CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2023
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IF 15.1
Jiaxin Wu,Wenfei Ai,Kai Hou,Chaofan Zhang,Yue Long,Kai Song
Many organisms rely on a dynamic attachment mechanism to climb surfaces. Inspired by these organisms, researchers have developed soft climbing robots. Despite their rapid development in recent times, such robots have restricted application in complex environments, such as the lack of remote wireless actuation and attachment ability for climbing tilted or slippery surfaces. To address these issues, we report a light-driven dynamic adsorption/desorption soft suction cup inspired by rock-climbing fish ( Beaufortia kweichowensis ). Our suction cups utilize the volumetric change caused by changes in the gas–liquid phase in the inner chamber to generate suction and thrust. The repetitive changes in the gas–liquid phase, controlled by photothermal conversion, help achieve adsorption and desorption. We demonstrated that the suction cups based on negative pressure adsorption can easily help miniaturize soft robotic devices and adapt to multiple types of substrates, making our approach applicable to tilted or slippery surfaces. By integrating the soft suction cups for surface attachment by dynamic control and a shape memory alloy as a deformable body, we developed a soft climbing robot that can perform precise, facile, and programmed controlled climbing under different conditions via remote light manipulation. Four continuous and directional climbing sequences on tilted and slippery surfaces were demonstrated. The results are expected to help advance the application of light-driven soft robots on tilted or slippery surfaces
研究领域:
机器人学
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仿生工程
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智能材料
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微纳系统
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生物医学工程
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2020
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IF 4.65
Dan Yang,Qingfeng Guo,Libing Liao,Yidi Zhang,Lefu Mei,Haikun Liu
In this paper, K 3 ScF 6 :Er 3+ ,Yb 3+ up-conversion luminescent materials with cryolite structure were synthesized via solid-state method. The X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL) under the excitation of a 980 nm laser with different power density were used to investigate the phase structure, elemental composition , and up-conversion luminescence properties of K 3 ScF 6 :Er 3+ ,Yb 3+ . The quenching concentrations of Yb 3+ and Er 3+ were confirmed to 0.15 and 0.05 (mol concentration) in this system, respectively. Upon 980 nm excitation, the K 3 ScF 6 :Er 3+ ,Yb 3+ showed a typical transition of Er 3+ which contains two main bands in the visible region that green and red. According to the fitting result of the pump power dependence of up-conversion intensity, all the green and red up-conversion emission of K 3 ScF 6 :0.05Er 3+ ,0.15 Yb 3+ belong to the two-photon process. To better understand the origin of radiation and energy transfer mechanism of the red and green up-conversion, the possible mechanism and electron transition process were also discussed.
研究领域:
材料科学
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无机化学
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光功能材料
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固体化学
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发光物理
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Sustainable Energy & Fuels
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2020
·Vol. 4
·期 8
·3943-3950
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IF 5.503
Hongpeng Zhou,Menglei Feng,Peiyuan Li,Xiangnan Gong,Dingke Zhang,Shijian Chen
Layered Sb2Se3 consists of infinite chains of repeating Sb4Se6 units stacked along the c-axis via Sb–Se covalent bonds, whereas they are linked by van der Waals force along the a-axis and b-axis. It usually tends to grow along the [hk0] orientation with low surface energy. However, [001]-oriented growth, which efficiently enhances charge transport, is often considered unstable due to its high surface energy. Herein, we propose a growth method to fabricate Sb2Se3 thin films with the preferential [001]-orientation on various substrates (Mo, MoSe2, SLG, NiO, SiO2 and FTO). This crystal facet design of preferentially [001]-oriented Sb2Se3 exposes the majority of the nanoribbons vertically aligned to the substrate, and thus maximally improves the charge transport, which may find applications in diverse optoelectronic devices. We confirmed their performance in photoelectrochemical water reduction. The preferentially [001]-oriented Sb2Se3 photocathode exhibited an impressive photocurrent density of −20.5 mA cm−2 at 0 V vs. RHE and a maximum photocurrent density of −28 mA cm−2 at −0.2 V vs. RHE under 1 sun AM 1.5 G illumination. Thus, the successful use of this [001]-Sb2Se3 photocathode paves the way for the development of high-efficiency Sb2Se3-based devices for optoelectronic applications.
研究领域:
材料科学
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半导体物理
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光电化学
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纳米材料
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能源材料
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JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY
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2020
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IF 3.306
Shengling Li,Duanlin Cao,Xianjiao Meng,Zhiyong Hu,Zhichun Li,Changchun Yuan,Tao Zhou,Xinghua Han,Wenbing Ma
In this study, a novel schiff base fluorescent probe (E)- N' -(3-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)-2-hydroxy-5-methylbenzylidene)-7-(diethylamino)-2-oxo-2 H -chromene-3-carbohydrazide ( CHS ) was synthesized for sequential detection of Al 3+ and pyrophosphate ions (PPi) in a DMSO/HEPES (4:1 v/v, pH = 7.4) buffer system and characterized by 1 H NMR, 13 C NMR, ESI-HR-MS and DFT calculation. Its detection limit was determined to be 0.16 μM for Al 3+ and 0.18 μM for PPi in a pH range of 4∼8, respectively. The Job’ s plot showed that the stoichiometric ratio to Al 3+ was 1:1, and CHS -Al 3+ showed highly selective recognition of PPi. The sensor CHS could also recognize Al 3+ and PPi and exhibited fluorescence enhancement and quenching properties in HeLa cells.
研究领域:
分析化学
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生物分析
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分子探针
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细胞成像
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金属离子检测
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DESIGNED MONOMERS AND POLYMERS
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2019
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IF 1.528
Meng-Di Chen,Guo Zhang,Shi-Chang Chen,Xian-Ming Zhang,Wen-Xing Chen
In this study, 9-anthracenemethyl methacrylate (AMMA) and styrene (St) as monomers and benzoyl peroxide as an initiator were used to synthesize P(St-co-AMMA), a macromolecule tracer with a fluorescence effect, via free radical copolymerization. A fluorescent online detection device was built on the basis of the principle of fluorescence online detection by using the single-screw extrusion platform of a torque rheometer to explore the effect of the amount of macromolecular tracer and screw speed on the residence time distribution of polystyrene in single-screw extrusion. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, 1H-NMR, thermal stability, fluorescence properties, and rheological properties show that the resulting product P(St-co-AMMA) has a degree of thermal stability, fluorescence, and rheological properties similar to polystyrene, so this product can be used to characterize the residence time distribution during single-screw extrusion. The amount of macromolecular tracer P(St-co-AMMA) does not affect the residence time distribution of polystyrene during single-screw extrusion processing, meanwhile, the minimum residence time decreases and the residence time distribution becomes narrow as the screw speed increases, that is, the axial mixing capacity of the single-screw extruder decreases as the screw speed increases.
研究领域:
高分子化学
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材料科学
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聚合物加工工程
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Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials
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2015
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IF 2.169
Xinghao Lin,Yanming Zhao,Youzhong Dong,Quan Kuang,Zhiyong Liang,Danlin Yan,Xudong Liu
A metaphosphate NaFe(PO 3 ) 3 compound has been obtained by solid state method here. This title compound belongs to the orthorhombic structure with the space group of P 2 1 2 1 2 1 (No. 19) and lattice parameters of a = 14.3390(3) Å, b = 14.3374(2) Å, c = 14.3642(1) Å. Its structure can be described as made up of infinite (PO 3 ) 1− chains connected by FeO 6 octahedra, while the monovalent Na cations are located in the tunnels determined by the connection of PO 4 tetrahedrons and FeO 6 octahedrons. Besides, the morphology, vibrational spectra, magnetic and sodium deinsertion/insertion properties of NaFe(PO 3 ) 3 compound are also presented and discussed here for the first time, which can provide more information about the physicochemical properties of this metaphosphate compound.
研究领域:
无机化学
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材料科学
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固体化学
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电化学
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能源材料
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MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN
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2023
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IF 5.4
Huimin Li,Shan Wang,Ran Pang,Lihong Jiang,Da Li,Su Zhang,Chengyu Li,Hongjie Zhang
Contactless thermometer based on fluorescence intensity ratio shows unparalleled characteristics compared with traditional contact thermometers. However, few materials are suitable for high temperature (above 573 K) measurement. In this work, Pr 3+ was selected as the emitter and Y 3 GaO 6 :xPr 3+ luminescent thermometers were designed. The phase, crystal structure and morphology were identified using X-ray diffraction, Rietveld refinement and scanning electron microscope. The spectra with multiple ranges were temperature sensitive due to the cross-relaxion mechanism that occurs in the luminescence process. The parameters for temperature measurement were determined based on the peak intensity ratio of 506 and 610 nm at different temperatures (from 293 to 823 K). Y 3 GaO 6 :0.01Pr 3+ displays excellent temperature sensitive performance, in which the relative sensitivity values increase along with the temperature in a wide temperature range and reach 4.09 % K −1 . The thermometric visualization in Y 3 GaO 6 :xPr 3+ can be achieved due to the widely varying luminescence colors at different temperatures.
研究领域:
材料科学
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光学工程
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无机化学
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传感器技术
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功能材料
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TALANTA
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2020
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IF 5.339
Rui Gao,Dan Li,Siqing Zheng,Haixin Gu,Wei Deng
Accurate and selective in-field detection of metal ions in complex media has gained wide interests due to the complexed matrices and weak affinity towards sensing surface. Herein, we develop a first trimodal method for sensing of Zn 2+ in complex matrices by stimuli-responsive N-[6-piperazinyl-2-pyridinyl]-N-(2-pyridinylmethyl)-2-Pyridinemethanamine dithiocarbamates (DPY) modified gold nanorods (GNRs-DPY). The presence of Zn 2+ triggers the aggregation of GNRs-DPY, leading to increment of color and fluorescence intensity of the sensing system, which could be visually discerned with bare eye. Moreover, the intensive electromagnetic enhancement among “hot spots” of GNRs, generated during self-aggregation of the GNRs-DPY caused by Zn 2+ , lowers the detection limit of SERS assay to 6 × 10 −3 pM. It is noteworthy that GNRs-DPY based sensing platform not only enables distinguishing Zn 2+ from Cd 2+ , with simplicity and rapidity, but also demonstrates as trimodal nanoprobe for sensitive and selective quantitative determination of Zn 2+ in different matrices. Therefore, the GNRs-DPY provides a new strategy for accurate and credible on-spot determination of Zn 2+ in complicated specimens, as well as offering multiple applications in point-of-care monitoring.
研究领域:
分析化学
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纳米生物技术
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环境监测
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分子诊断
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金属离子传感
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Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications
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2021
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IF 7.328
Yunfeng Wu,Yu Zang,Liang Xu,Jianjun Wang,Hongge Jia,Fengjuan Miao
High-performance conjugated microporous polymer (CMP)/TiO 2 photocatalytic antibacterial nanocomposites were successfully synthesized by in situ Sonogashira polymerization. TiO 2 was uniformly dispersed onto the surface and within the CMP which show the microporous nature with narrow pore size distribution. The high crystallinity and thermal stability of the CMP/TiO 2 nanocomposites are attractive for use as antibacterial materials. The composites we prepared showed excellent photocatalytic antibacterial properties for the inactivation of Escherichia coli ( E. coli ) and Staphylococcus aureus ( S. aureus ) under visible light irradiation. The photocatalytic antibacterial rates of nanocomposites against E. coli and S. aureus after 120 min of visible light irradiation were 98.14% and 100%, respectively. The superoxide anion ( O 2 − ) was confirmed to be an important substance in the antibacterial process above. The cytocompatibility of the antibacterial agents was studied in terms of cytotoxicity against NIH 3T3 fibroblasts. More than 95% of the cells were still alive in the presence of the nanocomposites, both without and with light irradiation, indicating the good cytocompatibility of the nanocomposites. Judging from the excellent photocatalytic antibacterial properties and ultralow toxicity of nanocomposites, these materials can be used in many fields such as medical treatment, transportation and construction.
研究领域:
材料科学
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纳米医学
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生物材料
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光催化
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抗菌治疗
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Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials
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2013
·Vol. 23
·期 6
·1492-1500
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IF 1.174
Zhang Nan,Fan Yu-Hua,Bi Cai-Feng,Zhang Xia,Zhang Peng-Fei,Zhang Zhong-Yu,Li Xin
Three novel transition metal coordination polymers, [Ni(C 18 H 16 N 3 O 2 ) 2 ·2CH 3 OH]
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( 1 ), [Zn(C 18 H 16 N 3 O 2 ) 2 ·4CH 3 OH]
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( 2 ) and [Cd(C 18 H 16 N 3 O 2 ) 2 ·2CH 3 OH]
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( 3 ) (C 18 H 16 N 3 O 2 =2-acetylpyridine- d -tryptophan) were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR, UV, 1 H NMR and X-ray diffraction single crystal analysis. The analyses of the structures indicate that all three materials crystallize in the tetragonal crystal system, space group P 4 1 2 1 2. They have similar structures; i.e., the Schiff base coordinates in its deprotonated form and behaves as a hexadentate (4N+2O) coordinated ligand to form a distorted octahedron geometry. On the other hand, as a result of the alternate arrangement of chains through N–H···O intermolecular hydrogen bonds interactions, 2-D layers are formed for the three complexes. Furthermore, the luminescent properties and thermal stabilities of the three complexes were investigated.
研究领域:
无机化学
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配位化学
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材料化学
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晶体工程
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光物理化学
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2019
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IF 6.361
Zhenpeng Zhu,Zishan Sun,Ziying Guo,Xinguo Zhang,Zhan-chao Wu
A core-shell nanocomposite based on carbon dots (CD)/Rhodamine B (RhB) is realized by a facile method. The composite particles show spherical shape with narrow size distribution, non-agglomeration and smooth surface. The as-obtained nanocomposite shows the characteristic dual-emission of thermal-stable CD blue emission and thermal-sensitive RhB red emission at a single excitation wavelength. The fluorescence intensity ratio (FIR) is found to have a good linear relationship ( R 2 > 0.993) with temperature, while the corresponding maximum absolute and relative sensitivity is 2.01% K −1 and 1.39% K −1 in range of 283–373 K. The research provides a simple approach to create novel dual-emitting nanocomposites for temperature sensing application in micron-scale and biological field.
研究领域:
分析化学
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纳米生物技术
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生物医学工程
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分子成像
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生物传感
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2018
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IF 5.667
Jiali Qian,Feifei Quan,Fengjiao Zhao,Chengxin Wu,Zhaoyan Wang,Lei Zhou
Herein, we utilized aconitic acid (AA) as the precursor for preparing carbon dots (AA-CDs) by a facile hydrothermal reaction , and the resulting AA-CDs exhibited bright blue fluorescence with an absolute quantum yield of 56.5% in aqueous solution. Preliminary experiments showed that the prepared AA-CDs without further surface passivation or modification could selectively interact with folic acid (FA), resulting in significant fluorescence quenching. Based on this, a sensitive method for FA analysis was developed with a detection limit of 40 nM (S/N = 3), which was then successfully applied for the detection of FA in food and pharmaceutical samples with the average recoveries of 95.0–105.3%. Furthermore, a weak fluorescent nanoprobe (FA-AA-CDs) was fabricated based on the conjugated interaction of FA and AA-CDs, and its feasibility was evaluated as a fluorescence turn-on nanoprobe for targeted imaging of cancer cells using Hela, SMMC-7721, and A549 cells as models that expressed different levels of folate receptors (FRs) on the cell surface. The results exhibited that the fluorescence intensity of these cells was in accordance with their FRs expression levels, testifying its potential of FA-AA-CDs for targeted imaging of cancer cells. Subsequently, the internalization mechanism of FA-AA-CDs into cells was elucidated via receptor-mediated endocytosis using control experiments.
研究领域:
分析化学
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纳米医学
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肿瘤学
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分子影像
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药物递送
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生物传感
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细胞生物学
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