Biological recycling of plastics containing ester bonds

Biodegradable blend plastics such as polycaprolactone (PCL)-conventional plastics blends, PCL-polystyrene blend foams, PCL-poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) blends, PCL-raw cornstarch (CS) blends and PCL-CaCO₃ blends were developed. It was suggested that the thermophilic composting of biodegradable plastics containing PCL was one of powerful technologies for recycling of biodegradable plastics. Furthermore, we tried to get useful products from biodegradable plastics by microbial fermentation processes. Polypropylene (PP)-CS blend and PCL-CS blend plastics were aerobically converted into ethanol by Bacillus polymyxa. PHB and PP-CS blend and PCL-CS blend plastics were anaerobically converted into some organic acids and methane gas by mixed microbial cultures with a methanogenic bacterium.     

电催化剂纳米碳基载体的研究进展

质子交换膜燃料电池(PEMFCs)因具有工作温度低、结构紧凑、无腐蚀、启动快和灵活性好等优点,受到人们广泛关注.但其工作时动力学迟缓且易受CO毒化影响,往往需要负载Pt等贵金属催化剂,导致PEMFCs的成本高昂,阻碍了其商业化应用.为提高Pt贵金属的利用率,通常将Pt负载在载体材料上来提高Pt的分散性以减少Pt颗粒集聚...     

基于环糊精的农药吸附剂的研究进展

农药的研发与使用极大地提高了农作物的产量,为解决人类温饱、改善人类生活品质做出了贡献。但是,农药广泛残留于农副产品以及土壤和水体中,造成的污染日趋严重。残留的农药通常具有微量致毒、难生物降解、生物累积等特性,对生物健康与生态系统造成了巨大威胁。高效检测微量农药、减小污染危害是亟待解决的问题。吸附法具有成本低、操作简单、稳定性强、可重复性强的特点,在农药分离预富集领域得到了广泛关注。作为一种常用的农药吸附剂材料,环糊精是一类具有空腔的超分子化合物,能够作为主体通过主客体作用形成包合物;另外,可以通过醚化、酯化、氧化等化学反应对环糊精进行后修饰以提高其吸附性能。疏水作用、静电作用、范德华力、氢键作用、立体效应协同促进对农药的吸附。环糊精在农药吸附领域已经取得了一定进展,但是目前还没有基于环糊精的农药吸附剂的综述。该文针对杀菌剂、杀虫剂、除草剂、植物生长调节剂这4类农药,系统性地评述了基于环糊精的农药吸附剂的制备、吸附机理及应用,目前存在个别吸附剂吸附容量不高、降解机理不明确、降解产物对环境不友好、容易造成二次污染的问题,研发高吸附容量、易回收、易分离、易再生的基于环糊精的农药吸附剂是未来的主要研究方向。     

Recent developments in microextraction techniques based on crown ethers

Sample preparation is essential for isolating desired components from complex matrices and greatly influences their reliable and accurate analysis. Microextraction techniques such as solid phase micro extraction and liquid–liquid–liquid micro extraction based on hollow fiber and also single drop micro extraction methods are new and effective sample preparation techniques. Crown ethers are heterocyclic chemical compounds that consist of a ring containing several ether groups. Recently crown ethers have been applied in these methods and increase efficiency and selectivity of these techniques. Here we review the application of crown ethers in various micro extraction techniques.     

The present and future of e-waste plastics recycling

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Recent developments in isotachophoresis

This paper is summarizing the contributions to the analytical capillary isotachophoresis published during the period 1981-1984. It characterizes the present state of the method and covers theory, fundamental analytical aspects, instrumentation and applications. Special attention was payed to the fundamental analytical aspects, and a detailed discussion is given of the selection of electrolyte systems, stability of zones and separability of substances. The present commercial instrumentation is also briefly described.     

Recent developments in radioimmunoassay

Recent developments in the radioimmunoassay of steroid and peptide hormones are discussed. The modern requirement for the rigorous demonstration and maintainance of accuracy is emphasized. The future of immunoassay in clinical chemistry is discussed with special reference to quality control and automation.     

Recent developments on application of nanometal-oxide based gas sensor arrays

It is shown that the sensor arrays can acquire more information on a given sample than an individual sensor. The main classes of gas-sensing materials include metal-oxide semiconductors. Gas sensors based on chemiresistive semiconducting metal-oxides have many potential benefits including, their very low cost, fast response, recovery time, simple electronic interface, ease of use, and ability to detect a large analytes. Recent advances in gas sensor arrays have shown the capability to incorporate nanomaterial based cross-reactive array. In this way it is possible to increase the surface/volume ratio of the sensing layer. Therefore the surface scattering is better influenced by adsorbed species and change in sensor conductivity is higher. Also the sensitivity of semiconductor oxide materials can be improved by using of nanoparticles. Gas sensor arrays based on nanotechnology can rapidly, sensitively, and selectively detect target molecules.     

Recent developments in positron research

Positrons are proving to be powerful analysis tool in the field of materials research and development. Due to positrons highly interactive nature and how they affect their surroundings when they become trapped in a defect, positron spectroscopy is a fast growing field. Positron spectroscopy may be utilized to detect and analyze defects on and near the surfaces of many materials used in engineering applications today. This spectroscopy technique is very useful in the silicon and semiconductor industry for locating and analyzing the low amount of defects present in those materials. The research in this field is growing every year, with more types of positron sources being developed and more complete systems being operated. This article attempts to provide a recent review of the research in the positron fields of materials analysis and spectroscopy research.     

Recent developments in HYPERMET PC

HYPERMET PC is a user-friendly -ray spectrum analysis software package developed at Budapest, mainly for the purpose of prompt- neutron activation analysis (PGAA). The peak fitting algorithm is an improved version of the well-known HYPERMET code, and contains a partial peak-parameter calibration to describe peak shapes more accurately in the wide energy range typical for prompt- spectra. A nuclide identification routine has also been developed using a new PGAA library, shown in a parallel paper. The new module for quantitative PGAA includes all the features necessary to obtain concentration values for elements.     

Recent developments in solid-phase microextraction

The main objective of this review is to describe the recent developments in solid-phase microextraction technology in food, environmental and bioanalytical chemistry applications. We briefly introduce the historical perspective on the very early work associated with the development of theoretical principles of SPME, but particular emphasis is placed on the more recent developments in the area of automation, high-throughput analysis, SPME method optimization approaches and construction of new SPME devices and their applications. The area of SPME automation for both GC and LC applications is particularly addressed in this review, as the most recent developments in this field have allowed the use of this technology for high-throughput applications. The development of new autosamplers with SPME compatibility and new-generation metal fibre assemblies has enhanced sample throughput for SPME-GC applications, the latter being attributed to the possibility of using the same fibre for several hundred extraction/injection cycles. For LC applications, high-throughput analysis (>1,000 samples per day) can be achieved for the first time with a multi-SPME autosampler which uses multi-well plate technology and allows SPME sample preparation of up to 96 samples in parallel. The development and evolution of new SPME devices such as needle trap, thin-film microextraction and cold-fibre headspace SPME have offered significant improvements in performance characteristics compared with the conventional fibre-SPME arrangement. Figure Photo of a high-throughput multi-fibre SPME PAS autosampler     

Recent developments in enzymatic chlorination

While the existence of chlorinated natural products has been known for over 100 years, our understanding of the enzymology of biological chlorination reactions has been limited to chloroperoxidases, which are now known not to play a significant role in chlorometabolite biosynthesis. The discoveries of new classes of halogenases, described in this Highlight, have shed new light on the mechanisms of enzymatic chlorination of aromatic and aliphatic compounds.     

代谢工程研究进展

介绍了近几年代谢工程在降解氟氯烃等环境污染物、生产古龙酸、抗生素、丙二醇、聚羟基链烷酸及紫杉醇等重要化合物和中间体、木糖等生物质再生资源的利用、工业发酵及植物改良方面的最新进展以及基本的设计思想。     

Recent developments in miniemulsion polymerization

Some developments in miniemulsion polymerization aiming at taking advantage of its unique mechanisms minimizing the drawbacks of this technique are discussed. The discussion includes preparation of highly concentrated latexes, miniemulsion polymerization in continuous stirred tank reactors (CSTRs), and elimination of the low-molecular-weight hydrophobe.