Visible-light-mediated methods were heavily studied as a useful tool for cysteine-selective bio-conjugation; however, many current methods suffer from bio-incompatible reaction conditions and slow kinetics. To address these challenges, herein, we report a transition metal-free thiol-sulfoxonium ylide photo-click reaction that enables bioconjugation under bio-compatible conditions. The reaction is highly cysteine-selective and generally finished within minutes with naturally occurring riboflavin derivatives as organic photocatalysts. The catalysts and substrates are readily accessible and bench stable and have satisfactory water solubility. As a proof-of-concept study, the reaction was smoothly applied in chemo-proteomic analysis, which provides efficient tools to explore the druggable content of the human proteome.

The capillary model was used to analyze the hydraulic conditions in the deep bed filtration process. The physicochemical interaction forces between the filter media and suspended particles and their influence on deep bed filtration process were also studied theoretically. Through the comparison of the hydraulic and physicochemical forces, the key influencing factors on the filtration process were proposed and investigated. Pilot study of the microflocculation deep bed filtration was carried out in the No. 9 Potable Water Treatment Plant of Beijing, and the experimental results of hydraulic head loss, particle distribution and entrapment were presented. The theoretical prediction was reasonably consistent with the experimental results under different conditions, which indicated that the regulation and control of micro-flocculation and deep bed filtration could be realized by the evaluation of the physicochemical interactions. Further theoretical and experimental research should be carried out to investigate the interaction mechanism and its application in the deep bed filtration and other cases.

Compared with polyaluminium chloride (PAC), the application efficiency of polyferric chloride (PFC) were investigated by pilot micro-flocculation deep bed filtration. The results show that, under the condition of lower dosage (Fe:Al = 3:5), the headloss cycle of PFC was 63 h, and its output in a cycle was 1504 m3/m2, but PAC headloss cycle was 53 h with its output 1266 m3/m2. It is concluded that PFC was benefit to prolong operation cycle and improve output. The research on particle removal mechanism shows that PFC could enhance the floc growth, and the PFC flocs could be effectively entrapped and dehydrated. Therefore PFC is more suitable for the micro-flocculation deep bed filtration process than PAC.