Building a highly concentration responsive optical thermometer via tunable electron transfer pathways supported by intervalence charge transfer states.

The thermal-coupled levels (TCLs) of lanthanides have attracted great attention in the field of optical thermometer, offering an efficient method to achieve non-contect temperatuer feedback in complex environment. However, the iner 4f electrons are shielded, which becomes the core obstacle in improving the sensing performance. This issue is now circumvented by constructing an electron transfer pathway between Tm(D) and Eu(D) configurations.

Highly-sensitive optical thermometer developed based on an intervalence charge transfer mashup.

Optical thermometers based on lanthanide thermal-coupled levels have attracted great attention owing to its fundamental importance in the fields of public health, biology, and integrated circuit. However, the inherent structural properties (shielded effect on 4f configurations, intense non-radiation relaxation) strictly suppress the sensing performance, limiting the relative temperature sensitivity (S). To circumvent these limitations, we propose an intervalence charge transfer mashup strategy by inducing d electron configured transition metals.

Prognostic value of the ratio of pretreatment carcinoembryonic antigen to tumor volume in rectal cancer.

Background: As a commonly used biomarker in rectal cancer (RC), the prognostic value of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) remains underexplored. This study aims to evaluate the prognostic value of pretreatment CEA/tumor volume in RC.

Methods: This retrospective study included patients who underwent pretreatment magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with histologically confirmed primary rectal adenocarcinoma from November 2012 to April 2018.

The Combined Effects of an External Field and Novel Functional Groups on the Structural and Electronic Properties of TMDs/TiC Heterostructures: A First-Principles Study.

The stacking of TiC with transition metal dihalide (TMDs) materials is an effective strategy to improve the physical properties of a single material, and the tuning of the related properties of these TMDs/TiC heterostructures is also an important scientific problem. In this work, we systematically investigated the effects of an external field and novel functional groups (S, Se, Cl, Br) on the structural and electronic properties of TMDs/TiCX heterostructures. The results revealed that the lattice parameters and interlayer distance of TMDs/TiC increased with the addition of functional groups.

Mild phototherapy mediated by manganese dioxide-loaded mesoporous polydopamine enhances immunotherapy against colorectal cancer.

One of the main challenges in applying the immune checkpoint blockade to treat colorectal cancer (CRC) is the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. Owing to its excellent cancer cell killing ability and immune activation, mild photothermal therapy (PTT) has shown bright promise to sensitize tumors to immune checkpoint inhibition through turning the immunologically "cold" tumors into "hot" ones. Herein, a mild photothermal effect-assisted theragnostic nanodrug (MnO@MPDA-PEG NPs) is developed by incorporating MnO into PEGylated-mesoporous polydopamine nanoparticles (MPDA-PEG NPs).

A novel versatile instrument for combined studies of persistent luminescence, thermoluminescence, and mechanoluminescence in micro-scale.

This paper presents a new method for combined measurements of persistent luminescence (PersL), thermoluminescence (TL), and mechanoluminescence (ML) of luminescent materials in the micrometer scale. Both the hardware and software designs have been illustrated in detail, and the experimental procedures to execute the emission map, PersL, TL, and ML measurements have been demonstrated. The PersL, TL, and ML properties of the SrAlO:Eu, Dy micropowder, as well as the corresponding temperature variable emission spectra, have been measured.

Temperature-Dependent and Threshold Behavior of Sm Ions on Fluorescence Properties of Lithium Niobate Single Crystals.

Temperature-dependent and threshold behavior of Sm ions on fluorescence properties of lithium niobate (LiNbO₃, LN) single crystals were systematically investigated. The test materials, congruent LiNbO₃ single crystals (Sm:LN), with various concentrations of doped Sm ions from 0.2 to 2.