Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Wenjun Zhu, Xiaohua Zuo, Xiangyi Deng, Xinhao Zhang, Chuang Yao, Xiaobo Wang
Summary: Core-shell ZIFs wrapped CuO hybrid materials were used as peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activators to degrade methylene blue (MB) due to their unique structure and synergistic effect. The CuO@ZIF-67(Co) showed outstanding catalytic activity, resulting in complete degradation of MB in 1 min. Reactive oxygen species (ROSs) research indicated that both SO4- and OH were responsible for the removal of MB. The synergistic activation mechanisms in the CuO@ZIF-67(Co)/PMS system were investigated, involving effective electron transfer and the acceleration of Cu-II/Cu-I and Co-III/Co-II cycles. This study expands the application of MOF-derived materials for wastewater treatment.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Muhammad Altaf Nazir, Tayyaba Najam, Khurram Shahzad, Muhammad Ahmad Wattoo, Tajamal Hussain, Muhammad Khurram Tufail, Syed Shoaib Ahmad Shah, Aziz Ur Rehman
Summary: In this study, a novel bimetallic zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) have been fabricated for the elimination of toxic dye from water. The synthesized ZIF-8@ZIF-67 showed improved physical and chemical properties compared to single metallic MOFs (ZIF-67 and ZIF-8). Langmuir model was found to sufficiently explain the adsorption process of ZIF-8@ZIF-67, and the mean free energy suggested chemisorption dominates the adsorption. The high applicability and reusability of the bimetallic MOFs were demonstrated through the removal of rhodamine B from water.
SURFACES AND INTERFACES
(2022)
Article
Electrochemistry
Sagar Varangane, Aparna Jamma, Yendrapati Taraka Prabhu, Arun Karmakar, Subrata Kundu, Anjana Tripathi, Ranjit Thapa, Vidha Bhasin, Shambhu Nath Jha, Dibyendu Bhattacharyya, Ujjwal Pal
Summary: The tailored core-shell ZIF-8/ZIF-67 nanostructures with encapsulated Pd exhibit efficient electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) with low Tafel slope and overpotential, demonstrating excellent charge mobility and durability.
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Wenzhen Zou, Ting Li, Zhendong Yao, Meiqiang Fan, Tingli Ma
Summary: This study designs and prepares a ZIF-8/SiOx/ZIF-8 composite with core-shell structure to overcome the low conductivity and volume expansion issues of silicon oxide in lithium-ion battery anode materials. The research shows that ZIF-8 not only regulates the particle size of SiOx, but also builds a three-dimensional network structure to provide buffer space, effectively preventing capacity loss caused by SiOx detachment from the anode surface.
JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Mei-Hua Chen, Qian-Ying Lu, Yi-Ming Li, Ming-Ming Chu, Xue-Bo Cao
Summary: In this study, ZnO@ZIF-8 core-shell heterostructures were successfully synthesized, with ZIF-8 shell effectively increasing the specific surface area of ZnO nanorods. The synergistic effect between ZnO and ZIF-8 resulted in high photocatalytic activity, leading to rapid degradation of methylene blue under solar light irradiation. Additionally, the stability experiments demonstrated that the prepared ZnO@ZIF-8 nanocomposites retained over 95% of their photocatalytic activity after four cycles.
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Yuping Li, Ping Xiang, Haotian Chen, Yuan Zhou
Summary: A high-performance ZIF-8@ZIF-67 adsorbent with a large specific surface area and pore volume was successfully synthesized for the removal of Direct Blue-86, Reactive Yellow, and Congo Red from dye wastewater. The adsorption kinetics and models indicated the effective adsorption of the dyes by ZIF-8@ZIF-67 in the two-component system.
JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Amir Afarinandeh, Kambiz Heidari, Mariusz Barczak, Magda H. Abdellattif, Zahra Izadi Yazdanaabadi, Ali Akbar Mohammadi, Gholam Ali Haghighat, Mahmoud Shams
Summary: As an emerging class of nanoporous materials, Metal Organic Framework (MOFs) have attracted attention for their advantages in environmental remediation. ZIFs and Ni-MOF were chosen as fluoride (F-) scavengers due to their robust structures and straightforward synthesis routes. The relationship between F- adsorption and the geometry and structural properties of ZIFs was studied. Using the Box-Behnken design (BBD), the key operating variables such as pH, mixing time, F -concentration, and ZIF-67-NO3 dose were modeled. Optimization of the model achieved a maximum 85.9% F- removal under specific conditions.
ARABIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Zexuan Liu, Mengting Chen, Wenwen Feng, Yiqiao Lin, Weipeng Liu, Yingju Liu
Summary: CoS2-embedded nitrogen-doping carbon nanotubes with hollow polyhedron (CoS2/NCNHP) derived from ZIF-8@ZIF-67 were synthesized as an HER electrocatalyst. The pyrolysis of ZIF-8@ZIF-67 effectively retained porous structures, providing a carrier for CoS2 nanoparticles, and the generation of NCNTs enhanced the electrical conductivity. The synergistic effect between CoS2 and NCNTs facilitated favorable electrochemical properties. The CoS2/NCNHP catalyst exhibited low overpotential and maintained high current density after long electrolysis.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Keke Li, Yating Zhang, Peng Wang, Xueying Long, Lisi Zheng, Guoyang Liu, Xinfu He, Jieshan Qiu
Summary: Fuel cells are a promising candidate for next-generation energy conversion devices, but the development of advanced non-precious oxygen reduction catalysts with high activity and stability is challenging. In this study, a novel hybrid architecture was constructed, which exhibited excellent oxygen reduction reaction performance.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Lina Jin, Jianyu Chen, Zhonghua Fu, Xinye Qian, Jian Cheng, Qingyuan Hao, Ke Zhang
Summary: To address the shuttle effect issue in lithium-sulfur batteries, researchers developed a novel hollow core-shell structure as a separator modification layer. This structure improved the discharge capacity and cycling durability of lithium-sulfur batteries, and acted as a polysulfide reservoir.
SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Zihan Tian, Zhaoping Hou, Xinhe Yang, Liangliang Liu, Wanggang Zhang
Summary: By using silver nanowires (AgNWs) as photo-enhanced material, the ZIF-8@AgNWs composite with fully encapsulated shell-core structure of ZIF-8-AgNWs is successfully synthesized via in situ growth method. The addition of AgNWs significantly increases the light absorption of the ZIF-8@AgNWs composite, and the bandgap of ZIF-8@AgNWs is 2.9 eV, with a significant decrease compared to pure ZIF-8 (4.96 eV). The ZIF-8@AgNWs-2 exhibits the best photocatalytic activity for methylene blue (MB) degradation, with a degradation efficiency of 94% and an apparent rate constant of 0.04371 min(-1).
ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yuxiao Feng, Yingjie Du, Geling Kuang, Le Zhong, Hongtong Hu, Shiru Jia, Jiandong Cui
Summary: This study reports a new hierarchical micro-mesoporous zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) with core-shell superstructure (HZIF-8) for enzyme immobilization. The immobilized enzyme in HZIF-8 exhibited higher activity and substrate affinity compared to conventional microporous ZIF-8, showing improved stability and reusability. The obtained HZIF-8 also showed outstanding performance in co-immobilization of multienzyme for glucose detection.
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Optics
Mingjie Xu, Hongwei Chu, Zhongben Pan, Han Pan, Shengzhi Zhao, Dechun Li
Summary: This article presents the fabrication and characterization of core-shell ZIF-8@ZIF-67 nanocomposites with large specific surface area and high stability. The nanocomposites were deposited onto a tapered-microfiber as the saturable absorber and exhibited strong saturable absorption properties. The research demonstrates the excellent potential of core-shell ZIF-8@ZIF-67 nanocomposites in nonlinear optical applications.
OPTICS AND LASER TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Jung Su Lee, Hashikaa Rajan, Maria Christy, Sung Chul Yi
Summary: The Co-decorated nitrogen and sulfur co-doped carbon nanostructures (Co-NSC) exhibit high catalytic activity for oxygen reduction reactions, aiming to replace expensive commercial Pt catalysts. The sulfur co-doping dramatically enhances intrinsic catalytic activity, with variation in sulfurization degree influencing overall catalytic performance. Co-NSC 200 with high sulfur doping shows improved onset potential and current density, making it a promising PGM-free catalyst option.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2021)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Dujuan Li, Xiaoli Ma, Peng Su, Zhibo Jiang, Zhiliang Jin
Summary: In this study, Co3O4 materials with a hollow double-shell structure were obtained by using the imidazolium salt zeolite framework (ZIFs) as the substrate. The composite catalyst CNCO-x (x = 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, and 5) improved the catalytic performance of g-C3N4 by introducing Co3O4 and forming a charge transfer bridge channel.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Cell Biology
Xiaojie Wang, Liang Wang, Mingyi Luo, Qian Bu, Chunqi Liu, Linhong Jiang, Rui Xu, Shaomin Wang, Haoluo Zhang, Jiamei Zhang, Xuemei Wan, Hongchun Li, Yonghai Wang, Bin Liu, Ying Zhao, Yuanyuan Chen, Yanping Dai, Min Li, Hongbo Wang, Jingwei Tian, Yinglan Zhao, Xiaobo Cen
Summary: Clarithromycin (CLA) treatment causes anxiety-like behaviors, possibly through altered glycerophospholipid metabolism.
CELL BIOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Zhang-Yang Shen, Ying-Ying Zhao, Ze-Hua Qiao, Zhen Xie, Ruo-Qing Guan, Ze-Yu Liu, Yan-Ping Liu, Guang-Ying Chen, Yan-Hui Fu
Summary: A phytochemical investigation of the fruits of Morinda citrifolia resulted in the discovery of a new anthraquinone, moricitrifone, along with seven known anthraquinones. The antiproliferative activities of these compounds were evaluated against multiple human cancer cell lines, and they exhibited significant inhibition of cell proliferation.
NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Yonghai Wang, Hongchun Li, Ying Zhao, Feng Qin, Liang Wang, Linhong Jiang, Xiaojie Wang, Rong Chen, Yuman He, Qinfan Wei, Shu Li, Yuanyuan Chen, Yuzhou Xiao, Yanping Dai, Qian Bu, Yinglan Zhao, Jingwei Tian, Hongbo Wang, Xiaobo Cen
Summary: Sevoflurane exposure in the neonatal period causes cognitive impairment and social behavior deficits in adolescent rats. Lipidomics and proteomics analysis revealed the remodeling of lipid metabolism and downregulation of LPCAT1 expression in the hippocampus, suggesting their involvement in neurobehavioral dysfunction.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hongchuan Li, Rui Jin, Zhaowen Xu, Hongxiang Hu, Yusef Kianpoor Kalkhajeh, Yingying Zhao, Linchuan Zhan
Summary: In this study, the potential of chelate tetrasodium glutamate diacetate (GLDA) combined with Tagetes patula L. to remediate cadmium-contaminated soil was investigated. The results showed that GLDA application significantly increased the biomass and cadmium content of Tagetes patula, indicating the efficacy of GLDA for the remediation of cadmium-contaminated farmlands.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Qingmei Cui, Zhongying Liu, Jianxin Li, Fangchao Liu, Xiaoge Niu, Chong Shen, Dongsheng Hu, Keyong Huang, Shufeng Chen, Yingxin Zhao, Fanghong Lu, Xiaoqing Liu, Jie Cao, Laiyuan Wang, Hongxia Ma, Ling Yu, Xianping Wu, Ying Li, Huan Zhang, Xingbo Mo, Liancheng Zhao, Zhibin Hu, Hongbing Shen, Jianfeng Huang, Xiangfeng Lu, Dongfeng Gu
Summary: This study aims to examine whether adherence to ideal cardiovascular health (CVH) can mitigate the genetic risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) in non-European populations. The results showed that individuals with a favourable CVH profile demonstrated similar relative effects across Polygenic Risk Score (PRS) categories, reducing the CAD relative risk by a similar magnitude. Individuals with high PRS achieved the greatest benefit from favourable CVH, mitigating the risk to the average level of the population. Attaining favourable CVH should be encouraged for all individuals, especially those with high genetic susceptibility.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Xiao-Han Sun, Mei-Wei Lv, Ying-Xin Zhao, Hao Zhang, Muhammad Asmat Ullah Saleem, Yi Zhao, Jin-Long Li
Summary: This study determined the mechanism of nano-Se antagonism in Cd-induced hepatocyte pyroptosis by targeting the APJAMPK-PGC1 alpha pathway. The results showed that Cd activated the NLRP3 inflammasome and caused hepatocyte pyroptosis. Furthermore, Cd also increased hepatic fibrosis. However, the co-treatment of nano-Se and Cd significantly reduced the degree of fibrosis.
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Ewelina Kusiak-Nejman, Katarzyna Cmielewska, Agnieszka Wanag, Ewa Ekiert, Iwona Pelech, Urszula Narkiewicz, Antoni W. Morawski
Summary: Industrial TiO2 suspension from sulphate technology was used for samples preparation. One sample was directly calcined in an argon stream at 800 C-o. The second one, before the calcination in the same conditions, was modified with APTES in such a way that the final product contained about 2 wt% of silicon. Photocatalysts were tested in the CO2 reduction reaction containing the addition of gaseous nitrogen and water vapour. No activity was observed in the CO2 reduction reaction for a directly calcined sample that mainly consists of a rutile phase. It was found that the addition of silicon prevents the anatase-to-rutile phase transition by forming a Si-O-Ti chain containing the anatase phase and leads to gaseous products: hydrogen, carbon monoxide and methane, and ammonia. The presence of silicon generates paramagnetic recentres with g= 2.0028, which are associated with oxygen vacancies and delocalized electrons. This electronic structure is critical to the photocatalytic reduction of CO2 because the pure rutile phase (without silicon modification) does not reduce CO2, but only the presence of ammonia was found in the products.
APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Yingying Zhao, Deng Yan, Jinjing Liu, Shuzhen Yang, Dongmei Li, Litao Peng
Summary: In this study, the function of the vacuolar ATPase subunit H (VmaH) in Penicillium digitatum was characterized. The results showed that silencing the VmaH gene reduced cell growth and pathogenicity of P. digitatum, increased vacuolar pH and decreased extracellular pH. Furthermore, VmaH gene silencing inhibited the expression of transport genes and interfered with nutrient metabolic processing, leading to altered cell morphology and weakened pathogenicity.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Editorial Material
Cell Biology
Gaoxiang Zhao, Qian Lin, Zhaoyuan Meng, Xinlei Sheng, Leina Ma, Yingming Zhao
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zheng Ma, Zhen Xing, Yingying Zhao, Yiru Hu
Summary: This paper investigates the influence of freeze-thaw cycles on the dynamic strength properties of silty clay fillers before and after cement improvement, and quantifies the improvement effects of cement improvement. The results show that cement modification significantly improves the dynamic strength parameters of silty clay even after multiple freeze-thaw cycles, providing a useful reference for subgrade improvement along the silty clay railway in northern China.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Ying Zhao, Lian-Cai An, Kai Li, Yong-Ji Gong, Tian-Meng Guo, Fei-Fei Gao, Yang Lei, Quanwen Li, Wei Li, Xian-He Bu
Summary: Hybrid organic-inorganic piezoelectrics have gained attention for their fascinating performance, ease of synthesis, and mechanical flexibility. However, most reported systems contain toxic heavy metals or are unstable due to metal halide bonds. In this research, a stable zero-dimensional hybrid piezoelectric material based on an environmentally friendly anion of SCN- was synthesized. The resulting flexible composite films showed exceptional mechanical energy harvesting properties, outperforming state-of-the-art piezoelectric devices, with excellent durability and stability.
SCIENCE CHINA-MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Ying Zhao, Dong Yuan, Jia Tina Du, Jinjun Chen
Summary: Directional distribution analysis is essential for abstracting dispersion and orientation of spatial datasets, but it must be used cautiously to protect individuals' privacy. There is a tension between accurate directional distribution results and location privacy. In this paper, we propose a geo-ellipse-indistinguishability privacy notion to protect individual location data and present elliptical privacy mechanisms based on gamma distribution and multivariate normal distribution. The empirical evaluation shows that our proposed elliptical approach achieves significantly higher directional distribution utility compared to circular noise function based methods.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON KNOWLEDGE AND DATA ENGINEERING
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Jianqing Zhou, Yunlong Xie, Lun Yang, Yisi Liu, Yue Du, Luo Yu, Ying Yu
Summary: Hydrogen is a green and efficient energy candidate, and water splitting through the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) offers a sustainable approach for high-purity green hydrogen production. Neutral electrolytes are a more promising choice for large-scale hydrogen production due to their mild environment. Multi-site engineering is an effective strategy for improving the neutral HER activity by providing multiple catalytic sites to interact with different intermediates. This review provides an overview of multi-site electrocatalysts for the neutral HER, including design principles, progress, and perspectives, aiming to guide the rational design of multi-site water splitting electrocatalysts.
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Juan-Juan Li, Rui-Xue Rong, Yan Yang, Zong-Ying Hu, Bing Hu, Ying-Ying Zhao, Hua-Bin Li, Xin-Yue Hu, Ke-Rang Wang, Dong-Sheng Guo
Summary: Host-guest drug delivery systems (HGDDSs) have been studied to modify therapeutic agents and improve treatment effects. The targeting ability of HGDDSs needs continuous improvement for the development of precision medicine. In this study, a lactose-modified azocalix[4]arene (LacAC4A) was used as a triple targeting drug carrier for antitumor purposes. LacAC4A showed effective tumor growth suppression through passive targeting, active targeting, and stimuli-responsive targeting. This design principle provides a new material for drug delivery systems.
MATERIALS HORIZONS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Jiayong Xiao, Jofrey J. Masana, Hao Dong, Hui Zhang, Haolan Yang, Ming Qiu, Ying Yu
Summary: Heterostructure molecular catalysts composed of 3d-transition metal phthalocyanine and nitrogen-doped graphene can modulate the electron configuration of the central metal atom and lower the energy barrier for the electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction. The study also determined the mechanism of dual-site synergistic hydrogenation through molecular dynamics simulation.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
(2023)
