Food Analytical Methods
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Zeng Jingxuan,Zheng Haoyue,He Rifeng,Zhou Dan,Peng Xiaoyan,Mo Nan,Mo Zhonghai,Zhou Xue,Ge Fahuan
In this paper, we proposed a new supercritical CO 2 defatting—pH multistage regulation extraction method (SD-PMRE) of high water soluble walnut protein isolate (HWPI), by investigating the effects of PMRE, three defatting methods, and walnut seed coat on the functional properties of HWPI. The results showed that HWPI had high yield of 48.56% and high protein content of 87.58%. More importantly, it had a solubility of 91.58%, significantly higher than walnut protein isolate (WPI) with the highest solubility. Meanwhile, other functional properties of HWPI were greatly improved, with emulsification capacity and stability of 118.07 m 2 /g and 91.03%, and foaming capacity and stability of 129.17% and 89.29%, respectively. Through the SD-PMRE, the problem of WPI’s poor functional properties such as solubility was solved, avoiding the shortcomings brought by modification methods and expanding the application of walnut protein in the fields of food and medicine.
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Surfaces and Interfaces
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2024
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Xingyu Wu,Yaoqi Lei,Yanzong Zhang,Zhenxing Zeng,Lulu Long,Xiaojing Wang,Yan He,Gang Yang,Fei Shen,Yan Liu
Excessive discharge of wastewater containing phosphorus is the leading cause of water eutrophication. In this study, yttrium ions were embedded in chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel beads by adsorption of amino functional groups. After alkali treatment, a new chitosan-based yttrium hydrogel adsorbent (PC-Y-OH) with porous channels was perpetrated. The results showed that alkali treatment reduced the protonation of amino functional groups in hydrogel and made PC-Y-OH have stable adsorption of phosphate in the initial solution of pH 4∼10. Compared with hydrogel beads without alkali treatment (PC-Y 3+ ), the inhibition of high concentration bicarbonate and sulfate of PC-Y-OH was reduced by 47 % and 43 %, respectively, under acidic conditions (initial pH of 3). In weak acid (initial pH of 6) or alkaline (initial pH of 8) conditions, its adsorption capacity is almost uninhibited by co-existing substances. After regenerating the adsorbent with an alkali solution 7 times, the adsorption capacity was still over 80 % of the first adsorption. The adsorption kinetics and thermodynamics results indicated that PC-Y-OH could reach the adsorption equilibrium within 2 h, and the adsorption process was a spontaneous exothermic process with a maximum adsorption capacity of 62.36 mg-P/g. Surface chemical analysis of the adsorbent indicated that phosphate adsorption on the adsorbent was primarily driven by chemical complexation. Moreover, this provides a promising adsorbent for recovering phosphorus from aquatic environments.
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COLLOID AND POLYMER SCIENCE
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Sun Xinke,Jiang Guohua,Wang Yin,Xu Yunzhu
Multi-arm star amphiphilic hyperbranched copolymers with poly(2-(dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate) (PDMAEMA) shell and hyperbranched poly(3-ethyl-3-(hydroxymethyl)oxetane) (HBPO) core were synthesized by reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer method. The hyperbranched copolymers were further modified by succinic anhydride (SUC) to obtain the novel pH- and thermosensitive hyperbranched copolymer HBPO- star -PDMAEMAs-SUC. The composition and morphology of synthesized copolymers were investigated by 1 H NMR, dynamic light scattering, and transmission electron microscopy. These copolymers exhibited phase transitions in response to pH and temperature. The pH-dependent release properties of the drug-loaded micelles were also investigated using indomethacin (IND) as a model drug. The IND-loaded micelles displayed a rapid drug release at an alkaline pH.
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MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE
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2024
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Naikuan Fu,Yinan Zeng,Jing Zhang,Peng Zhang,Hong Zhang,Shicheng Yang,Jianhua Zhang
The therapeutic efficacy of bortezomib (BTZ) is often limited due to low solubility, poor stability in vivo and nonspecific toxicity. Herein, a kind of catechol-functionalized polyethylene glycol (mPEG-CA) is first synthesized and then mPEG-CA is readily used to conjugate with BTZ by the formation of dynamic boronate bonds to obtain PEGlyated BTZ prodrug (mPEG-CA-BTZ) with the ability of pH-controlled disassembly and drug release. The structure and morphology, physicochemical characteristics, drug loading, and release as well as in vitro cytotoxicity of mPEG-CA-BTZ nanoparticles are investigated in detail. The results demonstrated that mPEG-CA-BTZ can not only self-assemble into nanostructures with uniform size and stable dispersion in physiological pH condition (pH 7.4) but also respond to the tumor acid microenvironment and achieve pH-controlled BTZ release by acid-triggered cleavage of boronate bonds, decomposition of mPEG-CA-BTZ and thus disassembly of mPEG-CA-BTZ nanoparticles. mPEG-CA-BTZ nanoparticles are expected to have great potential as a promising nanoplatform for pharmaceutical formulations of BTZ to increase therapeutic efficacy and decrease side effects of BTZ. Considering the easily available and biocompatible excipients and simple preparation process, the strategy designed herein provides a facile and promising approach to synergistically integrate the function of PEGylation and pH-sensitiveness into boronic acid-containing small molecule pharmaceutical agents.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2024
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IF 9.4
Yuze Zhou,Jiaying Lei,Jing Peng,Tengling Ye,Yumeng Wang,Ruipeng Huang,Yubo Zhang,Yonghui Ren,Yuhong Zhou,Dongyan Tang
Stimuli-responsive poly( N -vinylcaprolactam) (PVCL)-based microgels, which could response to small external environmental changes, have attracted great interests in the fields of biomedicine and nanotechnology. However, the preparation of such microgels meets severe challenge due to their low incorporation efficiency and thermoresponsivity passivation. To address these issues, we select 3-( tert- butoxycarbonyl)- N- vinylcaprolactam (TBVCL), a carboxyl-functionalized VCL derivative, as a comonomer to develop pH/temperature dual-responsive microgels. TBVCL, with a structure similar to VCL, enhances incorporation efficiency and colloidal stability, while reducing thermoresponsivity passivation. The volume phase transition temperature (VPTT) of the microgels can be adjusted over a broad range (19.0–49.5 °C). Notably, the radial swelling ratios of the microgels can be modulated by pH, achieving a maximum swelling ratio of 3. The distinct changes in dissolution-precipitation behavior under different temperatures or pH conditions make these microgels suitable for applications such as smart windows and sensors. Furthermore, this novel approach for fabricating microgels with pH-tunable phase-transition temperatures demonstrates significant potential for the controlled release of nanoparticles (e.g., drugs, catalysts, and quantum dots) and the development of smart nanocrystal-polymer composite sensors.
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FIBERS AND POLYMERS
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2024
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Zhang Meiling,Wu Peiming,Guo Ningting,Hu Wenhui,Li Min,Shao Jianhao,Su Huiying,Twebaze Collins Bagiritima,Ye Jianqing,Zheng Guangwei,Wang Zhangang,Yang Yaolin,Li Hongyan,Zhuang Xupin
In recent years, wettability materials with pH-responsive have attracted increasing attention in oil/water separation applications. However, these materials were limited by the pH range and infiltration time. Herein, a simple operational procedure is proposed to prepare banana nanocellulose cryogels with pH-responsive switchable wettability to realize these outstanding performances. Alkyl-modified cryogels (BCNC-MS) are obtained by adding methyltrimethoxysilane (MTMS) to the banana nanocellulose (BCNF) suspension. BCNC-MS are soaked in the carboxyl-modified solution to produce pH-responsive cryogels (BCNC-MS-SA). The carboxyl-modified solution is made from succinic anhydride (SA), (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (KH550), and N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) in a molar mass ratio of 1:1:18. The key to achieving the pH-response is the protonation and deprotonation of the carboxyl groups. SEM demonstrates that the modification keeps the three-dimensional porous structure of the cryogel, and the results of EDS, FTIR, and XPS show the success of alkyl and carboxyl modifications. BCNC-MS-SA can realize hydrophilic/underwater oleophobic (θ water = 0°) and hydrophobic/underwater oleophilic (maximal θ water = 135°) wettability transitions after treatment with different pH solutions. Compared with other pH-responsive oil/water separation materials, BCNC-MS-SA performs well in pH = 1 and pH = 13 environments, and the shortest infiltration time is only 3 s. With a porosity of 93.80%, BCNC-MS-SA possesses excellent adsorption capacity (10–40 g/g), oil/water separation efficiency (> 92%), and adsorption cycle performance (15 cycles) even for viscous oils. Moreover, BCNC-MS-SA has satisfactory stability. Cryogels are made of banana nanocellulose, and they are inexpensive and can be easily degraded. BCNC-MS-SA has great potential in practical applications such as oil removal and purification of oily wastewater.
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Surfaces and Interfaces
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2025
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Yajie Cheng,Zichen Xu,Qiang Wang,Kexin Zhang,Lin Wang,Yongbo Deng,Teng Ma,Hao Wei,Zengxian Guo
To address the issues of high filler content and poor wave absorption performance in single-component absorbers, we constructed tubular high-dielectric polypyrrole (PPy) through morphology control and doping, achieving high-performance microwave absorption at ultra-low filler content. This study utilized various surfactants for the oxidative polymerization of high-dielectric PPy (PPy-S X ) and its micromorphology was further optimized via pH regulation to further obtain excellent impedance matching of PPy (PPy-S 5 -X). Experimental results reveal that non-ionic surfactants, particularly methyl orange (MO), significantly improve the dielectric properties of tubular PPy (PPy-S 5 ). pH-regulation (from pH 1 to 11) markedly influences micromorphology. PPy-S 5 –5 (pH=5.0) possesses the most remarkable nanoparticle-nanotube morphology for impedance matching at ultralow filling content. With a thickness of 2 mm, PPy-S 5 –5 (5 wt% filling amount) exhibits an RL min of –40.88 dB with an effective absorption bandwidth of 5.04 GHz (10.24–15.28 GHz). By contrast, the RL min of PPy-S 5 –5 is over six times better than that of PPy-S 1 synthesized using cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB). This superior microwave absorption performance is due to enhanced electromagnetic wave loss for two main reasons: First, MO as a soft template promotes tubular PPy formation, allowing charges to continuously move and transfer between molecules to enhance conduction loss. Additionally, pH regulation optimizes particle distribution on PPy nanotubes, improving multi-interface interactions and interfacial polarization. This micromorphology regulation strategy of PPy unlocks its potential as a lightweight, efficient absorbent material, achieving superior absorption performance at low filling volumes in wave-absorbing applications.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2025
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Lan Ding,Jing Xu,Zeyu Zhang,Kezhen Qi,Ge Jin
Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) via water splitting is a prospective technology for achieving the sustainable production of hydrogen. So, ruthenium-based electrocatalysts have been extensively studied. However, metallic ruthenium tends to agglomerate due to the high cohesive energy, resulting in decreased HER performance in practical usage. Introducing sufficient support for dispersing and immobilizing ruthenium-based species is a viable way to enhance the utilization efficiency. MXene-based materials with unique surface termination groups, superior chemical stability, high specific surface area and favorable electrical conductivity have received significant attention as low-cost carriers for the development of active catalysts in HER. Herein, nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) atom-doped titanium carbide (Ti 3 C 2 ) quantum dots (QDs) were successfully synthesized as efficient carriers for anchoring ultra-small ruthenium nanoparticles (NPs) toward electrocatalytic HER. Electrochemical tests reveal that the resultant N,S-Ti 3 C 2 QDs/Ru displays superior HER performance with low overpotentials of 28, 25 and 56 mV at 10 mA cm −2 current density in 0.5 M H 2 SO 4 , 1 M KOH and 1 M PBS solutions, respectively. Such a low overpotential is comparable to most previously reported non-metallic catalysts, Ru-based electrocatalysts and commercial Pt/C. In addition, N,S-Ti 3 C 2 QDs/Ru displays extraordinarily long-term stability over a relatively wide pH range and is indeed a kind of pH-universal catalyst for hydrogen evolution. Furthermore, density functional theory (DFT) calculations demonstrate that the interactions between metal Ru and N,S-Ti 3 C 2 MXene QDs effectively regulate the electronic structure of the active site Ru, lowering the energy barrier of the electrocatalytic HER intermediate, thus dramatically enhancing the activity for N,S-Ti 3 C 2 QDs/Ru. This work proposes a novel approach to functionalize MXene quantum dots for use as low-cost electrocatalysts with promising practical applications in renewable energy conversion.
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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Yuetong Luo,Kaixing Fu,Dawei Wang,Jinming Luo
Nanobubbles (NBs) have been utilized to enhance the removal of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water. However, the effectiveness of NBs under various operational conditions, including varying PFAS concentrations, pH levels, and the presence of coexisting ions, has remained insufficiently explored. A deeper understanding of these interfacial interactions is crucial to optimizing and maximizing the efficiency of NBs in PFAS removal. This study aims to bridge these knowledge gaps by systematically exploring the role of NBs in augmenting the adsorption of legacy PFAS on various carbon-based adsorbents, including granular activated carbon (GAC), carbon nanotubes (CNTs), and graphene. Our experimental results demonstrated a significant improvement in PFAS adsorption on carbon-based adsorbents in the presence of NBs, with the enhancement effect particularly pronounced at a high initial PFAS concentration (50 mg L–1). Acidic conditions notably facilitated PFAS removal in the NB-assisted carbon adsorption system, aligning well with the predictions from the Derjaguin–Landau–Verwey–Overbeek (DLVO) theory. Furthermore, ionic strength was found to play a critical role, with lower levels stabilizing NBs and promoting interactions with adsorbent surfaces, while higher levels reduced the effectiveness of NBs. Additionally, multivalent cations (particularly Fe3+) showed a substantially greater enhancement in PFAS removal efficiency compared to Na+ and Ca2+. This study deepens the understanding of NB-assisted PFAS removal using carbon-based adsorbents and provides practical insights into optimizing treatment processes.
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ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
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2019
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Feng Zhang,Mengke Wang,Lili Zhang,Xingguang Su
Herein, we developed a novel and sensitive ratiometric fluorescence strategy for pH sensing and urea detection based on MoS 2 quantum dots (MQDs) and 2, 3-diaminophenazine (DAP). The DAP was pH-sensitive and can be used as pH indicator while MQDs was pH-insensitive and acted as a reference fluorescent signal. The fluorescence intensity of DAP at 568 nm exhibited increases gradually while the fluorescence intensity of MQDs at 420 nm kept unchanged as the pH changed from 3.0 to 9.0. So the ratio of the two fluorescence intensities at 568 nm and 420 nm can be used to monitor the change of pH. The pH-sensing system showed a linear and reversible respond to pH in the range of 3.8–6.0 with an interval of 0.2 pH unit. Furthermore, the enzymatic reaction of urea in the presence of urease can lead to the pH increase of the solution, which can be used to detect urea by using the above-mentioned pH-sensing system. There exhibited a good linear relationship between the ratiometric fluorescence intensity of I 568 /I 420 and urea concentrations ranging from 5 to 700 μM. And a low detection limit of 1.8 μM was obtained. The proposed strategy exhibited excellent selectivity and sensitivity. Additionally, the developed ratiometric fluorescence strategy was successfully applied to detect urea in water samples.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2022
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Yuan-Ju Tang,Shu-Jie Zhang,Zi-Tao Zhong,Bin Zhang,Wen-Ming Su,Guo-Ping Wang,Yuan-Di Zhao
The construction of porous ion channels with ion current rectification (ICR) at the submicron scale has great significance for the development of large-area bionic ion channel devices. In this manuscript, one kind of heterogeneous membrane with asymmetric composition, geometry and wettability was prepared by simple drop-coating of the neutral hydrophobic conducting polymer precursor and in-situ thermal polymerization on cylindrical submicron scale anodic aluminum oxide channels (D≈269 nm) at 150 °C. ICR in the submicrochannel heterogeneous membrane was successfully achieved due to the asymmetric charge distribution induced by asymmetric pH gradient. Furthermore, the rectification ratio ( R ic : 1.6 ∼ 42.8) could be effectively regulated by multiple drop-coating, the electrolyte concentration (0.01 mM ∼ 1 M) and pH gradient (3 ∼ 11). Finally, through the permeation experiment of anionic dye and cationic dye, the mechanism of the synergistic effect of surface charge and electrophoresis on the ion selectivity and ICR was discussed, and it was successfully applied to the directional and on-demand transport of anionic and cationic ions under the regulation of pH gradient and voltage driving. It has important potential applications in the treatment of pollutants, the purification of water and energy conversion etc.
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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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2019
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IF 2.931
Kangming Xiong,Caixia Yin,Yongkang Yue,Fangjun Huo
The intracellular pH has a significant effect on several essential biological processes such as material transfer, enzymatic action, cell apoptosis et al. Thus, it is necessary to monitor pH fluctuation in living cells. Here, we designed a near-infrared ratiometric fluorescence probe for pH detection. The spectroscopic responses of probe to pH variations were investigated in CH 3 OH/PBS (v/v, 1:1) mixed solution at different pH values. The experimental results showed that the probe is sensitive to acidity, and the p K a of probe is calculated to be 4.85. When the pH was decreased from 9.0 to 1.0, the color of probe solution change from purple to yellow was found by naked eye. Moreover, the probe can be a practical tool for assessing cellular pH by cell imaging.
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