PROTEIN JOURNAL
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2024
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Yuan Libo,Wang Ke,Fang Yuan,Xu Xiujuan,Chen Yingcun,Zhao Dongxin,Lu Kui
Cecropin A (1–7) is a cationic antimicrobial peptide which contain lots of basic amino acids. To understand the effect of basic amino acids on cecropin A (1–7), analogues CA2, CA3 and CA4 which have more arginine or lysine at the N-terminal or C-terminal were designed and synthesized. The interaction of cecropin A (1–7) and its analogs with DNA was studied using ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy and circular dichroism spectroscopy. Multispectral analysis showed that basic amino acids improved the interaction between the analogues and DNA. The interaction between CA4 and DNA is most pronounced. Fluorescence spectrum indicated that Ksv value of CA4 is 1.19 × 10 5 L mol −1 compared to original peptide cecropin A (1–7) of 3.73 × 10 4 L mol −1 . The results of antimicrobial experiments with cecropin A (1–7) and its analogues showed that basic amino acids enhanced the antimicrobial effect of the analogues. The antimicrobial activity of CA4 against E. coli was eightfold higher than that of cecropin A (1–7). The importance of basic amino acid in peptides is revealed and provides useful information for subsequent studies of antimicrobial peptides. Graphical Abstract
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FUEL
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2018
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IF 4.908
Wenlei Xie,Fei Wan
The main purpose of this present work is to fabricate a magnetically recyclable solid catalyst for the production of biodiesel to meet the demand of green and clean production. To accomplish this, the core–shell structured Fe 3 O 4 @HKUST-1 composites with a magnetic core and a porous metal-organic framework shell were fabricated by using a versatile Layer-by-Layer assembly method, and then basic ionic liquids were encapsulated within the core–shell magnetically responsive material, resulting in a solid hybrid base catalyst. Various techniques such as XRD, TEM, FT-IR, VSM and nitrogen adsorption–desorption were employed to characterize the as-prepared solid base catalyst. The characterization results revealed that Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles were well coated with metal-organic framework HKUST-1 with the formation of core–shell structured nanocomposites, and moreover the basic ionic liquid had been successfully encapsulated within the magnetic nanocomposites. Furthermore, the solid base catalysts possessed superparamagnetic behavior and high saturation magnetization, allowing them to be facilely separated from the reaction mixture by using an external magnetic filed. The solid base catalyst appeared to be an efficient and environmentally benign catalyst for the transesterification of soybean oil with methanol for the production of biodiesel, giving 92.3% oil conversion to methyl esters within 3 h with a catalyst loading of 1.2 wt% and a methanol/oil molar ratio of 30:1 at reflux temperature of methanol. The solid catalyst could be readily recovered by simple magnetic decantation and reused for several times without significant degradation in its catalytic activity.
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Metals
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2025
·Vol. 15
·期 3
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Feng Jiang,Shuai He,Wei Sun,Yuanjia Luo,Honghu Tang
The effective and environmental separation of chalcopyrite and molybdenite has long presented a challenge in mineral processing due to their similar floatability and close association at room temperature. This study explores the non-toxic 1-thioglycerol (1-TG) as a selective depressant for chalcopyrite–molybdenite flotation separation. An impressive separation effect was realized through single-mineral and mixed-mineral flotation experiments when using 1-TG as a depressant and kerosene as a collector. Contact angle measurements, zeta potential tests, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) confirm the selective adsorption of 1-TG on the chalcopyrite surface, leading to enhanced surface hydrophilicity and the inhibition of collector adsorption. The depression mechanism is further elucidated through X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), which demonstrates that it occurs via chemosorption between the thiol group in 1-TG and active iron sites on the chalcopyrite surface. These findings provide a potential efficient depressant for chalcopyrite–molybdenite flotation separation with low dosage, environmental friendliness, and human harmlessness.
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ACTA ASTRONAUTICA
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2025
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Sinan Feng,Zhe Zhu,Hefeng Lin,Liyan Chen,Xiaoxia Wang,Dawen Zeng
Boron-based nanofluid fuel demonstrates a high energy density due to the presence of B nanoparticles (BNPs). This paper presents a comprehensive study of nanofluid fuels composed of kerosene, 1-pentanol, and BNPs through both theoretical analysis and experimental investigation. The 1-pentanol not only possesses a high heat value and physical properties, such as density and viscosity, that are comparable to those of kerosene, but it also serves as an effective dispersing medium for BNPs. Furthermore, test results examining the impact of 1-pentanol content on the stability of BNPs show that a concentration of 10 vol% 1-pentanol significantly inhibits the contact and aggregation of BNPs and makes them stably dispersed in fuel. Single droplet combustion experiments demonstrate that the 10B/K90P10 sample exhibits the best all-around combustion characteristics with an ignition delay time of 35 ms and a liquid phase combustion rate of 1.5537 mm 2 /s. Finally, a mathematical model has been developed to analyze and validate the combustion performance of boron-based alcohol-containing nanofluid fuels. The predicted ignition delay time, liquid phase combustion rate, and microexplosion time are within acceptable limits of their experimental values. This work provides valuable insights for the research and application of boron-based alcohol-containing nanofluid fuels.
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2024
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Yichuan Li,Xinyan Zhang,Mingxing Luan,Yuntong Zhao,Shibin Feng,Zhaosheng Yang,Bin Liu,Yongming Chai
Molecular sieve membranes are widely used in separation and catalysis due to their good chemical and thermal stability, resistance to contamination, long life, and easy modification. Although immobilized molecular sieve membranes combine catalytic reactivity with recycling separation properties, preparing high-performance TS-1 molecular sieve membrane catalysts is still challenging. In this study, the oriented aggregation of nanocrystals was used in constructing molecular sieve membrane catalysts. By interfering with the crystallization of TS-1, pre-crystal modification with cetyltrimethoxysilane was employed to change the crystal growth behavior. Thus, uniform and dense molecular sieve membranes were prepared through the modulated crystallization of TS-1. This method reduced the requirements of the carrier surface properties for the loading of the membrane layer to enable the construction of membrane layers on carriers of different materials and shapes. Using this method, the effective H 2 O 2 utilization and the epichlorohydrin yield of the micron-sized spherical film catalyst prepared with the inexpensive templating agent TPABr in the chloropropene epoxidation reaction reached 95.89% and 90.22%, respectively.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2024
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Rui Li,Shuangjun Li,Luyang Zuo,Xiangping Xiao,Huitao Fan,Bo Li,Liya Wang
The spatial segmentation of photogenerated carriers is crucial for achieving efficient photocatalytic H 2 production (PHP) rates in photocatalyst. Design studies of crystalline catalyst facets and selective morphology control can facilitate the development of catalysts that expose more advantageous active facets. Herein, Cu 2 WS 4 /ZnIn 2 S 4 composites are constructed by growing ZnIn 2 S 4 nanosheets in situ on Cu 2 WS 4 with largely exposed {0 0 1} surface. Experiments and density functional theory calculations demonstrate that the electrons of ZnIn 2 S 4 flowed to the {0 0 1} surface of Cu 2 WS 4 , and the holes vectorially migrated to the {1 0 1} surface, during the reaction process, resulting in efficient spatial separation of the photogenerated carriers. The Cu 2 WS 4 /ZnIn 2 S 4 achieves a PHP rate of 23.67 mmol g −1 h −1 , 13.44-fold increase compared with pure ZnIn 2 S 4 . This report combines the advantages of the high-energy activity of the Cu 2 WS 4 {0 0 1} surface to morphologically control the ratio of the {0 0 1}/{1 0 1} surfaces so that ZnIn 2 S 4 can contact a larger area of the {0 0 1} surface. Furthermore, under the influence of crystallographic effects on the {0 0 1} and {1 0 1} surfaces, electrons and holes of ZnIn 2 S 4 are transferred to different crystalline facets, promoting the redox reaction. This paper provides effective ideas for the rational design of photocatalysts with efficient carrier space separation.
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Redox Biology
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2024
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Liyong Huang,Xue Wang,Yanning Zheng,Dongcen Lang,Jian Wang,Shuaiguo Yan,Ying Chen
Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), a devastating disease with a high mortality rate and poor outcomes, tightly associated with the dysregulation of iron metabolism and ferroptosis. (-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) is one of major bioactive compounds of tea catechin because of its well-known iron-chelating and antioxidative activities. However, the findings of iron-induced cell injuries after SAH remain controversial and the underlying therapeutic mechanisms of EGCG in ferroptosis is limited. Here, the ability of EGCG to inhibit iron-induced cell death following the alleviation of neurological function deficits was investigated by using in vivo SAH models. As expected, EGCG inhibited oxyhemoglobin (OxyHb)-induced the over-expression of HO-1, which mainly distributed in astrocytes and microglial cells. Subsequently, EGCG blocked ferrous iron accumulation through HO-1-mediated iron metabolic reprogramming. Therefore, oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction was rescued by EGCG, which resulted in the downregulation of ferroptosis and ferritinophagy rather than apoptosis after SAH. As a result, EGCG exerted the superior therapeutic effects in the maintenance of iron homeostasis in glial cells, such as astrocytes and microglial cells, as well as in the improvement of functional outcomes after SAH. These findings highlighted that glial cells were not only the iron-rich cells in the brain but also susceptible to ferroptosis and ferritinophagy after SAH. The detrimental role of HO-1-mediated ferroptosis in glial cells can be regarded as an effective therapeutic target of EGCG in the prevention and treatment of SAH.
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Applied Materials Today
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2024
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Xi Wang,Yu Wang,Qihang Zhao,Zhenchu Feng,Qingyi Liu,Gang Wang,Jiakui Zheng,Lin Tao,Jianguo Zhang,Xi Chen
Photothermal immunotherapy, especially combined with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) targeting programmed cell death 1 (PD-1), marks a breakthrough in cancer treatment. However, therapy often triggers compensatory upregulation of other immune checkpoints. This study introduces an advanced strategy to enhance the efficacy of photothermal immunotherapy by utilizing a novel nanocarrier that targets both PD-1 and T-cell immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains (TIGIT) immune checkpoints. The dual blockade could counteract the compensatory upregulation of immune checkpoints triggered by PD-1 targeted therapies alone. The nanocarrier of this work is composed of a ZrB 2 photothermal core and a mesoporous silica layer, and finally coated with biocompatible polydopamine. This design could effectively deliver both TIGIT and PD-1 inhibitors directly to tumor sites, minimizing systemic side effects such as cytokine release syndrome. We demonstrate that this approach not only enhances cytotoxic responses of T and NK cells, but also promotes macrophage polarization towards a tumor-suppressing M1 phenotype dendritic cell maturation and immunogenic cell death. Our findings provide a promising avenue for cancer immunotherapy.
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Nanoscale
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2012
·Vol. 4
·期 6
·2150-2156
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IF 5.914
Na Li,Jin-Gui Wang,Jian-Xiong Xu,Jin-Yu Liu,Hui-Jing Zhou,Ping-Chuan Sun,Tie-Hong Chen
Hydrothermally stable mesoporous aluminosilicates Al-SBA-1 with hierarchical pore structure have been successfully synthesized under alkaline condition at 120 °C by employing organic mesomorphous complexes of polyelectrolyte (poly(acrylic acid) (PAA)) and cationic surfactant (hexadecyl pyridinium chloride (CPC)) as template. The Si/Al ratio could be as high as 5 and the incorporation of Al into the silica framework did not disturb the well-ordered cubic Pmn mesostructure. Meanwhile, the incorporation of Al could greatly increase the specific surface area and pore volume of the samples. The Al-SBA-1 materials exhibited a high hydrothermal stability and remained stable even after being treated in boiling water for 10 days. The catalytic activity of the Al-SBA-1 materials was investigated by employing the Friedel–Crafts alkylation of toluene with benzyl alcohol as a model reaction and they exhibited excellent catalytic property due to the incorporated acid sites and the hierarchically mesoporous structure.
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Materials Today Energy
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2024
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Xiaotong Liu,Zheng Han,Siying Zhao,Haoqing Tang,Tian Tian,Qiang Weng,Xiaohuan Liu,Tao Liu
Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) are considered to be one of the alternatives for large-scale energy storage devices due to unique advantages. However, the harmful Zn dendrites generation of Zn anodes seriously hinders the development of AZIBs. Herein, Cu 3 (BTC) 2 (HKUST-1) as a compact functional interface layer on the surface of bare Zn foil is shown to improve the reversibility of Zn-plating/stripping process. Interestingly, HKUST-1 possesses high porosity, large number of water molecule vacancies, and Cu active center, which help to enhance the diffusion kinetics of Zn 2+ and reduce the surface free energy of Zn electrode. Combining theoretical calculations with experiments, the HKUST-1 can contribute to the desolvation process of Zn[(H 2 O) 6 ] 2+ and balance Zn 2+ concentration, which thus accelerate Zn 2+ transfer kinetics, lower interfacial energy, and homogenize ion-distribution. Attributed to these superiorities, the HKUST-1@Zn symmetric cells demonstrate excellent stable plating/stripping for over 250 h under ultra-high current density (20 mA/cm 2 and 20 mAh/cm 2 ). Furthermore, a HKUST-1@Zn||MnO 2 full cell exhibits an enhanced long-cycling performance with a discharge capacity of 114 mAh/g after undergoing 500 cycles. All results demonstrate the potential application of HKUST-1 coating in AZIBs.
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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS
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2012
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Wu Qian,Yingjie Xu,Hongye Zhu,Chaohong Yu
Densities and viscosities of the pure ionic liquid 1-methylimidazolium acetate ([Mim]Ac) and its binary mixtures with methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, and 1-butanol were measured at temperature ranging from T = (293.15 to 313.15) K. The thermal expansion coefficient, molecular volume, standard entropy, and lattice energy of [Mim]Ac were deduced from the experimental density results. A simple linear equation was used to correlate the variation of viscosity of [Mim]Ac with temperature. Excess molar volumes V E and viscosity deviations Δ η for the binary mixtures at above mentioned temperature were calculated and fitted to the Redlich–Kister equation with satisfactory results. Excess molar volumes for {[Mim]Ac + 1-butanol} mixture have an S shape, while those for other mixtures have a negative deviation from ideal behaviour over the entire mole fraction range. Viscosity deviations are all negative deviation for {[Mim]Ac + alcohol} mixtures. The results were interpreted in terms of interactions and structural factors of binary mixtures.
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2025
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Lang Wu,Zhineng Zhou,Qiaogang Song,Na Yu,Xinghuan Hu,Ying Zhang,Xu Su,Xintong Zhao,Shurong Wang
SnO 2 has attracted significant attention as a potential replacement for TiO 2 in perovskite solar cells (PSCs) due to its high optical transmittance, stable physicochemical properties, and ability to process at low temperatures. However, when an SnO 2 electron-transport layer is prepared using solution gel spin coating, many oxygen vacancy defects are generated in the SnO 2 bulk and on its surface. These defects may result in nonradiative recombination at the SnO 2 /perovskite interface. This study proposes a novel and effective multibottom interfacial modification strategy that introduces 1,2-propanediamine hydroiodic acid (1,2-PDADI) molecules with multiple functional groups at the SnO 2 /perovskite interface. The incorporation of 1,2-PDADI molecules effectively passivates the oxygen vacancy defects at the SnO 2 surface and considerably improves the electronic properties of SnO 2 by reducing nonradiative recombination. Additionally, the interaction between the –NH 3 group in 1,2-PDADI and PbI 2 substantially reduces the PbI 2 content, thereby inhibiting defects forming in perovskite films. As a result, PSCs modified with 1,2-PDADI achieve a higher efficiency of 24.70% and demonstrate reduced hysteresis characteristics compared to the control (22.86 %). Thus, this study offers a cost-effective, straightforward, and effective approach for realizing high-efficiency PSCs.
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