Dodecylbenzenesulfonate (DBS)-capped TiO2 nanoparticles have been synthesized and employed in dye-sensitized solar cells to form a quasi-solid state electrolyte. Owing to the long alkyl-chain capping around the TiO2 n...Dodecylbenzenesulfonate (DBS)-capped TiO2 nanoparticles have been synthesized and employed in dye-sensitized solar cells to form a quasi-solid state electrolyte. Owing to the long alkyl-chain capping around the TiO2 nanoparticles interacting with the liquid solvent, the dye sensitized solar cell based on such DBS-capped TiO2 nanoparticle framework material gel electrolyte shows higher stability compared with the non-capped one in the long-term application and gives a comparable overall efficiency of 6.3% at AM 1.5 illumination.展开更多
Biopolymer based hydrogels are highly adaptable, compatible and have shown great potential in biological tissues in biomedical applications. However, the development of bio-based hydrogels with high strength and effec...Biopolymer based hydrogels are highly adaptable, compatible and have shown great potential in biological tissues in biomedical applications. However, the development of bio-based hydrogels with high strength and effective antibacterial activity remains challenging. Herein, a series of vanillin-cross-linked chitosan nanocomposite hydrogel interfacially reinforced by g-C_(3)N_(4)nanosheet carrying starch-caped Ag NPs were prepared for wound healing applications. The study aimed to enhance the strength, sustainability and control release ability of the fabricated membranes. Starch-caped silver nanoparticles were incorporated to enhance the anti-bacterial activities The fabricated membranes were assessed using various characterization techniques such as FT-IR, XRD, SEM, mechanical testing, Gel fraction and porosity alongside traditional biomedical tests i.e., swelling percentage, moisture retention ability, water vapor transmission rate, oxygen permeability, anti-bacterial activity and drug-release of the fabricated membranes. The mechanical strength reached as high as 25.9 ± 0.24 MPa for the best optimized sample. The moisture retention lied between 87%–89%, gel fraction 80%–85%, and water vapor transmission up to 104 ± 1.9g m^(-2)h^(-1)showing great properties of the fabricated membrane. Swelling percentage surged to 225% for blood while porosity fluctuated between 44% ± 2.1% and 52.5% ± 2.3%. Oxygen permeability reached up to 8.02 mg/L showing the breathable nature of fabricated membranes. The nanocomposite membrane shown excellent antibacterial activity for both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria with a maximum zone of inhibition 30 ± 0.25 mm and 36.23 ± 0.23 mm respectively. Furthermore, nanoparticles maintained sustainable release following non-fickian diffusion. The fabricated membrane demonstrated the application of inorganic filler to enhance the strength of biopolymer hydrogel with superior properties.These results envisage the potential of synthesized membrane to be used as wound dressing, 展开更多
Hydrothermal reactions of Na2MoO2·2H2O and NH4VO3（or V2O5） with appropriate reducing agents such as organic amines, NH2OH·HCl and Mo（CO）6 gave rise to the formation of a series of capped Keggin derivativ...Hydrothermal reactions of Na2MoO2·2H2O and NH4VO3（or V2O5） with appropriate reducing agents such as organic amines, NH2OH·HCl and Mo（CO）6 gave rise to the formation of a series of capped Keggin derivatives, [N（CH3）4]2Na3（NH4）2[（V^VO4）Mo^VI8V^IV4O36（V^IVO）2]·-13H2O（1）, [NH4]7[（V^VO4）Mo^VI8V^IV4O36（V^IVO）2]·7H2O（2）, [HN（CH2CH2）3NH][（PO4）Mo^V3Mo^VI9O36（V^IVO）2]·-3[N（CH2CH2）3N]·（en）·4.5H2O（3） and [HNH2OH][NH4]2[（V^VO4）Mo^VI8V^IV4O36（V^IVO）4]·24H2O（4）. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that the anions in 1-3 are two-capped Keggin derivatives with characteristic trans vanadium-oxygen caps, whereas the heteropoly anion in 4 is a tetra-capped α-Keggin derivative with characteristic vanadium-oxygen caps on the equatorial plane.展开更多
With _D-proline as the reducing and capping agent, fluorescent gold nanoclusters were rapidly prepared(_D-Pro@AuNCs) within 10 min at 100℃. In the present of gold nanoparticles, the fluorescence of _DPro@AuNCs was re...With _D-proline as the reducing and capping agent, fluorescent gold nanoclusters were rapidly prepared(_D-Pro@AuNCs) within 10 min at 100℃. In the present of gold nanoparticles, the fluorescence of _DPro@AuNCs was remarkably quenched. Interestingly, based on the electrostatic interaction between anticancer drug Raltitrexed and gold nanoparticles induced fluorescence "turn-on" principle, a high selective assay for detection of Raltitrexed was established with the probe associating the fluorescence emission at 435 nm. The fluorescence intensity of _D-Pro@AuNCs linearly correlated with the concentration of Raltitrexed in the range from 5.0 mmol/L to 40.0 mmol/L(R^2= 0.999) and the limit of detection was 1.9 mmol/L. Further, after Raltitrexed was abdominal injected in rats, a metabolic approach was constructed with the prepared fluorescent probe. It showed great potential of AuNCs-based sensing probes for application in analysis of serum anticancer drugs.展开更多
Conversion of nitroarenes to aminoarenes has attracted great attention in pharmaceutical industry, agricultural production, environmental protection and chemical catalysis area. In this work, ficin capped gold nanoclu...Conversion of nitroarenes to aminoarenes has attracted great attention in pharmaceutical industry, agricultural production, environmental protection and chemical catalysis area. In this work, ficin capped gold nanoclusters(ficin@AuNCs) were prepared for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol.The proposed catalyst was characterized by transmission electron microscopy,dynamic light scattering, fluorescence spectra and UV-Vis spectra. With NaBH4 as the reducing agent, the reduction reaction could carry out completely within 10 min at 25 ℃. Interestingly, the resultant catalyst exliibited size-related properties in the reduction, smaller ficin@AuNCs exhibited liigher catalytic activity. Its present pseudo-first-order rate constant was found to be 2.95×10^-3 s^-1 and the catalytic activation energy was 27.7 kJ/mol. Moreover, ficin@AuNCs-based catalyst displayed good stability, heading to 4-nitrophenol conversion of 98.5%-100.0% after six consecutive cycles. It has shown a great potential in construction of unique catalysts based on AuNCs for reduction reaction.展开更多
DEAR EDITOR, The distribution of the capped langur （Trachypithecus pileatus） in China has become controversial since Shortridge＇s langur （Trachypithecus shortridgei） was upgraded to a full species. The capped lan...DEAR EDITOR, The distribution of the capped langur （Trachypithecus pileatus） in China has become controversial since Shortridge＇s langur （Trachypithecus shortridgei） was upgraded to a full species. The capped langur is considered to be distributed in northeast India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and northwest Myanmar only （Brandon-Jones et al., 2004; Choudhury, 2008, 2014; Das et al., 2008; Groves, 2001）. In our field survey, however, we obtained photos of the capped langur, demonstrating its existence in China. Following the species promotion of Shortridge＇s langur （Brandon-Jones et al., 2004; Groves, 2001） and the delimiting of its distribution range to northwestern Yunnan in China and northeastern Myanmar （Brandon-Jones et al., 2004; Cui et al.,展开更多
基金Project supported by the State Key Program of Fundamental Research (No. G1998061308) the National High Technology Research Development Plan of China (Nos. 2002 AA 302403 and 0216nm040) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20221101)
文摘Dodecylbenzenesulfonate (DBS)-capped TiO2 nanoparticles have been synthesized and employed in dye-sensitized solar cells to form a quasi-solid state electrolyte. Owing to the long alkyl-chain capping around the TiO2 nanoparticles interacting with the liquid solvent, the dye sensitized solar cell based on such DBS-capped TiO2 nanoparticle framework material gel electrolyte shows higher stability compared with the non-capped one in the long-term application and gives a comparable overall efficiency of 6.3% at AM 1.5 illumination.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52003113)Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (Nos. 2021A1515010745,2020A1515110356)+1 种基金Science and Technology Projects of Guangzhou City (No. 202102020359)the financial support from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No.F121280003)。
文摘Biopolymer based hydrogels are highly adaptable, compatible and have shown great potential in biological tissues in biomedical applications. However, the development of bio-based hydrogels with high strength and effective antibacterial activity remains challenging. Herein, a series of vanillin-cross-linked chitosan nanocomposite hydrogel interfacially reinforced by g-C_(3)N_(4)nanosheet carrying starch-caped Ag NPs were prepared for wound healing applications. The study aimed to enhance the strength, sustainability and control release ability of the fabricated membranes. Starch-caped silver nanoparticles were incorporated to enhance the anti-bacterial activities The fabricated membranes were assessed using various characterization techniques such as FT-IR, XRD, SEM, mechanical testing, Gel fraction and porosity alongside traditional biomedical tests i.e., swelling percentage, moisture retention ability, water vapor transmission rate, oxygen permeability, anti-bacterial activity and drug-release of the fabricated membranes. The mechanical strength reached as high as 25.9 ± 0.24 MPa for the best optimized sample. The moisture retention lied between 87%–89%, gel fraction 80%–85%, and water vapor transmission up to 104 ± 1.9g m^(-2)h^(-1)showing great properties of the fabricated membrane. Swelling percentage surged to 225% for blood while porosity fluctuated between 44% ± 2.1% and 52.5% ± 2.3%. Oxygen permeability reached up to 8.02 mg/L showing the breathable nature of fabricated membranes. The nanocomposite membrane shown excellent antibacterial activity for both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria with a maximum zone of inhibition 30 ± 0.25 mm and 36.23 ± 0.23 mm respectively. Furthermore, nanoparticles maintained sustainable release following non-fickian diffusion. The fabricated membrane demonstrated the application of inorganic filler to enhance the strength of biopolymer hydrogel with superior properties.These results envisage the potential of synthesized membrane to be used as wound dressing,
基金Supported by the 973 key program of the MOST(2010CB933501,2012CB821705)the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KJCX2-YW-319,KJCX2-EW-H01)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21373221,21221001,91022008,91122027,51172232)the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province(2011HZ0001-1,2012J06006,2006L2005)
文摘Hydrothermal reactions of Na2MoO2·2H2O and NH4VO3（or V2O5） with appropriate reducing agents such as organic amines, NH2OH·HCl and Mo（CO）6 gave rise to the formation of a series of capped Keggin derivatives, [N（CH3）4]2Na3（NH4）2[（V^VO4）Mo^VI8V^IV4O36（V^IVO）2]·-13H2O（1）, [NH4]7[（V^VO4）Mo^VI8V^IV4O36（V^IVO）2]·7H2O（2）, [HN（CH2CH2）3NH][（PO4）Mo^V3Mo^VI9O36（V^IVO）2]·-3[N（CH2CH2）3N]·（en）·4.5H2O（3） and [HNH2OH][NH4]2[（V^VO4）Mo^VI8V^IV4O36（V^IVO）4]·24H2O（4）. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that the anions in 1-3 are two-capped Keggin derivatives with characteristic trans vanadium-oxygen caps, whereas the heteropoly anion in 4 is a tetra-capped α-Keggin derivative with characteristic vanadium-oxygen caps on the equatorial plane.
基金the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21575144, 91732103, 21874138, 21635008, 21621062)
文摘With _D-proline as the reducing and capping agent, fluorescent gold nanoclusters were rapidly prepared(_D-Pro@AuNCs) within 10 min at 100℃. In the present of gold nanoparticles, the fluorescence of _DPro@AuNCs was remarkably quenched. Interestingly, based on the electrostatic interaction between anticancer drug Raltitrexed and gold nanoparticles induced fluorescence "turn-on" principle, a high selective assay for detection of Raltitrexed was established with the probe associating the fluorescence emission at 435 nm. The fluorescence intensity of _D-Pro@AuNCs linearly correlated with the concentration of Raltitrexed in the range from 5.0 mmol/L to 40.0 mmol/L(R^2= 0.999) and the limit of detection was 1.9 mmol/L. Further, after Raltitrexed was abdominal injected in rats, a metabolic approach was constructed with the prepared fluorescent probe. It showed great potential of AuNCs-based sensing probes for application in analysis of serum anticancer drugs.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21635008,21621062).
文摘Conversion of nitroarenes to aminoarenes has attracted great attention in pharmaceutical industry, agricultural production, environmental protection and chemical catalysis area. In this work, ficin capped gold nanoclusters(ficin@AuNCs) were prepared for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol.The proposed catalyst was characterized by transmission electron microscopy,dynamic light scattering, fluorescence spectra and UV-Vis spectra. With NaBH4 as the reducing agent, the reduction reaction could carry out completely within 10 min at 25 ℃. Interestingly, the resultant catalyst exliibited size-related properties in the reduction, smaller ficin@AuNCs exhibited liigher catalytic activity. Its present pseudo-first-order rate constant was found to be 2.95×10^-3 s^-1 and the catalytic activation energy was 27.7 kJ/mol. Moreover, ficin@AuNCs-based catalyst displayed good stability, heading to 4-nitrophenol conversion of 98.5%-100.0% after six consecutive cycles. It has shown a great potential in construction of unique catalysts based on AuNCs for reduction reaction.
基金supported by the Second National Survey of Terrestrial Wildlife Resources of the State Forestry Administration of China(Semnopithecus schistaceus Project,No.176 Geographic Unit Project)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31400361)+1 种基金the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province,China(2013B061800042)the National Key Program(2016YFC0503200)from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China
文摘DEAR EDITOR, The distribution of the capped langur （Trachypithecus pileatus） in China has become controversial since Shortridge＇s langur （Trachypithecus shortridgei） was upgraded to a full species. The capped langur is considered to be distributed in northeast India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and northwest Myanmar only （Brandon-Jones et al., 2004; Choudhury, 2008, 2014; Das et al., 2008; Groves, 2001）. In our field survey, however, we obtained photos of the capped langur, demonstrating its existence in China. Following the species promotion of Shortridge＇s langur （Brandon-Jones et al., 2004; Groves, 2001） and the delimiting of its distribution range to northwestern Yunnan in China and northeastern Myanmar （Brandon-Jones et al., 2004; Cui et al.,
