Spinel LiMn2O4 microspheres with durable high rate capability were synthesized by a facile route using spherical MnCO3 precursors as the self-supported templates, combined with the calcinations of LiNO3 at 700 °C...Spinel LiMn2O4 microspheres with durable high rate capability were synthesized by a facile route using spherical MnCO3 precursors as the self-supported templates, combined with the calcinations of LiNO3 at 700 °C for 8 h. The spherical MnCO3 precursors were obtained from the control of the crystallizing process of Mn2＋ ions and NH4HCO3 in aqueous solution. The effects of the mole ratio of the raw materials, reaction time, and reaction temperature on the morphology and yield of the MnCO3 were investigated. The as-synthesized MnCO3 and LiMn2O4 microspheres were characterized by powder X-ray diffractometry （XRD） and scanning electron microscopy （SEM）. Galvanostatic charge/discharge tests indicate that the spinel LiMn2O4 microspheres deliver a discharge capacity of 90 mA-h/g at 10C rate show good capacity retention capability （75% of their initial capacity after 800 cycles at 10C rate）. The durable high rate capability suggests that the as-synthesized LiMn2O4 microspheres are promising cathode materials for high power lithium ion batteries.展开更多
The microemulsified acid system composed by diesel oil, hydrochloric acid and emulsifier was investi- gated in this paper. The stability of microemulsified acid and the phase behavior of the microemulsified system Wer...The microemulsified acid system composed by diesel oil, hydrochloric acid and emulsifier was investi- gated in this paper. The stability of microemulsified acid and the phase behavior of the microemulsified system Were studied. The size distribution and the corrosion inhibition performance were also observed. The results showed that the diesel oil microemulsified acid system possessed small size and good stability under different temperature.The tolerance to CaCl2 reached 80 g·L^-1. Compared with the same concentration hydrochloric acid solution, the corrosion inhibition performance of the diesel oil microemulsified acid system was remarkable.展开更多
A rapid method of microwave assisted acid hydrolysis was established to prepare κ-carra-oligosaccharides. The optimal hydrolysis condition was determined by an orthogonal test. The degree of polymerization （DP） of ...A rapid method of microwave assisted acid hydrolysis was established to prepare κ-carra-oligosaccharides. The optimal hydrolysis condition was determined by an orthogonal test. The degree of polymerization （DP） of oligosaccharides was detected by high performance thin layer chromatography （HPTLC） and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis （PAGE）. Considering the results of HPTLC and PAGE, the optimum condition of microwave assisted acid hydrolysis was determined. The concentration of κ-carrageenan was 5 mgmL-1; the reaction solution was adjusted to pH 3 with diluted hydrochloric acid; the solution was hydrolyzed under microwave irradiation at 100 ℃ for 15 min. Oligosaccharides were separated by a Superdex 30 column （2.6 cm × 90 em） using AKTA Purifier UPC100 and detected with an online refractive index detector. Each fraction was characterized by electrospray ioni- zation mass spectrometry （ESI-MS）. The data showed that odd-numbered κ-carra-oligosaccharides with DP ranging from 3 to 21 could be obtained with this method, and the structures of the oligosaccharides were consistent with those obtained by traditional mild acid hydrolysis. The new method was more convenient, efficient and environment-friendly than traditional mild acid hydrolysis. Our results provided a useful reference for the preparation of oligosaceharides from other polysaccharides.展开更多
Polyaspartic acid(PASP)is suitable for the inhibition of scale deposition from water.To enhance its in- hibition efficiency,PASP was modified by reacting aspartic acid(Asp)with glutamic acid(Glu)to provide Asp-Glu cop...Polyaspartic acid(PASP)is suitable for the inhibition of scale deposition from water.To enhance its in- hibition efficiency,PASP was modified by reacting aspartic acid(Asp)with glutamic acid(Glu)to provide Asp-Glu copolymer under microwave irradiation.The influence of reaction parameters on conversion,molecular weight and inhibition of CaCO3 precipitation was investigated Infra-red.(IR), 1H nuclear magnetic resonance( 1H NMR)and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance( 13C NMR)spectroscopies were used to characterize the copolymer.The results show that copolymerization of aspartic acid and glutamic acid is catalyzed by a small amount of phosphorous acid (H3PO4)in solvent,the product conversion is 98.05%under the following conditions:the molar ratio of glutamic acid to reactant[Glu/(Asp+Glu)]is 0.3 and that of catalyst(Cat)to reactant[Cat/(Glu+Asp)]is 0.05(0.65ml H3PO4),the volume of solvent dimethylformamide is 16ml,the microwave power used is 720W and the reaction for 3 min.The weight average molecular weight of copolymer synthesized under these conditions is 2709 and the inhi- bition rate for CaCO3 is 97.75%.展开更多
The spider dragline silk has excellent mechanical properties. The stress- strain curves of dragline silk fibers have intraspecific and intraindividual variability because of the spider’s active control during spinnin...The spider dragline silk has excellent mechanical properties. The stress- strain curves of dragline silk fibers have intraspecific and intraindividual variability because of the spider’s active control during spinning process. To investigate the relationship between the morphology of dragline silk fibers and spinning conditions, four samples were made at the reeling rates of 1 mm/s, 20 mm/s, 43.5 mm/s and 110 mm/s from the major ampullate glands of Araneus Ventricosus and the other two of dragline silks were prepared from a crawling or dropping spider. The surface microstructure and nanofibril characteristic were analyzed with atomic force microscopy (AFM). AFM images of 2 000 nm *2 000 nm and 500 nm*500 nm of these samples showed that the spinning condition influenced the surface roughness and fibril size, while AFM images of 200 nm*200 nm clearly displayed that dragline silk of Araneus Ventricosus included sheet macro-conformation structure. These results can facilitate the further investigation of the spinning mechanism of a spider in order to understand mechanical properties and macromolecular structures of dragline silk.展开更多
This paper investigates a microwave heating method for the determination of chemical oxygen demand (COD) in seawater. The influences of microwave-power, heating time and standard substances on the results are studied....This paper investigates a microwave heating method for the determination of chemical oxygen demand (COD) in seawater. The influences of microwave-power, heating time and standard substances on the results are studied. Using the proposed method, we analyzed the glucose standard solution, the coefficient of variation being less than 2%. Compared with the traditional electric stove heating method, the results of F-test and T-test showed that there was no significant difference between the two methods, but the microwave method had slightly higher precision and reproducibility than the electric stove method. With the microwave heating method, several seawater samples from Jiaozhou Bay and the South Yellow Sea were also analyzed. The recovery was between 97.5% and 104.3%. This new method has the advantages of shortening the heating time, improving the working efficiency and having simple operation and therefore can be used to analyze the COD in seawater.展开更多
The novel covalently modified glassy carbon electrode with poly(xylitol) was prepared using an electropolymerization technique for the simultaneous determination of uric acid(UA), xanthine(XA) and hypoxanthine(HX). Th...The novel covalently modified glassy carbon electrode with poly(xylitol) was prepared using an electropolymerization technique for the simultaneous determination of uric acid(UA), xanthine(XA) and hypoxanthine(HX). This new electrode presents an excellent electrocatalytic activity towards the oxidation of UA, XA and HX by cyclic voltammetry(CV) method. The oxidation peaks of the three compounds were well defined and had enhanced the peak currents. The separation potentials of the oxidation peak potentials for UA-XA and XA-HX were 380 and 370 mV in CV, respectively. Using differential pulse voltammetry(DPV) method, the calibration curves in the ranges of 5-55, 1.3-75.3 and 4-59 μmol/L were obtained for HX, XA and UA, respectively. The lowest detection limits(S/N=3) were 4.5, 0.75 and 3.75 μmol/L for HX, XA and UA, respectively. The practical application of the modified electrode was demonstrated by the determination of UA, XA, HX in human urine samples.展开更多
Over the past decade,there has been increasing attention on the interaction between microbiota and bile acid metabolism.Bile acids are not only involved in the metabolism of nutrients,but are also important in signal ...Over the past decade,there has been increasing attention on the interaction between microbiota and bile acid metabolism.Bile acids are not only involved in the metabolism of nutrients,but are also important in signal transduction for the regulation of host physiological activities.Microbial-regulated bile acid metabolism has been proven to affect many diseases,but there have not been many studies of disease regulation by microbial receptor signaling pathways.This review considers findings of recent research on the core roles of farnesoid X receptor(FXR),G protein-coupled bile acid receptor(TGR5),and vitamin D receptor(VDR)signaling pathways in microbial–host interactions in health and disease.Studying the relationship between these pathways can help us understand the pathogenesis of human diseases,and lead to new solutions for their treatments.展开更多
基金Project(2011M501090) upported by the China Postdoctoral Science FoundationProject(SCUT2012ZZ0042) upported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities+1 种基金Project supported by the"SPR-2011"of South China University of TechnologyProject(NRC07/08.EG01)supprted by the Fok Ying Tung Foundation
文摘Spinel LiMn2O4 microspheres with durable high rate capability were synthesized by a facile route using spherical MnCO3 precursors as the self-supported templates, combined with the calcinations of LiNO3 at 700 °C for 8 h. The spherical MnCO3 precursors were obtained from the control of the crystallizing process of Mn2＋ ions and NH4HCO3 in aqueous solution. The effects of the mole ratio of the raw materials, reaction time, and reaction temperature on the morphology and yield of the MnCO3 were investigated. The as-synthesized MnCO3 and LiMn2O4 microspheres were characterized by powder X-ray diffractometry （XRD） and scanning electron microscopy （SEM）. Galvanostatic charge/discharge tests indicate that the spinel LiMn2O4 microspheres deliver a discharge capacity of 90 mA-h/g at 10C rate show good capacity retention capability （75% of their initial capacity after 800 cycles at 10C rate）. The durable high rate capability suggests that the as-synthesized LiMn2O4 microspheres are promising cathode materials for high power lithium ion batteries.
基金Supported by the Science Foundation for Post Doctorate of China （20060400629）.
文摘The microemulsified acid system composed by diesel oil, hydrochloric acid and emulsifier was investi- gated in this paper. The stability of microemulsified acid and the phase behavior of the microemulsified system Were studied. The size distribution and the corrosion inhibition performance were also observed. The results showed that the diesel oil microemulsified acid system possessed small size and good stability under different temperature.The tolerance to CaCl2 reached 80 g·L^-1. Compared with the same concentration hydrochloric acid solution, the corrosion inhibition performance of the diesel oil microemulsified acid system was remarkable.
基金supported by the Special Fund for Marine Scientific Research in the Public Interest (201005024)NSFC-Shandong Joint Fund for Marine Science Research Centers (U1406402)+1 种基金Qingdao Science & Technology Project (11-2-2-1-hy)National Science & Technology Support Program of China (2013BAB 01B02)
文摘A rapid method of microwave assisted acid hydrolysis was established to prepare κ-carra-oligosaccharides. The optimal hydrolysis condition was determined by an orthogonal test. The degree of polymerization （DP） of oligosaccharides was detected by high performance thin layer chromatography （HPTLC） and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis （PAGE）. Considering the results of HPTLC and PAGE, the optimum condition of microwave assisted acid hydrolysis was determined. The concentration of κ-carrageenan was 5 mgmL-1; the reaction solution was adjusted to pH 3 with diluted hydrochloric acid; the solution was hydrolyzed under microwave irradiation at 100 ℃ for 15 min. Oligosaccharides were separated by a Superdex 30 column （2.6 cm × 90 em） using AKTA Purifier UPC100 and detected with an online refractive index detector. Each fraction was characterized by electrospray ioni- zation mass spectrometry （ESI-MS）. The data showed that odd-numbered κ-carra-oligosaccharides with DP ranging from 3 to 21 could be obtained with this method, and the structures of the oligosaccharides were consistent with those obtained by traditional mild acid hydrolysis. The new method was more convenient, efficient and environment-friendly than traditional mild acid hydrolysis. Our results provided a useful reference for the preparation of oligosaceharides from other polysaccharides.
基金Supported by Harbin Key Technologies R&D Program(No.2003AA4CS123).
文摘Polyaspartic acid(PASP)is suitable for the inhibition of scale deposition from water.To enhance its in- hibition efficiency,PASP was modified by reacting aspartic acid(Asp)with glutamic acid(Glu)to provide Asp-Glu copolymer under microwave irradiation.The influence of reaction parameters on conversion,molecular weight and inhibition of CaCO3 precipitation was investigated Infra-red.(IR), 1H nuclear magnetic resonance( 1H NMR)and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance( 13C NMR)spectroscopies were used to characterize the copolymer.The results show that copolymerization of aspartic acid and glutamic acid is catalyzed by a small amount of phosphorous acid (H3PO4)in solvent,the product conversion is 98.05%under the following conditions:the molar ratio of glutamic acid to reactant[Glu/(Asp+Glu)]is 0.3 and that of catalyst(Cat)to reactant[Cat/(Glu+Asp)]is 0.05(0.65ml H3PO4),the volume of solvent dimethylformamide is 16ml,the microwave power used is 720W and the reaction for 3 min.The weight average molecular weight of copolymer synthesized under these conditions is 2709 and the inhi- bition rate for CaCO3 is 97.75%.
基金science and technology office of Jiangsu province
文摘The spider dragline silk has excellent mechanical properties. The stress- strain curves of dragline silk fibers have intraspecific and intraindividual variability because of the spider’s active control during spinning process. To investigate the relationship between the morphology of dragline silk fibers and spinning conditions, four samples were made at the reeling rates of 1 mm/s, 20 mm/s, 43.5 mm/s and 110 mm/s from the major ampullate glands of Araneus Ventricosus and the other two of dragline silks were prepared from a crawling or dropping spider. The surface microstructure and nanofibril characteristic were analyzed with atomic force microscopy (AFM). AFM images of 2 000 nm *2 000 nm and 500 nm*500 nm of these samples showed that the spinning condition influenced the surface roughness and fibril size, while AFM images of 200 nm*200 nm clearly displayed that dragline silk of Araneus Ventricosus included sheet macro-conformation structure. These results can facilitate the further investigation of the spinning mechanism of a spider in order to understand mechanical properties and macromolecular structures of dragline silk.
文摘This paper investigates a microwave heating method for the determination of chemical oxygen demand (COD) in seawater. The influences of microwave-power, heating time and standard substances on the results are studied. Using the proposed method, we analyzed the glucose standard solution, the coefficient of variation being less than 2%. Compared with the traditional electric stove heating method, the results of F-test and T-test showed that there was no significant difference between the two methods, but the microwave method had slightly higher precision and reproducibility than the electric stove method. With the microwave heating method, several seawater samples from Jiaozhou Bay and the South Yellow Sea were also analyzed. The recovery was between 97.5% and 104.3%. This new method has the advantages of shortening the heating time, improving the working efficiency and having simple operation and therefore can be used to analyze the COD in seawater.
基金Project(201215135) supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province,China
文摘The novel covalently modified glassy carbon electrode with poly(xylitol) was prepared using an electropolymerization technique for the simultaneous determination of uric acid(UA), xanthine(XA) and hypoxanthine(HX). This new electrode presents an excellent electrocatalytic activity towards the oxidation of UA, XA and HX by cyclic voltammetry(CV) method. The oxidation peaks of the three compounds were well defined and had enhanced the peak currents. The separation potentials of the oxidation peak potentials for UA-XA and XA-HX were 380 and 370 mV in CV, respectively. Using differential pulse voltammetry(DPV) method, the calibration curves in the ranges of 5-55, 1.3-75.3 and 4-59 μmol/L were obtained for HX, XA and UA, respectively. The lowest detection limits(S/N=3) were 4.5, 0.75 and 3.75 μmol/L for HX, XA and UA, respectively. The practical application of the modified electrode was demonstrated by the determination of UA, XA, HX in human urine samples.
基金Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2016YFA0501602)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61801108 and 81801478)
文摘Over the past decade,there has been increasing attention on the interaction between microbiota and bile acid metabolism.Bile acids are not only involved in the metabolism of nutrients,but are also important in signal transduction for the regulation of host physiological activities.Microbial-regulated bile acid metabolism has been proven to affect many diseases,but there have not been many studies of disease regulation by microbial receptor signaling pathways.This review considers findings of recent research on the core roles of farnesoid X receptor(FXR),G protein-coupled bile acid receptor(TGR5),and vitamin D receptor(VDR)signaling pathways in microbial–host interactions in health and disease.Studying the relationship between these pathways can help us understand the pathogenesis of human diseases,and lead to new solutions for their treatments.
