SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2024
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IF 8.1
Jiawen Wu,Xiaonan Sun,Junting Wu,Xue Yu
This study proposes a green and simple strategy for efficiently removing heavy metals from wastewater by activating biochar with eggshell and in-situ generating CaO/Ca(OH) 2 . Characterization results revealed that the composite carbon material (BCEg15) successfully incorporated CaO/Ca(OH) 2 active sites compared to the raw biochar (BC). Additionally, eggshell activation increased the specific surface area and pore volume of BCEg15 by 4.36 and 6.80 times, respectively, compared to BC. These structural enhancements increased the maximum adsorption capacity of BCEg15 for Pb 2+ and Cd 2+ by 20.68 and 42 times, respectively, compared to BC. Importantly, the loading of CaO and Ca(OH) 2 significantly enhanced the ion exchange and mineral precipitation capacities of the biochar. For instance, compared to BC, the adsorption capacities of BCEg15 attributed to ion exchange (Q e ) for Pb 2+ and Cd 2+ rose by 403.12 mg/g and 197.65 mg/g, respectively, while the adsorption capacities attributed to mineral precipitation (Q p ) increased by 19.60 times and 45.20 times, respectively. BCEg15 demonstrated excellent reusability, maintaining adsorption capacities of 461.18 mg/g for Pb 2+ and 265.26 mg/g for Cd 2+ after five cycles. Additionally, BCEg15 outperformed commercial activated carbon in treating heavy metals from desulfurization wastewater from coal-fired power plants, achieving a removal efficiency of 99.98 % compared to 48.22 %. The primary mechanisms by which BCEg15 removes Pb 2+ and Cd 2+ were identified as ion exchange, mineral precipitation, complexation with oxygen-containing functional groups, and interactions with π electrons. Density functional theory (DFT) was utilized to delve deeper into the microscopic mechanisms of adsorption. The findings showed that the O-top site of CaO exhibited the greatest stability for heavy metal adsorption. Electron density difference maps and partial density of states (PDOS) results revealed a denser electron cloud and greater orbital overlap between CaO and Pb 2+ compared to Cd 2+ , suggesting a higher affinity and adsorption capacity for Pb 2+ , consistent with the experimental findings. This study presents an effective method for preparing adsorbents capable of removing Pb 2+ and Cd 2+ from wastewater and offers theoretical insights into the adsorption mechanisms of metal oxide-incorporated biochar.
研究领域:
环境科学
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材料科学
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MATERIALS & DESIGN
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2022
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IF 9.417
Yanfang Zhou,Mianrong Chen,Piaoyi Chen,Xiaotian Zhao,Hua Zhou,Jingmiao Wu,Xufeng Li,Qiuxia Li,Runxing Lin,Yugang Huang,Yingying Lun,Guodong Ye
Preparing polymers from allyl monomers without being hindered by degradative chain transfer (DCT) remains a challenge. Herein, we report the synthesis and characterization of embolic microspheres based on allyl monomers for transcatheter arterial embolization using a photodriven radical-mediated [3 + 2] cyclization reaction (PRMC) without metal catalysis. The mechanism of PRMC was validated by thermal and spectral experiments, indicating that PRMC overcomes the restrictions of DCT and makes it possible to synthesize a variety of well-defined polymers from inert allyl monomers. The embolization microspheres based on poly(sucrose allyl ether) were characterized by morphological determination, degradation and swelling tests. Cell experiments show that the microspheres have good biocompatibility. The complete arterial occlusion of the embolized kidneys was observed, indicating that microspheres have broad application prospects in embolization interventional therapy.
研究领域:
高分子化学
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介入医学
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材料科学
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Journal of Energy Storage
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2022
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IF 8.907
Zhiguo Bian,Yingjie Li,Feifei Wang,Yi Fang,Jianli Zhao,Jianhui Qi
CaO/Ca(OH) 2 heat storage system is one of the most promising candidates for large-scale thermochemical heat storage at temperature of 300–600 °C. In this work, the CaO/Ca(OH) 2 heat storage performances of the Ce- and Mn-doped CaO were investigated and the mechanisms of promoting hydration by Ce and Mn doping were determined via density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The Mn-doped CaO exhibits the higher hydration conversion than CaO and Ce-doped CaO. The structural parameters, partial density of states, electron differential densities and energy barriers during hydration stage on the CaO, Ce- and Mn-doped CaO surfaces were compared to clarify the effects of Ce and Mn on hydration of CaO. The results show the detailed hydration reaction pathways on the CaO, Ce- and Mn-doped CaO surfaces. During the H 2 O adsorption stage, H 2 O on the Ce-doped CaO surface approaches the Ca atom first, while H 2 O on the Mn-doped CaO surface approaches the O s atom first. The adsorption energy for Ce- and Mn-doped CaO are −1.612 and −0.896 eV, respectively, which are higher than that for CaO. The doping of Ce and Mn accelerates the H 2 O adsorption on the CaO surface. The Mn doping causes the 84.3 % reduction in the energy barrier for hydration of CaO and the reduction by Mn doping is larger than that by Ce doping. Thus, Mn-doped CaO exhibits the higher hydration reactivity and hydration conversion than CaO and Ce-doped CaO. The DFT calculations determined the promotion mechanism of Ce and Mn doping on the hydration of CaO in CaO/Ca(OH) 2 heat storage.
研究领域:
材料科学
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热能储存
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计算化学
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RSC Advances
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2017
·Vol. 7
·期 70
·44186-44198
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IF 3.108
Qiqi Zhao,Aihua Zhang,Wenjing Zong,Na An,Huamin Zhang,Yihan Luan,Hui Sun,Xijun Wang,Hongxin Cao
Diabetes mellitus has imposed a huge burden on modern society and is a serious threat to human health globally. Obese people usually have a higher risk of developing T2DM, and this disease is often diagnosed in older persons, accompanied by hypertension, hyperlipidemia, arteriosclerosis and other diseases. In the early stages of T2DM, patients can have difficulties in identifying any symptoms or may only suffer from slight fatigue and thirst with no obvious hyperglycemia. The early detection of this disease may provide a means of preventing the development of this disease in a more timely way. The metabolic profiling of small molecules provides a snapshot of physiological processes. By using a metabolite profiling platform based on mass spectrometry coupled with pattern recognition analysis, outstanding biomarkers that can be used for forecasting disease may be identified. In this study, we attempted to investigate potential key metabolic pathways associated with T2DM and determine its metabolic mechanism. Using multivariate statistical analysis, 33 marker metabolites associated with the metabolism of lipids, amino acids, and carbohydrates were identified. Our experiment yielded substantial new insights into serum metabolism in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients, and these metabolites will be targets for future mechanistic research to help understand the clinical significance of these metabolic abnormalities.
研究领域:
医学
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代谢研究
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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
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2021
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IF 10.588
Lingfei Zhu,Xiaohan Huang,Zhenhua Li,Gang Cao,Xuanjin Zhu,Shaohua She,Tenghao Huang,Gang Lu
Increasing use of organophosphorus flame retardants (OPFRs) has aroused great concern to their uncertain environment risk, especially to human health risk. In our study, hepatotoxicity screening of six aryl-OPFRs, potential hepatotoxicity mechanism of 2-ethylhexyldiphenyl phosphate (EHDPP) using RNA-sequencing and its metabolites were investigated in human hepatocytes (L02). The toxicity results demonstrated that EHDPP should be prioritized for further research with the highest toxicity. Further RNA-seq results through GO and KEGG enrichment analysis indicated that exposure to 10 mg/L of EHDPP significantly affected energy homeostasis , endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, apoptosis, cell cycle, and inflammation response in cells. The top 12 hub genes were validated by RT-qPCR and conformed to be mainly related to glycolysis and ER stress, followed by cell cycle and inflammation response. Western blot, apoptosis detection, glycolysis stress test, and cell cycle analysis were further performed to verify the above main pathways. Additionally, it was found in the metabolism experiment that detoxification of EHDPP by phase I and phase II metabolism in cells wasn’t significant until 48 h with a metabolic rate of 6.12%. EHDPP was stable and still dominated the induction of toxicity. Overall, this study provided valuable information regarding the toxicity and potential metabolism pathway of EHDPP.
研究领域:
毒理学
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分子生物学
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基因组学
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PubMed
高影响因子
ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY
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2014
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IF 3.816
Wang Liju,Keyume Ablajan,Feng Jun
A rapid and efficient ultrasound-promoted one-pot synthesis of spiro[indoline-3,4′-pyrano[2,3-c]pyrazole] derivatives is described here. The reaction of substituted phenylhydrazine and dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylate with substituted isatin and malononitrile is catalyzed by l -proline to give good-to-excellent yields in water/ethanol (v/v, 1:1) at room temperature.
研究领域:
有机化学
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催化反应
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PubMed
高影响因子
International Journal of Nanomedicine
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2023
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IF 8
Tao Liu,Tingting Jia,Xia Yuan,Cheng Liu,Jian Sun,Zhenhua Ni,Jian Xu,Xuhui Wang,Yi Yuan
Background Development of polymeric prodrugs of small molecular anticancer drugs has become one of the most promising strategies to overcome the intrinsic shortcomings of small molecular anticancer drugs and improve their anticancer performance.Materials and methods In the current work, we fabricated a novel octreotide (Oct)-modified esterase-sensitive tumor-targeting polymeric prodrug of bufalin (BUF) and explored its anticancer performance against somatostatin receptor 2 overexpressing breast cancer.Results The obtained tumor-targeting polymeric prodrug of BUF, P(oligo[ethylene glycol] monomethyl ether methacrylate [OEGMA]-co-BUF-co-Oct), showed a nanosize dimension and controlled drug release features in the presence of esterase. It was demonstrated by in vitro experiment that P(OEGMA-co-BUF-co-Oct) showed enhanced cytotoxicity, cellular uptake, and apoptosis in comparison with those of free BUF. In vivo experiment further revealed the improved accumulation of drugs in tumor tissues and enhanced anticancer performance of P(OEGMA-co-BUF-co-Oct).Conclusion Taken together, this study indicated that polymeric prodrug of BUF holds promising potential toward the treatment of somatostatin receptor 2 overexpressing breast cancer.
研究领域:
药学
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肿瘤学
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药物递送系统
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PubMed
高影响因子
OPTICS LETTERS
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2020
·Vol. 45
·期 5
·1047-1050
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IF 3.714
Guoquan Qian,Wenlong Wang,Guowu Tang,Xianchao Guan,Wei Lin,Qi Qian,Dongdan Chen,Changsheng Yang,Jiantao Liu,Guiyao Zhou,Shanhui Xu,Zhongmin Yang
In this work, Tm:YAG (Tm:${{\rm Y}_3}{{\rm Al}_5}{{\rm O}_{12}}$) ceramic-derived multimaterial fiber was fabricated by using the molten core method, which has a high gain per unit length of 2.7 dB/cm at 1950 nm. To our knowledge, this is the highest gain per unit length at 2 µm band in similar Tm:YAG-derived multimaterial fibers. A distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) fiber laser was built based on a 10-cm-long as-drawn fiber. The achieved 1950 nm laser, which has a maximum output power of $\sim{240}\;{\rm mW}$ and a slope efficiency of 16.5%, was pumped by a self-developed 1610 nm fiber laser. What is more, an all-fiber-integrated passively mode-locked fiber laser based on the 10-cm-long as-drawn fiber was realized. The mode-locked pulses operate at 1950 nm with duration of $\sim{380}\;{\rm ps}$, and the repetition rate is 26.45 MHz. The results described here indicate that the Tm:YAG ceramic-derived multimaterial fiber with high gain per unit length has promising applications in 2 µm all-fiber fiber lasers.
研究领域:
光学工程
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材料科学
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PubMed
高影响因子
Polymer Chemistry
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2019
·Vol. 10
·期 34
·4718-4731
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IF 4.76
Xian Yang,Junyi Ruan,Chen Ma,Bingjie Hao,Xiaoyu Huang,Guolin Lu,Chun Feng
Self-seeding of living crystallization-driven self-assembly (CDSA) has been considered to be one of the most attractive strategies to fabricate well-defined fiber-like nanostructures with excellent control over their length and composition. To extend the scope of self-seeding of oligo(p-phenylene vinylene) (OPV)-based copolymers, the poly(N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide) (PHPMA) segment with proven biocompatibility, synthetic flexibility and well-developed conjugation chemistry, which was synthesized by reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization using an azide-containing chain transfer agent, was coupled with the alkyne-terminated OPV block by a copper-catalyzed alkyne–azide cycloaddition reaction. All OPV5-b-PHPMA (OPV5-b-PHPMA36, OPV5-b-PHPMA71 and OPV5-b-PHPMA100, the subscripts represent the number of repeat units of each block) with the same crystallizable core-forming OPV segment but different corona-forming PHPMA blocks of various chain lengths can self-assemble in ethanol to form fiber-like micelles with a length of several micrometers by a direct heating and cooling process. Uniform fiber-like micelles with a length up to ∼1 μm can be easily prepared by temperature-induced self-seeding of OPV5-b-PHPMA71. However, for self-seeding of OPV5-b-PHPMA36, ribbon-like nanostructures with a uniform and controllable length were formed, whereas relatively short fiber-like micelles with broad length distributions were formed under similar conditions for OPV5-b-PHPMA100. These results indicated that the length of the PHPMA segment played an important role in determining the self-seeding behavior of OPV5-b-PHPMA.
研究领域:
高分子化学
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纳米材料科学
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自组装
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生物相容性材料
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药物递送系统
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Green Processing and Synthesis
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2019
·Vol. 8
·期 1
·568-576
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IF 1.128
Yingna Cui,Changping Li,Ming Bao
Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are successfully used as powerful and recyclable catalysts and solvents for the synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1 H )-ones/thiones (DHPMs). The acidity of DESs is the main factor that determines catalytic activity. DESs, based on p -toluene sulfonic acid (PTSA) and choline chloride (ChCl), exhibits the highest catalytic activity. ChCl/2PTSA is suitable for a vast variety of aromatic aldehydes with electron-donating and electron-withdrawing groups, different β-diketonates, and urea or thiourea to obtain the corresponding DHPMs. Furthermore, DESs can be recycled easily after synthesis. The reused DESs achieve catalytic efficiency six times without significant changes. This study will provide a new green catalyst and efficient process for the synthesis of DHPMs.
研究领域:
有机化学
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绿色化学
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高影响因子
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2023
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IF 6.7
Xinhui Sun,Yanjie Chen,Mengmeng Ji,Weiya Zhang,Zhizhong Sun,Wenyi Chu,Xin Wang
Developing efficient bimetallic Ni/Zn metal organic frameworks (MOFs) derived Ni 3 ZnC 0.7 alloy catalyst for cyclization reactions is highly anticipated. Bimetallic Ni/Zn- PTA MOFs with flower-like microspheres morphology was synthesized by using a facile hydrothermal method and used as a precursor for preparation of the catalyst. Then, a ZnO supported Ni-Ni 3 ZnC 0.7 incorporated carbon catalyst (Ni-Ni 3 ZnC 0.7 /ZnO-C) was obtained by deriving from the Ni/Zn- PTA MOFs through one-step pyrolysis. The developed Ni-Ni 3 ZnC 0.7 /ZnO-C catalyst was used as a recoverable heterogeneous catalyst for synthesis of 2-arylbenzimidazoles by cyclization reaction of phenylmethanamines and 2-nitroanilines in good yields. Various characterizations (e.g. SEM/EDX, XRD, TEM, FT-IR, XPS and Raman) revealed that the catalyst exhibited good performance for cyclization reaction, which are ascribed to particular hierarchical structure, as well as synergistic effect between Ni and Ni 3 ZnC 0.7 . As a result, the Ni-Ni 3 ZnC 0.7 /ZnO-C catalyst showed excellent stability and activity for the condensation cyclization reaction. This bimetallic MOFs-derived Ni-Ni 3 ZnC 0.7 catalyst opens up a potential way for fabricating other Carbon supported alloy catalysts in heterogeneous catalysis reactions.
研究领域:
材料科学
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催化化学
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Journal of Energy Storage
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2024
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IF 8.9
Jianguo Duan,Xinshuai Yan,Kun Lei,Jianguo Cheng,Yaxiong Wang,Qingzong Su,Shimin Xu,Jianming Li,Qing Ma
The phase change materials (PCMs) are encapsulated into porous materials for collecting and storing heat energy has been widely used to overcome the intermittency of solar energy utilization. However, due to the inherent big pore structure and surface characteristics, metal porous materials are not ideal for PCM leakage-proof and slow photo-thermal response. To address these issues, A micro/nanostructured graphene-polyvinyl alcohol nanosheets/Cu(OH) 2 nanowire on a three-dimensional Cu foam (CF) to fill with PCM was designed and prepared. In the composite PCM, the polyvinyl alcohol/reduced graphene oxide (PRG) films coated on Cu(OH) 2 @Cu foam (CCF) provided a large number of active sites for the adsorption of modified paraffin wax (PWS). The prepared composite PCM has a stable structure and high thermal conductivity properties, meanwhile, the strong PRG films play a key role in enhancing leakage-proof and stability. The results show that the enthalpy value of PRG-CCF/PWS are 160.25 J·g −1 after 200 thermal cycles; which still maintains excellent cycle thermal reliability. In addition, under the simulated solar irradiation intensity is 120 mW·cm −2 , the heat storage rate and photo-thermal conversion efficiency of PRG-CCF/PWS are 1.37 J·s −1 and 90.25 %, respectively. It shows excellent photo-thermal response and uniform temperature distribution. This work provides an efficient, sustainable and affordable strategy for manufacturing high-performance composite PCM that can efficiently achieve solar energy utilization and energy management.
研究领域:
材料科学
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能源工程
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