Publications by authors named "Boying Zhang"

Nickel disulfide (NiS) nanoparticles are encapsulated within nitrogen and sulfur co-doped carbon nanosheets, which are grown onto carbon nanofibers to form an array structure (NiS/C@CNF), resulting in a self-supporting film. This encapsulated structure not only prevents the agglomeration of NiS nanoparticles, but also memorably buffers its volume changes during charge/discharge cycles, thereby maintaining structural integrity. The nitrogen and sulfur co-doping enhances electronic conductivity and facilitates the faster ion transport of the carbon backbone, improving the low conductivity of the NiS/C@CNF anodes.

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A substantial challenge in employing covalent organic frameworks (COFs) for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting lies in improving their solution-processability while concurrently facilitating the transfer of charges and mass to the catalytic sites. Herein, we synthesize a solution-processable conjugated reticular oligomers (CROs), and further embed ruthenium (Ru) into the CRO, forming a CRO-Ru with homo-nuclear hetero-atomic. Thereafter, CRO and CRO-Ru construct an organic-organic heterojunction membrane at the nanoscale.

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Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) face limited processability challenges as photoelectrodes in photoelectrochemical water reduction. Herein, sub-10 nm benzothiazole-based colloidal conjugated reticular oligomers (CROs) are synthesized using an aqueous nanoreactor approach, and the end-capping molecular strategy to engineer electron-deficient units onto the periphery of a CRO nanocrystalline lattices (named CROs-Cg). This results in stable and processable "electronic inks" for flexible photoelectrodes.

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Internet of Things (IoT) technology plays an important role in smart healthcare. This paper discusses IoT solution for emergency medical devices in hospitals. Based on the cloud-edge-device architecture, different medical devices were connected; Streaming data were parsed, distributed, and computed at the edge nodes; Data were stored, analyzed and visualized in the cloud nodes.

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A series of crystalline, stable Metal (Metal = Zn, Cu, Ni, Co, Fe, and Mn)-Salen covalent organic framework (COF) complex are prepared to continuously tune the band structure of Metal-Salen COF , with the purpose of optimizing the free energy intermediate species during the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) process. The conductive macromolecular poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) is subsequently integrated into the one-dimensional (1D) channel arrays of Metal-Salen COF to form heterostructure PEDOT@Metal-Salen COF via the in situ solid-state polymerization method. Among the Metal-Salen COF and PEDOT@Metal-Salen COF complexes, the optimized PEDOT@Mn-Salen COF displays prominent electrochemical activity with an overpotential of 150 mV and a Tafel slope of 43 mV dec .

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() is considered the most concerning pathogen for seafood. Like other pathogens in food samples, its gene detection suffers from a problem of background interference when isothermal detection methods are used. The sensitivity and specificity greatly decrease due to large amounts of background genome.

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A series of covalent triazine frameworks (CTFs) are prepared via ionothermal synthesis for supercapacitors. Due to the feature of adjustable pore structure and rich nitrogen, CTFs with regular structure can be used as a group of model compounds to further investigate the influence of pore size and heteroatom on supercapacitors. By comparing the performance of CTFs with different pore structures and nitrogen contents, the experimental results show that BPY-CTF with high specific surface area of 2278 m g, mesopores structure, and suitable nitrogen content displays a specific capacitance of 393.

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Electrochemical water splitting is an important strategy for the mass production of hydrogen. Development of synthesizable catalysts has always been one of the biggest obstacles to replace platinum-group catalysts. In this work, a high quality crystal polymer covalent triazine framework [CTF; Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area of 1562.

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  • * It finds that patients with moderate to severe asthma have fewer Treg cells and lower levels of interleukin-10 compared to healthy individuals, while Th2 cells and interleukin-4 are higher.
  • * The results suggest that an imbalance favoring Th2 cells over Treg cells could contribute to the worsening of asthma symptoms in these patients.
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Objective: To understand the status of chemotherapy and assistance for advanced schistosomiasis patients in Xinjian County, 2005-2009.

Methods: The data of chemotherapy and assistance for patients with advanced schistosomiasis in Xinjian County from 2005 to 2009 were collected and analyzed statistically by using The Information Management System for Advanced Schistosomiasis Chemotherapy and Assistance in Jiangxi Province.

Results: Among 636 cases, the sex ratio of male to female was 1.

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  • The study explores the role of various CD4(+) T cell subsets (Th1, Th2, Th17, Tregs) in allergic asthma to better understand its causes beyond the traditional Th2 response.
  • 22 patients with mild, 17 with moderate to severe asthma, and 20 healthy individuals were analyzed for immune cell proportions and associated cytokine levels.
  • Results showed increased Th2 and Th17 cells in asthma patients, with decreased Tregs, indicating an imbalance that may contribute to asthma severity and control, suggesting the importance of Th17 and Tregs in managing allergic asthma.
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