Synthesis and Characteristics of A Novel Heavy Metal Ions Chelator

Polyacrylamide-urea-sulfanilamide（PUS） was prepared as a novel heavy metal ions chelator and successfully used to simultaneously remove heavy metals from wastewater effluents.The effects of reaction parameters（sodium hydroxide,material ratio,temprature and contact time） were monitored to specify the best synthesis conditions.PUS was chemically characterized by means of infrared spectroscopy（FTIR） and ultraviolet-visible（UV-Vis）.The simultaneous chelation performance of PUS towards selected heavy metals ions,Ni2＋,Cu2＋,Pb2＋,Zn2＋,Cd2＋ was discussed,showing that Ni2＋,Cu2＋,Pb2＋,Zn2＋ could be better chelated.It is indicated that the synthesized PUS is a potential remediation material when used for the treatment of wastewater containing metal ions.

Air-Stable Ultrabright Inverted Organic Light-Emitting Devices with Metal Ion-Chelated Polymer Injection Layer

Here,this work presents an air-stable ultrabright inverted organic lightemitting device(OLED)by using zinc ionchelated polyethylenimine(PEI)as electron injection layer.The zinc chelation is demonstrated to increase the conductivity of the PEI by three orders of magnitude and passivate the polar amine groups.With these physicochemical properties,the inverted OLED shows a record-high external quantum efficiency of 10.0% at a high brightness of 45,610 cd m^(-2) and can deliver a maximum brightness of 121,865 cd m^(-2).Besides,the inverted OLED is also demonstrated to possess an excellent air stability(humidity,35%)with a half-brightness operating time of 541 h@1000 cd m^(-2) without any protection nor encapsulation.

Fast removal of heavy metal ions and phytic acids from water using new modified chelating fiber

The graft copolymerization of acrylic acid（AA） onto polyethylene glycol terephthalate（PET） fiber initialed by benzoy peroxide （BPO） was carried out in heterogeneous media.Moreover,modification of the grafted PET fiber（PET-AA） was done by changing the carboxyl group into acylamino group through the reaction with dimethylamine.The modified chelating fiber（NDWJN1） was characterized using elementary analysis,SEM and FT-IR spectroscopy.Adsorption kinetic curves indicated that NDWJNl could fast remove heavy metal ions and phytic acids from water effectively.Furthermore,batch kinetic studies indicated that heavy metal ions adsorbed to NDWJNl could be filted well by both pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order adsorption equations,but the intra-particle diffusion played a dominant role in the adsorption of phytic acids.

Xylan/chitosan composites prepared by an ionic liquid system with unique antioxidant properties

Antioxidant function and solubility in water are highly desirable in many applications of chitosan.In this paper,a xylan/chitosan composite was prepared in an ionic liquid system using glutaraldehyde as a crosslinking agent.The antioxidant activity,reducing capacity and metal ion chelating ability of the resulting composite were determined.The chemical structure and thermal stability were analyzed by FT-IR,XRD and TGA.The results showed that chitosan was successfully cross-linked with xylan by glutaraldehyde in the ionic liquid system.Compared to pure chitosan,the ABTS·+scavenging activity of the xylan/chitosan composite increased from 10.56%to 97.59%.After cross-linking with xylan by glutaraldehyde,the reducing power of xylan/chitosan composite increased from 0.054 to 2.109.The capacity of chelating metal ion of the composite also increased from 42.35%to 86.71%compared to that of pure chitosan.An underlying mechanism was proposed to account for the improvement of the chemical properties of the chitosan in the composite.

Advances in preparation and bioactivity of phosvitin phosphopeptides

Phosvitin and its phosphopeptides contain a large amount of phosphorylated amino groups and exhibit a series of unique bioactivities including metal-binding,antioxidant,bacteriostatic and biomineralization activities due to strong interactions between phosphate groups and metal ions.In this article,the structures and preparation of phosvitin phosphopeptides,the interactions of phosphopeptides with metal ions,and the biological activities associated with their metal-binding capacity,as well as future potential application prospects are discussed.