Results in Chemistry
·
2025
·
IF 4.2
JianGuo Huang,Rashid Khan,Chunhui Zhai,Xianting Ding,Li-Sha Zhang,Jin-Ming Wu,Zhizhen Ye
The development of efficient disinfection techniques that can persistently eradicate viruses or disrupt their transmission is of paramount significance for curbing the spread of pandemics. Existing disinfection techniques commonly suffer from secondary pollution and difficulty in achieving continuous disinfection while ensuring safety and effectiveness, particularly in crowded environments. In this study, we adopted ozone synergistic catalytic oxidation (OSCO) technology for the highly efficient disinfection of bacteria and viruses. The OSCO route is based on the catalytic decomposition of ozone into active radicals in the presence of an optimized rod-like Cu/MnO 2 catalyst. The high catalytic activity of the Cu-doped MnO 2 catalyst can be attributed to the presence of numerous oxygen vacancies, which facilitate the catalytic decomposition of ozone into active radicals. This method serves multiple purposes, including the eradication of bacteria and viruses as well as the prompt decomposition of ozone to prevent any potential leakage. A disinfection rate of 99.9 % for both Staphylococcus albicans and H1N1 viruses was achieved within 20 min. The catalyst also demonstrated exceptional efficiency in degrading residual ozone, achieving a high removal rate of 99.99 % within 25 min, thus assuring safe disinfection. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations further supported that Cu doping induced lattice defects in MnO 2 , promoting the formation of interfacial oxygen vacancies and in turn favoring the catalytic oxidation process. The current OSCO technology offers a highly efficient and secure disinfection method with a wide range of potential applications in various fields.
研究领域:
环境科学
·
材料科学
·
微生物学
✓ 已验证
产品关联
DOI
高影响因子
MATERIALS SCIENCE FORUM
·
2023
·
IF 0
Ping Wang,Shu Guang Dong,Zhong Chao Zhao,Yu Fu
In this work, the Cu-alginate/graphene aerogels were prepared by using alginate, graphene and copper chloride as precursors by a freeze-drying process. Finally, N-doped carbon aerogels supported by Cu nanoparticles (NPs) (Cu/N-CAs) were obtained through annealing in the NH3 atmosphere. The morphology, microstructures, specific surface area, and pore size distribution were studied by SEM, XRD, and BET analysis. The results showed that a significant amount of Cu NPs were uniformly disseminated on the aerogels’ surface, and the catalysts’ specific surface area reached 141 m2/g. Electrochemical tests revealed good catalytic capabilities for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) of the as-obtained Cu/N-CAs. Compared to the commercial 20%Pt/C, the Cu/N-CAs exhibited comparable catalytic performance, superior catalytic stability and methanol resistance. The transfer of 3.94 electrons indicated that the Cu/N-CAs were undergoing a four-electron (4e-) ORR process.
研究领域:
材料科学
·
电化学
✓ 已验证
DOI
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE
·
2025
·
IF 4.3
Siwei Wang,Jin Du,Zhanquan Zhang,Yan Wang,Zhijie Yuan,Yuhan Wang,Tianpei Yi,Fusheng Pan,Zhongyi Jiang
Separating aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons can produce high-quality cracking feedstocks and recover value-added aromatic products. Covalent organic framework (COF) may find promising application owing to its exceptional structures and functionalities. In this study, Cu(I)-COF was designed and integrated into Pebax matrix to fabricate facilitated transport membranes. The immobilization of Cu(I) ions onto the COF framework effectively mitigates leaching. Additionally, the COF building blocks provides a stable electron cloud environment for Cu(I), ensuring long-term stability for over 6 months. The vertical channels in the COF afford rapid mass transfer, and the uniformly distributed Cu(I) enhances toluene affinity, thereby intensifying the transfer of toluene. For a 50 wt% toluene/n-heptane mixture, the Cu 3 L 3 -Pa-Pebax-2 membrane demonstrated a permeation flux of 1100 g·m −2 ·h −1 and a separation factor of 5.44. This study provides a new example for the application of multifunctional organic framework materials to fabricate facilitated transport membranes.
✓ 已验证
产品关联
DOI
高影响因子
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
·
2025
·
IF 9.5
Yinlu Fan,Yuxin Li,Jiu Shi,Yanwei Sun
A hierarchical Cu-gallate-based mesh membrane was synthesized on macroporous copper mesh substrate via mesoporous copper hydroxide transition layer. The resulting hierarchical pore structure and enhanced hydrophilicity enabled exceptional water flux alongside high separation efficiency for oil-water mixtures. These results significantly surpassed the performance limits of current state-of-the-art MOF membranes. Our findings highlight the promise of this hierarchical membrane for the efficient treatment of industrial oily wastewater.
研究领域:
材料科学
·
化学工程
·
环境科学
·
膜技术
·
金属有机框架材料（MOFs）
✓ 已验证
DOI
高影响因子
Nature Communications
·
2021
·Vol. 12
·期 1
·1-10
·
IF 14.919
Yu Jiafeng,Sun Xingtao,Tong Xin,Zhang Jixin,Li Jie,Li Shiyan,Liu Yuefeng,Tsubaki Noritatsu,Abe Takayuki,Sun Jian
The rational design of high-temperature endurable Cu-based catalysts is a long-sought goal since they are suffering from significant sintering. Establishing a barrier on the metal surface by the classical strong metal-support interaction (SMSI) is supposed to be an efficient way for immobilizing nanoparticles. However, Cu particles were regarded as impossible to form classical SMSI before irreversible sintering. Herein, we fabricate the SMSI between sputtering reconstructed Cu and flame-made LaTiO 2 support at a mild reduction temperature, exhibiting an ultra-stable performance for more than 500 h at 600 °C. The sintering of Cu nanoparticles is effectively suppressed even at as high as 800 °C. The critical factors to success are reconstructing the electronic structure of Cu atoms in parallel with enhancing the support reducibility, which makes them adjustable by sputtering power or decorated supports. This strategy will extremely broaden the applications of Cu-based catalysts at more severe conditions and shed light on establishing SMSI on other metals.
研究领域:
催化化学
·
材料科学
✓ 已验证
DOI
高影响因子
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
·
2014
·
IF 3.377
Wei Li,Xiongfei Chen,Yan Fu,Jinli Zhang,Wei Li
The specific interactions of Cu2+ with self-complementary DNA sequences involving d[G4C4(GC)2G4C4], d[(GC)10], and d[(AT)10], as well as the chiral recognition mechanism of ofloxacin enantiomers via the CuII-modulated DNAs, were investigated using characterizations of circular dichroism, gel electrophoresis, FT-IR spectroscopy, UV melting measurement, electron paramagnetic resonance, and HPLC. The CuII-coordinated GC-rich DNAs exhibit amplified enantioselectivity toward the S-enantiomer of ofloxacin. Especially in the case of d[G4C4(GC)2G4C4], ofloxacin enantiomers intercalate into the two adjacent guanine bases through the minor groove mediated by Cu2+, which leads to a more favorable binding between S-ofloxacin and DNA. The highest ee value of ofloxacin enantiomers in the permeate after being adsorbed by the CuII–DNA complex is obtained as 49.2% in the R-enantiomer at the [Cu2+]/[base] molar ratio of 0.25, while at the [Cu2+]/[base] molar ratio of 0.05 the highest ee value of ofloxacin enantiomers in the retentate reaches 26.3% in the S-enantiomer. This work illustrates a novel promising route to construct DNA-based chiral selectors toward certain drug enantiomers through the programmable enantioselective recognition on the basis of DNA chirality and the specific binding of transition metal ions.
研究领域:
化学
·
生物化学
·
药学
·
分析化学
✓ 已验证
DOI
PubMed
高影响因子
JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
·
2016
·Vol. 45
·期 12
·6095-6101
·
IF 1.491
Wang Yan,Han Jing,Ma Limin,Zuo Yong,Guo Fu
The composite approach, by incorporating small amounts of reinforcement particles in the solder matrix, has proven to be one of the effective ways to improve the reliability of solder joints. The effects of Cu addition on electromigration were investigated in this study by incorporating 2% volume fraction Cu particles into Sn-3.5Ag eutectic solder paste by the in situ process. The one-dimensional solder joints, designed to prevent the current crowding effect, were stressed under a constant current density of 10 4 A/cm 2 at room temperature, and the temperature of the sample could reach 105 ± 5°C due to the Joule heating effect. Doping 2 vol.% Cu was found to retard the electromigration phenomenon effectively. After electric current stressing for 528 h, the growth rate of an interfacial intermetallic compound (IMC) layer at the anode decreased 73% in contrast to that of Sn-3.5Ag solder joints, and the IMC layer at the cathode was almost unchanged. The polarization effect of Cu reinforced composite solder joints was also apparently mitigated. In addition, the surface damage of the composite solder joints was relieved by incorporating 2 vol.% Cu particles. Compared to Sn-3.5Ag solder joints, which had protruded Cu 6 Sn 5 and wrinkles of Sn-solder matrix on the surface, the solder joints with Cu addition had a more even surface.
研究领域:
材料科学
·
电子封装
·
可靠性工程
✓ 已验证
DOI
高影响因子
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
·
2016
·
IF 3.014
Huali Hao,Shulong Ye,Kaiping Yu,Peng Chen,Ruinan Gu,Peng Yu
The influence of alloying elements on the sintering behaviors of Cu is investigated by using Cu green samples doped with 0.5 wt% of Cr, Ti, Al, Mo, Nb and W. The sintering of Cu is greatly promoted by adding Cr, Ti and Al, but impeded by adding Mo, Nb and W. Among all alloying elements, Cr shows the most significant promoting effect, with the relative density of the Cu-0.5 wt% Cr sample being increased to 95% after sintering, about 5% higher than the pure Cu sample. Both the thermodynamic analysis and microstructure observation of the sintered samples suggest that the sintering enhancement can be attributed to the reduction of oxide layer on the Cu powder. The sintering-promoting elements are more affinitive to oxygen. Therefore, they are more likely to react with the oxide layer on the powder surface and facilitate the sintering.
研究领域:
材料科学
·
冶金学
·
粉末冶金
✓ 已验证
DOI
高影响因子
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
·
2024
·
IF 8.3
Wenjie Shu,Yuxia Tang,Bingwen Su,Aijun Hong,Lin Lin,Xiaohui Zhou,Zhibo Yan,Jun-Ming Liu
Recently, the p-type semiconductor AgSbTe2 has received a great deal of attention due to its promising thermoelectric performance in intermediate temperatures (300–700 K). However, its performance is limited by the suboptimal carrier concentration and the presence of Ag2Te impurities. Herein, we synthesized AgSb1–xCuxTe2 (x = 0, 0.02, 0.04, and 0.06) and investigated the effect of Cu doping on the thermoelectric properties of AgSbTe2. Our results indicate that Cu doping suppresses the Ag2Te impurities, raises the carrier concentration, and results in an improved power factor (PF). The calculation reveals that Cu doping downshifts the Fermi energy level, reduces the energy band gap and the difference among several valence band maximums, and thereby explains the improvement of PF. In addition, Cu doping reduces the thermal conductivity, possibly attributed to the inhibition of Ag2Te impurities and the phonon softening of the AgSb1–xCuxTe2. Overall, Cu doping improves the ZT of AgSb1–xCuxTe2. Among all samples, AgSb0.96Cu0.04Te2 has a maximum ZT of ∼1.45 at 498 K and an average ZT of ∼1.11 from 298 to 573 K.
研究领域:
材料科学
·
热电学
·
半导体物理
·
能量转换
✓ 已验证
DOI
高影响因子
JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE
·
2023
·
IF 3.6
Li Wang,Fumin Lu,Xiaoman Li,Fangfang Hu,Hai Guo,Rongfei Wei
Luminescence glass is an inspiring scintillating material because of the unique merits including simple preparation process, mass production and low-cost. However, it is still a daunting challenge to explore the scintillating glass which can be applied in practical life. Herein, a novel Cu + doped borate glass scintillator was successfully fabricated under air atmosphere by introducing proper Si 3 N 4 in melting process. The resultant glass exhibits broadband luminescence under ultraviolet (UV) light or X-ray excitation. Through the low temperature thermal treatment, both luminescence induced by UV and X-ray can be significantly enhanced. The quantum efficiency reaches as high as 74.2%. And the sample endows superior thermal stability with the emission intensity at 573 K still maintaining 62.5% of that at 303 K. The X-ray excited luminescence is 37.8% of that of the commercial Bi 4 Ge 3 O 12 (BGO) crystal. Furthermore, the damaged sample even stimulated by high-energy X-ray can be restored to original level completely after heat treatment again. Besides, the sample presents outstanding optical thermometric performance based on the fluorescence decay lifetime. These findings confirm that the as-prepared Cu + doped borate glass is a promising candidate applied in the areas of scintillator and temperature sensor .
✓ 已验证
产品关联
DOI
高影响因子
NANO
·
2022
·
IF 1.438
Hong Zhao,Zhenghua Du,Diandian Liu,Yijian Lai,Tao Yang,Mingyan Wang,Yuesheng Ning,Fujun Yin,Binyuan Zhao
The design and construction of semiconductor–metal heterojunctions are being considered to be an effective way to overcome the limited visible-light absorption of semiconductors. Herein, a facile and scale approach is reported for the first time to synthesize Cu/ZnO heterojunctions by one-step galvanic replacement between Zn and cuprous solution reaction. Two kinds of morphologies Cu/ZnO heterojunctions could be obtained by changing cuprous salt anion such as Br − , Cl − and I − . A flower-like Cu/ZnO heterostructured is chosen as a representative to demonstrate the facility and enhanced photocatalytic performance toward Rhodamine B degradation under visible-light irradiation. Results showed flower-like Cu/ZnO heterojunctions have higher photocatalytic performance than the other two morphologies. The galvanic replacement growth mechanism of Cu/ZnO heterojunctions was also further investigated. It is found that Cu/ZnO heterojunctions formed from Zn and Cu 2 O at an acid solution and room condition. This work indicates that galvanic replacement reaction at room temperature is an excellent technique to grow Cu/ZnO heterojunctions and demonstrates that the hole and electron transfer between Cu and ZnO can efficiently enhance their photocatalytic performance. This general method can also be further explored to guide the design of metal/metal oxide heterostructured on other substrates, such as Zn, Ni and Cu foils.
✓ 已验证
产品关联
DOI
高影响因子
Regenerative Biomaterials
·
2022
·
IF 5.763
Zhang Xiyue,Liu Hui,Li Ling,Huang Cuishan,Meng Xiangbo,Liu Junzuo,Bai Xueling,Ren Ling,Wang Xinluan,Yang Ke,Qin Ling
Osteoporosis is a common skeletal disease making patients be prone to the osteoporotic fracture. However, the clinical implants made of titanium and its alloys with a poor osseointegration need a long time for healing and easily to loosening. Thus, a new class of Cu-alloyed titanium (TiCu) alloys with excellent mechanical properties and bio-functionalization has been developed. In this study, the osteoporosis modeled rats were used to study the osteointegration effect and underlying mechanism of TiCu. The results showed that after implantation for 4 weeks, TiCu alloy could promote the reconstruction of vascular network around the implant by up-regulating vascular endothelial growth factor expression. After 8 weeks, it could further promote the proliferation and differentiation of osteoblasts, mineralization and deposition of collagens, and then significantly increasing bone mineral density around the implant. In conclusion, TiCu alloy would enhance the fixation stability, accelerate the osteointegration, and thus reduce the risk of aseptic loosening during the long-term implantation in the osteoporosis environment. This study was the first to report the role and mechanism of a Cu-alloyed metal in promoting osteointegration in osteoporosis environment, which provides a new attractive support for the improvement of future clinical applications of Cu-alloyed antibacterial titanium alloys.Open in new tabDownload slide
✓ 已验证
DOI
PubMed
高影响因子
危险品化学品经营许可证（带存储）