JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
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2026
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Khurram Shehzad,Tianying Wan,Shuxin Tu,Zhiheng Wang,Waqar Ali,Saireen Ahsen,Saba Babar,Jie Zhang
Dodecamethylcyclohexasiloxane (D6) is a cyclic organosilicon monomer widely used in consumer and industrial products and is increasingly detected in environmental and biological systems. Previous studies have shown that D6 modulates the ecological behavior of the heavy metal cadmium (Cd) in soil and reduces Cd accumulation in plants; however, D6-mediated stress responses to Cd in animals and their underlying mechanisms remain inadequately explored. This study reveals that D6 exerts multi-layered protective effects against Cd toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans . Cd exposure significantly reduced lifespan, brood size, locomotion, and growth, whereas D6 co-treatment (Cd_D6) improved survival by 20%, increased brood size from 64 ± 4.37–90 ± 1.53 eggs, and partially restored locomotor activity. D6 also reduced germline apoptosis and decreased internal Cd accumulation by more than 30%, while stabilizing Ca homeostasis. Biochemically, D6 reversed Cd-induced declines in glucose, pyruvate, and ATP levels, restored mitochondrial ultrastructure, and lowered ROS and MDA accumulation, alongside partial recovery of antioxidant enzyme activities (SOD, CAT, POD, HK, ATPase). Transcriptomic profiling revealed that D6 counteracted Cd-driven repression of metabolic and mitochondrial pathways, including peroxisomal β-oxidation , ubiquinone biosynthesis, and genes essential for lipid catabolism (e.g., acs-7 , acox-3 , nkat-1 ). Weighted gene co-expression network analysis identified a D6-responsive module enriched with regulatory genes associated with metabolic repair and stress resilience. Collectively, these findings identify D6 as a previously unrecognized organosilicon compound that reduces Cd accumulation and reprograms metabolic and mitochondrial functions, thereby improving organismal homeostasis and enhancing resilience to Cd stress.
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WATER RESEARCH
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2023
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Jinwen Qiu,Xiaokang Hou,Yuan Ren,Chengshuai Liu,Fangyuan Meng,Jyh-Fu Lee,Yu-Jung Lin,Ziyuan Huang,Huanxin Ma,Zhenqing Shi,Chunhua Feng
The photoinduced transformation of ferrihydrite is an important process that can predict the geochemical cycle of Fe in anoxic environments as well as the fate of trace elements bonded to Fe minerals. We report that the photooxidation of sulfite by UV irradiation produces hydrated electrons (super-reductants), which significantly promote ferrihydrite reduction to Fe(II), and SO 3 •− (a moderate oxidant), enabling its further oxidation to more crystalline Fe(III) products. The experimental results show that the concentration of sulfite was key in influencing the rate and extent of surface-bound Fe(II) formation, which ultimately determined the distribution of individual products. For example, fitting of the Mössbauer spectroscopy data revealed that the relative abundances of mineral species after 8 h of treatment in the UV/sulfite systems were 41.9% lepidocrocite and 58.1% ferrihydrite at 2 mM SO 3 2− ; 41.8% goethite, 28.2% lepidocrocite, and 29.1% ferrihydrite at 5 mM SO 3 2− ; and 100% goethite at 10 mM SO 3 2− . The combined results of the chemical speciation analysis and the Cd K-edge EXAFS characterization provided compelling evidence that Cd was firmly incorporated into the structure of newly formed minerals, particularly at high sulfite concentrations. These findings provide an understanding of the role of UV/sulfite in facilitating ferrihydrite transformation and promoting Cd stabilization in oxygen-deficit soils and aquatic environments.
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
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2022
·Vol. 30
·期 10
·26191-26207
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Lu Yanrong,Lin Hai,Zhang Ye,Dong Yingbo
In this study, sodium lignosulfonate modified illite (LS-ILT), an environmentally friendly adsorbent, was prepared by hydrothermal modification. An extensive study of Pb(II) and Cd(II) adsorption behavior and the mechanisms were conducted by evaluating the effects of initial pH value, sorbents dosage, and initial concentration of Pb(II) and Cd(II). Results showed that the adsorption characteristics of Pb(II) and Cd(II) by LS-ILT were well described by quasi-second-order kinetics and the Freundlich model, and the maximum adsorption capacity of Pb(II) and Cd(II) was 42.3 mg/g and 17.0 mg/g, respectively. The optimal application conditions for adsorption equilibrium were the dosage of 4 g/L and reaction pH = 5.5–5.8. The adsorption stability of Pb(II) by LS-ILT was better than that of Cd(II), and most of the existence of coexisting cations had no obvious inhibitory effect on the removal of Pb(II) and Cd(II). Furthermore, the dynamic adsorption results showed that LS-ILT can meet the ultra-low emission standard, and the adsorption capacity could maintain over 50% after four cycles, further providing certain guiding significance for the treatment of wastewater with ultra-low concentrations of heavy metals Pb(II) and Cd(II).
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International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials
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2022
·Vol. 29
·期 2
·283-291
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Zheng Jihong,Zhu Liangxin,Shen Zhitao,Li Fumin,Ling Lanyu,Li Huilin,Chen Chong
An excellent organolead halide perovskite film is important for the good performance of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, defects in perovskite crystals can affect the photovoltaic properties and stability of solar cells. To solve this problem, this study incorporated a complex of CdS and Cd(SCN 2 H 4 ) 2 Cl 2 into the CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 active layer. The effects of different doping concentrations of CdS and Cd(SCN 2 H 4 ) 2 Cl 2 on the performance and stability of PSCs were analyzed. Results showed that doping appropriate incorporation concentrations of CdS and Cd(SCN 2 H 4 ) 2 Cl 2 in CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 can improve the performance of the prepared solar cells. In specific, CdS and Cd(SCN 2 H 4 ) 2 Cl 2 can effectively passivate the defects in perovskite crystals, thereby suppressing the charge recombination in PSCs and promoting the charge extraction at the TiO 2 /perovskite interface. Due to the reduction of perovskite crystal defects and the enhancement of compactness of the CdS:Cd(SCN 2 H 4 ) 2 Cl 2 :CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 composite film, the stability of PSCs is significantly improved.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2022
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Xiangbao Yuan,Haiyun Li,Jing Fan,Lin Zhang,Feng Ran,Menglei Feng,Peiyuan Li,Weixiang Kong,Shijian Chen,Zhigang Zang,Shuangpeng Wang
The effect of substitutional metal dopants in NiOx on the structural and electronic structures is of great interest, particularly for increasing the p-type conductivities as a hole transport layer (HTL) applied in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). In this paper, experimental fabrications and density functional theory calculations have been carried out on Cd-doped NiOx films to examine the effect of divalent doping on the electronic and geometric structures of NiOx. The results indicate that divalent Cd dopants reduced the formation energy of the Ni vacancy (VNi) and created more VNi in the films, which enhanced the p-type conductivity of the NiOx films. In addition, Cd doping also deepened the valence band edge, reduced the monomolecular Shockley–Read–Hall (SRH) recombination losses, and promoted hole extraction and transport. Hence, the PSCs with Cd:NiOx HTLs manifest a high efficiency of 20.47%, a high photocurrent density of 23.00 mA cm–2, and a high fill factor of 79.62%, as well as negligible hysteresis and excellent stability. This work illustrates that divalent elements such as Cd, Zn, Co, etc. may be potential dopants to improve the p-type conductivity of the NiOx films for applications in highly efficient and stabilized PSCs.
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TALANTA
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2022
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Xiaoqing Cui,Yu Bao,Tingting Han,Zhenbang Liu,Yingming Ma,Zhonghui Sun
Here, we developed a wearable electrochemical sensor for pH and K + monitoring in sweat. The sensor was composed of flexible reference electrode, pH response electrode and K + selective electrode, which were prepared through printing β-CD functionalized graphene (β-CD/RGO) water suspension on conductive PET substrate with microelectronic printer. β-CD/RGO not only served as the pH sensitive material for pH response electrode with good sensitivity, selectivity and reproducibility due to its abundant oxygen-containing functional groups, but also worked as the ion-to-electron transducer for K + selective electrode with good sensitivity. The wearable sensor exhibited good potential stability at different bending states. On-body sweat pH and K + measurements showed high accuracy compared with ex-situ analysis.
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MICROCHIMICA ACTA
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2021
·Vol. 188
·期 8
·1-10
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IF 5.833
Liu Jia Li,Ma Yu Chan,Yang Tong,Hu Rong,Yang
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An ultrasensitive electrochemical sensor has been constructed for the detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) based on DNA-functionalized Cd-MOFs-74 as cascade signal amplification probe under enzyme-free conditions. Interestingly, the introduction of an auxiliary probe did not disturb the detection of SNP targets, but could bind more Cd-MOFs-74 signal elements to enhance the different pulse voltammetry electrochemical signal 2~3 times as compared to sensing system without auxiliary probe, which obviously improves the sensitivity of the proposed sensor. Experimental results taking p53 tumor suppressor gene as SNP model demonstrated that the proposed method can be employed to sensitively and selectively detect target p53 gene fragment with a linear response ranging from 0.01 to 30 pmol/L (detection limit of 6.3 fmol/L) under enzyme-free conditions. Utilizing this strategy, the ultrasensitive SNP electrochemical sensor is a promising tool for the determination of SNPs in biomedicine.
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MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
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2021
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Yanyan Niu,Yuxue Chen,Xiaoping Zhang,Hui Xie,Guiling Luo,Wei Sun
In this paper a photoelectrochemical (PEC) aptasensor based on specific recognition between aptamer and target cadmium ion (Cd(II)) with change of the sensing interface structure was constructed. A ZnO-TiO 2 nanocomposites and Au nanochains (Au NCs) modified electrode as photosensitive substrate was prepared and further covalently bound with graphite-like carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ) on the free end of the aptamers to amplify the detection signal, which was applied to Cd(II) detection. Graphite-like carbon nitride with narrow band gap exhibited unique photoelectric property under UV and visible light irradiation. When the target Cd(II) was detected by the modified interface of the aptasensor, the structure of sensing interface was changed with the signal sensitizer g-C 3 N 4 closed to the interface, which caused the changes of photocurrent signal more sensitive and exhibited a good linear relationship with the Cd(II) concentration, so as to realize the quantitative analysis of the target. This PEC aptasensor showed a high sensitivity with a detection limit as 1.1 × 10 −11 mol/L and was further applied to the water sample detection successfully.
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JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS APPLICATIONS
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2021
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Shan Wang,Zhicun Wang,Cheng Xu,Lin Cui,Guihua Meng,Shengchao Yang,Jianning Wu,Zhiyong Liu,Xuhong Guo
Wound infection and poor wound healing are the major challenges of wound treatment. Antibiotic drug treatment is the effective way to inhibit wound infection. It is necessary to achieve sustained release of antibiotics to get a longer treatment for wound infection. The double network hydrogels based on liposome, polyethylene glycol (PEG), α- cyclodextrin (α-CD) and acrylamide (AM) were developed, in which liposome acts as amoxicillin repository. Because the drug would release from the multiple barriers including two cavities of liposome and α-CD, as well as polyethylene glycol -α- cyclodextrin/acrylamide (PEG-CD/AM) double network, the PEG-α-CD/AM/liposome @amoxicillin double network hydrogels could achieve sustained drug release. The drug release assay showed that the dressing could release amoxicillin continuously until 12 days, than that of 8th day for single-network hydrogel releasing. The antibacterial ratio of the hydrogel could reach above 80%. What’s more, the hydrogels present adjustable mechanical strength by changing the ratio of the components. The swelling ratio proved that the hydrogel had potential ability to absorb wound exudates. The cytotoxicity test of the hydrogels demonstrated excellent biocompatibility. These results indicated that this study can provide a new thought for antibacterial wound dressing and has a broad application prospect.
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Alexandria Engineering Journal
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2020
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Saifeldin M. Siddeeg,Abdelfattah Amari,Mohamed A. Tahoon,Norah Salem Alsaiari,Faouzi Ben Rebah
For the simultaneous removal of water contaminants, a novel nanocomposite has been produced. The iron oxide core with silica shell was used to prepare functional magnetic polymer Fe 3 O 4 /SiO 2 /glycidyl methacrylate (GMA)-S-SH nanocomposite. The sulfur functional nanocomposite is suitable for the immobilization of laccase enzyme. The synthesized nanocomposite was characterized using FT-IR spectroscopy, SEM, TEM, XRD, and magnetometer. The effect of pH, temperature, and storage time over free and immobilized enzyme was studied that indicating the higher stability of immobilized enzyme than that free one. The prepared novel nanocomposite showed high adsorption capacity toward Cd +2 ions in addition to the degradation of meloxicam and piroxicam anti-inflammatory drugs. The removal efficiency reached up to 94% ± 2%, 92% ± 2%, and 95% ± 2% for Cd +2 ions, meloxicam, and piroxicam, respectively at optimum pH and temperature. Also, the results show that this nanocomposite is recyclable. The efficient removal of Cd +2 ions and pharmaceuticals can be reached up to four cycles. We conclude that the prepared nanocomposite is promising for water treatment.
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Biochar
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2020
·Vol. 2
·期 1
·81-92
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Zhu Sihang,Qu Ting,Irshad Muhammad Kashif,Shang Jianying
A novel α-FeOOH modified wheat straw biochar (α-FeOOH@BC) was developed and the findings of the current study showed that α-FeOOH@BC is an efficient material for the simultaneous removal of cations (Cd(II)) and anions (As(III)) from aqueous solutions. The SEM, FTIR, and XRD analysis proved that α-FeOOH@BC was covered by α-FeOOH. In the single adsorption system, the maximum adsorption capacities of α-FeOOH@BC for Cd(II) and As(III) were 62.9 and 78.3 mg/g, respectively. In the dual adsorption system, the maximum adsorption capacities of α-FeOOH@BC for Cd(II) and As(III) dropped to 39.3 and 67.2 mg/g, respectively. The adsorption capacities of Cd(II) and As(III) by α-FeOOH@BC were much higher by BC and α-FeOOH both in single and dual adsorbate system. The adsorption results were well fitted by the Langmuir and pseudo-second-order kinetics models. The Cd(II) and As(III) co-adsorption on α-FeOOH@BC had a competitive effect, and the dominant adsorption mechanisms were co-precipitation and ion exchange. Our study showed that α-FeOOH@BC could be an effective remediation material for Cd(II) and As(III) co-adsorption from aqueous environment.
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RSC Advances
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2020
·Vol. 10
·期 41
·24425-24433
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Shenjie Li,Tianyong Zha,Xiaoyu Gong,Qi Hu,Minghui Yu,Jinyu Wu,Ruolan Li,Jiaming Wang,Yanyan Chen
We present a facile route for the synthesis of water-soluble Cu–Cd–Zn–S/ZnS core/shell quantum dots (QDs) by simple pH regulation. The PL spectra of Cu–Cd–Zn–S/ZnS core/shell quantum dots can cover the whole visible light region in the case of only two ratios of Cu/Cd/Zn. The emission wavelength of Cu–Cd–Zn–S/ZnS QDs can be conveniently tuned from 474 to 515 and 548 to 629 nm by adjusting the pH value when the ratios of Cu/Cd/Zn are fixed at 1 : 5 : 80 and 1 : 5 : 10, respectively. It is worth noting that under the condition of a constant Cu/Cd/Zn ratio, the UV-vis absorption spectra do not change with the fluorescence spectra, indicating that the band gap of QDs remains unchanged during the change of pH value. The photoluminescence (PL) quantum yield of the as-prepared QDs with yellow emission is up to 76%. The QDs also show excellent chemical stability after the deposition of the ZnS shell. Luminescent and flexible films are fabricated by combining Cu–Cd–Zn–S QDs with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). The QD/PVA flexible hybrid films are successfully applied on top of a conventional blue InGaN chip for remote-type warm-white LEDs. As-fabricated warm-white LEDs exhibit a higher color rendering index (CRI) of about 89.2 and a correlated color temperature (CCT) of 4308 K.
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