餐厨废油制备的生物基两性表面活性剂的油水界面性能

以餐厨废油制备了生物基两性表面活性剂,应用界面张力和动态光散射方法,研究了该生物基两性表面活性剂体系的油水界面性能及在溶液中的聚集行为。 在无外加碱条件下,由餐厨废油制备的表面活性剂表现出良好的界面性能,在50~70 ℃以及pH值为7~12的条件下,均可以将油水界面张力降至超低值(<10^-3 mN/m),在不同的油藏模拟地层水中均保持较好的界面活性;分别在50、-20和4 ℃下保存,其界面活性均未受到明显影响。 在水溶液中形成的聚集体的平均流体力学半径为10~30 nm,无机盐离子的加入可使聚集体的粒径上升。 基于其优良的界面性质和可再生来源,由餐厨废油制备的生物基两性表面活性剂在三次采油方面具有重要的应用价值。     

有关“环境友好塑料”几个概念的澄清

生物塑料、生物降解塑料、生物基塑料统称为环境友好塑料,但它们三者的侧重点各有不同,既有区别,也有联系,本文对以上三个概念的意义做了详细的解释和澄清。生物塑料注重于生产原料的生物来源性和制造过程的生物技术性;生物降解塑料则注重于它是否可以被生物降解,其原料可以来自于可再生资源,也可来自于石油资源;生物基塑料则关注其生产原料是否来自于可再生资源,而对其是否可以生物降解没有特别要求。     

Organocatalytic Upgrading of Biomass Derived Building Blocks

The depletion of finite primary fossil fuels we are facing makes necessary a deep metamorphosis in fundamental parts of the chemical industry. A progressive transition from petro-based starting materials toward renewable biomass-derived sources will have to take place in the synthesis of added-value chemicals, important for our everyday life, such as pharmaceuticals, polymers, agrochemicals etc. Moreover, greener processes, carried out under friendlier reaction conditions, must be designed to address current concerns about the climate change and the resulting pressing need to reduce the environmental footprint of chemical processes. To this end, organocatalysis could offer a valuable opportunity for upgrading biomass-derived platform molecules in line with the principles of Green Chemistry. This review presents some of recent and remarkable advancements in this emerging area. Organocatalysis has proven to be an efficient tool to transform low value bio-based renewable platform building blocks into new high value bio-based chemicals, with potential applications as synthetic intermediates, innovative materials and pharmaceutically active compounds.     

生物基环氧树脂及固化剂研究现状

生物基高分子材料以可再生资源为主要原料,它在减少塑料行业对石油资源消耗的同时,也减少了石油化工原料在生产过程中对环境的污染,具有节约石油资源和保护环境的双重功效。桐油和松香是我国两种重要的天然可再生资源,在目前将化工原料逐步转向可再生资源的时代背景下,它们已被广泛应用于高分子材料的合成和改性。生物基热固性树脂是一个意义重大且前景广阔的研究领域,本文就桐油和松香在生物基环氧树脂和固化剂方面的应用进行了系统的综述和展望。     

FDCA基聚酯的合成、性能及应用研究进展

生物质资源是一种储量丰富的可再生资源。生物质资源的高效利用不仅具有非常巨大的经济和生态价值,而且对新能源与生物基合成材料的可持续发展战略具有重大意义。由植物纤维素等生物质材料经生物或者简单化学过程处理,可获得丰富的生物基单体2,5-呋喃二甲酸(FDCA)。FDCA可用于生物基聚酯材料的合成。FDCA系列聚酯材料性能优异,可作为由石油基单体对苯二甲酸(PTA)而合成的芳香族聚酯材料(例如PET)的一种潜在的高性能生物可降解替代材料。本文简要说明了生物基单体FDCA的物性及制备方法,并重点阐述了包括聚呋喃二甲酸乙二酯(PEF)与聚呋喃二甲酸丁二酯(PBF)等一系列FDCA基聚酯材料的合成及性质,同时对FDCA基聚酯材料的应用进展进行了简要介绍,最后对FDCA基聚酯生物基合成材料的发展前景作了初步展望。     

以油酸为原料的新型生物基支链十七烷基苯磺酸钠的合成及性质

生物基表面活性剂由于其可再生资源和优异的表面/界面性质吸引了越来越多的关注。本文以可再生的油酸为原料,通过四步反应,制备了新型生物基支链表面活性剂,并评价了其表/界面性质、润湿性和生物降解性能。该新型生物基支链表面活性剂为4-（1-十七烷基）苯磺酸钠（9ΦC17S）,依次经过烷基化反应、脱羧反应、磺化反应和中和反应而制得。其化学结构已通过电喷雾质谱、红外光谱和核磁共振波谱得以确认。4-（1-十七烷基）苯磺酸钠展现出良好的表/界面张力,临界胶束浓度（CMC）为317.5 mg·L^-1,CMC处的表面张力为32.54 mN·m^-1,当水溶液中碳酸钠浓度为8.48×10⁴ mg·L^-1、4-（1-十七烷基）苯磺酸钠浓度为8.36×10⁴ mg·L^-1时,油水的界面张力约为10^-2 mN·m^-1。此外,4-（1-十七烷基）苯磺酸钠在生物降解性和润湿性方面也显示出了良好的性能,最终生物降解评分为2.99,0.500 g·L^-1 9ΦC17S溶液的气液固接触角为63.08°。该新型生物基表面活性剂丰富了以可再生资源为原料的生物基表面活性剂的结构多样性。     

生物质表面活性剂研究进展

生物质表面活性剂因其原料来源广泛、可再生、无污染等优点,已成为替代石油基表面活性剂的最优选择。目前,生物质类表面活性剂主要以天然脂类、糖类、蛋白质和生物质酚类等物质为原料制备而成,因其特殊的"两亲性"结构,使其具有良好的分散、乳化、增稠、絮凝以及独特的生理等性能,在食品、医疗、日用化学品等行业有较大的应用优势。本文以表面活性剂的发展方向为出发点,综述了以生物质为基础制备表面活性剂的研究进展,展望了生物质表面活性剂的发展方向。     

脂肪酸光脱羧酶及其在有机合成中应用的研究进展

生物基脂肪酸是极具应用潜力的可再生资源。以绿色、低碳的方式对生物基脂肪酸进行转化合成高价值的化学品和燃料可满足现代社会可持续发展的迫切需要,也符合绿色生物制造的需求。生物催化因反应条件温和、选择性高等特点受到众多学者的广泛关注,其中,近年来新发现的由可见光驱动的脂肪酸光脱羧酶（fatty acid photodecarboxyase, CvFAP）可催化不同链长的脂肪酸进行脱羧反应用来合成燃料和化学品,反应过程具有极高原子经济性,在绿色催化工艺及能源领域具有广阔的应用前景。本综述旨在对脂肪酸光脱羧酶（CvFAP）的最新研究进展进行总结分析,并对脂肪酸光脱羧酶的发展趋势进行展望,以期为脂肪酸光脱羧酶（CvFAP）在绿色合成领域的进一步开发利用提供参考。     

生物基UV固化预聚物制备及性能研究

近年来，随着制造业产能的严重过剩，我国政府对于环境保护越来越重视，传统油性涂料体系受到巨大的冲击，而光固化作为三大环保型涂料技术之一得到迅速发展。生物基原料是一种可再生资源，在不可再生资源越来越少的未来，生物基材料的发展和应用也就成为一种必然趋势。本文把生物基原料引入光固化预聚物体系，在类似结构条件下对比了含有和不含有生物基材料预聚物固化膜的基本物化性能，并对实验结果进行了总结。     

Industrial development and applications of plant oils and their biobased oleochemicals

In the concepts for new products, performance, product safety, and product economy criteria are equally important. They are taken into account already when the raw materials base for a new industrial product development is defined. Here, renewable resources gain-again after the earlier “green trend” in the 1980s—increasing attention as an alternative raw materials source compared to fossil feedstock. The industrial use of carbohydrates, proteins, and plant oils aligns perfectly with the principles of Responsible Care and is an important part of green chemistry and sustainability in general. Since the 1950s, oleochemistry has grown to a major research and technology area in several institutions and industries. A large variety of products based on fats and oils have been developed since then for different uses, such as specialties for polymer applications, biodiesel, surfactants, emollients for home and personal-care industries, pesticides and biodegradable mineral oil replacements for lubricants. However, at present it seems that the use of renewable resources, especially plant oils, has to compete more and more with the increasing demand for bioenergy, which could cause an unbalanced supply and demand in the future or even a threat for the increasing demand for food in certain areas of the world.     

Recent development on bio-based thermosetting resins

Due to the rapid depletion of crude oil and serious environmental pollution, the synthesis of polymers from renewable resource is becoming more and more important. Up to now, a great variety of biomass and bio-based platform compounds have been taken to prepare the polymers. However, as two representative thermosetting resins, epoxy and benzoxazine resin derived from renewable feedstocks only obtain limited attention compared with the popular bio-based plastics, including PLA, PBAT and PHBV etc. The reason might be that the properties of previously reported thermosetting resins directly obtained from biomass are usually unsatisfied, and their application fields are limited. In this paper, the latest development on the synthesis of high-performance bio-based epoxy and polybenzoxazine resins are reviewed. In addition, to further broaden their applications, the functionalization strategies are also summarized. The objective of this work is to help us fully aware the present situation of bio-based thermosetting resins and then promote their faster development, especially practical application.     

A furan-derived epoxy thermoset with inherent anti-flammability,degradability, and raw material recycling

The production of multifunctional thermosets with flammability, degradability and raw material recycling from epoxy thermosets made from renewable resources is one of the hottest topics in the context of sustainable development. In this work, we fabricated a fully bio-based epoxy thermoset by curing an as-synthesized furan-derived epoxy monomer (HMF-DDDS-EP) with a furan-based hardener (DFA). Owing to its unique structure containing a Schiff base and disulfide bonds, the cured HMF-DDDS-EP/DFA thermoset integrates a high glass transition temperature, high tensile strength, inherent anti-flammability, degradability, and recyclability. Specifically, a glass transition temperature as high as 171 °C, tensile strength of 62.9 MPa, a storage modulus of 2,356 MPa and outstanding anti-flammability (UL-94 V-0 rating and high LOI of 36.0%) were observed for this fully bio-based epoxy thermoset. Additionally, it was capable of degrading under mildly acidic conditions because of the cleavage of the Schiff base into the original aldehyde monomer. This fully bio-based epoxy thermoset can be considered a representative for fostering the synthesis of advanced thermosetting materials derived from renewable resources.     

氨基硼烷化合物的合成及应用研究进展

氨基硼烷化合物近年来在储氢材料的开发以及在有机合成中的应用非常广泛。本文综述了氨基硼烷的合成及其作为储氢材料的研究进展,以及近十几年来氨基硼烷在有机合成中作为还原试剂、在不对称还原反应中作手性催化剂及其他反应中的应用研究进展。指出加入金属氢化物制备的金属氨硼烷具有较优的放氢性能、可再生氨硼烷储氢材料的开发和制备是储氢材料新的发展方向;发展清洁高效的绿色还原体系和高选择性的手性氨硼烷催化剂是氨硼烷研究领域的新热点;氨硼烷试剂在储氢材料开发和绿色还原试剂领域具有潜在的实际应用价值。     

碳基三维自支撑超级电容器电极材料研究进展

自支撑电极材料在超级电容器中有着广泛的应用. 碳材料具有结构多样、来源丰富、价格低廉以及性能稳定等优点,是构建三维自支撑电极材料的首选基底材料. 本文结合作者课题组的研究工作,从“由上而下”和“由下而上”两个方面,概述了设计、制备三维自支撑电极材料的常用方法及材料的电容性能,希望对开发利用天然可再生资源,制备高性能的自支撑电极材料及其在超级电容器材料中的应用有所帮助.     

An Overview of the Antimicrobial Properties of Lignocellulosic Materials

Pathogenic microbes are a major source of health and environmental problems, mostly due to their easy proliferation on most surfaces. Currently, new classes of antimicrobial agents are under development to prevent microbial adhesion and biofilm formation. However, they are mostly from synthetic origin and present several disadvantages. The use of natural biopolymers such as cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, derived from lignocellulosic materials as antimicrobial agents has a promising potential. Lignocellulosic materials are one of the most abundant natural materials from renewable sources, and they present attractive characteristics, such as low density and biodegradability, are low-cost, high availability, and environmentally friendly. This review aims to provide new insights into the current usage and potential of lignocellulosic materials (biopolymer and fibers) as antimicrobial materials, highlighting their future application as a novel drug-free antimicrobial polymer.     

Organic Functionalized Carbon Nanostructures for Solar Energy Conversion

This review presents an overview of the use of organic functionalized carbon nanostructures (CNSs) in solar energy conversion schemes. Our attention was focused in particular on the contribution of organic chemistry to the development of new hybrid materials that find application in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), organic photovoltaics (OPVs), and perovskite solar cells (PSCs), as well as in photocatalytic fuel production, focusing in particular on the most recent literature. The request for new materials able to accompany the green energy transition that are abundant, low-cost, low-toxicity, and made from renewable sources has further increased the interest in CNSs that meet all these requirements. The inclusion of an organic molecule, thanks to both covalent and non-covalent interactions, in a CNS leads to the development of a completely new hybrid material able of combining and improving the properties of both starting materials. In addition to the numerical data, which unequivocally state the positive effect of the new hybrid material, we hope that these examples can inspire further research in the field of photoactive materials from an organic point of view.     

Integrated Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Bio-Based Amphiphiles using a Functionalization-Defunctionalization Approach

Concerns over the sustainability and end-of-life properties of fossil-derived surfactants have driven interest in bio-based alternatives. Lignocellulosic biomass with its polar functional groups is an obvious feedstock for surfactant production but its use is limited by process complexity and low yield. Here, we present a simple two-step approach to prepare bio-based amphiphiles directly from hemicellulose and lignin at high yields (29 % w/w based on the total raw biomass and >80 % w/w of these two fractions). Acetal functionalization of xylan and lignin with fatty aldehydes during fractionation introduced hydrophobic segments and subsequent defunctionalization by hydrogenolysis of the xylose derivatives or acidic hydrolysis of the lignin derivatives produced amphiphiles. The resulting biodegradable xylose acetals and/or ethers, and lignin-based amphiphilic polymers both largely retained their original natural structures, but exhibited competitive or superior surface activity in water/oil systems compared to common bio-based surfactants.     

Mcm-41 Materials as Catalysts for the Synthesis of Alkyl Fructosides

ABSTRACT

Alkylation of saccharides combines the essential characteristics of two major renewable classes, viz. triglycerides and carbohydrates, while leading to biofriendly surfactants and emulsifiers. The development of alkylated derivatives of fructose has lagged because no efficient synthesis was available. We have found that mesoporous materials of the MCM-41 type are active and selective catalysts for the alkylation of fructose. Quantitative yields were obtained in the reaction of fructose with lower alcohols, up to C4. For long chain alcohols yields were moderate but the alkyl fructopyranosides could be easily purified. The other isomers could be isolated by chromatography.     

Hydrophobins: Proteins that self assemble at interfaces

Hydrophobins are surface active proteins that are produced by filamentous fungi. They are interesting from a Surf Sci point of view because some of their properties as surface active proteins are quite spectacular. In this review, recent advances in understanding these properties will be surveyed. We will attempt to define what the properties are that make them unique. As an understanding of both structure and function of hydrophobins is emerging we see that this is paving the way for industrial applications as well as an understanding of their biological functions.

Major recent advances

Recently there has been a clear increase in attempts to use hydrophobins in applications. We are starting to understand their unique properties as surfactants and especially applications related to the stability and development of foams and various surface treatments are emerging. There are several new reports on molecular structures as well on mechanisms of self-assembly. Hydrophobins have functions in biology that are far from understood, but also here techniques are developing and a broader understanding is emerging.     

Amino acids: Building blocks for the synthesis of greener amphiphiles

Amino acid-based amphiphiles have attracted much attention as environmentally friendly surfactants because of their biodegradability, low toxicity and the use of renewable sources of raw materials for their syntheses. With respect to molecular design, the amino acid-based architecture allows the possibilities of multiple structures of amphiphiles with varying head groups and chain lengths. This review focuses on the synthetic strategies for the development of various types of surfactants derived from amino acids. Their properties in terms of surface, biological and catalytic activities are illustrated.