Preparation of Silver Nanoparticles Incorporated Electrospun Polyurethane Nano-fibrous Mat for Wound Dressing

Polyurethane foam is currently used as an exudate absorptive wound dressing material. In this study silver (Ag) nanoparticles were incorporated into electrospun polyurethane (PU) nanofiber to enhance the antibacterial as well as wound healing properties. The electrospinning parameters were optimized for PU with and without silver nanoparticles. Silver nanoparticles were synthesized by aqueous and organic methods. The water absorption, antibacterial and cytocompatibility of the PU-Ag nanofibers were studied and compared to that of conventional PU foam. The results indicated that the PU-Ag nanofibers could be used for wound dressing applications.     

生物高分子静电纺丝研究进展

静电纺丝(电纺)技术是一种制备直径为数十纳米到数微米的纳米纤维的有效方法。由于生物高分子具有良好的生物相容性,近年来国内外对生物高分子的电纺制备进行了大量研究。这种生物高分子纳米纤维在组织工程支架、组织修复等方面有独特的优势。本文对生物高分子——多糖、蛋白质、核酸(DNA)的静电纺丝研究进行了总结。     

十二烷基硫酸钠对原位晶化制备小晶粒NaY的影响

研究了十二烷基硫酸钠对原位晶化制备小晶粒NaY的影响,并以包含小晶粒NaY的原位晶化产物为母体,通过铵交换和稀土离子交换制备出了REUSY催化剂.采用X射线衍射(XRD)、扫描电镜(SEM)、X射线荧光(XRF)及N₂物理吸附-脱附等手段对样品进行了表征,采用微反活性评价装置和小型固定流化床(ACE)评价了所制备催化剂在重油催化裂化反应中的催化性能.结果表明:在原位晶化合成NaY的体系中,添加高岭土微球质量5%的十二烷基硫酸钠,可以将分子筛的平均晶粒尺寸由540 nm减小到250 nm.相比于常规的原位晶化型流化催化裂化(FCC)催化剂,以包含小晶粒NaY的原位晶化产物为母体所制备出的催化剂,在反应原料的转化率、裂化产物的选择性以及抗积碳性能等方面均有明显的提高或改善.     

电解水催化材料动态构效关系的原位拉曼研究进展北大核心CSCD

可再生能源电解水产氢对于实现碳中和目标和未来可持续社会的发展具有重要意义。然而,在电解水服役过程中,催化材料往往会发生复杂的结构演变,这对深入理解电解水催化材料反应机制和精准设计高效催化材料造成了挑战。原位电化学拉曼表征技术对催化材料结构动态演变过程的实时监测,是揭示电解水材料动态构效关系,解析催化反应机理的关键。本文介绍了原位电化学拉曼表征技术的基本原理,重点综述了其在催化材料相结构演变、表面活性位点和界面水分子行为中的最新进展,阐述了电解水催化材料在服役过程中结构演变与性能演变之间的变化规律,为实现催化材料全生命周期动态构效关系的精准构建提供了技术基础。最后,分析总结了原位电化学拉曼表征技术在电解水应用过程中存在的问题与挑战,并对先进原位电化学拉曼技术未来的发展进行了展望。     

高温红外光谱电化学薄层池的制作与表征

为了拓宽光谱电化学研究范围,开展高温下电化学反应过程,本文研制了一种高温红外光谱电化学薄层池(HTC)。 研制的HTC清洗方便,操作简单,适用于水体系和有机体系。 该HTC可在室温至373 K(根据溶剂沸点,控温精度为±0.5 K)温度范围内使用,具有良好的电化学性能,红外光谱采集谱图清晰信噪比好。 利用铁氰化钾水溶液和对苯醌离子液体溶液的红外光谱电化学行为对HTC进行了表征,得到较满意的结果。     

可充电池的磁共振研究

快速增长的对安全能源的需求,促使科研工作者不断探索高能量密度的可充锂离子电池(LIBs)。发展原位表征技术能更好地研究电池工作中的锂离子镶嵌机制和电池失效因素。固体核磁共振(NMR)能有效的测试短程化学环境:通过对~1H、~(6,7)Li、~(11)B、~(13)C、~(17)O、~(19)F、~(23)Na和~(31)P等同位素来探测电池材料的微观结构。除了魔角旋转(MAS)高分辨NMR谱图研究电池材料的精细结构之外,核磁共振还能无损地捕获、研究电池材料在充放电循环中的演化。因此,原位核磁共振NMR及成像(MRI)可拓展到电池充放电循环中的锂离子的动态演化以及锂离子浓度的时空分布信息。互为补充地,电子顺磁共振(EPR)及成像(EPRI)能有效地跟踪和捕获电极过渡金属、阴氧离子(O_2~(n-))的氧化还原过程。这些实时捕获的动态信息能更好地指导电极材料的构效、微观设计和电池组装的改进,最终获得优异的电化学性能。     

A review on wound dressings with an emphasis on electrospun nanofibrous polymeric bandages

Wound dressings have experienced continuous and significant changes since the ancient times. The development starts with the use of natural materials to simply cover the wounds to the materials of the present time that could be specially made to exhibit various extraordinary functions. The modern bandage materials made of electrospun biopolymers contain various active compounds that are beneficial to the healing of wounds. These materials are fibrous in nature, with the size of fibers segments ranging from tens of nanometers to micrometers. With the right choices of biopolymers used for these fibrous materials, they could enhance the healing of wounds significantly compared with the conventional fibrous dressing materials, such as gauze. These bandages could be made such that they contain bioactive ingredients, such as antimicrobial, antibacterial, and anti‐inflammatory agents, which could be released to the wounds enhancing their healing. In an active wound dressing (AWD), the main purpose is to control the biochemical states of a wound in order to aid its healing process. This review provides an overview of different types of wounds, effective parameters in wound healing and different types of wound dressing materials with a special emphasis paid to those prepared by electrospinning. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Antimicrobial Peptide‐Based Electrospun Fibers for Wound Healing Applications

Current wound healing treatments such as bandages and gauzes predominantly rely on passively protecting the wound and do not offer properties that increase the rate of wound healing. While these strategies are strong at protecting any infection after application, they are ineffective at treating an already infected wound or assisting in tissue regeneration. Next‐generation wound healing treatments are being developed at a rapid pace and have a variety of advantages over traditional treatments. Features such as gas exchange, moisture balance, active suppression of infection, and increased cell proliferation are all central to developing the next successful wound healing dressing. Electrospinning has already been shown to have the qualities required to be a key technique of next generation polymer‐based wound healing treatments. Combined with antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), electrospun dressings can indeed become a formidable solution for the treatment of both acute and chronic wounds. The literature on combining electrospinning and AMPs is now starting to increase and this review aims to give a comprehensive overview of the current developments that combine electrospinning technology and AMPs in order to make multifunctional fibers effective against infection in wound healing.     

Synthesis of P1 aspartate-based peptide acyloxymethyl and fluoromethyl ketones as inhibitors of interleukin-1β-converting enzyme

Improved procedures have been developed for the synthesis of P1 aspartate-based 2,6-dichlorobenzoyloxymethyl ketone 1 and fluoromethyl ketone 2, the prodrugs of two potent ICE-inhibitors. 1 was prepared from (R)-trans-4,5-O-isopropylidene-4,5-dihydroxy-2-pentenecarboxylic acid ethyl ester; 2 was obtained via a nitro-aldol condensation as key step from in situ generated fluoroacetaldehyde.     

Electrospun PVA Nanofibrous Membranes Reinforced with Silver Nanoparticles Impregnated Cellulosic Fibers: Morphology and Antibacterial Property

To enhance the mechanical and antibacterial properties of silver nanoparticle impregnated cellulosic fibers, carboxy-cellulose nanocrystals(CCNs) were grafted with chitooligosaccharide(COS), which was used as a stabilizer for silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). Nanofibrous membranes reinforced with silver nanoparticle impregnated cellulosic fibers(CCN-COS-AgNP) were prepared via electrospinning using polyvinyl alcohol(PVA) as a matrix. The effects of CCN-COS-AgNP contents on the morphology, surface composition, mechanical properties, and antibacterial performances of the prepared CCN-COS-AgNP/PVA membranes were examined. The addition of CCN-COS-AgNP certainly improved the mechanical properties and antibacterial performances of the PVA nanofibers. The tensile strength was significantly increased from 4.40 MPa to 8.60 MPa when 8% CCN-COS-AgNP(mass ratio) was introduced. When 10%(mass ratio) CCN-COS-AgNP was added, the nanofibers showed an excellent antibacterial activity for S. aureus(Staphylococcus aureus) and E. coli(Escherichia coli), with the maximum inhibition zones of 2.30 and 1.60 cm, respectively. Moreover, the 2%(mass ratio) CCN-COS-AgNP/PVA fibrous membrane showed 126% cell viability for mg63 human osteoblasts. The electrospun PVA membrane has great potential application in biomedical field.     

长余辉纳米材料的控制合成及在疾病诊断中的应用

长余辉纳米材料具有独特的发光性质, 能在激发光关闭后持续发光. 通过收集激发光关闭后的长余辉发光信号可以有效消除背景信号的干扰. 此外, 长余辉材料在成像时无需原位激发, 可以减少生物体系的组织自发荧光和光散射干扰, 提高生物成像和检测的灵敏度. 由于这种独特的光学特性, 长余辉纳米材料在生物传感/生物成像以及疾病治疗等领域被广泛应用. 近年来, 为满足疾病相关生物标志物的体外检测及体内生物成像的应用要求, 控制合成发光性能优异、 生物相容性好的长余辉纳米材料成为研究热点.     

银纳米粒子修饰的二维金属-有机框架纳米片用于光热增强银离子释放抗菌

近年来,二维(2D)金属-有机框架(MOF)纳米复合材料被广泛的应用于生物医学领域,尤其是在抗菌方面。在此,我们通过光照诱导还银离子成功在二维MOF纳米片上生长银纳米粒子,得到了一种银纳米粒子(Ag NPs)修饰的二维Zr-Fc-MOF (MOF-Ag)纳米片,并将其用于光热增强Ag⁺释放抗菌治疗。通过水热法和超声处理合成MOF纳米片,然后通过原位光辐照诱导还原在MOF纳米片上生长Ag NPs。系列表征结果表明Ag NPs成功负载到MOF纳米片上。聚乙烯吡咯烷酮(PVP)的修饰不仅可以增强MOF-Ag在溶液中的稳定性,还可以增强它的生物相容性。在近红外激光(NIR)照射下,MOF纳米片可以在短时间升温,而温度的升高可以加速Ag NPs在溶液中氧化为银离子。通过细菌生长曲线、菌落相对数和细菌形态变化等实验表明PVP@MOF-Ag纳米片具有优异的广谱杀菌性能。此外,2D MOF纳米片良好的光热性能不仅可以增强Ag⁺的释放,还可以增强细胞膜的通透性,随后进入细菌中的Ag⁺可以诱导内源性活性氧的产生,从而引发细菌的氧化应激,实现高效抗菌。基于良好的体外抗菌性能,进一步将PVP@MOF-Ag纳米片用于小鼠伤口愈合,在此期间PVP@MOF-Ag纳米片表现出良好的治疗效果和生物安全性。我们的研究结果表明,PVP@MOF-Ag纳米片可以作为光热增强Ag⁺释放抗菌治疗和伤口愈合的有效平台。     

Study of in-situ surface cleaning for Si and SiGe epitaxy on Si with a novel ion beam vapor/assisted deposition technique

Ion beam vapor deposition is a new technique to grow Si and SiGe layers on Si substrates at low temperatures. The in situ surface cleaning prior to the deposition is a crucial step in the epitaxial growth of Si and SiGe films and is achieved by Ar ion bombardment with substrates kept at ambient temperature. A high temperature annealing (800 °C) is needed to repair the damage caused by this bombardment. We studied the effects of ion beam energy and the substrate temperature during the in situ cleaning on the quality of the grown films. An ion beam energy of 150–200eV is found to be sufficient to clean the surface for epitaxial growth. While the films deposited on properly cleaned surfaces are epitaxially grown, the inadequately cleaned surface leads to the formation of polycrystalline layers especially at low substrate temperatures.     

Effect of pumping methods on transmembrane pressure, fluid balance and relative recovery in microdialysis

There is a growing interest in using large pore size probes for microdialysis of macromolecular markers to monitor cell and tissue functions. Fluid balance could be an important issue when using large pore size microdialysis probes, which are affected by the mode of operation. In this study, the effect of pumping systems, push, pull, push-and-pull, and the resulting transmembrane pressure on the fluid balance, as well as, the relative recovery of small molecular nutrients and metabolites and macromolecules (proteins) were examined. The validity of the internal reference in situ calibration was examined in detail. It is concluded that a push-and-pull system is the only effective method of eliminating fluid loss or gain. The relative recovery of small solutes is not affected much by the applied pumping methods; however, the relative recovery of macromolecules is significantly influenced by them. The in situ calibration technique using Phenol Red can provide reliable results for small molecules including glucose and lactic acid. Using 10 and 70-kDa fluorescent dextrans as the internal standard for large molecules in situ calibration of similar size does not work for the pull pump system, but does work well when using a push-and-pull pumping method.     

基底表面性质与前驱液化学环境对原位定向构筑钛硅分子筛膜的影响

b取向MFI型分子筛膜能够显著促进分子的传输效率, 被广泛应用于混合物分离及催化领域. 虽然传统的原位水热晶化法已较为成熟, 然而仍难以调控膜层的b轴取向生长. 本文以304不锈钢片为基底, 采用经典的原位水热晶化法研究了基底表面物化性质、 前驱液配比及晶化条件对钛硅分子筛膜b轴取向生长的影响. 结果表明, TiO₂中间层表面的羟基能够定向诱导分子筛晶粒的吸附, 进而提高钛硅分子筛膜的b轴取向程度. 同时, 前驱液中模板剂和水含量对晶粒的大小及膜层的定向生长具有显著影响, 即仅在合适的碱度下才能形成高b轴取向的钛硅分子筛膜.     

环己烯对噻吩在CuY分子筛上吸附的影响机制

A CuY zeolite prepared by liquid phase ion exchange was characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, pyridine in situ Fourier transform infrared (in situ FTIR) spectroscopy, and ammonia temperature programmed desorption. The effect of cyclohexene on the adsorption of thiophene over the prepared CuY zeolite was explored by in situ FTIR. In particular, the role of the zeolite's Br?nsted acidity was investigated in the adsorption process. The results show that the percentage of Cu⁺ on the surface of the CuY zeolite can reach 77%. The surface acidity of the CuY zeolite mainly comprises medium and strong Br?nsted acidity and Lewis acidity. According to the adsorption results, cyclohexene negatively influences thiophene adsorption on the Br?nsted or Lewis acid sites in CuY by competitive adsorption. Although polymerization of thiophene and cyclohexene can occur easily on the HY or REY zeolites, the presence of Br?nsted acids in the CuY zeolite was not sufficient to polymerize either thiophene or cyclohexene. This difference may be caused by an anti-synergistic effect between the Cu ions of the CuY zeolite and neighboring Br?nsted acid sites, the result of which inhibits the polymerization of adsorbed thiophene and cyclohexene.     

Dual-syringe reactive electrospinning of cross-linked hyaluronic acid hydrogel nanofibers for tissue engineering applications

A facile fabrication of a cross-linked hyaluronic acid (HA) hydrogel nanofibers by a reactive electrospinning method is described. A thiolated HA derivative, 3,3'-dithiobis(propanoic dihydrazide)-modified HA (HA-DTPH), and poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) are selected as the cross-linking system. The cross-linking reaction occurs simultaneously during the electrospinning process using a dual-syringe mixing technique. Poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) is added into the spinning solution as a viscosity modifier to facilitate the fiber formation and is selectively removed with water after the electrospinning process. The nanofibrous structure of the electrospun HA scaffold is well preserved after hydration with an average fiber diameter of 110 nm. A cell morphology study on fibronectin (FN)-adsorbed HA nanofibrous scaffolds shows that the NIH 3T3 fibroblasts migrate into the scaffold through the nanofibrous network, and demonstrate an elaborate three-dimensional dendritic morphology within the scaffold, which reflects the dimensions of the electrospun HA nanofibers. These results suggest the application of electrospun HA nanofibrous scaffolds as a potential material for wound healing and tissue regeneration. [image: see text] Laser scanning confocal microscopy demonstrates that the NIH3T3 fibroblast develops an extended 3D dendritic morphology within the fibronectin-adsorbed electrospun HA nanofibrous scaffold.     

Pretilt angle generation by UV exposure during imidization of polyimide

We investigated pretilt angle generation and liquid crystal (LC) alignment by ultraviolet exposure during the imidization of polyimide (PI). The generated pretilt angle of a nematic (N) LC using an in situ photo-alignment method is smaller than that using a conventional photo-alignment method on a surface of PI having side chains. The NLC pretilt angles using an in situ photo-alignment method injected at isotropic phase increased with annealing were observed.     

聚硅氧烷皮肤组织黏接材料的设计合成与性能表征

设计开发了以聚硅氧烷材料为基础的皮肤组织黏接剂, 其主要由硅氧烷预聚体、 含氢硅油交联剂和卡斯特催化剂等多组分构成. 在卡斯特催化剂作用下, 预聚体和交联剂室温下在皮肤表面原位快速固化, 其中聚硅氧烷预聚体的苯甲醛侧基与皮肤组织中广泛存在的胺基通过醛胺缩合反应实现共价黏接. 本文系统研究了聚硅氧烷预聚体的聚合度、 侧基含量及交联剂的用量等参数对该黏接剂性能的影响, 得到了最大剪切黏接强度为77.6 KPa、 室温条件下100 s内即可形成稳定黏接的组织黏接材料. 该材料还具有良好的力学相容性、 生物安全性和结构稳定性, 可满足皮肤黏接剂的基本要求, 具有较好的应用前景.     

Degradation patterns and surface wettability of electrospun fibrous mats

Degradation profiles and surface wettability are critical for optimal application of electrospun fibrous mats as drug carriers, tissue growth scaffolds and wound dressing materials. The effect of surface morphologies and chemical groups on surface wettability, and the resulting matrix degradation profiles were firstly assessed for electrospun poly(d,l-lactide) (PDLLA) and poly(d,l-lactide)-poly(ethylene glycol) (PELA) fibers. The air entrapment between the fiber interfaces clarified the effects of various surface morphologies on the surface wettability. Chemical groups with lower binding energy were enriched on the fiber surface due to the high voltage of the electrospinning process, and a surface erosion pattern was detected in the degradation of electrospun PDLLA fibers, which was quite different from the bulk degradation pattern for other forms of PDLLA. Contributed by the hydrophilic poly(ethylene glycol) segments, the degradation of electrospun PELA fibers with hydrophobic surface followed a pattern different from surface erosion and typical bulk degradation.