Mingzheng Ge, Chunyan Cao, Jianying Huang, Shuhui Li et al.
State-of-the-art development of fabrication methods and surface engineering strategies of 1D TiO<sub>2</sub>nanostructures is reviewed, and an overview given of their potential applications including pollutant degradation/CO<sub>2</sub>photoreduction photocatalysts, water splitting, solar cells, lit...
Chunyan Cao, Mingzheng Ge, Jianying Huang, Shuhui Li et al.
Robust superhydrophobic fabrics constructed by a novel environmentally friendly coating strategy demonstrate multifunctional applications for effective anti-fouling, self-cleaning and versatile oil/water separation.
Guohua Dong, Suzhi Li, Mouteng Yao, Ziyao Zhou et al.
Flexible ferroelectrics High-quality ferroelectric materials, which polarize in response to an electric field, are usually oxides that crack when bent. Dong et al. found that high-quality membranes of barium titanate are surprisingly flexible and super-elastic. These films accommodate large strains ...
Mingzheng Ge, Chunyan Cao, Jianying Huang, Xinnan Zhang et al.
Oil-water separation is critical for the water treatment of oily wastewater or oil-spill accidents. The oil contamination in water not only induces severe water pollution but also threatens human beings' health and all living species in the ecological system. To address this challenge, different nan...
Mingzheng Ge, Chunyan Cao, Shuhui Li, Yuxin Tang et al.
An ultrasonication-assisted in situ deposition strategy was utilised to uniformly decorate plasmonic Ag nanoparticles on vertically aligned TiO2 nanotube arrays (NTAs) to construct a Ag@TiO2 NTA composite. The Ag nanoparticles act as efficient surface plasmon resonance (SPR) photosensitizers to driv...
Jiajun Mao, Mingzheng Ge, Jianying Huang, Yuekun Lai et al.
We first time report a general strategy for one-step fabrication of a ZIF-8 MOF/RGO hydrogel, with the synergistic effects of chemical reduction and cross-linking by metal ions.
Hai‐Xia Zhang, Qin‐Long Hong, Jing Li, Fei Wang et al.
Abstract Photocatalytic reduction of CO 2 to value‐added fuel has been considered to be a promising strategy to reduce global warming and shortage of energy. Rational design and synthesis of catalysts to maximumly expose the active sites is the key to activate CO 2 molecules and determine the reacti...
Zhenhua Zhou, Jianfei Lu, Wen-Wu Liu, Anatol Manaenko et al.
Stroke occurs when a cerebral blood vessel is blocked or ruptured, and it is the major cause of death and adult disability worldwide. Various pharmacological agents have been developed for the treatment of stroke either through interrupting the molecular pathways leading to neuronal death or enhanci...
Xiaoming Peng, Dengpo Huang, Tareque Odoom‐Wubah, Dafang Fu et al.
Ordered mesoporous carbon (Fe-CMK-3) with iron magnetic nanoparticles was prepared by a casting process via SBA-15 silica as template and anthracene as carbon source, was used as a magnetic adsorbent for the removal of anionic dye Orange II (O II) and cationic dye methylene blue (MB) from aqueous so...
Lu Hao, Xiaolin Huang, Mengsheng Qin, Yongqiang Liu et al.
Abstract Conversion of agricultural lands to urban uses affects regional and global climate not only through the release of greenhouse gases but also through altering land surface physical processes such as energy and water balances. Most existing studies on the meteorological impacts of urbanizatio...
Mengke Cai, Qinglin Liu, Ziqian Xue, Yinle Li et al.
We demonstrate a facile ligand-assisted synthetic method, promoting the transformation of 2D layered double hydroxides (LDHs) into 2D metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) with a superior water oxidation reaction performance and durable stability.
Mingzheng Ge, Chunyan Cao, Shuhui Li, Songnan Zhang et al.
An ultrasonication-assisted successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) strategy was developed for uniform deposition of high density p-type Bi2O3 quantum dots on n-type TiO2 nanotube arrays (Bi2O3@TiO2 NTAs), which were constructed by electrochemical anodization in ethylene glycol contai...
Chunyou Mao, Peng Xiao, Xiao-Na Tao, Jiao Qin et al.
Individual free fatty acids (FAs) play important roles in metabolic homeostasis, many through engagement with more than 40G protein–coupled receptors. Searching for receptors to sense beneficial omega-3 FAs of fish oil enabled the identification of GPR120, which is involved in a spectrum of metaboli...
Qun Wang, Jianying Huang, Hongtao Sun, Ke‐Qin Zhang et al.
A uniform carbon dot-decorated TiO<sub>2</sub> nanotube array composite heterojunction with full spectrum wavelength light activation was fabricated <italic>via</italic> a facile electrochemical strategy for efficient dye degradation and overall water splitting.
Rongli Sun, Kai Xu, Linling Yu, Yunqiu Pu et al.
Microplastics (MPs) are currently a global environmental pollutants and health hazards that caused by MPs cannot be ignored. However, studies on MP toxicity in mammals are scare. Here, we investigated the effects of two doses (0.1 mg and 0.5 mg) of 5 µm polystyrene microplastic (PS-MP) particles on ...
Mingzheng Ge, Shuhui Li, Jianying Huang, Ke‐Qin Zhang et al.
A facile combination of electrodeposition and carbonation techniques was adopted to deposit reduced graphene oxide nanaosheets on TiO<sub>2</sub> nanotube arrays. The RGO-TiO<sub>2</sub> NTAs demonstrated significantly enhanced photocatalytic activity compared to pristine TiO<sub>2</sub> NTAs and an...
Minsheng You, Fushi Ke, Shijun You, Zhangyan Wu et al.
The diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella is a cosmopolitan pest that has evolved resistance to all classes of insecticide, and costs the world economy an estimated US $4-5 billion annually. We analyse patterns of variation among 532 P. xylostella genomes, representing a worldwide sample of 114 popu...
Dan‐Qin Sun, Giovanni Targher, Christopher D. Byrne, David C. Wheeler et al.
Background: With the rising global prevalence of fatty liver disease related to metabolic dysfunction, the association of this common liver condition with chronic kidney disease (CKD) has become increasingly evident. In 2020, the more inclusive term metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disea...
Li Li, Jun Huang, Xuebin Hu, Sai Zhang et al.
Sodium percarbonate (SPC)-based advanced oxidation process has been applied to the wastewater treatment in recent years. In the present study, a novel catalyst utilization of vanadium(V) was investigated for the activation of SPC for aniline degradation. The mechanism of SPC activation by V(IV) was ...
Jianying Huang, Yuekun Lai, Lu‐Ning Wang, Shuhui Li et al.
Adhesive forces on a superhydrophobic nanostructure surface may be tailored with extremely high contrast (2.5–170 μN) by modifying structural morphology to manipulate the solid–liquid contact state.