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Madhuvilakku R, Hong Y. Portable Sensing Probe for Real-Time Quantification of Ammonia in Blood Samples. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:47242-47256. [PMID: 39189838 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c09573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/28/2024]
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The detection of ammonia levels in blood is critical for diagnosing and monitoring various medical conditions, including liver dysfunction and metabolic disorders. However, traditional diagnostic methods are slow and cumbersome, often involving multiple contact-based steps such as ammonia separation in alkali conditions followed by distillation or microdiffusion, leading to delays in diagnosis and treatment. Herein, we developed a colorimetric assay capable of rapid detection of ammonia in whole blood or plasma samples, utilizing 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine 1-oxyl (TEMPO)-oxidized cellulose nanocrystals (TCNC) coupled with gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). The basis of our assay relies on either (i) the interaction between the carboxylate group (-COO) of TEMPO and ammonium ions or (ii) the manipulation of AuNPs surface plasmon resonance (SPR) through the formation of Au(NH3)43+, which displaces a redox mediator, resazurin, resulting in observable multicolor displays at various concentrations of ammonia. The colorimetric assay exhibits a wide linear detection range for dissolved NH4+ (0.1-37 μM) with a low limit of detection (LOD) of 0.1 μM. Additionally, it effectively measures NH3(g) concentrations in the range of 0.5-144 μM. The fabricated electrochemical nose (E-nose) device demonstrates excellent analytical performance for plasma ammonia sensing (0.05-256 μM). Experimental results demonstrate a linear detection range suitable for clinical applications, with excellent correlation to standard laboratory methods, offering a practical solution for point-of-care (PoC) testing. We anticipate that this approach can be applied broadly to improve patient monitoring and treatment by providing immediate and accurate ammonia measurements in a clinical setting.
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- Rajesh Madhuvilakku
- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Healthcare Medical Science & Engineering, Inje University, Gimhae 50834, Republic of Korea
- Biohealth Products Research Center (BPRC), Inje University, Gimhae 50834, Republic of Korea
- Research Center for Aged-Life Redesign (RCAR), Inje University, Gimhae 50834, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Healthcare Medical Science & Engineering, Inje University, Gimhae 50834, Republic of Korea
- Biohealth Products Research Center (BPRC), Inje University, Gimhae 50834, Republic of Korea
- Research Center for Aged-Life Redesign (RCAR), Inje University, Gimhae 50834, Republic of Korea
- Department of Rehabilitation Science, Graduate School of Inje University, Gimhae 50834, Republic of Korea
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Sahu JN, Dhaouadi F, Sellaoui L, Khor LX, Lee SY, Daud WMAW, Chebaane S, Bouzidi M, Guergueb M, Bonilla-Petriciolet A, Lamine AB. Physicochemical assessment of ammonium adsorption using a palm shell-based adsorbent activated with acetic acid: experimental and theoretical studies. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:27980-27987. [PMID: 38526713 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-33002-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 03/16/2024] [Indexed: 03/27/2024]
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The adsorption of ammonium from water was studied on an activated carbon obtained using raw oil palm shell and activated with acetic acid. The performance of this adsorbent was tested at different operating conditions including the solution pH, adsorbent dosage, and initial ammonium concentration. Kinetic and equilibrium studies were carried out, and their results were analyzed with different models. For the adsorption kinetics, the pseudo-first order equation was the best model to correlate this system. Calculated adsorption rate constants ranged from 0.071 to 0.074 g/mg min. The ammonium removal was 70-80% at pH 6-8, and it was significantly affected by electrostatic interaction forces. Ammonium removal (%) increased with the adsorbent dosage, and neutral pH condition favored the adsorption of this pollutant. The best ammonium adsorption conditions were identified with a response surface methodology model where the maximum removal was 91.49% with 2.27 g/L of adsorbent at pH 8.11 for an initial ammonium concentration of 36.90 mg/L. The application of a physical monolayer model developed by statistical physics theory indicated that the removal mechanism of ammonium was multi-ionic and involved physical interactions with adsorption energy of 29 kJ/mol. This activated carbon treated with acetic acid is promising to depollute aqueous solutions containing ammonium.
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- Jaya Narayan Sahu
- Institute of Chemical Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, D-70550, Stuttgart, Germany
- South Ural State University (National Research University), Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation, 454080
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- Laboratory of Quantum and Statistical Physics, LR18ES18, Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, Monastir University, 5000, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Quantum and Statistical Physics, LR18ES18, Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, Monastir University, 5000, Monastir, Tunisia.
- CRMN, Centre for Research on Microelectronics and Nanotechnology of Sousse, NANOMISENE, LR16CRMN01, Code Postal, 4054, Sousse, Tunisia.
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Ha'il, P.O. Box 2240, Ha'il, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Ha'il, P.O. Box 2240, Ha'il, Saudi Arabia
- Laboratoire de recherche sur les Hétéro-Epitaxies et Applications (LRHEA), Departement de Physique, Faculté des Sciences de Monastir, Université de Monastir, 5000, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Physico-Chemistry of Materials, Department of Physics, University of Monastir, 5000, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, InstitutoTecnológico de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, 20256, México
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- Laboratory of Quantum and Statistical Physics, LR18ES18, Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, Monastir University, 5000, Monastir, Tunisia
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Al-Hazmi HE, Łuczak J, Habibzadeh S, Hasanin MS, Mohammadi A, Esmaeili A, Kim SJ, Khodadadi Yazdi M, Rabiee N, Badawi M, Saeb MR. Polysaccharide nanocomposites in wastewater treatment: A review. CHEMOSPHERE 2024; 347:140578. [PMID: 37939921 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2023] [Revised: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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In modern times, wastewater treatment is vital due to increased water contamination arising from pollutants such as nutrients, pathogens, heavy metals, and pharmaceutical residues. Polysaccharides (PSAs) are natural, renewable, and non-toxic biopolymers used in wastewater treatment in the field of gas separation, liquid filtration, adsorption processes, pervaporation, and proton exchange membranes. Since addition of nanoparticles to PSAs improves their sustainability and strength, nanocomposite PSAs has gained significant attention for wastewater treatment in the past decade. This review presents a comprehensive analysis of PSA-based nanocomposites used for efficient wastewater treatment, focusing on adsorption, photocatalysis, and membrane-based methods. It also discusses potential future applications, challenges, and opportunities in adsorption, filtration, and photocatalysis. Recently, PSAs have shown promise as adsorbents in biological-based systems, effectively removing heavy metals that could hinder microbial activity. Cellulose-mediated adsorbents have successfully removed various pollutants from wastewater, including heavy metals, dyes, oil, organic solvents, pesticides, and pharmaceutical residues. Thus, PSA nanocomposites would support biological processes in wastewater treatment plants. A major concern is the discharge of antibiotic wastes from pharmaceutical industries, posing significant environmental and health risks. PSA-mediated bio-adsorbents, like clay polymeric nanocomposite hydrogel beads, efficiently remove antibiotics from wastewater, ensuring water quality and ecosystem balance. The successful use of PSA-mediated bio-adsorbents in wastewater treatment depends on ongoing research to optimize their application and evaluate their potential environmental impacts. Implementing these eco-friendly adsorbents on a large scale holds great promise in significantly reducing water pollution, safeguarding ecosystems, and protecting human health.
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- Hussein E Al-Hazmi
- Department of Sanitary Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdańsk University of Technology, 80-233, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Process Engineering and Chemical Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, 80-233, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Surface Reaction and Advanced Energy Materials Laboratory, Chemical Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran.
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- Cellulose and Paper Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, 12622, Egypt
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- Department of Engineering and Chemical Sciences, Karlstad University, 65188, Karlstad, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering Technology, and Industrial Trades, College of the North Atlantic-Qatar, Doha, Qatar
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 74078, United States
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- Division of Electrochemistry and Surface Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Gdańsk University of Technology, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, 6150, Australia; School of Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, L2CM, F-57000 Metz, France
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Medical University of Gdańsk, J. Hallera 107, 80-416 Gdańsk, Poland.
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Duceac IA, Tanasa F, Coseri S. Selective Oxidation of Cellulose-A Multitask Platform with Significant Environmental Impact. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 15:5076. [PMID: 35888547 PMCID: PMC9324530 DOI: 10.3390/ma15145076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Revised: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 07/02/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Raw cellulose, or even agro-industrial waste, have been extensively used for environmental applications, namely industrial water decontamination, due to their effectiveness, availability, and low production cost. This was a response to the increasing societal demand for fresh water, which made the purification of wastewater one of the major research issue for both academic and industrial R&D communities. Cellulose has undergone various derivatization reactions in order to change the cellulose surface charge density, a prerequisite condition to delaminate fibers down to nanometric fibrils through a low-energy process, and to obtain products with various structures and properties able to undergo further processing. Selective oxidation of cellulose, one of the most important methods of chemical modification, turned out to be a multitask platform to obtain new high-performance, versatile, cellulose-based materials, with many other applications aside from the environmental ones: in biomedical engineering and healthcare, energy storage, barrier and sensing applications, food packaging, etc. Various methods of selective oxidation have been studied, but among these, (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-yl)oxyl) (TEMPO)-mediated and periodate oxidation reactions have attracted more interest due to their enhanced regioselectivity, high yield and degree of substitution, mild conditions, and the possibility to further process the selectively oxidized cellulose into new materials with more complex formulations. This study systematically presents the main methods commonly used for the selective oxidation of cellulose and provides a survey of the most recent reports on the environmental applications of oxidized cellulose, such as the removal of heavy metals, dyes, and other organic pollutants from the wastewater.
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- Department of Polyaddition and Photochemistry, “Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, 700487 Iasi, Romania; (I.A.D.); (S.C.)
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Preface for the Jim Yang Lee Festschrift. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c01758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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