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Kang Y, Zhao J, Zeng Y, Du X, Gu Z. 3D Printing Photonic Crystals: A Review. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2403525. [PMID: 39087369 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202403525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2024] [Revised: 06/28/2024] [Indexed: 08/02/2024]
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Living organisms in nature possess diverse and vibrant structural colors generated from their intrinsic surface micro/nanostructures. These intricate micro/nanostructures can be harnessed to develop a new generation of colorful materials for various fields such as photonics, information storage, display, and sensing. Recent advancements in the fabrication of photonic crystals have enabled the preparation of structurally colored materials with customized geometries using 3D printing technologies. Here, a comprehensive review of the historical development of fabrication methods for photonic crystals is provided. Diverse 3D printing approaches along with the underlying mechanisms, as well as the regulation methods adopted to generate photonic crystals with structural color, are discussed. This review aims to offer the readers an overview of the state-of-the-art 3D printing techniques for photonic crystals, present a guide and considerations to fabricate photonic crystals leveraging different 3D printing methods.
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- Youlong Kang
- State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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Tong L, Gong Z, Wang Y, Luo J, Huang S, Gao R, Chen G, Ouyang G. Atomically Precise Regulation of the N-Heterocyclic Microenvironment in Triazine Covalent Organic Frameworks for Coenzyme Photocatalytic Regeneration. J Am Chem Soc 2024. [PMID: 39025790 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c06142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
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Artificial photosynthesis represents a sustainable strategy for accessing high-value chemicals; however, the conversion efficiency is significantly limited by its difficulty in the cycle of coenzymes such as NADH. In this study, we report a series of isostructural triazine covalent organic frameworks (COFs) and explore their N-substituted microenvironment-dependent photocatalytic activity for NADH regeneration. We discovered that the rational alteration of N-heterocyclic species, which are linked to the triazine center through an imine linkage, can significantly regulate both the electron band structure and planarity of a COF layer. This results in different separation efficiencies of the photoinduced electron-hole pairs and electron transfer behavior within and between individual layers. The optimal COF catalyst herein achieves an NADH regeneration capacity of 89% within 20 min, outperforming most of the reported nanomaterial photocatalysts. Based on this, an artificial photosynthesis system is constructed for the green synthesis of a high-value compound, L-glutamate, and its conversion efficiency significantly surpasses the enzymatic approach without the NADH photocatalytic cycle. This work offers new insights into the coenzyme regeneration by means of regulating the distal heterocyclic microenvironment of a COF skeleton, holding great potential for the green photosynthesis of important chemicals.
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- Linjing Tong
- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
- Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Functional Molecular Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
- Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Functional Molecular Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Amani AM, Tayebi L, Abbasi M, Vaez A, Kamyab H, Chelliapan S, Vafa E. The Need for Smart Materials in an Expanding Smart World: MXene-Based Wearable Electronics and Their Advantageous Applications. ACS OMEGA 2024; 9:3123-3142. [PMID: 38284011 PMCID: PMC10809375 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c06590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Revised: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2024]
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As a result of the transformation of inflexible electronic structures into flexible and stretchy devices, wearable electronics now provide great advantages in a variety of fields, including mobile healthcare sensing and monitoring, human-machine interfaces, portable energy storage and harvesting, and more. Because of their enriched surface functionalities, large surface area, and high electrical conductivity, transition metal nitrides and carbides (also known as MXenes) have recently come to be extensively considered as a group of functioning two-dimensional nanomaterials as well as exceptional fundamental elements for forming flexible electronics devices. This Review discusses the most recent advancements that have been made in the field of MXene-enabled flexible electronics for wearable electronics. The emphasis is placed on extensively established nonstructural features in order to highlight some MXene-enabled electrical devices that were constructed on a nanometric scale. These attributes include devices configured in three dimensions: printed materials, bioinspired structures, and textile and planar substrates. In addition, sample applications in electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding, energy, healthcare, and humanoid control of machinery illustrate the exceptional development of these nanodevices. The increasing potential of MXene nanoparticles as a new area in next-generation wearable electronic technologies is projected in this Review. The design challenges associated with these electronic devices are also discussed, and possible solutions are presented.
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- Ali Mohammad Amani
- Department
of Medical Nanotechnology, School of Advanced Medical Sciences and
Technologies, Shiraz University of Medical
Sciences, Shiraz 71348, Iran
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- School
of Dentistry, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233, United States
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- Department
of Medical Nanotechnology, School of Advanced Medical Sciences and
Technologies, Shiraz University of Medical
Sciences, Shiraz 71348, Iran
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- Department
of Tissue Engineering and Applied Cell Sciences, School of Advanced
Medical Sciences and Technologies, Shiraz
University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz 71348, Iran
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- Malaysia-Japan
International Institute of Technology, Universiti
Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan
Sultan Yahya Petra,54100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Facultad
de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad
UTE, Calle Rumipamba
S/N y Bourgeois, Quito 170147, Ecuador
- Department
of Biomaterials, Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai 600 077, India
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- Engineering
Department, Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, 54100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department
of Medical Nanotechnology, School of Advanced Medical Sciences and
Technologies, Shiraz University of Medical
Sciences, Shiraz 71348, Iran
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Ma X, He J, Liu Y, Bai X, Leng J, Zhao Y, Chen D, Wang J. Plant Photocatalysts: Photoinduced Oxidation and Reduction Abilities of Plant Leaf Ashes under Solar Light. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:2260. [PMID: 37570577 PMCID: PMC10421452 DOI: 10.3390/nano13152260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023]
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Plant leaf ashes were obtained via the high temperature calcination of the leaves of various plants, such as sugarcane, couchgrass, bracteata, garlic sprout, and the yellowish leek. Although the photosynthesis systems in plant leaves cannot exist after calcination, minerals in these ashes were found to exhibit photochemical activities. The samples showed solar light photocatalytic oxidation activities sufficient to degrade methylene blue dye. They were also shown to possess intrinsic dehydrogenase-like activities in reducing the colorless electron acceptor 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride to a red formazan precipitate under solar light irradiation. The possible reasons behind these two unreported phenomena were also investigated. These ashes were characterized using a combination of physicochemical techniques. Moreover, our findings exemplify how the soluble and insoluble minerals in plant leaf ashes can be synergistically designed to yield next-generation photocatalysts. It may also lead to advances in artificial photosynthesis and photocatalytic dehydrogenase.
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- Xiaoqian Ma
- School of Chemical Sciences & Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences & Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences & Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences & Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences & Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences & Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
- School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
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Roostaei T, Rahimpour MR, Zhao H, Eisapour M, Chen Z, Hu J. Recent advances and progress in biotemplate catalysts for electrochemical energy storage and conversion. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 318:102958. [PMID: 37453344 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2023.102958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Revised: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Complex structures and morphologies in nature endow materials with unexpected properties and extraordinary functions. Biotemplating is an emerging strategy for replicating nature structures to obtain materials with unique morphologies and improved properties. Recently, efforts have been made to use bio-inspired species as a template for producing morphology-controllable catalysts. Fundamental information, along with recent advances in biotemplate metal-based catalysts are presented in this review through discussions of various structures and biotemplates employed for catalyst preparation. This review also outlines the recent progress on preparation routes of biotemplate catalysts and discusses how the properties and structures of these templates play a crucial role in the final performance of metal-based catalysts. Additionally, the application of bio-based metal and metal oxide catalysts is highlighted for various key energy and environmental technologies, including photocatalysis, fuel cells, and lithium batteries. Biotemplate metal-based catalysts display high efficiency in several energy and environmental systems. Note that this review provides guidance for further research in this direction.
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- Tayebeh Roostaei
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran; Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N1N4, Canada; Eastern Institute for Advanced Study, Ningbo, Zhengjiang 315200, China
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N1N4, Canada.
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Yang Y, Wang W, Li M, Zhou S, Zhang J, Wang A. Plant Leaf-Inspired Separators with Hierarchical Structure and Exquisite Fluidic Channels for Dendrite-Free Lithium Metal Batteries. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2301237. [PMID: 37104858 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202301237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2023] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Lithium (Li) metal batteries are among the most promising devices for high energy storage applications but suffer from severe and irregular Li dendrite growth. Here, it is demonstrated that the issue can be well tackled by precisely designing the leaf-like membrane with hierarchical structure and exquisite fluidic channels. As a proof of concept, plant leaf-inspired membrane (PLIM) separators are prepared using natural attapulgite nanorods. The PLIM separators feature super-electrolyte-philicity, high thermal stability and high ion-selectivity. Thus, the separators can guide uniform and directed Li growth on the Li anode. The Li//PLIM//Li cell with limited Li anode shows high Coulombic efficiency and cycling stability over 1500 h with small overpotential and interface impedance. The Li//PLIM//S battery exhibits high initial capacity (1352 mAh g-1 ), cycling stability (0.019% capacity decay per cycle at 1 C over 500 cycles), rate performance (673 mAh g-1 at 4 C), and high operating temperature (65 °C). The separators can also effectively improve reversibility and cycling stability of the Li/Li cell and Li//LFP battery with carbonate-based electrolyte. As such, this work provides fresh insights into the design of bioinspired separators for dendrite-free metal batteries.
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- Yanfei Yang
- Key Laboratory of Clay Mineral Applied Research of Gansu, Province, and Center of Eco-Material and Green Chemistry, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Clay Mineral Applied Research of Gansu, Province, and Center of Eco-Material and Green Chemistry, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory for Environmental Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Chemistry of Low-Dimensional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huaiyin Normal University, Huaian, 223300, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory for Environmental Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Chemistry of Low-Dimensional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huaiyin Normal University, Huaian, 223300, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Clay Mineral Applied Research of Gansu, Province, and Center of Eco-Material and Green Chemistry, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Clay Mineral Applied Research of Gansu, Province, and Center of Eco-Material and Green Chemistry, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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Sarkar A, Gupta N, Biswas SK. Bimodal mesoporous a-Fe2O3/SiO2 composite: A highly efficient heterogeneous solar-driven photo-Fenton catalyst. J Mol Struct 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.135373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/19/2023]
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Adegoke KA, Adegoke OR, Adigun RA, Maxakato NW, Bello OS. Two-dimensional metal-organic frameworks: From synthesis to biomedical, environmental, and energy conversion applications. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Choudhari M, Xu J, McKay AI, Guerrin C, Forsyth C, Ma HZ, Goerigk L, O'Hair RAJ, Bonnefont A, Ruhlmann L, Aloise S, Ritchie C. A photo-switchable molecular capsule: sequential photoinduced processes. Chem Sci 2022; 13:13732-13740. [PMID: 36544719 PMCID: PMC9710229 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc04613j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The metastable trilacunary heteropolyoxomolybdate [PMo9O31(py)3]3- - {PMo9}; py = pyridine) and the ditopic pyridyl bearing diarylethene (DAE) (C25H16N2F6S2) self-assemble via a facile ligand replacement methodology to yield the photo-active molecular capsule [(PMo9O31)2(DAE)3]6-. The spatial arrangement and conformation of the three DAE ligands are directed by the surface chemistry of the molecular metal oxide precursor with exclusive ligation of the photo-active antiparallel rotamer to the polyoxometalate (POM) while the integrity of the assembly in solution has been verified by a suite of spectroscopic techniques. Electrocyclisation of the three DAEs occurs sequentially and has been investigated using a combination of steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopies with the discovery of a photochemical cascade whereby rapid photoinduced ring closure is followed by electron transfer from the ring-closed DAE to the POM in the latent donor-acceptor system on subsequent excitation. This interpretation is also supported by computational and detailed spectroelectrochemical analysis. Ring-closing quantum yields were also determined using a custom quantum yield determination setup (QYDS), providing insight into the impact of POM coordination on these processes.
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- School of Chemistry, Monash UniversityClaytonVictoria3800Australia,College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanghai Normal UniversityShanghai 200234China
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- Université de Lille, CNRS, UMR 8516 – LASIRE – Laboratoire de Spectroscopie pour les Interactions, la Réactivité et l’EnvironnementLille F-59000France
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- School of Chemistry, Monash UniversityClaytonVictoria3800Australia
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- School of Chemistry, University of MelbourneMelbourne3010VictoriaAustralia
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- School of Chemistry, University of MelbourneMelbourne3010VictoriaAustralia
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- Laboratoire d’Electrochimie et Chimie Physique du Corps Solide, Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg, UMR 7177 CNRS-Université de Strasbourg4, rue Blaise PascalStrasbourg 67000France
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- Laboratoire d’Electrochimie et Chimie Physique du Corps Solide, Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg, UMR 7177 CNRS-Université de Strasbourg4, rue Blaise PascalStrasbourg 67000France
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- Université de Lille, CNRS, UMR 8516 – LASIRE – Laboratoire de Spectroscopie pour les Interactions, la Réactivité et l’EnvironnementLille F-59000France
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- School of Chemistry, Monash UniversityClaytonVictoria3800Australia
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Fan Y, Yang R, Zhu R, Zhao H, Lu Q, Chen Z, Hu J. CdS-based artificial leaf for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution and simultaneous degradation of biological wastewater. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 301:134713. [PMID: 35487350 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2021] [Revised: 03/27/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Rational design of all-solid-state Z-scheme heterojunction with advanced structure is essential for boosting photocatalytic efficiency. Herein, we design and fabricate a novel Z-scheme photocatalyst with leaf architecture (named artificial leaf) via a simple dipping-calcination (DC) process followed by a successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) strategy. The prepared artificial leaf, composing of CdS, InVO4, and BiVO4, holds advanced leaf-like structure and Z-scheme electron transfer pathway. As a result, this novel artificial leaf exhibits outstanding capability for the harvesting of visible light and superior efficiency for the separation of photogenerated electron-hole pairs, as well as remarkably enhanced photocatalytic performance and stability for H2 evolution (with the rate of 5033 μm g-1∙h-1) and pollution degradation (46% pollution can be degraded within 3 h).
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- Yingying Fan
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Prevention and Control, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China; Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Prevention and Control, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China; Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Prevention and Control, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China.
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada.
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada.
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Aloe barbadensis Mill leaf gel assisted combustion synthesized ZnO:Ni3+: Electrochemical sensor for Ascorbic Acid detection and Photocatalysis. INORG CHEM COMMUN 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2022.109760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Jiang Y, Wang Z, Zhou L, Jiang S, Liu X, Zhao H, Huang Q, Wang L, Chen G, Wang S. Highly efficient and selective modification of lignin towards optically designable and multifunctional lignocellulose nanopaper for green light-management applications. Int J Biol Macromol 2022; 206:264-276. [PMID: 35240206 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.02.147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Revised: 02/08/2022] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Transparent lignocellulose nanopaper (LNP) has been demonstrated to be a promising candidate light-management material for next-generation optical engineering applications. Similar to its role in plant cell walls, lignin serves as a vital functional component in LNP matrices. However, its intrinsic light absorption property renders LNP undesirable for a range of optical management systems. Here, a highly efficient, controllable and ecofriendly lignin modification strategy is developed for modulating the optical performance of LNPs by taking advantage of the beneficial synergistic effect of H2O2 and UV light in selectively eliminating lignin chromophores. The obtained lignin-modified LNP features not only a high visible light transmittance (89%) but also a high haze (90%) and excellent UV-shielding capacity, owing to the well-preserved lignin aromatic skeleton structures after lignin modification. Furthermore, patterning is easily achieved on hot-pressing-induced densified LNPs through a selective lignin modification approach, which endows LNPs with intriguing optical designability. Benefitting from the multifunctionality of lignin components for nanopaper matrices, patterned LNPs demonstrate outstanding water and thermal stability, barrier properties, durability and biodegradability, which are of great significance for practical applications. Furthermore, we demonstrate the great applicability of this optically designable and multifunctional LNP as a light-management material for energy efficient buildings by highlighting its attractive sun- and indoor- light managing effects, effective thermal insulation, as well as superior durability for long-term use. In combination with its efficient, ecofriendly and controllable production, this novel high-performing LNP holds great potential in many other applications that require light-management structural materials, such as optoelectronic and sensing devices.
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- Yan Jiang
- College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Daxue Road 100, Nanning 530004, PR China; Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Daxue Road 100, Nanning 530004, PR China; Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Daxue Road 100, Nanning 530004, PR China; Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Daxue Road 100, Nanning 530004, PR China; Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Daxue Road 158, Nanning 530006, PR China; Guangxi Bossco Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd., Nanning 530007, PR China; Guangxi Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Engineering of Forest Products, Nanning 530006, PR China.
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- College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Daxue Road 100, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Daxue Road 158, Nanning 530006, PR China; Guangxi Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Engineering of Forest Products, Nanning 530006, PR China
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- College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Daxue Road 100, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- Guangxi Bossco Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd., Nanning 530007, PR China
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- College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Daxue Road 100, Nanning 530004, PR China; Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, Nanning 530004, PR China
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Biotemplated CdS Nano-Aggregate Networks for Highly Effective Visible-Light Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production. NANOMATERIALS 2022; 12:nano12081268. [PMID: 35457983 PMCID: PMC9026159 DOI: 10.3390/nano12081268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2022] [Revised: 04/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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In the last few decades, many new synthesis techniques have been developed in order to obtain an effective visible-light responsive photocatalyst for hydrogen production by water splitting. Among these new approaches, the biotemplated synthesis method has aroused much attention because of its unique advantages in preparing materials with special morphology and structure. In this work, Hydrilla verticillata (L. f.) Royle was used as a biotemplate to synthesize a CdS photocatalyst. The as-synthesized sample had the microstructure of nano-scaled aggregate networks and its activity for photocatalytic hydrogen production was six times higher than that of CdS synthesized without a template in an Na2S-Na2SO3 sacrificial system. The use of Pt and PdS as cocatalysts further improved the hydrogen production rate to 14.86 mmol/g·h under visible-light (λ ≥ 420 nm) irradiation, so the hydrogen production can be directly observed by the naked eye. The results of characterization showed that the as-synthesized CdS photocatalyst has a high specific surface area and narrow band gap, which is favorable for light absorption and photocatalytic reaction. This work provides a new way to search for efficient visible-light catalysts and confirms the uniqueness of a biotemplated synthesis method in obtaining specially structured materials.
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Bhardwaj SK, Mujawar M, Mishra YK, Hickman N, Chavali M, Kaushik A. Bio-inspired graphene-based nano-systems for biomedical applications. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 32. [PMID: 34371491 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac1bdb] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/08/2021] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The increasing demands of environmentally sustainable, affordable, and scalable materials have inspired researchers to explore greener nanosystems of unique properties which can enhance the performance of existing systems. Such nanosystems, extracted from nature, are state-of-art high-performance nanostructures due to intrinsic hierarchical micro/nanoscale architecture and generous interfacial interactions in natural resources. Among several, bio-inspired nanosystems graphene nanosystems have emerged as an essential nano-platform wherein a highly electroactive, scalable, functional, flexible, and adaptable to a living being is a key factor. Preliminary investigation project bio-inspired graphene nanosystems as a multi-functional nano-platform suitable for electronic devices, energy storage, sensors, and medical sciences application. However, a broad understanding of bio-inspired graphene nanosystems and their projection towards applied application is not well-explored yet. Considering this as a motivation, this mini-review highlights the following; the emergence of bio-inspired graphene nanosystems, over time development to make them more efficient, state-of-art technology, and potential applications, mainly biomedical including biosensors, drug delivery, imaging, and biomedical systems. The outcomes of this review will certainly serve as a guideline to motivate scholars to design and develop novel bio-inspired graphene nanosystems to develop greener, affordable, and scalable next-generation biomedical systems.
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering and Computing, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33174, United States of America
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- Mads Clausen Institute, NanoSYD, University of Southern Denmark, Alsion 2, DK-6400, Sønderborg, Denmark
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- NanoBioTech Laboratory, Department of Natural Sciences, Division of Sciences, Art & Mathematics, Florida Polytechnic University, Lakeland, FL, 33805, United States of America
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- Office of the Dean (Research) & Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Alliance University, Bengaluru 562 106, Karnataka, India
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- NanoBioTech Laboratory, Department of Natural Sciences, Division of Sciences, Art & Mathematics, Florida Polytechnic University, Lakeland, FL, 33805, United States of America
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Zhang YX, Wu SM, Tian G, Zhao XF, Wang LY, Yin YX, Wu L, Li QN, Zhang YX, Wu JS, Janiak C, Ozoemena KI, Shalom M, Yang XY. Titanium Vacancies in TiO2 Nanofibers Enable Highly Efficient Photo-Driven Seawater Splitting. Chemistry 2021; 27:14202-14208. [PMID: 34379853 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Photo-driven seawater splitting is considered as one of the most promising techniques for sustainable hydrogen production. However, the high salinity of seawater would deactivate catalysts and consumes the photogenerated carriers. Metal vacancies in metal oxide semiconductors are critical to directed electron transfer and high salinity resistance, thus desirable but remains a challenge. We demonstrate a facile controllable calcination approach to synthesize TiO 2 nanofibers with rich Ti-vacancies with excellent photo/electro performances and long-time stability in photo-driven seawater splitting, including photocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis. Experimental measurements and theoretical calculations reveal the formation of titanium vacancies, as well as its unidirectional electron trap and superior H + adsorption ability for efficient charge transfer and corrosion resistance of seawater. Therefore, the characteristics and mechanism have been proposed at an atomic-/nanoscale to clarify the generation of titanium vacancies and the corresponding interfacial electron transfer.
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- Yan-Xiang Zhang
- Wuhan University of Technology, School of Materials and Science and Engineering, 122, Luoshi Road, 430070, Wuhan, CHINA
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- Sun Yat-Sen University, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, 519000, Zhuhai, CHINA
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- Wuhan University of Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, 122, Luoshi Road, 430070, Wuhan, CHINA
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- Wuhan University of Technology, School of Materials and Science Engineering, 430070, Wuhan, CHINA
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, 430071, Wuhan, CHINA
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- Wuhan University of Technology, School of Materials and Science Engineering, 122, Luoshi Road, 430070, Wuhan, CHINA
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- Hubei University, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 430062, Wuhan, CHINA
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- Hubei University, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 430062, Wuhan, CHINA
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- Hubei University, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 430062, Wuhan, CHINA
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- Wuhan University of Technology, Nanostructure Research Centre, 430070, Wuhan, CHINA
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- Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldorf, Institut for Anorganische Chemie and Strukturchemie, 40204, Düsseldorf, GERMANY
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- University of the Witwatersrand, School of Chemistry, 2050, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA
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- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Chemistry and IIse Katz Institute, 8410501, Beer-Sheva, ISRAEL
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- Wuhan University of Technology, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, 122, Luoshi Road, 445000, Wuhan, CHINA
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Konch T, Dutta T, Buragohain M, Raidongia K. Remarkable Rate of Water Evaporation through Naked Veins of Natural Tree Leaves. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:20379-20387. [PMID: 34395986 PMCID: PMC8359162 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c02398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In the form of leaves, nature designs the finest photothermal evaporators, and the tremendous evaporation efficiency of leaves is supported by a precisely designed network of veins. Here, we have demonstrated that the vein network of a natural leaf can be extracted through a simple water-assisted digestion process and exploited for low-energy steam generation. The naked leaf veins exhibit a remarkable flux (evaporation rate, 1.5 kg·m-2·h-1) of capillary evaporation under ambient conditions (25 °C and 30% RH), close to the photothermal material-based evaporators reported in the recent literature. Even inside a dark box, naked veins exhibit an evaporation rate up to 4.5 kg·m-2·h-1 (at 30% relative humidity (RH) and a wind speed of 22 km·h-1). The mechanistic studies performed with variable atmospheric conditions (temperature, humidity, and wind speed) suggest the evaporation process through the naked veins to be a kinetic-limited process. Naked veins with remarkable evaporation efficiency are found to be suitable for applications like water desalination and streaming potential harvesting. Experiments with the naked veins also unveiled that the biofluidic channels in leaves not only exhibit the characteristics of surface charge-governed ionic transport but also support an exceptional water transport velocity of 1444 μm·s-1.
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- Tukhar
Jyoti Konch
- Department
of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology
Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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- Department
of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology
Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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- Department
of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology
Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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- Department
of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology
Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
- Centre
for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of
Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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Wang C, Zhou Z, Ouyang Y, Wang J, Neumann E, Nechushtai R, Willner I. Gated Dissipative Dynamic Artificial Photosynthetic Model Systems. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:12120-12128. [PMID: 34338509 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c04097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Gated dissipative artificial photosynthetic systems modeling dynamically modulated environmental effects on the photosynthetic apparatus are presented. Two photochemical systems composed of a supramolecular duplex scaffold, a photosensitizer-functionalized strand (photosensitizer is Zn(II)protoporphyrin IX, Zn(II)PPIX, or pyrene), an electron acceptor bipyridinium (V2+)-modified strand, and a nicking enzyme (Nt.BbvCI) act as functional assemblies driving transient photosynthetic-like processes. In the presence of a fuel strand, the transient electron transfer quenching of the photosensitizers, in each of the photochemical systems, is activated. In the presence of a sacrificial electron donor (mercaptoethanol) and continuous irradiation, the resulting electron transfer process in the Zn(II)PPIX/V2+ photochemical module leads to the transient accumulation and depletion of the bipyridinium radical-cation (V·+) product, and in the presence of ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase and NADP+, to the kinetically modulated photosynthesis of NADPH. By subjecting the mixture of two photochemical modules to one of two inhibitors, the gated transient photoinduced electron transfer in the two modules is demonstrated. Such gated dissipative process highlights its potential as an important pathway to protect artificial photosynthetic module against overdose of irradiance and to minimize photodamage.
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- Chen Wang
- Institute of Chemistry, The Minerva Center for Bio-hybrid Complex Systems, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Minerva Center for Bio-hybrid Complex Systems, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Minerva Center for Bio-hybrid Complex Systems, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Minerva Center for Bio-hybrid Complex Systems, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Institute of Life Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Institute of Life Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Minerva Center for Bio-hybrid Complex Systems, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Zhuang G, Fang Q, Wei J, Yang C, Chen M, Lyu Z, Zhuang Z, Yu Y. Branched In 2O 3 Mesocrystal of Ordered Architecture Derived from the Oriented Alignment of a Metal-Organic Framework for Accelerated Hydrogen Evolution over In 2O 3-ZnIn 2S 4. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:9804-9813. [PMID: 33601886 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c19806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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It is fascinating yet challenging to assemble anisotropic nanowires into ordered architectures of high complexity and intriguing functions. We exploited a facile strategy involving oriented etching of a metal-organic fragment (MOF) to advance the rational design of highly ordered nanostructures. As a proof of concept, a microscale MIL-68(In) single crystal was etched with a K3[Co(CN)6] solution to give a microtube composed of aligned MIL-68(In) nanorods. Annealing such a MIL-68(In) microtube readily created an unprecedented branched In2O3 mesocrystal by assembly of In2O3 nanorods aligned in order. The derived ordered-In2O3-ZnIn2S4 is more efficient in catalyzing visible-light-driven H2 evolution (8753 μmol h-1 g-1) outperforming the disordered-In2O3-ZnIn2S4 counterpart (2700 μmol h-1 g-1) as well as many other state-of-the-art ZnIn2S4-based photocatalysts. The ordered architecture significantly boosts the short-range electron transfer in an In2O3-ZnIn2S4 heterojunction but has a negligible impact on the long-range electron transfer among In2O3 mesocrystals. The density functional theory (DFT) calculation reveals that the oriented etching is achieved by the selective binding of the [Co(CN)6]3- etchant on the (110) plane of MIL-68(In), which can drag the In atoms out of the framework in order. Our findings could broaden the technical sense toward advanced photocatalyst design and impose scientific impacts on unveiling how ordered photosystems operate.
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- Guoxin Zhuang
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, New Campus, Minhou, Fujian 350108, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Technologies (Fuzhou University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, New Campus, Minhou, Fujian 350108, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Technologies (Fuzhou University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, New Campus, Minhou, Fujian 350108, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Technologies (Fuzhou University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, New Campus, Minhou, Fujian 350108, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Technologies (Fuzhou University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350108, China
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871 China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, New Campus, Minhou, Fujian 350108, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Technologies (Fuzhou University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, New Campus, Minhou, Fujian 350108, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Technologies (Fuzhou University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, New Campus, Minhou, Fujian 350108, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Technologies (Fuzhou University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, New Campus, Minhou, Fujian 350108, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Technologies (Fuzhou University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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Wu L, Li Y, Fu Z, Su BL. Hierarchically structured porous materials: synthesis strategies and applications in energy storage. Natl Sci Rev 2020; 7:1667-1701. [PMID: 34691502 PMCID: PMC8288509 DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwaa183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Revised: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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To address the growing energy demands of sustainable development, it is crucial to develop new materials that can improve the efficiency of energy storage systems. Hierarchically structured porous materials have shown their great potential for energy storage applications owing to their large accessible space, high surface area, low density, excellent accommodation capability with volume and thermal variation, variable chemical compositions and well controlled and interconnected hierarchical porosity at different length scales. Porous hierarchy benefits electron and ion transport, and mass diffusion and exchange. The electrochemical behavior of hierarchically structured porous materials varies with different pore parameters. Understanding their relationship can lead to the defined and accurate design of highly efficient hierarchically structured porous materials to enhance further their energy storage performance. In this review, we take the characteristic parameters of the hierarchical pores as the survey object to summarize the recent progress on hierarchically structured porous materials for energy storage. This is the first of this kind exclusively to survey the performance of hierarchically structured porous materials from different porous characteristics. For those who are not familiar with hierarchically structured porous materials, a series of very significant synthesis strategies of hierarchically structured porous materials are firstly and briefly reviewed. This will be beneficial for those who want to quickly obtain useful reference information about the synthesis strategies of new hierarchically structured porous materials to improve their performance in energy storage. The effect of different organizational, structural and geometric parameters of porous hierarchy on their electrochemical behavior is then deeply discussed. We outline the existing problems and development challenges of hierarchically structured porous materials that need to be addressed in renewable energy applications. We hope that this review can stimulate strong intuition into the design and application of new hierarchically structured porous materials in energy storage and other fields.
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- Liang Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
- Laboratory of Inorganic Materials Chemistry (CMI), University of Namur, Namur B-5000, Belgium
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Liang J, Zulkifli MYB, Choy S, Li Y, Gao M, Kong B, Yun J, Liang K. Metal-Organic Framework-Plant Nanobiohybrids as Living Sensors for On-Site Environmental Pollutant Detection. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2020; 54:11356-11364. [PMID: 32794698 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c04688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Photoluminescent metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) were grown in a living plant (Syngonium podophyllum) via immersing their roots in an aqueous solution of disodium terephthalate and terbium chloride hexahydrate sequentially for 12 h without affecting their viability. Then, app-assisted living MOF-plant nanobiohybrids were used for the detection of various toxic metal ions and organic pollutants. Their performance and sensing mechanism were also evaluated. The results demonstrated that the living plants served as self-powered preconcentrators via their passive fluid transport systems and accumulated the pollutants around the embedded MOFs, resulting in relative changes in fluorescence intensity. Therefore, the living MOF-plant nanobiohybrids initiate superior selectivity and sensitivity (0.05-0.5 μM) in water for Ag+, Cd2+, and aniline with a "turn-up" fluorescence response and for Fe3+ and Cu2+ with "turn-down" fluorescence response in the linear range of 0.05-10 μM with excellent precision and accuracy of 5 and 10%, respectively. With the easy-to-read visual signals under ultraviolet light, the app translates plant luminescent signals into digital information on a smartphone for on-site monitoring of environmental pollutants with high sensitivity and specificity. These results suggest that interfacing synthetic and living materials may contribute to the development of smart sensors for on-site environmental pollutant sensing with high accuracy.
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- Jieying Liang
- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- National Supercomputer Research Center of Advanced Materials, Advanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250014, China
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- National Supercomputer Research Center of Advanced Materials, Advanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250014, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- College of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050018, China
- Qingdao International Academician Park Research Institute, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering and Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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Lu Y, Liu XL, He L, Zhang YX, Hu ZY, Tian G, Cheng X, Wu SM, Li YZ, Yang XH, Wang LY, Liu JW, Janiak C, Chang GG, Li WH, Van Tendeloo G, Yang XY, Su BL. Spatial Heterojunction in Nanostructured TiO 2 and Its Cascade Effect for Efficient Photocatalysis. NANO LETTERS 2020; 20:3122-3129. [PMID: 32343586 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b05121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A highly efficient photoenergy conversion is strongly dependent on the cumulative cascade efficiency of the photogenerated carriers. Spatial heterojunctions are critical to directed charge transfer and, thus, attractive but still a challenge. Here, a spatially ternary titanium-defected TiO2@carbon quantum dots@reduced graphene oxide (denoted as VTi@CQDs@rGO) in one system is shown to demonstrate a cascade effect of charges and significant performances regarding the photocurrent, the apparent quantum yield, and photocatalysis such as H2 production from water splitting and CO2 reduction. A key aspect in the construction is the technologically irrational junction of Ti-vacancies and nanocarbons for the spatially inside-out heterojunction. The new "spatial heterojunctions" concept, characteristics, mechanism, and extension are proposed at an atomic-/nanoscale to clarify the generation of rational heterojunctions as well as the cascade electron transfer.
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- Yi Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing & School of materials science and engineering & School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai) & School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, School of Materials, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519000, China
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- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai) & School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, School of Materials, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing & School of materials science and engineering & School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials, Ministry-of-Education Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Application of Organic Functional Molecules, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Nanostructure Research Centre, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
- Electron Microscopy for Materials Science, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen B-2020, Belgium
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing & School of materials science and engineering & School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing & School of materials science and engineering & School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing & School of materials science and engineering & School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai) & School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, School of Materials, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing & School of materials science and engineering & School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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- College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing & School of materials science and engineering & School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Strukturchemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 40204, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing & School of materials science and engineering & School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai) & School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, School of Materials, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519000, China
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- Nanostructure Research Centre, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
- Electron Microscopy for Materials Science, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen B-2020, Belgium
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing & School of materials science and engineering & School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai) & School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, School of Materials, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519000, China
- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge 02138, Massachusetts, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing & School of materials science and engineering & School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
- Laboratory of Inorganic Materials Chemistry, University of Namur, Namur B-5000, Belgium
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Zhou H, Xiao C, Yang Z, Du Y. 3D structured materials and devices for artificial photosynthesis. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2020; 31:282001. [PMID: 32240995 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab85ea] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Artificial photosynthesis is an effective way to convert solar energy into fuels, which is of great significance to energy production and reduction of atmospheric CO2 content. In recent years, 3D structured artificial photosynthetic system has made great progress as an effective design strategy. This review first highlights several typical mechanisms for improved artificial photosynthesis with 3D structures: improved light harvesting, mass transfer and charge separation. Then, we summarize typical examples of 3D structured artificial photosynthetic systems, including bioinspired structures, photonic crystals (PC), designed photonic structures (PC coupling structure, plasmon resonance structure, optical resonance structure, metamaterials), 3D-printed systems, nanowire integrated systems and hierarchical 3D structures. Finally, we discuss the problems and challenges to the application and development of 3D artificial photosynthetic system and the possible trends of future development. We hope this review can inspire more progress in the field of artificial photosynthesis.
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- Han Zhou
- State Key Lab of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
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Guo Z, Richardson JJ, Kong B, Liang K. Nanobiohybrids: Materials approaches for bioaugmentation. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2020; 6:eaaz0330. [PMID: 32206719 PMCID: PMC7080450 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz0330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2019] [Accepted: 12/20/2019] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Nanobiohybrids, synthesized by integrating functional nanomaterials with living systems, have emerged as an exciting branch of research at the interface of materials engineering and biological science. Nanobiohybrids use synthetic nanomaterials to impart organisms with emergent properties outside their scope of evolution. Consequently, they endow new or augmented properties that are either innate or exogenous, such as enhanced tolerance against stress, programmed metabolism and proliferation, artificial photosynthesis, or conductivity. Advances in new materials design and processing technologies made it possible to tailor the physicochemical properties of the nanomaterials coupled with the biological systems. To date, many different types of nanomaterials have been integrated with various biological systems from simple biomolecules to complex multicellular organisms. Here, we provide a critical overview of recent developments of nanobiohybrids that enable new or augmented biological functions that show promise in high-tech applications across many disciplines, including energy harvesting, biocatalysis, biosensing, medicine, and robotics.
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- Ziyi Guo
- School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, and Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology and the Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Lab of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, iChEM, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438 P. R. China
- Corresponding author. (B.K.); (K.L.)
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, and Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- Corresponding author. (B.K.); (K.L.)
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Kim J, Oh S, Shin YC, Wang C, Kang MS, Lee JH, Yun W, Cho JA, Hwang DY, Han DW, Lee J. Au nanozyme-driven antioxidation for preventing frailty. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2020; 189:110839. [PMID: 32036333 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2020.110839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2019] [Revised: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 01/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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From senescence and frailty that may result from various biological, mechanical, nutritional, and metabolic processes, the human body has its own antioxidant defense enzymes to remove by-products of oxygen metabolism, and if unregulated, can cause several types of cell damage. Herein, an antioxidant, artificial nanoscale enzyme, called nanozyme (NZs), is introduced that is composed of Au nanoparticles (NPs) synthesized with a mixture of two representative phytochemicals, namely, gallic acid (GA) and isoflavone (IF), referred to as GI-Au NZs. Their unique antioxidant and anti-aging effects are monitored using Cell Counting Kit-8 and senescence-associated β-galactosidase assays on neonatal human dermal fibroblasts (nHDFs). Furthermore, alterations in epidermal thickness and SOD activity are measured under ultraviolet light to investigate the effects of the topical application of NZs on the histological structure and antioxidant activity in hairless mice skin. Then, hepatotoxicity and nephrotoxicity in the hairless mice are monitored. It is concluded that the NZs can effectively prevent serial passage-induced senescence in nHDFs, as well as oxidative stress in mice skin, suggesting a range of strategies to further develop novel therapeutics for acute frailty.
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- Jeonghyo Kim
- Department of Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medical Engineering, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Cogno-Mechatronics Engineering, College of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Cogno-Mechatronics Engineering, College of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Biomaterials, Biomedical Research Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomaterials Science, College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Pusan National University, Miryang, 50463, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomaterials Science, College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Pusan National University, Miryang, 50463, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Cogno-Mechatronics Engineering, College of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea.
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Dey S, Gupta A, Saha A, Pal S, Kumar S, Manna D. Sunlight-Mediated Thiol-Ene/Yne Click Reaction: Synthesis and DNA Transfection Efficiency of New Cationic Lipids. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:735-750. [PMID: 31956824 PMCID: PMC6964310 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b03413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 11/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The design of green synthetic reaction conditions is very challenging, especially for biomaterials, but worthwhile if the compounds can be easily synthesized in the aqueous medium. Herein, we report the development of sunlight-mediated thiol-ene/yne click reaction in the presence of a catalytic amount of tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) in an aqueous medium. The optimized reaction conditions were successfully applied to synthesize a series of small molecules and lipids in a single step in the aqueous medium. The synthetic cationic lipid/co-lipid formed positively charged stable nanosized liposomes that effectually bind with the genetic materials. The in vitro DNA transfection and cellular uptake assays showed that the synthesized cationic lipids have comparable efficiency to commercially available Lipofectamine 2000. This mild synthetic strategy can also be used for smart design of novel or improvement of prevailing lipid-based nonviral gene delivery systems. Such chemical transformations in the aqueous medium are more environment-friendly than other reported thiol-ene/yne click reactions performed in an organic solvent medium.
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- Subhasis Dey
- Department
of Chemistry and Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781039, India
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- Department
of Chemistry and Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781039, India
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- Department
of Chemistry and Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781039, India
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- Department
of Chemistry and Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781039, India
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- Department
of Chemistry and Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781039, India
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- Department
of Chemistry and Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781039, India
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Jia B, Chen W, Luo J, Yang Z, Li L, Guo L. Construction of MnO 2 Artificial Leaf with Atomic Thickness as Highly Stable Battery Anodes. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e1906582. [PMID: 31743524 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201906582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2019] [Revised: 10/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The leaf-like structure is a classic and robust structure and its unique vein support can reduce structural instability. However, biomimetic leaf structures on the atomic scale are rarely reported due to the difficulty in achieving a stable vein-like support in a mesophyll-like substrate. A breathable 2D MnO2 artificial leaf is first reported with atomic thickness by using a simple and mild one-step wet chemical method. This homogeneous ultrathin leaf-like structure comprises of vein-like crystalline skeleton as support and amorphous microporous mesophyll-like nanosheet as substrate. When used as an anode material for lithium ion batteries, it first solves the irreversible capacity loss and poor cycling issue of pure MnO2 , which delivers high capacity of 1210 mAh g-1 at 0.1 A g-1 and extremely stable cycle life over 2500 cycles at 1.0 A g-1 . It exhibits the most outstanding cycle life of pure MnO2 and even comparable to the most MnO2 -based composite electrode materials. This biomimetic design provides important guidelines for precise control of 2D artificial systems and gives a new idea for solving poor electrochemical stability of pure metal oxide electrode materials.
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- Binbin Jia
- School of Chemistry, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Center for Electron Microscopy, Institute for New Energy Materials, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China
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- School of Chemistry, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- School of Chemistry, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- School of Chemistry, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
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Chen WH, Zhou Z, Luo GF, Neumann E, Marjault HB, Stone D, Nechushtai R, Willner I. Photosensitized H 2 Evolution and NADPH Formation by Photosensitizer/Carbon Nitride Hybrid Nanoparticles. NANO LETTERS 2019; 19:9121-9130. [PMID: 31729224 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The broadband C3N4 semiconductor absorbs in the UV region, λ = 330-380 nm, a feature limiting its application for light-to-energy conversion. The unique surface adsorption properties of C3N4 allow, however, the binding of a photosensitizer, operating in the visible-solar spectrum to the surface of C3N4. Coupling of the energy levels of the photosensitizer with the energy levels of C3N4 allows effective photoinduced electron-transfer quenching and subsequent charge separation in the hybrid structures. Two methods to adsorb a photosensitizer on the C3N4 nanoparticles are described. One is exemplified by the adsorption of Zn(II)-protoporphyrin IX on C3N4 using π-π interactions. The second method utilizes the specific binding interactions of single-stranded nucleic acids on C3N4 and involves the binding of a Ru(II)-tris-bipyridine-modified nucleic acid on the C3N4 nanoparticles. Effective electron-transfer quenching of the photoexcited photosensitizers by C3N4 proceeds in the two hybrid systems. The two hybrid photosystems induce the effective photosensitized reduction of N,N'-dimethyl-4,4'-bipyridinium, MV2+, to MV+•, in the presence of Na2EDTA as a sacrificial electron donor. The generation of MV+• is ca. 5-fold higher as compared to the formation of MV+• in the presence of the photosensitizer alone (in the absence of C3N4). The effective generation of MV+• in the photosystems is attributed to the efficient quenching of the photosensitizers, followed by effective charge separation of the electrons in the conduction band of C3N4 and the holes in the oxidized photosensitizer. The subsequent transfer of the conduction-band electrons to MV2+ and the oxidation of Na2EDTA by the oxidized photosensitizers lead to the effective formation of MV+•. The photogenerated MV+• by the two hybrid photosystems is used to catalyze H2 evolution in the presence of Pt nanoparticle catalysts and to mediate the reduction of NADP+ to NADPH, in the presence of ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase, FNR. The ability to couple the photogenerated NADPH to drive NADP+-dependent biocatalytic transformations is demonstrated.
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- Wei-Hai Chen
- Institute of Chemistry and Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem 91904 , Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry and Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem 91904 , Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry and Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem 91904 , Israel
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- Institute of Life Science , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem 91904 , Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry and Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem 91904 , Israel
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- Institute of Life Science , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem 91904 , Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry and Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem 91904 , Israel
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Zheng G, Wang J, Liu H, Murugadoss V, Zu G, Che H, Lai C, Li H, Ding T, Gao Q, Guo Z. Tungsten oxide nanostructures and nanocomposites for photoelectrochemical water splitting. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:18968-18994. [PMID: 31361294 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr03474a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Hydrogen production from photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting using semiconductor photocatalysts has attracted great attention to realize clean and renewable energy from solar energy. The visible light response of WO3 with a long hole diffusion length (∼150 nm) and good electron mobility (∼12 cm2 V-1 s-1) makes it suitable as the photoanode. However, WO3 suffers from issues including rapid recombination of photoexcited electron-hole pairs, photo-corrosion during the photocatalytic process due to the formation of peroxo-species, sluggish kinetics of photogenerated holes, and slow charge transfer at the semiconductor/electrolyte interface. This work highlights the approaches to overcome these drawbacks of WO3 photoanodes, including: (i) the manipulation of nanostructured WO3 photoanodes to decrease the nanoparticle size to promote hole migration to the WO3/electrolyte interface which benefits the charge separation; (ii) doping or introducing oxygen vacancies to improve electrical conductivity; exposing high energy crystal surfaces to promote the consumption of photogenerated holes on the high-active crystal face, thereby suppressing the recombination of photogenerated electrons and holes; (iii) decorating with co-catalysts to reduce the overpotential which inhibits the formation of peroxo-species; (iv) other methods such as coupling with narrow band semiconductors to accelerate the charge separation and controlling the crystal phase via annealing to reduce defects. These approaches are reviewed with detailed examples.
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- Guangwei Zheng
- Key Lab of Advanced Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.
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Tudu B, Nalajala N, P Reddy K, Saikia P, Gopinath CS. Electronic Integration and Thin Film Aspects of Au-Pd/rGO/TiO 2 for Improved Solar Hydrogen Generation. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:32869-32878. [PMID: 31414793 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b07070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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In the present work, we have synthesized noble bimetallic nanoparticles (Au-Pd NPs) on a carbon-based support and integrated with titania to obtain Au-Pd/C/TiO2 and Au-Pd/rGO/TiO2 nanocomposites using an ecofriendly hydrothermal method. Here, a 1:1 (w/w) Au-Pd bimetallic composition was dispersed on (a) high-surface-area (3000 m2 g-1) activated carbon (Au-Pd/C), prepared from a locally available plant source (in Assam, India), and (b) reduced graphene oxide (rGO) (Au-Pd/rGO); subsequently, they were integrated with TiO2. The shift observed in Raman spectroscopy demonstrates the electronic integration of the bimetal with titania. The photocatalytic activity of the above materials for the hydrogen evolution reaction was studied under 1 sun conditions using methanol as a sacrificial agent in a powder form. The photocatalysts were also employed to prepare a thin film by the drop-casting method. Au-Pd/rGO/TiO2 exhibits 43 times higher hydrogen (H2) yield in the thin film form (21.50 mmol h-1 g-1) compared to the powder form (0.50 mmol h-1 g-1). On the other hand, Au-Pd/C/TiO2 shows 13 times higher hydrogen (H2) yield in the thin film form (6.42 mmol h-1 g-1) compared to the powder form (0.48 mmol h-1 g-1). While powder forms of both catalysts show comparable activity, the Au-Pd/rGO/TiO2 thin film shows 3.4 times higher activity than that of Au-Pd/C/TiO2. This can be ascribed to (a) an effective separation of photogenerated electron-hole pairs at the interface of Au-Pd/rGO/TiO2 and (b) the better field effect due to plasmon resonance of the bimetal in the thin film form. The catalytic influence of the carbon-based support is highly pronounced due to synergistic binding interaction of bimetallic nanoparticles. Further, a large amount of hydrogen evolution in the film form with both catalysts (Au-Pd/C/TiO2 and Au-Pd/rGO/TiO2) reiterates that charge utilization should be better compared to that in powder catalysts.
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- Bijoy Tudu
- Department of Applied Sciences (Chemical Science Division) , Gauhati University , Guwahati 781014 , Assam , India
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- Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry Division , CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory , Dr. Homi Bhabha Road , Pune 411 008 , India
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- Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry Division , CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory , Dr. Homi Bhabha Road , Pune 411 008 , India
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- Department of Applied Sciences (Chemical Science Division) , Gauhati University , Guwahati 781014 , Assam , India
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- Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry Division , CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory , Dr. Homi Bhabha Road , Pune 411 008 , India
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Luo GF, Biniuri Y, Chen WH, Neumann E, Fadeev M, Marjault HB, Bedi A, Gidron O, Nechushtai R, Stone D, Happe T, Willner I. Artificial Photosynthesis with Electron Acceptor/Photosensitizer-Aptamer Conjugates. NANO LETTERS 2019; 19:6621-6628. [PMID: 31407917 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b02880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Sequence-specific aptamers act as functional scaffolds for the assembly of photosynthetic model systems. The Ru(II)-tris-bipyridine photosensitizer is conjugated by different binding modes to the antityrosinamide aptamer to yield a set of photosensitizer-aptamer binding scaffolds. The N-methyl-N'-(3-aminopropane)-4,4'-bipyridinium electron acceptor, MV2+, is covalently linked to tyrosinamide, TA, to yield the conjugate TA-MV2+. The tyrosinamide unit in TA-MV2+ acts as a ligand for anchoring TA-MV2+ to the Ru(II)-tris-bipyridine-aptamer scaffold, generating the diversity of photosensitizer-aptamer/electron acceptor supramolecular conjugates. Effective electron transfer quenching in the photosynthetic model systems is demonstrated, and the quenching efficiencies are controlled by the structural features of the conjugates. The redox species generated by the photosensitizer-aptamer/electron acceptor supramolecular systems mediate the ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase, FNR, catalyzed synthesis of NADPH, and the Pt-nanoparticle-catalyzed evolution of hydrogen (H2). The novelty of the study rests on the unprecedented use of aptamer scaffolds as functional units for organizing photosynthetic model systems.
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- Fakultät für Biologie und Biotechnologie, AG Photobiotechnologie , Ruhr Universität Bochum , Universitätsstraße 150 , 44801 Bochum , Germany
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Cai G, Ciou JH, Liu Y, Jiang Y, Lee PS. Leaf-inspired multiresponsive MXene-based actuator for programmable smart devices. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2019; 5:eaaw7956. [PMID: 31309158 PMCID: PMC6625817 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw7956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2019] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Natural leaves, with elaborate architectures and functional components, harvest and convert solar energy into chemical fuels that can be converted into energy based on photosynthesis. The energy produced leads to work done that inspired many autonomous systems such as light-triggered motion. On the basis of this nature-inspired phenomenon, we report an unprecedented bilayer-structured actuator based on MXene (Ti3C2T x )-cellulose composites (MXCC) and polycarbonate membrane, which mimic not only the sophisticated leaf structure but also the energy-harvesting and conversion capabilities. The bilayer actuator features multiresponsiveness, low-power actuation, fast actuation speed, large-shape deformation, programmable adaptability, robust stability, and low-cost facile fabrication, which are highly desirable for modern soft actuator systems. We believe that these adaptive soft systems are attractive in a wide range of revolutionary technologies such as soft robots, smart switch, information encryption, infrared dynamic display, camouflage, and temperature regulation, as well as human-machine interface such as haptics.
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- Guofa Cai
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798 Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798 Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798 Singapore, Singapore
- Department of Astronautic Science and Mechanics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798 Singapore, Singapore
- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798 Singapore, Singapore
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Tang Y, Dubbeldam D, Guo X, Rothenberg G, Tanase S. Efficient Separation of Ethanol-Methanol and Ethanol-Water Mixtures Using ZIF-8 Supported on a Hierarchical Porous Mixed-Oxide Substrate. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:21126-21136. [PMID: 31117427 PMCID: PMC6567680 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b02325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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This work reports a new approach for the synthesis of a zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-8) composite. It employs the direct growth of the crystalline ZIF-8 on a mixed-metal oxide support TiO2-SiO2 (TSO), which mimics the porous structure of Populus nigra. Using the natural leaf as a template, the TSO support was prepared using a sol-gel method. The growth of the ZIF-8 layer on the TSO support was carried out by the seeds and second growth method. This method facilitates the homogeneous dispersion of ZIF-8 crystals at the surface of the TSO composite. The ZIF-8@TSO composite adsorbs methanol selectively, mainly due to the hierarchical porous structure of the mixed oxide support. As compared with the as-synthesized ZIF-8, a 50% methanol uptake is achieved in the ZIF-8@TSO composite, with only 25 wt % ZIF-8 loading. IAST simulations show that the ZIF-8@TSO composite has a preferential adsorption toward methanol when using an equimolar methanol-ethanol mixture. An opposite behavior is observed for the as-synthesized ZIF-8. The results show that combining MOFs and mixed-oxide supports with bioinspired structures opens opportunities for synthesizing new materials with unique and enhanced adsorption and separation properties.
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- Yiwen Tang
- Van’t
Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University
of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Van’t
Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University
of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- School
of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, No. 2 Mengxi Road, Zhenjiang 212003, Jiangsu, China
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- Van’t
Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University
of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Van’t
Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University
of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Feng HP, Tang L, Zeng GM, Zhou Y, Deng YC, Ren X, Song B, Liang C, Wei MY, Yu JF. Core-shell nanomaterials: Applications in energy storage and conversion. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2019; 267:26-46. [PMID: 30884358 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2019.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Revised: 01/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Materials with core-shell structures have attracted increasing attention in recent years due to their unique properties and wide applications in energy storage and conversion systems. Through reasonable adjustments of their shells and cores, various types of core-shell structured materials can be fabricated with favorable properties that play significant roles in energy storage and conversion processes. The core-shell material can provide an effective solution to the current energy crisis. Various synthetic strategies used to fabricate core-shell materials, including the atomic layer deposition, chemical vapor deposition and solvothermal method, are briefly mentioned here. A state-of-the -art review of their applications in energy storage and conversion is summarized. The involved energy storage includes supercapacitors, li-ions batteries and hydrogen storage, and the corresponding energy conversion technologies contain quantum dot solar cells, dye-sensitized solar cells, silicon/organic solar cells and fuel cells. In addition, the correlation between the core-shell structures and their performance in energy storage and conversion is introduced, and this finding can provide guidance in designing original core-shell structures with advanced properties.
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Liu Y, Wang L, Feng H, Ren X, Ji J, Bai F, Fan H. Microemulsion-Assisted Self-Assembly and Synthesis of Size-Controlled Porphyrin Nanocrystals with Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. NANO LETTERS 2019; 19:2614-2619. [PMID: 30848602 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b00423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Design and engineering of highly efficient light-harvesting nanomaterial systems to emulate natural photosynthesis for maximizing energy conversion have stimulated extensive efforts. Here we present a new class of photoactive semiconductor nanocrystals that exhibit high-efficiency energy transfer for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production under visible light. These nanocrystals are formed through noncovalent self-assembly of In(III) meso-tetraphenylporphine chloride (InTPP) during microemulsion assisted nucleation and growth process. Through kinetic control, a series of uniform nanorods with controlled aspect ratio and high crystallinity have been fabricated. Self-assembly of InTPP porphyrins results in extensive optical coupling and broader coverage of the visible spectrum for efficient light harvesting. As a result, these nanocrystals display excellent photocatalytic hydrogen production and photostability under the visible light in comparison with the commercial InTPP porphyrin powders.
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- Yanqiu Liu
- Key Laboratory for Special Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for High-efficiency Display and Lighting Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Nano Functional Materials and Applications , Henan University , Kaifeng 475004 , China
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- Key Laboratory for Special Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for High-efficiency Display and Lighting Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Nano Functional Materials and Applications , Henan University , Kaifeng 475004 , China
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- Key Laboratory for Special Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for High-efficiency Display and Lighting Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Nano Functional Materials and Applications , Henan University , Kaifeng 475004 , China
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- Key Laboratory for Special Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for High-efficiency Display and Lighting Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Nano Functional Materials and Applications , Henan University , Kaifeng 475004 , China
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- Key Laboratory for Special Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for High-efficiency Display and Lighting Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Nano Functional Materials and Applications , Henan University , Kaifeng 475004 , China
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- Key Laboratory for Special Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for High-efficiency Display and Lighting Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Nano Functional Materials and Applications , Henan University , Kaifeng 475004 , China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Albuquerque , University of New Mexico , Albuquerque , New Mexico 87106 , United States
- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies , Sandia National Laboratories , Albuquerque , New Mexico 87185 , United States
- Advanced Materials Laboratory , Sandia National Laboratories , Albuquerque , New Mexico 87185 , United States
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Zhao Y, Liu H, Wu C, Zhang Z, Pan Q, Hu F, Wang R, Li P, Huang X, Li Z. Fully Conjugated Two‐Dimensional sp
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‐Carbon Covalent Organic Frameworks as Artificial Photosystem I with High Efficiency. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:5376-5381. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201901194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Yingjie Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, Shandong Provincial Education DepartmentCollege of Polymer Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao 266042 China
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- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, Shandong Provincial Education DepartmentCollege of Polymer Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao 266042 China
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- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, Shandong Provincial Education DepartmentCollege of Polymer Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao 266042 China
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- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, Shandong Provincial Education DepartmentCollege of Polymer Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao 266042 China
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- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, Shandong Provincial Education DepartmentCollege of Polymer Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao 266042 China
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- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, Shandong Provincial Education DepartmentCollege of Polymer Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao 266042 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green PapermakingShandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial EngineeringDepartment of BioengineeringQilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) Jinan 250353 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green PapermakingShandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial EngineeringDepartment of BioengineeringQilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) Jinan 250353 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green PapermakingShandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial EngineeringDepartment of BioengineeringQilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) Jinan 250353 China
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- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, Shandong Provincial Education DepartmentCollege of Polymer Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao 266042 China
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Zhang H, Ma S, Li Y, Ou J, Wei Y, Ye M. Thiol-ene polymerization for hierarchically porous hybrid materials by adding degradable polycaprolactone for adsorption of bisphenol A. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2019; 367:465-472. [PMID: 30616196 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.12.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2018] [Revised: 12/28/2018] [Accepted: 12/29/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Hierarchically porous materials with multiple pore structures have the potential application in catalysis, separation or bioengineering. A concept was introduced to design and fabricate hierarchically porous hybrid materials (HPHMs) simultaneously containing mesopores and macropores. The proof-of-concept design was demonstrated by fabrication of several kinds of hybrid materials by adding degradable polycaprolactone (PCL) additive, which was simple and easy-operating. The specific surface areas of HPHMs prepared with polyhedral oligomeric vinylsilsesquioxanes (vinylPOSS) and 1,4-dithiothreitol (DTT) could reach 727 m2/g by adding 25% PCL additive, while the HPHMs were imperforate prior to degradation of PCL. The characterization further indicated that the macropores could be controlled by the amount of PCL additive. Moreover, the porous properties of HPHMs were influenced by the molecular weight of PCL. Other dithiols compounds were also successful in preparing HPHMs with high specific surface areas over 400 m2/g. Due to hydrophobic interaction and hydrogen bond interaction, the HPHM exhibited good adsorption ability for bisphenol A (BPA) in aqueous solution. Adsorption equilibrium could be achieved within 30 min, and the adsorption capacity was up to 157.4 mg/g. Meanwhile, the removal efficiency was found to be 95.37% for BPA.
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- Haiyang Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Dalian, 116023, China; Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Function Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Dalian, 116023, China; Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Function Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Dalian, 116023, China; Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Function Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Dalian, 116023, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Function Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Dalian, 116023, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Zhao Y, Liu H, Wu C, Zhang Z, Pan Q, Hu F, Wang R, Li P, Huang X, Li Z. Fully Conjugated Two‐Dimensional sp
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‐Carbon Covalent Organic Frameworks as Artificial Photosystem I with High Efficiency. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201901194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Yingjie Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, Shandong Provincial Education DepartmentCollege of Polymer Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao 266042 China
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- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, Shandong Provincial Education DepartmentCollege of Polymer Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao 266042 China
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- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, Shandong Provincial Education DepartmentCollege of Polymer Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao 266042 China
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- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, Shandong Provincial Education DepartmentCollege of Polymer Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao 266042 China
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- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, Shandong Provincial Education DepartmentCollege of Polymer Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao 266042 China
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- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, Shandong Provincial Education DepartmentCollege of Polymer Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao 266042 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green PapermakingShandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial EngineeringDepartment of BioengineeringQilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) Jinan 250353 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green PapermakingShandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial EngineeringDepartment of BioengineeringQilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) Jinan 250353 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green PapermakingShandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial EngineeringDepartment of BioengineeringQilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) Jinan 250353 China
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- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, Shandong Provincial Education DepartmentCollege of Polymer Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao 266042 China
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Yang R, Zhu R, Fan Y, Hu L, Chen B. Construction of an artificial inorganic leaf CdS–BiVO4 Z-scheme and its enhancement activities for pollutant degradation and hydrogen evolution. Catal Sci Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cy00475k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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An artificial inorganic leaf CdS–BiVO4 micro-nano Z-scheme photocatalytic system was synthesized by the BT–DC–SILAR method taking a leaf as a template.
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- Ruijie Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment
- Harbin Institute of Technology
- Harbin 150090
- P. R. China
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Prevention and Control, Environmental Science and Engineering Research Center
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment
- Harbin Institute of Technology
- Harbin 150090
- P. R. China
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Prevention and Control, Environmental Science and Engineering Research Center
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Prevention and Control, Environmental Science and Engineering Research Center
- Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)
- Shenzhen 518055
- P. R. China
- International Joint Research Center for Persistent Toxic Substances
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Prevention and Control, Environmental Science and Engineering Research Center
- Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)
- Shenzhen 518055
- P. R. China
- International Joint Research Center for Persistent Toxic Substances
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Prevention and Control, Environmental Science and Engineering Research Center
- Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)
- Shenzhen 518055
- P. R. China
- International Joint Research Center for Persistent Toxic Substances
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Meng S, Yan W, Ma X, Sun D, Jin Y, He K. Hierarchical structured Mn2O3 nanomaterials with excellent electrochemical properties for lithium ion batteries. RSC Adv 2019; 9:1284-1289. [PMID: 35518035 PMCID: PMC9059661 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra08985j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 01/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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A series of Mn2O3 nanomaterials with hierarchical porous structures was synthesized using three types of leaves as templates. In addition to their different morphologies, different porous nanostructures were achieved by choosing different leaves. The Mn2O3 nanomaterial prepared by using gingko leaves as a template provides a larger pore volume and a higher Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area. At the same time, this material also displays excellent electrochemical performance, that is, the specific capacities are 1274.6 mA h g−1 after 300 cycles and 381.5 mA h g−1 at current densities of 300 and 3000 mA g−1, respectively. A series of Mn2O3 nanomaterials with hierarchical porous structures was synthesized using three types of leaves as templates.![]()
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- Su Meng
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100049
- China
- University of Chinese Academy of Science
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- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100049
- China
- School of Materials Science & Engineering
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- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100049
- China
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- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100049
- China
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- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100049
- China
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- Institute of Metal Research
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shenyang 110016
- China
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With an increased focus on light energy to facilitate catalytic processes, photocatalysts have been intensively studied for a wide range of energy and environmental applications. In this report, we describe the use of chemically dehydrated leaves as sacrificial foam-like templates for the growth of monolithic macrostructured semiconducting zinc oxide and nickel or cobalt doped zinc oxide materials. The composition and structure of these templated zinc oxides were characterized using X-ray powder diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Optical properties were examined using solid-state UV–vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. The metal-doped ZnO materials have enhanced visible absorption and lower band gaps as compared to ZnO. The botanically templated ZnO materials retain the macroscopic cellular form of the leaf template with fused nanoparticle walls. Their UV photocatalytic oxidative abilities were investigated using methylene blue dye degradation in air. The leaf templated zinc oxides degrade ~85% of methylene blue dye with 30 min of UV illumination. Nickel and cobalt doped zinc oxides showed varying degrees of decreased UV and visible light photocatalytic activity, possibly due to metal-mediated charge recombination. The mild chemical dehydration process here allows complex soft botanical structures to be easily utilized for templating materials.
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Liu D, Zou D, Zhu H, Zhang J. Mesoporous Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthetic Strategies and Emerging Applications. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2018; 14:e1801454. [PMID: 30073756 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201801454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Revised: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have attracted much attention over the past two decades due to their highly promising applications not only in the fields of gas storage, separation, catalysis, drug delivery, and sensors, but also in relatively new fields such as electric, magnetic, and optical materials resulting from their extremely high surface areas, open channels and large pore cavities compared with traditional porous materials like carbon and inorganic zeolites. Particularly, MOFs involving pores within the mesoscopic scale possess unique textural properties, leading to a series of research in the design and applications of mesoporous MOFs. Unlike previous Reviews, apart from focusing on recent advances in the synthetic routes, unique characteristics and applications of mesoporous MOFs, this Review also mentions the derivatives, composites, and hierarchical MOF-based systems that contain mesoporosity, and technical boundaries and challenges brought by the drawbacks of mesoporosity. Moreover, this Review subsequently reveals promising perspectives of how recently discovered approaches to different morphologies of MOFs (not necessarily entirely mesoporous) and their corresponding performances can be extended to minimize the shortcomings of mesoporosity, thus providing a wider and brighter scope of future research into mesoporous MOFs, but not just limited to the finite progress in the target substances alone.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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Wu ZC, Lu Y, Wang Y, Li YZ, He L, Cheng X, Geng W, Ying J, Chang GG. Hierarchical structured TiO2 templated by dictyophora indusiata for enhanced photocatalytic activity. Chem Phys Lett 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2018.07.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Shi W, Song Y, Zhang X, Duan D, Wang H, Sun Z. Nanoporous Pt/TiO2nanocomposites with greatly enhanced photocatalytic performance. J CHIN CHEM SOC-TAIP 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/jccs.201700251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Wenyu Shi
- School of Science, the MOE Key Laboratory for Non-equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, the Key Laboratory of Shaanxi for Advanced Functional Materials and Mesoscopic Physics and the State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials; Xi'an Jiaotong University; Xi'an P. R. China
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- School of Science, the MOE Key Laboratory for Non-equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, the Key Laboratory of Shaanxi for Advanced Functional Materials and Mesoscopic Physics and the State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials; Xi'an Jiaotong University; Xi'an P. R. China
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- School of Science, the MOE Key Laboratory for Non-equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, the Key Laboratory of Shaanxi for Advanced Functional Materials and Mesoscopic Physics and the State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials; Xi'an Jiaotong University; Xi'an P. R. China
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- School of Science, the MOE Key Laboratory for Non-equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, the Key Laboratory of Shaanxi for Advanced Functional Materials and Mesoscopic Physics and the State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials; Xi'an Jiaotong University; Xi'an P. R. China
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- School of Science, the MOE Key Laboratory for Non-equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, the Key Laboratory of Shaanxi for Advanced Functional Materials and Mesoscopic Physics and the State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials; Xi'an Jiaotong University; Xi'an P. R. China
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- School of Science, the MOE Key Laboratory for Non-equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, the Key Laboratory of Shaanxi for Advanced Functional Materials and Mesoscopic Physics and the State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials; Xi'an Jiaotong University; Xi'an P. R. China
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Zhaohui H, Hui C, Lei Z, Xuan H, Weixin L, Wei F, Guanghui W. Biogenic Hierarchical MIL-125/TiO2
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Derived from Rice Husk and Enhanced Photocatalytic Properties for Dye Degradation. Photochem Photobiol 2018; 94:512-520. [PMID: 29253312 DOI: 10.1111/php.12873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2017] [Accepted: 10/18/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Huang Zhaohui
- The State Key Laboratory of Refractories and Metallurgy; Wuhan University of Science & Technology; Wuhan China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Refractories and Metallurgy; Wuhan University of Science & Technology; Wuhan China
- HuBei Province Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion and New Carbon Materials; College of Chemical Engineering and Technology; Wuhan University of Science & Technology; Wuhan China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Refractories and Metallurgy; Wuhan University of Science & Technology; Wuhan China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Refractories and Metallurgy; Wuhan University of Science & Technology; Wuhan China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Refractories and Metallurgy; Wuhan University of Science & Technology; Wuhan China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Refractories and Metallurgy; Wuhan University of Science & Technology; Wuhan China
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- HuBei Province Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion and New Carbon Materials; College of Chemical Engineering and Technology; Wuhan University of Science & Technology; Wuhan China
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Wilma K, Unger T, Tuncel Kostakoğlu S, Hollfelder M, Hunger C, Lang A, Gürek AG, Thelakkat M, Köhler J, Köhler A, Gekle S, Hildner R. Excited state dynamics and conformations of a Cu(ii)-phthalocyanine-perylenebisimide dyad. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 19:22169-22176. [PMID: 28795737 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp04026a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We investigate the excited state dynamics and the conformations of a new molecular donor-bridge-acceptor system, a Cu(ii)-phthalocyanine (CuPc) covalently linked via a flexible aliphatic spacer to a perylenebisimide (PBI). We performed time-resolved polarization anisotropy and pump-probe measurements in combination with molecular dynamics simulations. Our data suggest the existence of three conformations of the dyad: two more extended, metastable conformations with centre-of-mass distances >1 nm between the PBI and CuPc units of the dyad, and a highly stable folded structure, in which the PBI and CuPc units are stacked on top of each other with a centre-of-mass distance of 0.4 nm. In the extended conformations the dyad shows emission predominantly from the PBI unit with a very weak contribution from the CuPc unit. In contrast, for the folded conformation the PBI emission of the dyad is strongly quenched due to fast energy transfer from the PBI to the CuPc unit (3 ps) and subsequent intersystem-crossing (300 fs) from the first excited singlet state of CuPc unit into its triplet state. Finally, the CuPc triplet state is deactivated non-radiatively with a time constant of 25 ns.
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- K Wilma
- Experimentalphysik IV, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth 95440, Germany.
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Jiang X, Huang X, Zeng W, Huang J, Zheng Y, Sun D, Li Q. Facile morphology control of 3D porous CeO2 for CO oxidation. RSC Adv 2018; 8:21658-21663. [PMID: 35539936 PMCID: PMC9080945 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra03555e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Accepted: 06/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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3D porous CeO2 with various morphologies was successfully synthesized via a facile precipitation using glycine as the soft bio-template. During the synthesis, it was demonstrated that the morphology of CeO2 depended on the molar ratio of reactants. Furthermore, the catalytic performance towards CO oxidation of the as-synthesized CeO2 with different morphologies was investigated. CeO2 with a bowknot shape showed excellent catalytic performance, giving complete CO conversion at 370 °C, due to its properties of much higher oxygen vacancies, loosely packed pore structure and larger specific surface area. Different morphologies of CeO2 were obtained via a green and facial method, which realized CO complete conversion at 370 °C.![]()
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- Xia Jiang
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Xiamen University
- Xiamen
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Xiamen University
- Xiamen
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Xiamen University
- Xiamen
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Xiamen University
- Xiamen
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Xiamen University
- Xiamen
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Xiamen University
- Xiamen
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Xiamen University
- Xiamen
- P. R. China
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Zada I, Zhang W, Zheng W, Zhu Y, Zhang Z, Zhang J, Imtiaz M, Abbas W, Zhang D. The highly efficient photocatalytic and light harvesting property of Ag-TiO 2 with negative nano-holes structure inspired from cicada wings. Sci Rep 2017; 7:17277. [PMID: 29222515 PMCID: PMC5722858 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-17479-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2017] [Accepted: 11/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The negative replica of biomorphic TiO2 with nano-holes structure has been effectively fabricated directly from nano-nipple arrays structure of cicada wings by using a simple, low-cost and highly effective sol-gel ultrasonic method. The nano-holes array structure was well maintained after calcination in air at 500 °C. The Ag nanoparticles (10 nm–25 nm) were homogeneously decorated on the surface and to the side wall of nano-holes structure. It was observed that the biomorphic Ag-TiO2 showed remarkable photocatalytic activity by degradation of methyl blue (MB) under UV-vis light irradiation. The biomorphic Ag-TiO2 with nano-holes structure showed superior photocatalytic activity compared to the biomorphic TiO2 and commercial Degussa P25. This high-performance photocatalytic activity of the biomorphic Ag-TiO2 may be attributed to the nano-holes structure, localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) property of the Ag nanoparticles, and enhanced electron-hole separation. Moreover, the biomorphic Ag-TiO2 showed more absorption capability in the visible wavelength range. This work provides a new insight to design such a structure which may lead to a range of novel applications.
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- Imran Zada
- State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, P.R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, P.R. China
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- Jushi Fiberglass Research Institute, Jushi Group Co., Ltd. 669 Wenhua Road (South), Tongxiang Economic Development Zone, Tongxiang City, Zhejiang Province, 314500, P.R. China
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- Jushi Fiberglass Research Institute, Jushi Group Co., Ltd. 669 Wenhua Road (South), Tongxiang Economic Development Zone, Tongxiang City, Zhejiang Province, 314500, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, P.R. China.
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Quantum chemical approaches to [NiFe] hydrogenase. Essays Biochem 2017; 61:293-303. [PMID: 28487405 DOI: 10.1042/ebc20160079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Revised: 02/22/2017] [Accepted: 03/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The mechanism by which [NiFe] hydrogenase catalyses the oxidation of molecular hydrogen is a significant yet challenging topic in bioinorganic chemistry. With far-reaching applications in renewable energy and carbon mitigation, significant effort has been invested in the study of these complexes. In particular, computational approaches offer a unique perspective on how this enzyme functions at an electronic and atomistic level. In this article, we discuss state-of-the art quantum chemical methods and how they have helped deepen our comprehension of [NiFe] hydrogenase. We outline the key strategies that can be used to compute the (i) geometry, (ii) electronic structure, (iii) thermodynamics and (iv) kinetic properties associated with the enzymatic activity of [NiFe] hydrogenase and other bioinorganic complexes.
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Biotemplated Mesoporous TiO2/SiO2 Composite Derived from Aquatic Plant Leaves for Efficient Dye Degradation. Catalysts 2017. [DOI: 10.3390/catal7030082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Yang XY, Chen LH, Li Y, Rooke JC, Sanchez C, Su BL. Hierarchically porous materials: synthesis strategies and structure design. Chem Soc Rev 2017; 46:481-558. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cs00829a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 839] [Impact Index Per Article: 119.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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This review addresses recent advances in synthesis strategies of hierarchically porous materials and their structural design from micro-, meso- to macro-length scale.
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Affiliation(s)
- Xiao-Yu Yang
- State Key Laboratory Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Wuhan University of Technology
- Wuhan
- China
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- State Key Laboratory Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Wuhan University of Technology
- Wuhan
- China
| | - Yu Li
- State Key Laboratory Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Wuhan University of Technology
- Wuhan
- China
| | - Joanna Claire Rooke
- Laboratory of Inorganic Materials Chemistry (CMI)
- University of Namur
- B-5000 Namur
- Belgium
| | - Clément Sanchez
- Chimie de la Matiere Condensee de Paris
- UniversitePierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI)
- Collège de France
- France
| | - Bao-Lian Su
- State Key Laboratory Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Wuhan University of Technology
- Wuhan
- China
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