The overuse and ineffective management of plastics have led to significant environmental pollution. Catalytic upcycling into value-added chemicals has emerged as a promising solution. This review provides a comprehens...The overuse and ineffective management of plastics have led to significant environmental pollution. Catalytic upcycling into value-added chemicals has emerged as a promising solution. This review provides a comprehensive overview of recent advances in catalytic upcycling, focusing on the cleavage of chemical bonds such as carbon-carbon (C-C), carbon-oxygen (C-O), and carbon-hydrogen (C-H) in plastics. It systematically discusses plastics conversion via electrocatalysis, thermal catalysis, and photocatalysis. Additionally, it explores the conversion of plastics into value-added chemicals and functional polymers. The review also addresses the challenges in this field and aims to offer insights for developing sustainable and effective plastics upcycling technologies.展开更多
Lignin is the most abundant and important macromolecule in organic matter and its yield is second only to cellulose. Lignin is abundant in source, low in price, and has a large number of active groups such as methoxy ...Lignin is the most abundant and important macromolecule in organic matter and its yield is second only to cellulose. Lignin is abundant in source, low in price, and has a large number of active groups such as methoxy group and carboxyl group, so it has great utilization value. We used lignin as a carbon source to prepare porous carbon nanosphere(PCN) materials, and in-situ synthesized the MoS_ 2 on its surface. The high specific surface area(462.8 m^2/g), large pore volume and good electron conductivity of the porous carbon scaffold facilitated the reversible electro-chemical reaction of S towards metallic Li, and thus the nano-hybrid showed a high specific energy and excellent cycle stability which still remained 520m Ah/g after 50 cycles.展开更多
Drug-resistant bacteria present a severe threat to public health,emphasizing the importance of developing broad-spectrum antibacterial agents that are free from drug resistance.Among silver-based antibacterial agents,...Drug-resistant bacteria present a severe threat to public health,emphasizing the importance of developing broad-spectrum antibacterial agents that are free from drug resistance.Among silver-based antibacterial agents,nano-silver has been found to exhibit the most promising and comprehensive performance.The exploration of the antibacterial capacity and morphological changes of silver nanoparticles(AgNPs)could offer a starting point for the development of safe and efficient antibacterial agents.In this study,three types of nano-silver-modified polyphosphazene(PRV)nanoparticles with different morphologies were synthesized using precipitation polymerization.These nanoparticles were characterized using various techniques,including Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy(FTIR),X-ray diffraction(XRD),scanning electron microscopy(SEM),transmission electron microscopy(TEM),and thermogravimetric analysis(TGA).The antibacterial activity of these nanoparticles against Escherichia coli(E.coli)and Staphylococcus aureus(S.aureus)was assessed using minimum inhibitory concentration(MiC)/minimum bactericidal concentration(MBC)tests and inverted fluorescence microscopy.Our results revealed that the antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles can vary significantly depending on their immobilized form.Ag@PRV Strawberry-like nanoparticles(NPs)exhibited higher antibacterial activity compared to Ag@PRV Yolk-Shell NPs and Ag@PRV Cable-like nanofibers(NFs).Notably,all three types of synthesized nanoparticles demonstrated a stronger bactericidal effect on Gram-positive bacteria than Gram-negative bacteria.Live/dead bacterial staining and scanning electron microscopy demonstrated that silver can kill bacteria by altering the permeability of their cell membranes.These findings offer valuable insights for designing and practically applying new silver-based antibacterial agents in the future.展开更多
Rapid detection and identification of Escherichia coli(E.coli)is essential to prevent its quickly spread.In this study,a novel fluorescence probe based on ZnTe quantum dots(QDs)modified by mannose(MAN)had been prepare...Rapid detection and identification of Escherichia coli(E.coli)is essential to prevent its quickly spread.In this study,a novel fluorescence probe based on ZnTe quantum dots(QDs)modified by mannose(MAN)had been prepared for the determination of E.coli.The results showed that the obtained QDs showed excellent selectivity toward E.coli,and presented a good linearity in range of 1.0×10~5~1.0×10~8 CFU/mL.The optimum fluorescence intensity for detecting E.coli was found to be at pH 7.0 with a temperature of25℃and incubation time of 20 min.Under these optimum conditions,the detection limit of E.coli was4.6×10~4 CFU/mL.The quenching was discussed to be a static quenching procedure,which was proved by the quenching efficiency of QDs decreased with the temperature increasing.展开更多
基金the financial support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52173046,52473050,and 22275166)the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province(No.LZ21E030002)。
文摘The overuse and ineffective management of plastics have led to significant environmental pollution. Catalytic upcycling into value-added chemicals has emerged as a promising solution. This review provides a comprehensive overview of recent advances in catalytic upcycling, focusing on the cleavage of chemical bonds such as carbon-carbon (C-C), carbon-oxygen (C-O), and carbon-hydrogen (C-H) in plastics. It systematically discusses plastics conversion via electrocatalysis, thermal catalysis, and photocatalysis. Additionally, it explores the conversion of plastics into value-added chemicals and functional polymers. The review also addresses the challenges in this field and aims to offer insights for developing sustainable and effective plastics upcycling technologies.
基金the financial support of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51803062)National Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (No. 2018A030310379)+4 种基金National Postdoctoral Program for Innovation Talents (No. BX201700079)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Funded Project (No. 2017M620371)and Foundation for Distinguished Young Talents in Higher Education of Guangdong Province (No. 2017KQNCX001)F. Chen thanks the financialsupport of Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51673175)Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (Nos. LY16E030012, LY17E030006 and LY18E030009)
文摘Lignin is the most abundant and important macromolecule in organic matter and its yield is second only to cellulose. Lignin is abundant in source, low in price, and has a large number of active groups such as methoxy group and carboxyl group, so it has great utilization value. We used lignin as a carbon source to prepare porous carbon nanosphere(PCN) materials, and in-situ synthesized the MoS_ 2 on its surface. The high specific surface area(462.8 m^2/g), large pore volume and good electron conductivity of the porous carbon scaffold facilitated the reversible electro-chemical reaction of S towards metallic Li, and thus the nano-hybrid showed a high specific energy and excellent cycle stability which still remained 520m Ah/g after 50 cycles.
基金financially supported by the Ningbo Scientific and Technological Innovation 2025 Major Project(No.2020Z097)Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province(No.LY18E030009)+1 种基金Ningbo Clinical Research Center for Otolaryngology Head and Neck Disease(No.2022L005)Ningbo Medical and Health Brand Discipline(No.PPXK2018-02).
文摘Drug-resistant bacteria present a severe threat to public health,emphasizing the importance of developing broad-spectrum antibacterial agents that are free from drug resistance.Among silver-based antibacterial agents,nano-silver has been found to exhibit the most promising and comprehensive performance.The exploration of the antibacterial capacity and morphological changes of silver nanoparticles(AgNPs)could offer a starting point for the development of safe and efficient antibacterial agents.In this study,three types of nano-silver-modified polyphosphazene(PRV)nanoparticles with different morphologies were synthesized using precipitation polymerization.These nanoparticles were characterized using various techniques,including Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy(FTIR),X-ray diffraction(XRD),scanning electron microscopy(SEM),transmission electron microscopy(TEM),and thermogravimetric analysis(TGA).The antibacterial activity of these nanoparticles against Escherichia coli(E.coli)and Staphylococcus aureus(S.aureus)was assessed using minimum inhibitory concentration(MiC)/minimum bactericidal concentration(MBC)tests and inverted fluorescence microscopy.Our results revealed that the antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles can vary significantly depending on their immobilized form.Ag@PRV Strawberry-like nanoparticles(NPs)exhibited higher antibacterial activity compared to Ag@PRV Yolk-Shell NPs and Ag@PRV Cable-like nanofibers(NFs).Notably,all three types of synthesized nanoparticles demonstrated a stronger bactericidal effect on Gram-positive bacteria than Gram-negative bacteria.Live/dead bacterial staining and scanning electron microscopy demonstrated that silver can kill bacteria by altering the permeability of their cell membranes.These findings offer valuable insights for designing and practically applying new silver-based antibacterial agents in the future.
基金the grants from National Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(Nos.2017A030310666 and 2018A030307003)Guangdong Medical University Nanhai Marine Biomedical Resources R&D Public Service Platform Open Fund Project(Nos.2HC18013 and 2HC18016)+4 种基金"Group-type"Special Support Project for Education Talents in Universities(No.4SG19045G)Foundation of Young Innovative Talents in Guangdong Province Colleges(No.2018KQNCX091)Undergraduate Science&Technology Innovation Foundation of Guangdong Province(Nos.201810571046 and 201810571073)Medical Science and Technology Development Foundation of Guangdong Province(No.A2016355)The Opening Project of State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering of Sichuan University(No.sklpme2018-4-23)。
文摘Rapid detection and identification of Escherichia coli(E.coli)is essential to prevent its quickly spread.In this study,a novel fluorescence probe based on ZnTe quantum dots(QDs)modified by mannose(MAN)had been prepared for the determination of E.coli.The results showed that the obtained QDs showed excellent selectivity toward E.coli,and presented a good linearity in range of 1.0×10~5~1.0×10~8 CFU/mL.The optimum fluorescence intensity for detecting E.coli was found to be at pH 7.0 with a temperature of25℃and incubation time of 20 min.Under these optimum conditions,the detection limit of E.coli was4.6×10~4 CFU/mL.The quenching was discussed to be a static quenching procedure,which was proved by the quenching efficiency of QDs decreased with the temperature increasing.
