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The obtained results are important for optimum stabilization and functionalization of gas/liquid interfaces and the following applications in the multimodal biomedical imaging.A suite of carbon materials is prepared from biochar and coal at three different blending ratios with 10, 20, and 30% biochar by mass. These carbon materials are activated by steam to obtain porous structures. The effect of the inactivated and activated carbon materials on the cracking of coal pyrolysis volatiles is evaluated. The results indicate that the inactivated carbon materials are beneficial to improve the yield of light oil with a boiling point below 170 °C. The steam-activated carbon materials are more conducive to cracking tar pitch than the inactivated carbon materials due to the increased defects in carbon structure. However, it is also easy to form more coke deposits. More components rich in hydrogen are cracked to generate radicals that could combine with the phenols' precursor over carbon materials, and the content of phenols in tar is increased. The carbon materials prepared from biochar and coal using this method show distinct advantages as filter media in the granular bed duster. It can improve the quality of tar along with reducing the dust content in tar.Nanoprobes have been increasingly applied in the biomedical field due to their superior optical, electronic, or magnetic properties. Among the many aspects involved in the interaction between nanoprobes and biospecimens, size plays an essential role. Although the influence of size on their internalization behavior and distribution in live cells has been extensively studied, how does the size affect penetration of nanoprobes into fixed cells remains unknown. We investigate here the influence of size on the penetration behavior of gold nanoprobes into fixed mammalian cells by dark-field microscopy and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) microspectroscopy. We show that 14, 20, and 29 nm nanoprobes can readily enter into methanol-fixed MCF-7 cells, while 42 and 55 nm nanoprobes cannot cross the cell membrane. For 4% paraformaldehyde-fixed cells, even 14 nm nanoprobes can hardly get into the cells, but after treatment with permeabilization reagents, 14 and 20 nm nanoprobes are permitted to enter the cells. These findings provide important implications in future design of nanoprobes for cellular immunostaining.The microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) behavior of carbon steel is investigated in the presence of Vibrio and Pseudomonas. Sterilized natural seawater inoculated with Pseudomonas, Vibrio, and the mixture of Pseudomonas and Vibrio, separately, and they are utilized as the media for corrosion characterizations, which are closer to the natural environment in seawater. Weight loss measurements, electrochemical techniques (the open-circuit potential, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and potentiodynamic polarization curves), and surface analysis (scanning electron microscopy (SEM)) are performed to explore the synergistic effect of Pseudomonas and Vibrio on the corrosion behavior of carbon steel. As seen from the growth curves of bacteria, the growth and propagation of Pseudomonas and Vibrio are affected by their metabolic activities. Besides, the results obtained by SEM show that more severe pitting corrosion is observed on the coupons exposed to the sterilized natural seawater inoculated with the mixture of Pseudomonas and Vibrio. Further, the results from electrochemical measurements and weight loss measurements suggest that under the synergistic effect of Pseudomonas and Vibrio, the initial corrosion rate of carbon steel is inhibited, while the latter corrosion is enhanced.Helicobacter pylori was first isolated from gastritis patients by Barry J. Marshall and J. Robin Warren in 1982, and more than 90% of duodenal ulcers and about 80% of gastric ulcers are caused by H. pylori infection. Most detection methods require sophisticated instruments and professional operators, making detection slow and expensive. Therefore, it is critical to develop a simple, fast, highly specific, and practical strategy for the detection of H. pylori. In this study, we used H. pylori as a target to select unique aptamers that can be used for the detection of H. pylori. In our study, we used random ssDNA as an initial library to screen nucleic acid aptamers for H. pylori. We used binding rate and the fluorescence intensity to identify candidate aptamers. One DNA aptamer, named HPA-2, was discovered through six rounds of positive selection and three rounds of negative selection, and it had the highest affinity constant of all aptamers tested (Kd = 19.3 ± 3.2 nM). This aptamer could be used to detect H. pylori and showed no specificity for other bacteria. Moreover, we developed a new sensor to detect H. pylori with the naked eye for 5 min using illumination from a hand-held flashlight. Our study provides a framework for the development of other aptamer-based methods for the rapid detection of pathogenic bacteria.Investigations on the molecular composition of coal pyrolysis products can help us to improve nonfuel utilization of coal. Meanwhile, the molecular composition of coal pyrolysis products is also influenced by the characteristics and depositional environment of coal. However, due to the extremely complex nature of coal, direct investigation of the molecular composition of coal pyrolysis products is still a challenge. In the present work, the data of the molecular composition of bituminous coal pyrolysis products are obtained by online pyrolysis coupled to comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (online py-GC×GC-MS) and are divided into nine molecular groups depending on the aromaticity of the pyrolysis products and separating power of the GC×GC-MS. Chemometric tools, hierarchical cluster analysis, and principal component analysis are employed to reveal the correlations among the molecular composition of coal pyrolysis products and coal characteristics. The results show that the nine molecular groups of bituminous coal pyrolysis products can be divided into two clusters, the "aromatic group" and the "aliphatic group", and that the eight coals are divided into three clusters, all of which can be interpreted by the depositional environments and δ13CVPDB values of coals. Moreover, a simple and empirical equation for estimation of coal tar from hydropyrolysis can be obtained depending on the chemometric results of the molecular composition of the coal pyrolysis products. By application of chemometrics, the molecular composition of coal pyrolysis products can provide preference to industrial utilization of coal.The solubility data of rifamycin S were measured in isopropanol, butyl acetate, and their mixed solvents across the temperature range of 283.15-323.15 K by the gravimetric method. The results demonstrate that the solubility of rifamycin S increases with the increasing temperature in the two pure solvents, and in the mixed solvents, it increases first and then decreases with increasing butyl acetate content. The experimental data of rifamycin S in the mixed solvents were better correlated using the modified Apelblat equation and ideal model equation. Furthermore, the relevant thermodynamic parameters of the dissolution process were determined based on the van't Hoff equation. The obtained dissolution enthalpy and Gibbs free energy are positive in all cases, which indicate that the dissolving process of rifamycin S is endothermic and nonspontaneous. The supersolubility data of rifamycin S were measured by the laser and thermal analytic method. The results demonstrate that the width of the metastable zone of rifamycin S becomes larger with decreasing cooling rate and increasing butyl acetate content. Furthermore, the crystallization process of rifamycin S was optimized on the basis of thermodynamic research. The results showed that when Vbutyl acetateVmixed solvent was 0.04, the cooling rate was 0.1 K/min, the stirring rate was 150 rpm, the final crystallization temperature was 283.15 K, and the aging time was 8 h, the purity of rifamycin S crystals could reach 98.5%, and the crystalline yield was 89.6%. After crystallization optimization, the size of rifamycin S crystals increased, and the dissolution in water was improved.A new method for the disposal of the spent refractory materials by adding them directly to electrolytic cells requires our better knowledge of the Na3AlF6-Al2O3-SiO2 melt system. The development of computational materials science offers us a new way to avoid the limitation of the experiment under a strong corrosive environment at high temperatures. First-principles simulation is applied to study the structure information, electronic properties, and transport properties of the system. The study reveals that the main Si and Al ions in the melt are complex ion groups such as [SiF2O2]2-, [SiFO3]3-, [SiF3O2]3-, [AlF2O2]3-, [AlF3O]2-, and [AlF4O]3-. Tangled structures like [SiAlO3F5]4- also exist in the melt. The average coordination number of Al-F and Si-F is 3.21 and 2.45, respectively. O ions mainly act as bridge ions in the melt. The bonding ability of Al with O ions is stronger than that of Si with O ions. Moreover, the Al-O bond is mainly covalent, while the Al-F bond is basically ionic characters. The order of diffusion ability of ions from large to small is Na, F, Al, Si, and O. Addition of SiO2 into the Na3AlF6-Al2O3 molten salt causes an increase of the viscosity and a decrease of ionic conductivity.Seven cytochalasins, 19,20-epoxycytochalasin N, cytochalasin P1, deacetyl 19,20-epoxycytochalasin C, 19,20-epoxycytochalasin D, 19,20-epoxycytochalasin C, cytochalasin D, and cytochalasin C, were isolated from a fungal (Rosellinia sanctae-cruciana) crude extract. A cytotoxicity assay (sulforhodamine B) was performed on a series of cancer cell lines HT-29, A-549, PC-3, HCT-116, SW-620, and MCF-7. Simultaneously, the liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS)/MS profile of 19,20-epoxycytochalasin C-treated cell lines revealed that 19,20-epoxycytochalasin C (m/z 524.25) oxidized to a metabolite of m/z 522.25 Da (-2 Da (-2H) from 19,20-epoxycytochalasin C). Further chemical oxidation of 19,20-epoxycytochalasin C using the Dess-Martin reagent produced an identical metabolite. It has been noticed that the parent molecule (19,20-epoxycytochalasin C) showed an IC50 of 650 nM (on HT-29), whereas for the oxidized metabolite (m/z 522.24) of 19,20-epoxycytochalasin C, the IC50 was >10 μM. It is clear that the parent molecule had 16 times higher cytotoxic potential as compared to the oxidized metabolite. The spectroscopic investigation indicated that the oxidation of the hydroxyl (-OH) group occurred at the C7 position in 19,20-epoxycyctochalsin C and led to the inactivation of 19,20-epoxycytochalasin C. Further, cell cycle analysis and histopathological evidence support the findings, and CDK2 could be a possible target of 19,20-epoxycyctochalasin C.The present work demonstrates a new concept of the efficient generation of hydrogen from methanol by the continuous wave laser diode irradiation of an immersed graphene aerogel (GA) scaffold as the target. It was observed that the process occurred very intensively when it was assisted by bright white light emission in the spot of a laser-irradiated GA scaffold. selleck The yield of hydrogen emission increased exponentially with the applied laser power. The light emission was assisted by the intense production of H2, CH4, and CO gases. It was found that with increasing excitation laser power, the H2 generation increased at the expense of CO. It is shown that the volume of CO decreases because of the formation of C2 molecules and CO2 gases. The mechanism of the laser-driven dissociation of methanol was discussed in terms of the violent ejection of hot electrons from the GA surface as a result of the laser-induced light emission of the graphene target.
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