Processes
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2025
·Vol. 13
·期 5
·1525
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IF 2.8
Yue Chen,Xiaofei Guan
Recycling the positive electrode materials of spent Li-ion batteries is critical for environmental sustainability and resource security. To facilitate the attainment of the goal, this study presents a novel approach for recovering valuable metals from positive electrode materials of spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in an H-shaped cell containing aqueous NaCl electrolyte. The process employs hydrochloric acid that could be derived from the chlorine cycle as the leaching agent. The electrolytic device is engineered to generate a high pH gradient, thereby enhancing the leaching of metal elements and eliminating the requirement for external acid or base addition. This green recycling approach adheres to the principles of a circular economy and provides an environmentally friendly solution for sustainable battery material recycling.
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Journal of Integrative Agriculture
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2022
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IF 4.384
Muhammad Irfan WARIS,Aneela YOUNAS,Rana Muhammad Kaleem ULLAH,Fatima RASOOL,Muhammad Muzammal ADEEL,Man-qun WANG
Chemosensory proteins (CSPs) are important molecular components of the insect olfactory system, which are involved in capturing, binding, and transporting hydrophobic odour molecules across the sensillum in sensillar lymph in regulating insect behavior. This protein family (CSPs) is also involved in many other systems that are not linked to olfactory receptors in olfactory sensilla. The brown planthopper (BPH) is a monophagous pest of rice that causes damage by sucking phloem sap and transmitting a number of diseases caused by viruses. In this study, fluorescence competitive binding assay and fluorescence quenching assay at acidic pH were performed as well as homology modelling to describe the binding affinity of NlugCSP10. Fluorescence competitive binding assay (FCBA) demonstrated that NlugCSP10 bound strongly to nonadecane, farnesene, and 2-tridecanone at acidic pH. The results of FCBA indicated that NlugCSP10 bound different ligands at the physiological pH (5.0) of the bulk sensillum lymph. Fluorescence quenching assay demonstrated that NlugCSP10 generated a stable complex with 2-tridecanone, while two ligands nonadecane and farnesene collided due to molecular collisions. The interaction of selected ligands with the modelled structure of NlugCSP10 was also analyzed, which found the key amino acids (Gln23, Gln24, Gln25, Asn27, Met33, Ser34, Ile35, Tyr36, Asn42, Met43, Val45, Asn46, Asn93, Arg96, Ala97, Lys99, and Ala100) in NlugCSP10 that were involved in binding of volatile compounds. The present study contributes to the binding profile of NlugCSP10 that promotes the development of behaviorally active ligands based on BPH olfactory system.
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FOOD HYDROCOLLOIDS
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2021
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IF 9.147
Junmeng Lu,Xinglian Xu,Xue Zhao
In the current study, the interfacial rheological properties of alkali pH-shifted MP under pH 11.0 → 7.0, pH 11.5 → 7.0 and pH 12.0 → 7.0 have been firstly investigated. The molecular weight and microstructure of myofibrillar protein (MP) treated by alkali pH-shifting were investigated by gel-permeation chromatography (GPC) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Results indicated a swollen, organized and aggregated structure of refolded MP. Overall, the molecular change in refolded MP led to faster protein adsorption towards the O/W interface, enhanced intermolecular interaction between adsorbed proteins and improved elasticity of interfacial film compared to native MP. After β-mercaptoethanol (β-ME) was added, the advantage of refolded MP in diffusion phase no more existed due to the disruption of aggregation and decreased molecular size, besides the penetration and rearrangement were interfered because the disruption of disulfide bond inhibited the formation of interfacial protein layers. With the protein concentration increasing, MP molecules crowding at O/W (oil in water) surface limited the development of a highly elastic network. As revealed by Tween 20 displacement, MP layers with higher interfacial elasticity were more resistant to displacement. Moreover, after displacement the coalescence stability of emulsion droplet was enhanced but the mechanical strength of interfacial MP layer was reduced. Altogether MP (0.04 or 0.2 mg/mL) treated by pH 11.0 → 7.0 exhibited the best adsorption performance and interfacial properties, which were important in stablizing emulsions. Thus, interfacial behavior regulation by alkali pH-shifting may be a applicable process for developing meat protein-based emulsions in food industry.
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Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications
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2020
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IF 5.88
Shengmei Song,Junhui Hu,Minglu Li,Xiaojuan Gong,Chuan Dong,Shaomin Shuang
The fluorescent boron, nitrogen and sulfur co-doped carbon dots (BNSCDs) were prepared by simple hydrothermal reaction of 4-carboxyphenylboronic acid and 2,5-diaminobenzenesulfonic acid at 200 °C for 8 h. The fluorescence of the BNSCDs could be quenched by Fe 3+ based on the electron transfer between Fe 3+ and BNSCDs, so a label-free, good selectivity and high sensitivity method for Fe 3+ determination was established with linear range and LOD of 1.5–692 μmol/L and 87 nmol/L, respectively. And then the fluorescent probe was employed for detection of Fe 3+ in tap water, coal gangue, fly ash and food samples successfully. Moreover, the as-prepared BNSCDs could serve as a novel pH fluorescent probe in the range of pH 1.60–7.00, which could be attributed to the proton transfer of carboxyl groups on the surface of BNSCDs. More importantly, the pH fluorescent probe possesses fast, real-time and low toxicity, applying for intracellular pH fluorescence imaging in HIC, HIEC, LO2 and SMMC7721 cells. In view of its simplicity, timely response and outstanding compatibility, the as-fabricated BNSCDs show the potential applications in water quality and solid waste monitoring, food detection, real-time measuring of intracellular pH change in vitro.
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BIOMACROMOLECULES
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2018
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IF 5.738
Junhua Li,Xuequan Zhang,Mingying Zhao,Lihuang Wu,Kui Luo,Yuji Pu,Bin He
Nanoparticle- and microsphere-based drug delivery systems (DDSs) have attracted wide attention in cancer therapy; those DDSs that are responsive to tumor environment can selectively identify tumor and normal tissues and therefore have shown enhanced anticancer efficacy and alleviated systemic toxicity. Here, tumor-pH-sensitive polymeric microspheres, which are prepared by multiblock poly(l-lactide) with pH-sensitive acetal bonds in the backbone, are employed to efficiently load water-soluble anticancer drug doxorubicin hydrochloride (DOX·HCl, drug loading content: ∼10%). The pH-sensitive DOX-loaded hollow microspheres were in the size range 2–10 μm and exhibited acid-accelerated degradation of polymer matrix and drug release, and thereby efficient in vitro cancer cell inhibition. The microspheres were further intratumorally injected into breast-tumor-bearing mice, and the in vivo anticancer experiment showed that pH-sensitive DOX-loaded microsphere showed better antitumor efficiency and prolonged life-span than its counterpart that does not have pH-responsive property. Moreover, negligible organ toxicity, especially cardiotoxicity that generally exists in DOX-involved chemotherapy where DOX is administrated by intravenous injection, was observed for DOX-loaded microspheres. Hence, tumor-pH-sensitive polymeric microspheres have appeared to be a simple and efficient platform for delivering hydrophilic anticancer drug with excellent anticancer efficacy and low systemic toxicity.
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Artificial Cells Nanomedicine and Biotechnology
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2021
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IF 5.678
Xiangcai Zou,Zhipeng Jiang,Liang Li,Zonghai Huang
Cancer-targeted drug delivery systems based on nanoparticles (NPs) have been considered promising therapies. In this study, we developed a pH-responsive smart NPs drug delivery system using silk fibroin (SF), selenium nanoparticles (Se NPs), fingolimod (FTY720), and heptapeptide (T7). The prepared FTY720@T7-SF-Se NPs were spheres with an average diameter of 120 nm, which would contribute to the enhanced permeability and retention effects in tumour regions. The encapsulation efficiency (EE) of the FTY720@T7-SF-Se NPs was 71.95 ± 3.81%. The release of FTY720 from the nanocarriers was pH-dependent, and the release of FTY720 was accelerated in an acidic environment. Both in vitro and in vivo studies showed that FTY720@T7-SF-Se NPs had an enhanced cellular uptake selectivity and antitumor activity for thyroid cancer. The bio-distribution study in vivo further demonstrated that FTY720@T7-SF-Se NPs could effectively accumulate in the tumour region, thereby enhancing the ability to kill cancer cells in vivo. In addition, studies of histology and immunohistochemistry showed that FTY720@T7-SF-Se NPs had low toxicity to the major organs of tumour-bearing mice, indicating the prepared NPs has good biocompatibility in vivo. These results suggest that the tumour-targeted NPs delivery system (FTY720@T7-SF-Se NPs) has great potential as a new tool for thyroid cancer therapy.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry B
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2017
·Vol. 5
·期 17
·3111-3121
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IF 4.543
Yan-Ling Luo,Xue-Yin Zhang,Yuan Wang,Fang-Jie Han,Feng Xu,Ya-Shao Chen
pH-Sensitive H-type multiblock copolymers, namely, poly(methacrylic acid)2-block-epoxidized hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene-block-poly(methacrylic acid)2 (PMAA2-b-epoHTPB-b-PMAA2), were synthesized by atom-transfer radical polymerization and subsequent in situ epoxidation by peracetic acid and characterized by 1H NMR, FT-IR and SEC techniques. The impact of epoxidation on the physicochemical and biomedical properties of copolymer self-assembly micelle nanoparticles was investigated by fluorescence spectrometry, DLS, TEM and an MTT assay. The experimental results indicated that epoxidation resulted in the formation of more stable copolymer micelle nanoparticles with a lower critical micelle concentration, smaller micelle size, and higher loading capacity and encapsulation efficiency of drugs than those without epoxidation. In particular, epoxidized copolymer micelle nanoparticles exhibited reasonable pH sensitivity at a pH of 5.3–5.6. The hydrophobic anticancer drug paclitaxel (PTX) displayed faster release rates from epoxidized nanomicelles than from unepoxidized nanomicelles in a PBS solution of a pH of 4.8–6.6, whereas in PBS of a pH of 7.4 smaller amounts of PTX were released from epoxidized nanomicelles than from unepoxidized nanomicelles. Epoxidized copolymer nanomicelles were reasonably biodegradable after the drug was released, and their degradation rate was faster than that of their unepoxidized counterparts. An MTT assay was performed to determine the biocompatibility of epoxidized copolymer micelle nanoparticles and the anticancer activities of PTX-loaded nanomicelles, which were important for applications in the therapy of cancers as a controlled-release drug carrier.
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Materials Today Communications
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2022
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IF 3.662
Chenchen Xiong,Yang Zhou,Yanji Jin,Chao Liu,Pan Feng
Calcium silicate hydrates (C-S-H) are the strength sources of cement-based materials. However, the arbitrary packing of C-S-H particles at the nanoscale limit the mechanical properties considerably. In this study, we achieved high-order growth and improved mechanical properties of C-S-H by polymer addition and fine-tuning of the pH value. We found that a proper initial condition contributes to a uniform dispersion of colloidal C-S-H particles, which is essential for subsequent ordered growth. On the basis of stable dispersion, an accurate control of increasing pH values can induce the high-order and dense growth of C-S-H, which obtains a significantly higher elastic modulus as twice as traditional C-S-H. Furthermore, the polymer steric hindrance effect in low pH condition and templating effect of long chain in the higher pH condition explained the well-arranged growth of C-S-H with the interaction to polymer. We hope this highly ordered C-S-H may pave the way for designing tougher and more durable cement-based materials.
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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS
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2022
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IF 6.633
Guoshuai Wang,Guancheng Jiang,Yue Fu,Jun Yang,Yinbo He,Tengfei Dong
The dynamic covalent nature of imine bonds provides a facile avenue to develop stimuli-responsive emulsifiers and has attracted considerable interest. In petroleum engineering, the development of smart emulsifiers that can be switched on demand to achieve the reversible phase inversion of the invert emulsion drilling fluid (IEDF) can effectively aid in its removal during cleanup. To this end, a novel dynamic covalent surfactant (TA-CBA) that can precisely manipulate the emulsion type by responding to acid/base stimuli was synthesized through the Schiff base reaction between 1-tetradecylamine (TA) and 4-carboxybenzaldehyde (CBA). Evaluation of the surface tension and interfacial tension (IFT) showed that the imine-bonded product TA-CBA was a surfactant with strong IFT reduction ability. At pH 7.4, the prepared water-in-oil (W/O) emulsions were stable without any separated phases after storage for 48 h and even after high-temperature aging at 210 °C. As the pH decreased from 7.4 to 4, the emulsion inverted from a higher viscosity W/O emulsion to a lower viscosity oil-in-water (O/W) emulsion. Remarkably, after the pH was adjusted back to 7.4, the rheological parameters and stability of the emulsion could be triggered at the original W/O emulsion level. 1 H NMR and IFT measurements revealed that the reversible formation and breakage of covalent imine bonds led to the production of CBA and cationic amine salt (TA + ), establishing the pH reversibility of the emulsion type and its rheological properties. Finally, we successfully formulated a reversible IEDF using TA-CBA as the sole emulsifier, which not only has reasonable rheological properties, filtration performance, and emulsification stability but also allows for easy cleanup. The IEDF can be phase-inverted into a water-soluble O/W emulsion drilling fluid at pH 4 and achieved a removal efficiency of 98.13 %.
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Environmental Science-Nano
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2019
·Vol. 6
·期 7
·2129-2140
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IF 7.704
Yanlong Wang,Kun Yang,Benny Chefetz,Baoshan Xing,Daohui Lin
Heteroaggregation with clay mineral particles (CMPs) is significant to the environmental application and fate of increasingly produced nanoparticulate zero-valent iron (nZVI). Co-settling, kinetic aggregation, calculation of the classical Derjaguin–Landau–Verwey–Overbeek interaction energy, and electron microscopic observation were carried out to investigate the interaction between nZVIs (three naked nZVIs of different sizes and one carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) coated nZVI) and CMPs (kaolinite and montmorillonite). Under pH 6.5 and 9.5 conditions, Lewis acid–base interaction contributed to the attachment between nZVIs and CMPs, while electrostatic attraction was involved in nZVI–CMP attachment under pH 3.5. Compared with the heteroaggregates formed by nZVIs attaching to CMP edges and faces under pH 6.5 and 3.5 conditions, the heteroaggregates were smaller with nZVIs mainly connecting to CMP edges under pH 9.5. Small nZVI homoaggregates were bound to CMP edges at low nZVI concentrations (nZVI/CMP mass ratio at 0.015) with CMP concentrations of 330 mg L−1 and large nZVI–CMP heteroaggregates formed by nZVI bridging with increasing nZVI concentrations. The smallest nZVI exhibited the strongest heteroaggregation with CMPs; the CMC coating inhibited the interfacial interaction and heteroaggregation between nZVIs and CMPs; kaolinite had higher potential to interact with nZVIs under neutral conditions. These findings are helpful for understanding the interaction between nZVIs and minerals and of significance to environmental remediation using nZVIs.
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JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
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2016
·Vol. 16
·期 6
·5689-5695
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IF 1.338
Wu Jindan,Jiang Yuelin,Cai Guoqiang,Wang Zhengliao,He Ju,Wang Jiping
With the development of material science, pH-responsive fabric emerges as a novel material in recent years. Effect of chain density and chain length on the conformation transition of surfaceanchored polymers is a fundamental problem which relates to their functionality. In this work,
poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) was grafted onto cotton fabrics through surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) technique. The chain length of PAA was modulated by monomer concentration, and the grafting density was regulated by the density of amino groups on the fabric surface.
Contact angle analysis, IR measurement and water uptake observation were employed to study the pH-responsive behavior of the PAA modified cotton. Fabrics with polymers of a larger molecular weight and optimal grafting density exhibited better pH-responsibility. This study provided a structure-property
fundamental understanding on the important parameters influencing the pH-responsibility of PAA modified cotton fabric.
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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
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2017
·Vol. 27
·期 18
·1604981
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IF 12.124
Jun Fu,Lina Liang,Liyan Qiu
Drug leakage in blood circulation is generally a serious concern to polymersomes when loading water-soluble chemotherapeutics. If packing density of polymersome membrane is strengthened, premature drug release will be inhibited. Therefore, synthesis of a series of amphiphilic polyphosphazenes (PNPs) with 2-diethylaminoethyl 4-aminobenzoate (DEAB) as hydrophobic side groups and amino-terminal poly(ethylene glycol) (NH 2 -PEG 2000 ) as hydrophilic chains is presented. By controlling the ratio of DEAB to NH 2 -PEG 2000 , the optimal PNP-3 is screened to ensure polymersome formation and high loading of doxorubicin hydrochloride (DOX·HCl). In situ generation method is initially employed to introduce gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) into vesicles' lamella, which can homogeneously distribute among DEAB sides via coordination interaction and act as inorganic cross-linkers to aggregate polymer chains. Drug leakage of resultant AuNP hybrid PNP-3 polymersome (IAuPNP-3) at pH 7.4 is effectively alleviated and the systemic circulation time of DOX·HCl in mice is obviously prolonged. Besides, pH-responsive drug release, due to the protonation of tertiary amine in DEAB, contributes to fast intracellular action. Based on the cooperation of these functions, DOX·HCl-loaded IAuPNP-3 finally achieves the highest in vivo antitumor efficacy compared with free DOX·HCl, drug-loaded PNP, or EAuPNP prepared by prepreparation AuNPs method.
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