Developing porous materials to overcome the trade‐off between adsorption capacity and selectivity for C2H2/CO2 separation remains a challenge. Herein, we report a stable HKUST‐1‐like MOF (ZJU‐50a), ...featuring large cages decorated with high density of supramolecular binding sites to achieve both high C2H2 storage and selectivity. ZJU‐50a exhibits one of the highest C2H2 storage capacity (192 cm3 g−1) and concurrently high C2H2/CO2 selectivity (12) at 298 K and 1 bar. Single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction studies on gas‐loaded ZJU‐50a crystal unveil that the incorporated supramolecular binding sites can selectively take up C2H2 molecule but not CO2 to result in both high C2H2 storage and selectivity. Breakthrough experiments validated its separation performance for C2H2/CO2 mixtures, providing a high C2H2 recovery capacity of 84.2 L kg−1 with 99.5 % purity. This study suggests a novel strategy of engineering supramolecular binding sites into MOFs to overcome the trade‐off for this separation.
We developed a novel strategy by engineering abundant supramolecular binding sites into a chemically stable HKUST‐1‐like MOF (ZJU‐50a) to achieve simultaneously high C2H2 storage and selectivity, breaking the trade‐off between adsorption capacity and selectivity for C2H2/CO2 separation.
Zeolite NPO‐Type Azolate Frameworks Zha, Xiangyi; Li, Xinhao; Al‐Omari, Abdulhadi A. ...
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
September 26, 2022, Volume:
61, Issue:
39
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
Three‐membered rings (3‐rings) are an important structural motif in zeolite chemistry, but their formation remains serendipitous in reticular chemistry when designing zeolitic imidazolate frameworks ...(ZIFs). Herein, we report a design principle for constructing four new ZIFs, termed ZIF‐1001 to ‐1004, from tetrahedral ZnII centers (T), benzotriazolate (bTZ), and different functionalized benzimidazolates (RbIM) that adopt a new zeolite NPO‐type topology built from 3‐rings. Two factors were critical for this discovery: i) incorporating the bTZ linker within the structures formed 3‐rings due to a ∠(T−bTZ−T) angle of 120–130° reminiscent of the ∠(Ge−O−Ge) angle (130°) observed in germanate zeolite‐type structures having 3‐rings; and ii) RbIM guided the coordination chemistry of bTZ to bind preferentially in an imidazolate‐type mode. This series’ ability to selectively capture CO2 from high‐humidity flue gas and trap ethane from tail gas during shale gas extraction was demonstrated.
A new design principle for obtaining zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) with an underlying NPO built from three‐membered rings (3‐rings) is reported. Among the hundreds of unique ZIFs known, only a few have been discovered that are partially constructed from 3‐ring motifs. These findings provide a significant addition to the limited library of ZIF design principles to access attractive structural features for realizing practical function.
Mesoporous Zn4O(−COO)6-based metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), including UMCM-1, MOF-205, MUF-7a, and the newly synthesized MOFs, termed ST-1, ST-2, ST-3, and ST-4 (ST = ShanghaiTech University), ...have been systematically investigated for ultrahigh capacity methane storage. Exceptionally, ST-2 was found to have the highest deliverable capacity of 289 cm3 STP/cm3 (567 mg/g) at 298 K and 5–200 bar, which surpasses all previously reported records held by porous materials. We illustrate that the fine-tuned mesoporosity is critical in further improving the deliverable capacities at ultrahigh pressure.
Abstract
Background
The triglyceride-glucose index (TyG index) has been regarded as a reliable alternative marker of insulin resistance and an independent predictor of cardiovascular outcomes. ...Whether the TyG index predicts adverse cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes and acute coronary syndrome (ACS) remains uncertain. The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of the TyG index in patients with diabetes and ACS.
Methods
A total of 2531 consecutive patients with diabetes who underwent coronary angiography for ACS were enrolled in this study. Patients were divided into tertiles according to their TyG index. The primary outcomes included the occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs), defined as all-cause death, non-fatal myocardial infarction and non-fatal stroke. The TyG index was calculated as the ln (fasting triglyceride level mg/dL × fasting glucose level mg/dL/2).
Results
The incidence of MACE increased with TyG index tertiles at a 3-year follow-up. The Kaplan–Meier curves showed significant differences in event-free survival rates among TyG index tertiles (P = 0.005). Multivariate Cox hazards regression analysis revealed that the TyG index was an independent predictor of MACE (95% CI 1.201–1.746; P < 0.001). The optimal TyG index cut-off for predicting MACE was 9.323 (sensitivity 46.0%; specificity 63.6%; area under the curve 0.560; P = 0.001). Furthermore, adding the TyG index to the prognostic model for MACE improved the C-statistic value (P = 0.010), the integrated discrimination improvement value (P = 0.001) and the net reclassification improvement value (P = 0.019).
Conclusions
The TyG index predicts future MACE in patients with diabetes and ACS independently of known cardiovascular risk factors, suggesting that the TyG index may be a useful marker for risk stratification and prognosis in patients with diabetes and ACS.
Reticular chemistry has been focused on making simple structures in which a few kinds of components are linked to make crystals such as metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). While this chemistry has grown ...into a large field, a more extensive area with fascinating directions is emerging through the introduction of multiplicity and variation into the components of MOFs. When the MOF backbone is composed of more than two kinds of components, the resulting backbone multiplicity is regular repeats of those units. However, when variations involve multiple functionalization of the organic linkers or multiple metalation of metal-containing building units, it results in an aperiodic spatial arrangement of these variations, without altering the regularity of the MOF backbone. Such variance is represented by unique sequences of functionality or metal, and the very aperiodic nature of their spatial arrangement gives rise to anisotropy. These MOF constructs represent a new form of matter in which the sequences of such units are bound to an ordered backbone, thus adding complexity to an otherwise simple system, while preserving its overall crystallinity. It’s worth noting that, when a molecule capable of either continuous or multistate anisotropic motion is integrated within a sequence in a MOF, the resulting property goes beyond what is possible in simple systems. We term this emerging area ‘anisotropic reticular chemistry’.Introducing multiplicity and variation into the components of metal–organic frameworks has emerged as new fascinating directions in reticular chemistry. In this Review, the variances in the framework backbone, functionality and metal, and their leading to sequences of chemical information, are highlighted. Anisotropy in these structures is imposed by the variance and realized along a specific direction.
The COVID-19 reported initially in December 2019 led to thousands and millions of people infections, deaths at a rapid scale, and a global scale. Metropolitans suffered serious pandemic problems as ...the built environments of metropolitans contain a large number of people in a relatively small area and allow frequent contacts to let virus spread through people's contacting with each other. The spread inside a metropolitan is heterogeneous, and we propose that the spatial variation of built environments has a measurable association with the spread of COVID-19. This paper is the pioneering work to investigate the missing link between the built environment and the spread of the COVID-19. In particular, we intend to examine two research questions: (1) What are the association of the built environment with the risk of being infected by the COVID-19? (2) What are the association of the built environment with the duration of suffering from COVID-19? Using the Hong Kong census data, confirmed cases of COVID-19 between January to August 2020 and large size of built environment sample data from the Hong Kong government, our analysis are carried out. The data is divided into two phases before (Phase 1) and during the social distancing measure was relaxed (Phase 2). Through survival analysis, ordinary least squares analysis, and count data analysis, we find that (1) In Phase 1, clinics and restaurants are more likely to influence the prevalence of COVID-19. In Phase 2, public transportation (i.e. MTR), public market, and the clinics influence the prevalence of COVID-19. (2) In Phase 1, the areas of tertiary planning units (i.e., TPU) with more restaurants are found to be positively associated with the period of the prevalence of COVID-19. In Phase 2, restaurants and public markets induce long time occurrence of the COVID-19. (3) In Phase 1, restaurant and public markets are the two built environments that influence the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases. In Phase 2, the number of restaurants is positively related to the number of COVID-19 reported cases. It is suggested that governments should not be too optimistic to relax the necessary measures. In other words, the social distancing measure should remain in force until the signals of the COVID-19 dies out.
•A pioneering study to investigate the link between the built environment and the spread of COVID-19.•The first study to utilize a massive built environment sample data in Hong Kong to investigate how built environment affects the spread of COVID-19.•In-depth analysis by employing survival analysis, ordinary least squares, and count data analysis.•Restaurants and public markets are the two built environments that impact the transmission of the COVID-19.
Hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks (HOFs) have received tremendous attention in recent years due to the good designability. However, the pure organic nature of HOFs sometimes limits the application ...development and performance improvement. Functionalizing is an effective strategy to control and modulate material properties, which can achieve properties that cannot be achieved by a pristine material. Herein, a series of HOF-76⊃DSMI were synthesized through functionalizing the stable AIE-based HOF-76 by incorporating a red dye which complements the deficiency of the red component of HOF-76. Then, a single matrix white light-emitting diode (WLED) was fabricated by coating the HOF-76⊃DSMI material on a 460 nm blue LED with CIE chromaticity coordinates of (0.333, 0.329), a correlated colour temperature (CCT) of 5490 K and a colour rendering index (CRI) of 80.
We successfully fabricated a white light-emitting diode by coating functionalized AIE-based HOF-76 material on a 460 nm blue LED chip.
In this paper, a hybrid variable cost function model predictive control strategy (HC-MPC) is developed for the mode transition process of a novel motor compound power-split plug-in hybrid electric ...vehicle (DM-PHEV). Based on the layout of DM-PHEV, the mode transition process from electric driving mode to hybrid driving mode is divided into 5 stages. Considering the hybrid characteristics of mode transition process, the dynamic models under different stages are transmitted into an equivalent mixed-logical dynamical hybrid model. MPC based on hybrid model (H-MPC) is applied as the coordinated controller. Moreover, considering that fixed cost functions for the finite time horizon are not reasonable if stage transition happened during the prediction horizon, so variable cost functions changing with predictable stages is useful for improving the control effect of MPC. H-MPC considering variable cost functions (HC-MPC) is proposed as the coordinate controller in this paper. Simulation and hardware-in-the-loop test show that HC-MPC can efficiently improve the PHEV drivability.
Transgenic microalgae as bioreactors Liang, Zhi-Cong; Liang, Ming-Hua; Jiang, Jian-Guo
Critical reviews in food science and nutrition,
10/2020, Volume:
60, Issue:
19
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
Microalgae are unicellular organisms that act as the crucial primary producers all over the world, typically found in marine and freshwater environments. Most of them can live photo-autotrophically, ...reproduce rapidly, and accumulate biomass in a short period efficiently. To adapt to the uninterrupted change of the environment, they evolve and differentiate continuously. As a result, some of them evolve special abilities such as toleration of extreme environment, generation of sophisticated structure to adapt to the environment, and avoid predators. Microalgae are believed to be promising bioreactors because of their high lipid and pigment contents. Genetic engineering technologies have given revolutions in the microalgal industry, which decoded the secrets of microalgal genes, express recombinant genes in microalgal genomes, and largely soar the accumulation of interested components in transgenic microalgae. However, owing to several obstructions, the industry of transgenic microalgae is still immature. Here, we provide an overview to emphasize the advantage and imperfection of the existing transgenic microalgal bioreactors.
Considering the effects of asynchronous controller area network (CAN)-induced random delays in the control system of a dual motor plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (DM-PHEV), a robust
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non-clutch ...coordinated controllers of mode transition process (MTP) are developed in this paper. A novel non-clutch coordinated control strategy which avoids the clutch slipping stage is proposed based on the structural characteristics of dual motors. Besides, by analyzing the characteristics of asynchronous CAN-induced random delays (ACDs) caused by the multiple actuators of DM-PHEV, complex nonlinearities of ACDs are modeled by convex polytope. Two different
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non-clutch coordinated controllers are proposed to ensure the performance of MTP with ACDs. One controller considers that the control signal transmitted by CAN bus is derivative of torque, and the other controller considers the signal as torque. Comparative simulation and hardware-in-the-loop (HiL) test are provided to demonstrate the performance of MTP controlled by proposed controllers.
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