Engineering MXene surface with POSS for reducing fire hazards of polystyrene with enhanced thermal stability.

High-performance MXene-based polymer nanocomposites are highly desirable for diverse industry applications due to their exceptional mechanical, thermal and other properties. Nevertheless, it remains an intractable challenge to create flame retardant polymer/MXene nanocomposites due to the difficulty to achieve uniform dispersion of MXenes. Here, we reported a facile strategy for the surface manipulation of two-dimensional titanium carbide nanosheets (TiCT) with 3-aminopropylheptaisobutyl-polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (AP-POSS) (POSS-TiCT) through electrostatic interactions.

Interface decoration of exfoliated MXene ultra-thin nanosheets for fire and smoke suppressions of thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer.

Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) has broad applications as lightweight materials due to its multiple advantages and unique properties. Nevertheless, toxicity emission under fire conditions remains a major concern, particularly in building fire scenarios. To circumvent the problem, it is imperative that an effective flame retardant is sought to suppress the flame and release of combustion/smoke products whilst maintaining the favorable material properties of TPU.

[Association of Ureaplasma urealyticum with the types of antisperm antibody in infertile men].

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of Ureaplasma urealyticum (UU) infection in infertile men, its influence on routine semen parameters and the distribution of antisperm antibody (AsAb) and its types in infertile patients with UU infection.

Methods: We detected the positive rate of UU infection, semen parameters, and the distribution of AsAb and its types in 662 infertile men and 25 normal fertile male controls followed by comparison of the obtained data between the two groups of subjects.

Results: The positive rate of UU infection was significantly higher in the infertile men than in the normal controls (52.

Properties of an alginate-degrading Flavobacterium sp. strain LXA isolated from rotting algae from coastal China.

A novel bacterium exhibiting alginolytic activity was isolated from rotten algae. The alginate-degrading activity was detected in the culture supernatant by measuring the decrease in alginate viscosity or the increase in reducing sugars. Basic characterization showed that it was gram negative, rod shaped, yellow pigmented, and positive for oxidase and catalase, with a DNA G+C content of 35.

[New iron-porphyrin/vanadium-substituted polyoxometalate catalyst: synthesis, characterization and catalytic activity].

A new kind of iron-porphyrin/vanadium-substituted polyoxometalate coordination compound was synthesized by the ion exchange reaction of FeTTMAPPI and H5PMo10V2o40 in solution. The new catalyst was characterized by IR spectrometry and UV-Vis spectrometry. As an excellent catalyst, its effects on benzene hydroxylation and catalytic capabilities were studied with H2O2 solution as the oxidant.

[Manganeseporphyrin/vanadium-substituted polyoxometalate new coordination compound: synthesis, characterization and catalytic activity].

A new kind of manganeseporphyrin/vanadium-substituted polyoxometalate coordination compound was synthesized by meso-tetrakis(4-trimethylamidiophenyl) manganeseporphyrin and vanadium-substituted polyoxometalate H5 PMo10 V2O4 reacting in water solution at room temperature, and its structures were studied by IR spectrometry and UV-Vis spectrometry. The results show that metalloporphyrin ring structure and polyoxometalate cage structure still exist in the coordination compound, and these two parts connect with each other by chemical bond. As an excellent catalyst, its effects on benzene hydroxylation and catalytic capabilities were studied with H2O2 solution as an oxidant under mild reaction condition, meanwhile the catalytic active centre in the benzene hydroxylation reaction was discussed.