Metals and their alloys are irreplaceable engineered materials showing great importance in our society.Light alloy materials(i.e.,Mg,Al,Ti,and their alloys)have tremendous application potential in the aerospace,automo...Metals and their alloys are irreplaceable engineered materials showing great importance in our society.Light alloy materials(i.e.,Mg,Al,Ti,and their alloys)have tremendous application potential in the aerospace,automotive industries,and biomedical fields for they are lighter and have excellent mechanical properties.The corrosion of light alloys is ubiquitous and greatly restricts their utilization.Inspired by the natural anti-water systems,many new designs and conceptions have recently emerged to create artificial superhydrophobic surfaces with great potential for corrosion resistant of light alloy.This review firstly introduces the concept of superhydrophobicity and strategies of producing superhydrophobic surfaces to inhibit the corrosion of light alloys.In addition,we elaborate the durability of superhydrophobic light alloy materials for commercial and industrial applications,and present their anticorrosion mechanism in the corrosive media.展开更多
The treatment and healing of infected skin lesions is one of the major challenges in surgery.To solve this problem,collagen I(Col-I)and the antibacterial agent hydroxypropyltrimethyl ammonium chloride chitosan(HACC)we...The treatment and healing of infected skin lesions is one of the major challenges in surgery.To solve this problem,collagen I(Col-I)and the antibacterial agent hydroxypropyltrimethyl ammonium chloride chitosan(HACC)were composited into the bacterial cellulose(BC)three-dimensional network structure by a novel membrane-liquid interface(MLI)culture,and a Col-I/HACC/BC(CHBC)multifunctional dressing was designed.The water absorption rate and water vapor transmission rate of the obtained CHBC dressing were 35.78±2.45 g/g and 3084±56 g m^(-2)⋅day^(-1),respectively.The water retention of the CHBC dressing was significantly improved compared with the BC caused by the introduced Col-I and HACC.In vitro results indicated that the combined advantages of HACC and Col-I confer on CHBC dressings not only have outstanding antibacterial properties against Staphylococcus aureus(S.aureus)compared with BC and CBC,but also exhibit better cytocompatibility than BC and HBC to promote the proliferation and spread of NIH3T3 cells and HUVECs.Most importantly,the results of in vivo animal tests demonstrated that the CHBC dressings fully promoted wound healing for 8 days and exhibited shorter healing times,especially in the case of wound infection.Excellent skin regeneration effects and higher expression levels of collagen during infection were also shown in the CHBC group.We believe that CHBC composites with favorable multifunctionality have potential applications as wound dressings to treat infected wounds.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51863008,51903084)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province(20192BAB203008,20192BAB206015).
文摘Metals and their alloys are irreplaceable engineered materials showing great importance in our society.Light alloy materials(i.e.,Mg,Al,Ti,and their alloys)have tremendous application potential in the aerospace,automotive industries,and biomedical fields for they are lighter and have excellent mechanical properties.The corrosion of light alloys is ubiquitous and greatly restricts their utilization.Inspired by the natural anti-water systems,many new designs and conceptions have recently emerged to create artificial superhydrophobic surfaces with great potential for corrosion resistant of light alloy.This review firstly introduces the concept of superhydrophobicity and strategies of producing superhydrophobic surfaces to inhibit the corrosion of light alloys.In addition,we elaborate the durability of superhydrophobic light alloy materials for commercial and industrial applications,and present their anticorrosion mechanism in the corrosive media.
基金This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.31760265 and 82160355)grant awarded by Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province(20171ACB21036 and 20192ACB80008).
文摘The treatment and healing of infected skin lesions is one of the major challenges in surgery.To solve this problem,collagen I(Col-I)and the antibacterial agent hydroxypropyltrimethyl ammonium chloride chitosan(HACC)were composited into the bacterial cellulose(BC)three-dimensional network structure by a novel membrane-liquid interface(MLI)culture,and a Col-I/HACC/BC(CHBC)multifunctional dressing was designed.The water absorption rate and water vapor transmission rate of the obtained CHBC dressing were 35.78±2.45 g/g and 3084±56 g m^(-2)⋅day^(-1),respectively.The water retention of the CHBC dressing was significantly improved compared with the BC caused by the introduced Col-I and HACC.In vitro results indicated that the combined advantages of HACC and Col-I confer on CHBC dressings not only have outstanding antibacterial properties against Staphylococcus aureus(S.aureus)compared with BC and CBC,but also exhibit better cytocompatibility than BC and HBC to promote the proliferation and spread of NIH3T3 cells and HUVECs.Most importantly,the results of in vivo animal tests demonstrated that the CHBC dressings fully promoted wound healing for 8 days and exhibited shorter healing times,especially in the case of wound infection.Excellent skin regeneration effects and higher expression levels of collagen during infection were also shown in the CHBC group.We believe that CHBC composites with favorable multifunctionality have potential applications as wound dressings to treat infected wounds.