We present a synergistic experimental and theoretical study of CO(2)/CH(4) mixture coadsorption in breathing metal-organic framework MIL-53(Al). Mixture adsorption experiments were performed and their results were analyzed by comparing them to predictions made from pure-component adsorption data using the Osmotic Framework Adsorption Solution Theory (OFAST). This analytical model, fully validat...

M frameworks (MOFs) represent a new class of porous crystals, which has attracted physicists and material scientists worldwide due to their extraordinary physicochemical and mechanical properties and potential applications in energy and biomedicine fields. Recent discovery of structural transformations between large-pore (lp) and narrow-pore (np) conformations in MOFs of MIL-53 type and others ...

H3PMo12O40 molecules have been successfully encapsulated in the cavities of MIL-100(Fe) via a facile hydrothermal method (denoted as HPMo@MIL-100(Fe)). A series of characterization has corroborated the insertion of H3PMo12O40 within the cavities of MIL-100(Fe). The resulting HPMo@MIL-100(Fe) nanocomposites have exhibited much higher photoactivity than the original-MIL-100(Fe) toward the photoca...

A molecular simulation study is reported on glucose recovery from aqueous solutions by adsorption in metal-organic framework MIL-101. The F atom of MIL-101 is identified to be the most favorable adsorption site. Among three MIL-101-X (X = H, NH2 or CH3), the parent MIL-101 exhibits the highest adsorption capacity and recovery efficacy. Upon functionalization by -NH2 or -CH3 group, the steric hi...

Expansion of mature neutrophils has been observed in mice lacking the murine interleukin (IL) 8 receptor homolog [mIL-8Rh(-/-)], and human (hu) IL-8 suppresses proliferation of primitive myeloid cells in vitro and in vivo. To evaluate involvement and relevance of murine IL-8 receptor homolog (mIL-8Rh) in negative regulation of myelopoiesis, we studied mIL-8Rh(-/-) and (+/+) mice raised in a nor...

Introduction: Noninvasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and targeted drug delivery systems, usually referred to as theranostic agents, are being developed to enable detection, site-specific treatment, and long-term monitoring.   Materials and Methods: To elucidate the effects of coating on cellular uptake and biodistribution of n...

Plasmacytoma transformants of the X63-Ag8-653 cell line carrying an expression vector with either IL-2, -3, -4, or -5 cDNA were established that secrete the corresponding ILs at high rates. The four mouse ILs (mILs) were then tested as single ILs and in combinations for their effects on the maturation of resting and proliferation of activated normal mouse splenic B cells. mIL-3 and mIL-4 were i...

The objective of the present study was to investigate the effects of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) genetically modified by lentivirus-mediated mouse interleukin-12 (Lenti-mIL-12) in treating malignant ascites in mice. The in vitro chemotactic effect of Lenti-mIL-12-MSC culture supernatant on dendritic cells was investigated using a chemotaxis chamber. Liver cancer H22 and MethA ascites models w...