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Publication date: April 2018
Source:Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, Volume 44, Issue 4





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Publication date: April 2018
Source:Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, Volume 44, Issue 4





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Differentiation of Inflammatory From Fibrotic Ileal Strictures among Patients with Crohn's Disease Based on Visual Analysis: Feasibility Study Combining Conventional B-Mode Ultrasound, Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound and Strain Elastography

Publication date: April 2018
Source:Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, Volume 44, Issue 4
Author(s): Emilio Quaia, Antonio Giulio Gennari, Maria Assunta Cova, Edwin J.R. van Beek
The aim of this pilot study was to assess prospectively the feasibility of conventional B-mode ultrasound (US) and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) combined with real-time strain elastography (SE) in the differentiation of inflammatory from fibrotic ileal strictures among patients with Crohn's disease (CD) based on visual analysis. Twenty non-consecutive patients (15 male and 5 female; mean age ± standard deviation, 40.2 ± 10.22 y) with CD and stricture of the terminal ileal loop were scanned by conventional B-mode US and CEUS and, subsequently, by real-time SE. Two independent readers visually classified each bowel stricture as fibrotic or inflammatory based on conventional B-mode US, CEUS, SE, individually and then for all techniques combined. All techniques combined had a higher (p < 0.05) sensitivity (reader 1, 9/20 [45%]; reader 2, 7/20 [35%]), specificity (reader 1, 5/20 [25%]; reader 2, 8/20 [40%]) and diagnostic accuracy (reader 1, 14/20 [70%]; reader 2, 15/20 [75%]) and higher (p < 0.05) area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (reader 1, 0.953; reader 2, 0.921) than individual techniques. Inter-reader agreement was fair for conventional B-mode US (k = 0.46) and CEUS (k = 0.39), moderate for SE (k = 0.6) and fair for all techniques combined (k = 0.38). Conventional B-mode US and CEUS, in combination with SE, may improve differentiation of inflammatory from fibrotic ileal strictures among patients with CD based on visual analysis.



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Point Shear Wave Elastography of the Spleen: Its Role in Patients with Portal Hypertension

Publication date: April 2018
Source:Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, Volume 44, Issue 4
Author(s): Natalie Lucchina, Chiara Recaldini, Monica Macchi, Valeria Molinelli, Mario Montanari, Sergio Segato, Raffaele Novario, Carlo Fugazzola
The goals of the study described here were to evaluate the feasibility and reproducibility of measuring spleen stiffness (SS) using point shear wave elastography in a series of cirrhotic patients and to investigate whether SS, liver stiffness (LS) and other non-invasive parameters are correlated with the presence of esophagogastric varices (EVs). Fifty-four cirrhotic patients with low-grade EVs or without EVs at esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy were enrolled. They underwent abdominal ultrasound and Doppler ultrasound of hepatic vessels simultaneously with p-SWE of the liver and spleen. In 42 patients, the accuracy of LS and SS, as well as of platelet count and spleen longitudinal diameter, in predicting the presence of EVs was evaluated. The technical success was 90.74% for LS (49/54 patients) and 77.78% for SS (42/54 patients). Inter-observer agreement for SS measurement was high. Both LS and SS correlated with esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy: LS had the highest accuracy in predicting the presence of EVs (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve [AUROC] = 0.913); SS had the lowest accuracy (AUROC = 0.675); platelet count and spleen diameter had intermediate accuracy (AUROC = 0.731 and 0.729, respectively). SS did not have an advantage over LS in predicting low-grade EVs and cannot be proposed as a useful tool in the diagnostic process of cirrhotic patients who require screening esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy.



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Clinical Utility of Fetal Short-Lag Spatial Coherence Imaging

Publication date: April 2018
Source:Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, Volume 44, Issue 4
Author(s): Will Long, Dongwoon Hyun, Kingshuk Roy Choudhury, David Bradway, Patricia McNally, Brita Boyd, Sarah Ellestad, Gregg E. Trahey
In this study, we evaluate the clinical utility of fetal short-lag spatial coherence (SLSC) imaging. Previous work has documented significant improvements in image quality with fetal SLSC imaging as quantified by measurements of contrast and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR). The objective of this study was to examine whether this improved technical efficacy is indicative of the clinical utility of SLSC imaging. Eighteen healthy volunteers in their first and second trimesters of pregnancy were scanned using a modified Siemens SC2000 clinical scanner. Raw channel data were acquired for routinely examined fetal organs and used to generate fully matched raw and post-processed harmonic B-mode and SLSC image sequences, which were subsequently optimized for dynamic range and other imaging parameters by a blinded sonographer. Optimized videos were reviewed in matched B-mode and SLSC pairs by three blinded clinicians who scored each video based on overall quality, target conspicuity and border definition. SLSC imaging was highly favored over conventional imaging with SLSC scoring equal to (28.2 ± 10.5%) or higher than (63.9 ± 12.9%) B-mode for video pairs across all examined structures and processing conditions. Multivariate modeling revealed that SLSC imaging is a significant predictor of improved image quality with p ≤ 0.002. Expert-user scores for image quality support the application of SLSC in fetal ultrasound imaging.



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Assessing Risk Category of Breast Cancer by Ultrasound Imaging Characteristics

Publication date: April 2018
Source:Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, Volume 44, Issue 4
Author(s): Qiang Guo, Lei Zhang, Zhixin Di, Chunping Ning, Zhiwu Dong, Ziyao Li, Dongmo Wang, Chong Liu, Ming Zhao, Jiawei Tian
The purpose of our study was to assess the potential clinical value of ultrasound imaging in predicting risk category in patients with breast cancer. Three hundred thirty-six patients were enrolled and divided into a high-risk group (99, 29.5%) and mid- to low-risk group (237, 70.5%) according to the St. Gallen risk criteria. All data were retrospectively collected to analyze correlations between ultrasound features and risk category. The results revealed that the ultrasound features of irregular shape (p = 0.002), vertical growth orientation (p = 0.002), angular contour (p = 0.022) and high color Doppler flow imaging grade (p = 0.001) tended to be present in images of the high-risk group. Therefore, tumor ultrasound features should be recognized as an ideal option for determination of risk category in patients with breast cancer.



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Characteristic Echocardiographic Manifestations of Behçet's Disease

Publication date: April 2018
Source:Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, Volume 44, Issue 4
Author(s): Lihong Pu, Rongjuan Li, Jinjie Xie, Ya Yang, Guowen Liu, Yueli Wang, Yijia Li
The objective of this study was to determine the characteristic echocardiographic manifestations of Behçet's disease. Ninety-seven Behçet's patients admitted to our hospital from January 2002 to December 2016 were retrospectively analyzed. There were 63 patients (64.9%) with cardiac involvement; these included 47 men (74.6%) and 16 women (25.4%). Of these 63 patients, most (74.6%) exhibited valvular lesions, especially aortic regurgitation. The primary characteristic manifestations of valves were cusp prolapse with aneurysmal changes, vegetation-like lesions and echo-free spaces within the annulus. Second (30.0%) were aortic lesions, including aortic dilation or aneurysm formation, aortic pseudoaneurysm and coronary sinus aneurysm. Other manifestations, such as cardiac thrombosis, coronary arterial pseudoaneurysm, pulmonary aneurysm and pericardial effusion, were rare. Cardiac involvement is not uncommon in Behçet's patients, especially in males, and it is characterized by valvular disease, especially aortic regurgitation. The diagnosis of Behçet's disease should be considered when evaluating patients with these characteristic echocardiographic manifestations.



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Ultrasound-Mediated Microbubble Destruction Suppresses Melanoma Tumor Growth

Publication date: April 2018
Source:Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, Volume 44, Issue 4
Author(s): Kee W. Jang, Dongrim Seol, Lei Ding, Tae-Hong Lim, Joseph A. Frank, James A. Martin
Melanoma is one of the most aggressive types of cancer, and its incidence has increased rapidly in the past few decades. In this study, we investigated a novel treatment approach, the use of low-intensity ultrasound (2.3 W/cm² at 1 MHz)-mediated Optison microbubble (MB) destruction (UMMD) to treat melanoma in a flank tumor model. The effect of UMMD was first evaluated in the melanoma cell line B16 F10 (B16) in vitro and then in mice inoculated with B16 cells. MB⁺B16 cells were exposed to US in vitro, resulting in significant cell death proportional to duty cycle (R² = 0.74): approximately 30%, 50%, 80% and 80% cell death at 10%, 30%, 50% and 100% DC respectively. Direct implantation of tumors with MBs, followed by sonication, resulted in retarded tumor growth and improved survival (p = 0.0106). Immunohistochemical analyses confirmed the significant changes in expression of the cell proliferation marker Ki67 (p = 0.037) and a microtubule-associated protein 2 (p = 0.048) after US + MB treatment. These results suggest that UMMD could be used as a possible treatment approach in isolated melanoma and has the potential to translate to clinical trials.



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Quantitative Evaluation of Combretastatin A4 Phosphate Early Efficacy in a Tumor Model with Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound

Publication date: April 2018
Source:Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, Volume 44, Issue 4
Author(s): Pingyu Zhang, Yihan Chen, JinFeng Liu, Yali Yang, Qing Lv, Jing Wang, Li Zhang, Mingxing Xie
Combretastatin A4 phosphate (CA4P) is a vascular disrupting agent that rapidly shuts down blood supply to tumors. Early monitoring of tumor perfusion plays a crucial role in determining the optimal strategy to managing treatment and guiding future therapy. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential value of dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in quantitative evaluation of tumor perfusion at an early stage in CA4P therapy. Central and peripheral perfusion of tumors was detected by CEUS pre-treatment (0 h) and 2, 12 and 48 h after CA4P injection. Two perfusion parameters, maximum intensity (IMAX) and time to peak (TTP), were calculated from the time–intensity curve. After CEUS, the efficacy of CA4P was immediately confirmed by immunofluorescence assay and hematoxylin and eosin, Hoechst 33342 and fluorescein isothiocyanate–lectin staining. In CEUS of the center region of tumors, IMAX gradually decreased from 0 to 12 h and regrew at 48 h (p < 0.01). TTP increased only at 2 h. In the peripheral regions, IMAX did not change obviously from 0 to 12 h (p > 0.05) and just increased at 48 h (p < 0.01). The TTP of peripheral regions had the same tendency to vary tendency as that of center regions. In addition, microvascular density (MVD), vascular perfusion and necrotic area of the tumor were quantitatively analyzed. A close correlation between IMAX and MVD was observed in the center areas of tumors (r = 0.72, p < 0.01), whereas the correlation between IMAX and MVD in peripheral areas was weak (r = 0.37, p < 0.01). However, IMAX was positively correlated with tumor perfusion in both center and peripheral areas of tumors (r = 0.82, p < 0.01, and r = 0.63, p < 0.01, respectively). Consequently, IMAX was a reliable indicator of tumor perfusion evaluation by CEUS. The use of CEUS to quantify tumor perfusion could a promising method for the early detection of tumor responses in anti-vascular treatment.



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Quantitative Evaluation of Enzyme-Induced Porcine Articular Cartilage Degeneration Based on Observation of Entire Cartilage Layer Using Ultrasound

Publication date: April 2018
Source:Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, Volume 44, Issue 4
Author(s): Jingchen Zhang, Liying Xiao, Lingying Tong, Chao Wan, Zhixiu Hao
Enzyme-induced articular cartilage degeneration resembling osteoarthritis was evaluated using a newly defined acoustic parameter, the "averaged magnitude ratio" (AMR), which has been suggested as an indicator of articular cartilage degeneration. In vitro experiments were conducted on porcine cartilage samples digested with trypsin for 2 h (n = 10) and 4 h (n = 13) and healthy control samples (n = 13). AMR was determined with 15- and 25-MHz ultrasound, and the integrated reflection coefficient (IRC) and apparent integrated backscattering coefficient (AIB) were also calculated for comparison. The Young's modulus of superficial cartilage was measured using atomic force microscopy. Performance of the AMR differs between 15 and 25 MHz, possibly because of frequency-related attenuation and resolution of ultrasound. At the proper settings, AMR exhibited a competence similar to that of IRC and AIB in detecting cartilage degeneration and could also detect differences in deeper positions. Furthermore, AMR has the advantages of being easy to measure and requiring no reference material.



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Multidirectional Estimation of Arterial Stiffness Using Vascular Guided Wave Imaging with Geometry Correction

Publication date: April 2018
Source:Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, Volume 44, Issue 4
Author(s): Yuexin Guo, Yahua Wang, Enoch Jing-Han Chang, Wei-Ning Lee
We previously found that vascular guided wave imaging (VGWI) could non-invasively quantify transmural wall stiffness in both the longitudinal (r–z plane, 0°) and circumferential (r–θ plane, 90°) directions of soft hollow cylinders. Arterial stiffness estimation in multiple directions warrants further comprehensive characterization of arterial health, especially in the presence of asymmetric plaques, but is currently lacking. This study therefore investigated the multidirectional estimation of the arterial Young's modulus in a finite-element model, in vitro artery-mimicking phantoms and an excised porcine aorta. A longitudinal pre-stretch of 20% and/or lumen pressure (15 or 70 mm Hg) was additionally introduced to pre-condition the phantoms for emulating the intrinsic mechanical anisotropy of the real artery. The guided wave propagation was approximated by a zero-order antisymmetric Lamb wave model. Shape factor, which was defined as the ratio of inner radius to thickness, was calculated over the entire segment of each planar cross section of the hollow cylindrical structure at a full rotation (0°–360° at 10° increments) about the radial axis. The view-dependent geometry of the cross segment was found to affect the guided wave propagation, causing Young's modulus overestimation in four angular intervals along the propagation pathway, all of which corresponded to wall regions with low shape factors (<1.5). As validated by mechanical tensile testing, the results indicate not only that excluding the propagation pathway with low shape factors could correct the overestimation of Young's modulus, but also that VGWI could portray the anisotropy of hollow cylindrical structures and the porcine aorta based on the derived fractional anisotropy values from multidirectional modulus estimates. This study may serve as an important step toward 3-D assessment of the mechanical properties of the artery.



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High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) Heating Improves Perfusion and Antimicrobial Efficacy in Mouse Staphylococcus Abscess

Publication date: April 2018
Source:Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, Volume 44, Issue 4
Author(s): Rachel Wardlow, Kaustuv Sahoo, Danielle Dugat, Jerry Malayer, Ashish Ranjan
Chronic wounds typically require long-duration treatment with a combination of antibiotics administered systemically. This incurs adverse side effects and can require aversive surgical treatments and limb amputations. To improve non-invasive antimicrobial therapy, the objective of this study was to investigate antimicrobial chemotherapy combined with high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) heating (HT). A Staphylococcus aureus abscess (80 ± 30 mm³) was generated in the mouse flank region. Once the average temperature (~42 °C–46 °C) in the abscess was reached with HIFU-HT, a broad-spectrum antimicrobial (ciprofloxacin, 10 mg/kg) and perfusion marker (Evans blue dye, 40 mg/kg wt) were administered intravenously via the tail vein. Four hours later, mean abscess perfusion and colony-forming units (CFUs) per gram of abscess were determined. HIFU-HT increased abscess perfusion by ~2.5-fold (4 ± 0.6 µg/mL Evans blue) compared with control (1.5 ± 0.7 µg/mL), and improved antimicrobial efficacy to decrease percentage average survival of S. aureus by ~20% (46 ± 7 CFUs/g of abscess) versus that seen with ciprofloxacin alone (61 ± 4 CFU/g). Our in vivo data suggest that HIFU-HT can improve antimicrobial treatment responses against deep-seated bacteria in abscess wounds via enhanced perfusion.



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Publication date: April 2018
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Quantitative Evaluation of Hepatic Microvascular Perfusion after Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury in Rabbits by Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Perfusion Imaging

Publication date: Available online 22 February 2018
Source:Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
Author(s): Fang Xie, Xiang Fei, Ming-Bo Zhang, Yan Zhang, Hong-Wei Wang, Jie Tang, Wen-Bo Tang, Yu-Kun Luo
The aim of this study was to evaluate microvascular perfusion after liver ischemia–reperfusion injury (IRI) in rabbits using the "flash-replenishment" method of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) perfusion imaging. Twenty-eight rabbits underwent either 30, 60 or 90 min of ischemia and 120 min of reperfusion. CEUS perfusion imaging was performed using the "flash-replenishment" model, and hepatic microvascular perfusion parameters, including peak intensity (PI), area under the curve (AUC), and hepatic artery-to-vein transit time (HA-HVTT), were calculated. Prolonged ischemia upregulated intracellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), alanine transaminase (ALT) and aspartate transaminase (AST) levels. Longer ischemia decreased PI and AUC, but increased HA-HVTT. The perfusion parameters were significantly correlated with Suzuki's pathology scores and ALT and AST levels. The "flash-replenishment" method of CEUS perfusion imaging is an accurate and non-invasive method for evaluating hepatic microvascular perfusion and provides a valuable experimental basis for early prediction of liver IRI damage after liver transplantation or liver resection.



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Lower pulse frequency, and not longer stimulus duration, helps reduce seizure threshold in ECT

Publication date: Available online 22 February 2018
Source:Brain Stimulation
Author(s): Milind Vijay Thanki, Sayantanava Mitra, Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar, Jagadisha Thirthalli, Bangalore N. Gangadhar




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Task-dependent activation of distinct fast and slow(er) motor pathways during motor imagery

Publication date: Available online 22 February 2018
Source:Brain Stimulation
Author(s): Martin Keller, Wolfgang Taube, Benedikt Lauber
BackgroundMotor imagery and actual movements share overlapping activation of brain areas but little is known about task-specific activation of distinct motor pathways during mental simulation of movements. For real contractions, it was demonstrated that the slow(er) motor pathways are activated differently in ballistic compared to tonic contractions but it is unknown if this also holds true for imagined contractions.ObjectiveThe aim of the present study was to assess the activity of fast and slow(er) motor pathways during mentally simulated movements of ballistic and tonic contractions.MethodsH-reflexes were conditioned with transcranial magnetic stimulation at different interstimulus intervals to assess the excitability of fast and slow(er) motor pathways during a) the execution of tonic and ballistic contractions, b) motor imagery of these contraction types, and c) at rest.ResultsIn contrast to the fast motor pathways, the slow(er) pathways displayed a task-specific activation: for imagined ballistic as well as real ballistic contractions, the activation was reduced compared to rest whereas enhanced activation was found for imagined tonic and real tonic contractions.ConclusionsThis study provides evidence that the excitability of fast and slow(er) motor pathways during motor imagery resembles the activation pattern observed during real contractions. The findings indicate that motor imagery results in task- and pathway-specific subliminal activation of distinct subsets of neurons in the primary motor cortex.



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Different macaque models of cognitive aging exhibit task-dependent behavioral disparities

Publication date: 15 May 2018
Source:Behavioural Brain Research, Volume 344
Author(s): Alison E. Comrie, Daniel T. Gray, Anne C. Smith, Carol A. Barnes
Deficits in cognitive functions that rely on the integrity of the frontal and temporal lobes are characteristic of normative human aging. Due to similar aging phenotypes and homologous cortical organization between nonhuman primates and humans, several species of macaque monkeys are used as models to explore brain senescence. These macaque species are typically regarded as equivalent models of cognitive aging, yet no direct comparisons have been made to support this assumption. Here we used adult and aged rhesus and bonnet macaques (Macaca mulatta and Macaca radiata) to characterize the effect of age on acquisition and retention of information across delays in a battery of behavioral tasks that rely on prefrontal cortex and medial temporal lobe networks. The cognitive functions that were tested include visuospatial short-term memory, object recognition memory, and object-reward association memory. In general, bonnet macaques at all ages outperformed rhesus macaques on tasks thought to rely primarily on the prefrontal cortex, and were more resilient to age-related deficits in these behaviors. On the other hand, both species were comparably impaired by age on tasks thought to preferentially engage the medial temporal lobe. Together, these results suggest that rhesus and bonnet macaques are not equivalent models of cognitive aging and highlight the value of cross-species comparisons. These observations should enable improved design and interpretation of future experiments aimed at understanding changes in cognition across the lifespan.



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Androgen receptor mediated epigenetic regulation of CRISP3 promoter in prostate cancer cells

Publication date: Available online 22 February 2018
Source:The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Author(s): Bhakti R. Pathak, Ananya A. Breed, Priyanka Deshmukh, Smita D. Mahale
Cysteine-rich secretory protein 3 (CRISP3) is one of the most upregulated genes in prostate cancer. Androgen receptor (AR) plays an important role not only in initial stages of prostate cancer development but also in the advanced stage of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Role of AR in regulation of CRISP3 expression is not yet known. In order to understand the regulation of CRISP3 expression, various overlapping fragments of CRISP3 promoter were cloned in pGL3 luciferase reporter vector. All constructs were transiently and stably transfected in PC3 (CRISP3 negative) and LNCaP (CRISP3 positive) cell lines and promoter activity was measured by luciferase assay. Promoter activity of LNCaP stable clones was significantly higher than PC3 stable clones. Further in CRISP3 negative PC3 and RWPE-1 cells, CRISP3 promoter was shown to be silenced by histone deacetylation. Treatment of LNCaP cells with DHT resulted in increase in levels of CRISP3 transcript and protein. AR dependency of CRISP3 promoter was also evaluated in LNCaP stable clones by luciferase assay. To provide molecular evidence of epigenetic regulation of CRISP3 promoter and its response to DHT, ChIP PCR was performed in PC3 and LNCaP cells. Our results demonstrate that CRISP3 expression in prostate cancer cells is androgen dependent and in AR positive cells, CRISP3 promoter is epigenetically regulated by AR.



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Mechanistic insight into the quantitative synthesis of acetic acid by direct conversion of CH4 and CO2: An experimental and theoretical approach

Publication date: 5 August 2018
Source:Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Volume 229
Author(s): Raghavendra Shavi, Jeonghyun Ko, Ara Cho, Jeong Woo Han, Jeong Gil Seo
Conversion of CH4 and CO2 into value-added products has vital environmental and economic importance. Their direct conversion to acetic acid is challenging due to their high activation energy. Hence, kinetic and mechanistic information are crucial for the carbonylation of CH4 with CO2. Regarding this, single and dual component catalysts with different combinations of ZnO-, CeO2-, and MnO2- supported montmorillonite (MMT) were prepared and characterized by XPS, Raman, and XRD. Quick solid-state NMR, TGA, and FT-IR techniques were used and Langmuir-Hinshelwood model was considered to investigate mechanistic steps involved in the conversion of CH4 and CO2 to acetic acid. The obtained mechanistic and kinetic results were also theoretically proved by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. We found that ZnO and CeO2 dual active sites preferentially adsorb the CH4 and CO2, respectively that avoid surface adsorption competition. The rate of acetic acid formation was maximum when these sites exist at appropriate concentration (Ce: 0.44 wt%, Zn: 2.20 wt%). DFT calculations elucidated that the formation of acetic acid is strongly favored on ZnO catalyst with easier migration of the adsorbed CO2 from CeO2 to the ZnO side.

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Syntheses, structures and photoluminescence properties of three M(II)-coordination polymers (M Zn(II), Mn(II)) based on a pyridine N-oxide bridging ligand

Publication date: 5 June 2018
Source:Journal of Molecular Structure, Volume 1161
Author(s): Xiu-Hui Ren, Peng Wang, Jun-Yan Cheng, Yu-Bin Dong
Three M(II)-coordination polymers (M Zn(II), Mn(II)) were synthesized based on a pyridine N-oxide bridging ligand 3,5-bis(4-carboxylphenyl)-pyridine N-oxide (L1). Compounds 1–3 all have novel complicated structures. Compound 1 (Zn(L1)2(H2O)2) and 2 (Zn2(L1)2(H2O)2) are two single crystals obtained in "one pot" and 1 features 1D double chains motif and 2 features 3D network structure. Compound 3 shows 3D network structure with triangular tunnels. The thermogravimetric analyses and photoluminescence properties were also used to investigate the title compounds.

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