Dual spectra band emissive Eu/Mn co-activated alkaline earth phosphates for indoor plant growth novel phosphor converted-LEDs.

This paper reports designing a novel single composition blue/red color illuminating phosphor followed by fabricating "smart" agricultural/horticultural LED lighting. Color-tunable Eu/Mn co-activated alkaline earth phosphates, Na(Sr,Ba)PO and CaMg(PO), are considered, and the stable doping sites for the corresponding activators are identified by using first-principle DFT calculations. We can realize the designated color purity with stable thermal quenching preserved luminescence behavior is induced by the Eu center positioned at different coordination states with intermixed Sr/Ba sites in Na(Sr,Ba)PO hosts.

Eu(2+)-Activated Phase-Pure Oxonitridosilicate Phosphor in a Ba-Si-O-N System via Facile Silicate-Assisted Routes Designed by First-Principles Thermodynamic Simulation.

Eu(2+)-activated single phase Ba(2+)-oxonitridosilicate phosphors were prepared under a mild synthetic condition via silicate precursors, and their luminescent properties were investigated. Both the preferred oxonitridosilicate formation as for the available host compounds and thermodynamic stability within the Ba-Si-O-N system were elucidated in detail by the theoretical simulation based on the first-principles density functional theory. Those results can visualize the optimum synthetic conditions for Eu(2+)-activated highly luminescent Ba(2+)-oxonitridosilicates, especially Ba3Si6O12N2, as promising conversion phosphors for white LEDs, including Ba3Si6O9N4 and BaSi2O2N2 phases.

A morphology, porosity and surface conductive layer optimized MnCo2O4 microsphere for compatible superior Li(+) ion/air rechargeable battery electrode materials.

Uniform surface conductive layers with porous morphology-conserved MnCo2O4 microspheres are successfully synthesized, and their electrochemical performances are thoroughly investigated. It is found that the microwave-assisted hydrothermally grown MnCo2O4 using citric acid as the carbon source shows a maximum Li(+) ion lithiation/delithiation capacity of 501 mA h g(-1) at 500 mA g(-1) with stable capacity retention. Besides, the given microsphere compounds are effectively activated as air cathode catalysts in Li-O2 batteries with reduced charge overpotentials and improved cycling performance.

Identification of two differentially expressed forms of progranulin mRNA in the teleost fish Paralichthys olivaceus.

Two forms of progranulin mRNA were isolated from kidney and spleen cDNA libraries of the olive flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus. The 3'-untranslated regions (3'-UTRs) of these flounder progranulin (f-pgrn) mRNAs differed in a 20-nucleotide sequence element (5'-AACTGATTACGTTCAACAAC-3') that was present in one mRNA (designated f-pgrn type II) and not in the other (designated f-pgrn type I). Both mRNA sequences contained an open reading frame encoding a 289-amino-acid polypeptide of approximately 33 kDa.

Effect of Saliva miltiorrhiza bunge on antimicrobial activity and resistant gene regulation against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

This study was conducted in an effort to evaluate the antimicrobial activity and antibiotic-resistant gene regulation from Saliva miltiorrhiza Bunge on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). A variety of solvent fractions and methanol extracts of S. miltiorrhiza Bunge were tested in order to determine its antimicrobial activities against S.