Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of Amorphous Silica-Aluminas Support for Fischer-Tropsch Wax Hydrocracking Catalysts.

High-performance amorphous silica-aluminas (ASAs) were prepared prior to the formation of the 10-membered ring (10-MR) ZSM-5 zeolite by regulating the hydrothermal processing time. Their structures, morphologies, acidity properties, and Si-Al coordination were well studied. Particularly, a facile FTIR method of in-situ adsorbing bulky 2,6-dimethlypyridine followed by pyridine adsorption was innovatively utilized to quantify the Brønsted acid sites in micropores.

The impact of environmental noise on drivers' cognitive abilities: A case study on in-vehicle voice interaction interfaces.

To investigate the impact of environmental noise on the cognitive abilities of drivers, this study, using in-vehicle voice interaction as an example, conducted laboratory experiments to assess the effects of road traffic noise, entertainment noise, and white noise stimuli on drivers' attention and short-term memory. The noise levels simulated to mimic acoustic conditions during car driving ranged from 35 dB(A) to 65 dB(A). The conclusions drawn were as follows: (1) Noise levels directly influenced subjective annoyance levels, with annoyance linearly increasing as noise levels escalated; (2) Both attention and short-term memory task reaction times of drivers were significantly influenced by noise types.

High-efficiency foam fractionation of anthocyanin from perilla leaves using surfactant-free active AlO nanoparticle as collector and frother: Performance and mechanism.

Anthocyanin (ACN) is a natural pigment with significant industrial applications. However, foam fractionation of ACN from perilla leaves extract presents theoretical challenges due to its limited surface activity and foaming capacity. This work developed a surfactant-free active AlO nanoparticle (ANP) as a collector and frother, which was modified with adipic acid (AA).

Near-Infrared Responsive Smart Superhydrophobic Coating with Self-Healing and Robustness Enhanced by Disulfide-Bonded Polyurethane.

Synergistic self-healing materials and inorganic particles to create self-healing superhydrophobic surfaces for improving their robustness is a common technique, but the suitability between the two is rarely mentioned. In this work, we developed a multifunctional superhydrophobic coating with room-temperature stability, mechanical stability, self-healing, and NIR stimuli response, in which self-healing polyurethane (PU) serves as the interface reinforcement layer and poly(dopamine) (PDA)-coated flower-like ZnO composite particles serve as the hydrophobic layer. A series of temperature-dependent self-healing PU materials were designed and synthesized by regulating the ratio of hard and soft chain segments in PU, and the relationship between the healing temperature of PU and the hydrophobic stability of the composite coatings was investigated.

Two-Dimensional Material-Based Electrochemical Sensors/Biosensors for Food Safety and Biomolecular Detection.

Two-dimensional materials (2DMs) exhibited great potential for applications in materials science, energy storage, environmental science, biomedicine, sensors/biosensors, and others due to their unique physical, chemical, and biological properties. In this review, we present recent advances in the fabrication of 2DM-based electrochemical sensors and biosensors for applications in food safety and biomolecular detection that are related to human health. For this aim, firstly, we introduced the bottom-up and top-down synthesis methods of various 2DMs, such as graphene, transition metal oxides, transition metal dichalcogenides, MXenes, and several other graphene-like materials, and then we demonstrated the structure and surface chemistry of these 2DMs, which play a crucial role in the functionalization of 2DMs and subsequent composition with other nanoscale building blocks such as nanoparticles, biomolecules, and polymers.