Two-dimensional nanosheets of MoS2: a promising material with high dielectric properties and microwave absorption performance.

In this study, few-layered MoS2 nanosheets (MoS2-NS) were obtained via the top-down exfoliation method from bulk MoS2 (MoS2-Bulk), and the dielectric properties and microwave absorption performance of MoS2-NS were first reported. The dimension-dependent dielectric properties and microwave absorption performance of MoS2 were investigated by presenting a comparative study between MoS2-NS and MoS2-Bulk. Our results show that the imaginary permittivity (ε'') of MoS2-NS/wax is twice as large as that of MoS2-Bulk/wax.

Ferroferric oxide/multiwalled carbon nanotube vs polyaniline/ferroferric oxide/multiwalled carbon nanotube multiheterostructures for highly effective microwave absorption.

Light-weight nanocomposites filled with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are developed for their significant potentials in electromagnetic shielding and attenuation for wide applications in electronics, communication devices, and specific parts in aircrafts and vehicles. Specifically, the introduction of a second phase into/onto CNTs for achieving CNT-based heterostructures has been widely pursued due to the enhancement in either dielectric loss or magnetic loss. In this work, ferroferric oxide (Fe(3)O(4)) was selected as the phase in multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT)-based composites for enhancing magnetic properties to obtain improved electromagnetic attenuation.

Electronic scattering leads to anomalous thermal conductivity of n-type cubic silicon carbide in the high-temperature region.

This study simulates thermal conductivity via a carrier scattering mechanism and the related parameters are obtained based on first principles for intrinsic and doped silicon carbide (SiC) over a temperature range of 300-1450 K. The theoretical analysis results show that the thermal conductivity decreases with increasing temperature along each orientation for both cubic SiC (3C-SiC) and doped SiC. Compared with traditional calculations, the thermal conductivity of doped SiC is larger than that of intrinsic SiC in the high-temperature region.

Injection of duck recombinant follistatin fusion protein into duck muscle tissues stimulates satellite cell proliferation and muscle fiber hypertrophy.

Follistatin (FST) can inhibit the expression of myostatin, which is a predominant inhibitor of muscle development. The potential application of myostatin-based technology has been prompted in different ways in agriculture. We previously constructed an expression vector of duck FST and isolated the FST fusion protein.

In ovo feeding of IGF-1 to ducks influences neonatal skeletal muscle hypertrophy and muscle mass growth upon satellite cell activation.

To investigate reasons for the muscle increase observed when eggs are treated by IGF-1 and whether or not satellite cell activation is specific to different types of myofibers, duck eggs were administrated with IGF-1. After injection, during the neonatal stages, the duck breast muscle and leg muscle were isolated for analysis. The muscle weight, muscle fiber diameter (MFD), cross-sectional area (CSA), the number of myofibers per unit area (MFN) and frequency of satellite cell activation and mitosis at the embryo stage of 27 days (27E) and the postnatal stage of 2 days after hatching (P2D) were determined.

Combustion oxidization synthesis of unique cage-like nanotetrapod ZnO and its optical property.

Cage-like nano-tetrapod ZnO is a novel structure, which was successfully synthesized by combustion oxidation at 850 degrees C. No catalyst or carrier gases were used. Thorough SEM and TEM analyses revealed that the linking legs of the tetrapod ZnO can have or not interface.