CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE
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2026
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IF 5.1
Yanfang Guan,Kasolo Enock,Bei Zhou,Zhenxiang Qi,Muhammad Shahid Nadeem,Junqiang Chen,Zeng Shujie,Yixin Hu,Zihan Wu,Jingxin Wang,Jinchu Yang,Li Peng,Wei Xinxin,Longwang Yue,Song Yuchen,Limin Li,Changwei Zhu
Industrial wastewater contamination by heavy metal ions such as Cu 2+ and Zn 2+ poses severe threats to the ecosystems and human health, with traditional adsorbents limited by high costs, low adsorption capacities, poor mechanical stability, and slow kinetics. To address these problems and to improve adsorption performance, this study developed a novel hydrogel composite composed of Gellan gum, Ti 3 C 2 MXene, Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): sulfonate (PEDOT-S:H), and aluminum oxide silicate, named GMPA. The GMPA composite, optimized at a mass ratio of 20:2.25:4:2.5, was characterized and exhibited enhanced mechanical properties, improved thermal stability, and a high density of active binding sites. Under optimal conditions (1.2 g/L adsorbent dose, pH levels of 5.9–9.5, and adsorption duration of 30–300 min), the composite removed Zn 2+ , Cu 2+ , and Mg 2+ from a 50 mg/L metal ion solution with removal efficiencies of 99%, 77.1%, and 80% respectively, with capacities of 42.81 mg/g for Zn 2+ , 26.32 mg/g for Cu 2+ , and 21.51 mg/g for Mg 2+ . Kinetics followed the pseudo-first and second order models, indicating chemisorption and physisorption-influenced mechanisms. This novel hydrogel enables applications in water purification and the removal of heavy metals from aqueous environments.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2021
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IF 9.229
Bo Yao,Jing Zhang,Zhenqiang Fan,Yuedi Ding,Bin Zhou,Runlin Yang,Jianfeng Zhao,Kai Zhang
The detection of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is crucial for preventing and controlling infectious diseases and disease treatment. In this work, a Au@Ti3C2@PEI-Ru(dcbpy)32+ nanocomposite-based electrochemiluminescence (ECL) biosensor was rationally designed, which realized sensitive detection of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) gene of SARS-CoV-2. In addition, a DNA walker was also used to excise the hairpin DNAs under the action of Nb.BbvCI endonuclease. Furthermore, model DNA–Ag nanoclusters (model DNA–AgNCs) were used to quench the initial ECL signal. As a result, the ECL biosensor was used to sensitively detect the SARS-CoV-2 RdRp gene with a detection range of 1 fM to 100 pM and a limit of detection of 0.21 fM. It was indicated that the ECL biosensor had a great application potential for clinical medical detection. Furthermore, the DNA walker amplification also played a reliable candidate strategy for other detection methods.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2026
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IF 6.7
Xiang Qin,Tiantian Yi,Rong Cao,Junchen Luo,Hui Luo,Lijun Ji
The development of efficient S-scheme heterojunctions was crucial for addressing the limitations of insufficient light absorption and rapid charge recombination in photocatalysis. In this study, a dual-synergistic 0D/2D/0D (001)TiO 2 /Ti 3 C 2 /ZnTCPP S-scheme heterojunction was rationally designed. The matched energy levels between (001)TiO 2 and ZnTCPP metalloporphyrin drove the formation of a robust built-in electric field, serving as the endogenous S-scheme charge separation core that preserved strong redox capacity. Meanwhile, the metallic Ti 3 C 2 MXene acted as an exogenous high-conductivity transport bridge, accelerating directional carrier migration to surface active sites. The composite was successfully fabricated via a hydrothermal method combined with electrostatic self-assembly. Comprehensive characterization by XRD, TEM, and XPS confirmed that (001)TiO 2 nanoparticles and amorphous ZnTCPP were uniformly anchored onto Ti 3 C 2 nanosheets, forming intimate 0D/2D/0D interfacial contacts with strong electronic interactions. The incorporation of ZnTCPP significantly extended the optical absorption into the visible region, while Ti 3 C 2 functioned as an efficient electron mediator and photothermal agent, further boosting reaction kinetics. Under visible-light irradiation, the optimized TTZ-2 composite exhibited exceptional dual-functional performance: a tetracycline degradation rate of 93.4% and a hydrogen evolution rate of 590.2 μmol·g −1 ·h −1 . Mechanistic investigations, supported by Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, revealed that the dual synergy between the endogenous built-in electric field and the exogenous Ti 3 C 2 channel synergistically facilitated the directional migration of photogenerated carriers along the S-scheme pathway, effectively suppressing recombination while preserving strong redox capabilities. This work demonstrated a viable strategy for designing multifunctional MXene-based photocatalysts for environmental remediation and solar energy conversion.
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Theranostics
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2023
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IF 12.4
Hongchuan Wang,Na Mu,Yaqi He,Xiaoguang Zhang,Jie Lei,Cao Yang,Liang Ma,Yong Gao
Background: The current clinical treatment of osteomyelitis is limited by the emergence of drug-resistant bacteria, which often leads to the failure of traditional antibiotic treatment and large bone defects. Sonodynamic therapy (SDT) is a new strategy that is widely used to overcome the problem of bacterial resistance to antibiotic therapy as well as poor tissue penetration using near-infrared light in photodynamic therapy (PDT). Therefore, it is necessary to develop a new sonosensitizer that can kill bacteria and promote bone repair. Methods: Herein, we developed a sonosensitizer, porphyrin metal-organic framework (HNTM), with a Schottky junction modified by Ti 3 C 2 nanosheets (HN-Ti 3 C 2 ) for highly efficient sonodynamic therapy of osteomyelitis and bone regeneration. Results: Ti 3 C 2 greatly improves the acoustic catalytic performance by rapidly transferring the charge carriers generated by HNTM under ultrasound (US) irradiation, which killing drug-resistant bacteria through the generation of large amounts of reactive oxygen species (ROS). And HN-Ti 3 C 2 shows excellent 99.75% antibacterial effectiveness against MRSA. In addition, HN-Ti 3 C 2 generates a sonocurrent under low-intensity US to promote the repair of bone defects for a long time period. Mechanistic research using CCK-8 and RNA-seq showed that HN-Ti 3 C 2 nanocomposites can promote the proliferation of stem cells by regulating the cell cycle, DNA replication, and apoptosis. In addition, after low-intensity US irradiation, HN-Ti 3 C 2 promotes osteogenic differentiation via some key signaling pathways, including the calcium, Wnt, and TGF-beta signaling pathways, according to the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG). In a MRSA-infected rat tibial osteomyelitis model, HN-Ti 3 C 2 successfully eliminated the infection and significantly improved bone regeneration under US irradiation. Conclusion: This study indicates that engineered HN-Ti 3 C 2 is a distinctive nanocomposite for successful osteomyelitis treatment.
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生物医学工程
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材料科学
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纳米技术
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感染病学
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骨科
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2021
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IF 8.128
Wei Wang,Cong Liu,Mutian Zhang,Chenyang Zhang,Lin Cao,Chunfeng Zhang,Tengfei Liu,Debao Kong,Wen Li,Shougang Chen
It is a major challenge to combine the advantages of two kinds of two-dimensional materials to construct a heterojunction and achieve efficient photocatalytic antifouling. In this work, we covalently connected two materials MXenes and covalent organic frameworks (COFs) through the Schiff base reaction and anchored Ag nanoparticles (NPs) to prepare a Ti 3 C 2 /TpPa-1/Ag composite material with high efficiency bactericidal properties. The covalent bonding between MXene and COF greatly improved the stability of the material. Ti 3 C 2 /TpPa-1/Ag composite showed an excellent antibacterial property against S. aureus and P. aeruginosa . The fluorescence spectra of Ti 3 C 2 /TpPa-1/Ag proved that the electron transfer channels formed between the ternary materials could greatly improve the efficiency of carrier separation and prolong the life of photogenerated carriers. Density functional theory calculations showed that the synergistic catalytic effect of Ag and Ti 3 C 2 could greatly reduce the work function along the interface, and the built-in electric field between the layers drive carrier fast migration, which effectively improve the catalytic performance.
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纳米技术
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光催化
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