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08 2018
Recently, under the supervision of Prof. LI Yuliang, a research team led by Prof. HUANG Changshui from Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has rational designed and synthesized a new 2D carbon material named fluoride graphdiyne (F-GDY). With the rapid development of the wearable electronics and implantable medical devices, there is a growing demand for flexible batteries with high energy and power density as well as long cycle life. 2D materials are expected to be good candidate ...
05
07 2018
Recently, researchers from a collaborative team of Dr. LI Shengjun’s group at Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and Dr. LI Yunhai’s group at Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS, and Dr. YU Bin’s group at University of Nebraska-Lincoln identified the function of SMA1 gene in plant miRNA generation. The growth, development, and yield of plants are greatly affected by various biotic and abiotic stresses, such as bacteria, fungi, pests, drought, salt, and temperature stresses. Plants need to tightly control the developmental progress and stress...
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06 2018
Recently, the research team led by Prof. JIANG Heqing from Qingdao Key Laboratory of Functional Membrane Material and Membrane Technology, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), reported a facile nanocomposite strategy to fabricate the carbon based photothermal membrane with controllable microstructure and high solar-driven evaporation efficiency, which has been published as Journal of Materials Chemistry A. Lately, bio-inspired by the auricle with concave surface for efficient sound collection, we designed a series of macro-scaled 3D photothermal cones to further improve the water evaporation performance. Fresh water generation inspired by the natural solar-driven evaporation has been widely utilized to relieve the fresh water scarcity. To accelerate the water evaporation to the maximum, variety of photothermal materials have been introduced into t...
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06 2018
Recently, a collaborative team from Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) that consists of Professor LI Shengying Li’s group at Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Professors Guoping Zhao’s and Prof. Youli Xiao’s groups at Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, and Prof. Gong-Li Tang’s group at Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, completely elucidated the long mystery on late rifamycin biosynthesis.
Tuberculosis is a serious infectious disease. It has caused a huge number of human deaths in history and remains a threat to public health.
The most effective drug to treat tuberculosis is the specific broad spectrum antibiotic. Rifamycins, th...
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06 2018
Recently, the research team led by Dr. LI Bin from Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), extracted lignin-containing cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) via a one-step recoverable organic acid hydrolysis plus homogenization in dimethylacetamide (DMAC). The resultant CNFs were directly used to fabricate strong, flexible, and water resistant CNP without any complex chemical modification. Cellulose nanopaper (CNP) has potential application in the fields of electronic devices, visual display substrates, batteries, barrier material due to its renewability, light-weight, low thermal expansion, excellent mechanical properties and optic...
08
05 2018
Recently, a research team led by Prof. LI Fuli from Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), proposed a wirewalking mode for processive degradation of crystalline cellulose by an endoglucanase, which provided insights for rational design of industrial cellulases. Cellulose is the earth’s most abundant biopolymer which is responsible for the structural integrity of plants. Processive cellulases are essential in crystalline cellulose degradation as they continuously catalyze and slide along the cellulose ch...
