APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
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2014
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Peng Wang,Danzhen Li,Jing Chen,Xiaoyun Zhang,Jiangjun Xian,Xue Yang,Xiuzhen Zheng,Xiaofang Li,Yu Shao
In this paper, a facile and green method was employed to synthesize CdSe quantum dots (QDs)-modified TiO 2 . It exhibited much higher photocatalytic activities than both TiO 2 and bulk CdSe-modified TiO 2 on degrading malachite green (MG) aqueous solution under visible light irradiation. The vital role that quantum size effect of CdSe QDs plays in enhancing photocatalytic properties of CdSe QDs-modified TiO 2 is discussed in detail for the first time. Due to the more negative conduction band potentials of CdSe QDs than that of bulk CdSe, the electron transfer rate from CdSe QDs to TiO 2 is much faster than that from bulk CdSe to TiO 2 , which would be beneficial for an efficient charge carrier's separation. As a result, more quantities of active species (O 2 • − , H 2 O 2 , •OH) are generated during the photocataltytic reaction in CdSe QDs-modified TiO 2 system. This work could not only provide a facile and green strategy to fabricate semiconductor QDs-modified TiO 2 photocatalyst but also contribute to a deeper understanding of the specific role of semiconductor QDs during the photocatalytic reaction process.
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Nanoscale Research Letters
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2014
·Vol. 9
·期 1
·1-13
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IF 2.481
Li Chao,Ji Yang,Wang Can,Liang Shujing,Pan Fei,Zhang Chunlei,Chen Feng,Fu Hualin,Wang Kan,Cui Daxiang
Successful development of safe and highly effective nanoprobes for targeted imaging of in vivo early gastric cancer is a great challenge. Herein, we choose the CdSe/ZnS (core-shell) quantum dots (QDs) as prototypical materials, synthesized one kind of a new amphiphilic polymer including dentate-like alkyl chains and multiple carboxyl groups, and then used the prepared amphiphilic polymer to modify QDs. The resultant amphiphilic polymer engineered QDs (PQDs) were conjugated with BRCAA1 and Her2 monoclonal antibody, and prepared BRCAA1 antibody- and Her2 antibody-conjugated QDs were used for in vitro MGC803 cell labeling and in vivo targeted imaging of gastric cancer cells. Results showed that the PQDs exhibited good water solubility, strong photoluminescence (PL) intensity, and good biocompatibility. BRCAA1 antibody- and Her2 antibody-conjugated QD nanoprobes successfully realized targeted imaging of in vivo gastric cancer MGC803 cells. In conclusion, BRCAA1 antibody- and Her2 antibody-conjugated PQDs have great potential in applications such as single cell labeling and in vivo tracking, and targeted imaging and therapeutic effects' evaluation of in vivo early gastric cancer cells in the near future.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2017
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IF 7.504
Yanchun Yang,Lijian Huang,Daocheng Pan
In our recent report (ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces2016, 8, 5308), Li+ ions had been successfully incorporated into the lattice of the selenized Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 thin film on a quartz substrate by substituting equivalent Cu+ ions, and Li+ ions was also found to have the little effect on the crystal growth and defect passivation. To further improve the cell performance of Li-doped CZTSSe devices, we conducted the same experiments on the sodium-rich soda-lime glass (SLG) substrate in this study, instead of sodium-free quartz substrate. Surprisingly, only trace amounts of Li (Li/Cu molar ratio ∼1 × 10–4) were detected in the final CZTSSe thin films; meanwhile, a large amount of sodium was present on the surface and at the grain boundaries of the selenized thin films. A Li/Na exchange mechanism is used to explain this phenomenon. Only on the sodium-free substrate can Li+ ions enter the CZTSSe host lattice, and doping Li+ ions on the SLG substrate are nearly identical to doping Na+ ions.
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Polymer Chemistry
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2017
·Vol. 8
·期 31
·4520-4527
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IF 5.375
Lu Wang,Wencong Wang,Wei Cao,Huaping Xu
Nanomaterials with hierarchical responsiveness are of great significance not only for fundamental science but also for future biomedical applications due to sophisticated and hierarchical physiological environments. Herein, we report a selenium- and tellurium-containing block copolymer that can be stepwise oxidized by both chemical methods and electrochemical methods. Differences in sensitivity to the oxidation of selenium and tellurium were employed. By tuning the concentration of the oxidant and oxidation periods, self-assembly behaviors of the copolymer were tuned by stepwise chemical oxidation. After oxidation, some interesting morphological evolution was observed that the polymer micelles crosslinked with each other without any swelling. In the case of electrochemical oxidation, the voltage during the electrochemical oxidation and the oxidation period also affected the level of oxidation. Furthermore, we showed that the degree of electrochemical oxidation varied with a different PEG block length. Considering sophisticated physiological conditions in vivo, this hierarchically responsive system may provide new possibilities as smart delivery vehicles in biological environments.
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2017
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IF 5.401
Zhi-Qiang Zhou,Ren Yan,Jie Zhao,Li-Yun Yang,Ji-Lei Chen,Yan-Jun Hu,Feng-Lei Jiang,Yi Liu
The pollution of Hg 2+ is one of the most serious problems to human health due to their high toxicity, mobility, difficulty in degradation and ability of accumulation in ecological systems. Thus, it is of great importance to develop highly selective and sensitive probe for detecting Hg 2+ in aquatic ecosystems. Here we propose a new turn-on strategy for specific recognition and detection of Hg 2+ . Mn-doped ZnSe quantum dots (QDs) with small size (2.1 nm) were prepared and adopted as probe, the small size of doped QDs makes the replacement of Mn 2+ by Hg 2+ accessible, which eliminates the fluorescence quenching effect of superficial Mn 2+ on Mn-doped ZnSe QDs. Different from traditional semiconductor nanocrystals based turn-off probe for detecting Hg 2+ , we realize a turn-on strategy for the selective detection of Hg 2+ by Hg 2+ -Mn 2+ replacement using semiconductor nanocrystals (Mn-doped ZnSe QDs). This turn-on mechanism was verified by fluorescence spectra, ICP-AES and XPS. In the absence of Hg 2+ , Mn-doped ZnSe QDs possessed low fluorescence intensity. With the addition of Hg 2+ , the fluorescence intensity around 600 nm increased dramatically. Our Mn-doped ZnSe QDs exhibits excellent selectivity and sensitivity for Hg 2+ . The limit of detection is 7.0 nM, which is lower than the mercury toxic level defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (10 nM). The result of Hg 2+ detection in real samples indicates the feasibility and sensitivity of our probe for application in environmental samples.
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International Journal of Nanomedicine
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2017
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Quan-Quan Zhuang,Zhi-Hang Lin,Yan-Cheng Jiang,Hao-Hua Deng,Shao-Bin He,Li-Ting Su,Xiao-Qiong Shi,Wei Chen
Dendrite-like cobalt selenide nanostructures were synthesized from cobalt and selenium powder precursors by a solvothermal method in anhydrous ethylenediamine. The as-prepared nanocrystalline cobalt selenide was found to possess peroxidase-like activity that could catalyze the reaction of peroxidase substrates in the presence of H2O2. A spectrophotometric method for uric acid (UA) determination was developed based on the nanocrystalline cobalt selenide-catalyzed coupling reaction between N-ethyl-N-(3-sulfopropyl)-3-methylaniline sodium salt and 4-aminoantipyrine (4-AAP) in the presence of H2O2. Under optimum conditions, the absorbance was proportional to the concentration of UA over the range of 2.0–40 μM with a detection limit of 0.5 μM. The applicability of the proposed method has been validated by determination of UA in human serum samples with satisfactory results.
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RSC Advances
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2016
·Vol. 6
·期 52
·46159-46169
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Mingjia Chen,Chunmei Gao,Shaoyu Lü,Yuanmou Chen,Mingzhu Liu
An ideal tumor drug delivery platform should offer little release of the drug in a physiological environment and fast release of the drug once endocytosis into the tumor tissues occurs. Therefore, we have developed a new kind of core-crosslinked copolymers (mPEG-St-SeSex) based on mPEGylated starch and diselenide bonds for rapid drug release. The corresponding core-crosslinked analogs mPEG-St-SSx and mPEG-St-CCx copolymers using 3,3′-dithiodipropionic acid and octanedioic acid as crosslinkers, respectively, were synthesized and used as controls. The results displayed that all amphiphilic core-crosslinked copolymers could form micelles with spherical structures in aqueous solution, showing advanced stability compared to non-crosslinked micelles (mPEG-St) in physiologically related and ultra micelle destabilization conditions. The disassembly of micelles triggered by DTT, combined with in vitro drug release assay and intracellular drug release studies using confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM), indicated that the DOX-loaded mPEG-St-SeSex micelles showed higher activity and could be more quickly disrupted than the DOX-loaded mPEG-St-SSx and mPEG-St-CCx micelles in reducing environment and subsequently rapidly released drug. These results, in addition to cell cytotoxicity studies, demonstrated that the mPEG-St-SeSex micelles have the potential to develop controlled drug-delivery systems for cancer therapy.
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Nanoscale
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2016
·Vol. 8
·期 19
·10160-10165
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IF 7.76
Wangen Zhao,Daocheng Pan,Shengzhong (Frank) Liu
Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 (CZTSSe) semiconductors have been a focus of extensive research effort owing to low-toxicity, high abundance and low material cost. Yet, the CZTSSe thin film solar cell has a low open-circuit voltage value that presents challenges. Herein, using GeSe2 as a new Ge source material, we have achieved a wider band gap CZTSSe-based semiconductor absorber layer with its band-gap controlled by adjusting the ratio of SnS2 : GeSe2 used. In addition, the Cu2Zn(Sn,Ge)(S,Se)4 thin films were prepared with optimal Ge doping (30%) and solar cells were fabricated to attain a respectable power conversion efficiency of 4.8% under 1.5 AM with an active area of 0.19 cm2 without an anti-reflection layer.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2016
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IF 3.014
Chang Liu,Peipei Hou,Wenxiang Chai,Jiawei Tian,Xuerong Zheng,Yaying Shen,Mingjia Zhi,Chunmei Zhou,Yi Liu
Two isostructural quaternary chalcogenidoantimonates(III) BaCuSbQ 3 (Q = S, Se): BaCuSbS 3 ( 1 ) and BaCuSbSe 3 ( 2 ) have been successfully synthesized through a facile hydrazine-hydrothermal method. Both two compounds crystallize in the orthorhombic space group and feature a three-dimensional (3D) channeled [Cu 2 Sb 2 Q 6 ] 4- framework, which is constructed by the distorted tetrahedral CuQ 4 and pyramid SbQ 3 units via vertex sharing. Both optical properties and theoretical studies show 1 and 2 are semiconductors with narrow band gaps. In addition, their photoelectrochemical properties have been investigated.
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Advanced Optical Materials
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2017
·Vol. 5
·期 24
·1700884
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IF 6.875
Chenyang Xing,Zhongjian Xie,Zhiming Liang,Weiyuan Liang,Taojian Fan,Joice Sophia Ponraj,Sathish Chander Dhanabalan,Dianyuan Fan,Han Zhang
Investigations into 2D nanomaterials are of considerable significance from both an academic and industrial point of view. The present work addresses, for the first time, the fabrication of 2D nonlayered ultrathin selenium through a facile liquid-phase exfoliation method. The results reveal that the as-prepared 2D Se nanosheets are 40–120 nm in lateral dimension and 3–6 nm in thickness. The nanosheets exhibit a trigonal crystalline phase similar to their bulk counterpart, indicating the conservation of the crystalline features during the exfoliation procedure. The successful preparation of 2D Se nanosheets from nonlayered bulk Se can be ascribed to two kinds of anisotropy: (1) that of crystalline bulk Se with chain-like structures, where strong intrachain Se Se covalent bonds coexist with weak interchain van der Waals forces, and (2) that of probe sonication in the vertical direction. The results also show that the 2D Se nanosheets possess a size-dependent band gap ( E g ), strong photoluminescence effect and robust, chemical stability under ambient conditions. Furthermore, a 2D Se-nanosheet-based optical modulation device is demonstrated that allows for excellent ultrashort pulse generation of an optical communication band. It is therefore anticipated that 2D Se nanosheets may find significant applications in both photoluminescence and ultrafast photonics.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2017
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Wen Wu,Manjing Wang,Limin Liang,Yufei Yan,Xuerong Zheng,Qiuyan Hao,Hui Liu,Jun Zhang,Caichi Liu
The length effects on photoconductivity have been observed in Sb 2 Se 3 nanorods with uniform diameter grown by a hot-injection polyol process. The phase formation and morphology evolution of Sb 2 Se 3 nanorods were investigated by XRD and TEM analysis. By changing the reaction temperature from 150 °C to 250 °C, the sizes and aspect ratios of Sb 2 Se 3 nanorods can be easily controlled, with an average length ranged from 0.6 μm to 3.2 μm. The length-controlled nanorods were directly used for fabricating prototype photodetectors to explore their length-dependence performances. A significant increase of photoresponse with length elongation has been observed, in which the optimal device displays a remarkable response to simulated solar light with a high switching “on/off” ratio of 320, short response/recovery times (0.15/0.16 s) and long-term durability. This length-dependence property on photodetectors can be considered as an important step to promote the performance of 1D Sb 2 Se 3 nanomaterials .
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2017
·Vol. 5
·期 26
·13591-13600
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IF 8.867
Yongchao Tang,Zongbin Zhao,Xiaojuan Hao,Yuwei Wang,Yang Liu,Yanan Hou,Qi Yang,Xuzhen Wang,Jieshan Qiu
Nanostructured CoSe2 anode materials hold great promise for sodium ion batteries (SIBs), drawing much recent research attention. However, high-performance CoSe2 based anodes are still challenging to obtain. Herein, using zeolitic imidazolate framework-67 (ZIF-67) particles as the starting material, nondestructive hollow polyhedral hybrids have been synthesized successfully, which are structured from CNT-bridged carbon-coated CoSe2 nanospheres (CoSe2@C/CNTs). During the synthesis, the controlled in situ growth of CNTs introduces additional mesopores and open channels to the hybrids, and avoids serious agglomeration of the CoSe2 nanospheres. When employed as anode materials for SIBs with ether-based electrolyte, the CoSe2@C/CNTs show overwhelming merits over graphitic carbon-coated CoSe2 nanosphere polyhedral hybrids (CoSe2@GC) and bare CoSe2 particles. Specifically, the CoSe2@C/CNTs anode displays a high reversible capacity (∼470 mA h g−1 at 0.2 A g−1), a good rate capability of ∼373 mA h g−1 even at 10 A g−1, and an excellent cycling stability of over 1000 cycles with a capacity retention of ∼100% calculated from the 70th cycle. In addition, the electrochemical reaction dynamics analysis indicates a considerable capacitive contribution during the discharge–charge cycles, which is beneficial to enhance the rate capability and cyclability of the CoSe2@C/CNTs anode. Such results could be ascribed to the stable ether-based electrolyte-active material intermediates, improved electrolyte-active material contact, and shortened charge transfer paths afforded by the unique hybrid nanostructure.
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