COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2015
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Chang Su,Yongcun Zou,Xiaofeng Xu,Li Liu,Zhen Liu,Lili Liu
Pure and Nd-doped porous α-Fe 2 O 3 nanotubes were successfully synthesized via a facile single-capillary electrospinning method, followed by calcination treatment. The morphologies of the as-prepared samples were characterized by scanning electron microscopy. The crystal structures and components were determined by X-ray diffraction and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, respectively. The gas-sensing properties of the as-prepared samples were studied, and the results indicate the ultrahigh sensitivity of Nd-doped porous α-Fe 2 O 3 nanotubes to acetone. The response of Nd-doped porous α-Fe 2 O 3 nanotubes to 50 ppm of acetone is about 44 at an operating temperature of 240 °C, which is 17 times larger than that of pure porous α-Fe 2 O 3 nanotubes. Furthermore, the lowest detection limit of acetone is 500 ppb, with a response of 2.4. The response and recovery times to 50 ppm of acetone are about 19 and 50 s, respectively. In addition, the Nd-doped porous α-Fe 2 O 3 nanotubes possess good selectivity and long-term stability.
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MATERIALS SCIENCE IN SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING
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2015
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Chang Su,Yu Li,Yue He,Li Liu,Xuesong Wang,Lili Liu
In this work, pure and Al 2 O 3 -doped α-Fe 2 O 3 nanotubes were synthesized by a simple single-capillary electrospinning technology and followed calcination treatment. The morphologies and crystal structures of the as-prepared samples were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction, respectively. The research of the samples gas sensing properties demonstrates that the ethanol sensing properties of α-Fe 2 O 3 nanotubes are enhanced by doping Al 2 O 3 , remarkably. The response value of Al 2 O 3 -doped α-Fe2O3 nanotubes to 50 ppm ethanol is 41.8 at the operating temperature 240 °C, which is much higher than that of pure α-Fe2O3 nanotubes (response value is 4). And the lowest detection limit is 300 ppb, to which the response value is about 2. The response and recovery times are about 20 and 60 s–50 ppm ethanol, respectively. In addition, the Al 2 O 3 -doped α-Fe2O3 nanotubes possess good selectivity and long-term stability.
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2013
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Hao Shan,Changbai Liu,Li Liu,Shouchun Li,Lianyuan Wang,Xiaobo Zhang,Xiaoqing Bo,Xiao Chi
Pure and La-doped (5 wt%, 7 wt% and 10 wt%) α-Fe 2 O 3 nanotubes are synthesized by an electrospinning method and followed by calcination . The as-synthesized nanotubes are characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-ray powder diffraction (XRD). Compared with pure α-Fe 2 O 3 nanotubes, La-doped α-Fe 2 O 3 nanotubes exhibit improved acetone sensing properties at 240 °C. The response of 7 wt% La-doped α-Fe 2 O 3 nanotubes to 50 ppm acetone is about 26, which is 10 times larger than that of pure α-Fe 2 O 3 nanotubes. The response and recovery times of 7 wt% La-doped α-Fe 2 O 3 nanotubes to 50 ppm acetone are about 3 and 10 s, respectively. Moreover, 7 wt% La-doped α-Fe 2 O 3 nanotubes show a good selectivity to acetone.
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BIOMACROMOLECULES
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2015
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Hao Yang,Chuan Zhang,Chang Li,Yong Liu,Yingli An,Rujiang Ma,Linqi Shi
Polymeric nanoparticles with glucose-responsiveness are of great interest in developing a self-regulated drug delivery system. In this work, glucose-responsive polymer vesicles were fabricated based on the complexation between a glucosamine (GA)-containing block copolymer PEG45-b-P(Asp-co-AspGA) and a phenylboronic acid (PBA)-containing block copolymer PEG114-b-P(Asp-co-AspPBA) with α-CD/PEG45 inclusion complex as the sacrificial template. The obtained polymer vesicles composed of cross-linked P(Asp-co-AspGA)/P(Asp-co-AspPBA) layer as wall and PEG chains as both inner and outer coronas. The vesicular morphology was observed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and the glucose-responsiveness was investigated by monitoring the variations of hydrodynamic diameter (Dh) and light scattering intensity (LSI) in the polymer vesicle solution with glucose using dynamic light scattering (DLS). Vancomycin as a model drug was encapsulated in the polymer vesicles and sugar-triggered drug release was carried out. This kind of polymer vesicle may be a promising candidate for glucose-responsive drug delivery.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2017
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Yihui Li,Hang Hu,Qing Zhou,Yanxiao Ao,Chen Xiao,Jiangling Wan,Ying Wan,Huibi Xu,Zifu Li,Xiangliang Yang
Paclitaxel (PTX) is an effective antineoplastic agent and shows potent antitumor activity against a wide spectrum of cancers. Yet, the wide clinical use of PTX is limited by its poor aqueous solubility and the side effects associated with its current therapeutic formulation. To tackle these obstacles, we report, for the first time, α-amylase- and redox-responsive nanoparticles based on hydroxyethyl starch (HES) for the tumor-targeted delivery of PTX. PTX is conjugated onto HES by a redox-sensitive disulfide bond to form HES–SS-PTX, which was confirmed by results from NMR, high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, and Fourier transform infrared spectrometry. The HES–SS-PTX conjugates assemble into stable and monodispersed nanoparticles (NPs), as characterized with Dynamic light scattering, transmission electron microscopy, and atomic force microscopy. In blood, α-amylase will degrade the HES shell and thus decrease the size of the HES–SS-PTX NPs, facilitating NP extravasation and penetration into the tumor. A pharmacokinetic study demonstrated that the HES–SS-PTX NPs have a longer half-life than that of the commercial PTX formulation (Taxol). As a consequence, HES–SS-PTX NPs accumulate more in the tumor compared with the extent of Taxol, as shown in an in vivo imaging study. Under reductive conditions, the HES–SS-PTX NPs could disassemble quickly as evidenced by their triggered collapse, burst drug release, and enhanced cytotoxicity against 4T1 tumor cells in the presence of a reducing agent. Collectively, the HES–SS-PTX NPs show improved in vivo antitumor efficacy (63.6 vs 52.4%) and reduced toxicity in 4T1 tumor-bearing mice compared with those of Taxol. These results highlight the advantages of HES-based α-amylase- and redox-responsive NPs, showing their great clinical translation potential for cancer chemotherapy.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2016
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Yuangang Li,Juan Feng,Huajing Li,Xiaoliang Wei,Rongrong Wang,Anning Zhou
Solar splitting of seawater is one of the promising ways for large scale utilization of solar energy in the future. Here we reported an efficient and stable photoanode based on earth-abundant materials for photoelectrochemical (PEC) splitting of natural seawater. Through simple hydrothermal growth and deposition-annealing (DA) process, α-Fe 2 O 3 /WO 3 nanorod arrays were grown on the surface of fluorine-doped tin oxide coated glass. The PEC performance can be optimized simply by varying DA cycles. The photocurrent density reaches about 1 mA/cm 2 at 1.23 V vs RHE under the illumination of 100 mW/cm 2 (AM 1.5G) which is 2.9 times as that of pure WO 3 films and 50 times as that of the pristine Fe 2 O 3 NRs under the same conditions. More importantly, when the materials were used as photoanode for PEC splitting of natural seawater, the performance was kept as well. After 5 h continuous illumination 65% of the initial value of photocurrent density still remained, which imply the good photostability of the materials even at the conditions of PEC splitting of seawater. A possible mechanism for the improved performance of the hybrid photoanode was proposed based on our experimental results.
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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
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2016
·Vol. 18
·期 13
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Xin Li,Huiming Lin,Xiang Chen,Hao Niu,Jiuyu Liu,Ting Zhang,Fengyu Qu
The design and synthesis of unique novel heterostructures for high-performance photocatalytic activity has exerted a tremendous fascination and has recently attracted intensive attention. In this work, a branch-like α-Fe2O3/TiO2 heterostructure has been synthesized controllably through an electrospinning method combined with a hydrothermal approach. The backbone of the heterostructure is composed of a 3D porous TiO2 nanofiber (∼70 nm in diameter) network with plenty of α-Fe2O3 nanorods (100–200 nm in length) deposited on them. The novel branch-like nanocomposites have an abundantly porous structure as well as large surface areas (up to 42.8 m2 g−1). In addition, their visible light photodegradation behaviour towards organic dyes, including Congo red (CR), methylene blue (MB), eosin red (ER) and methyl orange (MO), was investigated. Their excellent photocatalytic performances are attributed to their large surfaces, improved visible light absorption and high separation efficiency of the photogenerated electrons/holes. Furthermore, the degradation process was further studied by varying the amount of α-Fe2O3 deposited. The sample α-Fe2O3/TiO2-3 possessed the best performance to efficiently decolor CR solution even at a high concentration of 50 mg L−1 (160 min, 94 mg g−1), ascribed to the high adsorption capacity derived from the large surface, strong electrostatic interaction and structural match between α-Fe2O3/TiO2-3 and CR. These α-Fe2O3/TiO2 heterostructures exhibit great potential for decontamination of organic pollutants in waste water under visible light.
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CHINESE CHEMICAL LETTERS
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2016
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Shi-Guo Zhang,Zong-Bo Xie,Lian-Sheng Liu,Meng Liang,Zhang-Gao Le
We discovered that α -chymotrypsin has a promiscuous ability to catalyze the cyclocondensation of aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes with 2-aminobenzamides to afford the corresponding 2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4(1 H )-ones successfully in high yields (90%–98%) under alcohol solvent. The catalytic activity of α -chymotrypsin was evaluated through investigating the temperature, the enzyme loading and the ratio of substrates in the enzyme-catalyzed reactions. The present method proves to be efficient and environmentally friendly in terms of short reaction time, high yield, green catalyst and the clean products obtained without further purification processes.
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Food Bioscience
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2017
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Zicong Zeng,Shunjing Luo,Chengmei Liu,Xiuting Hu,Ersheng Gong,Jinyu Miao
Based on the results of phenolic retention of brown rice treated by extrusion with thermostable α-amylase (ETA), this work investigated the phenolic retention of brown rice after extrusion with mesophilic α-amylase (EMA). Similarly, EMA significantly increased phenolic retention of brown rice with the increasing enzyme level, and the phenolic retention was positively correlated with reducing sugars. However, brown rice treated by EMA had higher retention rate of free phenolic content, free antioxidant activity , and total identified free phenolic acids than that treated by ETA at different enzyme levels, although the corresponding reducing sugars produced by EMA were lower than by ETA. These results indicated that the extrusion temperature had greater effect on the phenolic retention than enzymatic hydrolysis during enzymatic extrusion. In addition, brown rice treated by EMA with 0.5% enzyme had a high retention of free flavonoids at 72.4%. Therefore, EMA might be a better processing technology for brown rice to improve its nutrition .
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2017
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Yan Zheng,Xiao Zhang,Jie Zhao,Ping Yang
α-Fe 2 O 3 /BiOCl heterojunctions were synthesized by growing and assembling α-Fe 2 O 3 nanoplates to BiOCl microflowers via a two-step route to enhance the photocatalytic performance of BiOCl. The morphology, microstructure, element composition and optical properties of α-Fe 2 O 3 /BiOCl heterojunctions have been investigated by SEM, TEM, XRD, FT-IR, Raman spectra, XPS, UV–vis diffuse reflectance and PL spectra. Electrostatic interaction was a key to form α-Fe 2 O 3 /BiOCl heterojunctions. Compared with pure BiOCl, the synthesized α-Fe 2 O 3 /BiOCl heterojunctions possess an efficient visible light absorption and exhibit an improved of photocatalytic efficiency. A photocatalytic degradation mechanism has been proposed to explain that the heterojunctions enhance the separation efficiency of electron-hole pairs, and the holes are the main reactive species in the degratation of Rhodamine B.
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Advanced Energy Materials
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2024
·Vol. 14
·期 30
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Tian Hou,Meng Zhang,Xiaoran Sun,Yihao Wang,Kaipeng Chen,Zhipeng Fu,Mingrui He,Xu Liu,Ziheng Liu,Yuelong Huang,Martin A. Green,Xiaojing Hao
Formamidinium lead triiodide (FAPbI 3 ) perovskite without methylammonium and/or Cs cations is considered the most promising candidate for perovskite photovoltaics. However, the crystallization of photoactive α-FAPbI 3 requires high-temperature annealing (≥150 °C) and a controlled humidity environment when methylammonium-containing additives are absent. A methylammonium-free ink is reported that enables low-temperature (≤80 °C) crystallization of photoactive α-FAPbI 3 films, while also demonstrating compatibility with blade-coating large-area films in ambient air. The synergistical effects of methylphenyl sulfoxide and PbCl 2 facilitate the formation of an intermediate phase of nanoscale-disordered δ-FAPbI 3 , which dramatically reduces the crystallization temperature of α-FAPbI 3 down to 80 °C and even below. The 80 °C crystalized α-FAPbI 3 exhibits reduced strain and improved uniformity compared to high-temperature annealed counterparts. The synthesized ink and the corresponding intermediate precursor film are also found remarkably stable, allowing open-air processing without the need for humidity control. Highly efficient n–i–p structured α-FAPbI 3 minimodules can be fabricated under an ambient environment RH 50% with the ink at 80 °C, achieving a power conversion efficiency of up to 22.4%. The discovery of the low-temperature FAPbI 3 ink paves a new avenue for printing perovskite solar cells and associated optoelectronic applications, accelerating the commercialization progress of perovskite materials.
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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Lijun Yang,Jiankun Liu,Yuxi Wang,Huanwen Zhou,Xiaoyuan Liao
In industry, silver-based catalysts are the mainstream choice for converting ethylene to ethylene oxide (EO), and the morphology of Ag particles plays an important role in their catalytic performance; however, related studies are scarce. In this work, evidence from SEM shown that we successfully synthesized three different morphologies of Ag particles induced by different solvent, i.e., flower-like Ag (Fl-Ag), spheroidal Ag (Sp-Ag) and sheet-like Ag (Sh-Ag), dissolve them respectively into the mixed solution of silver nitrate/oxalic acid to form a suspension, then load onto α-Al 2 O 3 . Through were calculated from the XRD peak area the Ag(100) surface occupancy has the order of Fl-Ag (30 %) > Sh-Ag (20 %) > Sp-Ag (15 %), and the selectivity of EO has positive relation with similar order of Fl-Ag/Al 2 O 3 (85 %) > Sh-Ag/ Al 2 O 3 (72 %) > Sp-Ag/Al 2 O 3 (70 %). The selectivity of Fl-Ag/Al 2 O 3 for EO at 210 °C was 85 %. It is shown that Ag(100) surface has better O 2 interaction and activated than that of Ag(111) surface, and (100) has a lower activation energy than the side reaction (0.9 eV vs 1.0 eV), facilitates the conversion of ethylene to ethylene oxide. This study provides a new method to design and optimize silver catalysts.
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