Dalian University of Technology

5 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Immunology and Infection

Biocontained Carcass Composting for Control of Infectious Disease Outbreak in Livestock

Tim Reuter¹, Weiping Xu², Trevor W. Alexander¹, Brandon H. Gilroyed¹, G. Douglas Inglis¹, Francis J. Larney¹, Kim Stanford³, Tim A. McAllister¹

¹Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research Centre, ²Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Dalian University of Technology, ³Agriculture Centre, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development

Using readily available materials, this biocontained composting system enables effective on-site disposal of large animal carcasses arising in the event of infectious disease outbreak. This procedure kills most infectious agents in carcasses and contaminated manure. Once infectious agent is confirmed non-viable, mature compost can be spread as fertilizer.

Environment

Preparation of Authigenic Pyrite from Methane-bearing Sediments for In Situ Sulfur Isotope Analysis Using SIMS

Zhiyong Lin^1,3, Xiaoming Sun^1,2,3,4, Jörn Peckmann⁵, Yang Lu^2,3, Harald Strauss⁶, Li Xu^2,3, Hongfeng Lu⁷, Barbara M.A. Teichert⁶

¹School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, ²School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, ³Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Resources and Coastal Engineering, ⁴South China Sea Bio-Resource Exploitation and Utilization Collaborative Innovation Center, ⁵Institut für Geologie, Universität Hamburg, ⁶Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, ⁷Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey

Analyses of the sulfur isotopic composition (δ³⁴S) of pyrite from methane-bearing sediments have typically focused on bulk samples. Here, we applied secondary ion mass spectroscopy to analyze the δ³⁴S values of various pyrite generations to understand the diagenetic history of pyritization.

Chemistry

Chemical Precipitation Method for the Synthesis of Nb₂O₅ Modified Bulk Nickel Catalysts with High Specific Surface Area

Chuang Li¹, Shaohua Jin¹, Weixiang Guan¹, Chi-Wing Tsang², Wing-Kin Chu², Wai Kin Lau², Changhai Liang¹

A protocol for the synthesis of sponge-like and fold-like Ni_1-xNb_xO nanoparticles by chemical precipitation is presented.

JoVE Journal

Tuning the Acidity of Pt/ CNTs Catalysts for Hydrodeoxygenation of Diphenyl Ether

Weixiang Guan¹, Chuang Li¹, Xiao Chen¹, Xiao-Ying Lu², Chi-Wing Tsang², Haoquan Hu³, Hongxu Qi², Changhai Liang¹

¹Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Catalytic Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, ²Faculty of Science and Technology, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, ³State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Institute of Coal Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology

A protocol for the synthesis of HNbWO₆, HNbMoO₆, HTaWO₆ solid acid nanosheet modified Pt/CNTs is presented.

Chemistry

Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles Supported on Carbon Nanotube with Doped Co and N Atoms and its Catalytic Applications in Hydrogen Production

Pui-Ching Poon^*1, Ka-Man Lee^*1, Yuanhao Wang², William Wai Yan Lam¹, Peter Shu-Wai Leung¹, Xiao-Ying Lu¹, Weiqun Li³, B. Layla Mehdi³, Yang Lu⁴, Chi-Wing Tsang¹, Eugene Yin Cheung Wong²

¹Faculty of Science and Technology, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (THEi), ²Department of Supply Chain and Information Management, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, ³Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, University of Liverpool, ⁴Laboratory of Building Environment and New Energy Resources, School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Infrastructure Engineering, Dalian University of Technology

Here, we present a protocol to synthesize Co nanoparticles supported on carbon nanotubes with Co- and N- dopants for hydrogen productions.