Gelable and Adhesive Powder for Lethal Non-Compressible Hemorrhage Control

Hemostatic powders are widely used in clinical and emergency situations but often exhibit low wet adhesion, cytotoxicity concerns, and do not work well for lethal non-compressible hemorrhage. Here a new kind of gelable and adhesive powder (GAP) is developed, which integrates chitosan microspheres (CM), tetra-armed poly(ethylene glycol) amine (Tetra-PEG-NH₂), and tetra-armed poly(ethylene glycol) succinimidyl succinate (Tetra-PEG-SS). Upon application to the wound site, the macroporous CM can rapidly absorb the interfacial liquids, and meanwhile, the hydrated GAP turns into hydrogel (crosslinking between Tetra-PEG-SS and CM/Tetra-PEG-NH₂) with stable and robust adhesion to the wet tissue though covalent bonding. The in vitro and in vivo results suggest that the GAP with optimized formulation exhibits strong tissue adhesive, high burst pressure, and enhanced blood clotting ability, as well as excellent biocompatibility and on-demand removal properties. A significantly improved hemostatic efficacy is demonstrated in the rat liver, spleen, and femoral artery injury models compared to that of the CM, commercial fibrin glue, and Yunnan Baiyao (YB). The GAP can also halt the severe bleeding from pig visceral organs. Overall, the proposed GAP has many advantages including good biocompatibility, rapid and effective hemostasis, low cost, and ease of use, making it as a promising hemostat for lethal non-compressible hemorrhage control.     

新型壳聚糖/纳米二氧化硅杂化材料的制备与性能

在纳米S iO2颗粒表面引入羟丙基氯活性基团,得到功能化S iO2颗粒,再将羟丙基氯化的S iO2颗粒交联固定在壳聚糖上,制备了一种新型的壳聚糖/纳米S iO2杂化材料(简称杂化材料);通过傅里叶变换红外光谱、透射电镜、扫描电镜方法对杂化材料进行表征,采用热重(TG)分析研究杂化材料的热性能;考察了杂化材料的沉降速率和对金属离子Ca2+和M g2+的吸附能力。电镜分析结果表明,杂化材料微粒为纳米尺度的无机S iO2加强化的微粒,S iO2颗粒分散在材料中,形成均匀的表面;TG分析结果表明,杂化材料的热性能有所提高;沉降实验测得壳聚糖和杂化材料作为吸附剂的沉降时间分别为130.3,68.5s,表明杂化材料的沉降速率比壳聚糖的沉降速率快了近一倍;杂化材料对金属离子Ca2+和M g2+的吸附量分别可达到0.289 3,1.445 6mm ol/g。     

天然保鲜剂的配比优化及其对牛肉保鲜效果的影响

牛肉贮藏期间易被微生物污染而发生腐败变质。为延长冷鲜牛肉的货架期,使用无毒、健康、安全的天然保鲜剂对牛肉进行保鲜的研究备受关注。本试验采用抑菌试验,以大肠杆菌与金黄色葡萄球菌的对象菌,以抑菌圈直径为检测指标,进行了茶多酚、乳酸链球菌素(Nisin)、壳聚糖三种天然保鲜剂抑菌的单因素试验,得出三种保鲜剂适合的抑菌浓度;采用正交试验优化了三种天然保鲜剂协同保鲜的配比。并以未经保鲜剂处理的冷藏牛肉为对照,进行了该天然保鲜剂对冷藏牛肉保鲜效果的研究。研究结果表明:三种天然保鲜剂协同抑菌的最适配比为:0.10%茶多酚+1.00%壳聚糖+0.08%Nisin,可将牛肉的货架期从5 d延长至11 d。本研究为冷鲜牛肉的保鲜开发出一种天然保鲜剂,对牛肉产业的发展提供一定的技术指导。     

Biomimetic Lamellar Chitosan Scaffold for Soft Gingival Tissue Regeneration

Mucogingival surgery has become a common procedure for soft gingival tissue reparation in dental clinical practice, which mainly relies on autograft or commercial collagen membranes (CM). However, the autograft faces grand challenges in source availability and long-term post-surgery pain management, and the CM is restricted by its poor mechanical properties in an aqueous environment. Here, it is reported that a bio-inspired lamellar chitosan scaffold (LCS) with long range ordered porous structure, manufactured through a bidirectional freezing method, can serve as a promising gingival tissue engineering material. The LCS not only exhibits excellent mechanical properties in the hydrated state but also accelerates vessel formation and soft tissue regeneration in vivo. Most interestingly, the LCS is found to be capable of inducing macrophage differentiation to M2 macrophages, which is thought to play an important role in tissue regeneration. These advantages combined with its easy and low-cost preparation process make the LCS a promising candidate for dental clinical applications.     

壳聚糖涂层法固定化脂肪酶的研究

研究了壳聚糖涂层在纤维素滤纸上成膜后再固定化猪胰脂肪酶的最佳条件。结果表明,当戊二醛浓度为５％,活化１２ｈ,与ｐＨ７．６的酶的磷酸盐缓冲溶液于室温（１５℃）交联１２ｈ,获得的固定化酶活最高,为０．２６Ｕ／ｃｍ２。固定化酶最适温度４０℃,比游离酶提高了５℃;最适ｐＨ８．５,与游离酶相比,向碱性偏移了０．５个ｐＨ     

Photonic Hydrogels from Chiral Nematic Mesoporous Chitosan Nanofibril Assemblies

Iridescence in animals and plants often arises from structural coloration, which involves hierarchical organization of minerals and biopolymers over length scales of the visible spectrum, leading to diffraction of light. In this work, discarded crustacean shells that are not known for their structural colors are used to produce photonic nanostructures of large, freestanding chiral nematic mesoporous chitosan membranes with tunable iridescent color. Bioinspired by colorful nanostructures in nature, photonic hydrogels with Bouligand‐type organization are fabricated from the twisted mesoporous membranes, where the chitosan nanofibrils are a novel precursor for surface acetylation and are also a biotemplate for polymerizing methyl methacrylate. The colors of the hydrogels can be tailored by swelling as they show large volume changes in response to changes in solvent environment.     

纸基柔性RFID标签金属天线制备

纸张基材具备的多孔特性使其表面的液体材料产生了渗透、扩散等现象,因此在纸基的表面利用化学镀形成RFID标签金属天线极为困难。针对这个问题,文中采用氯化亚锡胶体溶液对纸张表面进行处理以避免转印油墨渗透。为进一步提高RFID标签天线金属层的导电性和附着力,采用壳聚糖溶液处理纸张基板表面以引入对催化离子具有吸附性的功能基团。SEM、XRD、EDS和附着力测试证明,文中所制备RFID标签天线的金属层表面具有致密、结晶度高、附着力良好、电阻率低(2.58×10 ^-8 Ω·cm)且机械性能良好(1 000次弯曲)等优点。     

Enhanced Physiochemical and Mechanical Performance of Chitosan‐Grafted Graphene Oxide for Superior Osteoinductivity

The regeneration of artificial bone substitutes is a potential strategy for repairing bone defects. However, the development of substitutes with appropriate osteoinductivity and physiochemical properties, such as water uptake and retention, mechanical properties, and biodegradation, remains challenging. Therefore, there is a motivation to develop new synthetic grafts that possess good biocompatibility, physiochemical properties, and osteoinductivity. Here, we fabricate a biocompatible scaffold through the covalent crosslinking of graphene oxide (GO) and carboxymethyl chitosan (CMC). The resulting GO‐CMC scaffold shows significant high water retention (44% water loss) compared with unmodified CMC scaffolds (120% water loss) due to a steric hindrance effect. The modulus and hardness of the GO‐CMC scaffold are 2.75‐ and 3.51‐fold higher, respectively, than those of the CMC scaffold. Furthermore, the osteoinductivity of the GO‐CMC scaffold is enhanced due to the π–π stacking interactions of the GO sheets, which result in striking upregulation of osteogenesis‐related genes, including osteopontin, bone sialoprotein, osterix, osteocalcin, and alkaline phosphatase. Finally, the GO‐CMC scaffold exhibits excellent reparative effects in repairing rat calvarial defects via the synergistic effects of GO and bone morphogenetic protein‐2. This study provides new insights for developing bone substitutes for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.     

Enzymatic Writing to Soft Films: Potential to Filter,Store, and Analyze Biologically Relevant Chemical Information

Sensor‐based chemical analyses commonly enlist either the molecular recognition capabilities of biology (e.g., enzyme biosensors) or advanced information processing algorithms (e.g., the electronic nose). Here, a hybrid approach is proposed in which an enzyme is used to “filter” chemical information and write this information to a film which then serves as a permanent storage medium that can be ‘read’ repeatedly, interactively, and by multiple sensor modalities. This approach is demonstrated by analyzing common dietary phenols that are reported to offer health benefits. Specifically, the enzyme tyrosinase is used to convert these phenols into reactive quinones that graft (i.e., write) to a chitosan film. Grafting can be detected by optical, mechanical, and electrochemical sensors. Importantly, grafting confers redox activity to the films and this redox activity can be probed interactively by advanced electrochemical methods that allow the intrinsic redox reactivities to be compared, redox interactions to be identified, and biologically relevant redox activities to be examined. The transfer of chemical and biological information to a film is envisioned to provide broader access to the extensive capabilities offered by sensor technologies and signal processing methodologies.