Reaction Chemistry & Engineering
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2020
·Vol. 5
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IF 3.441
Xin Pan,Sihua Wu,Deshan Yao,Lian Liu,Lina Zhang,Zixuan Yao,Yan Pan,Siyuan Chang,Bingfeng Li
5-Hydroxymethyl-2-furancarboxylic acid (HMFCA) is a significant added-value intermediate derivatized from the bio-based platform chemical 5-hydroxymethylfurfuraldehyde (HMF). In the HMFCA biosynthesis process, the catalytic performance of the biocatalyst always decreases due to the presence of HMF toxicity, which is not conducive to achieving high product accumulation. Herein, we successfully obtained a new whole-cell biocatalyst from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PC-1, which was first reported to produce HMFCA from HMF. After optimization, 90.1% yield of HMFCA was attained within 6 h using a 100 mM substrate. Importantly, a much lower cell dosage was needed in the process. In order to achieve higher HMFCA accumulation, a fed-batch strategy was developed by using the growing cells from P. aeruginosa PC-1. Consequently, a total concentration of 721 mM HMFCA was obtained from 800 mM HMF within 58 h after 8 cycles of fed-batch, which is the highest concentration to date. The efficient HMFCA production made P. aeruginosa PC-1 a promising whole-cell biocatalyst for selective, large scale biotransformation of HMF.
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LIFE SCIENCES
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2020
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IF 3.647
Tian Li,Li Tu,Ran Gu,Xiu-Lin Yang,Xiu-Juan Liu,Gui-Ping Zhang,Qian Wang,Yi-Pin Ren,Bing-Jin Wang,Jin-Yong Tian
Objectives To investigate the effect of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor and glucose dependent insulinotrophic polypeptide (GIP) receptor dual agonist DA-JC4 on alleviating Parkinson's disease (PD) and unveil related cellular mechanisms. Methods Rotenone was injected to generate a rat PD model, on which the effect of DA-JC4 on motor functions was evaluated by rotational behavioral assay and open field test. The survival of dopaminergic neurons was analyzed, in addition to assays for mitochondrial stress and quantification of neurotransmitter levels using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). In cultured hippocampal neurons, the effect of DA-JC4 on mitochondrial stress and related cellular mechanism was analyzed by Flow cytometry, western blotting and reactive oxygen species (ROS). Results DA-JC4 significantly improved motor functions in PD rats, and elevated levels of major neurotransmitters. By histological analysis, DA-JC4 protected dopaminergic neurons from rotenone-induced cell death, which was associated with reduced mitochondrial stress. Experiments in cultured rat hippocampal neurons validated the neuroprotective role of DA-JC4 against cell apoptosis and mitochondrial stress induced by rotenone. The protective effect of DA-JC4 was later found to be dependent on AKT/JNK signal pathway, as treatment using AKT inhibitor or JNK activator abolished such effects. Conclusion Our results showed that the dual agonist of GLP-1/GIP receptor could ameliorate motor dysfunctions of PD by protecting dopaminergic neurons which was mediated by relieved mitochondrial stress and apoptosis via AKT/JNK signal pathway.
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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS
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2020
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IF 5.065
Xiaojie Liu,Chunying Zhu,Taotao Fu,Youguang Ma
The densities and viscosities of ternary solution of piperazine (PZ) + 2-Amino-2-methyl-1-propanol (AMP) + H 2 O were measured at P = 101 kPa and T = (303.15–343.15) K. The effects of temperature and concentration on the density and viscosity of ternary solution were investigated. The apparent molar volume ( V φ ), the limiting partial molar volume ( V φ 0 ), viscosity B -coefficient, Helper's constant and the free energies of activation per mole of solvent ( Δμ 1 0≠ ) and solute ( Δμ 2 0≠ ) were calculated from the density and viscosity, respectively. The solute-solute and solvent-solute interactions were analyzed from the volumetric and viscometric properties. The results show that the PZ has a destructive effect on the structure of mixed solvent.
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
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2020
·Vol. 27
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·11990-12000
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IF 3.056
Cui Yanping,Thathsarani Nimesha,Peng Liang,Gao Ya,Lei Lidan,Zhou Zhengwei,Liang Lili,Shi Xiaoyan
Innovative paramagnetic one-dimensional (1-D) core-shell Fe-Ag@AgCl visible light-driven photocatalysts are synthesized through a template-assisted electrodeposition method trailed by FeCl 3 in-situ oxidation. The metallic nature of Fe-Ag@AgCl is confirmed through scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and crystal nature through X-ray diffraction (XRD). The controllable diameter of Fe-Ag is obtained through the selection of hollow size of the polycarbonate (PC) template. Electron impedance spectroscopy (EIS) confirms through the introduction of Fe to the Ag core that has prolonged the recombination of electron and hole. Escherichia coli ( E. coli ) are employed as the target bacteria to evaluate the photocatalytic disinfection performances. A total of 1.30 mg of Fe-Ag@AgCl is proved to be able to completely inactivate 10 7 CFU (colony forming units)/mL after 120 min of visible light irradiation. The transition electron microscopy (TEM) confirms the stability of the material after the photo reaction. As Fe-Ag@AgCl possesses magnetic properties, the material is recovered through the application of an external magnetic field. SEM images and results of 3D emission extraction matrix (EEM) depict that the bacteria cell death is caused by membrane permeability changes caused by the reduction of membrane associated proteins.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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Libin Pang,Pengfei Tian,Xu Cui,Xiuping Wu,Xiaoli Zhao,Hui Wang,Deping Wang,Haobo Pan
The hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha (HIF-1a) pathway plays a key role in regulating angiogenesis during wound healing. However, the diabetic condition hampers the stabilization of HIF-1a and thus inhibits the subsequent angiogenesis, and meanwhile, the function and phenotype transition of macrophage are impaired in the diabetic condition, which leads to prolonged and chronic inflammation. Both angiogenesis inhibition and inflammatory dysfunction make diabetic wound healing a major clinical challenge. Here, borosilicate (BS), a new group of bioceramics with a coupled network of interconnected [BO3] and [SiO4] which can incorporate therapeutic ions such as Cu2+, is synthesized and combined with silk fibroin (SF), a biocompatible natural amino acid polymer whose composition and structure are similar to a natural extracellular matrix (ECM), to obtain a compound system which can transform into a SF-MA-BS hydrogel under UV radiation via methacryloyloxy (MA) groups modified on both BS and SF. When in use, the compound system can thoroughly spread to the whole wound surface and be in situ photo-cross-linked to form an integral SF-MA-BS hydrogel that firmly adheres to the wound, protects the wound from external contamination, and further spontaneously promotes wound regeneration by releasing therapeutic ions. The wound repair of Streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats shows that diabetic wound healing is obviously accelerated by SF-MA-BS, interestingly the HIF-1a pathway is restored via interaction between HIF-1a and Cu2+, and angiogenesis is therefore enhanced. Meanwhile, inflammation is well regulated by SF-MA-BS, and long-term detrimental inflammation is avoided. These findings indicate that the SF-MA-BS hydrogel regenerates diabetic wounds, and further clinical trials are anticipated.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE
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2019
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IF 3.372
Jianjun Wang,Wenheng Li,Zihan Zhou,Zhiyong Gao,Yuehua Hu,Wei Sun
Fluorite is usually separated from calcite by froth flotation method using large amounts of sodium silicate depressant, which can cause trouble in the loss of fluorite and wastewater treatment. In this study, green and low-cost 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid (HEDP or H 4 L) was used as pH-dependent switch to initially depress fluorite for calcite pre-removal at pH 6.0, and then activate fluorite for further upgrading fluorite concentrate at pH 8.0. The depressing behavior and mechanism were reported in this work. H 2 L 2− was the dominant form of HEDP, and a stronger chemical adsorption of H 2 L 2− on fluorite hindered the subsequent adsorption of sodium oleate (NaOL), while that of the calcite showed the opposite result. Two active O atoms in H 2 L 2− could well match in interatom distance with two Ca sites on fluorite to form Ca-H 2 L complexes. The pH-dependent switch reagent reported here may open a new avenue for more selective separation among mixed mineral systems.
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WATER RESEARCH
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2019
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Meng Jiang,Xiong Zheng,Yinguang Chen
Bio-denitrification (i.e., microbial reduction of nitrate to gaseous nitrogen) is usually reported to be affected by operating and environmental parameters, such as carbon source type, pH value, and temperature. In this paper, the enhancement of denitrification performance with the elimination of nitrite accumulation and nitrous oxide emission by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 were investigated and the mechanisms were explored. It was found that S. oneidensis MR-1 itself had marginal nitrate removal capacity, but its presence in the denitrification system of a well-studied denitrifier (Paracoccus denitrificans ) obviously enhanced nitrate removal efficiency (from 65.3% to 97.8%) and reduced nitrite accumulation (0.67 against none-detectable) and N 2 O generation (from 8.87 μm/mM-TN to none-detectable). The mechanism study showed that S. oneidensis MR-1 promoted electrons transfer activity via the formation of nanotube between cells, which resulted in the increase of denitrification enzymes activity , carbon source metabolism, ATP level and cell viability. As the generation, transfer and consumption of electrons were enhanced by S. oneidensis MR-1, the improvement of denitrification performance with reduction of nitrite accumulation and N 2 O emission was therefore achieved. Finally, the performance of denitrification enhanced by S. oneidensis MR-1 was testified by laboratory groundwater treatment experiment. This study suggested the potential role of S. oneidensis MR-1 in accelerating nitrate bio-transformation in nitrogen geochemical cycle and increasing bio-treatment of nitrate contamination with negligible harmful intermediates (nitrite and N 2 O) accumulation.
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REACTIVE & FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS
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2019
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IF 3.074
Liqin Zhou,Qinghua Liang,Kungang Chai,Zhangfa Tong,Hongbing Ji
To separate acetophenone (AP) and 1-phenylethanol (PE), a kind of cost-effective β-cyclodextrin based polymeric sorbent (CE-CDP) was constructed by crosslinking β-cyclodextrin with toluene-2,4-diisocyanate trimer. According to the characteristic results, the structure of the CE-CDP consisting of β-cyclodextrin cavity, aromatic urethane bond and unique isocyanurate ring was proved substantially. It was shown that crosslinking process would enhance the thermal stability, and the incorporation of the unique crosslinking units into CE-CDP's network potentially improved the selective adsorption performance compared to analogous polymer with non-isocyanurate ring structure. The static adsorption performance of CE-CDP in single solute system was investigated. The adsorption capacity of AP was much higher than that of PE, indicating that CE-CDP exhibits much stronger affinity toward AP over PE. Based on the results, we found that the spontaneous adsorption processes of AP and PE onto CE-CDP could be well described by pseudo-second order kinetics , Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models. And the preferential AP adsorption over PE (selectivity≈6) was further verified through binary competitive adsorption. In addition, the density functional theory calculations showed that the coexistence of β-cyclodextrin cavity, aromatic urethane bond and isocyanurate ring endows CE-CDP with high AP adsorption capacity and selectivity. The theoretical results also indicated that the noncovalent interactions involving the intermolecular hydrogen bonding , π-π interactions and electrostatic interaction are favorable for binding AP rather than PE. In conclusion, CE-CDP was proved to be a good adsorbent for selective separation of AP and PE with mass producibility, low cost, high reusability and wide application prospect.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2019
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IF 4.084
Tianping Huang,Jianxin Zou,Xiaoqin Zeng,Jie Wang,Huabing Liu,Wenjiang Ding
In the present work, NaBH 4 based hydrogen storage materials, 3NaBH 4 -(x)YF 3 -(1-x)GdF 3 composites, were prepared via mechanical ball milling with different values of x (2/3, 1/2, 1/3). The de-/rehydrogenation thermodynamic and kinetic behaviors of 3NaBH 4 -(x)YF 3 -(1-x)GdF 3 composites were systematically investigated. These composites showed a single endothermal peak of hydrogen desorption even though two metal fluorides were added simultaneously into NaBH 4 . All the 3NaBH 4 -(x)YF 3 -(1-x)GdF 3 composites showed reversible hydrogen sorption ability and the best hydrogen absorption kinetics was observed in the 3NaBH 4 -0.5YF 3 -0.5GdF 3 composite, with about 2 wt% hydrogen absorbed at 370 °C under 3.2 MPa H 2 pressure in 1 h. Its hydrogen absorption kinetic behaviors were correlated closely to a First-order reaction model based on experimental results. According to the pressure-composition-temperature (PCT) tests, the reversible hydrogen storage capacity increases, and the hydrogen desorption enthalpy decreases along with more GdF 3 addition. In particular, the desorption enthalpy with regard to the apparent Pauling's electronegativity (χ p ) of added metal cations can be described as Δ H d = −2748.21χ p +3852.99 kJ/mol H 2 , where χ p =(x)∙χ p (Y 3+ )+(1-x)∙χ p (Gd 3+ ). This research helps us to clarify the effect of co-addition of two rare earth metal fluorides on reversible hydrogen sorption in NaBH 4 .
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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING DATA
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2019
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IF 2.298
Xing Cui,Hai Zhu,Chao-Hong He,Ke-Jun Wu
The thermal conductivities of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium l-tryptophan ([BMIM][l-trp]), water, ethanol, [BMIM][l-trp] + water, [BMIM][l-trp] + ethanol, water + ethanol, and [BMIM][l-trp] + water + ethanol were investigated from 283.15 to 333.15 K covering the whole scale of concentration at atmospheric pressure with the transient hot wire method. The thermal conductivities of pure [BMIM][l-trp] decease linearly from 0.180 to 0.177 W·m–1·K–1 with increasing temperature. The uncertainty of the measurement was less than 2% at the 0.95 confidence level. The experimental data of binary and ternary mixtures were correlated by a second-order Scheffé polynomial as a function of composition and temperature. The average relative deviation of the calculated values with experimental data was 0.58%.
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APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL
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2019
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Xin Zhang,Jianfeng Zhang,Huiyang Cao,Yahui Li
Although direct methanol fuel cells are promising as “green” power generators for portable electronics, their further development has been largely hampered by the low-efficiency of the commercial anode catalysts. In this study, (Ti 3 C 2 T x ) y -(MWCNTs) 1- y (0 ≤ y ≤1) supported Pt nanoparticle electrocatalysts were fabricated by a facile and scalable solvothermal strategy, after which two-dimensional(2D) Ti 3 C 2 T x nanosheets were found to be intercalated and connected by conductive one-dimensional(1D) MWCNTs. Used for methanol oxidation reaction, the Pt/(Ti 3 C 2 T x ) 0.5 -(MWCNTs) 0.5 catalyst exhibited the maximum electrochemical active surface area (ECSA, 154 m 2 /g) and excellent electrochemical activity (812.9 mA/mg), higher than not only Pt/Ti 3 C 2 T x and Pt/MWCNTs of this study, but also many other related catalysts reported in literature. In addition, the CO-poisoning behavior was also alleviated using Pt/(Ti 3 C 2 T x ) 0.5 -(MWCNTs) 0.5 instead of Pt/Ti 3 C 2 T x and Pt/MWCNTs. Such a superior performance can be attributed to the well dispersion of Pt nanoparticles (∼3.8 nm), enhanced layer distance of Ti 3 C 2 T x to capture more Pt nanoparticles, and conductive action of MWCNTs to connect Ti 3 C 2 T x . This study opens a new perspective for developing high performance supercapacitors using Pt catalysts supported by 1D-intercalated 2D materials.
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES
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2019
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Weizhong Wang,Dinghua Liu,Dejian Li,Haibo Du,Jingtian Zhang,Zhengwei You,Maoquan Li,Chuanglong He
There is an urgent clinical demand to develop a functional small diameter vascular graft with long-term patency, which mainly relies on the anticoagulation and endothelialization of the vascular graft. In addition, improved degradation of vascular graft provides more space for cell infiltration and facilitates remodeling of blood vessel. In this study, an elastic and biomimetic nanofibrous vascular scaffold with improved degradability was prepared by adding poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) into the poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA)/poly(L-lactide-co-ε-caprolactone) (PLCL) blend using thermally induced phase separation (TIPS) technique. The incorporation of PLGA also improved the hydrophilicity of the composite scaffold. Then the vascular scaffold was surface modified by combination of heparin and stromal cell-derived factor-1 alpha (SDF-1α). The results of whole blood clotting kinetics and plasma recalcification profiles indicated that heparinized modification significantly enhanced the anticoagulation of vascular scaffold. In vitro cell culture assays demonstrated the immobilized SDF-1α facilitated recruitment of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs), migration and proliferation of mature endothelial cells, human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs), and expression of VE-cadherin/CD144 and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) genes in HUVECs, thereby accelerating the endothelialization of the modified vascular scaffold. Besides, the nanofibrous vascular scaffold modified with heparin and SDF-1α inhibited the proliferation of human vascular smooth muscle cells (HVSMCs). Therefore, the phase separated nanofibrous vascular scaffold modified with heparin and SDF-1α shows the promising in vitro performance as a functional small diameter vascular graft.
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