Spin light-emitting diodes (spin-LEDs) are important for spin-based electronic circuits as they convert the carrier spin information to optical polarization. Recently, chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS) has emerged as a new paradigm to enable spin-LED as it does not require any magnetic components and operates at room temperature. However, CISS-enabled spin-LED with tunable wavelengths ranging from red to near-infrared (NIR) has yet to be demonstrated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLead-free halide double perovskites provide a promising solution for the long-standing issues of lead-containing halide perovskites, i.e., the toxicity of Pb and the low stability under ambient conditions and high-intensity illumination.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDirect utilization of solar energy by semiconductor nanocrystals for chemical transformations via photocatalysis has recently drawn a great deal of attention. While most photocatalytic reactions are mediated through photoredox events, the ultimate reaction scalability relies on the use of sacrificial agents. The imbalanced population of photogenerated electrons and holes often leads to catalyst degradation through photocorrosion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnderstanding the structure-chiroptical activity relationship in chiral perovskites is of great significance as it provides a pathway to control light-matter interactions. Although many reports have shown various chiral structures with distinctive chiroptical responses, a clear structure-property relationship is still missing, partially stemming from the poor understanding of the optical activity mechanism. For instance, it remains unclear if and how the chiroptical activity is related to exciton spin splitting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChiral metal halide materials are emerging chiroptical materials that are easy to synthesize and have a wide tunability. Rare-earth (RE) metals are desirable components to be incorporated in the hybrid regime; however, they are typically difficult to handle for solution-based halide chemistry. Here, we report two new examples of chiral RE metal halides with Ce(III) and Eu(III) with chiral alkanolammonium cations (/-3-hydroxyquinuclidium).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFColloidal quantum dots (QDs) have emerged as a versatile photocatalyst for a wide range of photocatalytic transformations owing to its high absorption coefficient, large surface-to-volume ratio, high stability, and efficient charge and energy transfer dynamics. The past decades have witnessed a rapid development of QDs for artificial photocatalysis. In this review, the unique characteristics of QDs are focused on, including quantum size effect, compositional and structural diversity, tunable surface chemistry, and photophysics, that can be utilized for photocatalytic transformations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis review discusses opportunities in chemistry that are enabled by the chiral induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect. First, the review begins with a brief overview of the seminal studies on CISS. Next, we discuss different chiral material systems whose properties can be tailored through chemical means, with a special emphasis on hybrid organic-inorganic layered materials that exhibit some of the largest spin filtering properties to date.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroducing molecular chirality into perovskite crystal structures has enabled the control of carrier spin states, giving rise to circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) in thin films and circularly polarized electroluminescence (CPEL) in LEDs. Spin-LEDs can be fabricated either through a spin-filtering layer enabled by chiral-induced spin selectivity or a chiral emissive layer. The former requires a high degree of spin polarization and a compatible spinterface for efficient spin injection, which might not be easily integrated into LEDs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTuning the thermal transport properties of hybrid halide perovskites is critical for their applications in optoelectronics, thermoelectrics, and photovoltaics. Here, an effective strategy is demonstrated to modulate the thermal transport property of hybrid perovskites by halide alloying. A highly tunable thermal conductivity of mixed-halide hybrid perovskites is achieved due to halide-alloying and structural distortion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLow-dimensional/three-dimensional perovskite heterojunctions have shown great potential for improving the performance of perovskite photovoltaics, but large organic cations in low-dimensional perovskites hinder charge transport and cause carrier mobility anisotropy at the heterojunction interface. Here, we report a low-dimensional/three-dimensional perovskite heterojunction that introduces strong aromatic conjugated low-dimensional perovskites in p-i-n devices to reduce the electron transport resistance crossing the perovskite/electron extraction interface. The strong aromatic conjugated π-conjugated network results in continuous energy orbits among [PbI] frameworks, thereby effectively suppressing interfacial non-radiative recombination and boosting carrier extraction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDilute magnetic semiconductors (DMSs) have attracted much attention because of their potential use in spintronic devices. Here, we demonstrate the observation of robust ferromagnetism in a solution-processable halide perovskite semiconductor with dilute magnetic ions. By codoping of magnetic (Fe) and aliovalent (Bi) metal ions into CHNHPbCl (MAPbCl) perovskite, ferromagnetism with well-saturated magnetic hysteresis loops and a maximum coercivity field of 1280 Oe was observed below 12 K.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDriven by climate change, the frequent occurrence of regional destructive floods poses a grave threat to socio-economic systems and ecological environments. Previous flood risk studies have disregarded risk transfer within a region, resulting in inadequate flood risk assessment and ineffective disaster prevention and mitigation outcomes. Therefore, this study introduced the "Source-Sink" theory into flood disaster field to constructing flood risk transfer model.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMagnetic impurity doping in semiconductors has emerged as an important strategy to endow exotic photophysical and magnetic properties. While most reported hosts are centrosymmetric semiconductors, doping magnetic ions into a noncentrosymmetric chiral semiconductor can offer additional control of photonic and spin polarization. In this work, we synthesized a Mn-doped chiral two-dimensional (2D) perovskite, Mn:(-MPA)PbBr (-MPA = -methyl phenethylammonium).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFour silver-lanthanide double perovskite nanocrystals, namely, CsAgSmCl, CsAgEuCl, CsAgGdCl, and CsAgErCl, were synthesized for the first time. These four double perovskites have yet to be reported in any form and are found to be metastable in the bulk phase. By using the colloidal hot-injection synthesis method, the metastable double perovskite phase can be arrested kinetically.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Obesity is increasingly recognized as a grave public health concern globally. It is associated with prevalent diseases including coronary heart disease, fatty liver, type 2 diabetes, and dyslipidemia. Prior research has identified demographic, socioeconomic, lifestyle, and genetic factors as contributors to obesity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSolar-blind ultraviolet (SBUV) to near-infrared (NIR) broadband photodetectors (BB-PD) have important applications in environmental monitoring and other applications. However, it is challenging to prepare SBUV-IR photosensitive materials via simple steps and to construct SBUV-IR broadband devices for multiplex detection with high sensitivity at different wavelengths. Here, self-powered and broadband photodetectors using a high-performance mixed dimensional SbO nanorod 1-dimension (1D)/monodisperse microdiamond-like PdTe 3-dimension (3D)/Si (3D) heterojunction for multiplex detection of environmental pollutants with high sensitivity at broadband wavelength are developed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Colloid Interface Sci
January 2024
Optimizing and enhancing the performance of electromagnetic wave (EMW) absorption materials relies on the modification of their composition and structure through heterogeneous interface engineering. TiCT's high conductivity results in an impedance mismatch, which hinders efficient EMW absorption. Herein, a one-step catalytic chemical vapor deposition (CCVD) method is used to construct the TiCT/TiO@C heterogeneous structure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) represents a prevalent ailment, progressively surging within the ranks of coal mine laborers. The current study endeavors to elucidate the effects of dust exposure and smoking on COPD incidence amongst coal mine workers, while concurrently devising preventive strategies for this affliction.
Method: A nested case-control study was conducted encompassing 1,416 participants aged ≥ 18 years, spanning the duration from (2017-2018) until 2020.
Background: The global incidence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is rapidly escalating, positioning it as a principal public health challenge with significant implications for population well-being. Given its status as a cornerstone of China's economic structure, the steel industry employs a substantial workforce, consequently bringing associated health issues under increasing scrutiny. Establishing a risk assessment model for NAFLD within steelworkers aids in disease risk stratification among this demographic, thereby facilitating early intervention measures to protect the health of this significant populace.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe neuroinflammatory responses following ischemic stroke cause irreversible nerve cell death. Cell free-double strand DNA (dsDNA) segments from ischemic tissue debris are engulfed by microglia and sensed by their cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS), which triggers robust activation of the innate immune stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway and initiate the chronic inflammatory cascade. The decomposition of immunogenic dsDNA and inhibition of the innate immune STING are synergistic immunologic targets for ameliorating neuroinflammation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNon-covalent interactions play an essential role in directing the self-assembly of hybrid organic-inorganic crystals. In hybrid halide perovskites, hydrogen bonding has been the paramount non-covalent interaction. Here, we show another non-covalent interaction, namely, the halogen bond interaction, that directs a symmetry-breaking assembly in a new series of two-dimensional (2D) perovskites (ICH CH NH ) (CH NH ) Pb I (n is the layer thickness, n=1-4).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlthough cytotoxic treatments hold tremendous potential in boosting antitumor immunity, efferocytosis of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) could negatively remove apoptotic tumor cells through LC3-associated phagocytosis (LAP), resulting in inefficient tumor antigen presentation and immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. To address this issue, we developed TAM-targeting nanospores (PC-CW) inspired by the predominant tropism of toward macrophages. To construct PC-CW, we disguised poly(sodium--styrenesulfonate) (PSS)-coated polyethylenimine (PEI)-shRNA nanocomplexes with the cell wall of conidia.
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