Cobalt-loaded carbon nanotubes boosted aerobic ciprofloxacin transformation driven by sulfide:A comprehensive mechanism investigation

Sulfide oxidation under aerobic conditions can produce active oxygen for the transformation of organic pollutants in aquatic environments.However,the catalytic performance of transition metal-supported carbon material on this process is poor understood.This study found that Co-loaded carbon nanotubes(CNTs)was able to realize the efficient aerobic transformation of antibiotic ciprofloxacin(CIP)by sulfide,with the pseudo-first order reaction rate constant improved from 0.013 h^(-1)without catalyst to 0.44–0.71 h^(-1)with 100 mg/L Co-loaded CNTs.Singlet oxygen(^(1)O_(2))was the main active specie playing key roles in the process of CIP aerobic transformation with presence of Co-loaded CNTs.Mechanism studies indicated that the excellent electron transfer ability of Co-loaded CNTs might play an important role to promote the electron transfer and facilitate the formation of intermediate H_(2)O_(2)and^(1)O_(2).Additionally,the Co-loaded CNTs/sulfide system effectively reduced the acute toxicity of organic pollutant,and Co-loaded CNTs showed remarkable cycling stability and negligible leaching.This study gives a better understanding for the Co-loaded CNTs mediated aerobic antibiotics transformation by sulfide,and provide a reference for the application of Co-loaded carbon materials on organics aerobic transformation by sulfide.

PLG-g-mPEG Mediated Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Photoacoustic Imaging Guided Combined Chemo/Photothermal Antitumor Therapy

Under laser irradiation,photothermal therapy(PTT)effectively ablates tumors above 50℃.However,hyperthermia can cause additional damage due to the inevitable heat spread to surrounding healthy tissue.Herein,nanoparticles named as GI@P NPs were designed for enhanced PTT with heat shock protein 90(HSP90)inhibition at temperatures below 50℃to achieve optimal cancer therapy and avoid surrounding damage.GI@P NPs were done by co-loading Garcinia cambogia acid(GA)and photosensitizer IR783 in polymer PLG-g-mPEG to form a nanomedicine,where IR783 with excellent photoacoustic(PA)signal acted as an excellent photothermal therapeutic agent that converted the laser energy into heat to kill tumor cells,GA was used as antitumor drug for chemotherapy and an inhibitor of HSP90 to overcome the heat resistance of tumors for efficient cryo-photothermal therapy,and PLG-g-mPEG can encapsulate IR783 and GA to increase biocompatibility and accumulate effectively in the tumor.After GI@P NPs were injected into the mice,we could observe that the PA signals gradually increased in the tumor region and showed the strongest PA signals at 12 h.Under laser irradiation,the tumor temperature of the mice could raise to about 43.5℃,and the tumor was significantly inhibited after long-term monitoring by PA imaging.As a result,gentle PTT produced by GI@P NPs exhibited good antitumor effects at relatively low temperature and minimized nonspecific thermal damage to normal tissues.The GI@P NPs as nanomedicine enriched our understanding of various applications of polymeric carriers,especially in the biomedical field.