A5023137812- Bone Metabolism and Diseases
- Membrane Separation Technologies
- Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
- Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Estrogen and related hormone effects
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Biosensors and Analytical Detection
- Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery
- Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
- Bone health and osteoporosis research
- Vitamin D Research Studies
- Phytoestrogen effects and research
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
- Tea Polyphenols and Effects
- Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
- Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Dermatology and Skin Diseases
- Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
- Natural product bioactivities and synthesis
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
- RNA modifications and cancer
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2013-2024
The Ohio State University
2021-2024
Zhejiang University of Water Resource and Electric Power
2024
Guangxi Medical University
2020-2024
Xiangtan University
2022-2024
Jilin Medical University
2023
San Diego State University
2023
Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine
2020-2022
Intel (United States)
2022
Hefei University
2022
A flexible, scalable and completely biodegradable photothermal evaporator for highly efficient solar steam generation is fabricated<italic>via in situ</italic>loading polydopamine particles bacterial nanocellulose matrix during its growth.
To alleviate the scarcity of clean water, solar steam generation, which utilizes green and abundant resources Earth, has attracted considerable attention been recognized as a sustainable technology to purify seawater wastewater.
ConspectusIn meeting the increasing need for clean water in both developing and developed countries rural urban communities, photothermal membrane treatment technologies provide outstanding advantages: For by utilizing sunlight, provides inexpensive, convenient, modular, decentralized, accessible ways to water, which can reduce consumption of conventional energy (e.g., electricity, natural gas) cost production. In improve efficiency during purification. these purification processes, light...
Toxic heavy metal ions and organic pollutants are significant concerns in wastewater treatment. Here, we demonstrate a novel membrane composed of polydopamine (PDA) particles bacterial nanocellulose (BNC), which can efficiently remove variety dyes from contaminated water. The biocompatible biodegradable PDA/BNC is synthesized by situ incorporation PDA into BNC matrix during its bacteria-mediated growth. We show that the effectively such as lead cadmium, surrogate markers rhodamine 6G (R6G),...
In developing countries and resource-limited regions, where no power infrastructure is available, photothermal-driven membrane distillation (PMD) has been recognized as an attractive sustainable technology for freshwater generation.
Biofouling poses one of the most serious challenges to membrane technologies by severely decreasing water flux and driving up operational costs. Here, we introduce a novel anti-biofouling ultrafiltration based on reduced graphene oxide (RGO) bacterial nanocellulose (BNC), which incoporates GO flakes into BNC in situ during its growth. In contrast previously reported GO-based membranes for treatment, RGO/BNC exhibited excellent aqueous stability under environmentally relevant pH conditions,...
Accumulating evidence suggests that cancer stem cells (CSCs) play a critical role in tumor initiation, progression and therapy, recent studies have indicated Forkhead box C1 (FOXC1) is strongly associated with CSCs. This study investigates the regulatory effects of FOXC1 on CSC-like properties non-small cell lung (NSCLC).We analyzed expression NSCLC using Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database UALCANC performed survival analyses patients Human Protein Atlas. were based CSC marker-positive...
Protein therapeutics are prone to lose their structure and bioactivity under various environmental stressors. This study reports a facile approach using nanoporous material, zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8), as an encapsulant for preserving the prototypic protein therapeutic, insulin, against different harsh conditions that may be encountered during storage, formulation, transport, including elevated temperatures, mechanical agitation, organic solvent. Both immunoassay spectroscopy...
Interfacing biomolecules with functional materials is a key strategy toward achieving externally-triggered biological function. The rational integration of proteins, such as enzymes, plasmonic nanostructures that exhibit unique optical properties photothermal effect provides means to externally control the enzyme activity. However, due labile nature mostly utilized for enhancement biocatalytic activity thermophilic enzymes. In order extend and utilize broader class stabilize immobilized...
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a complicated psoriasis comorbidity with manifestations of psoriatic skin and arthritic joints, tailoring specific treatment strategies for simultaneously delivering different drugs to action sites in PsA remains challenging. We developed need-based layered dissolving microneedle (MN) system loading immunosuppressant tacrolimus (TAC) anti-inflammatory diclofenac (DIC) layers MNs, i.e., TD-MN, which aims specifically deliver TAC DIC articular cavity, achieving...
Doxorubicin (DOX), a potent and widely used anticancer agent, can give rise to severe cardiotoxicity that limits its clinical use by inducing oxidative stress. Nuclear factor (erythroid‑derived 2)‑like 2 (Nrf2) is the central regulator of cellular responses electrophilic/oxidative stress, which serves critical role in maintenance normal cardiac function. Tanshinone IIA (Tan IIA) has previously been reported protect against DOX‑induced cardiotoxicity. The aim present study was elucidate...
Minimally invasive devices to detect molecules in dermal interstitial fluid (ISF) are desirable for point-of-care diagnostic and monitoring applications. In this study, we developed a microneedle (MN) patch that collects ISF on-patch biomarker analysis by surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). The micrometer-scale MNs create micropores the skin surface, through which microliter quantities of collected onto plasmonic paper on backing. was prepared immobilizing poly(styrenesulfonate) (PSS)...
Fluorescence-based techniques are the cornerstone of modern biomedical optics, with applications ranging from bioimaging at various scales (organelle to organism) detection and quantification a wide variety biological species interest. However, weakness fluorescence signal remains persistent challenge in meeting ever-increasing demand image, detect, quantify low abundance. Here, we report simple universal method based on flexible conformal elastomeric film adsorbed plasmonic nanostructures,...
A MXene-based composite aerogel enabling highly efficient photothermally driven membrane distillation with dual-mode anti-biofouling properties make it appealing for solar-driven desalination.
Plasmon-enhanced fluorescence (PEF) is a simple and highly effective approach for improving the signal-to-noise ratio sensitivity of various fluorescence-based bioanalytical techniques. Here, we show that enhancement efficacy gold nanorods (AuNRs), which are widely employed PEF, dependent on their absolute dimensions (i.e., length diameter). Notably, an increase in (length × diameter) AuNRs from 46 14 to 120 38 nm2 while holding aspect constant leads nearly 300% improvement efficiency....
Background: Topical application of tacrolimus (FK506) was effective in the treatment atopic dermatitis (AD); however, adverse effects frequently occurred with increase FK506 dose during long–term treatment. Objective: The objective this project to develop a hybrid skin targeting system encapsulating based on nicotinamide (NIC) and chitosan nanoparticles (CS–NPs), ie, FK506–NIC–CS–NPs, which took advantages both NIC CS–NPs obtain synergetic percutaneous delivery efficacy enhancement along...
We demonstrate the fabrication of novel functional gel coatings with randomized physical and chemical patterns that enable dual encoding ability to realize unclonable optical tags. This design is based on swelling-mediated massive reconstruction an ultrathin responsive gelatinous polymer film uniformly adsorbed plasmonic nanostructures into a network interacting folds, resulting in bright electromagnetic hotspots within folds. reveal strong correlation between topology near-field field...
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an increasing global health challenge. There urgent need for rapid, low‐cost, and accurate diagnostic tests that can be broadly distributed applied in pandemic regions. Here, innovative, adaptable, rapidly deployable bioplasmonic paper‐based device (BPD) demonstrated the detection of ZIKV infection, via quantification serum anti‐ZIKV‐nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) IgG IgM. BPD based on ZIKV‐NS1 as a capture element gold nanorods plasmonic nanotransducers. The displays...