Article
Environmental Sciences
Siva Vadivel, Arunpandian Muthuraj, Murugan Anbazhagan, Shameem Abdul Samad, Raja Arumugam
Summary: A hybrid nano catalyst, CoMoO4 anchored zeolitic imidazolate framework-8, was successfully synthesized by a simple in-situ chemical method. The CoMoO4@ZIF-8 composites showed enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible light.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Esraa S. Elmorsy, Wael A. Amer, Ayman Mahrous, Mohamad M. Ayad
Summary: A novel and stable composite material was successfully synthesized and its structural and morphological properties were investigated. The composite exhibited higher light absorption and charge separation capabilities under visible light irradiation, resulting in significant photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue. The composite also maintained its activity after multiple cycles.
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING B-ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL SOLID-STATE MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Asif Nisar, Muhammad Saeed, Majid Muneer, Muhammad Usman, Iltaf Khan
Summary: The study reports the synthesis of ZnO-reduced graphene oxide catalyst for degradation of methylene blue, showing its high efficiency in dye removal and recyclability. Analysis of reaction kinetics revealed the Langmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism as the main kinetics mechanism for photodegradation of methylene blue.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(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
Materials Science, Ceramics
Zaheer Ahmed Ujjan, Muhammad Ali Bhatti, Aqeel Ahmed Shah, Aneela Tahira, Nek Muhammad Shaikh, Shusheel Kumar, Abdul Qayoom Mugheri, Shymaa S. Medany, Ayman Nafady, Fahad Alnjiman, Melanie Emo, Brigitte Vigolo, Zafar Hussain Ibupoto
Summary: In this study, sulfide and chloride ions were successfully doped into ZnO through hydrothermal method. The doped ZnO nanostructures showed no significant change in morphology, retaining the wurtzite crystal structure with a red shift in XRD results. The successful doping of sulfide and chloride ions was confirmed by elemental analysis. Importantly, the optical band gap of ZnO was reduced upon doping, leading to enhanced photocatalytic properties. The doped ZnO photocatalyst achieved a high photo-degradation efficiency of methylene blue.
CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Abhishek Bhapkar, Rishi Prasad, Dipika Jaspal, Mandar Shirolkar, Kh. Gheisari, Shekhar Bhame
Summary: Zinc oxide nanoparticles were successfully synthesized using glycine nitrate solution combustion synthesis. The synthesized nanoparticles exhibited a pure hexagonal wurtzite-like structure of ZnO. They showed effective visible light catalytic activity in the degradation of methylene blue dye, degrading 98% of the dye in 120 minutes with 0.1 g/L of catalyst loading. Photoluminescence studies suggested that the enhanced photocatalytic activity may be attributed to the presence of singly ionized oxygen vacancy or intrinsic defects.
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Wenqiang Liu, Meng Zhou, Heqing Fu
Summary: A ternary Ag@ZnO@Ti3C2 MXene heterojunction (AZM) is synthesized to enhance photocatalytic activity by compensating for MXene's narrow bandgap with ZnO and Ag nanoparticles. The optimized AZM heterojunction photocatalyst shows high degradation efficiency for organic dyes under visible light irradiation.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Shichen Li, Dhandayuthapani Thiyagarajan, Bong-Kee Lee
Summary: Immobilization of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) on electrospun products for wastewater treatment has gained attention. The effect of the overall geometry and surface-area-to-volume ratio of MOF-decorated electrospun architectures on their performances was investigated. Helicoidal PCL/PVP strips were prepared via immersion electrospinning and Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-8 (ZIF-8) was immobilized on the strips. The high surface-area-to-volume ratio of the ZIF-8-decorated helicoidal strips resulted in improved performance for MB adsorption and photocatalytic degradation.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Syed Nizam Uddin Shah Bukhari, Aqeel Ahmed Shah, Muhammad Ali Bhatti, Aneela Tahira, Iftikhar Ahmed Channa, Abdul Karim Shah, Ali Dad Chandio, Wael A. Mahdi, Sultan Alshehri, Zaffar Hussain Ibhupoto, Wen Liu
Summary: Wastewater from the textile industry, which contains various organic dyes, poses a chronic and hazardous problem for human health. A study conducted on the treatment of this wastewater using low-cost and efficient photocatalyst technology found that ZnO microstructures grown in the presence of psyllium husk showed enhanced photocatalytic activity towards the degradation of methylene blue. The psyllium husk modified the surface of the ZnO microstructures, created defects in the crystal structures, and altered the morphology of the nanostructured material. The addition of carbon from the thermal combustion of psyllium husk further improved the photocatalytic performance. The research also explored the optimal dosage of photocatalyst for efficient photodegradation of methylene blue.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Eko Santoso, Ratna Ediati, Zahrotul Istiqomah, Dety Oktavia Sulistiono, Reva Edra Nugraha, Yuly Kusumawati, Hasliza Bahruji, Didik Prasetyoko
Summary: Synthesis of ZIF-8 using acetic acid as solvent resulted in uniform nanoparticles with enhanced adsorption properties for methylene blue removal. Compared to ZIF-8 produced using N,N-dimethylformamide solvent, ZIF-8 (AA) showed smaller particle size, enhanced mesoporosity, higher surface area, and greater adsorption capacity. The adsorption of methylene blue followed pseudo-second order kinetic and Langmuir model on ZIF-8 (AA), indicating its efficiency for dye removal.
MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS
(2021)
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
Xiuxiu Dong, Jun Deng, Meicai Ge, Shun Lu, Qiuxiang Zhu
Summary: A novel coaxial CdS@ZnO nanowire array catalyst was synthesized and the optimal photocatalytic composite was obtained by adjusting the ratio of CdS and ZnO. The catalyst exhibited strong photocatalytic solid activity, achieving high adsorption and photodegradation rates for methylene blue under simulated sunlight illumination.
CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Chemical
Wei Li, Yajie Chen, Wei Han, Shumei Liang, Yuzhen Jiao, Guohui Tian
Summary: Converting CO2 into chemical energy through efficient photocatalysts is a promising approach to meeting energy demands and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This study developed hierarchical ZnO@ZnFe2O4 hollow polyhedrons decorated with CdS quantum dots to enhance the photocatalytic CO2 reduction performance. The synthesis involved the thermal decomposition of 2-Methylimidazole zinc salt (ZIF-8) precursor to produce ZnO hollow polyhedrons, followed by in situ generation of Zn-Fe layer double hydroxide nanosheets and thermal treatment to form ZnFe2O4 nanosheets. The hierarchical structure of the ZnO@ZnFe2O4 hollow polyhedrons provides favorable active sites for CO2 adsorption and reduction.
SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Suyan Liu, Yao Ning, Xiaoran Qi, Jingjing Zhao, Yanfei Fu, Boyu Zhang, Jing Gao, Jiarun Miao, Jianzheng Song, Quan Huo
Summary: A series of CdS-modified zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8)-derived porous carbons (CZCs) were fabricated using a facile method, with CZC600-30 showing optimum photocatalytic activity for degrading organic pollutants such as methylene blue and tetracycline within 60 minutes under visible-light irradiation. The promising catalyst exhibited good performance due to the formation of type (II) heterojunction, efficient separation of photoinduced carriers, increased surface area and pore volume compared to CdS, and main active species of O-2(-) during photodegradation process.
RESEARCH ON CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATES
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Razan A. Alshgari, Zaheer Ahmed Ujjan, Aqeel Ahmed Shah, Muhammad Ali Bhatti, Aneela Tahira, Nek Muhammad Shaikh, Susheel Kumar, Mazhar Hussain Ibupoto, Amal Elhawary, Ayman Nafady, Brigitte Vigolo, Zaffar Hussain Ibhupoto
Summary: In this study, chloride ions were doped into ZnO nanostructures through the solvothermal method to investigate their effect on the photocatalytic activity of ZnO towards the degradation of methylene blue. The results showed that doping with chloride ions effectively reduced the optical band gap of ZnO and improved its photodegradation efficiency. The study also revealed a correlation between the pH of the methylene blue solution and the concentration of chloride ions, highlighting the crucial role of chloride ions in activating the degradation kinetics of methylene blue.
Article
Rheumatology
Jiazhen Zheng, Xihao Huang, Jinghan Huang, Bingyao Meng, Furong Li, Huamin Liu, Liren Chen, Rui Zhou, Mengchen Zou, Xianbo Wu
Summary: This study evaluated the association between glycemic control and the risk of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis in a community-based cohort of older adults. The findings suggest that diabetes, poor glycemic management, and long-term diabetes are potential risk factors for knee osteoarthritis. The study also highlights the importance of targeting blood glucose in addition to bodyweight as a preventive measure for knee osteoarthritis.
ARTHRITIS CARE & RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Oncology
Haiyan Zhang, Zhiping Fan, Fen Huang, Lijie Han, Yajing Xu, Na Xu, Lan Deng, Shunqing Wang, Dongjun Lin, Xiaodan Luo, Qing Zhang, Xiaodan Liu, Xudong Li, Xinquan Liang, Shuangfeng Xie, Hong Qu, Sijian Yu, Hongsheng Zhou, Pengcheng Shi, Li Xuan, Ren Lin, Hui Liu, Hua Jin, Jing Sun, Qifa Liu
Summary: A randomized phase III trial in China compared busulfan plus cyclophosphamide (BuCy) regimen with total body irradiation plus cyclophosphamide (TBI-Cy) regimen as conditioning for allo-HSCT in adult standard-risk B-cell-ALL patients. The study found that BuCy regimen had noninferior efficacy and safety compared to TBI-Cy.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Wei Peng, Zhaoyang Wang, Ruihu Lu, Qi Li, Ziyun Wang, Yan Zhao, Lin Xu, Liqiang Mai
Summary: In this study, a novel metallic heterostructure composed of defect-rich nickel and amorphous/crystalline molybdenum nitride anchored on a carbon matrix (MoN/Ni@C) was fabricated and demonstrated as a superior electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). The MoN/Ni@C electrocatalyst exhibited low HER overpotential and small Tafel slope, along with excellent stability in alkaline solution. Density functional theory calculations revealed that the interfacial electron transfer contributed to the distortion of Ni surface and the optimal thermoneutral hydrogen adsorption free energies on Mo and Ni active sites. The amorphous/crystalline structure in the MoN phase provided more active sites and promoted structural stability. This work provides new insights into designing non-noble-metal-based electrocatalysts with superior HER activities.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Ce Sun, Wei Sen Zhang, Chao Qiang Jiang, Ya Li Jin, Xue Qing Deng, G. Neil Thomas, Jean Woo, Kar Keung Cheng, Tai Hing Lam, Lin Xu
Summary: Using data from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, the association between whole grain and refined grain intake with all-cause, cancer, and cardiovascular disease mortality was examined. The study found that higher whole grain intake was associated with lower all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality, while higher refined grain intake was associated with lower cancer mortality but higher cardiovascular disease mortality.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Peyman Aghabeyki, Yang Cai, Guangsheng Deng, Zheng-Hua Tan, Shuai Zhang
Summary: This paper introduces a novel approach for designing a dual-polarized liquid crystal (LC) unit cell, which reduces the thickness of the LC layer without affecting its loss and phase shift. The unit cell consists of a tunable superstrate made of LC between a cross patch and a square patch. The LC layer can vary the resonant frequency and phase of the unit cell to achieve 2-D beam steering. Simulation and manual fabrication of a dual-polarized reflectarray (RA) demonstrate its effectiveness in the 28 GHz band.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION
(2023)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Feng Liu, Weicheng Ren, Hailong Liu, Hao Liu, Shuyue Wang, Di Zhang, Dandan Sun, Feifei Zhang, Zhengkang Shao, Jia Feng, Menghan Yan, Lan Yang, Zhiwei Wang, Jinliang Zhang, Yingwu Wang
Summary: Liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (LC-MS) is utilized for host cell proteins (HCP) identification in antibody drug development, but its application in prokaryotic-derived growth hormone (GH) samples is rare. In this study, a universal workflow combining optimized sample preparation and one-dimensional ultra-high performance LC-MS-based shotgun proteomics was developed to profile HCP in GH samples, providing guidance for purification process development and biosimilar development. A standard-spiking strategy was also developed to enhance HCP identification, enabling trace-level HCP analysis. These protocols open avenues for HCP profiling in biotherapeutics derived from prokaryotic host cells.
ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Zixuan Cai, Xin Zhou, Yushi Yang, Jie Li, Weihua Liu, Qianqian Wang, Lin Hao, Zhi Wang, Yusuke Yamauchi, Jungmok You, Shuaihua Zhang, Qiuhua Wu, Chun Wang
Summary: A series of cyano-functionalized ionic porous organic polymers (CN-iPOPs) were prepared and used for the sensitive analysis of estrogens in environmental and food samples. The optimized CN-iPOP3 showed exceptional sorption capacity for estrogens, making it an advanced adsorbent for solid phase extraction (SPE) of estrogens.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Haoran Wang, Qing Cheng, Ziqi Zhai, Xiangyun Cui, Mingxuan Li, Ruiquan Ye, Liang Sun, Huolin Shen
Summary: Transcriptomic and proteomic analyses were performed to identify genes and proteins associated with celery cytoplasmic male sterility. The results provide a foundation for further investigation into the mechanisms of pollen development and the causes of cytoplasmic male sterility in celery.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Rui Yang, Lijun Yang, Tingmei Wang, Qihua Wang
Summary: This study introduces a powder metallurgy route to enhance the mechanical properties of equiatomic CoCrNi medium-entropy alloys using multiple strengthening mechanisms. The yield strength of the alloy produced by mechanical alloying is significantly higher than that of alloys prepared from commercial powders or casting. The coordination of ultra-fine grains, twins, and high-density stacking faults contributes to the enhanced strength. Molecular dynamic simulations further demonstrate the influence of twins and stacking faults on the grain refinement effect. These findings highlight the effectiveness of mechanical alloying in producing MEAs with superior strength.
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Peiye Liu, Gert Frolund Pedersen, Wonbin Hong, Shuai Zhang
Summary: A dual-polarized wideband low-sidelobe slot array antenna for wireless communication systems in the V-band is proposed. The design utilizes Taylor distribution and compact wideband unequal power dividers to achieve stable amplitude and phase distribution among elements. Orthogonally polarized feeding networks with unequal power dividers are used to connect the subarrays to the input ports. The fabricated prototype demonstrates high gain, wide impedance bandwidth, and low sidelobe levels.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yu-Xiong Ju, Peng Song, Ping-Yue Wang, Xin-Xin Chen, Tao Chen, Xiao-Hui Yao, Wei-Guo Zhao, Dong-Yang Zhang
Summary: In this study, a hydrogel electrode with excellent mechanical strength was created by simulating the collagen fiber network and proteoglycan in cartilage. The hydrogel electrode showed enhanced mechanical properties and fracture energy due to the bionic structure. The hydrogel electrode also achieved a high capacitance and energy density, maintaining a high capacitance after multiple charge-discharge cycles and stretching.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
(2023)
Article
Thermodynamics
Lan Li, Xiwei Li, Shengbing Wan, Zheng Liu, Yafen Zhang, Qinghong Kong, Junhao Zhang
Summary: An efficient flame retardant (ADM) with phosphophenanthrene and thiazole groups was synthesized to alleviate the fire hazard of epoxy resin (EP). EP/4% ADM composites containing only 0.25% phosphorus reached UL-94 V-0 rating and had a high limiting oxygen index of 35.8%. The improved flame retardancy was attributed to the decomposition of DOPO, which captured reactive radicals, and the dilution effect of the thiazole group.
JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY
(2023)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Yuan Fang, Yuxian Wang, Linlin Xu, Yujia Chen, Alexander Wong, David A. Clausi
Summary: This article proposes a Bayesian neural network for unsupervised subpixel mapping, which integrates different prior information and model constraints to achieve more accurate and visual results compared to other state-of-the-art methods.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yen-Ting Liu, Celeste Romero, Xue Xiao, Lei Guo, Xiaoyun Zhou, Mark A. Applebaum, Lin Xu, Stephen X. Skapek
Summary: CDKN2A/B deletion or silencing is common in human cancer, highlighting the importance of bypassing its tumor suppression. In childhood cancers like RMS and neuroblastoma, CDKN2A/B transcripts are expressed independently, but one, ARF, is always silenced. TGF beta can induce CDKN2A/B transcripts, but only when cells are pretreated with methyltransferase inhibitors or EZH2 inhibitors, suggesting a crosstalk between methyltransferase inhibition and TGF beta-dependent activation.
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Xiaoxuan Jia, Lijuan Wan, Xiaoshan Chen, Wanying Ji, Shaoqing Huang, Yuangang Qi, Jingjing Cui, Shengcai Wei, Jin Cheng, Fan Chai, Caizhen Feng, Yulu Liu, Hongmei Zhang, Yingshi Sun, Nan Hong, Shengxiang Rao, Xinhua Zhang, Youping Xiao, Yingjiang Ye, Lei Tang, Yi Wang
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the ability of CT and endoscopic sonography (EUS) in predicting the malignant risk of 1-2-cm gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors (gGISTs) and to determine whether radiomics could be used for risk stratification. The results showed that the CT radiomics model performed well in discriminating malignant 1-2-cm gGISTs and had potential clinical applicability.
EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY
(2023)
