2 Sn 2- x Al 2 O 9-2 x ( x = 0.08) ceramic achieved optimal microwave dielectric properties ( ε r = 8.3, Q × f = 105,700 GHz at 12.99 GHz and τ f = −63.7 ppm/°C), indicating the good feature of this material for millimetre-wave applications.
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