OPTICAL MATERIALS
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2022
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Si Wu,Huicong Liang,Zhe Zhang,Qi Zhang,Qiang Han,Jingshu Wang,Ming Gao,Hougang Fan,Jinghai Yang,Jihui Lang
Zn–Al layered double hydroxides (Zn–Al LDHs) with a typical layered structure were successfully synthesized by the hydrothermal method . The effects of molar ratios of Zn and Al on the structure, morphology, chemical composition and photocatalytic performance of Zn–Al LDHs were systematically investigated. By adjusting the Zn/Al molar ratio, it can be found that the Zn–Al-LDH-3 sheet with the ratio of 3 exhibits the best photocatalytic activity and reusability, which is mainly ascribed to the formation of more photo-generated holes in the photocatalytic process proved by the free radical quenching experiment. The optimized conditions of catalyst dosages, rhodamine B (RhB) concentrations and initial pH values to achieve the highest were also investigated in detail. This work provides a simple method for designing environmental friendly layered double hydroxide photocatalysts with special morphologies.
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Catalysts
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2022
·Vol. 12
·期 6
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IF 4.501
Peiguo Zhou,Zongbiao Dai,Tianyu Lu,Xin Ru,Meshack Appiah Ofori,Wenjing Yang,Jiaxin Hou,Hui Jin
The water pollution caused by industry emissions makes effluent treatment a serious matter that needs to be settled. Heterogeneous Fenton oxidation has been recognized as an effective means to degrade pollutants in water. Attapulgite can be used as a catalyst carrier because of its distinctive spatial crystal structure and surface ion exchange. In this study, iron ions were transported on attapulgite particles to generate an iron-supporting attapulgite particles catalyst. BET, EDS, SEM and XRD characterized the catalysts. The particle was used as a heterogeneous catalyst to degrade rhodamine B (RhB) dye in wastewater. The effects of H2O2concentration, initial pH value, catalyst dosage and temperature on the degradation of dyes were studied. The results showed that the decolorization efficiency was consistently maintained after consecutive use of a granular catalyst five times, and the removal rate was more than 98%. The degradation and mineralization effect of cationic dyes by granular catalyst was better than that of anionic dyes. Hydroxyl radicals play a dominant role in RhB catalytic degradation. The dynamic change and mechanism of granular catalysts in catalytic degradation of RhB were analyzed. In this study, the application range of attapulgite was widened. The prepared granular catalyst was cheap, stable and efficient, and could be used to treat refractory organic wastewater.Keywords:iron-bearing attapulgite;heterogeneous Fenton;granular catalyst;rhodamine B
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE
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2022
·Vol. 50
·期 4
·1-13
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IF 5.314
Qinying Liu,Yi Yang,Miaomiao Cheng,Fangting Cheng,Shanshan Chen,Qiuhong Zheng,Yang Sun,Li Chen
Being a highly conserved catabolic process, autophagy is induced by various forms of cellular stress, and its modulation has considerable potential as a cancer therapeutic approach. In the present study, it was demonstrated that dicitrinone B (DB), a rare carbon‑bridged citrinin dimer, may exert anticancer effects by blocking autophagy at a late stage, without disrupting lysosomal function in MCF7 breast cancer and MDA‑MB‑231 triple‑negative breast cancer cells. Furthermore, it was discovered that DB significantly enhanced intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and that the removal of ROS was followed by the attenuation of autophagy inhibition. In addition, DB exerted notable inhibitory effects on the proliferation and promoting effects on the apoptosis of MCF7 and MDA‑MB‑231 cells. In combination with conventional chemotherapeutic drugs, DB exhibited a further enhanced synergistic effect than when used as a single agent. Overall, the data of the present study demonstrate that DB may prove to be a promising autophagy inhibitor with anticancer activity against breast cancer.
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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2022
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Guohao He,Mingming Li,Xin Li,Qimeng Wang,Zhiying Xie,Yali Xue,Kai Wang,Jun Yu,Gengzhi Sun,Haizhou Yu,Xiaoyan Qiu
Isoporous membranes from a process coupling the self-assembly of block copolymer with nonsolvent-induced phase separation (SNIPS) could enhance both the permeability and selectivity due to the high pore density and uniform pore sizes. Whereas, it is difficult to precipitate PAA based block copolymer in nonsolvent to make membranes because PAA blocks are hydrophilic. Herein, isoporous PS 678 - b -PAA 180 membranes were well prepared after reinforced by multiwalled carbon nanotubes decorated with silver nanoparticles (MWCNT-Ag). Such composite membranes bear not only regular channels with an effective pore diameter of ca. 18.85 nm, but also high water permeance of 1770.35 L bar −1 m −2 h −1 . With the participation of carbon nanotubes, the PS- b -PAA isoporous membrane exhibits excellent photothermal conversion properties, which endows the membrane with an efficiency of ca. 10.6 kg m −2 h −1 for light energy-driven seawater desalination and wastewater purification. Moreover, the silver particle-decorated CNTs enable the membrane to be antibacterial, which ensures reliability in long-term application.
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RSC Advances
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2021
·Vol. 11
·期 49
·30503-30509
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Xiupei Yang,Lin Zhang,Dan Wang,Qian Zhang,Jie Zeng,Run Zhang
Developing a new photocatalyst for fast and highly efficient organic dye degradation plays an essential role in wastewater treatment. In this study, a photocatalyst graphite phase carbon nitride (g-C3N4) containing nitrogen defects (CN) is reported for the degradation of rhodamine B (RhB). The porous g-C3N4 photocatalyst is facilely synthesized through a polycondensation method and then characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), N2 isotherm adsorption line, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The photocatalytic activity of the g-C3N4 is evaluated through the degradation of RhB under visible light irradiation. The results show that photocatalytic activity of the nitrogen-defective g-C3N4 can be improved by optimizating washing conditions, including washing temperature, washing dosage, drying time, and drying temperature. With the prepared nitrogen-defective g-C3N4, decolourization of RhB is able to be completed within 20 minutes, in which the degradation rate is 1.7 times higher than that of bulk g-C3N4. Moreover, the nitrogen-defective g-C3N4 has high stability and reusability in the degradation of RhB. Photocatalytic degradation mechanism investigations by ultraviolet-visible absorption spectroscopy, radical trapping experiments and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) reveal that RhB achieved complete mineralization through the photocatalytic degradation reaction mediated by superoxide radicals (˙O2−). This work thus provides a new approach for the preparation of photocatalysts for organic pollutants treatment in wastewater samples.
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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
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2021
·Vol. 45
·期 44
·20743-20750
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IF 3.591
Huan-Huan Ding,Jia-Zhu Chigan,Jian-Bin Zhen,Lu Liu,Yin-Sui Xu,Cheng Chen,Ke-Wu Yang
It is imperative to develop innovative and efficient antibacterial agents, on account of the mounting prevalence of complicated infections induced by multidrug-resistant bacteria. In this work, Chol-b-Lys nanoparticles (CL-NPs) with a diameter of 304.9 nm were prepared by ring-opening polymerization of the monomers cholesterol-ethylenediamine conjugate (Chol-NH2) and L-Lys-N-carboxyanhydrides (L-Lys-NCAs) and further self-assembly. The nanoparticles exhibited biological activity against the drug-resistant and non-resistant bacteria, including Gram-negative E. coli and Gram-positive B. subtilis, E. faecalis and S. aureus, with a MIC value in the range of 32–2 μg mL−1 and a more than 95% bactericidal rate. Importantly, both bacteria treated with CL-NPs didn’t develop resistance even after their 16th passages. Also, the CL-NPs have low toxicity (32 μg mL−1). The mechanism characterization shows that the positively charged nanoparticles are initially gathered on the surface of bacteria by electrostatic adsorption, changes the membrane permeability, inserts into the lipid bilayer bacteria membrane with cholesterol groups, destroys the membrane structure and results in bacterial apoptosis. This work provides a potential approach by mimicking the structure of cell membrane to develop new bactericidal reagent/nanoparticle materials which is hard to cause resistance.
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Journal of Orthopaedic Translation
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2021
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Wen-Xiang Cheng,Yan-Zhi Liu,Xiang-Bo Meng,Zheng-Tan Zheng,Ling-Li Li,Li-Qing Ke,Ling Li,Cui-Shan Huang,Guo-Yuan Zhu,Hu-Dan Pan,Ling Qin,Xin-Luan Wang,Peng Zhang
Objectives Vascularization is an essential step in successful bone tissue engineering. The induction of angiogenesis in bone tissue engineering can be enhanced through the delivery of therapeutic agents that stimulate vessel and bone formation. In this study, we show that cucurbitacin B (CuB), a tetracyclic terpene derived from Cucurbitaceae family plants, facilitates the induction of angiogenesis in vitro. Methods We incorporated CuB into a biodegradable poly (lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) and β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) biomaterial scaffold (PT/CuB) Using 3D low-temperature rapid prototyping (LT-RP) technology. A rat skull defect model was used to verify whether the drug-incorporated scaffold has the effects of angiogenesis and osteogenesis in vivo for the regeneration of bone defect. Cytotoxicity assay was performed to determine the safe dose range of the CuB. Tube formation assay and western blot assay were used to analyze the angiogenesis effect of CuB. Results PT/CuB scaffold possessed well-designed bio-mimic structure and improved mechanical properties. CuB was linear release from the composite scaffold without affecting pH value. The results demonstrated that the PT/CuB scaffold significantly enhanced neovascularization and bone regeneration in a rat critical size calvarial defect model compared to the scaffold implants without CuB. Furthermore, CuB stimulated angiogenic signaling via up-regulating VEGFR2 and VEGFR-related signaling pathways. Conclusion CuB can serve as promising candidate compound for promoting neovascularization and osteogenesis, especially in tissue engineering for repair of bone defects. The translational potential of this article This study highlights the potential use of CuB as a therapeutic agent and strongly support its adoption as a component of composite scaffolds for tissue-engineering of bone repair.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2021
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IF 5.316
Zi Jun Gao,Zhou Peng Li,Bin Hong Liu
In this work, we synthesized La-incorporated Ni-B amorphous composites and investigated their effects on enhancing dehydrogenation/hydrogenation properties of MgH 2 . MgH 2 with 5 wt% 2La-3Ni-B demonstrated significantly improved dehydriding kinetics. About 6.0 wt% hydrogen could be released within 5 min at 300 °C. Moreover, no decrease in deydrogenation rate was observed within ten cycles. XRD , XPS , SEM and HRTEM examinations revealed that the La incorporation into Ni-B resulted in an amorphous La-B-O structure that could keep its disorder state up to 600 °C. The crystallization and growth of Ni dispersed in the La-B-O structure was significantly retarded. Also the alloying of Mg with Ni or La was not observed. As a result, the added La-Ni-B composites showed higher structural and catalytic stability than Ni-B during hydriding/dehydriding cycling of MgH 2 at high temperatures.
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JOURNAL OF DRUG DELIVERY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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2021
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IF 3.981
Jingxin Gou,Silin Wang,Xu Li,Tian Yin,Haibing He,Yu Zhang,Xing Tang,Wei Xiao,Zhenzhong Wang
Drug microcrystal (MC) is an important category of long acting injections (LAIs), whose release profile is controlled mainly by particle size, crystal form, drug solubility , and other parameters. In this study, a polymeric H + depot composed of alginate was combined with drug MC using ginkgolide B (GB) as model drug to reduce the initial burst release of the drugs with elevated solubility in body fluid. The parameters of GB MC preparation by precipitation, including stabilizer type and amount, phase volume ratio, and stirring rate were investigated. And the particle size/distribution, particle morphology, crystallinity, in vitro release of optimized GB MC were characterized. The in vivo dissolution retardation effect of acidified alginate (SAA) was first confirmed by live imaging using fluorescein as probe. And the pharmacokinetic profiles of different GB MC-polymer blends were investigated by UPLC-MS/MS. The prepared GB MC was spherical-like particles with a mean particle size of 5.863 μm and a span value of 1.634. The crystallinity of GB MC was lowered by the precipitation process compared with that of the crude drug , which resulted in a faster in vitro dissolution with more than 90% of drugs dissolved in 20 min. When administered with SAA, an alginate amount-dependent reduction in C max (1243.5 ± 281.4 ng/mL of GB-SAA, 1:5, 820.9 ± 84.0 ng/mL of GB-SAA, 1:10, 2850.9 ± 1059.3 ng/mL of GB alone and 2476.9 ± 396.4 ng/mL of GB-HPMC E5, 1:10) and prolongation in T max (3.2 ± 1.1 h of GB-SAA, 1:5, 6.4 ± 2.2 h of GB-SAA, 1:10, 1.2 ± 0.45 h of GB alone and 1.4 ± 0.55 h of GB-HPMC E5, 1:10) was noticed, indicating the capability of polymeric H + depot in controlling GB release in vivo . In conclusion, the polymeric H + depot strategy influenced drug dissolution and outward drug diffusion sequentially to retard the initial burst release of drugs with elevated solubility in body fluid.
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Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials
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2021
·Vol. 4
·期 4
·1330-1342
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IF 5.693
Zhang Fuhao,Cheng Wei,Yu Zhuanghua,Ge Shengsong,Shao Qian,Pan Duo,Liu Bin,Wang Xiaojing,Guo Zhanhu
A novel nanocomposite (WO 3 /UiO-66) was successfully synthesized by the microwave hydrothermal method. The influence of the W:Zr molar ratio on the WO 3 /UiO-66 structure was explored in detail, and the photocatalytic activity of the nanocomposite for photodegradation of rhodamine B (RhB) was evaluated. The WO 3 /UiO-66 with a W:Zr molar ratio of 1:5 (WO 3 /UiO-66–5) exerted the most excellent photocatalytic performance, and the photocatalytic efficiency reached 96.6% after 100 min of simulated sunlight irradiation, thereby showing a higher photocatalytic performance than pure UiO-66 or pure WO 3 . In addition, the stability and reusability of the nanocomposite were studied by cyclic experiments, and the degradation rate of WO 3 /UiO-66–5 still reached 86.6% after 5 cycles. The mechanism underlying the photocatalytic degradation of WO 3 /UiO-66 was finally studied by quenching tests, and the crucial factor in the RhB degradation was hole (h + ), and the existence of the n–n heterojunction also promotes the degradation of RhB by nanocomposites. In this work, an effective method is provided for the preparation of photocatalysts that degrade organic dyes.
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Materials
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2021
·Vol. 14
·期 16
·4402
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IF 3.623
Qingqing Cao,Siqi Lu,Wenjun Yin,Yan Kang,Naihao Yang,Yudong Hou,Zizhang Guo
High-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs, Benzo[b]fluorathene (BbFA), etc.) are difficult to biodegrade in the water environment. To address this issue, an innovative method for the preparation of MnO2nanoflower/graphene oxide composite (MnO2NF/GO) was proposed for adsorption removal of BbFA. The physicochemical properties of MnO2NF/GO were characterized by SEM, TEM, XRD, and N2adsorption/desorption and XPS techniques. Results show that the MnO2NF/GO had well-developed specific surface area and functional groups. Batch adsorption experiment results showed that adsorption capacity for BbFA was 74.07 mg/g. The pseudo-second-order kinetic model and Freundlich isotherm model are fitted well to the adsorption data. These show electron-donor-acceptor interaction; especially π-π interaction and π complexation played vital roles in BbFA removal onto MnO2NF/GO. The study highlights the promising potential adsorbent for removal of PAHs.Keywords:MnO2nanoflower;graphene oxide;PAHs;adsorption
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MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
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2021
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IF 4.821
Yongqin Hu,Rubing Chen,Meizhu Chen,Jia An,Mengfei Luo,Ying Lyu,Nan Hu,Wenxi Guo,Weiling Li,Yufei Liu
Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HBsAg) is usually recognized as an earliest diagnostic markers for Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infections. The precise and sensitive determination of HBsAg is crucial for the diagnostic of HBV infection. In this paper, a colorimetric immunosensor has been successfully designed and fabricated based on conjugating magnetic separation and enzymatic catalysis, for point-of-care detection of HBsAg. The HBsAg was simultaneously captured by the biotinylated HBsAg primary antibody (biotin-Ab 1 ) labeled immunomagnetic nanoparticles and detection antibody (Ab 2 ). In conjugation with Ab 2 , horseradish peroxidase (HRP) labeled rabbit anti-goat secondary antibody was linked with chromogenic agents to induce the colorimetric signal. As a result, a good linear relation was achieved between the concentration of HBsAg and OD 450 nm (absorbance values at 450 nm) in the 0.1–20 ng mL −1 ranges, demonstrating a great specificity to HBsAg with a limit of detection of 0.012 ng mL −1 . Furthermore, considering its succeed in real human serum sample test, this immunosensor could make contribute to potential applications in rapid diagnosis, effective prevention of epidemic and infectious diseases.
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