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Ana Iglesias-Mejuto, Beatriz Magarinos, Tania Ferreira-Goncalves, Ricardo Starbird-Perez, Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo, Catarina Pinto Reis, Ines Ardao, Carlos A. Garcia-Gonzalez
Summary: This study developed a novel processing strategy to manufacture drug-loaded and personalized aerogels with nanostructures. The aerogels demonstrated bioactivity and antimicrobial effects, promoting bone regeneration and preventing infections in bone tissue engineering.
CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
(2024)
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Tejaswini Kolipaka, Giriraj Pandey, Noella Abraham, Dadi A. Srinivasarao, Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi, P. S. Rajinikanth, Vidya Tickoo, Saurabh Srivastava
Summary: This review focuses on the design and application of polysaccharide-based hydrogel wound dressings, highlighting aspects such as biocompatibility, biodegradability, drug entrapment, moisturizing ability, swelling, and mechanical properties. Additionally, various crosslinking methods and recent developments in stimuli-responsive hydrogels are discussed.
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Ziteng Yang, Ruixuan Ni, Yang Yang, Jie Qi, Xingyu Lin, Yong Zhang, Li Wang, Yuanpeng Wu, Xiaojiang Li, Hongsheng Lu
Summary: In this study, a carboxymethyl cellulose-based supramolecular hydrogel with thermo-responsive gel-sol transition was prepared. The hydrogel showed tunable mechanical properties and good self-recovery. It quickly underwent a gel-sol transition upon thermal stimulus and exhibited pressure resistance and flame retardancy. Flushing the residual hydrogel with hot water effectively cleared the simulated pipeline. The supramolecular hydrogel has significant applications in the safe execution of hot work on pipelines.
CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
(2024)
Review
Chemistry, Applied
Mengzhen Han, Wenzhi Lei, Jingjing Liang, Hongcai Li, Mengxin Hou, Zhenpeng Gao
Summary: Oral probiotic therapy is a safe and convenient method for treating various diseases. However, only a few probiotics can survive in the acidic and bile salt conditions of the gastrointestinal tract and have a nutritional effect on the host. Encapsulation technology and functional polysaccharides offer new approaches to improve the therapeutic efficacy of probiotics.
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Jie Hou, Hua-Neng Xu
Summary: CD-based emulsions exhibit complex instability behaviors and the dispersion states of emulsion droplets are sensitive to the evolving morphologies of interfacial microcrystals. The ejection of ICs microcrystals from droplet surfaces provides a simple method to detect droplet-droplet interactions and phase transitions in CD-based emulsions.
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Xiaoping Zhao, Qin Wang, Ning Wang, Ge Zhu, Jingzhi Ma, Ning Lin
Summary: Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) show great potential in cancer treatment due to their biocompatibility and the ability to modify them with proteins and fluorescent molecules. Immobilizing CNCs with GAPDH and FITC creates the compound FCNC-G, which inhibits cancer cell proliferation and affects mitochondrial function. Loading FCNC-G with doxorubicin (DOX) further enhances its therapeutic potential.
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Yi Yang, Qingxi Ren, Zhilei Zhou, Xiong Li, Dongliang Ren, Zhongwei Ji, Jian Mao
Summary: HJPS1-2, a polysaccharide component in Huangjiu, has been found to have significant hepatoprotective effects, improving ethanol-induced hepatic dysfunction and steatosis. It also ameliorates gut microbiota dysbiosis and enhances intestinal barrier function, leading to reduced release of hepatic inflammatory cytokines and alleviation of liver disease.
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Prabu Satria Sejati, Firmin Obounou Akong, Frederic Fradet, Philippe Gerardin
Summary: This study investigates the role of different wood components in esterification and their effects on wood thermo-plasticization. Cellulose is found to play a significant role in wood plasticization, while hemicelluloses also have an effect. Acylated lignin improves the hydrophobic properties of the materials.
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Mihai Brebu, Raluca Petronela Dumitriu, Daniela Pamfil, Elena Butnaru, Elena Stoleru
Summary: Chitosan-gelatin cryogels with good loading capacity of hydrophobic compounds were obtained through UV-induced crosslinking. These cryogels showed increased network stability, enhanced elastic behavior, higher structural strength, and self-healing capacity.
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Engineering, Chemical
Chao Zhang, Yuxin Qu, Jie Liu, Qindong Chen, Mingshuai Shao, Weiyi Li, Qiyong Xu
Summary: Resolving the interfacial behaviors is crucial for understanding membrane fouling formation, but quantifying the rapid changes in complex solutions remains challenging. In this study, PVDF membrane and OCT were used to examine the dynamic interactions between membrane foulants and foulants during the filtration of food waste digestate, and the effects of varying concentrations of sodium chloride were investigated.
JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
(2024)
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Engineering, Chemical
Zhongbao Ma, Chao Wang, Ran Li, Yi Zhao, Chenglin Zhang, Long-Fei Ren, Jiahui Shao
Summary: This study overcomes the fouling and chlorine resistance issues of traditional Janus charged membranes by preparing bilayer heterostructured Janus charged NF membranes. The results show that these membranes have high antifouling properties and chlorine resistance.
JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
(2024)
Review
Chemistry, Applied
Yinyi Fu, Haixin Jiao, Jianzhong Sun, Charles Obinwanne Okoye, Hongxing Zhang, Yan Li, Xuechu Lu, Qianqian Wang, Jun Liu
Summary: Macroalgae polysaccharides (MPs) are valuable bioactive compounds with diverse structures. Understanding the structure-activity relationships is crucial for developing effective biomedical applications.
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Minhu Huang, Seunghyeon Lee, Il-Young Jo, Hyunbeen Park, Bong Sup Shim, Myung-Han Yoon
Summary: This study investigated the fabrication process and properties of fiber-type organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs). By utilizing composite fibers of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) and TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofiber (CNF), the mechanical strength of the fibers was significantly improved, leading to higher carrier mobility. These findings suggest great potential for eco-friendly wearable/textile electronics.
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Qi Xin, Qingliang Wang, Kaiwen Luo, Zhiwu Lei, Eming Hu, Hongqing Wang, Hongqiang Wang
Summary: Due to the development and use of nuclear energy, land-based uranium resources are becoming scarce. To address this shortage, a new carbon adsorbent was designed and synthesized for extracting uranium from seawater. The experimental results showed that the adsorbent had high adsorption capacity and selectivity for uranium, as well as good oil resistance and reusability.
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(2024)
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Engineering, Chemical
Sara Barricella, Jordi M. Fuertes, Kevin H. Putera, Aubrey E. Quigley, Victoria Haritos, Benny D. Freeman, Gil Garnier
Summary: In this study, a robust multi-enzymatic cascade system with spatial compartmentalization was reported. The membrane served as a porous scaffold facilitating enzyme immobilization and recyclability, improving stability and catalytic efficiency. The spatially defined cascade system exhibited superior catalytic activity.
JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
(2024)
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Engineering, Chemical
Kai P. Barbian, Lukas T. Hirschwald, John Linkhorst, Michael Neidlin, Ulrich Steinseifer, Matthias Wessling, Bettina Wiegmann, Sebastian Jansen
Summary: This study aimed to develop a simplified model to predict flow distribution and gas transfer inside TPMS structures. Through a parametric study and model comparison, it was found that using artificial neural networks (NN) as a modeling strategy can accurately characterize mass transfer in TPMS structures. The developed reduced order model (ROM) demonstrated high accuracy in predicting gas transfer rates and pressure drop. The anisotropic TPMS structure showed advantages in flow distribution and gas transfer rates compared to isotropic structures.
JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
(2024)
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Xixi Zeng, Houyu Kang, Ling Chen, Xinyi Shen, Bo Zheng
Summary: The interaction between hot-extrusion treatment and starch-proanthocyanidins was found to enhance the nutritional properties of chestnut starch, including an increase in resistant starch content and enhanced alpha-amylase inhibitory activity, antioxidant activity, and antiglycation activity. Additionally, the treated starch increased the levels of short chain fatty acids, particularly propionate, and enriched beneficial intestinal bacteria. This study provides an approach to improve the nutritional functions of starch and offers guidance for improving the nutritional quality of chestnut starch-based foods.
CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
(2024)
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Engineering, Chemical
Xuesong Ye, Jun Nan, Xinhao Hu, Zhencheng Ge, Fangmin Wu, Bohan Liu, Meng Chen, Li He, Daliang Xu
Summary: By combining low-pressure ultrafiltration membranes with three pre-loading layers, this study successfully improved effluent quality and shortened ripening time, highlighting the potential of the LPM strategy in decentralized water supplies.
JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
(2024)
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Engineering, Chemical
Fangfang Zhang, Huiju Shao, Yanfang Diao, Kang Li, Wei Gao, Shuhao Qin
Summary: A novel nanocomposite membrane with a dual-charged electrically conductive separation layer was fabricated, exhibiting excellent heavy metal ion removal and antifouling properties through manipulation of microstructure and deposition layers.
JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
(2024)
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Engineering, Chemical
Bora Shin, Jaewon Shin, Yanuar Chandra Wirasembada, Ki Young Park, Jinwoo Cho
Summary: This study develops a mathematical model to estimate the initial flux of volatile fatty acids in the direct contact membrane distillation process. It identifies the parameters affecting the flux and their relationship with pH.
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