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Zhejiang University of Technology

6 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Engineering

CO₂ Photoreduction to CH₄ Performance Under Concentrating Solar Light

XiaoXiang Fang¹, Zhihong Gao¹, Hanfeng Lu¹, Qiulian Zhu¹, Zekai Zhang¹

¹Institute of Chemical Reaction Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology

We present a protocol for improving the performance of CO₂ photoreduction to CH₄ by heightening the incident light intensity via concentrating solar energy technology.

Environment

Ecotoxicological Effects of Microplastics on Bird Embryo Development by Hatching without Eggshell

Liyi Wang^1,2, Nana Xue^1,2, Wenfeng Li², Rehemanjiang Wufuer¹, Daoyong Zhang^1,3

¹Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Bioremediation, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ²University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, ³Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology for Industrial Pollution Control of Zhejiang Province, College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology

This paper introduces a method of hatching without using an eggshell for toxicological studies of particle pollutants such as microplastics.

Environment

Accumulation and Distribution of Fluorescent Microplastics in the Early Life Stages of Zebrafish

Chao Xu¹, Hangqin Guo¹, Ruijiong Wang¹, Tianyang Li¹, Linqi Gu¹, Liwei Sun¹

¹College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology

Zebrafish embryos/larvae develop externally and are optically transparent. The bioaccumulation of microplastics in fish at early life stages is readily assessed with fluorescently labeled microbeads.

Biochemistry

A Nanobar-Supported Lipid Bilayer System for the Study of Membrane Curvature Sensing Proteins in vitro

Xinwen Miao^*1, Jiawei Wu^*1,2, Wenting Zhao^1,3

¹School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, ²State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, ³Institute for Digital Molecular Analytics and Science, Nanyang Technological University

Here, a nanobar-supported lipid bilayer system is developed to provide a synthetic membrane with a defined curvature that enables the characterization of proteins with curvature sensing ability in vitro.

Environment

Elucidating the Metabolism of 2,4-Dibromophenol in Plants

Juan Wu¹, Xindong Yang², Qianwen Wang³, Qinghua Zhou¹, Anping Zhang², Jianqiang Sun¹

¹Key Laboratory of Microbial Control Technology for Industrial Pollution in Zhejiang Province, College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, ²International Joint Research Center for Persistent Toxic Substances (IJRC-PTS), College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, ³Research and Teaching Center of Agriculture, Zhejiang Open University

The present protocol describes a simple and efficient method for the identification of 2,4-dibromophenol metabolites in plants.

Environment

Assessing Cytotoxicity of Metabolites of Typical Triazole Pesticides in Plants

Qinghua Zhou¹, Qianwen Wang², Juan Wu¹, Anping Zhang³, Jianqiang Sun¹

¹Key Laboratory of Microbial Control Technology for Industrial Pollution in Zhejiang Province, College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, ²Research and Teaching Center of Agriculture, Zhejiang Open University, ³International Joint Research Center for Persistent Toxic Substances (IJRC-PTS), College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology

The protocol describes a new method to assess the integral cytotoxicity of metabolites of triazole pesticides in plants.