Surfaces and Interfaces
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2024
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Pengfei Zhu,Shuang Qin,Mengrong Geng,Heyang Cao,Zhiliang Jin,Chuanyi Wang
Photocatalytic NO removal technology is considered as one of the most effective green methods for reducing atmospheric NO but there remains the problems of lower efficiency and poor stability of photocatalysts . Rapid recombination of photogenerated electron (e − ) and holes (h + ) is known as a key issue that causes low activity and poor stability of catalysts. Herein, we report a novel AgCu@UiO-66-NH 2 photocatalyst (AgCu@UN) that is made up of AgCu alloy on the surface of Zr-MOF (UiO-66-NH 2 ) by employing in-situ photodeposition method. The experimental results of photocatalytic NO removal indicated that the optimized 0.5Ag0.5Cu@UN sample with 0.5 mg of Ag and Cu exhibited the best NO removal efficiency of 63 % for ppb-level atmospheric NO, more higher than that of pure UiO-66-NH 2 (38 %). The characterizations suggested that the excellent photocatalytic performance of 0.5Ag0.5Cu@UN can be ascribed to the efficient charge separation and transfer and the visible-light-harvesting ability due to benefiting electron migration process between AgCu alloys and UN. Moreover, the enriched electrons around AgCu could be transferred to O 2 to generate more superoxide radicals (•O 2 − ), which could oxidize NO to the final product, nitrate (NO 3 − ). The present findings can provide some novel insights for the design of efficient MOF based photocatalysts to eliminate low concentrations of NO X .
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INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
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2025
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Shanqiu Liu,Enze Yu,Taotao Ge,Qing Liu,Yu Zhong,Wei Cui,Jie Yu,Jingguo Li
Nanocellular polymer foams are highly valuble for their lightweight nature, high strength, and unique nanostructures, which offer significant potential across a variety of applications. However, their production and practical use are limited by low cell nucleation efficiency and the requirement for extremely high-pressure foaming processes. In this study, we successfully fabricated poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) nanocellular foams with a cell density on the order of 1012 cells cm–3 at a relatively low foaming pressure of 6.0 MPa. This achievement was made possible through the use of defective UiO-66 nanoparticles as nucleation enhancers, which demonstrated a high nucleation efficiency of 1.11. We synthesized four types of defective UiO-66 nanoparticles, each with varying levels of defects, and confirmed their efficacy as nucleators for PMMA nanofoams. The successful synthesis of these defective UiO-66 nanoparticles was verified using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, X-ray Diffraction, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), and Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy. The cell size and density of the PMMA nanocellular foams were characterized via SEM analysis. Our findings showed that the incorporation of defective UiO-66 nanoparticles markedly reduced the cell size of the PMMA foam, achieving a higher cell density. This improvement is attributed to a decrease in the free energy required for cell nucleation within nanocavities located at the matrix–nucleator interface. Consequently, the careful design of high-performance nucleating particles and the judicious choice of foam matrix components emerge as critical strategies in developing polymer cellular materials with nanoscale cell dimensions. These insights significantly advance the fabrication of polymer foams with enhanced thermal insulation properties and have broad implications for the field of cellular materials science. By optimizing nucleation mechanisms and material combinations, this work opens new avenues for the development of advanced cellular polymers tailored for applications requiring superior insulation or lightweight yet robust structures.
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Polymers
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2024
·Vol. 16
·期 2
·275
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Shaojun Chen,Youhan Zeng,Weifeng Bi,Haitao Zhuo,Haiqiang Zhong
The flame-retardancy of polymeric materials has garnered great interest. Most of the flame retardants used in copolymers are functionalized additives, which can deteriorate the intrinsic properties of these materials. As a new type of flame retardant, functionalized metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) can be used in surface coatings of polymers. To reduce the flammability, a mixture of phytic acid, multi-wall carbon nanotubes, zirconium-based MOFs, and UiO-66 was coated on a PC/ABS substrate. The structure of the UiO-66-based flame retardant was established by FT-IR, XRD, XPS, and SEM. The flammable properties of coated PC/ABS materials were assessed by LOI, a vertical combustion test, TGA, CCT, and Raman spectroscopy. The presence of a UiO-66-based coating on the PC/ABS surface resulted in a good flame-retardant performance. Heat release and smoke generation were significantly reduced. Importantly, the structure and mechanical properties of PC/ABS were less impacted by the presence of the flame-retardant coating. Hence, this work presents a new strategy for the development of high-performance PC/ABC materials with both excellent flame-retardancy and good mechanical properties.
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JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS
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2024
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Cheng Liu,Huiling Chen,Qi Chen,Jinhong Bi,Jimmy C. Yu,Ling Wu
A series of Al 3+ -doped UiO-66(Ce) MOFs (U(Ce x Al 1−x )) was developed to reveal the roles of metal doping on active site formation and substrate activation in photocatalytic selective transformation of amines to imines. Al 3+ doping induced crystal structure distortion to form coordinately unsaturated metal (Al, Ce) sites as Lewis acid sites to chemisorb and activate benzylamine (BA). In situ FTIR revealed that the Al site with stronger acid strength facilitated BA activation. The activation degree of N–H bonds in BA was evaluated by changes of calculated force constant. The intermediate products were confirmed through time-dependent in situ FTIR. The Al 3+ -doped sample U(Ce 0.90 Al 0.10 ), the optimal catalyst, showed a significantly increased BA conversion (97.6 %) than that (47.5 %) of undoped sample, which was attributed to enough active sites and the optimal charge mobility. Finally, the present study proposes a synergistic photocatalytic mechanism associated with molecular activation to demonstrate selective oxidation pathways at the molecular level.
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MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
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2024
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Tian Si-Yu,Ding Zhu,Yao Mu-Lan,Liu Si-Mian,Hou Xiang-Yang,Tang Long,Yue Er-Lin,Wang Xiao,Wang Ji-Jiang
A three-dimensional UiO-67-BDA with various pore structures and abundant active binding sites is constructed, and Fe@UiO-67-BDA composites with electrochemical sensing and recognition performance were further prepared by successfully loading Fe 3+ ions. The different modified electrodes (Fe@UiO-67-BDA/GCE, UiO-67-BDA/GCE, Fe/GCE) and the bare electrode (GCE) were also characterized in terms of basic structure and electrochemistry, and it was found that the basic structure and electrochemical performances of Fe@UiO-67-BDA/GCE were better than those of the remaining three electrodes, with good selectivity, reproducibility and stability. And the Fe@UiO-67-BDA/GCE sensor with good electrochemical performance was constructed under the optimal working potential (E pa = 0.59 V) and experimental conditions, which was utilized to rapidly and accurately detect heavy metal ions Hg 2+ by the DPV method, with a detection limit of up to 1.642 × 10 −9 M. In addition, the electrochemical behavior mechanism of the Fe@UiO-67- BDA/GCE sensor was investigated. Finally, the sensor was applied to detect cosmetic heavy metal ions, and the experimental results also showed high reliability and practicality. Therefore, MOFs composite material is applied to the field of electrochemistry, because of its simple operation technology, fast detection speed and high sensitivity, so that it has a greater application prospect.
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COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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2024
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Hong Chen,Wei Ou,Yu Huang,Hongchang Huang,Junlan Li,Juncheng Liu
As a protective layer for the flexible solar cell, a flexible protective material should be of high transmittance , excellent ultraviolet (UV) resistance and mechanical property. Herein, a foldable transparent polyimide (PI) composite film assembled with the zirconium-based metal-organic frameworks (UiO-66-X, X = H, NH 2 , NO 2 ) is prepared by the direct dispersion or in-situ growth methods. The results show that the transmittances of UiO-66-X@PI films (U@PI, NU@PI and OU@PI) prepared with the in-situ growth are higher than those of UiO-66-X/PI films prepared with the direct dispersion, and the former's mechanical properties are also better than those of the latter. This may be because that the UiO-66-X in the former are embedded into the PI matrix to construct multipoint bonding network. The U@PI exhibits stronger UV-resistance than the Pristine PI, NU@PI and OU@PI after 5000 equivalent sun hours (ESHs) UV irradiation. The attenuations of average transmittance and tensile strength for U@PI are 2.19 % and 18.68 %, respectively, which are only one half and one-third of those for the Pristine PI (4.59 % and 56.58 %), respectively. And the average transmittance of U@PI has been over that of the Pristine PI after 5000 ESHs UV irradiation. This may be because that the porous UiO-66 increases the UV transmission path and the electron-hole recombination center , thereby inhibits the destructive effect of UV.
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2025
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Shenghui Ning,Fuchao Yang,Guangyi Tian,Dongyin Li,Zhiguang Guo
As the pollution of oily wastewater becomes more and more serious, it has a great negative impact on the ecosystem and human health. How to achieve efficient oil-water separation has become a common ecological problem all over the world. Therefore, it is extremely significant to develop innovative and efficient oil-water separation membranes. Past studies have shown that the metal-organic framework material UiO-66 (Zr), which has free carboxyl groups, is not only hydrophilic but also has good stability. Inspired by this, an ingenious method for a polydopamine (PDA) and metal-organic skeleton UiO-66(Zr) coating anchoring on cotton fabric surface was proposed, and the final product was denoted as CF-PDA@CS@UiO-66-COOH fabrics. Particularly noteworthy is that the separation efficiency of CF-PDA@CS@UiO-66-COOH for various organics exceeded 99.83 %, the water flux was achieved to 100744.5 L/(m 2 ·h). After 20 cycles, the separation efficiency exceeded 99.81 % and the water flux always surpassed 75067.9 L/(m 2 ·h). In addition, the prepared membranes were able to maintain excellent underwater superoleophobic properties even under acidic or alkaline environmental conditions or after 50 sandpaper abrasion cycles. And it also has excellent self-cleaning and anti-fouling. These excellent properties are due to the strong anchoring between CF, PDA, CS and UiO-66-COOH. This facile and scalable functional fabric could be applied to a wide range of oil-water separation and facilitate the development of high flux separation devices.
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ACS Applied Nano Materials
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2025
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Feng Ding,Xiong Shuai,Yanyan Chen,Donglan Zhang,Fangwei Qi,Cijun Shuai
Following peripheral nerve injury, a large number of macrophages will be recruited to the nerve defect site to regulate the immune microenvironment and then initiate a series of inflammatory reactions, which is not conducive to nerve repair. Electrical stimulation can not only affect the polarity of macrophages by regulating the immune microenvironment but also promote nerve regeneration by modulating voltage-gated ion channels. However, traditional electrical stimulation relies on power sources, wires, and implanted electrodes, which may pose risks of infection and secondary surgery. Here piezoelectric materials Ti3C2Tx/UiO-66 are synthesized by a hydrothermal method and then blended into PLLA to prepare a self-power nerve scaffold using laser additive manufacturing technology. Under ultrasound stimulation, UiO-66 nanoparticles can generate localized piezoelectric potential, while Ti3C2Tx nanosheets accelerate the charge transfer. The results indicate that a nerve scaffold promotes the current generation, with a current of up to 0.036 μA. The results indicate that electrical stimulation can promote the transformation of macrophages into the M2 antiinflammatory phenotype by inhibiting the Ca2+-CaMKII-NF-κB signaling pathway. Furthermore, the scaffold can upregulate the expression of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell neural markers Tuj and Map under ultrasound treatment. This work provides insights into wireless electrical stimulation regulating the immune microenvironment to promote nerve repair.
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GREEN CHEMISTRY
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2025
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Tian Zhao,Pengcheng Xiao,Saiqun Nie,Jiangrong Yu,Shilin Peng,Jiayao Chen,Fuli Luo,Yi Chen
Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) face challenges such as Zn dendrite formation and poor cycle stability. Here, we report an ambient-temperature in situ growth strategy to fabricate a bacterial cellulose-metal organic framework composite separator (BC@UiO-66) for AZIBs. In this approach, UiO-66 (a Zr-based MOF) grows uniformly on BC nanofibers, forming a 95 μm-thick film with hierarchical porosity and abundant Lewis acid sites. The resulting BC@UiO-66 separator facilitates Zn2+ diffusion through interconnected nanochannels and promotes uniform Zn deposition, thereby suppressing dendrite growth. A Zn||Zn symmetric cell using BC@UiO-66 operates stably for over 2400 h at 1 mA cm−2 and a Zn||MnO2 full cell retains 162.98 mAh g−1 after 1000 cycles at 1 A g−1 with ∼100% coulombic efficiency. These results demonstrate the efficacy of MOF-cellulose composite separators in extending AZIB cycle life.
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Journal of Water Process Engineering
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2025
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Shuang Xu,Liqin Wang,Feng Wang,Shangjun Fu,Wei Meng,Guowen He,Wenxiu Cao,Wei Zhang
Developing efficient strategies for the removal of organic dyes from aqueous systems remains crucial for environmental remediation. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), particularly UiO-66, show exceptional promise as adsorbents; however, they suffer from limited dye uptake capacity. This study addresses this limitation through strategic hybridization of UiO-66 with renewable carbohydrates (glucose and fructose), achieving enhanced performance while reducing costs. The optimized glucose/UiO-66 and fructose/UiO-66 composites demonstrated superior adsorption capacities compared to pristine UiO-66 across multiple dyes: methylene blue (76/69 mg/g), malachite green (73/67 mg/g), rhodamine B (50/59 mg/g), methyl orange (81/169 mg/g), and Congo red (99/198 mg/g). Adsorption efficiency correlated with dye molecular dimensions and the composite's phenolic hydroxyl content. Kinetic analysis revealed pseudo-second-order adsorption behavior dominated by chemisorption via electrostatic and π–π interactions. Notably, fructose-modified composites exhibited exceptional performance for anionic dyes (methyl orange and Congo red), suggesting charge-selective adsorption mechanisms. This work establishes carbohydrate-MOF hybridization as an effective strategy for designing multifunctional adsorbents, providing fundamental insights into structure-performance relationships for environmental applications.
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
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2026
·Vol. 61
·期 45
·35376-35386
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Lai Delin,Wang Haoguang,Kong Gang,Che Chunshan,Miao Xinrui
A fluorine-free and environmentally friendly ultra-slippery superhydrophobic (USS) coating was successfully prepared through a simple one-step calcination process using UiO-66@polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) as the precursor. During the calcination process, a composite structure consisting of UiO-66 derived ZrO 2 and oligomers derived from partial decomposition of PDMS endows the coating with excellent slippery superhydrophobicity. The coating exhibits notable anti-condensation performance, which can effectively inhibit water vapor condensation in humid environments and extend the freezing-thawing cycle time of water droplets under low-temperature conditions, while maintaining its stable superhydrophobic properties. Additionally, the USS coating possesses outstanding oil-water separation capability: The stainless-steel mesh modified by the USS coating achieves a separation flux of up to 40000 L h⁻ 1 m⁻ 2 for trichloromethane and retains a separation efficiency of over 90% as well as a WCA exceeding 150° even after 15 cycles. USS-coated cotton fabrics possess superior flame retardancy. By absorbing flame heat and generating a dense char layer, the coating inhibits combustion and cuts down black smoke emission, while keeping the fabric’s structural integrity and superhydrophobicity intact. This work provides a facile, low-energy, and environmentally friendly strategy for the preparation of multifunctional superhydrophobic coatings, overcoming the limitations of complex processes, high-energy consumption, and environmental harm in traditional superhydrophobic coating preparation.
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MOLECULES
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2024
·Vol. 29
·期 17
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Yu Wang,Zhimin Yang,Xichang Wu,Wenxuan Quan,Qi Chen,Anping Wang
In the present study, an acid catalyst (UiO-66-SO3H) with Brønsted and Lewis acid sites was synthesised for the preparation of highly efficient biodiesel from oleic acid and methanol using chlorosulphonic acid sulfonated metal–organic frameworks (UiO-66) prepared with acetic acid as a moderator. The prepared catalysts were characterised using XRD, SEM, FT-IR and BET. The catalytic efficiency of the sulfonated catalysts was significantly improved and successful sulfonation was demonstrated by characterisation techniques. Biodiesel was synthesised by the one-pot method and an 85.0% biodiesel yield was achieved under optimum conditions of the reaction. The esterification reaction was determined to be consistent with a proposed primary reaction and the kinetics of the reaction was investigated. A reusability study of the catalyst (UiO-66-SO3H) was also carried out with good reproducibility. In conclusion, the present study provides some ideas for the synthesis of catalysts with high catalytic activity for the application in the catalytic preparation of biodiesel.
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