The Yellow River has the highest sediment concentration in the world, and the Yellow River coarse sediment mainly comes from a particular kind of argillaceous sandstone, Pisha sandstone. This paper reports an investigation of the possibility of development of low-cost engineering materials using Pisha sandstone via ion exchange modification. The ef...
Published in Frontiers in Energy Research
Ion-exchange capacity (IEC) is the measure of a material’s capability to displace ions formerly incorporated within its structure. IEC is a key feature of anion-exchange membranes (AEM), as it determines the AEM’s ability to conduct the ions required to sustain the electrochemical reactions where they are utilized. As an intrinsic property, measuri...
Published in Biotechnology progress
Purification of peptides typically includes expensive reverse phase (RP) processes, which utilize high pressure and large volumes of solvent. For two conjugated peptides, chromatography process development targeted a low-pressure aqueous process that could achieve target product purities of ≥95%, comparable to purities seen with traditional RP. A h...
Published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
Hyperglycemia is associated with decreased Mg2+ content in red blood cells (RBC), but mechanisms remain unclear. We characterized the regulation of Mg2+ efflux by glucose in ex vivo human RBC. We observed that hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) values correlated with Na+-dependent Mg2+ efflux (Na+/Mg2+ exchange) and inversely correlated with cellular Mg conten...
Published in New Journal of Physics
The superconductivity of the FeSe-based superconductor is extremely sensitive to Fe vacancies in the FeSe plane. In order to reduce the formation of Fe vacancies in the FeSe plane, various low-temperature methods are developed. However, it is still complex and time consuming to control the Fe vacancies concentration. Here, a hybrid iron-based super...
Published in Nanophotonics
Photoelectric properties of all-inorganic perovskite quantum dots (IPQDs) highly depend on their synthetic route. However, current synthetic processes of IPQDs are widely facing potential unsustainable issues of containing nonreusable and high-cost auxiliary materials. In this work, full-visible-spectrum IPQDs were successfully synthesized by an en...
Rare-earth elements (REEs) are involved in most high technology devices and have become critical for many countries. The progress of processes for the extraction and recovery of REEs is therefore essential. Liquid–solid extraction methods are an attractive alternative to the conventional solvent extraction process used for the separation and/or pur...
TiO2 is an important oxide for property modifications in the conventional soda lime silicate glass family. It offers interesting optical and mechanical properties, for instance, by substituting heavy metals such as lead in consumer glasses. The compositional effects on the hardness, reduced elastic modulus and crack resistance as determined by inde...
Natural organic matter in waters varies in different fractions. To better understand the removal of different fractions by a magnetic ion exchange (MIEX) resin and the mechanism behind it, this study investigated adsorption kinetics, equilibrium and thermodynamics of humic acid (HA) fractions with different hydrophilic-hydrophobic properties and mo...
peer reviewed / Abstract: In the present study, juvenile striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus), a freshwater fish species, have been chronically exposed to a salinity gradient from freshwater to 20 psu (practical salinity unit) and were sampled at the beginning (D20) and the end (D34) of exposure. The results revealed that the intestinal mi...
