JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
·
2021
·
IF 5.316
Zhe Hu,Hanqing Dai,Wenjie Zhou,Jinxin Wei,Hongbin Zhang,Zhaoqi Ye,Yi Qiu,Yuanyuan Chen,Zhongtao Duan,Jing Wang,Wanlu Zhang,Fengxian Xie,Ruiqian Guo
The aggregation-induced quenching (AIQ) properties of the solid-state carbon dots (CDs) limit their wide-scale actual applications. Herein, a novel corrosion resistant solid-state CDs@Silicalite-1 (CDs@S-1) composite was synthesized via in situ embedding CDs into the S-1 matrix. Owing to the confinement effect, CDs are immobilized into the interrupted defects of the three-dimensional S-1 matrix. The as-prepared composite possesses high photoluminescence quantum yield (63%) and extra-high stability in common organic solvents and various pH solutions (pH=2–14). Moreover, the feasibility of the CDs@S-1 composite as a fluorescent label on various substrates was investigated. The results demonstrate the images with well-defined papillary ridges under ultraviolet (UV) light and show great potential for latent fingerprints detection in forensic science.
✓ 已验证
产品关联
DOI
高影响因子
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
·
2019
·
IF 6.97
Mingjie Chen,Rui-Min Li,Troy Runge,Jin Feng,Jing Feng,Songnan Hu,Qing-Shan Shi
Cellulose acetate is one of the oldest synthetic thermoplastic polymers and has various applications including usage as films, fibers, and membrane products. Traditionally, cellulose acetate is prepared by reacting cellulose with acetic anhydride in acetic acid using sulfuric acid as a catalyst. This process suffers from extensive depolymerization of the cellulose molecules and corrosion of the equipment from the use of the acidic solvent and catalyst. Herein we present an acid-free cellulose acetylation process using vinyl acetate as both the reactant and reaction medium and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate as the catalyst. The obtained cellulose acetate was confirmed by FTIR, NMR, and XRD studies. Additionally, the reaction kinetics, mechanism of the process, and properties of the obtained cellulose acetate were studied. Cellulose triacetate was obtained by our process within 2 h at 90 °C. The reaction kinetics was described with the classical pseudo-first-order rate expression of heterogeneous cellulose acetylation. The reaction mechanism was shown to be a peel-off mechanism similar to that of cellulose acetylation by the traditional acetic acid process. The molecular weight of the cellulose acetate produced by this new process was significantly higher than that from the traditional acetic acid process because of the absence of strong acids, which can depolymerize cellulose. In summary, we describe a new acid-free process to produce cellulose acetate that limits cellulose depolymerization and avoids the use of corrosive chemicals.
✓ 已验证
产品关联
DOI
高影响因子
POULTRY SCIENCE
·
2019
·
IF 2.027
Y. Chen,Y. Yang,F. Wang,X. Yang,F. Yao,K. Ming,W. Yuan,L. Zeng,J. Liu
ABSTRACT Duck hepatitis A virus type 1 ( DHAV-1 ) is one of the main pathogens of ducklings and causes a high mortality rate. Baicalin ( BA ) has potent antiviral effect, but the solubility is very poor. In order to increase the absorption, solubility, and pharmacological activity, the phospholipid complex was used to modify BA in present study. Therefore, BA phospholipid complex ( BAPC ) was prepared. The anti-DHAV-1 abilities of BA and BAPC in vitro was evaluated by cell counting kit-8 and reverse transcription quantitative PCR. The curative effects of BA and BAPC on ducklings which were infected by DHAV-1 in addition to the ALT and AST levels were also detected. The results indicated the anti-DHAV-1 ability of BAPC was stronger than that of BA both in vitro and in vivo . To explore the anti-DHAV-1 mechanism, the influence of BAPC on DHAV-1 adsorption, replication, and release was studied. Furthermore, the anti-oxidative and immuno-enhancing abilities of BAPC in the treatment of infected ducklings were also determined. The results showed BAPC inhibited DHAV-1 adsorption, replication and release. Furthermore, it played anti-oxidative and immno-enhancing roles in the treatment, and the immno-enhancing role was crucial to the treatment.
✓ 已验证
产品关联
DOI
PubMed
高影响因子
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE
·
2019
·
IF 3.372
Huan Xia,Zhixian Li,Xue Zhong,Binghui Li,Yunpeng Jiang,Yanbin Jiang
The combination of enzymatic and chemical reactions to achieve co-operative chemo-enzymatic processes has presented many challenges for decades. In this work, alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) was encapsulated into metal-organic framework HKUST-1 crystals through an in situ approach to construct a synergistic chemo- and bio-catalysis system, where ADH was for the conversion of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde, and HKUST-1 was in charge for the regeneration of β-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + , the oxidized cofactor). It was found that HKUST-1 was a versatile catalyst for efficient oxidation of NADH in different buffers. The Michaelis-Menten kinetic parameters of immobilized ADH exhibited an increased K M (approximately 1.3-fold) and a decreased V max (approximately 4.7-fold) compared to free ADH. Due to the protection of HKUST-1, the immobilized enzyme showed a better resistance against urea and organic solvents compared with free enzyme, and still maintained 93% of its original activity after 6 cycles. The immobilized enzyme was successfully applied to the enzymatic transformation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde in aqueous media at room temperature. Owing to the oxidized cofactor regeneration by HKUST-1, ADH@HKUST-1 composites achieved a benzaldehyde yield of 28.5%, which was approximately 4.3-fold higher than that of the individual bio-catalysis. This concept of combining chemo- and bio-catalysis may provide a novel and versatile technique for applications in biochemical catalysis, biosensors and drug delivery.
✓ 已验证
产品关联
DOI
高影响因子
MICROCHIMICA ACTA
·
2019
·Vol. 186
·期 8
·1-9
·
IF 5.479
Wang Weiwei,Wang Yan,Pan Hong,Cheddah Soumia,Yan Chao
A fluorometric method is described for the determination of mucin 1 (MUC1). It is based on the specific binding of MUC1 by anti-MUC1 aptamers and by exploiting the inner filter effect (IFE) exerted by gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) on the blue fluorescence of carbon dots (CDs). When CDs are mixed with AuNPs, their fluorescence is reduced due to an IFE. The IFE efficiency can be modulated by the adsorption and the aggregation state of AuNPs. The latter can be induced by addition of salt, thereby allowing the fluorescence of the CDs to recover. The aptamer is adsorbed on the AuNPs and protects the AuNPs from salt-induced aggregation which is accompanied by a color change from red to blue. If aptamer is added to a mixture of CDs and AuNPs in presence of salt, the aggregation of the AuNPs is inhibited. Thus, the blue fluorescence of the CDs (best measured at excitation/emission wavelengths of 365/448 nm) is reduced. If, however, the aptamers bind MUC1, the aptamers will be released from the surface of the AuNPs. This decreases the salt tolerance of AuNPs and leads to the recovery of the blue fluorescence. The fluorescence intensity increases with the concentration of MUC1. The method has a linear response in the 5.3 to 200 ng·mL −1 MUC1 concentration range and a lower detection limit of 5.3 ng·mL −1 . The method displays excellent selectivity towards MUC1 against other proteins.
Schematic illustration of (I) the influence of IFE of free AuNPs and NaCl aggregated AuNPs and (II) the influence of specific interaction between MUC1 and aptamers on the NaCl-induced aggregation of AuNPs and the IFE efficiency.
✓ 已验证
产品关联
DOI
PubMed
高影响因子
JOURNAL OF NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY
·
2019
·Vol. 17
·期 1
·1-11
·
IF 5.345
Zhang Yujie,Wu Mingxin,Dai Wubin,Chen Min,Guo Zhaoyang,Wang Xin,Tan Di,Shi Kui,Xue Longjian,Liu Sheng,Lei Yifeng
Background Diabetes is one of the biggest medical challenges worldwide. The key to efficiently treat type 1 diabetes is to accurately inject insulin according to the blood glucose levels. In this study, we aimed to develop an intelligent insulin-releasing gold nanocluster system that responds to environmental glucose concentrations.Results We employed gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) as a novel carrier nanomaterial by taking advantage of their high drug-loading capacity. We prepared AuNCs in the protection of bovine serum albumin, and we decorated AuNCs with 3-aminophenylboronic acid (PBA) as a glucose-responsive factor. Then we grafted insulin onto the surface to obtain the glucose-responsive insulin-releasing system, AuNC-PBA-Ins complex. The AuNC-PBA-Ins complex exhibited high sensitivity to glucose concentration, and rapidly released insulin in high glucose concentration in vitro. In the type 1 diabetic mouse model in vivo, the AuNC-PBA-Ins complex effectively released insulin and regulated blood glucose level in the normoglycemic state for up to 3 days.Conclusion sWe successfully developed a phenylboronic acid-functionalized gold nanocluster system (AuNC-PBA-Ins) for responsive insulin release and glucose regulation in type 1 diabetes. This nanocluster system mimics the function of blood glucose regulation of pancreas in the body and may have potential applications in the theranostics of diabetes.
✓ 已验证
产品关联
DOI
PubMed
高影响因子
Frontiers in Microbiology
·
2019
·
IF 4.259
Han Xiuyan,Chen Changming,Yan Qiulong,Jia Liqiu,Taj Ayaz,Ma Yufang
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of most pathogenic microorganisms in the world. Previously, the bifunctional enzyme GlmU with glucosamine-1-phosphate acetyltransferase activity and N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate uridyltransferase activity has been suggested as a potential drug target; therefore, discovering compounds targeting GlmU acetyltransferase is necessary. The natural products were tested for inhibition of GlmU acetyltransferase activity. We found that dicumarol exhibited inhibitory effects on GlmU acetyltransferase, with a concentration achieving a 50% inhibition (IC50) value of 4.608 μg/ml (13.7 μM). The inhibition kinetics indicated that dicumarol uncompetitively inhibited acetyl CoA and showed mixed-type inhibition for glucosamine-1-phosphate (GlcN-1-P). The activity of dicumarol against M. tuberculosis H37Ra was evaluated with a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) value of 6.25 μg/ml (18.55 μM) in the Alamar blue assay. Dicumarol also exhibited inhibitory effects on several clinically sensitive M. tuberculosis strains and drug-resistant strains, with a range of MIC value of 6.25 to >100 μg/ml. Dicumarol increased the sensitivity of anti-tuberculosis drugs (isoniazid and rifampicin) when dicumarol was present at a low concentration. The transcriptome and proteome data of M. tuberculosis H37Ra treated by dicumarol showed that the affected genes were associated with cell wall synthesis, DNA damage and repair, metabolic processes, and signal transduction. These results provided the mechanism of dicumarol inhibition against GlmU acetyltransferase and M. tuberculosis and also suggested that dicumarol is a potential candidate for TB treatment.
✓ 已验证
产品关联
DOI
PubMed
高影响因子
MOLECULAR PHARMACEUTICS
·
2018
·
IF 4.556
Sida Ruan,Yuanyuan Gu,Bo Liu,Huashan Gao,Xiongwei Hu,Haiping Hao,Liang Jin,Ting Cai
Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) has recently received significant attention as an efficacious way to treat diabetes mellitus. However, the short half-life of the peptide limits its clinical application in diabetes. In our previous study, a novel GLP-1 analog (PGLP-1) with a longer half-life was synthesized and evaluated. Herein, we prepared the PGLP-1-loaded poly(d,l-lactide-co-glycolide) microspheres to achieve long-term effects on blood glucose control. The incorporation of zinc ion into the formulation can effectively decrease the initial burst release, and a uniform drug distribution was obtained, in contrast to native PGLP-1 encapsulated microspheres. We demonstrated that the solubility of the drug encapsulated in microspheres played an important role in in vitro release behavior and drug distribution inside the microspheres. The Zn-PGLP-1 microspheres had a prominent acute glucose reduction effect in the healthy mice. A hypoglycemic effect was observed in the streptozotocin (STZ) induced diabetic mice through a 6-week treatment of Zn-PGLP-1-loaded microspheres. Meanwhile, the administration of Zn-PGLP-1 microspheres led to the β-cell protection and stimulation of insulin secretion. The novel GLP-1 analog-loaded sustained microspheres may greatly improve patient compliance along with a desirable safety feature.
✓ 已验证
产品关联
DOI
PubMed
高影响因子
INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
·
2018
·
IF 3.141
Changfa Xiao,Yuyan Yu,Long Jiang,Yi Dan
Aluminum trichloride (AlCl3) catalyzed copolymerization of polar monomers, including both methyl methacrylate (MMA) and methyl acrylate (MA), with nonpolar 1-octene is investigated. The copolymerization of MMA and 1-octene produces copolymers with acceptable productivity in the present of AlCl3, but no alternating copolymer can be obtained even in a 1-octene rich condition (n(1-octene)/n(MMA) = 6.14/1). However, AlCl3-catalyzed copolymerization of MA and 1-octene unveils that MA is more feasible than MMA to copolymerize with 1-octene for the formation of alternating copolymer. An alternating copolymer of MA and 1-octene can be obtained even at MA-rich conditions (n(1-octene)/n(MA) = 0.58/1). Meanwhile, temperature shows a significant impact on the copolymerization behaviors. Performing AlCl3-catalyzed copolymerization of MA and 1-octene at lower temperature leads to an increase in the molecular weight and the incorporation of MA into the backbone of the copolymer, probably due to low temperature-enhanced complexation between AlCl3 and the ester functionality.
✓ 已验证
产品关联
DOI
高影响因子
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
·
2018
·Vol. 2018
·期 38
·4255-4264
·
IF 2.507
Shengju Zhou,Lin Wang,Zaiwu Yuan,Mengjun Chen,Geping Zhang,Hongguang Li
Graphical A unique amphiphile was prepared whereby two Dawson polyoxometalates were covalently connected to one fullerene C 60 sphere. The amphiphile shows tunable aggregation behaviour in single and binary solvent mixtures controlled by collective effects of π–π interaction, electrostatic interaction and solvophobic effect. Two-dimensional plates, solid spheres and vesicles have been observed, which represent a new class of multifunctional materials. An organic-inorganic hybrid ( 5 ) is synthesized where two Dawson polyoxometalate (POM) moieties are linked to one fullerene C 60 unit. In a POM-friendly solvent such as DMSO, DMF and CH 3 CN, 5 forms small vesicles below 100 nm at a concentration of 37.3 mg mL –1 . When the concentration decreases to 9.0 mg mL –1 , detection of aggregates becomes difficult. However, supramolecular structures with diverse morphologies can be induced upon the addition of H 2 O or toluene. In DMSO/H 2 O and DMF/H 2 O systems, plates form, which break to debris and small vesicles at high volume percentage of H 2 O. In CH 3 CN/H 2 O mixtures, solid spheres form, which fail to further evolve into other self-assembled structures. In DMSO-based binary mixtures, the type of poor solvent has a big influence on the aggregation behavior of 5 , and replacing H 2 O with toluene transfers the aggregates from plates to multilamellar and multicellular vesicles. In contrast, in CH 3 CN-based systems, the influence of the type of poor solvent is quite limited. Although the morphologies of the aggregates change a lot, their magnetic properties remain unchanged as confirmed by electron spin-resonance measurements.
✓ 已验证
产品关联
DOI
高影响因子
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
·
2018
·Vol. 7
·期 1
·157-164
·
IF 9.931
Danyang Zhao,Yuyang Tian,Xiaofei Jing,Yun Lu,Guangshan Zhu
Bisphenol A (BPA), an endocrine disrupting compound (EDC) that affects the human nervous system, is used worldwide and is difficult to remove from water. PAF-1@cellulose nanofibril (CNF) composite aerogels are prepared through a double-cross-linking method and applied as adsorbents to remove BPA from water. With the successful combination of the high surface area of PAF-1 and the bulk skeleton of CNFs, as well as strong interactions between BPA molecules and the networks, the resulting composite aerogels can remove 77.7% of BPA, dissolved in water, within 10 seconds at an adsorption rate of 532.2 mg g−1 min−1, and their removal efficiency reaches 97.0% after 1 hour of adsorption. The adsorption capacity of PAF-1@CNF composite aerogels towards BPA is estimated to be as high as 1000 mg g−1 according to the Langmuir adsorption model.
✓ 已验证
产品关联
DOI
高影响因子
Polymers
·
2018
·Vol. 10
·期 10
·1109
·
IF 2.935
Pan Jiang,Yi Cheng,Sheng Yu,Jie Lu,Haisong Wang
A protocol for the fractionation of lignin with 1-butanol as solvent has been proposed in order to improve the utilization of industry alkali lignin. 1-butanol soluble lignin (BSL) was used as a building block for temperature-sensitive hydrogel withN-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAAm) through graft polymerization. The result shows that 1-butanol fractionation is an effective method to improve the molecular weight homogeneity of lignin (PDI, 2.5 to 1.83) and increase the hydroxyl group content (0.585–1.793 mmol/g). The incorporation of BSL into the temperature-sensitive hydrogel can enhance the thermal stability and increase the hydrophobicity of the gel, which leads to a decrease in lower critical solution temperature (LCST). In addition, the compression strength, swelling ratio, and pore size of the gel can be adjusted by the dosage of lignin. This stimuli-responsive gel, with an LCST around 32 °C, is expected to be applied in the agricultural field as a pesticide carrier by stimulating release and absorption properties based on the change in natural environmental temperature.Keywords:1-butanol;fractionation;industrial alkali lignin;temperature-sensitive gel
✓ 已验证
产品关联
DOI
PubMed
高影响因子
危险品化学品经营许可证（带存储）