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Role of the solvent evaporating temperature on the NiMo/TiO2-Al2O3 catalyst and the hydrodesulfurization performance for 4,6-dimenthyldibenzothiophehe. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL ADVANCES 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceja.2022.100319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Ma B, Chen Y, Hu G, Zeng Q, Lv X, Oh DH, Fu X, Jin Y. Ovotransferrin Antibacterial Peptide Coupling Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticle as an Effective Antibiotic Delivery System for Treating Bacterial Infection In Vivo. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2021; 8:109-118. [PMID: 34936344 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c01267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Antibiotic-resistant pathogens are a serious threat to global public health. The emergence of drug-resistant pathogens is due to the improper use of antibiotics, making the treatment of bacterial infections very challenging. Here, we reported an efficient antibiotic delivery nanoparticle to minimize antibiotic resistance. The nanoparticle was designed to target the bacterial membrane using mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) modified with an ovotransferrin-derived antimicrobial peptide (OVTp12), enabling the antibiotic to be delivered to the vicinity of the pathogenic bacteria. Moreover, we observed that OVTp12-modified nanoparticles effectively inhibited the growth of Escherichia coli in vitro and in vivo. The nanoparticle with high biosafety could significantly downregulate the expression of inflammation-related cytokines in infected tissues. Thus, this novel bacterial targeted nanoparticle provides advantages in minimizing bacterial drug resistance and treating bacterial infection.
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- Bin Ma
- National Research and Development Center for Egg Processing, College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P. R. China
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- National Research and Development Center for Egg Processing, College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P. R. China
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- National Research and Development Center for Egg Processing, College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P. R. China
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- National Research and Development Center for Egg Processing, College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P. R. China
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- National Research and Development Center for Egg Processing, College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P. R. China
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- Department of Bioconvergence Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Kangwon National University, Chunchon 24341, South Korea
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- National Research and Development Center for Egg Processing, College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P. R. China
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- National Research and Development Center for Egg Processing, College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P. R. China
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Ledezma Lopez GA, Verstraete JJ, Sorbier L, Glowska A, Leinekugel-Le-Cocq D, Jolimaitre E, Jallut C. Generation of γ-Alumina Digital Twins Using a Nitrogen Porosimetry Simulation. Ind Eng Chem Res 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c02849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Gabriel Alejandro Ledezma Lopez
- IFP Energies Nouvelles, Rond-point de l’échangeur de Solaize, BP 3, 69360 Solaize, France
- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, LAGEPP UMR 5007 43 boulevard du 11 novembre 1918, Villeurbanne, F-69100, France
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- IFP Energies Nouvelles, Rond-point de l’échangeur de Solaize, BP 3, 69360 Solaize, France
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- IFP Energies Nouvelles, Rond-point de l’échangeur de Solaize, BP 3, 69360 Solaize, France
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- IFP Energies Nouvelles, Rond-point de l’échangeur de Solaize, BP 3, 69360 Solaize, France
- Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering (CNIE), University College of London, Gower Street, London, WC1E6BT, United Kingdom
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- IFP Energies Nouvelles, Rond-point de l’échangeur de Solaize, BP 3, 69360 Solaize, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, LAGEPP UMR 5007 43 boulevard du 11 novembre 1918, Villeurbanne, F-69100, France
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Tanis-Kanbur MB, Peinador RI, Calvo JI, Hernández A, Chew JW. Porosimetric membrane characterization techniques: A review. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Dibenzothiophene hydrodesulfurization over ternary metallic NiMoW/Ti-HMS mesoporous catalysts. CATAL COMMUN 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.catcom.2020.106162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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McLaren RL, Laycock CJ, Brousseau E, Owen GR. Examining slit pore widths within plasma-exfoliated graphitic material utilising Barrett–Joyner–Halenda analysis. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj01702k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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BJH analysis is shown to be a highly useful method to estimate the distance between stacks within plasma-exfoliated graphitic material, and is shown to coincide with data obtained from SEM, AFM and XRD analysis.
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- School of Applied Science
- University of South Wales
- Treforest
- UK
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Almáši M, Beňová E, Zeleňák V, Madaj B, Huntošová V, Brus J, Urbanová M, Bednarčík J, Hornebecq V. Cytotoxicity study and influence of SBA-15 surface polarity and pH on adsorption and release properties of anticancer agent pemetrexed. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2019; 109:110552. [PMID: 32228921 DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2019.110552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2019] [Revised: 12/04/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Mesoporous material SBA-15 was functionalized with different polar and nonpolar groups: 3-aminopropyl, (SBA-15-NH2), 3-isocyanatopropyl (SBA-15-NCO), 3-mercaptopropyl (SBA-15-SH), methyl (SBA-15-CH3) and phenyl (SBA-15-Ph). The resulting surface grafted materials were investigated as matrices for controlled drug delivery. Anticancer agent, pemetrexed (disodium pemetrexed heptahydrate) was selected as a model drug and loaded in the unmodified and functionalized SBA-15 materials. Materials were characterized by elemental analysis, infrared spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, nitrogen adsorption/desorption analysis, small angle X-ray scattering, powder X-ray diffraction, solid state NMR spectroscopy and thermogravimetry. It was shown that surface modification has an impact on both encapsulated drug amount and release properties. Release experiments were performed into two media with different pH: simulated body fluid (pH = 7.4) and simulated gastric fluid (pH = 2). In general, the effect of pH was reflected by the lower release of pemetrexed under acidic conditions (pH = 2) compared to slightly alkaline saline environment (pH = 7.4). The release rate of pemetrexed from propylamine-, propylisocyanate- and phenyl-modified SBA-15 was found to be effectively controlled by intermolecular interactions as compared to that from pure SBA-15, SBA-15-SH, and SBA-15-CH3, that evidenced a steady and similar release. The highest release was observed for methyl-functionalized material whose hydrophobic surface accelerates the pemetrexed release. The data obtained from release studies were fitted using various kinetic models to determine the pemetrexed release mechanism and its release rate. The best correlations were found for Korsmeyer-Peppas and Higuchi models. Moreover, the theoretical three-parameter model for drug release kinetic was applied to calculate the strength of drug-support interactions. The in vitro cell study was performed on SKBR3 cancer cells and obtained results demonstrated that the modification of the mesoporous silica material by grafted polar/nonpolar groups may significantly affect the compatibility of this material with cells, drug release from this material and subsequent biological activity of PEM.
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- Miroslav Almáši
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, P. J. Šafárik University, Moyzesova 11, SK-041 01 Košice, Slovak Republic.
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, P. J. Šafárik University, Moyzesova 11, SK-041 01 Košice, Slovak Republic; Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, MADIREL, F-133 97 Marseille, France
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, P. J. Šafárik University, Moyzesova 11, SK-041 01 Košice, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, P. J. Šafárik University, Moyzesova 11, SK-041 01 Košice, Slovak Republic
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Technology and Innovation Park, P. J. Šafárik University, Jesenna 5, SK-041 54 Košice, Slovak Republic
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- Laboratory of Solid State NMR Spectroscopy, Department of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Heyrovsky square 2, CZ-162 06 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Solid State NMR Spectroscopy, Department of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Heyrovsky square 2, CZ-162 06 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, P. J. Šafárik University, Park Angelinum 9, SK-041 01 Košice, Slovak Republic; Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Watsonova 47, SK-040 01 Košice, Slovak Republic
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Tan SJ, Prasetyo L, Do DD, Nicholson D. Interplay between Wetting and Filling of Argon Adsorption in Slit Pores with Different Surface Energies Transition from Filling in Micropores to Capillary Condensation in Mesopores. Ind Eng Chem Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b03439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Shiliang Johnathan Tan
- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia
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Gao L, Chan KY, Li CYV, Xie L, Olorunyomi JF. Highly Selective Transport of Alkali Metal Ions by Nanochannels of Polyelectrolyte Threaded MIL-53 Metal Organic Framework. NANO LETTERS 2019; 19:4990-4996. [PMID: 31322897 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b01211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Conventional ion-exchange polymeric membranes have limited selectivity due to their nonuniform and unstable structures. The rigid, regular, high porosity of metal organic framework (MOF) generally provides MOF membrane with exclusion/sieving effect but lack of electrostatic screening. Here we report for the first time a nonbiological highly selective MOF membrane with polyelectrolyte threaded in the nanochannel of metal organic framework (polyelectrolyte∼MOF) and its selective transport of alkali metal cations. Poly(sodium vinyl sulfonated-co-acrylic acid)∼MIL-53(Al) is prepared on anodic aluminum oxide substrate via steps of MOF MIL-53(Al) growth followed by in situ polymerization. The poly(VS-co-AA)∼MIL-53(Al) membrane demonstrates highly specific selectivity in transport of alkali metal cations. Rate of ion transport correlates inversely with the hydrated diameter of the ion reaching a low limiting rate near 0.7 nm hydrated diameter. Charge exclusion is demonstrated with blockage of anion transport under a concentration gradient. The highly uniform porous nanostructure of MOF and ionic function of polyelectrolyte offers the MOF membrane with synergistic selectivity based on exclusion forces of the framework and Coulomb forces from fixed charges of polyelectrolytes in nanochannels.
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- Liang Gao
- Department of Chemistry , The University of Hong Kong , Pokfulam Road , Hong Kong , Hong Kong
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- Department of Chemistry , The University of Hong Kong , Pokfulam Road , Hong Kong , Hong Kong
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- Department of Chemistry , The University of Hong Kong , Pokfulam Road , Hong Kong , Hong Kong
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- Department of Chemistry , The University of Hong Kong , Pokfulam Road , Hong Kong , Hong Kong
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- Department of Chemistry , The University of Hong Kong , Pokfulam Road , Hong Kong , Hong Kong
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Tan SJ, Loi QK, Do DD, Nicholson D. On the canonical isotherms for bulk fluid, surface adsorption and adsorption in pores: A common thread. J Colloid Interface Sci 2019; 548:25-36. [PMID: 30978593 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2019] [Revised: 03/06/2019] [Accepted: 04/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Kinetic Monte Carlo simulated isotherms calculated in the canonical ensemble, at temperatures below the critical temperature, for bulk fluid, surface adsorption and adsorption in a confined space, show a van der Waals (vdW) loop with a vertical phase transition between the rarefied and dense spinodal points at the co-existence chemical potential, µco. Microscopic examination of the state points on this loop reveals features that are common to these systems. At state points with chemical potentials greater than μco the microscopic configurations show clusters, which coalesce to form two co-existing phases along the vertical section of the loop (the coexistence line). As more molecules are added, the dense region expands at the expense of the rarefied region, to the point where the rarefied region becomes spherical (cylindrical for 2D-systems) with a curvature greater than that of the coexisting phases. This results in a decrease of chemical potential from µco to the liquid spinodal point where the rarefied region disappears. With a further increase in loading, the chemical potential and the density increase. The existence of a vdW loop is the microscopic reason for the hysteresis observed in the grand canonical isotherm, where the adsorption and desorption boundaries of the hysteresis loop are first-order transitions, enclosing the vertical section of the vdW loop of the canonical isotherm. However, a first-order transition is rarely observed in experiments where transitions are usually steep, but not vertical. From our extensive simulations, we provide two possible reasons: (1) the finite extent of the system and (2) the existence of high energy sites that localize the clusters. In the first case, the desorption branch, and in the second case the adsorption branch, either comes close to, or collapses onto the coexistence line. When both occur, the hysteresis loop disappears and the isotherm is reversible, as often observed experimentally.
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- Shiliang Johnathan Tan
- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia
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Gamil S, El Rouby WA, Antuch M, Zedan IT. Nanohybrid layered double hydroxide materials as efficient catalysts for methanol electrooxidation. RSC Adv 2019; 9:13503-13514. [PMID: 35519556 PMCID: PMC9063938 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra01270b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Accepted: 04/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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In this work, efficient methanol oxidation fuel cell catalysts with excellent stability in alkaline media have been synthesized by including transition metals to the layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanohybrids. The nanohybrids CoCr-LDH, NiCoCr-LDH and NiCr-LDH were prepared by co-precipitation and their physicochemical characteristics were investigated using TEM, XRD, IR and BET analyses. The nanohybrid CoCr-LDH is found to have the highest surface area of 179.87 m2 g−1. The electrocatalytic activity measurements showed that the current density was increased by increasing the methanol concentration (from 0.1 to 3 M) as a result of its increased oxidation at the surface. The nanohybrid NiCr-LDH, showing the highest pore size (55.5 Å) showed the highest performance for methanol oxidation, with a current density of 7.02 mA cm−2 at 60 mV s−1 using 3 M methanol. In addition, the corresponding onset potential was 0.35 V (at 60 mV s−1 using 3 M methanol) which is the lowest value among all other used LDH nanohybrids. Overall, we observed the following reactivity order: NiCr-LDH > NiCoCr-LDH > CoCr-LDH, as derived from the impedance spectroscopy analysis. Methanol electrooxidation over layered double hydroxides.![]()
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- Shimaa Gamil
- Renewable Energy Science and Engineering Department
- Faculty of Postgraduate Studies for Advanced Science
- Beni-Suef University
- 62511 Beni-Suef
- Egypt
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- Materials Science and Nanotechnology Department
- Faculty of Postgraduate Studies for Advanced Science
- Beni-Suef University
- 62511 Beni-Suef
- Egypt
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- Renewable Energy Science and Engineering Department
- Faculty of Postgraduate Studies for Advanced Science
- Beni-Suef University
- 62511 Beni-Suef
- Egypt
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Jin X, Fang T, Wang J, Liu M, Pan S, Subramaniam B, Shen J, Yang C, Chaudhari RV. Nanostructured Metal Catalysts for Selective Hydrogenation and Oxidation of Cellulosic Biomass to Chemicals. CHEM REC 2018; 19:1952-1994. [PMID: 30474917 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.201800144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2018] [Revised: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Conversion of biomass to chemicals provides essential products to human society from renewable resources. In this context, achieving atom-economical and energy-efficient conversion with high selectivity towards target products remains a key challenge. Recent developments in nanostructured catalysts address this challenge reporting remarkable performances in shape and morphology dependent catalysis by metals on nano scale in energy and environmental applications. In this review, most recent advances in synthesis of heterogeneous nanomaterials, surface characterization and catalytic performances for hydrogenation and oxidation for biorenewables with plausible mechanism have been discussed. The perspectives obtained from this review paper will provide insights into rational design of active, selective and stable catalytic materials for sustainable production of value-added chemicals from biomass resources.
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- Xin Jin
- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, 266580, China
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- Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1501 Wakarusa Drive, Lawrence, Kansas, 66047, USA
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- College of Environment and Resources, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, 266580, China
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- Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1501 Wakarusa Drive, Lawrence, Kansas, 66047, USA
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Bruschi L, Mistura G, Negri F, Coasne B, Mayamei Y, Lee W. Adsorption on alumina nanopores with conical shape. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:18300-18305. [PMID: 30246857 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr06265j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Adsorption on porous solids depends on the morphology of the pores, the cylindrical one being the most studied in the literature. In this work, we present the first experimental investigation of adsorption and evaporation on conical nanopores produced by anodization of aluminium oxide. The pores are about 50 μm long, with the wide ends having a diameter of ∼79 nm and the narrow ones of ∼30 nm. Three different pores configurations are considered: open at both ends, open only at the narrow end and open only at the wide end. Despite the very small value of the conical angle α, estimated to be ∼0.06°, just barely above α = 0° corresponding to a cylindrical pore, the adsorption isotherms look strikingly different from those measured on cylindrical pores of similar size. First of all, the hysteresis loops of the conical pores with two open ends and with open wide ends practically coincide. Furthermore, they are narrower and the adsorption and evaporation branches are broader than those of the cylindrical pores with similar size. Finally, conical pores with open narrow ends exhibit a large hysteresis indicative of pore blocking. To unravel the mechanisms underlying adsorption and evaporation in such conical pores, we also report complementary results obtained using on-lattice grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations.
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- Lorenzo Bruschi
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia G. Galilei, Università di Padova, via Marzolo 8, 35131 Padova, Italy.
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Yoshimoto Y, Hori T, Kinefuchi I, Takagi S. Effect of capillary condensation on gas transport properties in porous media. Phys Rev E 2018; 96:043112. [PMID: 29347560 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.96.043112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We investigate the effect of capillary condensation on gas diffusivity in porous media composed of randomly packed spheres with moderate wettability. To simulate capillary phenomena at the pore scale while retaining complex pore networks of the porous media, we employ density functional theory (DFT) for coarse-grained lattice gas models. The lattice DFT simulations reveal that capillary condensations preferentially occur at confined pores surrounded by solid walls, leading to the occlusion of narrow pores. Consequently, the characteristic lengths of the partially wet structures are larger than those of the corresponding dry structures with the same porosities. Subsequent gas diffusion simulations exploiting the mean-square displacement method indicate that while the effective diffusion coefficients significantly decrease in the presence of partially condensed liquids, they are larger than those in the dry structures with the same porosities. Moreover, we find that the ratio of the porosity to the tortuosity factor, which is a crucial parameter that determines an effective diffusion coefficient, can be reasonably related to the porosity even for the partially wet porous media.
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- Yuta Yoshimoto
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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Bruschi L, Mistura G, Prasetyo L, Do DD, Dipalo M, De Angelis F. Adsorption on Nanopores of Different Cross Sections Made by Electron Beam Nanolithography. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:106-114. [PMID: 29211486 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Adsorption on nanoporous matrices is characterized by a pronounced hysteresis loop in the adsorption isotherm, when the substrate is loaded and unloaded with adsorbate, the origin of which is a matter of immense debate in the literature. In this work, we report a study of argon adsorption at 85 K on nonconnecting nanopores with one end closed to the surrounding where the effects of different pore cross sections fabricated by electron beam lithography (EBL) are investigated. A polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) resist is deposited on the electrodes of a sensitive quartz crystal microbalance without degradation of the resonance quality factor or the long-term and short-term stabilities of the device even at cryogenic temperatures. Four different pores' cross sections: circular, square, rectangular, and triangular, are produced from EBL, and the isotherms for these pore shapes exhibit pronounced hysteresis loops whose adsorption and desorption branches are nearly vertical and have almost the same slopes. No difference is observed in the hysteresis loops of the isotherms for the pores with triangular and square cross sections, whereas the hysteresis loop for the pore with circular cross sections is much narrower, suggesting that they are more regular than the other pores. All of these observations suggest that the hysteresis behavior resulted mainly from microscopic geometric irregularities present in these porous matrices.
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- Lorenzo Bruschi
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia G. Galilei, Università di Padova , via Marzolo 8, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia G. Galilei, Università di Padova , via Marzolo 8, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland , St. Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland , St. Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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