The preparation of nano-ZnO/alginate films with strong antibacterial activity that can be used as a new type of wound healing agent in the future is reported. The films are of great significance for the development of new antibacterial agents.

Layered Ti₃C₂ materials were successfully fabricated from Ti₃AlC₂ using the low- temperature hydrothermal method in aqueous solutions of TFA. In solvothermal reactions, the TFA released the F negative ions and then reacted with the Al atomic layers to form 2D Ti₃C₂ materials with layered structure, without the need for corrosive HF.

N,S-Chelating triazole-thioether palladium for the one-pot coupling of aryl halides with bis(pinacolato)diboron is reported for the first time. By changing the surrounding environment of the coordinating sulfur atom, we designed and synthesized oxidized and bulky thioether-substituted triazole ligands, and investigated the catalytic performance of the palladium/triazole system.

The Henry reaction is an important C–C bond-forming reaction giving nitro alkanols, which are useful versatile intermediates in synthetic organic chemistry and the pharmaceutical industry. Among the catalysts employed in the Henry reaction, transition metal complexes and nanoparticles play an important role. This review summarizes the transition metal complex catalysts, metal-free organic catalysts and nanoparticle catalysts for the Henry reaction reported since 2020.

A polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/SiO₂ organic-inorganic hybrid membrane was fabricated using γ-(2,3)-glycidoxy propyl trimethoxysilane (GPTMS) and 3-aminopropyl triethoxysilane (APTEOS) as second coupling agents. The appropriate amount of the second coupling agent of APTEOS or GPTMS effectively prevented the aggregation of silica particles and yielded a more homogeneous dispersion of silica nanoparticles in the PVA matrix. The modified PVA-SiO₂/polyacrylonitrile (PAN) composite membrane displayed better dehydration performance in ethyl acetate (EAc) aqueous solutions. The static and dynamic sorptions of PVA-SiO₂ hybrid membrane in different EAc/H₂O solutions were investigated. At the first 10 min in the whole sorption process, the degree of swelling (DS) of membrane increases quickly in solutions with different water concentrations. After the membrane reaches sorption equilibrium in solutions, the DS remains almost unchanged in the later stage of sorption.

The kinetics of the oxidation of ascorbate can be directly related to the concentration of Cu^II, which acts as a catalyst.