Photocatalytic ozonation-based degradation of phenol by ZnO—TiO_(2)nanocomposites in spinning disk reactor

Spinning disk reactor(SDR)has emerged as a novel process intensification photocatalytic reactor,and it has higher mass transfer efficiency and photon utilization for the degradation of toxic organic pollutants by advanced oxidation processes(AOPs).In this study,ZnO—TiO_(2)nanocomposites were prepared by solgel method,and coated on the disk of SDR by impregnation-pull-drying-calcination method.The performance of catalyst was characterized by X-ray diffraction,scanning electron microscope,X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy,photoluminescence and ultraviolet—visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy.Photocatalytic ozonation in SDR was used to remove phenol,and various factors on degradation effect were studied in detail.The results showed that the rate of degradation and mineralization reached 100%and 83.4%under UV light irradiation after 50 min,compared with photocatalysis and ozonation,the removal rate increased by 69.3%and 34.7%,and mineralization rate increased by 56.7%and 62.9%,which indicated that the coupling of photocatalysis and ozonation had a synergistic effect.The radical capture experiments demonstrated that the active species such as photogenerated holes(h^(+)),hydroxyl radicals(·OH),superoxide radical(·O_(2)-)were responsible for phenol degradation,and·OH played a leading role in the degradation process,while h+and·O_(2)^(-)played a non-leading role.

Yeast-Controlled Double-Shelled CacO_(3)/CaF_(2)Hollow Nanospheres with Hierarchically Porous for Sustained pH-Sensitive Drug Release

Hierarchically porous materials(HP materials)are believed one of the most hopeful matrix materials because of their distinctive multimodal pore structures and tremendous application potentials in the field of biomedicine.However,green and facile synthesis of hierarchically porous nanomaterials with beneficial water dispersibility and biocompatibility is still a great challenge.Herein,a novel biomimetic strategy is proposed to prepare the cell-tailored double-shelled HPCaCO_(3)/CaF_(2) hollow nanospheres under the mediation of yeast cells.The biomolecules derived from the secretion of yeast cells are used as conditioning and stabilizing agents to control the biosynthesis of the HPCaCO_(3)/CaF_(2) materials,which exhibit excellent water dispersibility and favorable biocompatibility.The double-shelled CaCO_(3)/CaF_(2) nanospheres hold hierarchically porous structure and have abundant pore channel and large specific surface area,showing high drug-loading and a prolonged drug sustainable release profile by the pore-by-pore diffusion pattern of the hierarchical pores.Otherwise,the HPCaCO_(3) with pH-sensitivity could controllably release drug doxorubicin hydrochloride(DOX)at the acidic tumor microenvironment.Both in vitro and in vivo results demonstrate that HPCaCO_(3)/CaF_(2) has the sustainable pH-sensitive drug release property,showing an enhanced therapeutic effect.Summarily,this study provides a biomimetic strategy to synthesize the hierarchically porous double-shelled hollow nanomaterials for applying in sustainable drug delivery system.