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2021
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Xiaoning Li,Hailong Liu,Weiben Yang,Hongjie Sheng,Fang Wang,Jean Damascene Harindintwali,H.M.S.K. Herath,Yinping Zhang
The search for nature-based tools to enhance bioremediation is essential for the sustainable restoration of contaminated ecosystems. Humic acid (HA) is an important component of organic matter in soil and water, but its effect on the microbial degradation of organic pollutants remains unclear. In this study, the biodegradation of pyrene by Mycobacterium sp. NJS-1 with and without HA was investigated. Only around 10.5% of pyrene was biodegraded in the pyrene treatment alone, whereas the addition of HA significantly enhanced biodegradation to the point where over 90% of pyrene was biodegraded. The production of 4,5-dihydropyrene-4,5-diol and phenanthrene-3,4-diol indicated the metabolic pathway via attacking of 4,5-positions of pyrene. Interestingly, 1,2-dimethoxypyrene was detected with the addition of HA, suggesting that HA induced a new ring-opening pathway involving the attack on the 1,2-positions of pyrene. The addition of HA first induced protein self-cleavage behavior with a significant increase in phenylalanine , tyrosine, and tryptophan containing large numbers of COO − groups. Furthermore, it altered the intracellular and extracellular ultrastructure of bacterial cells, promoting their growth in size and number as well as reducing the space between them. Overall, HA increased the ring-opening positions of pyrene and facilitated its interaction with bacterial cells, thus improving its biodegradability . Building upon the findings of this study to further research is conducive to the sustainable solution of environmental pollution .
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CHEMISTRY & BIODIVERSITY
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2021
·Vol. 18
·期 9
·e2100329
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IF 2.408
Genqiang Chen,Lina Zhu,Jiaxuan He,Song Zhang,Yuanhao Li,Xiaolong Guo,Di Sun,Yuee Tian,Shengming Liu,Xiaobo Huang,Zhiping Che
Endeavor to discover biorational natural products-based fungicides, two series (26) of novel 1-sulfonyloxy/acyloxydihydroeugenol derivatives ( 3a – p and 5a – j ) were prepared and assessed for their fungicidal activity against P. capsici Leonian, in vitro . Results of fungicidal activity revealed that, among all compounds, especially compounds 3a , 5c , and 5e displayed the most potent anti-oomycete activity against P. capsici with EC 50 values of 69.33, 68.81, and 67.77 mg/L, respectively. Overall, the anti-oomycete activities of 1-acyloxydihydroeugenol derivatives ( 5a – j ) were higher than that of 1-sulfonyloxydihydroeugenol derivatives ( 3a – p ). It is proved that the introduction of the acyl group at hydroxy position of dihydroeugenol is more beneficial to improve its anti-oomycete activity than that of the sulfonyl group. These preliminary results will pave the way for further modification of dihydroeugenol in the development of potential new fungicides. Graphical
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Journal of Flow Chemistry
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2021
·Vol. 11
·期 4
·831-842
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Fei Shian,Zhang Yaheng,Zhang Jie,Tang Zhiyong,Wu Qing
This study presents a robust and scalable method for synthesizing continuously the silica microspheres via the Stöber method. Owing to the superb mixing accessible with gas-liquid segmented flow in coiled microtube, satisfactory morphology and mono-dispersity of silica spheres was obtained. The continuous method was firstly optimized through investigating the effects of various operation parameters on the morphology, particle size, size distribution and chemical structure of silica spheres. Without the surfactant, the size of silica spheres was limited < 850 nm due to the partial blockage of microchannel when synthesizing larger silica spheres. The addition of surfactant migrated the clogging issue, enabling the reliable synthesis of microspheres with diameters over 1 μm within a four times shorter residence time (30 min). Moreover, the mono-dispersity of silica microspheres could be further improved by increasing the gas/liquid ratio in segmented flow due to the more intensified mixing in liquid segments, as verified in visual flow field investigation.
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AICHE JOURNAL
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2021
·Vol. 67
·期 7
·e17295
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Bofeng Zhang,Guozhu Li,Ziwei Zhai,Dali Chen,Yajie Tian,Ruoou Yang,Li Wang,Xiangwen Zhang,Guozhu Liu
Propane dehydrogenation (PDH) is one of the most effective methods to produce propylene. But the industrial Pt-based catalysts often suffer from short-term stability under the high temperature reaction environment (500–700°C) via sintering and coke deposition. Herein, stable PDH reaction in high propylene yield has been achieved by the confinement of Pt–Zn intermetallic alloys (IMAs) in the channels of silicalite-1. Single-site Zn in the MFI framework was found to play a key role on assisting and stabilizing the PtZn IMAs for efficient PDH. By the cooperative action of the spatial confined PtZn IMAs and the lattice confined framework Zn, high propylene selectivity (>99%) without obvious deactivation was realized on the as-developed catalyst (PtZn@S-1) under 600°C even after 90 h. The low deactivation constant (0.003 h −1 ) was 6 times lower than that of the industrial PtSn catalyst.
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Nature Communications
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2020
·Vol. 11
·期 1
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Yang Chenhui,Aslan Hüsnü,Zhang Peng,Zhu Shoujun,Xiao Yong,Chen Lixiang,Khan Nasar,Boesen Thomas,Wang Yuanlin,Liu Yang,Wang Lei,Sun Ye,Feng Yujie,Besenbacher Flemming,Zhao Feng,Yu Miao
Bioelectricity generation, by Shewanella oneidensis ( S. oneidensis ) MR-1, has become particularly alluring, thanks to its extraordinary prospects for energy production, pollution treatment, and biosynthesis. Attempts to improve its technological output by modification of S. oneidensis MR-1 remains complicated, expensive and inefficient. Herein, we report on the augmentation of S. oneidensis MR-1 with carbon dots (CDs). The CDs-fed cells show accelerated extracellular electron transfer and metabolic rate, with increased intracellular charge, higher adenosine triphosphate level, quicker substrate consumption and more abundant extracellular secretion. Meanwhile, the CDs promote cellular adhesion, electronegativity, and biofilm formation. In bioelectrical systems the CDs-fed cells increase the maximum current value, 7.34 fold, and power output, 6.46 fold. The enhancement efficacy is found to be strongly dependent on the surface charge of the CDs. This work demonstrates a simple, cost-effective and efficient route to improve bioelectricity generation of S. oneidensis MR-1, holding promise in all relevant technologies.
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Nature Communications
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2023
·Vol. 14
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·1-10
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Zhao Guangjin,Gao Haiqi,Qu Zhou,Fan Hongwei,Meng Hong
Highly permeable polyamide (PA) membrane capable of precise ionic sieving can be utilized for many energy-efficient chemical separations. To fulfill this target, it is crucial to innovate membrane-forming process to induce a narrow pore-size distribution. Herein, we report an anhydrous interfacial polymerization (AIP) at a solid-liquid interface where the amine layer sublimated is in direct contact with the alkane containing acyl chlorides. In such a heterophase interface, water-caused side reactions are eliminated, and the amines in compact arrangement enable an intensive and orderly IP reaction, leading to a unique PA layer with an ionic sieving accuracy of 0.5 Å. The AIP-PA membrane demonstrates excellent separation selectivities of monovalent and divalent cations such as Mg 2+ /Li + (78.3) and anions such as Cl - /SO 4 2- (29.2) together with a high water flux up to 13.6 L m −2 h −1 bar −1 . Our AIP strategy may provide inspirations for engineering high-precision PA membranes available in various advanced separations.
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Nano Research
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2023
·Vol. 16
·期 8
·10881-10889
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Wei Xueer,Cheng Jiawei,Li Yubing,Cheng Kang,Sun Fanfei,Zhang Qinghong,Wang Ye
The noble metal-based bimetallic clusters with high atom utilization and surface energy have been widely applied in heterogeneous catalysis, but the stabilization of these metastable clusters in harsh reaction conditions is quite challenging. Herein, we synthesize a series of Pt-, Pd-, and Ru-based clusters promoted by a second non-noble metal (Zn, Cu, Sn, and Fe), which are confined inside silicalite-1 (pure silica, S-1) crystals by a ligand-protected method. The second metal could well stabilize and disperse the noble atoms inside the rigid S-1 zeolites via Si-O-M bonds, thus enabling to lower the usage of expensive noble metals in catalysts. The as-synthesized bimetallic catalysts exhibited excellent performance in non-oxidative propane dehydrogenation (PDH) reaction, which is typically operated above 500 °C. The PtZn@S-1, PtCu@S-1, and PtSn@S-1 with only a ∼ 0.17 wt.% Pt loading offer a significant enhancement in PDH performance compared with the conventional PtSn/Al 2 O 3 catalyst with a 0.5 wt.% Pt loading prepared by impregnation method. Notably, the PtSn@S-1 provides a propane conversion of 45% with a 99% propylene selectivity at 550 °C, close to the thermodynamic equilibrium. Furthermore, the PtSn@S-1 exhibits excellent stability during 300 h on stream and high tolerance to regeneration by a simple calcination step.
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Frontiers in Plant Science
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2023
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Shengnan Zhai,Hang Liu,Xianchun Xia,Haosheng Li,Xinyou Cao,Zhonghu He,Wujun Ma,Cheng Liu,Jianmin Song,Aifeng Liu,Jingjuan Zhang,Jianjun Liu
Polyphenol oxidase (PPO) activity is a major cause of the undesirable brown color of wheat-based products. Ppo1 , a major gene for PPO activity, was cloned based on sequence homology in previous studies; however, its function and regulation mechanism remain unclear. In this study, the function and genetic regulation of Ppo1 were analyzed using RNA interference (RNAi) and Targeting Induced Local Lesions IN Genomes (TILLING) technology, and superior mutants were identified. Compared with the control, the level of Ppo1 transcript in RNAi transgenic lines was drastically decreased by 15.5%–60.9% during grain development, and PPO activity was significantly reduced by 12.9%–20.4%, confirming the role of Ppo1 in PPO activity. Thirty-two Ppo1 mutants were identified in the ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS)-mutagenized population, including eight missense mutations, 16 synonymous mutations, and eight intron mutations. The expression of Ppo1 was reduced significantly by 6.7%–37.1% and 10.1%–54.4% in mutants M092141 (G311S) and M091098 (G299R), respectively, in which PPO activity was decreased by 29.7% and 28.8%, respectively, indicating that mutation sites of two mutants have important effects on PPO1 function. Sequence and structure analysis revealed that the two sites were highly conserved among 74 plant species, where the frequency of glycine was 94.6% and 100%, respectively, and adjacent to the entrance of the hydrophobic pocket of the active site. The M092141 and M091098 mutants can be used as important germplasms to develop wheat cultivars with low grain PPO activity. This study provided important insights into the molecular mechanism of Ppo1 and the genetic improvement of wheat PPO activity.
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BIOCHEMICAL GENETICS
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2019
·Vol. 57
·期 3
·443-454
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IF 1.931
Zhang Yu,Zhang Xiaohuan,Xiao Shiyuan,Qi Wei,Xu Jingliang,Yuan Zhenhong,Wang Zhongming
3-Methyl-1-butanol (3MB) is a promising biofuel that can be produced from 2-ketoisocaproate via the common l -leucine biosynthesis pathway. Corynebacterium glutamicum was chosen as a host bacterium because of its strong resistance to isobutanol. In the current study, several strategies were designed to overproduce 3MB in C. glutamicum through a non-fermentation pathway. The engineered C. glutamicum mutant was obtained by silencing the pyruvate dehydrogenase gene complex ( aceE ) and deleting the lactic dehydrogenase gene ( ldh ), followed by mutagenesis with diethyl sulfate (DES) and selection with Fmoc-3-4-thiazolyl- l -alanine (FTA). The mutant could produce 659 mg/L of 3MB after 12 h of incubation. To facilitate carbon flux to 3MB biosynthesis, the engineered recombinant was also constructed without branched-chain acid aminotransferase ( ilvE ) activity by deleting the ilvE gene. This recombinant could produce 697 mg/L of 3MB after 12 h of incubation.
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2018
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Xiuting Hu,Yu Wang,Chengmei Liu,Zhengyu Jin,Yaoqi Tian
The 1-butanol-hydrochloric acid (1-butanol-HCl) degradation mechanism of high-amylose maize starch, represented by amylomaize V, is investigated using different methods. More pores are formed in the amylomaize V granules during 1-butanol-HCl hydrolysis and these pores become larger and change into cracks. Correspondingly, the average granule size slightly decreases from 13.49 to 10.87 µm after 1-butanol-HCl hydrolysis for 7 d. The crystalline areas of amylomaize V are hydrolyzed by 1-butanol-HCl and the amylose-1-butanol complex might form. In addition, the weight-average molecular weight of amylomaize V dramatically decreases from 1.25 × 10 7 to 3.57 × 10 5 Da after hydrolysis for 4 h, then slowly decreases, and stabilizes at about 2.00 × 10 4 Da after hydrolysis for 4 d, which is in accordance with the result of iodine staining analysis. High-performance anion-exchange chromatography analysis indicates that 1-butanol-HCl can hydrolyze the starch like hydrolysis patterns of both the endo-enzyme and the exo-enzyme. These results suggests that HCl in 1-butanol quickly diffuses into the whole amylomazie V granule and simultaneously attacks the crystalline and disorder areas, while the compact periphery of amylomaize V keeps the granules from disintegrating.
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AICHE JOURNAL
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2018
·Vol. 65
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·196-206
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Fusheng Pan,Weidong Li,Ye Zhang,Jie Sun,Meidi Wang,Hong Wu,Zhongyi Jiang,Ligang Lin,Baoyi Wang,Xingzhong Cao,Peng Zhang
Hollow monocrystalline silicalite-1 (HMS) nanoparticles were successfully synthesized and firstly incorporated into poly(ether- block -amide) (Pebax) to prepare hybrid membranes. The uniformly dispersed HMS in Pebax matrix interrupt the crystalline region and optimize the free volume property. The micropores on the HMS shell enhance the selectivity because of sieving effect, whereas the inner cavity benefits the rapid diffusion of penetrant and elevates the flux. When the content of HMS (200 nm) is 20 wt %, the hybrid membrane possesses a permeation flux of 20.63 kg/(m 2 h) and an enrichment factor of 6.11 (82% and 23% higher than that of Pebax membrane, respectively), which surpass the upper bound of the state-of-the-art reported polymeric membranes. Moreover, the hybrid membranes display the remarkable antiswelling and long-term operation stability. This is a step forward in fabricating the hybrid membranes with superior separation performance by incorporating porous fillers with hollow structure. © 2018 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J , 65: 196–206, 2019
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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
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2018
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Lu Zhuang,Liu Limeng
TaC ceramics were prepared by hot pressing at 1900 °C for 30 min under 30 MPa mechanical pressure. The effect of adding 1–10 mol% LaB 6 as a sintering aid on densification, the phase composition, microstructure and mechanical properties of the consolidated materials were investigated. TaC and LaB 6 reacted to form the solid solution. The grain average size decreased from 10 μm at 1 mol% LaB 6 addition to 4 μm at 10 mol% LaB 6 addition. The 5 mol% LaB 6 composition had good flexural strength of 312 MPa. Keywords Ultra high-temperature ceramic Tantalum carbide Hot pressing
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