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This methodology was validated through a series of sophisticated experimental corefloods and found to predict 78% of the location of the water cresting accurately. The cresting index is found to be weakly correlated with the speed of breakthrough among similar wells.The instability of an amide bond with dilute trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) is a rare chemical event. The native amide bonds are stable even in the neat TFA, which is one of the reagents that releases the peptides from the solid support in the solid-supported peptide synthesis method. In the repertoire of unnatural peptidomics, α-/β-hydrazino acids and their peptides are explored for the synthesis of N-amino peptide derivatives, and their amide bonds are stable in TFA (∼100%) as natural amide bonds. This report describes the synthesis of a β-hydrazino acid analogue as β-troponylhydrazino acid, containing a nonbenzenoid natural troponyl scaffold. The structural and conformational studies of their hybrid di-/tripeptides with the natural amino acid show that the 2-aminotroponyl residue is involved in hydrogen bonding. Surprisingly, the amide bond of β-troponylhydrazino peptides is cleavable with TFA (∼20%) through the formation of a new heterocyclic molecule N-troponylpyrazolidinone or troponylpyrazolidinone. Tropolone and related compounds are excellent biocompatible chromophores. TL13-112 order Hence, β-troponylhydrazino acid could be employed for tuning the peptide structure and considered a promising chromophoric acid-sensitive protecting group of a free amine of amino acids/peptides. It could be applied for the estimation of the free amine group functionality by a UV-vis spectrophotometer.Quantum chemical calculations were used to determine the energetic viability of several mechanisms for formation of ladderanes from oligocyclopropanes. Pathways involving radical cations, diradicals, and carbocations were considered, and a hybrid of carbocation and radical cation pathways was predicted to have the lowest overall barrier.A unified CO2-amine reaction mechanism applicable to absorption in aqueous or nonaqueous solutions and to adsorption on immobilized amines in the presence of both dry and humid conditions is proposed. Key findings supported by theoretical calculations and experimental evidence are as follows (1) The formation of the 1,3-zwitterion, RH2N+-COO-, is highly unlikely because not only the associated four-membered mechanism has a high energy barrier, but also it is not consistent with the orbital symmetry requirements for chemical reactions. (2) The nucleophilic attack of CO2 by amines requires the catalytic assistance of a Bro̷nsted base through a six-membered mechanism to achieve proton transfer/exchange. An important consequence of this concerted mechanism is that the N and H atoms added to the C=O double bond do not originate from a single amine group. Using ethylenediamine for illustration, detailed description of the reaction pathway is reported using the reactive internal reaction coordinate as a new tool to visualize the reaction path. (3) In the presence of protic amines, the formation of ammonium bicarbonate/carbonate does not take place through the widely accepted hydration of carbamate/carbamic acid. Instead, water behaves as a nucleophile that attacks CO2 with catalytic assistance by amine groups, and carbamate/carbamic acid decomposes back to amine and CO2. (4) Generalization of the catalytic assistance concept to any Bro̷nsted base established through theoretical calculations was supported by infrared measurements. A unified six-membered mechanism was proposed to describe all possible interactions of CO2 with amines and water, each playing the role of a nucleophile and/or Bro̷nsted base, depending on the actual conditions.Formation of a segregated structure in conductive polymer composites is one of the most effective strategies for achieving good electrical conductivity and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding performance. Nevertheless, for low-melt-viscosity poly(lactic acid) (PLA), intense molecular motion occurs at the molding temperature, which is detrimental to the fixation of the conductive networks. In this study, a novel molding technique assisted by microwave heating was proposed to construct a segregated structure in a PLA/carbon nanotube (CNT) composite. The coating layer of CNTs acted as the microwave absorber and caused intense localized heating of PLA surfaces upon microwave irradiation. The surface temperature of the PLA granule was precisely regulated by adjusting the coated CNT content, microwave power, and irradiation time. Thus, the coated granules were softened and fused at an optimal sintering zone, which effectively hindered the excessive migration of CNT strips into the interior of PLA phases, and a majority retained the original CNT network in the molded composite. Meanwhile, benefiting from microwave sintering, sufficient chain diffusion and entanglement occurred in the interfacial regions, enhancing the adhesion strength among the neighboring PLA phases. The prepared PLA/CNT composite with only 5.0 wt % CNTs exhibited a high electrical conductivity of 16.3 S/m and an excellent EMI shielding effectiveness (EMI SE) of 36.7 dB at a frequency of 10.0 GHz. The results indicate that microwave-assisted sintering might be a promising alternative for constructing a segregated structure in low-melt-viscosity polymers.Biomass is a renewable and clean energy. Moreover, clean heating plays a vital role in solving issues related to the heating source structures in northern China. This paper reports on our novel technology a system of biomass (mainly fruitwood waste, referred to in short as FWW) gasification for simultaneous clean heating and fruitwood activated carbon (FAC) production. In particular, we will discuss the features of our gasification system and product characteristics, as well as energy efficiency, environmental benefits, and economic benefits. The results showed that the energy conversion from FWW gasification was as follows 48.10% hot gas, 49.08% fruitwood gasified carbon (FGC), and 2.82% energy loss. The NO x emissions of this system were about 126 mg/Nm3. The iodine adsorption values of the derived FGC and FAC were about 550 and 1000 mg/g, respectively. The system of gasification consumed 36 t of FWW per day, obtained 10 t of FGC, and produced 5 t of FAC. The emissions of CO2 were neutral during the operation, and the clean heating area was 4100 m2/d in Chengde, Hebei, China, with the payback period under one heating season. These results show that the system is practical, economical, energy-saving, and environmentally friendly.To investigate the dissolution characteristics of low-temperature thermal pretreatment conditions and the process of sludge fermentation to produce acid, the influence of thermal pretreatment temperature on the dissolution of excess sludge organic composition and the mechanism of cell crushing of sludge thermal pretreatment were analyzed by an experimental method, and the performance of acid production was explored by sludge fermentation after pretreatment at different temperatures. The performance of acid production by sludge fermentation after pretreatment at different temperatures was measured. The results proved that the soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD) shows the largest increase in dissolution rate (11.92%) at 70 °C and in dissolution quantity (6518.33 mg/L) at 90 °C. However, at 80 °C, the solubility of total organic carbon (TOC) is the highest (3224.47 mg/L), and at 70 °C, the best dissolution conditions for soluble carbohydrate (SC) and soluble protein (SP) reached 340.07 and 80.92 mg/L, respectireatment is 80 °C.A magnesium silicate polymeric coagulant (MgSiPC), which is an inorganic polymer for dye removal from wastewater, was prepared with different pH by copolymerization. The acidity was a key factor in the preparation of the MgSiPC. In the present research, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used to analyze the characterization of optimum coagulants. Additionally, the response surface method (RSM) was applied to optimize the process of coagulation-flocculation. The results of FT-IR and XRD implied that the main components of the MgSiPC with pH 1.50-2.50 were almost the same. SEM images showed that MgSiPCs with pH 1.50-2.50 exhibited different structures including cluster and lamellar shape structure, compact rod-like and network structure, and a kind of irregular geometry shape structure. In the process of coagulation-flocculation, MgSiPCs with pH 1.50-2.50 showed highly efficient coagulation performance. The removal rate of reactive yellow 2(RY2) could reach above 90% at a dosage of 50-70 mg/L and initial pH 12.00, while the removal rate of reactive blue 2 (RB2) could attain above 93% at a dosage of 50-80 mg/L and initial pH 12.00. Moreover, MgSiPCs with pH 2.00 had the highest efficiency. The results of RSM showed that the optimum combination of the MgSiPC's dosage and initial pH was 62 mg/L and 12.08 for RY2 and 78 mg/L and 12.00 for RB2, respectively. Under optimum experimental conditions, the predicted data from this model were 96% for RY2 and 100% for RB2, which was consistent with the actual experimental data. Therefore, a pH of 2.00 is considered to be the optimal acidity for preparing MgSiPCs.In this work, we propose the microwave-assisted hydrothermal activation method to synthesize supercapacitor electrode materials from corn straw under a small amount of the potassium catalyst (30 wt %), which can meet the environmental protection and low-cost requirement. With the extension of radiation time from 40 to 100 min, the pore structure of hydrochar expands from the micropore to hierarchical pore, and the microstructure evolves from an amorphous structure to graphene-like sheets. Microwave-assisted hydrothermal activation can control the synergistic development of hierarchical pore and graphene-like sheets of hydrochar under the condition of using a lesser amount of the catalyst. The as-obtained HTC-40/70/100 shows an excellent graphitization degree and the developed hierarchical pores. By comparing the electrochemical performance of the symmetrical capacitor devices composed of corn straw hydrochar and pyrochar in organic electrolytes, we have found that the hydrochar is suitable for organic system symmetric capacitance, and the pore structure and graphitization degree are closely related to the transmission of ions and electrons in the electrolyte. Therefore, HTC-100 with a high specific surface area (1781 m2/g) and highly ordered microstructure has the best electrochemical performance.Small ligands specific to tumor-associated antigens can be used as alternatives to antibodies for the delivery of small payloads such as radionuclides, cytotoxic drugs, and fluorophores. Their use as a delivery moiety of bioactive proteins such as cytokines remains largely unexplored. Here, we describe the preparation and in vivo characterization of the first small molecule-cytokine conjugate targeting carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX), a marker of renal cell carcinoma and hypoxia. Site-specific conjugation between interleukin-2 and acetazolamide was obtained by sortase A-mediated transpeptidation. Binding of the conjugate to the cognate CAIX antigen was confirmed by surface plasmon resonance. The in vivo targeting of structures expressing carbonic anhydrase IX was assessed by biodistribution experiments in tumor-bearing mice. Optimization of manufacturability and tumor-targeting performance of acetazolamide-cytokine products will be required in order to enable industrial applications.