Drug Efficacy Comparison of pH-Sensitive and Non-pH-Sensitive Taxol Delivery Nanoparticles in Cancer Therapy.

Taxol is one of the most widely used chemotherapeutic agents but is restricted by its poor solubility and severe side effects in clinical practice. To overcome these limitations, pH-sensitive nanoparticles, Acetalated Dextran-PEG-PLA-Taxol (ADPP-PTX), non-pH-sensitive nanoparticles, and Propionic Anhydride modified Dextran-PEG-PLA-Taxol (PDPP-PTX) are developed for the delivery of Taxol. Compared with PDPP-PTX, ADPP-PTX shows higher sensitivity to acid response and greater anti-proliferative effect on cancer cells.

The impact of iron-boron electrocatalysts on the charge transport and oxygen evolution reaction of bismuth vanadate photoanodes.

BiVO possesses a suitable band gap for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting to produce hydrogen; however, the performance of BiVO is limited by several adverse factors. The bulk charge recombination and the slow surface water oxidation reaction of BiVO are main unfavorable factors. In view of these disadvantages, an Fe-B electrocatalyst is loaded on BiVO to improve the PEC performance of BiVO.

Changing the reaction pathway in TiO photocatalytic dehalogenation of halogenated aromatic pollutants by surface hydroxyl regulation.

Understanding the photocatalytic reductive dehalogenation mechanism of halogenated aromatic pollutants is of great research value. However, the proton source in the photocatalytic dehalogenation process of representative halogenated aromatic pollutants by TiO is not clear. In this study, the TiO surface was modified by hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide, and sodium fluoride to obtain TiO samples with different hydroxyl groups.

Enantiomer-selective sensing and the light response of chiral molecules coated with a persistent luminescent material.

Pr:CaTiO, a robust persistent luminescent material, was coupled with chiral molecules and Ag nanoparticles (NPs) to construct a Pr:CaTiO@Ag@l-cysteine ternary material that can realize rapid enantiomer selective sensing of l- and d-arginine by making use of the chiral induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect. In addition, long-lifetime photoelectrons excited in the Pr:CaTiO matrix were effectively transported through a Ag NP "bridge" into the l-cysteine chiral monolayer, due to cooperation between each component in the ternary material.