HYDROMETALLURGY
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2021
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IF 4.156
Licheng Zhang,Lianmin Ji,Lijuan Li,Dong Shi,Taoshan Xu,Xiaowu Peng,Xuexue Song
A method of recovering cobalt, nickel, and lithium from mixed solutions was proposed based on β-diketone solvent extraction using benzoyltrifluoroacetone (HBTA), trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO), and green kerosene. The effective metal recovery and separation parameters such as solution pH, saponification degree, extraction time, and phase ratio were evaluated experimentally. The results indicated that cobalt and nickel were recovered through 2-stage cross-current extraction at different phase ratios and that lithium was recovered through three-stage countercurrent extraction. The metal-loaded organic phase was stripped using an inorganic acid solution to obtain cobalt-, nickel-, and lithium-concentrated solutions. The Co/Ni and Ni/Co molar ratios in the cobalt- and nickel-concentrated solutions were 54.4 and 164, respectively, and the lithium concentration reached 1.78 × 10 4 mg L −1 in the lithium-enriched solution. The extraction mechanism was studied, and the results revealed that Co 2+ and Ni 2+ were extracted by ion exchange in which two moles of H + or Na + had been replaced by divalent metal ions . The Li + extraction stoichiometry was studied by cultivating single crystals. Because cobalt, nickel, and lithium were recovered by single extraction, no other organic substances were required. This work provides a sustainable, environmentally friendly, and versatile method of recovering valuable metals from spent lithium batteries .
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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2022
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Xin Qiu,Jian Ke,Wenbei Chen,Huixian Liu,Xiaoping Bai,Yibing Ji,Jianqiu Chen
With the development of pharmaceutical field, the demand for single enantiomer drugs is gradually increasing. Recently, chiral membrane separation technology has great potential in the field of enantioseparation due to its simple preparation, continuous operation and easy scale-up. In this study, a novel β-cyclodextrin-ionic liquid thin film composite membrane (β-CD-IL TFCM) was fabricated by interfacial polymerization method to achieve the enantioseparation of chiral drugs. Various fabrication conditions of the membrane were optimized with tryptophan as a model molecule to improve its enantioselectivity. Under optimal fabrication conditions, the percent enantiomeric excess (e.e.%) of tryptophan was 100.0% and the solute flux (J S ) was 8.0 nmol cm −2 h −1 . Enantioseparation of various chiral drugs was achieved using β-CD-IL TFCM, including propranolol (e.e.% = 73.4%), warfarin (e.e.% = 11.4%), metoprolol (e.e.% = 3.4%), ibuprofen (e.e.% = 17.8%) and terbutaline (e.e.% = 3.3%). In addition, molecular docking simulation was applied to investigate the separation mechanism of chiral drugs, demonstrating that multiple interactions promote the separation of drug enantiomers. These results reveal the excellent enantioseparation performance of β-CD-IL TFCM, which has a wide prospect in realizing industrial application of chiral membranes.
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Frontiers in Chemistry
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2021
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Zhang Hui,Zhou Liang,Li Jing,Rong Sijia,Jiang Jianping,Liu Shengquan
Herein, we report a novel carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)/MIL-101 (Fe)/poly(β-cyclodextrin) (β-CDP) hydrogel with high photocatalytic activity. β-CDP can significantly enhance the photoactivity of MIL-101(Fe) in the hydrogel prepared by a simple solvothermal method. The structure and property of this composite hydrogel were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. Tetracycline was selected as a model pharmaceutical antibiotic to evaluate the photocatalytic activity of the composite hydrogel under visible light irradiation and darkness, respectively. This composite hydrogel shows excellent activity for degrading pharmaceutical antibiotics under visible light irradiation. The increased photocatalytic activity can be attributed to β-CDP, which acts as a promoter and affords an efficient separation of photogenerated electron-hole pairs of MIL-101(Fe). Moreover, the composite hydrogel is shown to have good water retainability. The hydrogel is inexpensive and shows high photocatalytic activity. Hence, it can be used as an efficient photocatalytic material.
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ENZYME AND MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY
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2022
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Shi-Wei Zhao,Qian Zhou,Neng-Bing Long,Rui-Feng Zhang
A novel polymer support was prepared by curing of epoxy resin in ethanol solution in the macropores of a melamine sponge. The produced polymer gel could uniformly deposit on the surface of melamine in either porous or nonporous morphology. The composite sponge with porous coating can be used as a large-sized and well-mass transferred support for the immobilization of β-galactosidase from Bacillus circulans through method of adsorption and crosslinking, and a column reactor was made for the preparation of N-acetyllactosamine in a sealed circulation way. The porosity and specific surface area of the support were 91.6 % and 46 m 2 /g, respectively. The loading amount and the specific activity of immobilized β-galactosidase under the optimal immobilization conditions were 41.2 mg/g support and 16.5 U/mg protein , respectively. In the biosynthesis of N-acetyllactosamine lactose and N-acetylglucosamine were used as donor and acceptor, respectively. Under optimized conditions the N-acetyllactosamine yield reached 54 % within 150 min at 50 °C. After 10 cycles, the immobilized β-galactosidase retained 70 % of the original activity.
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Nutrients
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2020
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Nancy Saji,Nidhish Francis,Lachlan J. Schwarz,Christopher L. Blanchard,Abishek B. Santhakumar
Oxidative stress is known to modulate insulin secretion and initiate gene alterations resulting in impairment of β-cell function and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Rice bran (RB) phenolic extracts contain bioactive properties that may target metabolic pathways associated with the pathogenesis of T2DM. This study aimed to examine the effect of stabilized RB phenolic extracts on the expression of genes associated with β-cell function such as glucose transporter 2 (Glut2), pancreatic and duodenal homeobox 1 (Pdx1), sirtuin 1 (Sirt1), mitochondrial transcription factor A (Tfam), and insulin 1 (Ins1) in addition to evaluating its impact on glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. It was observed that treatment with different concentrations of RB phenolic extracts (25-250 µg/mL) significantly increased the expression ofGlut2,Pdx1,Sirt1, Tfam,andIns1genes and glucose-stimulated insulin secretion under both normal and high glucose conditions. RB phenolic extracts favourably modulated the expression of genes involved in β-cell dysfunction and insulin secretion via several mechanisms such as synergistic action of polyphenols targeting signalling molecules, decreasing free radical damage by its antioxidant activity, and stimulation of effectors or survival factors of insulin secretion.Keywords:rice bran;phenolic extracts;β-cell function;gene expression;insulin secretion
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2017
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IF 7.504
Dihan Su,Meng Yao,Jie Liu,Yiming Zhong,Xin Chen,Zhengzhong Shao
Usually, regenerated silk fibroin (RSF) hydrogels cross-linked by chemical agents such as horseradish peroxide (HRP)/H2O2 perform elastic properties, while display unsatisfactory strength for practical applications especially as load-bearing materials, and inadequate stability when incubated in a simulated in vivo environment. Here, the RSF hydrogel with both excellent strength and elasticity was prepared by inducing the conformation transition from random coil to β-sheet in a restricted RSF network precross-linked by HRP/H2O2. Such “dual-networked” hydrogels, regarding the one with 10 wt % RSF (Mw: 220 kDa) as a representative, show around 100% elongation, as well as the compressive modulus and tensile modulus up to 3.0 and 2.5 MPa respectively, which are much higher than those of physically cross-linked natural polymer hydrogels (commonly within 0.01–0.1 MPa at the similar solid content). It has been shown that the enhanced comprehensive mechanical properties of RSF hydrogels derive from the formation of small-sized and uniformly distributed β-sheet domains in the hydrogel during the conformation transition of RSF whose size is limited by the first network formed by cross-linkers with HRP/H2O2. Importantly, the tough RSF hydrogel changes the normally weak recognition of various RSF hydrogels and holds a great potential to be the material in biomedical field because it seems to be very promising regarding its biocompatibility, biodegradability, etc.
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JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2017
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IF 3.154
Xin Liu,Tengfei Liu,Yuebin Zhang,Fengjiao Xin,Shuofu Mi,Boting Wen,Tianyi Gu,Xinyuan Shi,Fengzhong Wang,Lichao Sun
Xylanases (EC 3.2.1.8) are a kind of enzymes degrading xylan to xylooligosaccharides (XOS) and have been widely used in a variety of industrial applications. Among them, xylanases from thermophilic microorganisms have distinct advantages in industries that require high temperature conditions. The CoXynA gene, encoding a glycoside hydrolase (GH) family 10 xylanase, was identified from thermophilic Caldicellulosiruptor owensensis and was overexpressed in Escherichia coli. Recombinant CoXynA showed optimal activity at 90 °C with a half-life of about 1 h at 80 °C and exhibited highest activity at pH 7.0. The activity of CoXynA activity was affected by a variety of cations. CoXynA showed distinct substrate specificities for beechwood xylan and birchwood xylan. The crystal structure of CoXynA was solved and a molecular dynamics simulation of CoXynA was performed. The relatively high thermostability of CoXynA was proposed to be due to the increased overall protein rigidity resulting from the reduced length and fluctuation of Loop 7.
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NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH
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2020
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Yu-Xi Wang,Bin Lin,Le Zhou,Zhi-Yang Yan,Han Zhang,Xiao-Xiao Huang,Shao-Jiang Song
The phytochemical investigation on the twigs and leaves of Archidendron clypearia (Jack) I.C.N. led to the isolation of three pairs of furolactone-type lignans enantiomers, including a pair of new compounds (1R,5S,6S)-Kachiranol (1a) and (1S,5R,6R)-Kachiranol (1b) and four known compounds (2a/2b and 3a/3b). Separation of the furolactone-type lignans enantiomeric mixtures was achieved using chiral HPLC for the first time. Their structures were determined by spectroscopic analysis and comparison between the experimental and calculated electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectra. All optical pure compounds were evaluated for their inhibitory effects on β-amyloid aggregation by ThT assay. Among them, the inhibitory activity of the compound 1b (71.1%) was higher than the positive control (61.0%) and other compounds. In addition, molecular dynamics and molecular docking were employed to explore the binding relationship between the ligand and the receptor.
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Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
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2021
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IF 5.89
He Guangli,Zhou Yue,Li Mifang,Guo Yanzhen,Yin Hang,Yang Baocheng,Zhang Shouren,Liu Yibiao
Amyloid-β protein (Aβ) is an important biomarker and plays a key role in the early stage of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Here, an ultrasensitive photoelectrochemical (PEC) sensor based on ZnO@polydopamine/Au nanocomposites was constructed for quantitative detection of Aβ. In this sensing system, the ZnO nanorod array decorated with PDA films and gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) have excellent visible-light activity. The PDA film was used as a sensitizer for charge separation, and it also was used for antibody binding. Moreover, Au NPs were loaded on the surface of PDA film by in situ deposition, which further improved the charge transfer efficiency and the PEC activity in visible light due to the localized surface plasmon resonance effect of Au NPs. Therefore, in ZnO@polydopamine/Au nanocomposites, a significantly enhanced photocurrent response was obtained on this photoelectrode, which provides a good and reliable signal for early detection of AD. Under the optimized conditions, the PEC immunosensor displayed a wide linear range from 1 pg/mL to 100 ng/mL and a low detection limit of 0.26 pg/mL. In addition, this PEC immunosensor also presented good selectivity, stability, and reproducibility. This work may provide a promising point-of-care testing method toward advanced PEC immunoassays for AD biomarkers.
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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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2022
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IF 4.831
Xiaoqian Qiu,Jiao Gu,Taiqun Yang,Chaoqun Ma,Lei Li,Yamin Wu,Chun Zhu,Hui Gao,Zichen Yang,Zirui Wang,Xiaolin Li,Anqi Hu,Jinzeng Xu,Lvyuan Zhong,Jialu Shen,Anlan Huang,Guoqing Chen
The norfloxacin (NFX) residue in milk will increase human resistance to drugs and pose a threat to public health. In this work, a highly sensitive method for detection of NFX was developed based on surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) using β-cyclodextrin functionalized silver nanoparticles (β-CD-AgNPs) as substrate. The unique spatial size and hydrophilicity of β-CD on the surface of AgNPs could selectively capture the target molecule (NFX) through some weak interactions, including hydrogen-bond interaction, electrostatic interaction, etc. The interactions were characterized by the UV–Vis absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, Zeta potential and DLS. The Raman signal of NFX is largely enhanced when anchored by β-CD on the surface of AgNPs due to SERS effect. Through a series of experiments and analysis, the limit of detection (LOD) in standard solution and spiked milk were calculated to be 3.214 pmol/L and 5.327 nmol/L. The correlation coefficients (R 2 ) were 0.986 and 0.984, respectively. For milk sample determination of NFX, the recovery was 101.29% to 104.00% with the relative standard deviation (RSD) from 2.986% to 9.136%. To sum up, this developed SERS strategy is sensitive and specific to detect NFX in milk, it has practical application value and prospects.
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APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL
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2016
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IF 4.012
Yangyang Zhang,Yiping Guo,Bijun Fang,Yujie Chen,Huanan Duan,Hua Li,Hezhou Liu
BiO 2 CH 3 nanoplate, a new organometallic crystal, with octagonal morphology is successfully prepared using methanol solvothermal method and further employed as template to fabricate porous β-Bi 2 O 3 octagonal nanoplates with a thickness of less than 50 nm. Then a series of hierarchical octagonal haystack-like β-Bi 2 O 3 /Bi 2 S 3 hybrids with large heterointerface and small bandgaps (1.36–1.44 eV) are constructed. It is found that, different from many regular photocatalysts that suffer from shrink of photocatalytic efficiency, the photoactivities of all β-Bi 2 O 3 /Bi 2 S 3 heterostructures are continuously enhanced with growing test cycles, owing to the formation of Bi 2 O 3− x S x solid solution, in which the built-in electric filed induced by lattice distortion can brings about higher e − /h + separation efficiency. The gradually increasing photocatalytic activity can reach to an up limit in about 5 photocatalytic cycles and maintain at this level. β-Bi 2 O 3 /Bi 2 S 3 heterostructure loaded with 20 mol% of Bi 2 S 3 is demonstrated to be the best photocatalyst and capable of fully decomposing Rh B in 30 min. Our work provides deep insights into the nature of the inversed photocatalytic behavior and facilitates the advanced design of photocatalysts with unabated photoactivities.
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JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
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2020
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IF 5.278
Minxuan Li,Xu Xu,Lei Zhang
In this paper, oleophilic and superhydrophobic sponges were successfully constructed via a one-pot low temperature hydrothermal method anchoring three-dimensional rambutan-like-β-NiOOH microspheres into sponge skeletons and lauric acid modification. The constructed modified three-dimensional rambutan-like-β-NiOOH @sponge (the static contact angle of 153.5°) possessed outstanding oil sorption capacity (separation efficiency is nearly 99%) towards the various organics/oils and excellent recyclability after 30 cycles of adsorption-squeezing. Importantly, modified three-dimensional rambutan-like-β-NiOOH @sponge is capable of separating surfactant-stabilized water-in-oil emulsions and can be utilized for continuous oil-water separation with the aid of a peristaltic pump. This is mainly due to the fact that the three-dimensional hierarchical rambutan-like micronano structure formed by self-assembly with high specific surface area provides a large number of hydrophobic interfaces to improve the hydrophobic properties of sponges. This work presents a new strategy for the designs multitasking oil-water separation materials.
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