Adsorbent-to-photocatalyst: Recycling heavy metal cadmium by natural clay mineral for visible-light-driven photocatalytic antibacterial.

High value-added recycling of hazardous substances emerges as one of the most promising directions in current society, which can simultaneously relieve the environmental burden and obtain useful products. Here, we propose a transformation strategy from adsorbent to photocatalyst by recycling heavy metal with natural clay mineral. Sepiolite is selected as an adsorbent for removing Cd in wastewater due to its excellent adsorption properties in terms of high specific surface area and structural channels.

Comparative analysis of loop-mediated isothermal amplification combined with microfluidic chip technology and q-PCR in the detection of clinical infectious pathogens.

Background: Rapid diagnosis of infectious pathogens at an early stage is crucial to stabilize the patient's condition, reduce medical costs, and shorten hospital stays. Currently, some point-of-care tests have their own shortcomings. Therefore, we built a microfluidic chip based on loop-mediated isothermal amplification to can quickly and sensitively detect infectious pathogens.