Science China-Materials
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2019
·Vol. 63
·期 2
·258-266
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IF 5.636
Ma Bo,Zhao Jinping,Ge Zhenhua,Chen Yantao,Yuan Zhihao
Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ) coupled with NiCoP nanoparticles with sizes around 5 nm have been fabricated via a controllable alcohothermal process. NiCoP is an excellent electron conductor and cocatalyst in photocatalytic reactions. The coupling between tiny NiCoP nanoparticles and g-C 3 N 4 through in-situ fabrication strategy could be a promising way to eliminate the light screening effect, hinder the recombination of photo-induced charge carriers, and improve the charge transfer. The NiCoP/g-C 3 N 4 nanohybrids exhibit an excellent photocatalytic activity in the hydrogen generation, with a significantly improved performance compared with original g-C 3 N 4 , CoP/g-C 3 N 4 and Ni 2 P/g-C 3 N 4 , respectively. This study paves a new way to design transition metal phosphides-based photocatalysts for hydrogen production.
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OPTICAL MATERIALS
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2016
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IF 2.183
Shanshan Li,Xingwen Zhu,Jiang Li,Roman Yavetskiy,Maxim Ivanov,Binglong Liu,Wenbin Liu,Yubai Pan
Yttria (Y 2 O 3 ) nanopowders were synthesized by a normal precipitation method using (NH 4 ) 2 SO 4 as dispersing agent. Pure Y 2 O 3 powders without any other phase can be achieved by calcining the precursor at 600 °C for 4 h. The precursor and Y 2 O 3 powders were characterized by TG-DTA, XRD , SEM and BET. In this work, 5 at.%Yb : (La 0.1 Y 1.9 ) 2 O 3 transparent ceramics were made by vacuum sintering at 1650 °C for 10 h. The in-line transmittance of the 5 at.%Yb:(La 0.1 Y 0.9 ) 2 O 3 ceramics is 81.3% at the wavelength of 1031 nm. The absorption cross-sections of the sample are calculated to be 1.20 × 10 −20 cm 2 , 5.74 × 10 −21 cm 2 and 4.18 × 10 −21 cm 2 at 976, 951 and 906 nm, respectively. The emission cross-sections of the emission peak located at around 1031 and 1073 nm are 1.13 × 10 −20 and 0.42 × 10 −20 cm 2 , respectively.
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ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS
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2020
·Vol. 22
·期 8
·2000267
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IF 3.217
Hao Zou,Yi Zhou,Ye Xiang,Yuehong Deng,Yawen Tan,Haiqin Tang,Yifeng Xu
The formation of heterojunctions is an effective method to develop visible light-driven photocatalytic materials. A flower-like DUT-5@BiOBr composite is prepared by the hydrothermal method. The presence of a large number of heterojunctions in the 2D–2D interface accelerates the separation of photogenerated charges. When the mass ratio is 20%, the composite material shows the highest visible light catalysis and excellent stability in cycling experiments. The photocatalytic mechanism is analyzed by various characterization methods. The results show that the main active species in the photocatalytic process are superoxide radicals and holes and prove that the heterojunction that forms between DUT-5 and BiOBr is a type-II heterojunction. The synergy between the increase in specific surface area, the unique mesoporous structure, and the heterojunction promotes the speed of photocatalysis. Herein, new ideas are provided for the development of 2D–2D composite materials to degrade organic pollutants under visible light to solve environmental pollution.
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ELECTROANALYSIS
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2021
·Vol. 33
·期 12
·2452-2459
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IF 3.223
Yuzhen Li,Lu Huang,Xuexiang Weng,Zhenmin Liu,Chunping You
The fast detection of 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural (HMF) in food industry is vital because of its toxicity and mutagenicity. A glassy carbon electrode (GCE) modified with black phosphorene (BP) nanosheets was prepared and coated with Nafion to improve stability. The electrode has excellent electrochemical stability and current response for HMF electroreduction. The good linear relationship is in the concentration range of 0.1–10 μg/mL with the detection limit of 0.012 μg/mL. HMF electroreduction is a diffusion-controlled process involving two electrons and two protons. The sensor was successfully applied to the measurement of HMF in milk with the recovery values of 92.92 %–96.33 %.
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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
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2020
·Vol. 44
·期 39
·16877-16890
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IF 3.288
Xiangbo Song,Chenguang Wang,Lungang Chen,Qiying Liu,Jianguo Liu,Yuting Zhu,Jun Yue,Longlong Ma
Ionic liquids (ILs) as additives were used in the selective conversion of bio-based carbohydrates to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) in this work. The effect of adding various imidazole-based ionic liquids with different anion structures on the production of HMF from fructose was firstly investigated in aqueous media. The presence of 15 wt% 1-butyl-3-methylimidazole chloride ([Bmim]Cl) ionic liquids in water with Fe2(SO4)3 as the homogeneous catalyst provided a more effective HMF synthesis compared to that without [Bmim]Cl addition. The enhanced HMF yield was mainly attributed to the fact that [Bmim]Cl might play a vital role in stabilizing the HMF molecule, which could thereby suppress side reactions involving HMF (e.g., its rehydration to levulinic acid or/and polymerization to humins). NMR and FTIR analyses suggested that such a stabilization effect stemmed from the interaction of [Bmim]Cl with the hydroxyl and aldehyde groups of HMF through hydrogen bonding. By performing the operation in a biphasic system (i.e., with the biomass-derived THF solvent as the organic phase and the addition of NaCl salt into water for improving HMF partition), the HMF yield over the Fe2(SO4)3 catalyst in the presence of the [Bmim]Cl additive could be further improved. The catalyst and ionic liquids were quite stable, and could be reused for more than five cycles with a consistent activity. A similar enhancement effect of [Bmim]Cl was also demonstrated in HMF synthesis with better yields from other biomass feedstocks or derivatives (including glucose, sucrose, cellobiose, inulin and starch) in aqueous media.
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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
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2018
·Vol. 42
·期 9
·6664-6672
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IF 3.201
Yao-Yi Xu,Xue-Ling Wei,Shuai Liang,Ya-Li Sun,Zi-Sheng Chao
Considering the reliable characteristics and the suitable silica alumina content of kaolin, a new way of synthesizing a ZSM-5/NaA hybrid zeolite membrane on 170 mm length ceramic tubes by employing kaolin as a modification layer using a hydrothermal synthesis process was presented for the first time in this work. Kaolin was filtrated on the surface of the support (not only the ceramic tube, but also the NaA membrane layer) as a modification layer not only promoting the interface interlinkage among the support, NaA membrane and ZSM-5 membrane layer, but also promoting the growth of zeolite membranes. The SEM and XRD results showed that compact and homogeneous NaA and ZSM-5 zeolite layers were both formed with the thicknesses being 7.06 μm and 6.14 μm, respectively, after modification with kaolin. The permeation separation experiments demonstrated that the performance of the ZSM-5/NaA hybrid membrane was better than that of the monolayer zeolite membrane with permselectivities of H2 over CO2, N2, CO and CH4 of 5.40, 4.65, 4.70 and 3.93, respectively, which were higher than the corresponding Knudsen diffusion coefficients. Above all, modifying the support with kaolin and then synthesizing the ZSM-5/NaA hybrid membrane could strengthen the performance of the zeolite membrane effectively, which provided a new approach for the synthesis of high performance zeolite membranes in the field of membrane separation.
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COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING
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2018
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IF 4.92
Lei Wang,Libo Zhang,Hongyi Li,Yubo Ma,Ronghui Zhang
A mesoporous SBA-15 supported sulfonic acid catalyst (SBA-15-SO 3 H) was successfully prepared and used for the selective conversion of fructose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF). Up to 96% of HMF selectivity with 100% fructose conversion was obtained under mild conditions (120 °C, 60 min, DMSO as solvent). Solvent effect, reaction time, reaction temperature and fructose-to-catalysts mass ratio have been investigated. The SBA-15-SO 3 H solid acid catalyst can be separated from the reaction mixture after reaction and reused by simple centrifugalization, and 100% fructose conversion with 95% HMF yield could be retained. Further, reaction activation energy of 56.4 kJ/mol has been fitted with kinetic analysis , which means that the dehydration of fructose into HMF is relative easier over SBA-15-SO 3 H catalyst in this work. Besides, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) measurements reveal that the –SO 3 H grafting on the SBA-15 surface have no obvious influence on its mesoporous structure even after five catalytic cycles, and acid site measurements demonstrate that there was no significant loss of acid site concentration, indicating high catalytic stability. This fruit give a useful reference to chemical engineering and materials, besides future energy and smart city.
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2019
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IF 6.393
Lan Guo,Yuan Liu,Rongmei Kong,Guang Chen,Hao Wang,Xiuli Wang,Lian Xia,Fengli Qu
β-Glucuronidase (β-GCU) is closely related to the occurrence of multiple diseases, and it has been applied as a biomarker and therapeutic target in clinical diagnosis. However, reliable methods with high selectivity and sensitivity for monitoring β-GCU are still lacked. Herein, we designed a novel fluorescent nanoprobe, rhodamine B encapsulated MOF-5 (RhB@MOF-5) for the first time, to detect β-GCU through the synergistic effect of inner filter effect (IFE) and static quenching effect (SQE) by employing 4-nitrophenyl-β-D-glucuronide (PNPG) as the substrate. After encapsulating into MOF-5, the fluorescence emission of RhB at 550 nm excited by 320 nm was greatly enhanced. The major overlap between the fluorescence excitation spectrum of RhB@MOF-5 (about 320 nm) and the ultraviolet absorption spectrum of PNPG (about 310 nm) lead to PNPG being a good IFE absorber in this sensing system. Under the optimized conditions, the excitation spectrum of the RhB@MOF-5 could be absorbed by PNPG, resulting in the dramatically decrease of fluorescence emission. After adding β-GCU into the system, the substrate of PNPG would be enzymatic hydrolyzed to p -nitrophenol (PNP) and glucose, then the IFE disappearance and the fluorescence recovered. The current sensing platform was interference-free and exhibited a broad linearity relationship for β-GCU range of 0.1–10 U L −1 (R 2 = 0.9957) with a limit of detection as low as 0.03 U L −1 , which was reduced by more than one orders compared with the reported methods. Moreover, the encapsulation of dyes using porous nanoparticles to achieve some tailor-made characteristics will enrich experimental design inspiration.
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ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
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2018
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IF 6.14
Caijin Zhou,Chun Shen,Kaiyue Ji,Jiabin Yin,Le Du
Aimed at efficient production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) in a green and sustainable way, dehydrogenation of fructose was enhanced by liquid–liquid extraction in a membrane dispersion microreactor. On account of the high mass-transfer rate resulted from dripping flow, the obtained HMF was readily extracted from the aqueous phase to the organic phase, effectively preventing the sequence side reaction and leading to high HMF selectivity. Enhanced by efficient extraction, the reaction duration decreased from 60 min in a traditional stirred reactor to 4 min in the microreactor, leading to an increase in the space-time yield by 3 orders of magnitude. The effects of total volume flow rate, droplet size, and phase ratio relating to extraction efficiency and HMF yield were systematically investigated. The highest extraction efficiency of nearly 100% coupled with the HMF yield of 93.0% was achieved at the phase ratio of 2 with volume flow rate of 600 mL/h. Overall, this work not only delineates an efficient strategy for synthesizing HMF but also opens a new avenue for reaction systems with subsequent side reaction, which suffer from low selectivity of the intermediates due to the in-line separation bottleneck under conditions of limited mass transfer.
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CytoJournal
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2024
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IF 2.5
Xinghua Liang,Xuelian Liu,Long Zhang,Junhao Liu,Rong Yan,Haiyan Li,Xiancheng Zeng,Hong Wang
Objective:
Colorectal cancer is severely challenging because of the insufficient understanding of the mechanism underlying its resistance to clinical chemotherapy. The purpose of our study is to investigate the role of the LIM protein Ajuba (JUB) in the chemoresistance of colon cancer and its potential effect on clinical treatment.
Material and Methods:
The protein levels of JUB in colon cancer tissues were evaluated using Western blot analysis and immunohistochemistry assays. The correlation between JUB and the prognosis of patients with colorectal cancer was determined using Kaplan–Meier plot analysis. 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assays were employed to determine the 50% inhibitory concentration of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and thus assess the effect of JUB on the effectiveness of 5-FU. In addition, the rate of cellular apoptosis was measured using fluorescence-activated cell sorting assays. Side population and sphere formation analyses were conducted to determine the role of JUB in promoting the stem cell-like traits of colon cancer cells. In vivo assays were performed and detect whether the downregulation of JUB induces 5-FU sensitivity. Moreover, luciferase and Western blot assays were employed to uncover the mechanism through which JUB promotes chemoresistance in colon cancer.
Results:
JUB expression was upregulated in chemoresistant colon cancer (P < 0.001) and correlated with relapse-free survival (P = 0.000002). Functionally, the upregulation of JUB conferred 5-FU resistance to colon cancer cells in vitro, whereas the downregulation of JUB induced 5-FU sensitivity in colon cancer cells in vivo. The high expression of JUB promoted the tumorigenic capability of colon cancer cells. Furthermore, the increased expression of JUB activated multiple downstream genes of the Notch signaling pathway with increased expression in JUB-overexpressing cells but reduced expression in JUB-silenced cells. Importantly, the inhibition of Notch signaling using a small-molecule inhibitor significantly suppressed JUB-induced chemoresistance.
Conclusion:
Results suggest that JUB plays an important role and may serve as a biomarker for the clinical treatment of patients with 5-FU-resistant colon cancer.
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NANO
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2024
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IF 1
Xuecong Ma,Linlin Geng,Yu Li,Jianwen Wei,Lei Liao,Dunqiu Wang
Micro/mesoporous materials are low-cost functional materials with the potential for CO 2 adsorption. Modifying micro/mesoporous materials is significant for enhancing CO 2 adsorption and their high-value utilization. Herein, the micro/mesoporous material of composite molecular sieve ZSM-5/MCM-48 (ZM) was synthesized by a two-step crystallization method using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide as a template, tetraethyl orthosilicate as a silicon source and ZSM-5 seed as part of silicon aluminum source. Tetraethylenepentamine (TEPA) and polyethyleneimine (PEI) were used as impregnation modifiers to modify ZM with amine groups. The results showed that with the increase of amine loadings, both ZM-T60 (Impregnated with TEPA) and ZM-P60 (Impregnated with PEI) functionalized adsorbents exhibited the best adsorption capacities of 4 . 9 7 mmol ⋅ g − 1 and 3 . 2 8 mmol ⋅ g − 1 at 60, respectively, when the loading of ZM sample was 60%. The adsorption kinetic analysis showed that the adsorption of CO 2 by ZM-T60 and ZM-P60 was a chemisorption-dominated process accompanied by physical adsorption. After 10 adsorption/desorption cycles, the CO 2 adsorption capacity of ZM-T60 and ZM-P60 decreased by 8.7% and 2.6%, respectively. This work demonstrates that impregnation modification of the composite molecular sieve to achieve efficient CO 2 adsorption has practical application significance.
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CATALYSIS LETTERS
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2024
·Vol. 154
·期 7
·3494-3502
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IF 2.3
Zhou Shuolin,Wen Sha,Xu Qiong,Liu Xianxiang,Yin Dulin
5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) serves as a versatile platform compound bridging the realms of biomass resources and the fine chemicals industry, with its selective oxidation holding significant value. In this study, nitrogen-doped porous carbon (NDPC) materials were synthesized by using urea as the nitrogen source and sucrose as the carbon source via a hard-template approach. These materials were subsequently employed in the selective oxidation of HMF to produce 2,5-diformylfuran (DFF) under specific oxygen pressure conditions. The morphology and structure of NDPC were elucidated through SEM, XPS and XRD analyses. The impact of varying the molar ratio of N/C and nitrogen sources on the catalyst was examined, as well as the effects of different reaction conditions on HMF conversion and DFF selectivity were investigated. The results demonstrated an impressive 81.0% HMF conversion and a remarkable 97.9% DFF selectivity under the suitable conditions. Furthermore, the catalyst exhibited consistent catalytic performance throughout the recycling experiments. Graphical
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