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Ayala-Orozco C, Li G, Li B, Vardanyan V, Kolomeisky AB, Tour JM. How to Build Plasmon-Driven Molecular Jackhammers that Disassemble Cell Membranes and Cytoskeletons in Cancer. Adv Mater 2024; 36:e2309910. [PMID: 38183304 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202309910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2023] [Revised: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/08/2024]
Abstract
Plasmon-driven molecular machines with ultrafast motion at the femtosecond scale are effective for the treatment of cancer and other diseases. It is recently shown that cyanine dyes act as molecular jackhammers (MJH) through vibronic (vibrational and electronic mode coupling) driven activation that causes the molecule to stretch longitudinally and axially through concerted whole molecule vibrations. However, the theoretical and experimental underpinnings of these plasmon-driven motions in molecules are difficult to assess. Here the use of near-infrared (NIR) light-activated plasmons in a broad array of MJH that mechanically disassemble membranes and cytoskeletons in human melanoma A375 cells is described. The characteristics of plasmon-driven molecular mechanical disassembly of supramolecular biological structures are observed and recorded using real-time fluorescence confocal microscopy. Molecular plasmon resonances in MJH are quantified through a new experimental plasmonicity index method. This is done through the measurement of the UV-vis-NIR spectra in various solvents, and quantification of the optical response as a function of the solvent polarity. Structure-activity relationships are used to optimize the synthesis of plasmon-driven MJH, applying them to eradicate human melanoma A375 cells at low lethal concentrations of 75 nm and 80 mW cm-2 of 730 nm NIR-light for 10 min.
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Nano Engineering, the Smalley-Curl Institute, the Nano Carbon Center, and the Rice Advanced Materials Institute, Rice University, 6100 Main St., Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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Deng B, Wang Z, Choi CH, Li G, Yuan Z, Chen J, Luong DX, Eddy L, Shin B, Lathem A, Chen W, Cheng Y, Xu S, Liu Q, Han Y, Yakobson BI, Zhao Y, Tour JM. Kinetically Controlled Synthesis of Metallic Glass Nanoparticles with Expanded Composition Space. Adv Mater 2024; 36:e2309956. [PMID: 38305742 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202309956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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Nanoscale metallic glasses offer opportunities for investigating fundamental properties of amorphous solids and technological applications in biomedicine, microengineering, and catalysis. However, their top-down fabrication is limited by bulk counterpart availability, and bottom-up synthesis remains underexplored due to strict formation conditions. Here, a kinetically controlled flash carbothermic reaction is developed, featuring ultrafast heating (>105 K s-1) and cooling rates (>104 K s-1), for synthesizing metallic glass nanoparticles within milliseconds. Nine compositional permutations of noble metals, base metals, and metalloid (M1─M2─P, M1 = Pt/Pd, M2 = Cu/Ni/Fe/Co/Sn) are synthesized with widely tunable particle sizes and substrates. Through combinatorial development, a substantially expanded composition space for nanoscale metallic glass is discovered compared to bulk counterpart, revealing that the nanosize effect enhances glass forming ability. Leveraging this, several nanoscale metallic glasses are synthesized with composition that have never, to the knowledge, been synthesized in bulk. The metallic glass nanoparticles exhibit high activity in heterogeneous catalysis, outperforming crystalline metal alloy nanoparticles.
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- Bing Deng
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Applied Physics Program, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Applied Physics Program, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Applied Physics Program, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Science and Mathematics, Corban University, 5000 Deer Park Drive SE, Salem, OR, 97317, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- NanoCarbon Center and the Rice Advanced Materials Institute, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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Eddy L, Luong DX, Beckham JL, Wyss KM, Cooksey TJ, Scotland P, Choi CH, Chen W, Advincula PA, Zhang Z, Mancevski V, Kittrell C, Han Y, Tour JM. Automated Laboratory Kilogram-Scale Graphene Production from Coal. Small Methods 2024; 8:e2301144. [PMID: 38009769 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202301144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Revised: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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The flash Joule heating (FJH) method converts many carbon feedstocks into graphene in milliseconds to seconds using an electrical pulse. This opens an opportunity for processing low or negative value resources, such as coal and plastic waste, into high value graphene. Here, a lab-scale automation FJH system that allows the synthesis of 1.1 kg of turbostratic flash graphene from coal-based metallurgical coke (MC) in 1.5 h is demonstrated. The process is based on the automated conversion of 5.7 g of MC per batch using an electrical pulse width modulation system to conduct the bottom-up upcycle of MC into flash graphene. This study then compare this method to two other scalable graphene synthesis techniques by both a life cycle assessment and a technoeconomic assessment.
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- Lucas Eddy
- Applied Physics Graduate Program and Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Applied Physics Graduate Program and Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Universal Matter Inc., Houston, 900 S Loop W Suite 175, Houston, TX, 77054, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Universal Matter Inc., Houston, 900 S Loop W Suite 175, Houston, TX, 77054, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Universal Matter Inc., Houston, 900 S Loop W Suite 175, Houston, TX, 77054, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- The NanoCarbon Center and The Rice Advanced Materials Institute, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Department of Computer Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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Derry PJ, Liopo AV, Mouli K, McHugh EA, Vo ATT, McKelvey A, Suva LJ, Wu G, Gao Y, Olson KR, Tour JM, Kent TA. Oxidation of Hydrogen Sulfide to Polysulfide and Thiosulfate by a Carbon Nanozyme: Therapeutic Implications with an Emphasis on Down Syndrome. Adv Mater 2024; 36:e2211241. [PMID: 37272655 PMCID: PMC10696138 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202211241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 05/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Hydrogen sulfide (H2 S) is a noxious, potentially poisonous, but necessary gas produced from sulfur metabolism in humans. In Down Syndrome (DS), the production of H2 S is elevated and associated with degraded mitochondrial function. Therefore, removing H2 S from the body as a stable oxide could be an approach to reducing the deleterious effects of H2 S in DS. In this report we describe the catalytic oxidation of hydrogen sulfide (H2 S) to polysulfides (HS2+n - ) and thiosulfate (S2 O3 2- ) by poly(ethylene glycol) hydrophilic carbon clusters (PEG-HCCs) and poly(ethylene glycol) oxidized activated charcoal (PEG-OACs), examples of oxidized carbon nanozymes (OCNs). We show that OCNs oxidize H2 S to polysulfides and S2 O3 2- in a dose-dependent manner. The reaction is dependent on O2 and the presence of quinone groups on the OCNs. In DS donor lymphocytes we found that OCNs increased polysulfide production, proliferation, and afforded protection against additional toxic levels of H2 S compared to untreated DS lymphocytes. Finally, in Dp16 and Ts65DN murine models of DS, we found that OCNs restored osteoclast differentiation. This new action suggests potential facile translation into the clinic for conditions involving excess H2 S exemplified by DS.
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- Paul J Derry
- Center for Genomic and Precision Medicine, Department of Translational Medical Science, Institute of Bioscience and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, 2121 W. Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas, USA
- EnMed, School of Engineering Medicine, Texas A&M University, 1020 W. Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Center for Genomic and Precision Medicine, Department of Translational Medical Science, Institute of Bioscience and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, 2121 W. Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, 77005, Texas, USA
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- Center for Genomic and Precision Medicine, Department of Translational Medical Science, Institute of Bioscience and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, 2121 W. Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, 77005, Texas, USA
- Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, Houston, 77005, Texas, USA
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- Center for Genomic and Precision Medicine, Department of Translational Medical Science, Institute of Bioscience and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, 2121 W. Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Center for Inflammation and Infectious Disease, Department of Translational Medical Science, Institute of Bioscience and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, 2121 W. Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, 77030, Texas, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, 77843, Texas, USA
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- Division of Hematology, Internal Medicine, John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, Houston, 77005, Texas, USA
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- Indiana University School of Medicine-South Bend, South Bend, 46617, Indiana, USA
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- Indiana University School of Medicine-South Bend, South Bend, 46617, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, 77005, Texas, USA
- Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, Houston, 77005, Texas, USA
- Welch Institute for Advanced Materials, Rice University, Houston, 77005, Texas, USA
- The NanoCarbon Center, Rice University, Houston, 77005, Texas, USA
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- Center for Genomic and Precision Medicine, Department of Translational Medical Science, Institute of Bioscience and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, 2121 W. Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, 77005, Texas, USA
- Stanley H. Appel Department of Neurology, Houston Methodist Hospital and Research Institute, 6560 Fannin Street, Houston, 77030, Texas, USA
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McHugh EA, Liopo AV, Mendoza K, Robertson CS, Wu G, Wang Z, Chen W, Beckham JL, Derry PJ, Kent TA, Tour JM. Oxidized Activated Charcoal Nanozymes: Synthesis, and Optimization for In Vitro and In Vivo Bioactivity for Traumatic Brain Injury. Adv Mater 2024; 36:e2211239. [PMID: 36940058 PMCID: PMC10509328 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202211239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Carbon-based superoxide dismutase (SOD) mimetic nanozymes have recently been employed as promising antioxidant nanotherapeutics due to their distinct properties. The structural features responsible for the efficacy of these nanomaterials as antioxidants are, however, poorly understood. Here, the process-structure-property-performance properties of coconut-derived oxidized activated charcoal (cOAC) nano-SOD mimetics are studied by analyzing how modifications to the nanomaterial's synthesis impact the size, as well as the elemental and electrochemical properties of the particles. These properties are then correlated to the in vitro antioxidant bioactivity of poly(ethylene glycol)-functionalized cOACs (PEG-cOAC). Chemical oxidative treatment methods that afford smaller, more homogeneous cOAC nanoparticles with higher levels of quinone functionalization show enhanced protection against oxidative damage in bEnd.3 murine endothelioma cells. In an in vivo rat model of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and oxidative vascular injury, PEG-cOACs restore cerebral perfusion rapidly to the same extent as the former nanotube-derived PEG-hydrophilic carbon clusters (PEG-HCCs) with a single intravenous injection. These findings provide a deeper understanding of how carbon nanozyme syntheses can be tailored for improved antioxidant bioactivity, and set the stage for translation of medical applications.
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- Emily A McHugh
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, 2121 W. Holcombe Street, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Hematology, Internal Medicine, University of Texas McGovern Medical School-Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, 2121 W. Holcombe Street, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
- EnMed, School of Engineering Medicine, Texas A&M University, 1020 W. Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, 2121 W. Holcombe Street, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
- Stanley H. Appel Department of Neurology and Research Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- NanoCarbon Center and the Welch Institute for Advanced Materials, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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Ayala-Orozco C, Galvez-Aranda D, Corona A, Seminario JM, Rangel R, Myers JN, Tour JM. Molecular jackhammers eradicate cancer cells by vibronic-driven action. Nat Chem 2024; 16:456-465. [PMID: 38114816 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01383-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
Abstract
Through the actuation of vibronic modes in cell-membrane-associated aminocyanines, using near-infrared light, a distinct type of molecular mechanical action can be exploited to rapidly kill cells by necrosis. Vibronic-driven action (VDA) is distinct from both photodynamic therapy and photothermal therapy as its mechanical effect on the cell membrane is not abrogated by inhibitors of reactive oxygen species and it does not induce thermal killing. Subpicosecond concerted whole-molecule vibrations of VDA-induced mechanical disruption can be achieved using very low concentrations (500 nM) of aminocyanines or low doses of light (12 J cm-2, 80 mW cm-2 for 2.5 min), resulting in complete eradication of human melanoma cells in vitro. Also, 50% tumour-free efficacy in mouse models for melanoma was achieved. The molecules that destroy cell membranes through VDA have been termed molecular jackhammers because they undergo concerted whole-molecule vibrations. Given that a cell is unlikely to develop resistance to such molecular mechanical forces, molecular jackhammers present an alternative modality for inducing cancer cell death.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, NanoCarbon Center, Smalley-Curl Institute and The Rice Advanced Materials Institute, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
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Beckham JL, Bradford TS, Ayala-Orozco C, Santos AL, Arnold D, van Venrooy AR, García-López V, Pal R, Tour JM. Distinguishing Molecular Mechanical Action from Photothermal and Photodynamic Behavior. Adv Mater 2024; 36:e2306669. [PMID: 38062893 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202306669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Revised: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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Molecular motors (MM) are molecular machines, or nanomachines, that rotate unidirectionally upon photostimulation and perform mechanical work on their environment. In the last several years, it has been shown that the photomechanical action of MM can be used to permeabilize lipid bilayers, thereby killing cancer cells and pathogenic microorganisms and controlling cell signaling. The work contributes to a growing acknowledgement that the molecular actuation characteristic of these systems is useful for various applications in biology. However, the mechanical effects of molecular motion on biological materials are difficult to disentangle from photodynamic and photothermal action, which are also present when a light-absorbing fluorophore is irradiated with light. Here, an overview of the key methods used by various research groups to distinguish the effects of photomechanical, photodynamic, and photothermal action is provided. It is anticipated that this discussion will be helpful to the community seeking to use MM to develop new and distinctive medical technologies that result from mechanical disruption of biological materials.
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- Jacob L Beckham
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 222, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 222, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 222, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- IdISBA-Fundación de Investigación Sanitaria de las Islas Baleares, Palma, 07120, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 222, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 222, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Smalley-Curl Institute, NanoCarbon Center, Rice Advanced Materials Institute, Department of Materials Science and Nanoengineering, Department of Computer Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 222, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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Beckham JL, Tour JM. Molecular motion cools off gold nanoclusters. Nat Mater 2024; 23:170-171. [PMID: 38129575 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-023-01756-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
Affiliation(s)
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
- Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
- NanoCarbon Center, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
- Rice Advanced Materials Institute, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
- Department of Materials Science and Nanoengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
- Department of Computer Science, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
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Chen J, Chen W, Deng B, Li B, Kittrell C, Tour JM. Cathode Interface Construction by Rapid Sintering in Solid-State Batteries. Small 2024; 20:e2307342. [PMID: 37821410 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202307342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
Abstract
Solid-state batteries (SSBs) are poised to replace traditional organic liquid-electrolyte lithium-ion batteries due to their higher safety and energy density. Oxide-based solid electrolytes (SEs) are particularly attractive for their stability in air and inability to ignite during thermal runaway. However, achieving high-performance in oxide-based SSBs requires the development of an intimate and robust SE-cathode interface to overcome typically large interfacial resistances. The transition interphase should be both physically and chemically active. This study presents a thin, conductive interphase constructed between lithium aluminum titanium phosphate and lithium cobalt oxide using a rapid sintering method that modifies the interphase within 10 s. The rapid heating and cooling rates restrict side reactions and interdiffusion on the interface. SSBs with thick composite cathodes demonstrate a high initial capacity of ≈120 mAh g-1 over 200 cycles at room temperature. Furthermore, the rapid sintering method can be extended to other cathode systems under similar conditions. These findings highlight the importance of constructing an appropriate SE-cathode interface and provide insight into designing practical SSBs.
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- Jinhang Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Smalley-Curl Institute, Nanocarbon Center and the Rice Advanced Materials Institute, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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Santos AL, Liu D, van Venrooy A, Beckham JL, Oliver A, Tegos GP, Tour JM. Nonlethal Molecular Nanomachines Potentiate Antibiotic Activity Against Gram-Negative Bacteria by Increasing Cell Permeability and Attenuating Efflux. ACS Nano 2024; 18:3023-3042. [PMID: 38241477 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c08041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2024]
Abstract
Antibiotic resistance is a pressing public health threat. Despite rising resistance, antibiotic development, especially for Gram-negative bacteria, has stagnated. As the traditional antibiotic research and development pipeline struggles to address this growing concern, alternative solutions become imperative. Synthetic molecular nanomachines (MNMs) are molecular structures that rotate unidirectionally in a controlled manner in response to a stimulus, such as light, resulting in a mechanical action that can propel molecules to drill into cell membranes, causing rapid cell death. Due to their broad destructive capabilities, clinical translation of MNMs remains challenging. Hence, here, we explore the ability of nonlethal visible-light-activated MNMs to potentiate conventional antibiotics against Gram-negative bacteria. Nonlethal MNMs enhanced the antibacterial activity of various classes of conventional antibiotics against Gram-negative bacteria, including those typically effective only against Gram-positive strains, reducing the antibiotic concentration required for bactericidal action. Our study also revealed that MNMs bind to the negatively charged phospholipids of the bacterial inner membrane, leading to permeabilization of the cell envelope and impairment of efflux pump activity following light activation of MNMs. The combined effects of MNMs on membrane permeability and efflux pumps resulted in increased antibiotic accumulation inside the cell, reversing antibiotic resistance and attenuating its development. These results identify nonlethal MNMs as pleiotropic antibiotic enhancers or adjuvants. The combination of MNMs with traditional antibiotics is a promising strategy against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative infections. This approach can reduce the amount of antibiotics needed and slow down antibiotic resistance development, thereby preserving the effectiveness of our current antibiotics.
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- Ana L Santos
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- IdISBA - Fundación de Investigación Sanitaria de las Islas Baleares, 07120 Palma, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- IdISBA - Fundación de Investigación Sanitaria de las Islas Baleares, 07120 Palma, Spain
- Servicio de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, 07120 Palma, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Enfermedades Infecciosas (CIBERINFEC), Av. Monforte de Lemos 3-5, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Office of Research, Faxton St. Luke's Healthcare, Mohawk Valley Health System, 1676 Sunset Avenue, Utica, New York 13502, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- NanoCarbon Center and Rice Advanced Materials Institute, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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Husain S, Harris I, Gao G, Li X, Meisenheimer P, Shi C, Kavle P, Choi CH, Kim TY, Kang D, Behera P, Perrodin D, Guo H, M Tour J, Han Y, Martin LW, Yao Z, Ramesh R. Low-temperature grapho-epitaxial La-substituted BiFeO 3 on metallic perovskite. Nat Commun 2024; 15:479. [PMID: 38212317 PMCID: PMC10784590 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-44728-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 01/13/2024] Open
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Bismuth ferrite has garnered considerable attention as a promising candidate for magnetoelectric spin-orbit coupled logic-in-memory. As model systems, epitaxial BiFeO3 thin films have typically been deposited at relatively high temperatures (650-800 °C), higher than allowed for direct integration with silicon-CMOS platforms. Here, we circumvent this problem by growing lanthanum-substituted BiFeO3 at 450 °C (which is reasonably compatible with silicon-CMOS integration) on epitaxial BaPb0.75Bi0.25O3 electrodes. Notwithstanding the large lattice mismatch between the La-BiFeO3, BaPb0.75Bi0.25O3, and SrTiO3 (001) substrates, all the layers in the heterostructures are well ordered with a [001] texture. Polarization mapping using atomic resolution STEM imaging and vector mapping established the short-range polarization ordering in the low temperature grown La-BiFeO3. Current-voltage, pulsed-switching, fatigue, and retention measurements follow the characteristic behavior of high-temperature grown La-BiFeO3, where SrRuO3 typically serves as the metallic electrode. These results provide a possible route for realizing epitaxial multiferroics on complex-oxide buffer layers at low temperatures and opens the door for potential silicon-CMOS integration.
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- Sajid Husain
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Applied Mathematics and Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
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Advincula PA, Meng W, Eddy LJ, Scotland PZ, Beckham JL, Nagarajaiah S, Tour JM. Replacement of Concrete Aggregates with Coal-Derived Flash Graphene. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2024; 16:1474-1481. [PMID: 38158378 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c15156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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Each year, the growth of cities across developing economies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America drives demand for concrete to house and serve their burgeoning populations. Since 1950, the number of people living in urban areas has quadrupled to 4.2 billion, with another predicted 2.5 billion expected to join them in the next three decades. The largest component of concrete by volume is aggregates, such as sand and rocks, with sand as the most mined material in the world. However, the extraction rate of sand currently exceeds its natural replenishment rate, meaning that a global concrete-suitable sand shortage is extremely likely. As such, replacements for fine aggregates, such as sand, are in demand. Here, flash Joule heating (FJH) is used to convert coal-derived metallurgical coke (MC) into flash graphene aggregate (FGA), a blend of MC-derived flash graphene (MCFG), which mimics a natural aggregate (NA) in size. While graphene and graphene oxide have previously been used as reinforcing additives to concrete, in this contribution, FGA is used as a total aggregate replacement for NA, resulting in 25% lighter concrete with increases in toughness, peak strain, and specific compressive strength of 32, 33, and 21%, respectively, with a small reduction in specific Young's modulus of 11%. FJH can potentially enable the replacement of fine NA with FGA, resulting in lighter, stronger concrete.
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- Paul A Advincula
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005-1892, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, 6100 Main St., Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005-1892, United States
- Smalley-Curl Institute, NanoCarbon Center, and the Rice Advanced Materials Institute, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Applied Physics Program, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005-1892, United States
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005-1892, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005-1892, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, 6100 Main St., Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Smalley-Curl Institute, NanoCarbon Center, and the Rice Advanced Materials Institute, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005-1892, United States
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street,Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005-1892, United States
- Smalley-Curl Institute, NanoCarbon Center, and the Rice Advanced Materials Institute, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005-1892, United States
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Wyss KM, Silva KJ, Bets KV, Algozeeb WA, Kittrell C, Teng CH, Choi CH, Chen W, Beckham JL, Yakobson BI, Tour JM. Synthesis of Clean Hydrogen Gas from Waste Plastic at Zero Net Cost. Adv Mater 2023; 35:e2306763. [PMID: 37694496 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202306763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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Hydrogen gas (H2 ) is the primary storable fuel for pollution-free energy production, with over 90 million tonnes used globally per year. More than 95% of H2 is synthesized through metal-catalyzed steam methane reforming that produces 11 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2 ) per tonne H2 . "Green H2 " from water electrolysis using renewable energy evolves no CO2 , but costs 2-3× more, making it presently economically unviable. Here catalyst-free conversion of waste plastic into clean H2 along with high purity graphene is reported. The scalable procedure evolves no CO2 when deconstructing polyolefins and produces H2 in purities up to 94% at high mass yields. The sale of graphene byproduct at just 5% of its current value yields H2 production at a negative cost. Life-cycle assessment demonstrates a 39-84% reduction in emissions compared to other H2 production methods, suggesting the flash H2 process to be an economically viable, clean H2 production route.
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- Kevin M Wyss
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Smalley-Curl Institute, NanoCarbon Center and the Rice Advanced Materials Institute, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Smalley-Curl Institute, NanoCarbon Center and the Rice Advanced Materials Institute, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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Deng B, Carter RA, Cheng Y, Liu Y, Eddy L, Wyss KM, Ucak-Astarlioglu MG, Luong DX, Gao X, JeBailey K, Kittrell C, Xu S, Jana D, Torres MA, Braam J, Tour JM. High-temperature electrothermal remediation of multi-pollutants in soil. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6371. [PMID: 37821460 PMCID: PMC10567823 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41898-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023] Open
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Soil contamination is an environmental issue due to increasing anthropogenic activities. Existing processes for soil remediation suffer from long treatment time and lack generality because of different sources, occurrences, and properties of pollutants. Here, we report a high-temperature electrothermal process for rapid, water-free remediation of multiple pollutants in soil. The temperature of contaminated soil with carbon additives ramps up to 1000 to 3000 °C as needed within seconds via pulsed direct current input, enabling the vaporization of heavy metals like Cd, Hg, Pb, Co, Ni, and Cu, and graphitization of persistent organic pollutants like polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The rapid treatment retains soil mineral constituents while increases infiltration rate and exchangeable nutrient supply, leading to soil fertilization and improved germination rates. We propose strategies for upscaling and field applications. Techno-economic analysis indicates the process holds the potential for being more energy-efficient and cost-effective compared to soil washing or thermal desorption.
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- Bing Deng
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Applied Physics Program, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center, Vicksburg, MS, 39180, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Applied Physics Program, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Earth, Environmental, & Planetary Sciences, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Carbon Hub, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Earth, Environmental, & Planetary Sciences, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Earth, Environmental, & Planetary Sciences, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
- Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
- NanoCarbon Center and the Rice Advanced Materials Institute, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
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Larkin JO, Mozden SC, Chyan Y, Zheng Q, Cherukuri P, Tour JM, Ball ZT. Capacitively Coupled Plasma from Laser-Induced Graphene Points to Ozone as the Major Mediator of Antibacterial Activity. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023; 15:45601-45605. [PMID: 37724983 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c09216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/21/2023]
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Low-temperature plasma is an emerging approach for the treatment of bacterial infections. Nonchemical treatments such as cold plasma offer potential solutions to antibiotic resistance. We investigated the use of laser-induced graphene as an inexpensive, lightweight, and portable electrode for generating cold plasma. At the same time, the mechanism or molecular mediators of cold plasma-induced antibacterial activity remain poorly understood. This study validates graphene as an efficient structure for producing therapeutic cold plasma, and this study also indicates that ozone is the primary mediator of antibacterial activity in graphene-mediated cold plasmas for bacterial growth under the conditions studied.
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- James O Larkin
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Rice Nexus, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Smalley-Curl Institute and the NanoCarbon Center, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Computer Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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Chen W, Chen J, Bets KV, Salvatierra RV, Wyss KM, Gao G, Choi CH, Deng B, Wang X, Li JT, Kittrell C, La N, Eddy L, Scotland P, Cheng Y, Xu S, Li B, Tomson MB, Han Y, Yakobson BI, Tour JM. Battery metal recycling by flash Joule heating. Sci Adv 2023; 9:eadh5131. [PMID: 37756404 PMCID: PMC10530082 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adh5131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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The staggering accumulation of end-of-life lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and the growing scarcity of battery metal sources have triggered an urgent call for an effective recycling strategy. However, it is challenging to reclaim these metals with both high efficiency and low environmental footprint. We use here a pulsed dc flash Joule heating (FJH) strategy that heats the black mass, the combined anode and cathode, to >2100 kelvin within seconds, leading to ~1000-fold increase in subsequent leaching kinetics. There are high recovery yields of all the battery metals, regardless of their chemistries, using even diluted acids like 0.01 M HCl, thereby lessening the secondary waste stream. The ultrafast high temperature achieves thermal decomposition of the passivated solid electrolyte interphase and valence state reduction of the hard-to-dissolve metal compounds while mitigating diffusional loss of volatile metals. Life cycle analysis versus present recycling methods shows that FJH significantly reduces the environmental footprint of spent LIB processing while turning it into an economically attractive process.
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- Weiyin Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Applied Physics Program, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Applied Physics Program, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- NanoCarbon Center and the Welch Institute for Advanced Materials, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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Roberts JL, Zetterholm SG, Gurtowski L, Fernando PAI, Evans A, Puhnaty J, Wyss KM, Tour JM, Fernando B, Jenness G, Thompson A, Griggs C. Graphene as a rational interface for enhanced adsorption of microcystin-LR from water. J Hazard Mater 2023; 458:131737. [PMID: 37453354 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Revised: 05/27/2023] [Accepted: 05/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Cyanotoxins such as microcystin-LR (MC-LR) represent a global environmental threat to ecosystems and drinking water supplies. The study investigated the direct use of graphene as a rational interface for removal of MC-LR via interactions with the aromatic ring of the ADDA1 chain of MC-LR and the sp2 hybridized carbon network of graphene. Intra-particle diffusion model fit indicated the high mesoporosity of graphene provided significant enhancements to both adsorption capacities and kinetics when benchmarked against microporous granular activated carbon (GAC). Graphene showed superior MC-LR adsorption capacity of 75.4 mg/g (Freundlich model) compared to 0.982 mg/g (Langmuir model) for GAC. Sorption kinetic studies showed graphene adsorbs 99% of MC-LR in 30 min, compared to zero removal for GAC after 24 hr using the same MC-LR concentration. Density functional theory (DFT), calculations showed that postulated π-based interactions align well with the NMR-based experimental work used to probe primary interactions between graphene and MC-LR adduct. This study proved that π-interactions between the aromatic ring on MC-LR and graphene sp2 orbitals are a dominant interaction. With rapid kinetics and adsorption capacities much higher than GAC, it is anticipated that graphene will offer a novel molecular approach for removal of toxins and emerging contaminants with aromatic systems.
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- Jesse L Roberts
- US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USA.
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- US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USA
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- US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USA
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- US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USA; Bennett Aerospace, 1 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27603, USA; SIMETRI, Inc. 937 S Semoran Blvd Suite 100, Winter Park, FL 32792
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- US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USA
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- US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, NanoCarbon Center, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, NanoCarbon Center, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA; Rice Advanced Materials Institute, NanoCarbon Center, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA; Welch Institute for Advanced Materials, NanoCarbon Center, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA; Smalley-Curl Institute, NanoCarbon Center, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USA
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- US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USA
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- US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USA
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- US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USA
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Beckham JL, van Venrooy AR, Kim S, Li G, Li B, Duret G, Arnold D, Zhao X, Li JT, Santos AL, Chaudhry G, Liu D, Robinson JT, Tour JM. Molecular machines stimulate intercellular calcium waves and cause muscle contraction. Nat Nanotechnol 2023; 18:1051-1059. [PMID: 37430037 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-023-01436-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/12/2023]
Abstract
Intercellular calcium waves (ICW) are complex signalling phenomena that control many essential biological activities, including smooth muscle contraction, vesicle secretion, gene expression and changes in neuronal excitability. Accordingly, the remote stimulation of ICW could result in versatile biomodulation and therapeutic strategies. Here we demonstrate that light-activated molecular machines (MM)-molecules that perform mechanical work on the molecular scale-can remotely stimulate ICW. MM consist of a polycyclic rotor and stator that rotate around a central alkene when activated with visible light. Live-cell calcium-tracking and pharmacological experiments reveal that MM-induced ICW are driven by the activation of inositol-triphosphate-mediated signalling pathways by unidirectional, fast-rotating MM. Our data suggest that MM-induced ICW can control muscle contraction in vitro in cardiomyocytes and animal behaviour in vivo in Hydra vulgaris. This work demonstrates a strategy for directly controlling cell signalling and downstream biological function using molecular-scale devices.
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
- IdISBA-Fundación de Investigación Sanitaria de las Islas Baleares, Palma, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Smalley-Curl Institute, NanoCarbon Center and Rice Advanced Materials Institute, Department of Materials Science and Nanoengineering, Department of Computer Science, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
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Nabil SK, Roy S, Algozeeb WA, Al-Attas T, Bari MAA, Zeraati AS, Kannimuthu K, Demingos PG, Rao A, Tran TN, Wu X, Bollini P, Lin H, Singh CV, Tour JM, Ajayan PM, Kibria MG. Bifunctional Gas Diffusion Electrode Enables In Situ Separation and Conversion of CO 2 to Ethylene from Dilute Stream. Adv Mater 2023; 35:e2300389. [PMID: 36943940 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202300389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Revised: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
The requirement of concentrated carbon dioxide (CO2 ) feedstock significantly limits the economic feasibility of electrochemical CO2 reduction (eCO2 R) which often involves multiple intermediate processes, including CO2 capture, energy-intensive regeneration, compression, and transportation. Herein, a bifunctional gas diffusion electrode (BGDE) for separation and eCO2 R from a low-concentration CO2 stream is reported. The BGDE is demonstrated for the selective production of ethylene (C2 H4 ) by combining high-density-polyethylene-derived porous carbon (HPC) as a physisorbent with polycrystalline copper as a conversion catalyst. The BGDE shows substantial tolerance to 10 vol% CO2 exhibiting a Faradaic efficiency of ≈45% toward C2 H4 at a current density of 80 mA cm-2 , outperforming previous reports that utilized such partial pressure (PCO2 = 0.1 atm and above) and unaltered polycrystalline copper. Molecular dynamics simulation and mixed gas permeability assessment reveal that such selective performance is ensured by high CO2 uptake of the microporous HPC as well as continuous desorption owing to the molecular diffusion and concentration gradient created by the binary flow of CO2 and nitrogen (CO2 |N2 ) within the sorbent boundary. Based on detailed techno-economic analysis, it is concluded that this in situ process can be economically compelling by precluding the C2 H4 production cost associated with the energy-intensive intermediate steps of the conventional decoupled process.
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- Shariful Kibria Nabil
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main St., Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main St., Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, 27 King's College Cir, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A1, Canada
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, 27 King's College Cir, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A1, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 14260, USA
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- William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, 4226 Martin Luther King Boulevard, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, 4226 Martin Luther King Boulevard, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 14260, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, 27 King's College Cir, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main St., Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main St., Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
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Du M, Advincula PA, Ding X, Tour JM, Xiang C. Coal-Based Carbon Nanomaterials: En Route to Clean Coal Conversion toward Net Zero CO 2. Adv Mater 2023:e2300129. [PMID: 37078773 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202300129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2023] [Revised: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
Abstract
As the world is committed to reach carbon peak by 2030 and net zero by 2050, the use of coal as an energy source is facing unprecedented challenges. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), global annual coal demand is estimated to drop from more than 5640 million tonnes of coal equivalent (Mtce) in 2021 to 540 Mtce in 2050 under the net zero emission scenario, mostly being replaced by renewable energy such as solar and wind. Therefore, the coal industry is vigorously seeking alternative applications to keep it thriving, and nanotechnology can be one of the contributors. Herein, the challenges to coal-based carbon nanomaterials syntheses are outlined, along with a path toward commercialization. Coal-based carbon nanomaterials can be promising contributors to the concept of clean coal conversion, initiating its migration from an energy source to a high-value-added carbon source.
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- Mingjin Du
- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 28 West Xianning Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston Texas, 77005, USA
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 28 West Xianning Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Smalley-Curl Institute, the NanoCarbon Center, and The Welch Institute for Advanced Materials and Department of Computer Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston Texas, 77005, USA
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 28 West Xianning Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China
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Wyss KM, Li JT, Advincula PA, Bets KV, Chen W, Eddy L, Silva KJ, Beckham JL, Chen J, Meng W, Deng B, Nagarajaiah S, Yakobson BI, Tour JM. Upcycling of Waste Plastic into Hybrid Carbon Nanomaterials. Adv Mater 2023; 35:e2209621. [PMID: 36694364 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202209621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
Graphitic 1D and hybrid nanomaterials represent a powerful solution in composite and electronic applications due to exceptional properties, but large-scale synthesis of hybrid materials has yet to be realized. Here, a rapid, scalable method to produce graphitic 1D materials from polymers using flash Joule heating (FJH) is reported. This avoids lengthy chemical vapor deposition and uses no solvent or water. The flash 1D materials (F1DM), synthesized using a variety of earth-abundant catalysts, have controllable diameters and morphologies by parameter tuning. Furthermore, the process can be modified to form hybrid materials, with F1DM bonded to turbostratic graphene. In nanocomposites, F1DM outperform commercially available carbon nanotubes. Compared to current 1D material synthetic strategies using life cycle assessment, FJH synthesis represents an 86-92% decrease in cumulative energy demand and 92-94% decrease in global-warming potential. This work suggests that FJH affords a cost-effective and sustainable route to upcycle waste plastic into valuable 1D and hybrid nanomaterials.
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- Kevin M Wyss
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Applied Physics Graduate Program, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Welch Institute for Advanced Materials, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Welch Institute for Advanced Materials, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Smalley-Curl Institute, NanoCarbon Center, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Welch Institute for Advanced Materials, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Smalley-Curl Institute, NanoCarbon Center, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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Santos AL, Beckham JL, Liu D, Li G, van Venrooy A, Oliver A, Tegos GP, Tour JM. Visible-Light-Activated Molecular Machines Kill Fungi by Necrosis Following Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Calcium Overload. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2023; 10:e2205781. [PMID: 36715588 PMCID: PMC10074111 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202205781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2022] [Revised: 12/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Invasive fungal infections are a growing public health threat. As fungi become increasingly resistant to existing drugs, new antifungals are urgently needed. Here, it is reported that 405-nm-visible-light-activated synthetic molecular machines (MMs) eliminate planktonic and biofilm fungal populations more effectively than conventional antifungals without resistance development. Mechanism-of-action studies show that MMs bind to fungal mitochondrial phospholipids. Upon visible light activation, rapid unidirectional drilling of MMs at ≈3 million cycles per second (MHz) results in mitochondrial dysfunction, calcium overload, and ultimately necrosis. Besides their direct antifungal effect, MMs synergize with conventional antifungals by impairing the activity of energy-dependent efflux pumps. Finally, MMs potentiate standard antifungals both in vivo and in an ex vivo porcine model of onychomycosis, reducing the fungal burden associated with infection.
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- Ana L. Santos
- Department of ChemistryRice UniversityHoustonTX77005USA
- IdISBA – Fundación de Investigación Sanitaria de las Islas BalearesPalma07120Spain
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- Department of ChemistryRice UniversityHoustonTX77005USA
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- Department of ChemistryRice UniversityHoustonTX77005USA
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- IdISBA – Fundación de Investigación Sanitaria de las Islas BalearesPalma07120Spain
- Servicio de MicrobiologiaHospital Universitari Son EspasesPalma07120Spain
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- Office of ResearchReading HospitalTower Health, 420 S. Fifth AvenueWest ReadingPA19611USA
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- Department of ChemistryRice UniversityHoustonTX77005USA
- Smalley‐Curl InstituteRice UniversityHoustonTX77005USA
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineeringRice UniversityHoustonTX77005USA
- NanoCarbon Center and the Welch Institute for Advanced MaterialsRice UniversityHoustonTX77005USA
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Simpson G, García-López V, Boese AD, Tour JM, Grill L. Directing and Understanding the Translation of a Single Molecule Dipole. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:2487-2492. [PMID: 36867737 PMCID: PMC10026170 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c03472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Understanding the directed motion of a single molecule on surfaces is not only important in the well-established field of heterogeneous catalysis but also for the design of artificial nanoarchitectures and molecular machines. Here, we report how the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) can be used to control the translation direction of a single polar molecule. Through the interaction of the molecular dipole with the electric field of the STM junction, it was found that both translations and rotations of the molecule occur. By considering the location of the tip with respect to the axis of the dipole moment, we can deduce the order in which rotation and translation take place. While the molecule-tip interaction dominates, computational results suggest that the translation is influenced by the surface direction along which the motion takes place.
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- Grant
J. Simpson
- Department
of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Departments
of Chemistry and Materials Science and NanoEngineering and Smalley-Curl
Institute and NanoCarbon Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department
of Theoretical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Departments
of Chemistry and Materials Science and NanoEngineering and Smalley-Curl
Institute and NanoCarbon Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department
of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28, 8010 Graz, Austria
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Ramsauer B, Simpson GJ, Cartus JJ, Jeindl A, García-López V, Tour JM, Grill L, Hofmann OT. Autonomous Single-Molecule Manipulation Based on Reinforcement Learning. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:2041-2050. [PMID: 36749194 PMCID: PMC9986865 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c08696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Building nanostructures one-by-one requires precise control of single molecules over many manipulation steps. The ideal scenario for machine learning algorithms is complex, repetitive, and time-consuming. Here, we show a reinforcement learning algorithm that learns how to control a single dipolar molecule in the electric field of a scanning tunneling microscope. Using about 2250 iterations to train, the algorithm learned to manipulate the molecule toward specific positions on the surface. Simultaneously, it generates physical insights into the movement as well as orientation of the molecule, based on the position where the electric field is applied relative to the molecule. This reveals that molecular movement is strongly inhibited in some directions, and the torque is not symmetric around the dipole moment.
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- Bernhard Ramsauer
- Institute
of Solid State Physics, NAWI Graz, Graz
University of Technology, Graz 8010, Austria
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- Department
of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, NAWI Graz, University Graz, Graz 8010, Austria
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- Institute
of Solid State Physics, NAWI Graz, Graz
University of Technology, Graz 8010, Austria
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- Institute
of Solid State Physics, NAWI Graz, Graz
University of Technology, Graz 8010, Austria
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- Departments
of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Departments
of Chemistry and Materials Science and NanoEngineering, and the Smalley-Curl
Institute and NanoCarbon Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department
of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, NAWI Graz, University Graz, Graz 8010, Austria
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- Institute
of Solid State Physics, NAWI Graz, Graz
University of Technology, Graz 8010, Austria
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Schied M, Prezzi D, Liu D, Kowarik S, Jacobson PA, Corni S, Tour JM, Grill L. Chirality-Specific Unidirectional Rotation of Molecular Motors on Cu(111). ACS Nano 2023; 17:3958-3965. [PMID: 36757212 PMCID: PMC9979643 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c12720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Molecular motors have chemical properties that enable unidirectional motion, thus breaking microscopic reversibility. They are well studied in solution, but much less is known regarding their behavior on solid surfaces. Here, single motor molecules adsorbed on a Cu(111) surface are excited by voltages pulses from an STM tip, which leads to their rotation around a fixed pivot point. Comparison with calculations shows that this axis results from a chemical bond of a sulfur atom in the chemical structure and a metal atom of the surface. While statistics show approximately equal rotations in both directions, clockwise and anticlockwise, a detailed study reveals that these motions are enantiomer-specific. Hence, the rotation direction of each individual molecule depends on its chirality, which can be determined from STM images. At first glance, these dynamics could be assigned to the activation of the motor molecule, but our results show that this is unlikely as the molecule remains in the same conformation after rotation. Additionally, a control molecule, although it lacks unidirectional rotation in solution, also shows unidirectional rotation for each enantiomer. Hence, it seems that the unidirectional rotation is not specifically related to the motor property of the molecule. The calculated energy barriers for motion show that the propeller-like motor activity requires higher energy than the simple rotation of the molecule as a rigid object, which is therefore preferred.
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- Monika Schied
- Department
of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstraße 28, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Nanoscience
Institute of the National Research Council (CNR-NANO), via G. Campi 213/a, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Departments
of Chemistry and Materials Science and NanoEngineering, the Smalley
Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, the Welch Institute
for Advanced Materials and the NanoCarbon Laboratory, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department
of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstraße 28, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Department
of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstraße 28, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Nanoscience
Institute of the National Research Council (CNR-NANO), via G. Campi 213/a, 41125 Modena, Italy
- Dipartimento
di Scienze Chimiche, Università di
Padova, Padova I-35131, Italy
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- Departments
of Chemistry and Materials Science and NanoEngineering, the Smalley
Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, the Welch Institute
for Advanced Materials and the NanoCarbon Laboratory, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department
of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstraße 28, 8010 Graz, Austria
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Advincula PA, Beckham JL, Choi CH, Chen W, Han Y, Kosynkin DV, Lathem A, Mayoral A, Yacaman MJ, Tour JM. Tunable Hybridized Morphologies Obtained through Flash Joule Heating of Carbon Nanotubes. ACS Nano 2023; 17:2506-2516. [PMID: 36693241 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c10125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
Hybrid carbon nanomaterials, such as those that incorporate carbon nanotubes into graphene sheets, have been found to display interesting mechanical and electrical properties because of their covalent bonding and π-π stacking domains. However, synthesis of these hybrid materials is limited by the high energetic cost of techniques like chemical vapor deposition. Here, we demonstrate the solvent- and gas-free synthesis of a 2D carbon nanotube/graphene network through flash Joule heating of pristine carbon nanotubes. The relative proportion of each morphology in the hybrid material can be tuned by varying the pulse time, as confirmed by Raman spectroscopy and microscopy. Triboindentation of epoxy composites made with the hybrid material shows increases of 162% and 64% to the hardness and Young's modulus, respectively, compared with the neat epoxy. These results demonstrate that flash Joule heating can be used to inexpensively convert carbon nanotubes into a hybrid network of nanotubes and graphene for use as an effective reinforcing additive in epoxy composites.
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- Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragon (INMA), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), University of Zaragoza, 12 Calle de Pedro Cerbuna, 50009Zaragoza, Spain
- Laboratorio de Microscopias Avanzadas (LMA), Universidad de Zaragoza, Mariano Esquillor Edificio I+D, 50018ZaragozaSpain
- Center for High-Resolution Electron Microscopy (ChEM), School of Physical Science and Technology, ShangaiTech University, 393 Middle Huaxia Road, Pudong, Shangai201210, China
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- Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science, Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona86011, United States
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Chen W, Salvatierra RV, Li JT, Kittrell C, Beckham JL, Wyss KM, La N, Savas PE, Ge C, Advincula PA, Scotland P, Eddy L, Deng B, Yuan Z, Tour JM. Flash Recycling of Graphite Anodes. Adv Mater 2023; 35:e2207303. [PMID: 36462512 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202207303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Revised: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
The ever-increasing production of commercial lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) will result in a staggering accumulation of waste when they reach their end of life. A closed-loop solution, with effective recycling of spent LIBs, will lessen both the environmental impacts and economic cost of their use. Presently, <5% of spent LIBs are recycled and the regeneration of graphite anodes has, unfortunately, been mostly overlooked despite the considerable cost of battery-grade graphite. Here, an ultrafast flash recycling method to regenerate the graphite anode is developed and valuable battery metal resources are recovered. Selective Joule heating is applied for only seconds to efficiently decompose the resistive impurities. The generated inorganic salts, including lithium, cobalt, nickel, and manganese, can be easily recollected from the flashed anode waste using diluted acid, specifically 0.1 m HCl. The flash-recycled anode preserves the graphite structure and is coated with a solid-electrolyte-interphase-derived carbon shell, contributing to high initial specific capacity, superior rate performance, and cycling stability, when compared to anode materials recycled using a high-temperature-calcination method. Life-cycle-analysis relative to current graphite production and recycling methods indicate that flash recycling can significantly reduce the total energy consumption and greenhouse gas emission while turning anode recycling into an economically advantageous process.
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- Weiyin Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Smalley-Curl Institute and Applied Physics Program, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Smalley-Curl Institute and Applied Physics Program, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Smalley-Curl Institute, NanoCarbon Center and the Welch Institute for Advanced Materials, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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van Venrooy A, Wyderka AM, García-López V, Alemany LB, Martí AA, Tour JM. Probing the Rotary Cycle of Amine-Substituted Molecular Motors. J Org Chem 2023; 88:762-770. [PMID: 36622748 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c01457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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An understanding of the rotary cycle of molecular motors (MMs), a key component of an approach to opening cells using mechanical motion, is important in furthering the research. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy was used for in situ analysis of illuminated light-active MMs. We found that the presence of a N,N-dimethylethylenediamine in a position conjugated to the central olefin results in changes to the rotation of a second-generation Feringa-type MM. Importantly, the addition decreases the photostability of the compound. The parent compound 1 can withstand >2 h of illumination with no signs of decomposition, while the amino 7 decomposes after 10 min. We found that the degradation can be mitigated by implementing the simple techniques of modulating the light dose, dilution, and stirring the sample while illuminating. Additionally, the presence of moisture affects the rate of the motor's rotation. The addition of the amino group to 1, without moisture present, makes the rotation of motor 7 three times slower than the unfunctionalized parent compound. We also report the use of a method that can be used to determine the molar extinction coefficient of a light-generated metastable species. This method can be used when in situ NMR illumination is not available.
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- Alexis van Venrooy
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States.,Shared Equipment Authority, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States.,Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States.,Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States.,Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States.,Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States.,NanoCarbon Center and the Welch Institute for Advanced Materials, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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Hall DA, Ananthapadmanabhan N, Choi C, Zheng L, Pan PP, Von Jutrzenka C, Nguyen T, Rizo J, Weinstein M, Lobaton R, Sinha P, Sauerbrey T, Sigala C, Bailey K, Mudondo PJ, Chaudhuri AR, Severi S, Fuller CW, Tour JM, Jin S, Mola PW, Merriman B. A Scalable CMOS Molecular Electronics Chip for Single-Molecule Biosensing. IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst 2022; 16:1030-1043. [PMID: 36191107 DOI: 10.1109/tbcas.2022.3211420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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This work reports the first CMOS molecular electronics chip. It is configured as a biosensor, where the primary sensing element is a single molecule "molecular wire" consisting of a ∼100 GΩ, 25 nm long alpha-helical peptide integrated into a current monitoring circuit. The engineered peptide contains a central conjugation site for attachment of various probe molecules, such as DNA, proteins, enzymes, or antibodies, which program the biosensor to detect interactions with a specific target molecule. The current through the molecular wire under a dc applied voltage is monitored with millisecond temporal resolution. The detected signals are millisecond-scale, picoampere current pulses generated by each transient probe-target molecular interaction. Implemented in a 0.18 μm CMOS technology, 16k sensors are arrayed with a 20 μm pitch and read out at a 1 kHz frame rate. The resulting biosensor chip provides direct, real-time observation of the single-molecule interaction kinetics, unlike classical biosensors that measure ensemble averages of such events. This molecular electronics chip provides a platform for putting molecular biosensing "on-chip" to bring the power of semiconductor chips to diverse applications in biological research, diagnostics, sequencing, proteomics, drug discovery, and environmental monitoring.
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Chang CY, You R, Armstrong D, Bandi A, Cheng YT, Burkhardt PM, Becerra-Dominguez L, Madison MC, Tung HY, Zeng Z, Wu Y, Song L, Phillips PE, Porter P, Knight JM, Putluri N, Yuan X, Marcano DC, McHugh EA, Tour JM, Catic A, Maneix L, Burt BM, Lee HS, Corry DB, Kheradmand F. Chronic exposure to carbon black ultrafine particles reprograms macrophage metabolism and accelerates lung cancer. Sci Adv 2022; 8:eabq0615. [PMID: 36383649 PMCID: PMC9668323 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abq0615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Chronic exposure to airborne carbon black ultrafine (nCB) particles generated from incomplete combustion of organic matter drives IL-17A-dependent emphysema. However, whether and how they alter the immune responses to lung cancer remains unknown. Here, we show that exposure to nCB particles increased PD-L1+ PD-L2+ CD206+ antigen-presenting cells (APCs), exhausted T cells, and Treg cells. Lung macrophages that harbored nCB particles showed selective mitochondrial structure damage and decreased oxidative respiration. Lung macrophages sustained the HIF1α axis that increased glycolysis and lactate production, culminating in an immunosuppressive microenvironment in multiple mouse models of non-small cell lung cancers. Adoptive transfer of lung APCs from nCB-exposed wild type to susceptible mice increased tumor incidence and caused early metastasis. Our findings show that nCB exposure metabolically rewires lung macrophages to promote immunosuppression and accelerates the development of lung cancer.
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- Cheng-Yen Chang
- Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Immunology and Microbiology Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Developmental Biology Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Immunology and Microbiology Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Immunology and Microbiology Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Immunology and Microbiology Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Departments of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Cytometry and Cell Sorting Core, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX 77030, USA
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- Cytometry and Cell Sorting Core, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Smalley-Curl Institute, NanoCarbon Center, The Welch Institute for Advanced Materials, and Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Smalley-Curl Institute, NanoCarbon Center, The Welch Institute for Advanced Materials, and Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Smalley-Curl Institute, NanoCarbon Center, The Welch Institute for Advanced Materials, and Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005 USA
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- Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Immunology and Microbiology Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Developmental Biology Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Immunology and Microbiology Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Departments of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Biology of Inflammation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases, Michael E. DeBakey, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Immunology and Microbiology Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Departments of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Biology of Inflammation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases, Michael E. DeBakey, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Saadi M, Advincula PA, Thakur MSH, Khater AZ, Saad S, Shayesteh Zeraati A, Nabil SK, Zinke A, Roy S, Lou M, Bheemasetti SN, Bari MAA, Zheng Y, Beckham JL, Gadhamshetty V, Vashisth A, Kibria MG, Tour JM, Ajayan PM, Rahman MM. Sustainable valorization of asphaltenes via flash joule heating. Sci Adv 2022; 8:eadd3555. [PMID: 36399576 PMCID: PMC9674293 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.add3555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
The refining process of petroleum crude oil generates asphaltenes, which poses complicated problems during the production of cleaner fuels. Following refining, asphaltenes are typically combusted for reuse as fuel or discarded into tailing ponds and landfills, leading to economic and environmental disruption. Here, we show that low-value asphaltenes can be converted into a high-value carbon allotrope, asphaltene-derived flash graphene (AFG), via the flash joule heating (FJH) process. After successful conversion, we develop nanocomposites by dispersing AFG into a polymer effectively, which have superior mechanical, thermal, and corrosion-resistant properties compared to the bare polymer. In addition, the life cycle and technoeconomic analysis show that the FJH process leads to reduced environmental impact compared to the traditional processing of asphaltene and lower production cost compared to other FJH precursors. Thus, our work suggests an alternative pathway to the existing asphaltene processing that directs toward a higher value stream while sequestering downstream emissions from the processing.
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- M.A.S.R. Saadi
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA
- Two-Dimensional Materials for Biofilm Engineering Science and Technology (2D-BEST) Center, South Dakota Mines, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA
- Two-Dimensional Materials for Biofilm Engineering Science and Technology (2D-BEST) Center, South Dakota Mines, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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Wu Y, Advincula PA, Giraldo-Londoño O, Yu Y, Xie Y, Chen Z, Huang G, Tour JM, Lin J. Sustainable 3D Printing of Recyclable Biocomposite Empowered by Flash Graphene. ACS Nano 2022; 16:17326-17335. [PMID: 36173288 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c08157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Sustainability of 3D printing can be reflected in three main aspects: deployment of renewable inks, recycling of printed products, and applications for energy- and materials- savings. In this work, we demonstrated sustainable vat-photopolymerization (VPP)-based 3D printing in a whole life-cycle process by developing a renewable ink made of soybean oil and natural polyphenols and recycling the ink for reprinting or converting printed biocomposite to flash graphene (FG) as reinforcing nanofillers in the biocomposite. We also realized its applications in fabricating lightweight, materials-saving 3D structures, acoustic metamaterials, and disposable microreactors for time-saving and efficiency-improving synthesis of metal-organic framework nanostructures. In addition to enhancing the tensile strength and Young's modulus of the biopolymers by 42% and 232% with only 0.6 wt % FG nanofillers, respectively, FG improved the printability of the ink in forming 3D tubular structures, which are usually very hard to be achieved in transparent resin. Success of this work will inspire further development for sustainability in 3D printing.
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Santos AL, van Venrooy A, Reed AK, Wyderka AM, García‐López V, Alemany LB, Oliver A, Tegos GP, Tour JM. Hemithioindigo-Based Visible Light-Activated Molecular Machines Kill Bacteria by Oxidative Damage. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2022; 9:e2203242. [PMID: 36002317 PMCID: PMC9596824 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202203242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Revised: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Antibiotic resistance is a growing health threat. There is an urgent and critical need to develop new antimicrobial modalities and therapies. Here, a set of hemithioindigo (HTI)-based molecular machines capable of specifically killing Gram-positive bacteria within minutes of activation with visible light (455 nm at 65 mW cm-2 ) that are safe for mammalian cells is described. Importantly, repeated exposure of bacteria to HTI does not result in detectable development of resistance. Visible light-activated HTI kill both exponentially growing bacterial cells and antibiotic-tolerant persister cells of various Gram-positive strains, including methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). Visible light-activated HTI also eliminate biofilms of S. aureus and B. subtilis in as little as 1 h after light activation. Quantification of reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation and protein carbonyls, as well as assays with various ROS scavengers, identifies oxidative damage as the underlying mechanism for the antibacterial activity of HTI. In addition to their direct antibacterial properties, HTI synergize with conventional antibiotics in vitro and in vivo, reducing the bacterial load and mortality associated with MRSA infection in an invertebrate burn wound model. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first report on the antimicrobial activity of HTI-based molecular machines.
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- Ana L. Santos
- Department of ChemistryRice UniversityHoustonTX77005USA
- IdISBA – Fundación de Investigación Sanitaria de las Islas BalearesPalma07120Spain
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- Department of ChemistryRice UniversityHoustonTX77005USA
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- Department of ChemistryRice UniversityHoustonTX77005USA
- Shared Equipment AuthorityRice UniversityHoustonTX77005USA
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- IdISBA – Fundación de Investigación Sanitaria de las Islas BalearesPalma07120Spain
- Servicio de MicrobiologiaHospital Universitari Son EspasesPalma07120Spain
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- Office of ResearchReading HospitalTower Health420 S. Fifth AvenueWest ReadingPA19611USA
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- Department of ChemistryRice UniversityHoustonTX77005USA
- Smalley‐Curl InstituteRice UniversityHoustonTX77005USA
- Department of Materials Science and NanoengineeringRice UniversityHoustonTX77005USA
- NanoCarbon Center and the Welch Institute for Advanced MaterialsRice UniversityHoustonTX77005USA
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Deng B, Advincula PA, Luong DX, Zhou J, Zhang B, Wang Z, McHugh EA, Chen J, Carter RA, Kittrell C, Lou J, Zhao Y, Yakobson BI, Zhao Y, Tour JM. High-surface-area corundum nanoparticles by resistive hotspot-induced phase transformation. Nat Commun 2022; 13:5027. [PMID: 36028480 PMCID: PMC9418197 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32622-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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High-surface-area α-Al2O3 nanoparticles are used in high-strength ceramics and stable catalyst supports. The production of α-Al2O3 by phase transformation from γ-Al2O3 is hampered by a high activation energy barrier, which usually requires extended high-temperature annealing (~1500 K, > 10 h) and suffers from aggregation. Here, we report the synthesis of dehydrated α-Al2O3 nanoparticles (phase purity ~100%, particle size ~23 nm, surface area ~65 m2 g-1) by a pulsed direct current Joule heating of γ-Al2O3. The phase transformation is completed at a reduced bulk temperature and duration (~573 K, < 1 s) via an intermediate δ'-Al2O3 phase. Numerical simulations reveal the resistive hotspot-induced local heating in the pulsed current process enables the rapid transformation. Theoretical calculations show the topotactic transition (from γ- to δ'- to α-Al2O3) is driven by their surface energy differences. The α-Al2O3 nanoparticles are sintered to nanograined ceramics with hardness superior to commercial alumina and approaching that of sapphire.
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- Bing Deng
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.,Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.,Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.,Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.,Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA. .,Corban University, 5000 Deer Park Drive SE, Salem, OR, 97317, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA. .,Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA. .,Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA. .,NanoCarbon Center and the Welch Institute for Advanced Materials, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
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Sabino AA, Chanteau SH, Henrique Astolfi Ferreira J, Camacho Santos A, Canevari TC, Tour JM, Eberlin MN. Fragmenting nanoPutians: Capturing admiration to the rationality, predictability, and beauty of ion chemistry in mass spectrometry. J Mass Spectrom 2022; 57:e4881. [PMID: 36102123 DOI: 10.1002/jms.4881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Revised: 08/03/2022] [Accepted: 08/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The fragmentation chemistry of the protonated and ionized nanoPutian 1 has been studied in the gas phase via electrospray ionization and tandem mass spectrometry. A direct analogy was observed between the fragmentation chemistry of this fascinating "humanoid molecule" and "cleavages" at certain parts of the human body. We argue that such direct analogy and illustrative schemes for the fragmentation of molecular ions of 1 offer a ludic and efficient tool to teach and capture attention to ion chemistry in mass spectrometry. Using the changes in mass for the two heavier nanoPutians with different head styles but the same body design, the analogy has also been used to predict mass spectra. The concepts of isotopic labelling and dissociation thresholds have also been illustrated. For many years, the approach has been successfully used by one of us in classes and lectures, mainly when presenting ion chemistry to students and audiences from fields other than Chemistry, most particularly from Biology, Medicine, and Forensic Chemistry.
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- Adão A Sabino
- Institute of Chemistry - Federal University of Minas Gerais - UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, the Smalley-Curl Institute and NanoCarbon Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
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- NAHM: Laboratory of Multifunctional Hybrid Nanomaterials - School of Engineering - PPGEMN, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- MackMass Laboratory for Mass Spectrometry, School of Engineering - PPGEMN, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- NAHM: Laboratory of Multifunctional Hybrid Nanomaterials - School of Engineering - PPGEMN, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, the Smalley-Curl Institute and NanoCarbon Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
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- MackMass Laboratory for Mass Spectrometry, School of Engineering - PPGEMN, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Chen W, Wang W, Luong DX, Li JT, Granja V, Advincula PA, Ge C, Chyan Y, Yang K, Algozeeb WA, Higgs CF, Tour JM. Robust Superhydrophobic Surfaces via the Sand-In Method. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:35053-35063. [PMID: 35862236 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c05076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Superhydrophobic surfaces have gained sustained attention because of their extensive applications in the fields of self-cleaning, anti-icing, and drag reduction systems. Water droplets must have large apparent contact angle (CA) (>150°) and small CA hysteresis (<10°) on these surfaces. However, previous research usually involves complex fabrication strategies to modify the surface wettability. It is also challenging to maintain the temporal and mechanical stability of the delicate surface textures. Here, we develop a one-step solvent-free sand-in method to fabricate robust superhydrophobic surfaces directly atop various substrates with an apparent CA up to ∼163.8° and hysteresis less than 5°. The water repellency can withstand 100 Scotch tape peeling tests and remain stable after being stored under ambient humid conditions in Houston, Texas, for 18 months or being heated at 130 °C in air for 24 h. The superhydrophobic surfaces have excellent anti-icing ability, including a ∼2.6× longer water freezing time and ∼40% smaller ice adhesion strength with the temperature as low as -35 °C. Since the surface layers are fabricated by sanding the substrates with the powder additives, the surface damage can be repaired by a direct re-sanding treatment with the same powder additives. Further sand-in condition screenings broaden surface wettability from hydrophilic to superhydrophobic. The sand-in method induces the surface modification and the formation of the tribofilm. Surface and materials characterizations reveal that both microstructures and nanoscale asperities of the tribofilms contribute to the robust superhydrophobic features of sanded surfaces.
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- Weiyin Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Mechanical Engineering Department, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Applied Physics Programe, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Civil Engineering Department, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Mechanical Engineering Department, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- NanoCarbon Center and the Welch Institute for Advanced Materials, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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Chen W, Salvatierra RV, Li JT, Luong DX, Beckham JL, Li VD, La N, Xu J, Tour JM. Brushed Metals for Rechargeable Metal Batteries. Adv Mater 2022; 34:e2202668. [PMID: 35709635 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202202668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Revised: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Battery designs are swiftly changing from metal-ion to rechargeable metal batteries. Theoretically, metals can deliver maximum anode capacity and enable cells with improved energy density. In practice, these advantages are only possible if the parasitic surface reactions associated with metal anodes are controlled. These undesirable surface reactions are responsible for many troublesome issues, like dendrite formation and accelerated consumption of active materials, which leads to anodes with low cycle life or even battery runaway. Here, a facile and solvent-free brushing method is reported to convert powders into films atop Li and Na metal foils. Benefiting from the reactivity of Li metal with these powder films, surface energy can be effectively tuned, thereby preventing parasitic reaction. In-operando study of P2 S5 -modified Li anodes in liquid electrolyte cells reveals a smoother electrode contour and more uniform metal electrodeposition and dissolution behavior. The P2 S5 -modified Li anodes sustain ultralow polarization in symmetric cell for >4000 h, ≈8× longer than bare Li anodes. The capacity retention is ≈70% higher when P2 S5 -modified Li anodes are paired with a practical LiFePO4 cathode (≈3.2 mAh cm-2 ) after 340 cycles. Brush coating opens a promising avenue to fabricate large-scale artificial solid-electrolyte-interphase directly on metals without the need for organic solvent.
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- Weiyin Chen
- Chemistry Department, Rice University, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Chemistry Department, Rice University, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Chemistry Department, Rice University, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Applied Physics Program, Rice University, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Chemistry Department, Rice University, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Chemistry Department, Rice University, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Chemistry Department, Rice University, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Chemistry Department, Rice University, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Smalley-Curl Institute, NanoCarbon Center and the Welch Institute for Advanced Materials, Rice University, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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Chen W, Li JT, Ge C, Yuan Z, Algozeeb WA, Advincula PA, Gao G, Chen J, Ling K, Choi CH, McHugh EA, Wyss KM, Luong DX, Wang Z, Han Y, Tour JM. Turbostratic Boron-Carbon-Nitrogen and Boron Nitride by Flash Joule Heating. Adv Mater 2022; 34:e2202666. [PMID: 35748868 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202202666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Revised: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Turbostratic layers in 2D materials have an interlayer misalignment. The lack of alignment expands the intrinsic interlayer distances and weakens the optical and electronic interactions between adjacent layers. This introduces properties distinct from those structures with well-aligned lattices and strong coupling interactions. However, direct and rapid synthesis of turbostratic materials remains a challenge owing to their thermodynamically metastable properties. Here, a flash Joule heating (FJH) method to achieve bulk synthesis of boron-carbon-nitrogen ternary compounds with turbostratic structures by a kinetically controlled ultrafast cooling process that takes place within milliseconds (103 to 104 K s-1 ) is reported. Theoretical calculations support the existence of turbostratic structures and provide estimates of the energy barriers with respect to conversion into the corresponding well-aligned counterparts. When using non-carbon conductive additives, a direct synthesis of boron nitride is possible. The turbostratic nature facilitates mechanical exfoliation and more stable dispersions. Accordingly, the addition of flash products to a poly(vinyl alcohol) nanocomposite film coating a copper surface greatly improves the copper's resistance to corrosion in 0.5 m sulfuric acid or 3.5 wt% saline solution. FJH allows the use of bulk materials as reactants and provides a rapid approach to large quantities of the hitherto hard-to-access turbostratic materials.
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- Weiyin Chen
- Chemistry Department, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 60, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Chemistry Department, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 60, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Chemistry Department, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 60, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Applied Physics Program, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 60, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Chemistry Department, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 60, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Chemistry Department, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 60, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Chemistry Department, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 60, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Chemistry Department, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 60, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Chemistry Department, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 60, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Chemistry Department, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 60, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Chemistry Department, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 60, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Chemistry Department, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 60, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Applied Physics Program, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 60, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Chemistry Department, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 60, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Chemistry Department, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 60, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- NanoCarbon Center and the Welch Institute for Advanced Materials, Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 222, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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Santos AL, Liu D, Reed AK, Wyderka AM, van Venrooy A, Li JT, Li VD, Misiura M, Samoylova O, Beckham JL, Ayala-Orozco C, Kolomeisky AB, Alemany LB, Oliver A, Tegos GP, Tour JM. Light-activated molecular machines are fast-acting broad-spectrum antibacterials that target the membrane. Sci Adv 2022; 8:eabm2055. [PMID: 35648847 PMCID: PMC9159576 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abm2055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The increasing occurrence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the dwindling antibiotic research and development pipeline have created a pressing global health crisis. Here, we report the discovery of a distinctive antibacterial therapy that uses visible (405 nanometers) light-activated synthetic molecular machines (MMs) to kill Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, in minutes, vastly outpacing conventional antibiotics. MMs also rapidly eliminate persister cells and established bacterial biofilms. The antibacterial mode of action of MMs involves physical disruption of the membrane. In addition, by permeabilizing the membrane, MMs at sublethal doses potentiate the action of conventional antibiotics. Repeated exposure to antibacterial MMs is not accompanied by resistance development. Finally, therapeutic doses of MMs mitigate mortality associated with bacterial infection in an in vivo model of burn wound infection. Visible light-activated MMs represent an unconventional antibacterial mode of action by mechanical disruption at the molecular scale, not existent in nature and to which resistance development is unlikely.
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- Ana L. Santos
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- IdISBA–Fundación de Investigación Sanitaria de las Islas Baleares, Palma, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Shared Equipment Authority, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- IdISBA–Fundación de Investigación Sanitaria de las Islas Baleares, Palma, Spain
- Servicio de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma, Spain
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- Office of Research, Reading Hospital, Tower Health, 420 S. Fifth Avenue, West Reading, PA 19611, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- NanoCarbon Center and the Welch Institute for Advanced Materials, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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Schied M, Prezzi D, Liu D, Jacobson P, Corni S, Tour JM, Grill L. Inverted Conformation Stability of a Motor Molecule on a Metal Surface. J Phys Chem C Nanomater Interfaces 2022; 126:9034-9040. [PMID: 35686222 PMCID: PMC9169611 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c00406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Revised: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Molecular motors have been intensely studied in solution, but less commonly on solid surfaces that offer fixed points of reference for their motion and allow high-resolution single-molecule imaging by scanning probe microscopy. Surface adsorption of molecules can also alter the potential energy surface and consequently preferred intramolecular conformations, but it is unknown how this affects motor molecules. Here, we show how the different conformations of motor molecules are modified by surface adsorption using a combination of scanning tunneling microscopy and density functional theory. These results demonstrate how the contact of a motor molecule with a solid can affect the energetics of the molecular conformations.
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- Monika Schied
- Department
of Physical Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstraße 28, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Nanoscience
Institute of the National Research Council (CNR-NANO), via G. Campi 213/a, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Departments
of Chemistry and Materials Science and NanoEngineering, the Smalley
Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, the Welch Institute
for Advanced Materials, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department
of Physical Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstraße 28, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Nanoscience
Institute of the National Research Council (CNR-NANO), via G. Campi 213/a, 41125 Modena, Italy
- Dipartimento
di Scienze Chimiche, Università di
Padova, Padova I-35131, Italy
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- Departments
of Chemistry and Materials Science and NanoEngineering, the Smalley
Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, the Welch Institute
for Advanced Materials, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department
of Physical Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstraße 28, 8010 Graz, Austria
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Algozeeb WA, Savas PE, Yuan Z, Wang Z, Kittrell C, Hall JN, Chen W, Bollini P, Tour JM. Plastic Waste Product Captures Carbon Dioxide in Nanometer Pores. ACS Nano 2022; 16:7284-7290. [PMID: 35380424 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c00955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Plastic waste (PW) and increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels are among the top environmental concerns presently facing humankind. With an ambitious 2050 zero-CO2 emissions goal, there is a demand for economical CO2 capture routes. Here we show that the thermal treatment of PW in the presence of potassium acetate yields an effective carbon sorbent with pores width of 0.7-1.4 nm for CO2 capture. The PW to carbon sorbent process works with single or mixed streams of polyolefin plastics. The CO2 capacity of the sorbent at 25 °C is 17.0 ± 1.1 wt % (3.80 ± 0.25 mmol g-1) at 1 bar and 5.0 ± 0.6 wt % (1.13 ± 0.13 mmol g-1) at 0.15 bar, and it regenerates upon reaching 75 ± 5 °C. The CO2 capture cost from flue gas via this technology is estimated to be <$21 ton-1 CO2, much lower than competing CO2 capture technologies. Hence, this PW-derived carbon material should find utility in the capture of CO2 from point sources of high CO2 emissions while providing a use for otherwise deleterious PW.
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- Wala A Algozeeb
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, 4722 Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas 77004, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, 4722 Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas 77004, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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High surface area varieties of graphene have captured significant attention, allowing for improved performance in a variety of applications. However, there are challenges facing the use of graphene in these applications since it is expensive and difficult to synthesize in bulk. Here, we leverage the capabilities of flash Joule heating to synthesize holey and wrinkled flash graphene (HWFG) in seconds from mixed plastic waste feedstocks, using in situ salt decomposition to produce and stabilize pore formation during the reaction. Surface areas as high as 874 m2 g-1 are obtained, with characteristics of micro-, meso-, and macroporosities. Raman spectroscopy confirms the wrinkled and turbostratic nature of the HWFG. We demonstrate HWFG applications in its use as a metal-free hydrogen evolution reaction electrocatalyst, with excellent stability, competitive overpotential, and Tafel slope; in a Li-metal battery anode allowing for stable and high discharge rates; and in a material with high gas adsorption. This represents an upcycle of mixed plastic waste, thereby affording a valuable route to address this pressing environmental pollutant concern.
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- Kevin M Wyss
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Smalley-Curl Institute, NanoCarbon Center, Welch Institute for Advanced Materials, Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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Chen W, Ge C, Li JT, Beckham JL, Yuan Z, Wyss KM, Advincula PA, Eddy L, Kittrell C, Chen J, Luong DX, Carter RA, Tour JM. Heteroatom-Doped Flash Graphene. ACS Nano 2022; 16:6646-6656. [PMID: 35320673 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c01136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Heteroatom doping can effectively tailor the local structures and electronic states of intrinsic two-dimensional materials, and endow them with modified optical, electrical, and mechanical properties. Recent studies have shown the feasibility of preparing doped graphene from graphene oxide and its derivatives via some post-treatments, including solid-state and solvothermal methods, but they require reactive and harsh reagents. However, direct synthesis of various heteroatom-doped graphene in larger quantities and high purity through bottom-up methods remains challenging. Here, we report catalyst-free and solvent-free direct synthesis of graphene doped with various heteroatoms in bulk via flash Joule heating (FJH). Seven types of heteroatom-doped flash graphene (FG) are synthesized through millisecond flashing, including single-element-doped FG (boron, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, sulfur), two-element-co-doped FG (boron and nitrogen), as well as three-element-co-doped FG (boron, nitrogen, and sulfur). A variety of low-cost dopants, such as elements, oxides, and organic compounds are used. The graphene quality of heteroatom-doped FG is high, and similar to intrinsic FG, the material exhibits turbostraticity, increased interlayer spacing, and superior dispersibility. Electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction of different heteroatom-doped FG is tested, and sulfur-doped FG shows the best performance. Lithium metal battery tests demonstrate that nitrogen-doped FG exhibits a smaller nucleation overpotential compared to Cu or undoped FG. The electrical energy cost for the synthesis of heteroatom-doped FG synthesis is only 1.2 to 10.7 kJ g-1, which could render the FJH method suitable for low-cost mass production of heteroatom-doped graphene.
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Zhang C, Wang Z, Lei J, Ma L, Yakobson BI, Tour JM. Atomic Molybdenum for Synthesis of Ammonia with 50% Faradic Efficiency. Small 2022; 18:e2106327. [PMID: 35278039 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202106327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The electrochemical dinitrogen (N2 ) reduction reaction (NRR) under ambient conditions has gained significant interest as an environmentally friendly alternative to the traditional Haber-Bosch process for the synthesis of ammonia (NH3 ). However, up to now, most of the reported NRR electrocatalysts with satisfactory catalytic activities have been hindered by the large overpotential in N2 activation. The preparation of highly efficient Mo-based NRR electrocatalyst in acidic electrolytes under ambient conditions is demonstrated here, consisting of stabilized single Mo atoms anchored on holey nitrogen-doped graphene synthesized through a convenient potassium-salt-assisted activation method. At -0.05 V versus a reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE), an electrode consisting of the resultant electrocatalyst immobilized on carbon fiber paper can attain an exceptional Faradaic efficiency of 50.2% and a NH3 yield rate of 3.6 µg h-1 mgcat-1 with low overpotentials. Density functional theory calculations further unveil that compared to the original graphene without holes, the edge coordinated Mo atoms and the existence of vacancies on holey graphene lower the overpotential of N2 reduction, thereby promoting the NRR catalytic activity. This work could provide new guidelines for future designs in single-atom catalysis that would be beneficial to ambient N2 fixation, and replacement of classical synthesis processes that are very energy-intensive.
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- Chenhao Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Lab, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Smalley-Curl Institute, the NanoCarbon Center and the Welch for Advanced Materials, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Smalley-Curl Institute, the NanoCarbon Center and the Welch for Advanced Materials, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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Beckham JL, Wyss KM, Xie Y, McHugh EA, Li JT, Advincula PA, Chen W, Lin J, Tour JM. Machine Learning Guided Synthesis of Flash Graphene. Adv Mater 2022; 34:e2106506. [PMID: 35064973 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202106506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2021] [Revised: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Advances in nanoscience have enabled the synthesis of nanomaterials, such as graphene, from low-value or waste materials through flash Joule heating. Though this capability is promising, the complex and entangled variables that govern nanocrystal formation in the Joule heating process remain poorly understood. In this work, machine learning (ML) models are constructed to explore the factors that drive the transformation of amorphous carbon into graphene nanocrystals during flash Joule heating. An XGBoost regression model of crystallinity achieves an r2 score of 0.8051 ± 0.054. Feature importance assays and decision trees extracted from these models reveal key considerations in the selection of starting materials and the role of stochastic current fluctuations in flash Joule heating synthesis. Furthermore, partial dependence analyses demonstrate the importance of charge and current density as predictors of crystallinity, implying a progression from reaction-limited to diffusion-limited kinetics as flash Joule heating parameters change. Finally, a practical application of the ML models is shown by using Bayesian meta-learning algorithms to automatically improve bulk crystallinity over many Joule heating reactions. These results illustrate the power of ML as a tool to analyze complex nanomanufacturing processes and enable the synthesis of 2D crystals with desirable properties by flash Joule heating.
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- Jacob L Beckham
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 222, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 222, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 222, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 222, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 222, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 222, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Smalley-Curl Institute, NanoCarbon Center, Welch Institute for Advanced Materials, Department of Materials Science and Nanoengineering, Department of Computer Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 222, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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Rare earth elements (REEs) are critical materials in electronics and clean technologies. With the diminishing of easily accessible minerals for mining, the REE recovery from waste is an alternative toward a circular economy. Present methods for REE recovery suffer from lengthy purifications, low extractability, and high wastewater streams. Here, we report an ultrafast electrothermal process (~3000°C, ~1 s) based on flash Joule heating (FJH) for activating wastes to improve REE extractability. FJH thermally degrades or reduces the hard-to-dissolve REE species to components with high thermodynamic solubility, leading to ~2× increase in leachability and high recovery yields using diluted acid (e.g., 0.1 M HCl). The activation strategy is feasible for various wastes including coal fly ash, bauxite residue, and electronic waste. The rapid FJH process is energy-efficient with a low electrical energy consumption of 600 kWh ton-1. The potential for this route to be rapidly scaled is outlined.
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- Bing Deng
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Smalley-Curl Institute, NanoCarbon Center and the Welch Institute for Advanced Materials, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Corresponding author.
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Derry PJ, Liopo A, McKelvey A, Vo A, Gnanasekaran A, McHugh E, Tour JM, Olson KR, Kent T. Abstract WP253: Increased Hydrogen Sulfide As A New Mechanism For Hyperglycemic Worsening Of Stroke Outcome. Stroke 2022. [DOI: 10.1161/str.53.suppl_1.wp253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Introduction:
Hyperglycemia at stroke onset worsens outcome and reduces the effectiveness of reperfusion therapies. Increased oxidative and mitochondrial injury likely contribute. To treat this mechanism, we synthesized (PEG)-ylated carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) from acid oxidation of activated charcoal (OAC) generating 3 nm discs, catalytic superoxide dismutase mimetics that protect mitochondrial complexes. Cellular uptake is rapid and delayed I.V. PEG-CNPs are highly protective in reversible MCAO in hyperglycemic rats. Hydrogen sulfide (H
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S) is an essential gaseous transmitter with a narrow therapeutic index associated with many disorders e.g., diabetes. Its synthesis is influenced by radicals. Excess H
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S is endogenously oxidized to polysulfides (PS), potent antioxidants also needed for protein persulfidation. We hypothesized that OAC’s favorable redox potential will catalyze H
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b.End3 brain endothelial and HEK293 cultured cells were employed. SSP4 fluorescence measured PS levels with increasing concentrations of PEG-OACs. AzMC fluorescence detected H
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PEG-OACs dose dependently increased cellular PS levels (Fig 1a). High glucose increased H
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S (Fig 1c).
Conclusions:
Acute hyperglycemia increased H
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S production especially under conditions mimicking ischemia/reperfusion, an effect eliminated by PEG-OACs. Because of mitochondrial toxicity, an H
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S increase may contribute to worsened outcome in hyperglycemic stroke. These results suggest a new therapeutic target for this important cause of poor stroke outcome.
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- Paul J Derry
- Translational Med Sciences, TAMU Health Science Cntr, Houston, TX
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- Translational Med Sciences, TAMU Health Science Cntr, Houston, TX
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- Translational Med Sciences, TAMU Health Science Cntr, Houston, TX
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- Translational Med Sciences, TAMU Health Science Cntr, Houston, TX
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- Dept of Biological Sciences, Univ of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
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- Translational Med Sciences, TAMU Health Science Cntr, Houston, TX
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Wyss KM, Luong DX, Tour JM. Large-Scale Syntheses of 2D Materials: Flash Joule Heating and Other Methods. Adv Mater 2022; 34:e2106970. [PMID: 34695282 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202106970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2021] [Revised: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In the past 17 years, the larger-scale production of graphene and graphene family materials has proven difficult and costly, thus slowing wider-scale commercial applications. The quality of the graphene that is prepared on larger scales has often been poor, demonstrating a need for improved quality controls. Here, current industrial graphene synthetic and analytical methods, as well as recent academic advancements in larger-scale or sustainable synthesis of graphene, defined here as weights more than 200 mg or films larger than 200 cm2 , are compiled and reviewed. There is a specific emphasis on recent research in the use of flash Joule heating as a rapid, efficient, and scalable method to produce graphene and other 2D nanomaterials. Reactor design, synthetic strategies, safety considerations, feedstock selection, Raman spectroscopy, and future outlooks for flash Joule heating syntheses are presented. To conclude, the remaining challenges and opportunities in the larger-scale synthesis of graphene and a perspective on the broader use of flash Joule heating for larger-scale 2D materials synthesis are discussed.
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- Kevin M Wyss
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Smalley-Curl Institute, NanoCarbon Center and the Welch Institute for Advanced Materials, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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Deng B, Wang Z, Chen W, Li JT, Luong DX, Carter RA, Gao G, Yakobson BI, Zhao Y, Tour JM. Phase controlled synthesis of transition metal carbide nanocrystals by ultrafast flash Joule heating. Nat Commun 2022; 13:262. [PMID: 35017518 PMCID: PMC8752793 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27878-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Nanoscale carbides enhance ultra-strong ceramics and show activity as high-performance catalysts. Traditional lengthy carburization methods for carbide syntheses usually result in coked surface, large particle size, and uncontrolled phase. Here, a flash Joule heating process is developed for ultrafast synthesis of carbide nanocrystals within 1 s. Various interstitial transition metal carbides (TiC, ZrC, HfC, VC, NbC, TaC, Cr2C3, MoC, and W2C) and covalent carbides (B4C and SiC) are produced using low-cost precursors. By controlling pulse voltages, phase-pure molybdenum carbides including β-Mo2C and metastable α-MoC1-x and η-MoC1-x are selectively synthesized, demonstrating the excellent phase engineering ability of the flash Joule heating by broadly tunable energy input that can exceed 3000 K coupled with kinetically controlled ultrafast cooling (>104 K s-1). Theoretical calculation reveals carbon vacancies as the driving factor for topotactic transition of carbide phases. The phase-dependent hydrogen evolution capability of molybdenum carbides is investigated with β-Mo2C showing the best performance.
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- Bing Deng
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
- Corban University, Salem, Oregon, 97317, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
- Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
- NanoCarbon Center and the Welch Institute for Advanced Materials, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
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Barbhuiya NH, Kumar A, Singh A, Chandel MK, Arnusch CJ, Tour JM, Singh SP. The Future of Flash Graphene for the Sustainable Management of Solid Waste. ACS Nano 2021; 15:15461-15470. [PMID: 34633174 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c07571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Graphene research has steadily increased, and its commercialization in many applications is becoming a reality because of its superior physicochemical properties and advances in synthesis techniques. However, bulk-scale production of graphene still requires large amounts of solvents, electrochemical treatment, or sonication. Recently, a method was discovered to convert bulk quantities of carbonaceous materials to graphene using flash Joule heating (FJH) and, so named, flash graphene (FG). This method can be used to turn various solid wastes containing the prerequisite element carbon into FG. Globally, more than 2 billion tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) are generated every year and, in many municipalities, are becoming unmanageable. The most commonly used waste management methods include recycling, composting, anaerobic digestion, incineration, gasification, pyrolysis, and landfill disposal. However, around 70% of global waste ends up in landfills or open dumps, while the rest is recycled, composted, or incinerated. Even the various waste valorization techniques, such as pyrolysis and gasification, produce some waste residues that have their ultimate destination in landfills. Thus, technologies that can minimize waste volume or convert waste into valuable products are required. The thermal treatment process of FJH for FG production provides both waste volume reduction and valorization in the form of FG. In this Perspective, we provide an overview of FJH and its possible applications in various types of waste conversion/valorization. We describe the typical current MSW management system as well as the potential for creating FG at various stages and propose a schematic plan for the incorporation of FG in MSW management. We also analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of MSW as an FG precursor in terms of technical, economic, environmental, and social sustainability. This valuable waste valorization and management strategy can help achieve near-zero waste and an economy-boosting MSW management system.
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- Najmul Haque Barbhuiya
- Environmental Science and Engineering Department (ESED), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Environmental Science and Engineering Department (ESED), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Environmental Science and Engineering Department (ESED), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Environmental Science and Engineering Department (ESED), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Department of Desalination and Water Treatment, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede-Boqer Campus, Midreshet Ben Gurion 8499000, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Smalley-Curl Institute and NanoCarbon Center, Welch Institute for Advanced Materials, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Environmental Science and Engineering Department (ESED), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India
- Centre for Research in Nanotechnology & Science (CRNTS), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India
- Interdisciplinary Program in Climate Studies (IDPCS), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India
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