Herein, a newly designed two-in-one tetrahedral DNA (TDN) nanostructure with an antifouling surface and backbone-rigidified interfacial tracks was developed for highly sensitive and selective detection of miRNA-182-5p. The well-regulated TDN tracks were assembled onto the surface of the TiO 2 /MIL-125-NH 2 -functionalized paper electrode, which efficiently avoided the obstacle of DNA strand tangling and decreased the probability of suspension during the walking process, thus greatly promoting the moving efficiency of DNA walkers. More interestingly, the TDN-modified sensing interfaces demonstrated incomparable antifouling ability against protein samples and interfering miRNAs due to the strong hydrophilic capacity and special molecular conformations, which addressed the dilemma of low sensitivity from traditional antifouling coating strategies. As a proof of concept, the designed bifunctional tetrahedron-modified paper-based photoelectrochemical sensor was successfully used to quantify miRNA-182-5p with a low detection limit of 0.09 fM and high specificity and was validated for monitoring of miRNA-182-5p in real samples. This TDN-engineered biointerface could be used as a universal platform for tracking various targets by substituting the biorecognition events, providing great promise for bioanalysis and clinical diagnosis.
Magnesium oxide solid dissolved in silicate phase, mesophase and RO-phase which are the major constituents of steel slag. The MgO exists in the steel slag with complex forms, which results in the bad soundness of the steel slag. In this paper, the silicate phase and mesophase were separated by salicylic acid methanol solution and potassium hydroxide-sucrose solution respectively and were studied combining with the XRD and SEM. The results show that the silicate phase and mesophase can be fully dissolved, however, the RO phase is not influenced by the two solutions in this process. The content of magnesium oxide existed in different minerals can be detected by chemical analysis. It can be found that the magnesium oxide mainly exists as RO-phase in steel slag, and some of them exist as free state, while only a small quantity of solid dissolve in the silicate phase and mesophase.
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