Low-cost and biodegradable photothermal wound dressings with remarkable therapeutic effects are highly desirable for next-generation wound healing.Herein,we report an efficient photothermal wound dressing mat made of ...Low-cost and biodegradable photothermal wound dressings with remarkable therapeutic effects are highly desirable for next-generation wound healing.Herein,we report an efficient photothermal wound dressing mat made of tellurium nanosheet(TeNS)-loaded electrospun polycaprolactone/gelatin(PCL/GEL)nanofibers.The TeNS-loaded PCL/GEL nanofibrous architectures showed antibacterial efficacy against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus of 87.68%and 94.57%,respectively.Under near-infrared+(NIR)light illumination,they can facilitate cell proliferation as revealed by in vitro scratch assay.The results from in vivo skin wounds combined with tissue staining experiments further showed that the TeNS-loaded dressing could substantially promote wound healing under photothermal conditions.Using immunohistochemical analysis,we found that the TeNS-loaded PCL/GEL nanofibers NIR group have a high expression of specific antigens in epidermal growth factor(EGF)(P<0.001)and endothelial cell adhesion molecule-31(CD31,P<0.05),verifying that the nanofibrous mat can stimulate EGF generation and microvessel proliferation.Furthermore,the PCL/GEL/TeNIR group has the lowest expression in endothelial cell adhesion molecule-68(CD68,P<0.001),suggesting that the nanofibrous mats have a high anti-inflammatory efficiency.Our work sheds light on the development of novel nonanti-inflammatory wound dressings via photothermal sterilization and the promotion of cell growth using two-dimensional(2D)nanosheets.展开更多
Naturalfibre(NFR)reinforced functional polymer composites are quickly becoming an indispensable sustainable material in the transportation industry because of their lightweight,lower cost in manufacture,and adaptabilit...Naturalfibre(NFR)reinforced functional polymer composites are quickly becoming an indispensable sustainable material in the transportation industry because of their lightweight,lower cost in manufacture,and adaptability to a wide variety of goods.However,the major difficulties of using thesefibres are their existing poor dimensional stability and the extreme hydrophilicity.In assessing the mechanical properties(MP)of composites,the interfacial bonding(IB)happening between the NFR and the polymer matrix(PM)plays an incredibly significant role.When compared to NFR/syntheticfibre hybrid composites,hybrid composites(HC)made up of two separate NFR are less prevalent;yet,these hybrid composites also have the potential to be valuable materials in terms of environmental issues.A new dimension to theflexibility of composites reinforced with NFR is added by the cost-effective manufacture of hybrid composites utilising NFR.The purpose of this study is to offer an over-view of the keyfindings that were presented on hybrid composites.The emphasis was focused on the factors that influence the performance of the naturalfiber composites,diverse approaches to enhancing MP,physical,electri-cal,and thermal characteristics of the HC.HC study in polymer science gains interest for applications in con-struction and automotive industries.展开更多
The safety and integrity requirements of aerospace composite structures necessitate real-time health monitoring throughout their service life.To this end,distributed optical fiber sensors utilizing back Rayleigh scatt...The safety and integrity requirements of aerospace composite structures necessitate real-time health monitoring throughout their service life.To this end,distributed optical fiber sensors utilizing back Rayleigh scattering have been extensively deployed in structural health monitoring due to their advantages,such as lightweight and ease of embedding.However,identifying the precise location of damage from the optical fiber signals remains a critical challenge.In this paper,a novel approach which namely Modified Sliding Window Principal Component Analysis(MSWPCA)was proposed to facilitate automatic damage identification and localization via distributed optical fiber sensors.The proposed method is able to extract signal characteristics interfered by measurement noise to improve the accuracy of damage detection.Specifically,we applied the MSWPCA method to monitor and analyze the debonding propagation process in honeycomb sandwich panel structures.Our findings demonstrate that the training model exhibits high precision in detecting the location and size of honeycomb debonding,thereby facilitating reliable and efficient online assessment of the structural health state.展开更多
Recently,abacafibers have become the focus of specialized research due to their intriguing characteristics,with their outstanding mechanical properties being a particularly notable.In the conducted study,the abacafibers...Recently,abacafibers have become the focus of specialized research due to their intriguing characteristics,with their outstanding mechanical properties being a particularly notable.In the conducted study,the abacafibers underwent a preliminary treatment process involving an alkaline solution,which was composed of 0.5%sodium hydroxide(NaOH)and 50%acetic acid(CH3COOH).This process entailed immersing eachfiber in the solution for a period of one hour.This treatment led to a 52.36%reduction in lignin content compared to the levels before treatment,resulting in a dramatic decrease in the full width at half maximum(FWHM)in the XRD spectra from 1.13 to 0.13.This change indicates that thefibers became more crystalline following the treatment.The abacafibers were also characterized using BET(Brunauer Emmett Teller)measurements,which revealed that the aver-age pore length ranged from 33–49 nm and the surface area was between 13–28 m^(2)·g^(-1).The morphology of the abacafiber after alkali an hydrolisis treatment(AFAH)appeared rougher and more uniform.DMA measurements revealed a significant rise in the storage modulus of the singlefiber post-treatment,with dependencies on both frequency and temperature.AFAH exhibited an optimal absorption coefficient ofα=0.9 for frequencies above 2500 Hz.The combined effect of alkalization and hydrolyzation treatments,while resulting in an enhancement in the mechanical properties of thefibers,also reduced high-intensity noise produced by sources such as machin-ery,aircraft takeoffs and landings,etc.,across a broader working frequency range.展开更多
Objectives:Caveolin-3(Cav-3)plays a pivotal role in maintaining skeletal muscle mass and function.Mutations ordeletions of Cav-3 can result in the development of variousforms of myopathy,which affect the integrity and...Objectives:Caveolin-3(Cav-3)plays a pivotal role in maintaining skeletal muscle mass and function.Mutations ordeletions of Cav-3 can result in the development of variousforms of myopathy,which affect the integrity and repaircapacity of musclefiber membranes.However,the potentialeffect of Cav-3 on myofiber type composition remainsunclear.Methods:To investigate the effect of Cav-3 on musclestrength and running capacity,we examined the grip forcetest and the low/high-speed running test.Oxidative andglycolytic myofiber-related genes,proteins,and skeletalmusclefiber composition were measured to determine therole of the Cav-3 in oxidative myofiber formation.Results:We report the impact of Cav-3 on enhancing muscleendurance performance in female mice,and the discovery ofa new physiological function to increase the proportion ofslow-twitch oxidative musclefiber by analyzing thegastrocnemius and soleus.Skeletal muscle-specific ablationof Cav-3 in female mice increased oxidative myofiber-relatedgene expression and type I oxidative myofiber composition,with resultant improvements in endurance performance.Inmale mice,the absence of Cav-3 in skeletal muscle reduced inthe expression of glycolyticfiber-related genes and proteins.Conclusions:This study identified Cav-3 as a regulatorof slow-twitch oxidative musclefiber formation acting onfemale mice,which may provide a potential target forimproving muscle oxidative function.展开更多
基金supported by the Foundation of Health Care for Cadres of Sichuan Provincial Health Commission(Grant No.2023-224).
文摘Low-cost and biodegradable photothermal wound dressings with remarkable therapeutic effects are highly desirable for next-generation wound healing.Herein,we report an efficient photothermal wound dressing mat made of tellurium nanosheet(TeNS)-loaded electrospun polycaprolactone/gelatin(PCL/GEL)nanofibers.The TeNS-loaded PCL/GEL nanofibrous architectures showed antibacterial efficacy against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus of 87.68%and 94.57%,respectively.Under near-infrared+(NIR)light illumination,they can facilitate cell proliferation as revealed by in vitro scratch assay.The results from in vivo skin wounds combined with tissue staining experiments further showed that the TeNS-loaded dressing could substantially promote wound healing under photothermal conditions.Using immunohistochemical analysis,we found that the TeNS-loaded PCL/GEL nanofibers NIR group have a high expression of specific antigens in epidermal growth factor(EGF)(P<0.001)and endothelial cell adhesion molecule-31(CD31,P<0.05),verifying that the nanofibrous mat can stimulate EGF generation and microvessel proliferation.Furthermore,the PCL/GEL/TeNIR group has the lowest expression in endothelial cell adhesion molecule-68(CD68,P<0.001),suggesting that the nanofibrous mats have a high anti-inflammatory efficiency.Our work sheds light on the development of novel nonanti-inflammatory wound dressings via photothermal sterilization and the promotion of cell growth using two-dimensional(2D)nanosheets.
文摘Naturalfibre(NFR)reinforced functional polymer composites are quickly becoming an indispensable sustainable material in the transportation industry because of their lightweight,lower cost in manufacture,and adaptability to a wide variety of goods.However,the major difficulties of using thesefibres are their existing poor dimensional stability and the extreme hydrophilicity.In assessing the mechanical properties(MP)of composites,the interfacial bonding(IB)happening between the NFR and the polymer matrix(PM)plays an incredibly significant role.When compared to NFR/syntheticfibre hybrid composites,hybrid composites(HC)made up of two separate NFR are less prevalent;yet,these hybrid composites also have the potential to be valuable materials in terms of environmental issues.A new dimension to theflexibility of composites reinforced with NFR is added by the cost-effective manufacture of hybrid composites utilising NFR.The purpose of this study is to offer an over-view of the keyfindings that were presented on hybrid composites.The emphasis was focused on the factors that influence the performance of the naturalfiber composites,diverse approaches to enhancing MP,physical,electri-cal,and thermal characteristics of the HC.HC study in polymer science gains interest for applications in con-struction and automotive industries.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2018YFA0702800)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.12072056)supported by National Defense Fundamental Scientific Research Project(XXXX2018204BXXX).
文摘The safety and integrity requirements of aerospace composite structures necessitate real-time health monitoring throughout their service life.To this end,distributed optical fiber sensors utilizing back Rayleigh scattering have been extensively deployed in structural health monitoring due to their advantages,such as lightweight and ease of embedding.However,identifying the precise location of damage from the optical fiber signals remains a critical challenge.In this paper,a novel approach which namely Modified Sliding Window Principal Component Analysis(MSWPCA)was proposed to facilitate automatic damage identification and localization via distributed optical fiber sensors.The proposed method is able to extract signal characteristics interfered by measurement noise to improve the accuracy of damage detection.Specifically,we applied the MSWPCA method to monitor and analyze the debonding propagation process in honeycomb sandwich panel structures.Our findings demonstrate that the training model exhibits high precision in detecting the location and size of honeycomb debonding,thereby facilitating reliable and efficient online assessment of the structural health state.
文摘Recently,abacafibers have become the focus of specialized research due to their intriguing characteristics,with their outstanding mechanical properties being a particularly notable.In the conducted study,the abacafibers underwent a preliminary treatment process involving an alkaline solution,which was composed of 0.5%sodium hydroxide(NaOH)and 50%acetic acid(CH3COOH).This process entailed immersing eachfiber in the solution for a period of one hour.This treatment led to a 52.36%reduction in lignin content compared to the levels before treatment,resulting in a dramatic decrease in the full width at half maximum(FWHM)in the XRD spectra from 1.13 to 0.13.This change indicates that thefibers became more crystalline following the treatment.The abacafibers were also characterized using BET(Brunauer Emmett Teller)measurements,which revealed that the aver-age pore length ranged from 33–49 nm and the surface area was between 13–28 m^(2)·g^(-1).The morphology of the abacafiber after alkali an hydrolisis treatment(AFAH)appeared rougher and more uniform.DMA measurements revealed a significant rise in the storage modulus of the singlefiber post-treatment,with dependencies on both frequency and temperature.AFAH exhibited an optimal absorption coefficient ofα=0.9 for frequencies above 2500 Hz.The combined effect of alkalization and hydrolyzation treatments,while resulting in an enhancement in the mechanical properties of thefibers,also reduced high-intensity noise produced by sources such as machin-ery,aircraft takeoffs and landings,etc.,across a broader working frequency range.
文摘Objectives:Caveolin-3(Cav-3)plays a pivotal role in maintaining skeletal muscle mass and function.Mutations ordeletions of Cav-3 can result in the development of variousforms of myopathy,which affect the integrity and repaircapacity of musclefiber membranes.However,the potentialeffect of Cav-3 on myofiber type composition remainsunclear.Methods:To investigate the effect of Cav-3 on musclestrength and running capacity,we examined the grip forcetest and the low/high-speed running test.Oxidative andglycolytic myofiber-related genes,proteins,and skeletalmusclefiber composition were measured to determine therole of the Cav-3 in oxidative myofiber formation.Results:We report the impact of Cav-3 on enhancing muscleendurance performance in female mice,and the discovery ofa new physiological function to increase the proportion ofslow-twitch oxidative musclefiber by analyzing thegastrocnemius and soleus.Skeletal muscle-specific ablationof Cav-3 in female mice increased oxidative myofiber-relatedgene expression and type I oxidative myofiber composition,with resultant improvements in endurance performance.Inmale mice,the absence of Cav-3 in skeletal muscle reduced inthe expression of glycolyticfiber-related genes and proteins.Conclusions:This study identified Cav-3 as a regulatorof slow-twitch oxidative musclefiber formation acting onfemale mice,which may provide a potential target forimproving muscle oxidative function.
