Nano Research
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2020
·Vol. 13
·期 12
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IF 8.183
Wei Pengkun,Hao Zewei,Yang Yang,Liu Mingyang,Zhang Haijun,Gao Min-Rui,Yu Shu-Hong
Although nickel-based catalysts display good catalytic capability and excellent corrosion resistance under alkaline electrolytes for water splitting, it is still imperative to enhance their activity for real device applications. Herein, we decorated Ni 0.85 Se hollow nanospheres onto reduced graphene oxide (RGO) through a hydrothermal route, then annealed this composite at different temperatures (400 °C, NiSe 2 -400 and 450 °C, NiSe 2 -450) under argon atmosphere, yielding a kind of NiSe 2 /RGO composite catalysts. Positron annihilation spectra revealed two types of vacancies formed in this composite catalyst. We found that the NiSe 2 -400 catalyst with dual Ni-Se vacancies is able to catalyze the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) efficiently, needing a mere 241 mV overpotential at 10 mA·cm −2 . In addition, this catalyst exhibits outstanding stability. Computational studies show favorable energy barrier on NiSe 2 -400, enabling moderate OH − adsorption and O 2 desorption, which leads to the enhanced energetics for OER.
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材料科学
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电化学
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2022
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IF 9.965
Zinan Huang,Liuqing He,Wenbiao Zhang,Wenjie Huang,Qijie Mo,Lichun Yang,Qiang Fu,Qingsheng Gao
Bi-functional electrocatalysts are desired for both hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions (HER and OER). Herein, facile O 2 -plasma activation is introduced to improve the bi-functionality via constructing nickel sulfide-oxide heterostructures . Ni 3 S 2 -NiO x supported by nickel foam delivers obviously elevated HER and OER activity in comparison with pristine Ni 3 S 2 and recently reported NiS x -based electrocatalysts , featured by the low overpotentials for HER (104 mV) and OER (241 mV) at ±10 mA cm −2 in 1.0 M KOH, as well as a voltage of 1.52 V for overall water splitting. As revealed by in-situ Raman spectroscopy , on the one hand, Ni(OH) 2 generated from Ni 3 S 2 during alkaline HER accelerates water dissociation toward the gradually improved performance; on the other hand, this heterostructure undergoes extensive oxidation during OER, leading to excessive NiOOH covering on Ni 3 S 2 and thereby declining activity. These changes are interpreted by the distinct thermodynamic relationship under specific electrochemical conditions via density functional theory calculations.
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Environmental Science and Ecotechnology
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2021
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IF 0
Shuang-Yang Zhao,Cheng-Xin Chen,Jie Ding,Shan-Shan Yang,Ya-Ni Zang,Xu-Dong Qin,Xin-Lei Gao,Zhao Song,Nan-Qi Ren
Chlorination has been intensively investigated for use in water disinfection and pollutant elimination due to its efficacy and convenience; however, the generation and transportation of chlorine and hypochlorite are energy-consuming and complicated. In this study, a novel binary photosensitizer consisting of anthraquinone-2-sulfonate (AQ2S) and graphene was synthesized via a π-π stack adsorption method; this compound could allow for the chlorination of organic pollutants using on-site chlorine generation. In this photosensitive degradation process, sulfapyridine (SPY) was selected as a model pollutant and was decomposed by the reactive species (Cl 2 •- , Cl • and O 2 •- ) generated during the photosensitive oxidation of chloride. The synthesized AQ2S/graphene exhibited superior activity, and the degradation rate of SPY was over 90 % after 12 h of visible light irradiation with a kinetic constant of 0.2034h −1 . Results show that 20 mg AQ2S/GR at a 21 % weight percentage of AQ2S in a pH 7 SPY solution with 1 mol/L Cl − achieved the highest kinetics rate at 0.353 h −1 . Free radical trapping experiments demonstrated that Cl 2 •- and O 2 •- were the dominant species involved in SPY decomposition under solar light. The reusability and stability of this composite were verified by conducting a cycle experiment over five successive runs. The capacity of photodegradation still remained over 90 % after these 5 runs. The current study provides an energy-efficient and simple-operational approach for water phase SPY control.
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水处理
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光催化
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污染物降解
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2025
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IF 13.2
Yongcen Chen,Xuemin Ma,Yajuan Hu,Huiyue Wang,Peirong Zhou,Xiaoping Tian,Haofeng Wang,Yun He,Gang Tao,Rui Cai,Junliang Chen
Diabetic wounds are marked by persistent infection, hypoxia, excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS), and impaired angiogenesis, which present significant challenges for clinical management. In this study, a pH/ROS dual-responsive multifunctional hydrogel (QOF-EGCG/Hb@PDA) was constructed by grafting 3-carboxyl-4-ffuorophenylboronic acid (FPBA) onto Quaternary ammonium chitosan (QCS) to form Schiff base bonds with Oxidized gellan gum (OGG) (pH response), and by reacting FPBA with Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) to form borate bonds (ROS response). Hb@PDA nanoparticles were then loaded into the hydrogel. Under acidic conditions, the cleavage of Schiff base bonds triggers the release of Hb@PDA, providing sustained oxygen delivery to alleviate hypoxia. Additionally, in ROS-rich environments, the cleavage of borate ester bonds promotes EGCG release, exerting antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. QOF-EGCG/Hb@PDA displays excellent self-healing capacity and tissue adhesion, as well as remarkable photothermal activity. Furthermore, it demonstrates excellent antibacterial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, pro-angiogenic, and hemostatic properties. In vivo studies confirmed that this hydrogel markedly accelerated diabetic wound healing by enhancing epithelial regeneration, promoting collagen deposition, regulating inflammatory responses, and facilitating angiogenesis. Transcriptomic analysis revealed that the hydrogel promotes angiogenesis by activating the HIF-1α/VEGF signaling pathway, which plays a pivotal role in vascular formation and tissue regeneration, thereby accelerating the healing of diabetic wounds. Collectively, QOF-EGCG/Hb@PDA provides a promising and comprehensive strategy with great potential for application in diabetic wound treatment.
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生物医学工程
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伤口愈合
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药物递送
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纳米医学
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组织工程
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免疫调节
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再生医学
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2025
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IF 9.7
Yixuan Wen,Qizhen He,Shuaijun Ding,Wei Zhou,Lei Deng,Liqiang Zhang,Tongde Shen,Qingxiang Yang,Peng Jia,Yuqing Qiao
Silver (Ag) plays an important role as a cathode catalyst in lithium-oxygen batteries (Li-O 2 batteries). However, the catalytic mechanism of Ag remains unclear. Despite efforts dedicated to studying interfacial reactions, observing efficient reactions and ion transport at the Ag-Li solid–solid interface continues to be a challenge. Here, we used Ag nanowires (Ag NWs) as working electrodes, creating a lithiation-oxidation microenvironment within spherical aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy (ETEM) through a two-step method to investigate the reaction mechanisms at the Ag-Li interface. The lithiation process generates Ag 3 Li 10 , while the oxidation process precipitates Ag nanoparticles (Ag NPs). The alternating reactions of Ag-Ag 3 Li 10 -Ag form a cycle process, elucidating the transport pathway of Li + at the Ag-Li solid–solid interface during discharge process and demonstrating a typical lithium pump effect. Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations also confirm these results. This work provides novel insights into the interfacial mechanisms of Ag catalysts in Li-O 2 batteries, offering valuable guidance for strategies to monitor and control complex, multi-step interfacial reactions.
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电化学
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材料科学
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储能技术
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纳米材料
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原位表征
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COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING
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2021
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IF 9.078
Yang Zhan,Shao-hua Luo,Jian Feng,Lin Zhang,Xin Liu,Qing Wang,Ya-hui Zhang
The lithium-oxygen batteries (LOBs) have gained extensive interest in the past decade, but are plagued by slow reaction kinetics and induced large-voltage hysteresis. Therefore, developing extremely capable catalysts to enhance catalytic behavior and mitigate oxidation-reduction overpotential of LOBs is of huge challenge and significance. Attributable to their economically friendly and great activity, transition metal oxides (TMO) have incurred lots of attention as alternative electrocatalysts to replace the currently used noble metal-based catalysts. In this work, we fabricate a highly efficient TMO (the MIL-88A heated at 500 °C under protective flow, M8-Fe 3 O 4 @NC-500) electrocatalyst as advanced cathodes, which attributed to its unique structure, numerous dendritic-shaped carbon layer was anchored inplane into the micrometer-long spindle-shaped prisms with evenly distribution and contains abundant Fe–N/Graphitic N active sites. Therefore, the LOBs (based on M8-Fe 3 O 4 @NC-500/AB cathode) deliver superior electrochemical performance with large specific capacities of 14866.1 mAh g −1 , low overpotentials (1.31 V), and steady cycling stability (553 cycles, limited 500 mAh g −1 , under 0.05 mA cm −2 ). Our work provides a novel vision to rationally design and synthesize a powerful TMO electrocatalyst (with the 2D carbon nanosheet coating) for the LOBs cathode.
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MOLECULAR PHARMACEUTICS
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2025
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IF 4.5
Xin Yue,Qian Lin,Xiaohang Liu,Zhaoyi Yu,Jiafeng Xu,Xuan Zhu,Jinyan Lin,Aijie Liu
The high intracellular glutathione (GSH) level, naturally hypoxic conditions within the tumor microenvironment, and limited reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation pose significant obstacles to the effectiveness of sonodynamic therapy (SDT). Overcoming these barriers through depletion of GSH and relieving hypoxia offer a promising strategy to enhance SDT effectiveness. Herein, we developed a dendritic tetra-sulfide-bridged mesoporous silica (DTSMO) that encapsulated both chlorin e6 (Ce6) and cerium via channel-limited in situ coordination and is subsequently cloaked with the macrophage cell membrane (MCM) to facilitate efficient reactive oxygen species (ROS)-based therapy via multispecies enzymatic activities. First, this nanosystem exhibited Ce(IV) ions to mimic catalase (CAT)-like activity, converting H2O2 into O2, thereby effectively alleviating tumor hypoxia. Meanwhile, the nanosystem possessed Ce (III)-based peroxidase (POD)-like activity, enabling the conversion of H2O2 into hydroxyl radicals (•OH) while simultaneously depleting GSH. Both in vitro and in vivo experiments demonstrated that GSH depletion exerted a powerful supplementary effect on CDT and SDT, achieving a tumor inhibition rate of up to 96%, without affecting normal tissues during treatment.
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纳米医学
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癌症治疗
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活性氧
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酶模拟
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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
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2026
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IF 5.8
Jinxin Xie,Yujue Wang,Haisong Li,Yinqiao Zhang,Minghua Zhou
The mass transfer of O 2 /O 3 was improved at three-phase interface of CB‑PTFE. • CB enabled the synergistic reduction of O 2 /O 3 for •OH generation. • O 3 reduction and catalytic ozonation accelerated phenol mineralization. • Phenol removal and mineralization were 100% and 85% in ten-cycles. The electro-peroxone (E-peroxone) process suffered from the limited mass transfer and insufficient utilization of gaseous O 2 /O 3 mixture. Herein, a hydrophobic carbon black‑polytetrafluoroethylene (CB‑PTFE) electrode was fabricated to construct a gas‑liquid‑solid three-phase interface for improving phenol mineralization. The CB-PTFE electrode exhibited a high contact angle of 143.3°, which enhanced the mass transfer of O 2 /O 3 effectively. Compared with the hydrophilic carbon black‑polyvinylidene fluoride (CB‑PVDF) cathode (72.9°, 51.8%), CB‑PTFE achieved 86.0% TOC removal (0.016 min −1 ) at 120 min in E-peroxone, significantly outperforming sole ozonation (O 3 , 40.0%, 0.004 min −1 ) and electro‑oxidation (EO, 7.2%, 0.004 min −1 ). The greater TOC removal in CB-PTFE/O 3 (66.3%, 0.0095 min −1 ) than that in O 3 indicated that CB-PTFE had catalytic ozonation activity. Electrochemical analysis by a rotating ring‑disk electrode (RRDE) revealed that CB enabled simultaneous 2‑electron oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) to H 2 O 2 (n = 2.23) and efficient 1‑electron O 3 electro‑reduction for increased cathodic current and hydroxyl radical (•OH) generation under the O 2 /O 3 atmosphere. The highest •OH yield (280.5 μmol/L) was obtained using hydrophobic CB-PTFE in E‑peroxone, and theoptimal conditions were the applied current of 20 mA, in‑gas O 3 concentration of 50 mg/L and neutral pH of 7.0. Furthermore, the hydrophobic CB‑PTFE electrode maintained nearly 86.0% TOC removal over ten-cycles with stable structural integrity, despite a slight decrease of hydrophobicity. The reduction of O 2 /O 3 , catalytic ozonation and peroxone reaction were coupled in E-peroxone synergistically, which offered a promising strategy for efficient pollutant abatement. Download: Download high-res image (262KB) Download: Download full-size image
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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2026
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IF 12.2
Chunyan Zhang,Jiarong Liu,Qing Cao,Tianzeng Chen,Yonghong Wang,Peng Zhang,Hao Li,Biwu Chu,Xiuhui Zhang,Qingxin Ma,Hong He
The coupled chemical transformation of NOx and SO2 plays a pivotal role in the atmospheric sulfur and nitrogen cycles. While these pollutants show negligible gas-phase interrelationship, they exhibit strong synergistic interactions in multiphase aerosol chemistry, yet their underlying reaction mechanisms remain elusive. We demonstrate that O2 serves as the key mediator enabling efficient coupling between aqueous-phase bisulfite (S(IV)) and nitrite (N(III)) through a previously overlooked reaction pathway at environmentally relevant pH (3.0–6.0). Under isolated conditions at pH 4.4, S(IV) undergoes sluggish O2-driven oxidation (4% sulfate yield), whereas N(III) remains oxidation-resistant. In the absence of O2, S(IV)-N(III) redox reactions yield limited sulfate (4%) and N2O, which is consistent with traditional mechanism cognition. Strikingly, the presence of O2 dramatically enhances co-oxidation, simultaneously producing sulfate (43%) and nitrate (36%). Theoretical calculations identify •HSO3 radicals (from HSO3‐/O2 interaction) as key intermediates that combine with O2/NO2‐ to form transient complexes ([•SO5···ONOH]− and [SO3-NO2···•HO2]−), which ultimately decompose into sulfate and nitrate. Observations in Beijing highlight the dominant role of the S(IV)-N(III) synergistic oxidation mechanism in sulfate formation, surpassing the conventional NO2- and O3-driven pathways. This breakthrough enhances our knowledge of atmospheric chemistry, particularly in the coupled cycling of sulfur and nitrogen, including sulfate/nitrate generation and HONO removal dynamics.
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APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL
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2021
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IF 5.706
Lei Chen,Wenxia Zhuang,Jingmin Lan,Xiaoling Liu,Shi Jiang,Lei Wang,Yu Zhou,Jun Wang
Mg-bearing MTW silicalite zeolite, MgSi-ZSM-12, was straightforwardly synthesized by involving an unusual acidic pre-gelation system and engaged as the task-specific support for loading the Au nanoparticles (NPs). The resulting Au/MgSi-ZSM-12 catalyst showed stably excellent activity for the oxidation of HMF into FDCA in the presence of atmospheric dioxygen (O 2 ) without externally adding any liquid base, affording a yield of 87 % and turnover number (TON) of 331 based on the surface Au sites. Superior basicity was evidenced by embedding Mg species into the all-silica zeolitic skeleton, which enables strong, weak, and near-zero affinity towards aldehyde, alcohol, and carboxyl groups, respectively, thus, allows rapid and high-uptake adsorption of HMF, but negligible adsorption of FDCA. This unique feature of the Mg-bearing all-silica zeolite support together with its synergy with the active sites of Au NPs is revealed to accelerate the production of FDCA under the base-free mild condition.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2024
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IF 9.4
Shengqi Ding,Liang Wu,Xianxia Yuan
Electrocatalysts with appropriate electron coupling toward LiO 2 intermediates can exhibit superior oxygen reduction/evolution reaction kinetics in Li-O 2 batteries (LOBs). In this work, a charge redistribution strategy has been developed by constructing NiS/MoS 2 heterostructure nanosheet self-assembled hollow microspheres with an internal electric field to regulate the interaction with LiO 2 and then improve the electrochemical performance of LOBs. Density functional theory calculations and physicochemical characterizations reveal that the difference of work functions between NiS and MoS 2 promotes the electron redistribution in heterointerface via built-in electrical field, leading to increased electron density of interfacial Ni atom, thereby enhancing its electron coupling toward LiO 2 intermediates and promoting one-electron oxygen reduction/oxidation reaction kinetics. As a result, the NiS/MoS 2 -based LOBs exhibit evidently higher discharge capacity and much better cycling performance than the batteries using NiS and MoS 2 . This work provides a reliable charge redistribution strategy induced by build-in electric field to design efficient catalysts for LOBs.
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2025
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IF 9
Yunxiang Bai,Xinxue Qiu,Deqiang Chen,Junwei Zheng,Liangliang Dong,Chunfang Zhang
Magnetic mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) show great potential for enhancing O 2 /N 2 separation efficiency by leveraging the inherent magnetic property differences between O 2 (paramagnetic) and N 2 (diamagnetic). However, one of the major challenges is the establishment and precise control of magnetic channels between magnetic fillers and polymer matrix. To address this issue, herein, ZIF-8 wrapped Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles (Fe 3 O 4 @ZIF-8) were synthesized using a step-by-step assembly method, and then integrated into polymer of intrinsic microporosity (PIM-1) matrix to develop MMMs with well-defined magnetic channels for O 2 /N 2 separation. In comparison with Fe 3 O 4 , Fe 3 O 4 @ZIF-8 nanoparticles exhibited significantly enhanced compatibility with the polymer matrix, thereby facilitating uniform dispersion and improving interfacial adhesion. Gas permeation experiments revealed that the magnetic PIM-1/Fe 3 O 4 @ZIF-8 MMMs demonstrated enhanced O 2 /N 2 separation performance due to the combined effects of magnetic responsiveness and the presence of ZIF-8 magnetic channels. Under a magnetic field strength of 56mT, the magnetic MMM with a 4 wt% loading of Fe 3 O 4 @ZIF-8 exhibited optimal O 2 /N 2 separation performance with O 2 permeability of 710 Barrer and O 2 /N 2 selectivity of 3.64. These values represented a significant improvement of 42% and 24%, respectively, compared to pure PIM-1 membrane. Moreover, the simultaneous improvement of permeability and selectivity enabled the achievement of Robeson’s 2008 upper bound for O 2 /N 2 separation, underscoring the great potential of Fe 3 O 4 @ZIF-8 nanoparticles for designing magnetic MMMs with favorable structural attributes and exceptional separation efficiency.
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