Shanghai University

About: Shanghai University is a education organization based out in Shanghai, Shanghai, China. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Microstructure & Catalysis. The organization has 59583 authors who have published 56840 publications receiving 753549 citations. The organization is also known as: Shànghǎi Dàxué.

Interconnected tin disulfide nanosheets grown on graphene for Li-ion storage and photocatalytic applications.

Abstract: Reduced graphene oxide (RGO) nanosheet-supported SnS2 nanosheets are prepared by a one-step microwave-assisted technique. These SnS2 nanosheets are linked with each other and dispersed uniformly on RGO surface. The SnS2-RGO sheet-on-sheet nanostructure exhibits good electrochemical performances as an anode material for lithium ion batteries. It shows larger-than-theoretical reversible capacities at 0.1 C and excellent high-rate capability at 1 C and 5 C. The composite is also for the first time identified as an excellent visible light-driven catalyst of rhodamine B and phenol with high degradation efficiencies. The removal rates of rhodamine B and phenol are 100 and 83.2%, respectively, for the SnS2-RGO composite, whereas these values are only 64.8 and 51.5% for pristine SnS2 after the same irradiation times. The outstanding electrochemical or photocatalytic performances of the composite have been attributed to the complementary effect of RGO and SnS2 in the perfect sheet-on-sheet composition nanostructure.

Protein detection based on small molecule-linked DNA.

Abstract: Based on small molecule-linked DNA and the nicking endonuclease-assisted amplification (NEA) strategy, a novel electrochemical method for protein detection is proposed in this work. Specifically, the small molecule-linked DNA (probe 1) can be protected from exonuclease-catalyzed digestion upon binding to the protein target of the small molecule, so the DNA strand may hybridize with another DNA strand (probe 2) that is previously immobilized onto an electrode surface. Consequently, the NEA process is triggered, resulting in continuous removal of the DNA strands from the electrode surface, and the blocking effect against the electrochemical species [Fe(CN)6]3–/4– becomes increasingly lower; thus, increased electrochemical waves can be achieved. Because the whole process is activated by the target protein, an electrochemical method for protein quantification is developed. Taking folate receptor (FR) as an example in this work, we can determine the protein in a linear range from 0.3 to 15 ng/mL with a detecti...