MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE
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2018
·Vol. 18
·期 7
·1800028
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IF 3.392
Yi Deng,Lei Yang,Xiaobing Huang,Junhong Chen,Xiuyuan Shi,Weizhong Yang,Min Hong,Yuan Wang,Matthew S. Dargusch,Zhi-Gang Chen
Polyetheretherketone is attractive for dental and orthopedic applications due to its mechanical attributes close to that of human bone; however, the lack of antibacterial capability and bioactivity of polyetheretherketone has substantially impeded its clinical applications. Here, a dual therapy implant coating is developed on the 3D micro-/nanoporous sulfonated polyetheretherketone via layer-by-layer self-assembly of Ag ions and Zn ions. Material characterization studies have indicated that nanoparticles consisting of elemental Ag and ZnO are uniformly incorporated on the porous sulfonated polyetheretherketone surface. The antibacterial assays demonstrate that Ag-decorated sulfonated polyetheretherketone and Ag/ZnO-codecorated sulfonated polyetheretherketone effectively inhibit the reproduction of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. Owing to the coordination of micro-/nanoscale topological cues and Zn induction, the Ag/ZnO-codecorated sulfonated polyetheretherketone substrates are found to enhance biocompatibility (cell viability, spreading, and proliferation), and hasten osteodifferentiation and -maturation (alkaline phosphate activity (ALP) production, and osteogenesis-related genetic expression), compared with the Ag-decorated sulfonated polyetheretherketone and the ZnO-decorated sulfonated polyetheretherketone counterparts. The dual therapy Ag/ZnO-codecorated sulfonated polyetheretherketone has an appealing bacteriostatic performance and osteogenic differentiation potential, showing great potential for dental and orthopedic implants.
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Advanced Science
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2023
·Vol. 10
·期 11
·2206979
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IF 15.1
Si Zheng,Duyang Gao,Yayun Wu,Dehong Hu,Ziyue Li,Yuenan Wang,Hairong Zheng,Yingjia Li,Zonghai Sheng
Radioimmunotherapy (RIT) is an advanced physical therapy used to kill primary cancer cells and inhibit the growth of distant metastatic cancer cells. However, challenges remain because RIT generally has low efficacy and serious side effects, and its effects are difficult to monitor in vivo. This work reports that Au/Ag nanorods (NRs) enhance the effectiveness of RIT against cancer while allowing the therapeutic response to be monitored using activatable photoacoustic (PA) imaging in the second near-infrared region (NIR-II, 1000–1700 nm). The Au/Ag NRs can be etched using high-energy X-ray to release silver ions (Ag + ), which promotes dendritic cell (DC) maturation, enhances T-cell activation and infiltration, and effectively inhibits primary and distant metastatic tumor growth. The survival time of metastatic tumor-bearing mice treated with Au/Ag NR-enhanced RIT is 39 days compared with 23 days in the PBS control group. Furthermore, the surface plasmon absorption intensity at 1040 nm increases fourfold after Ag + are released from the Au/Ag NRs, allowing X-ray activatable NIR-II PA imaging to monitor the RIT response with a high signal-to-background ratio of 24.4. Au/Ag NR-based RIT has minimal side effects and shows great promise for precise cancer RIT.
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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
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2021
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IF 9.381
Mengni Fan,Jingxing Si,Xiaogang Xu,Linfu Chen,Junpeng Chen,Chao Yang,Jingwu Zhu,Lihuang Wu,Jiang Tian,Xiaoyi Chen,Xiaozhou Mou,Xiaojun Cai
Development of multifunctional antibacterial agent with long-lasting antibacterial activity and biofilm ablation performance is significant for the effective treatment of bacterial infections. Here, by utilizing the electrostatic interaction between sulfonated chitosan (SCS) and Ag + and chitosan (CS), and the sodium borohydride reduction method, a versatile antibacterial agent (AgNPs@CS/SCS) capable of generating silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in-situ and long-acting slow-release Ag + was developed. AgNPs@CS/SCS has a good physiological stability and can long-acting slow-release of Ag + due to the pH-dependent Ag + release behavior of AgNPs. Noteworthy, AgNPs@CS/SCS can exert both excellent short- and long-term antibacterial and biofilm ablation activity. Importantly, it also exhibits superior antibacterial activity in the treatment of implant infections, accompanied by good biocompatibility. Together, this study suggest that AgNPs@CS/CSC is indeed a versatile antibacterial agent, and is expected to provide an effective treatment modality for implant infections in the clinic settings.
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WATER RESEARCH
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2022
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Cheng Hou,Xinbai Jiang,Dan Chen,Xiaoyu Zhang,Xiaodong Liu,Yang Mu,Jinyou Shen
Due to the pivotal role of Ag-TiO 2 /biofilm/nitrate interface, enhanced visible light-assisted biodegradation of tetracycline (TC) in anoxic system was realized through both batch experiment and long-term operation in this study. The results of the batch experiment elucidated that 50 mg L −1 TC could be completely removed within 10 h in Ag-TiO 2 /biofilm/nitrate system. The continuous flow experiment was operated for 75 d to evaluate the performance and stability of Ag-TiO 2 /biofilm/nitrate system. TC removal efficiency in Ag-TiO 2 /biofilm/nitrate system was as high as 92.4 ± 1.6% at influent TC concentration of 50 mg L −1 TC and hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 10 h, which would be attributed to the promoted separation of photoholes and photoelectrons at the presence of nitrate as electron acceptor. Facilitated electron transfer between semiconductor and biofilm was beneficial for enhancing TC biodegradation, thus lowering toxicity of intermediate products and promoting microbial activity. Moreover, the species related to TC biodegradation ( Rhodopseudomonas, Phreatobacter and Stenotrophomonas ), denitrification ( Thauera ) and electron transfer ( Delftia ) were enriched at Ag-TiO 2 /biofilm/nitrate interface. Besides, a possible mechanism involved in enhanced TC degradation and nitrogen removal at Ag-TiO 2 /biofilm/nitrate interface was proposed. This study provided a novel and promising strategy to enhance recalcitrant TC removal from industrial wastewater.
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TALANTA
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2018
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Miao Wang,Kun Su,Jing Cao,Yongxin She,A.M. Abd El-Aty,Ahmet Hacımüftüoğlu,Jing Wang,Mengmeng Yan,Sihui Hong,Shuibing Lao,Yanli Wang
Here, we developed a novel non-enzymatic rapid testing method for determination of organophosphate pesticide (malathion) in water. In principle, target molecule can block the Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between chemical fluorescent probe (energy donor) and β-cyclodextrin-coated silver nanoparticles (@AgNP) (receptor). The effects of malathion on the dynamics of fluorescent probe and β-cyclodextrin@AgNP were evaluated and their properties were further characterized. The current methodology showed a good sensitivity of 0.01 μg/mL represented as a limit of detection (LOD) and the calibration curve was linear over the concentration range of 0.1–25 μg/mL. Recovery rate from water samples spiked at 3 different concentration levels (0.3, 0.4, and 0.6 μg/mL) showed satisfactory range between 83% and 101%.
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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
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2021
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IF 9.381
Cijun Shuai,Xun Yuan,Wenjing Yang,Shuping Peng,Guowen Qian,Zhenyu Zhao
Antibacterial property for scaffolds is an urgent problem to prevent infections in bone repair. Ag nanoparticles possess excellent bactericidal activities, whereas their agglomeration restricts the full play of antibacterial property in scaffold. Herein, a mace-like nanosystem was constructed to improve their dispersion by in-situ growth of Ag nanoparticles on cellulose nanocrystal (CNC), which was labeled CNC@Ag nanosystem. Subsequently, the CNC@Ag nanosystem was introduced into poly-L-lactide (PLLA) scaffolds. Results demonstrated that the nanosystem uniformly dispersed in scaffold. The antibacterial tests demonstrated that the scaffolds possessed robust antibacterial activities against E. coli , with bacterial inhibition rate over 95%. Moreover, ion release behavior corroborated the scaffolds continuously released Ag + for more than 28 days, which benefited from the immobilization effect of CNC on Ag. Encouragingly, the mechanical properties of the scaffolds were remarkably higher than that of PLLA/CNC scaffolds, owing to the mace-like CNC@Ag nanosystem improved the load transfer efficiency in the scaffold.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry C
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2021
·Vol. 9
·期 44
·15918-15926
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IF 7.393
Zhigang Gao,Luyue Niu,Feifei Zhang,Sikai Wang,Jing Xiao,Jun Chen,Lian Zhang,Jing Ren,Katsuhisa Tanaka
Manipulating the plasmonic properties of metal nanocrystals (NCs) is key to many modern nanophotonic technologies. Here, the strategy of combining Ag+ ↔ Li+ ion exchange and controlled thermal crystallization is proposed as an effective means to prepare transparent nano-glass composites (nano-GCs) embedded with hybrid Ag–metal and γ-Ga2O3:Ni2+ NCs. Only by this method can a large amount of Ag–metal NCs (1.1 mol%) be implanted and well dispersed in the glass matrix without sacrificing their optical transmission properties. The broadband near-infrared (NIR) emission of Ni2+ is enhanced by 100% in the presence of Ag–metal NCs, which is otherwise impossible by raising the Ni2+ concentration due to the limited solubility and intrinsically weak absorption of Ni2+ in nano-GCs. The mechanisms responsible for the enhanced NIR emissions of Ni2+ are comprehensively discussed in the context of both experimental investigations and theoretical simulations. The present study not only provides a promising robust nano-GC-based gain medium for integrated optics but also offers some insights into the plasmonic metal-enhanced photoluminescence for enriched optical functions.
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Journal of Applied Spectroscopy
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2022
·Vol. 89
·期 5
·992-1001
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IF 0.816
Chen Y.,Cao J.,Wie H.,Wu Zh.,Wei Y.
Flexible surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrates were produced by in situ chemical reduction of Ag + on poly(vinyl alcohol)/chitosan (PVA/CS) nanofibers. PVA/CS nanofibers (which have a large number of amino and hydroxyl functional groups) were prepared by electrospinning, which can provide more sites for adsorbing Ag + than pure PVA. The Ag nanoparticles were evenly distributed on the PVA/CS nanofibers. The SERS substrate also exhibited excellent water stability, sensitivity, and uniformity. The detection limit of probe molecule rhodamine 6G was 10 −7 M and the relative standard deviation was 5%. In addition, the Ag–PVA/CS nanofibers substrate was effective for recognition and detection of norfloxacin, a well-known antibiotic that is pertinent to food safety and animal/human health.
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Molecular Catalysis
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2021
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Hanlin Huang,Jiajun Dai,Xiaobin Liu,Kok Bing Tan,Jiale Huang,Guowu Zhan,Qingbiao Li
In recent years, high value utilization of waste biomass has been a hot topic in scientific research. Herein, waste eggshell (ES) rich in sulfonic groups was utilized as a natural modified support to load Pd and Ag nanoparticles (NPs), leading to efficient Pd-Ag/ES catalysts for the catalytic hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene. Through series of characterizations such as SEM, TEM, BET, XPS, and FTIR, it was found that the porous ES not only has hierarchical structures to facilitate the metal dispersion, but also interacts strongly with Pd and Ag NPs via the inherent surface sulfonic groups, which are responsible for the enhanced catalytic performance. The optimized Pd-Ag/ES catalyst exhibited butenes selectivity of 95.8% and 1,3-butadiene conversion of 95% at 45 °C with excellent stability for at least 30 h on-stream. Furthermore, the first-principles density functional theory (DFT) calculation and in situ DRIFTS were performed to explore the plausible mechanism underlying the enhanced catalytic performance due to sulfonic groups. It is suggested that the sulfonic groups can effectively reduce the adsorption energy of butenes and 1,3-butadiene on the surface of Pd NPs which are beneficial to the selectivity of butenes. This work exemplifies that the waste ES with inherent sulfonic groups can be used as excellent support materials for loading active metal nanoparticles for selective hydrogenation reactions. Collectively, we verified that biological waste like eggshell has a great potential in serving as catalyst carrier due to its unique advantages.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2022
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Bingqin Li,Zhen Sun,Na Lv,Yaqi Hu,Liangxing Jiang,Zongliang Zhang,Fangyang Liu
All-solid-state lithium metal batteries (ASSLMBs) are considered promising candidates for next-generation energy storage systems. However, the growth of Li dendrites and interface side reactions hinder the practical application of ASSLMBs. To address these issues, a preformed Li–Ag alloy anode for an ASSLMB with the Li6PS5Cl electrolyte was constructed. The preformed Li–Ag alloy anode contains two distinct alloy layers, i.e., Li3Ag and Li0.98Ag0.02, with the former as a protection layer and the latter as a Li deposition site. Besides, a beneficial stable interlayer (Ag–P–S–Cl compound) produced by the reaction between Ag and Li6PS5Cl could work as a secondary protection layer between the anode and electrolyte. The dual protection (Li3Ag and Ag–P–S–Cl compound) suppresses dendritic growth and other interfacial issues effectively and simultaneously. Consequently, a LiCoO2/Li6PS5Cl/Li–Ag all-solid-state battery exhibits a remarkable specific capacity and excellent cycle stability. The dual-protection effect from the preformed Li–Ag alloy anode and the investigation of its working mechanism may enlighten a simple strategy for promoting the development of ASSLMBs.
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COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING
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2022
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IF 11.322
Liyuan Yu,Dan Yang
Owing to their fast response, high efficiency, and large deformation , dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are promising candidates for application in the fields of artificial muscles, sensors, and soft robots . With the aid of the large actuated strains of natural rubber (NR) at a relatively low driving voltage , titanate oxide (TiO 2 ) nanoparticles (NPs) modified by poly(catechol/polyamine) (PCPA) and deposited by Ag NPs were prepared (labeled as TiO 2 –PCPA–Ag). Due to the synergistic effect of the enhanced interfacial polarization obtained through PCPA modification and Ag NP micro-capacitors, the dielectric constant of the TiO 2 –PCPA–Ag–NR composites increased. In addition, the flexible PCPA endowed the composites with low elastic modulus , resulting in enhanced electromechanical properties . Thus, the NR composites filled with 10 phr TiO 2 –PCPA–Ag NPs exhibited the highest actuated strain of 8.86% at an electric field of 55.94 kV/mm, which is 2.1 times of pure NR (4.30%) at 55 kV/mm. The design of the NR composites proposed in this work via the synergistic effect of an organic layer and metal NPs will play a guiding role in the preparation of novel DEAs, which could meet future requirements for the development of actuators.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2023
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Qia Zhang,JianXiong Zou,Jin Ai,XiaoTian Pan,DongHong Qiao,Seong Chan Jun,Vijaykumar V. Jadhav,Ling Kang,Chun Huang,Jian Zhang
The current collector serves as a crucial element in supercapacitors, acting as a medium between the electrode material and the substrate. Due to its excellent conductivity, a metal collector is typically favored. Enhancing the binding strength between the collector and the substrate as well as between the collector and the electrode material has emerged as a critical factor for enhancing the capacitance performance. In this study, a Ag film with a grass root-like structure was initially grown on a PI substrate through the surface modification and ion exchange (SMIE) process. This Ag interlocking structure contributes to strong binding between the PI substrate and Ag without compromising the mechanical properties of the Ag film. To further enhance the electrochemical properties at low scan rates, electroless-plated Cu was subsequently deposited on the Ag film to form the Cu/Ag current collector. Moreover, the Cu within the Cu/Ag current collector served as a precursor for the growth of FeOOH–Cu(OH)2 via a two-step in situ method. The resulting FeOOH–Cu(OH)2/Cu/Ag structure as a whole is binder-free. Supercapacitors employing symmetric FeOOH–Cu(OH)2/Cu/Ag structures were assembled, and their energy storage properties were investigated. The solution-based low-temperature process used in this study offers the potential for cost-effective and large-scale applications.
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