Precision ChemistryPub Date : 2025-03-21eCollection Date: 2025-06-23DOI: 10.1021/prechem.4c00096
Zongbo Li, Mingquan Guo, Wenwan Zhong
{"title":"Multiplex Detection of Biomarkers Empowered by Nanomaterials.","authors":"Zongbo Li, Mingquan Guo, Wenwan Zhong","doi":"10.1021/prechem.4c00096","DOIUrl":"10.1021/prechem.4c00096","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Biomarkers, including proteins, nucleic acids, and metabolites, are the molecules that can provide insightful information about biological processes and pathological developments. Identification and quantification of biomarkers are highly beneficial for disease diagnosis, progression monitoring, and treatment supervision. However, disease development often involves the complex interplay of molecular networks that limits the utility of individual biomarkers in reaching reliable diagnostic and therapeutic decisions. Thus, recent developments of bioassays have turned the focus to analysis of a collection of biomarkers simultaneously, aiming to improve precision in diagnosis. To achieve the demanded throughput in multiplex detection while keeping the excellent analytical performance in speed, sensitivity, and selectivity, nanomaterials stand out to be the proper enabling tools, with their unique but highly diversified physical and chemical properties and the much advanced synthesis strategies. Herein, this review highlights the recent (2020-2024) developments in the nanomaterial-enabled, optical multiplex sensing techniques. Four key approaches to achieve multiplexity were discussed: spatial coding, signal coding, biocarriers, and data deconvolution using machine learning. We believe these advancements have driven forward the applications of multiplex detection in clinical settings by improving the throughput of biomarker analysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":29793,"journal":{"name":"Precision Chemistry","volume":"3 6","pages":"297-318"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12188404/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144508682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Precision ChemistryPub Date : 2025-03-21DOI: 10.1021/prechem.4c0009610.1021/prechem.4c00096
Zongbo Li, Mingquan Guo and Wenwan Zhong*,
{"title":"Multiplex Detection of Biomarkers Empowered by Nanomaterials","authors":"Zongbo Li, Mingquan Guo and Wenwan Zhong*, ","doi":"10.1021/prechem.4c0009610.1021/prechem.4c00096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/prechem.4c00096https://doi.org/10.1021/prechem.4c00096","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Biomarkers, including proteins, nucleic acids, and metabolites, are the molecules that can provide insightful information about biological processes and pathological developments. Identification and quantification of biomarkers are highly beneficial for disease diagnosis, progression monitoring, and treatment supervision. However, disease development often involves the complex interplay of molecular networks that limits the utility of individual biomarkers in reaching reliable diagnostic and therapeutic decisions. Thus, recent developments of bioassays have turned the focus to analysis of a collection of biomarkers simultaneously, aiming to improve precision in diagnosis. To achieve the demanded throughput in multiplex detection while keeping the excellent analytical performance in speed, sensitivity, and selectivity, nanomaterials stand out to be the proper enabling tools, with their unique but highly diversified physical and chemical properties and the much advanced synthesis strategies. Herein, this review highlights the recent (2020–2024) developments in the nanomaterial-enabled, optical multiplex sensing techniques. Four key approaches to achieve multiplexity were discussed: spatial coding, signal coding, biocarriers, and data deconvolution using machine learning. We believe these advancements have driven forward the applications of multiplex detection in clinical settings by improving the throughput of biomarker analysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":29793,"journal":{"name":"Precision Chemistry","volume":"3 6","pages":"297–318 297–318"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.1021/prechem.4c00096","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144338106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Precision ChemistryPub Date : 2025-03-21eCollection Date: 2025-07-28DOI: 10.1021/prechem.5c00010
Li Feng, Jin-Xun Liu
{"title":"Identification of Active Sites for Reverse Water-Gas Shift Reactions on Pt/TiO<sub>2</sub> Cluster Catalysts.","authors":"Li Feng, Jin-Xun Liu","doi":"10.1021/prechem.5c00010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/prechem.5c00010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The reverse water-gas shift (RWGS) reaction is a key process for CO<sub>2</sub> conversion and sustainable fuel production, yet the nature of the active sites on Pt/TiO<sub>2</sub> cluster catalysts remains elusive. Using first-principles microkinetic simulations, we systematically investigated the catalytic behavior of Pt clusters on TiO<sub>2</sub> under operational reaction conditions. We studied three distinct catalytic sitesPt cluster surfaces, oxygen vacancies (O<sub>V</sub>) on TiO<sub>2</sub>, and Pt-O<sub>V</sub>-Ti interfacesand revealed that the Pt-O<sub>V</sub>-Ti interface exhibited the highest RWGS activity via a redox mechanism. This synergy enhances CO<sub>2</sub> activation and facilitates oxygen reduction more effectively than the isolated O<sub>V</sub> on TiO<sub>2</sub>, which show 4-fold lower activity. In contrast, CO-covered Pt clusters show minimal CO<sub>2</sub> activation but serve as H<sub>2</sub> dissociation sites, enabling hydrogen spillover to adjacent O<sub>V</sub> on TiO<sub>2</sub>, thereby sustaining the RWGS process. Kinetic analysis revealed OH reduction to H<sub>2</sub>O as the rate-determining step on both interfacial Pt-O<sub>V</sub>-Ti and at the O<sub>V</sub> on the TiO<sub>2-<i>X</i></sub> support. These findings highlight the pivotal role of the Pt-O<sub>V</sub>-Ti interface in driving the RWGS and offer a design strategy for optimizing high-temperature CO<sub>2</sub> hydrogenation catalysts by maximizing the number of interfacial active sites.</p>","PeriodicalId":29793,"journal":{"name":"Precision Chemistry","volume":"3 7","pages":"380-388"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12308596/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144761594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhanced Hydrogen Adsorption on In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>(111) via Oxygen Vacancy Engineering.","authors":"Yishui Ding, Jie Chen, Haihong Zheng, Yalong Jiang, Linbo Li, Xiangrui Geng, Xu Lian, Lu Yang, Ziqi Zhang, Kelvin Hongliang Zhang, Hexing Li, JianQiang Zhong, Wei Chen","doi":"10.1021/prechem.5c00005","DOIUrl":"10.1021/prechem.5c00005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The emergence of In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> as an efficient catalyst for selective hydrogenation has attracted significant attention. However, the mechanism of hydrogen (H<sub>2</sub>) dissociation on In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> remains experimentally elusive. In this work, we show that the interaction of H<sub>2</sub> with In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> is strongly influenced by the presence of oxygen vacancies. Using a combination of <i>in situ</i> near-ambient-pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (NAP-XPS), ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS), infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (IRRAS), and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we systematically investigated the interaction of H<sub>2</sub> on well-defined oxidized In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>(111) and partially reduced In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3-<i>x</i></sub> (111) surfaces. Our results reveal that H<sub>2</sub> dissociates and adsorbs as hydroxyl groups (OH), which are exclusively stabilized on the In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3-<i>x</i></sub> (111) surface. The adsorbed hydrogen species act as electron donors, contributing to interfacial electron accumulation near the surface and inducing downward band bending. DFT calculations further indicate that oxygen vacancies in In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3-<i>x</i></sub> (111) are critical for facilitating the heterolytic dissociation of H<sub>2</sub>, leading to the stabilization of In-H and OH species. These findings provide valuable implications for the catalytic behavior of indium oxide in hydrogenation and hydrogen-involved redox reactions.</p>","PeriodicalId":29793,"journal":{"name":"Precision Chemistry","volume":"3 6","pages":"337-347"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12188397/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144508680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Precision ChemistryPub Date : 2025-03-19DOI: 10.1021/prechem.5c0000510.1021/prechem.5c00005
Yishui Ding, Jie Chen, Haihong Zheng, Yalong Jiang, Linbo Li, Xiangrui Geng, Xu Lian, Lu Yang, Ziqi Zhang, Kelvin Hongliang Zhang, Hexing Li, JianQiang Zhong* and Wei Chen*,
{"title":"Enhanced Hydrogen Adsorption on In2O3(111) via Oxygen Vacancy Engineering","authors":"Yishui Ding, Jie Chen, Haihong Zheng, Yalong Jiang, Linbo Li, Xiangrui Geng, Xu Lian, Lu Yang, Ziqi Zhang, Kelvin Hongliang Zhang, Hexing Li, JianQiang Zhong* and Wei Chen*, ","doi":"10.1021/prechem.5c0000510.1021/prechem.5c00005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/prechem.5c00005https://doi.org/10.1021/prechem.5c00005","url":null,"abstract":"<p >The emergence of In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> as an efficient catalyst for selective hydrogenation has attracted significant attention. However, the mechanism of hydrogen (H<sub>2</sub>) dissociation on In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> remains experimentally elusive. In this work, we show that the interaction of H<sub>2</sub> with In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> is strongly influenced by the presence of oxygen vacancies. Using a combination of <i>in situ</i> near-ambient-pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (NAP-XPS), ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS), infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (IRRAS), and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we systematically investigated the interaction of H<sub>2</sub> on well-defined oxidized In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>(111) and partially reduced In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3–<i>x</i></sub>(111) surfaces. Our results reveal that H<sub>2</sub> dissociates and adsorbs as hydroxyl groups (OH), which are exclusively stabilized on the In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3–<i>x</i></sub>(111) surface. The adsorbed hydrogen species act as electron donors, contributing to interfacial electron accumulation near the surface and inducing downward band bending. DFT calculations further indicate that oxygen vacancies in In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3–<i>x</i></sub>(111) are critical for facilitating the heterolytic dissociation of H<sub>2</sub>, leading to the stabilization of In–H and OH species. These findings provide valuable implications for the catalytic behavior of indium oxide in hydrogenation and hydrogen-involved redox reactions.</p>","PeriodicalId":29793,"journal":{"name":"Precision Chemistry","volume":"3 6","pages":"337–347 337–347"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.1021/prechem.5c00005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144338105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Precision ChemistryPub Date : 2025-03-14eCollection Date: 2025-04-28DOI: 10.1021/prechem.4c00079
Zhiyuan Ge, Shuying Xu, Xiaoyang Fu, Zipeng Zhao
{"title":"Improving the Cold-Start Performance of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells via Precision Engineering of Key Materials.","authors":"Zhiyuan Ge, Shuying Xu, Xiaoyang Fu, Zipeng Zhao","doi":"10.1021/prechem.4c00079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/prechem.4c00079","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have emerged as important zero-emission power sources due to their efficiency and eco-friendly characteristics. A critical feature required for their widespread adoption is the performance of low-temperature cold start. However, at subzero degrees Celsius, the freezing of the produced water can hinder or even lead to failure of the fuel cell start-up process. To successfully achieve a cold start under such conditions, the PEMFC must rapidly and reliably transition from a fully cooled state to a stable operating condition. Various improvements have been focused on the system engineering aspect to address this challenge, yet many of these methods come with their drawbacks. This paper reviews the recent progress of the PEMFC cold start from the perspective of key materials engineering. It provides a detailed summary of how the proton exchange membrane (PEM), catalyst layer, microporous layer (MPL), and gas diffusion layer (GDL) affect the cold-start performance. Further analysis reveals that the fundamental mechanisms of improving cold-start performance can be summarized into three aspects: increasing the ratio of water bound in the ionomer, hindering the transformation process from supercooled water to ice, improving the removal of supercooled water, or ensuring it is transported to the outside of the membrane electrode assembly (MEA) before it gets frozen. By precisely regulating these key components, it is possible to develop a simple and energy-efficient solution for improving the cold start performance of the PEMFC.</p>","PeriodicalId":29793,"journal":{"name":"Precision Chemistry","volume":"3 4","pages":"172-186"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12042135/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144049844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}