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Rational Designed Polymer as a Metal-Free Catalyst for Hydroxylation of Benzene to Phenol with Dioxygen
Direct hydroxylation of benzene to phenol with dioxygen is a green route for synthesis of phenol. The higher bonding energies of C–H in benzene and O–O in dioxygen make metal-free catalysis a challenge. A nove...
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Ferrocene-Modified Metal–Organic Frameworks as a Peroxidase-Mimicking Catalyst
Recently, the development of enzyme-like catalysts attracts increasing attention owing to their remarkable advantages over natural enzymes. Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are ideal candidates for building bio...
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Acidic–Basic Bifunctional Magnetic Mesoporous CoFe2O4@(CaO–ZnO) for the Synthesis of Glycerol Carbonate
Magnetic mesoporous CoFe2O4@(CaO–ZnO) exhibited good catalytic activity in the transesterification of glycerol and dimethyl carbonate to yield glycerol carbonate. The glycerol conversion of 97.7% and glycerol car...
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LaCoO3-modified RuO2–TiO2/Ti electrode as an efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction
A RuO2–TiO2/Ti electrode modified with LaCoO3 was successfully fabricated by thermal decomposition and its electrochemical properties were evaluated by cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedance spectrosc...
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Thermodynamics of the Interaction Between Graphene Quantum Dots with Human Serum Albumin and γ-Globulins
As one of the newly emerged nanomaterials, graphene quantum dots (GQDs) have shown great application potential as tracking probes and drug carriers in biological areas. The GQDs synthesized via the nitric acid...
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A Novel Bola-Type Rosin-Based Functional Surfactant and Its Synergistic Effect with Natural Surfactant Saponin
A novel bola-type acrylic-modified rosin ester tertiary ammonium salt surfactant (AETAS) with two hydrophilic groups and a rigid hydrophobic group was synthesized through a simple method from rosin acid, which...
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Enantioselective Morita–Baylis–Hillman Reaction of Acrylates with Nitrobenzaldehydes Promoted by the Bifunctional Ferrocene-Based Phosphinothiourea Organocatalysts
A series of ferrocene-based bifunctional phosphinothiourea organocatalysts were synthesized and applied to the enantioselective Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction of acrylates with nitrobenzaldehydes, giving the d...
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Dilational Properties of an Anionic Gemini Surfactant with a Hydrophobic Spacer
The dilational properties of the anionic gemini surfactant, ethanediyl-1,2-bis(sodium N-decanoyl-β-alaninate), and the comparable conventional surfactant were investigated via the oscillation barrier technique. T...
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Synthesis of Didodecylmethylcarboxyl Betaine and Its Application in Surfactant–Polymer Flooding
Enhanced crude oil recovery by chemical flooding has been a main measure for postponing the overall decline of crude oil output in China, and surfactant-polymer (SP) flooding may replace alkali-surfactant-poly...
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Solubility of Itaconic Acid in Aqueous Ethanol Mixtures from 278.15 K to 333.15 K
Data on corresponding solid–liquid equilibrium of itaconic acid in binary aqueous ethanol solutions are essential for industrial design and further theoretical studies. Using the analytical stirred-flask metho...
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Conformation and Thermodynamic Properties of the Binding of Vitamin C to Human Serum Albumin
The binding of vitamin C, L-ascorbic acid (AsA), with human serum albumin (HSA) was investigated by various spectroscopic techniques under simulated physiological conditions. The fluorescence quenching constan...
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Catalytic combustion of methane on novel catalysts derived from Cu-Mg/Al-hydrotalcites
Novel Cu-Mg/Al mixed oxides (designated as i-CMAO-800) were prepared by calcinations of Cu-Mg/Al hydrotalcites [(Cu2+ +Mg2+)/Al3+= 3] at 800 °C. Their performance for the catalytic combustion of methane was inves...
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Submicro-sized LiMn2O4 prepared by a sol–gel, spray-drying method
Submicro-sized LiMn2O4 powders were produced by a sol–gel, spray-drying method in which a brown gel precursor was prepared via the reaction of LiOH alkaline solution with 1 M Mn(CH3COO)2. The gel precursor was th...