Mechanism of ethanol/water reverse separation through a functional graphene membrane:a molecular simulation investigation

Reverse-selective membranes have attracted considerable interest for bioethanol production.However,to date,the reverse-separation performance of ethanol/water is poor and the separation mechanism is unclear.Graphene-based membranes with tunable apertures and functional groups have shown substantial potential for use in molecular separation.Using molecular dynamics simulations,for the first time,we reveal twoway selectivity in ethanol/water separation through functional graphene membranes.Pristine graphene(PG)exhibits reverse-selective behavior with higher ethanol fluxes than water,resulting from the preferential adsorption for ethanol.Color flow mappings show that this ethanol-permselective process is initiated by the presence of ethanol-enriched and water-barren pores;this has not been reported in previous studies.In contrast,water molecules are preferred for hydroxylated graphene membranes because of the synergistic effects of molecular sieving and functional-group attraction.A simulation of the operando condition shows that the PG membrane with an aperture size of 3.8Åachieves good separation performance,with an ethanol/water separation factor of 34 and a flux value of 69.3 kg∙m‒2∙h‒1∙bar‒1.This study provides new insights into the reverse-selective mechanism of porous graphene membranes and a new avenue for efficient biofuel production.

Separation behavior and mechanism of hematite and collophane in the presence of collector RFP-138

The reverse flotation separation performance and mechanism of hematite and cellophane in the presence of RFP-138, a newly synthesized dephosphorization collector, were studied. Reverse flotation tests on monominerals and artificially mixed minerals of hematite and collophanite show that, this anionic collector performs excellently in reducing the phosphorus content in hematite. It can decrease the content of P in artificially mixed minerals from 1.05% to 0.12% and achieve the TFe recovery rate of 91.30%. The chemical behavior of solution and infrared spectra of RFP-138 were investigated to explore the selective collecting mechanism of RFP-138 to these two minerals.

Selective separation of silica from a siliceous-calcareous phosphate rock

Selective separation of silica from a siliceous-calcareous phosphate ore that had been sieved into different size fractions is investigated by a combination of chemical analysis,zeta potential measurement and FTIR and XPS techniques.Scrubbing is a better choice than flotation for removing silica from the coarse fractions.The P_2O_5 grade of the coarse fractions is increased to about 30%by scrubbing and the product yields are higher than those obtained by flotation.The silica in the fine fraction is separated by reverse flotation.An alkyl amine salt(DAH)is an effective collector and the P_2O_5 grade of the fine fraction can be increased by 7%to beyond 30%under acidic conditions.The higher zeta potential obtained using DAH suggests that it is more strongly absorbed onto the ore particles than the other cationic collectors. FTIR and XPS results confirm physical absorption of the cationic collector onto the ore surface.They also indicate that calcite is dissolved at low pH values,which increases the Si concentration on the ore surface.

Sensitive analysis of amino acids in injection liquor by reversed-phase HPLC

A convenient derivatization method of amino acids with 1-fluoro-2,4-dinitrobezene as reaction reagent and a separation system were described. The derivative amino acids were separated on a specific chemically bonded phase column with a simple linear gradient elution consisting of aqueous buffer and methanol. The eluate was detected by common ultraviolet absorption detector at 360 nm. The detection limits of amino acids were as low as 10 picomole. This method has been successfully applied to assay amino acid injection liquor used in hospital. It has good reproducibility and precision. The procedures avoid the requirements of particular derivative equipment and analyzer employed in conventional amino acid analysis.

Secure separable reversible data hiding of halftone image in blockchain

To realize the distributed storage and management of a secret halftone image in blockchain,a secure separable reversible data hiding(RDH)of halftone image in blockchain(SSRDHB)was proposed.A secret halftone image can be used as the original image to generate multiple share images which can be distributed storage in each point of blockchain,and additional data can be hidden to achieve management of each share image.Firstly,the secret halftone image was encrypted through Zu Chongzhi(ZUC)algorithm by using the encryption key(EK).Secondly,the method of using odd or even of share data was proposed to hide data,and a share dataset can be generated by using polynomial operation.Thirdly,multiple share images can be obtained through selecting share data,and different additional data can be hidden through controlling odd or even of share data,and additional data can be protected by using data-hiding key(DK).After sharing process,if the receiver has both keys,the halftone image can be recovered and additional data can be revealed,and two processes are separable.Experiment results show that multiple share images hidden additional data can be obtained through SSRDHB,and the halftone image can be recovered with 100%by picking any part of share images,and one additional data can be revealed with 100%by picking any one share image.