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Through density functional theory calculations was studied theoretically the formation process of a magnetic and mesoporous molecularly imprinted polymer for ractopamine (RAC), evaluating the molecular electrostatic potential map, functional monomers, functional monomer / template stoichiometry and crosslink agents. The results revealed that the best conditions for the synthesis were established with acrylic acid as functional monomer in a 1: 4 stoichiometry using acetonitrile as the solvent and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate as crosslink agent. It was observed that nine hydrogen bonds established between the RAC and acrylic acid play a key role on the pre-polymerization complex. In addition, three analytical methods using HPLC, UHPLC and CE instruments were optimized for rapid analysis. The adsorbent was experimentally synthesized considering the best conditions found at the molecular level and characterized by FTIR, DRX, TGA, SEM, TEM, surface analysis, and wettability. After that, the synthesized material was used in magnetic solid phase extraction combined with capillary electrophoresis in a preliminary RAC recovery study from milk samples. Finally, greenness metric with a score of 0.55 have been obtained for the sample preparation procedure using the online AGREEprep metric.
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J Colloid Interface Sci
September 2025
School of Materials, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China. Electronic address:
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Key Laboratory of Unconventional Oil & Gas Development (China University of Petroleum (East China)), Ministry of Education, Qingdao 266580, China.
Surfactant-enhanced spontaneous imbibition is a proven method of enhancing oil recovery from shale reservoirs. However, a significant knowledge gap concerning the impact of clay minerals on surfactant-enhanced imbibition in shale reservoirs remains. Therefore, this study first analyzed the mineral composition and pore structure of the shale reservoirs.
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The Third Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, The First People's Hospital of Hefei, Binhu Hospital of Hefei, Hefei, 230061, P. R. China.
Lung cancer, as one of the cancers with the highest morbidity and mortality rates in the world, requires accurate detection of its vital serum marker, neuron-specific enolase (NSE), which is a key challenge for early detection of lung cancer. However, traditional chemiluminescence immunoassay (CLIA) methods rely on labeled antibodies (Abs) and suffer from complex operations and high costs. In this work, a label-free CLIA based on CL-functionalized mesoporous magnetic nanoparticles (CuFeO@mSiO-Cys-Luminol-Au NPs) is developed for the rapid and sensitive detection of NSE.
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Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China.
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Department of Radiology, Linyi People's Hospital, Shandong Second Medical University, Linyi, 276000, China. Electronic address:
Cancer, as a life-threatening disease posing severe risks to human health, faces challenges in improving diagnostic and therapeutic efficiency due to the heterogeneous and dynamically complex nature of tumor microenvironment (TME). Conventional imaging modalities, gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), for instance, exhibiting inherent limitations including non-specific systemic distribution and insufficient sensitivity for early lesion detection. Based on the above viewpoint, engineered Mn nanoreactors demonstrate promising potential through diverse delivery platforms such as liposomes, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), mesoporous materials, and self-propelled nanomotors.
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