ChemCatChem
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2019
·Vol. 11
·期 24
·6372-6383
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IF 4.495
Wenhua Ye,Jisong Hu,Xiaofeng Hu,Wenhua Zhang,Xinguo Ma,Huihu Wang
Graphical Photocatalysis : The traditional p–n junction charges transfer mode at the interface of CuInS 2 /g-C 3 N 4 can be switched to Z-scheme mode in CuInS 2 /Au/g-C 3 N 4 heterostructure through Au integration by weakening the built-in electric field and improving the interfacial bonding. Two dimensional (2D) heterojunction based on g-C 3 N 4 and CuInS 2 (CIS) nanosheets has been successfully constructed with the assistance of biomolecules L-cysteine. We demonstrated that a typical p–n junction charges transfer mode of CIS/PCN (protonated g-C 3 N 4 ) can be switched to Z-scheme transfer mode through the integration of Au by weakening the role of built-in electric field. The morphology of CIS/Au/PCN can be well adjusted through the formation of Au−S covalent bond and the electrostatic adsorption between Au and PCN during the hydrothermal process. Furthermore, the intimate interface contact inside CIS/Au/PCN heterojunction was indeed constructed, which may promote the charges separation and transfer process at the interface as evidenced by ESR spectra and time-resolved PL spectra. Under visible light illumination, the CIS/Au/PCN exhibited an enhanced CO (19.46 μmol/g) and CH 4 (1.18 μmol/g) yield in CO 2 reduction, which was about 5.04 times and 2.03 times higher than pure PCN. The composite heterojunction also showed excellent photocatalytic activity for tetracycline degradation with a 87 % degradation efficiency in 1 hour, which was 2.07 times higher than pure PCN. The experimental and theoretical calculation results demonstrated that an all-solid-state Z-scheme heterojunction was formed in the CIS/Au/PCN system, which was different from the typical p–n junction charges transfer mechanism in CIS/PCN.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2019
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IF 4.175
Shuang Lin,Xiang Lin,Siqingaowa Han,Liang He,Haiyan Zhao,Jing Zhang,Wuliji Hasi,Li Wang
An efficient and facile strategy for producing core-shell Au@Ag nanorods (NRs) with controllable width and length as excellent surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate was proposed. Au nanodipyramids (NDPs) of three various widths were prepared by overgrowth along the radial orientation, and together with Au NDPs as seed, silver was deposited in the axial orientation to successfully obtain core-shell Au@Ag NRs with diverse length (73 nm–157 nm) and width (25 nm–43 nm). The morphology, optical properties and SERS performance of the as-synthesized Au@Ag NRs were investigated systematically. The broadly tunable UV-Vis absorption range for Au@Ag NRs as far as the near-infrared (NR) region was able to be obtained. Furthermore, the SERS property of Au@Ag NRs two-dimensional monolayer was explored by using crystal violet (CV) as Raman probe. The optimal SERS enhancement effect with enhancement factor (EF) as high as 6.13✕10 5 could be achieved for Au@Ag NRs with wider width and longer length, which was confirmed by the simulation results of electromagnetic (EM) field distribution by FDTD method. Our novel approach provides some facinating insights into adjusting the width of Au@Ag NRs, which also significantly influences the SERS behaviors of the Au@Ag NRs. It allows to fabricating SERS substrate with superior SERS performance compared to previously reported Au@Ag NRs only with tunable length via direct overgrowth. Besides, this as-compounded Au@Ag NRs are expected to have promising application and significant value in other fields.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2017
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Jin Wang,Peina Zhang,Yujiao Xiahou,Dayang Wang,Haibing Xia,Helmuth Möhwald
The present work introduces a new way to prepare Au–Pd alloy nanowire networks (NWNs) via deposition of Pd atoms onto Au nanowires in reaction media at room temperature without the aid of additional reducing agents. Thanks to their excellent colloidal stability in water as well as in ethanol, the resulting NWNs can be utilized to produce composite thin films with Nafion (perfluorinated sulfonic acid) with dimensions above dozens of square centimeters by means of solution casting on the glass substrate. Most importantly, these films can be easily transferred onto different solid substrates by lift-off technology. Moreover, the resulting Au–Pd alloy NWNs can also be easily and thoroughly loaded into macroscopic carbon fiber cloth (CFC). Both the Au–Pd alloy NWN/Nafion composite film and the Au–Pd alloy NWN-loaded CFC can be used as flexible electrodes for electrocatalysis of ethanol oxidation, with electrocatalytic performance at different distorted states superior by 2 orders of magnitude to those reported in the literature (e.g., commercial Pd/C catalysts and Pd-based nanostructured catalysts). This work opens new possibilities for the large-scale manufacturing of electrodes for fuel cells.
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CRYSTENGCOMM
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2017
·Vol. 19
·期 44
·6588-6593
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IF 3.474
Yu Han,Wenxing Wang,Penglin Jiang,Yucong Yan,Hui Zhang,Deren Yang
Au nanorings are of particular interest in catalysis owing to their fascinating properties, however, it still remains a tremendous challenge to generate such hollow nanostructures with small size. Here, we report the synthesis of Au nanorings with an outer diameter of less than 20 nm by a seed-mediated approach with Pd nanoplates as seeds in the presence of Ag+ ions. The incorporation of Ag+ ions substantially slows down the reduction rate of the Au precursor through an underpotential deposition (UPD) process, leading to the formation of small Au nanoparticles. These small Au nanoparticles then coalesced into nanorings on small Pd nanoplates. The outer diameter of the Au nanorings is tuned by varying the size of the Pd nanoplates. The smallest Au nanorings are evaluated as catalysts towards the hydrogenation of 4-nitrophenol, showing substantially enhanced catalytic activity relative to the Au nanoparticles with the same size. This enhancement in the catalytic activity can be attributed to the unique structural features including the large specific surface areas, convenient accessibility of both interior and exterior surfaces for the reactants, and existence of highly active sites in the interior part.
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Journal of Materiomics
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2024
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Di Wu,Yingxin He,Chi Lin,Bing Li,Jiangping Ma,Lujie Ruan,Yajie Feng,Chaogang Ban,Junjie Ding,Xiaoxing Wang,Danmei Yu,Li-Yong Gan,Xiaoyuan Zhou
Piezo-catalysis, which leverages mechanical energy to drive chemical reactions, is emerging as a promising method for sustainable energy production. While the enhancement of piezo-catalytic performance through metal-support interactions is well-documented, the critical influence of the synthesis atmosphere during metal-loaded piezo-catalyst preparation has been a notable gap in the field. To this end, we systematically investigate how different atmospheric conditions during the synthesis of catalysts—without gas flow or with Ar, N 2 and O 2 —affect metal dispersion, oxidation states, piezo-carrier dynamics, and electronic structure, and subsequently shape the metal-support interactions and piezo-catalytic activity. ZnO/Au, with Au deposited on ZnO, is selected as the model system, and hydrogen evolution reaction is used as the probe reaction. Our results demonstrate that an oxygen-enriched atmosphere significantly enhances the metal-support interactions, achieving an ultrahigh net hydrogen yield of 16.5 mmol·g –1 ·h –1 on ZnO/Au, a 3.58-fold increase over pristine ZnO. Specifically, the performance improvements substantially surpass those synthesized under other atmospheric conditions. Conversely, exposure to CO 2 transforms the ZnO support into ZnCO 3 , adversely affecting its catalytic activity. These findings reveal the crucial impact of synthesis conditions on piezo-catalyst performance and thereby open new avenues for optimizing catalyst systems for enhanced sustainability.
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MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
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2024
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Yalin Zhang,Xueli Yang,Xianwen Yan,Zhen Sun,Zheng Hu,Wenlu Liu,Yehong Cheng,Guofeng Pan
Preparation of a gas sensor capable of rapidly and accurately detecting trimethylamine is crucial for environmental monitoring, food safety and human health. In this study, Au-In-ZnO with an irregular nanoparticle structure was prepared using simple metal–organic-framework synthesis method and in-situ reduction process. The Au-In-ZnO sensor exhibited a high response of 260.2 to 100 ppm trimethylamine at 250 °C, which is 32 times higher than that of pristine ZnO (350 °C), with the optimal operating temperature lowered by 100 °C. Meanwhile, the sensor had a short response time (2 s), enabling it to quickly react to leaked trimethylamine during practical applications. Additionally, the sensor also possessed low detection limit (0.3 ppm, R air /R gas =2.0), high selectivity, excellent moisture resistance, good repeatability, and long-term stability. The mechanism of gas-sensitive properties enhancement was analyzed in combination with the conduction mechanism of hypervalent ions and the electronic and chemical sensitization of noble metals. This study provides a potential gas-sensitive material for the efficient measurement and rapid evaluation of trimethylamine.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2024
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Tong Liang,Yujie Tang,Yunqi Song,Kemin Xie,Yan Ma,Yao Yao
Carbon-supported metal nanoparticles are indispensable catalysts to enabling catalytic water splitting technologies because of their unique size-dependent properties and strong metal-support interactions. Herein, we proposed a two-step synthesis strategy, using imine-type covalent organic frameworks (COFs) as a platform to synthesize nitrogen-doped carbon-supported Au with ultra-high specific surface area through the high-temperature pyrolysis. Thanks for the polarity of imine, the growth of Au NPs in Au x /NC are ultrafine, monodispersed, and the size of Au can be precisely controlled by adjusting the amount of the metal precursor during the carbothermal reaction. Such framework structure with numerous active sites provided by the COFs renders Au x /NC ultrahigh catalytic activity and durability for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in acid electrolyte. Most significantly, when illumination occurs, Au 5nm /NC catalyst presents a reduced HER overpotential from 416 mV to 43 mV and a shrunken charge-transfer resistance from 258 to 17 Ω, making the Au 5nm /NC a promising stable catalyst for the LSPR promoted hydrogen evolution reaction.
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JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE-POLYMER EDITION
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2024
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Junjie Ye,Qi Wu,Qingfen Ji,Shengjie You,Song Gao,Guanan Zhao,Qiangqiang Xu,Ken Liu,Peng Li
Docetaxel (Doc), as a first-line chemotherapy drug for prostate cancer (PC), often loses its therapeutic efficacy due to acquired resistance and lack of targeting specificity. Therefore, there is a need to develop a novel drug that can overcome Doc resistance and enhance its targeting ability to inhibit PC progression. In this study, we prepared Au/Doc/Quer@PDA/A10-3.2 nanoparticles (NPs) composite drug by encapsulating Doc and quercetin (Quer) within polydopamine (PDA)-coated Au NPs and further modifying them with RNA oligonucleotide aptamer A10-3.2. A10-3.2 was used for specific targeting of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-positive PC cells (LNCaP). Quer was employed to reverse the resistance of Doc-resistant cell line (LNCaP/R) to Doc. Physical characterization using ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-vis), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), dynamic light scattering (DLS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) confirmed the successful preparation of Au/Doc/Quer@PDA/A10-3.2 NPs. Fluorescence imaging and flow cytometry experiments demonstrated the targeting ability of Au/Doc/Quer@PDA/A10-3.2 NPs towards PSMA-positive LNCaP/R cells. Cell proliferation, apoptosis, invasion, and migration experiments revealed that Quer reversed the resistance of LNCaP/R cells to Doc. Immunoblotting experiments further confirmed the mechanism behind sensitization of chemotherapy by Quer. Finally, we evaluated the therapeutic efficacy of Au/Doc/Quer@PDA/A10-3.2 NPs in a mouse model of PC. In conclusion, this study synthesized and validated a novel nano-composite drug (Au/Doc/Quer@PDA/A10-3.2 NPs) for combating Doc-resistant PC, which could potentially be applied in clinical treatment of PC.
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Plasmonics
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2016
·Vol. 12
·期 3
·663-673
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Lu Mengdi,Liang Yuzhang,Qian Siyu,Li Lixia,Jing Zhenguo,Masson Jean-Francois,Peng Wei
In this paper, we report a novel wavelength interrogation-based surface plasmon resonance (SPR) system, in which a film of three Ag layers and three Au layers are alternately deposited on a Kretschmann configuration as sensing element. This multilayer film shows higher sensitivity for refractive index (RI) measurement by comparing with single Au layer structure, which is consistent with its theoretical calculation. A sensitivity range of 2056–5893 nm/RIU can be achieved, which is comparable to RI sensitivities of other wavelength-modulated SPR sensors. Compared with Ag film, this Ag/Au multilayer arrangement offers anti-oxidant protection. This SPR biosensor based on a cost-effective Ag/Au multilayer structure is applicable to the real-time detection of specific interactions and dissociation of low protein concentrations. To extend the application of this highly-sensitive metal film device, we integrated this concept on an optical fiber. The range of RI sensitivities with Ag/Au multilayer was 1847–3309 nm/RIU. This miniaturized Ag/Au multilayer-based fiber optic sensor has a broad application in chemical and biological sensing.
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2016
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Shan Tang,Qun Zhao,Yifeng Tu
This paper describes a novel approach to promote the analytical performance of electrochemiluminescent (ECL) biosensor of cholesterol by a nanocomposite (Au nanoparticles/ion liquid/hollowed TiO 2 nano-shell) pre-functionalized indium tin oxide glass to load the cholesterol oxidase. Here the enzymatically produced hydrogen peroxide greatly intensified the ECL of luminol under the catalysis of the nanocomposite. The quantification of cholesterol was directly accomplished by calibrating the ECL sensing output. The formation and properties of the nanocomposite and the functionalized electrode have been confirmed by electrochemistry , spectroscopy and electron-microscopy. The prepared biosensor exhibits a linear regression ranged from 8.33 × 10 −9 M to 4.17 × 10 −7 M with an ultralow detection limit (LOD) of 6.30 × 10 −9 M. It also possesses the excellent specificity for cholesterol from potential interferents , the favorable repeatability/stability for use or storage, the good reproducibility and adequate recovery for real sample test. In addition, for the detection of clinical serum sample, it is well consistent with the datum from medical cholesterol kit, indicating its reliability. It is in promising of the application for the cholesterol detection in those clinical specimens of teeny amount of sample and limited concentration.
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TALANTA
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2016
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IF 4.035
Tianbao Li,Juan Xu,Lei Zhao,Shaofei Shen,Maosen Yuan,Wenming Liu,Qin Tu,Ruijin Yu,Jinyi Wang
An Au nanoparticles/poly(caffeic acid) (AuNPs/PCA) composite modified glassy carbon (GC) electrode was prepared by successively potentiostatic technique in pH 7.4 phosphate buffer solution containing 0.02 mM caffeic acid and 1.0 mM HAuCl 4 . Electrochemical characterization of the AuNPs/PCA-GC electrode was investigated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry . The electrochemical behavior of acetaminophen (AP) at the AuNPs/PCA-GC electrode was also studied by cyclic voltammetry. Compared with bare GC and poly(caffeic acid) modified GC electrode, the AuNPs/PCA-GC electrode was exhibited excellent electrocatalytic activity toward the oxidation of AP. The plot of catalytic current versus AP concentration showed two linear segments in the concentration ranges 0.2–20 µM and 50–1000 µM. The detection limit of 14 nM was obtained by using the first range of the calibration plot. The AuNPs/PCA-GC electrode has been successfully applied and validated by analyzing AP in blood, urine and pharmaceutical samples.
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RSC Advances
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2016
·Vol. 6
·期 114
·113115-113122
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IF 3.289
Chunyan Wang,Yi Xu,Conghui Deng,Zhixu Liu,Rong Wang,Huazhou Zhao
In the present paper, we report on the design and fabrication of a recyclable microfluidic SERS chip with an integrated Au@Ag/TiO2 NTs (gold core silver shell nanoparticles (NPs) with decorated TiO2 nanotube arrays (NTs)) composite SERS substrate. The stripped TiO2 NTs with regularly arranged pore structures were prepared on a Ti foil by easy tape lithography followed by anodic oxidation. The Au@Ag NPs were fabricated on the mouth surface and the inner walls of the TiO2 NTs within a microchannel without clogging via a facile self-assembly chemical plating composite method. Under optimized conditions, the microfluidic SERS chip provided excellent sensitivity to R6G molecules with a detection limit of 10−10 M and a SERS enhancement factor (EF) of 1.15 × 108. Versus single Au NPs, Au@Ag NPs and the Au@Ag/TiO2 plate, the optimized Au@Ag/TiO2 NTs showed improved SERS peak intensities for the C–C–C bending (613 cm−1) of 20, 2.3 and 1.6 times enhancement, respectively. The enhancement effect was attributed to both electromagnetic and chemical enhancement. The photocatalytic performance of the Au@Ag/TiO2 NTs was exploited to recycle the microfluidic SERS chip through UV light photocatalytic purification. The experimental result shows that the microfluidic SERS chip featured high reproducibility and could be used as an efficient SERS detector for many biochemical molecules.
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