Interfacial Electric Field Enhanced Free-Standing VO/rGO Aerogel Anode with Ultra High Mass Energy Density for Aqueous Ammonium Ion Battery.

Aqueous batteries have become a promising means of energy storage due to its environmental friendliness. Nevertheless, it often exhibits limited energy density that hinder their application. Considering that ammonium ion (NH ) has a low mass and a small hydration radius, aqueous ammonium ion batteries (AAIBs) are expected to solve the problem of low energy density.

Maternal intervention with a combination of galacto-oligosaccharides and hyocholic acids during late gestation and lactation increased the reproductive performance, colostrum composition, antioxidant and altered intestinal microflora in sows.

Introduction: This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) and hyocholic acids (HCA) during late gestation and lactation on reproductive performance, colostrum quality, antioxidant capacity and gut microbiota in multiparous sows.

Methods: A total of 60 healthy multiparous cross-bred sows (Landrace × Yorkshire) were randomly fed 4 groups diets as follows: the basal diets (CTRL group), or the basal diets containing only 600 mg/kg GOS (GOS group), 600 mg/kg GOS + 100 mg/kg HCA (GOS + Low HCA group), and 600 mg/kg + 200 mg/kg HCA (GOS + High HCA group) from d 85 of gestation to weaning. Multiple parameters of sows were determined.

One-step hydrothermal synthesis of vanadium dioxide/carbon core-shell composite with improved ammonium ion storage for aqueous ammonium-ion battery.

Aqueous nonmetallic ion batteries have garnered significant interest due to their cost-effectiveness, environmental sustainability, and inherent safety features. Specifically, ammonium ion (NH) as a charge carrier has garnered more and more attention recently. However, one of the persistent challenges is enhancing the electrochemical properties of vanadium dioxide (VO) with a tunnel structure, which serves as a highly efficient NH (de)intercalation host material.

Vanadate ion promoting the transformation of α-phase molybdenum trioxide (α-MoO) to h-phase MoO (h-MoO) for boosted Zn-ion storage.

Molybdenum trioxide (MoO) has been widely studied in the energy storage field due to its various phase states and unique structural advantages. Among them, lamellar α-phase MoO (α-MoO) and tunnel-like h-phase MoO (h-MoO) have attracted much attention. In this study, we demonstrate that vanadate ion (VO) can transform α-MoO (a thermodynamically stable phase) to h-MoO (a metastable phase) by altering the connection of [MoO] octahedra configurations.

Interfacial Composition of Surfactant Aggregates in the Presence of Fragrance: A Chemical Trapping Study.

In recent years, there has been increasing interest in daily-use chemical products providing a pleasant scent. The added fragrance molecules may induce microstructural transitions of surfactant aggregates, which further affect the physical and chemical properties of the products. Here, the effects of four types of aromatic alcohols (cinnamyl alcohol, phenyl ethanol, phenyl methanol and anisyl alcohol) on cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB)/KBr aggregates were studied.

Ion-Specific Effects on Vesicle-to-Micelle Transitions of an Amino Acid Surfactant Probed by Chemical Trapping.

Ion-specific effects widely exist in biological and chemical systems and cannot be explained by classical theories. The complexity of ion-specific effects in protein systems at the molecular level necessitates the use of mimetic models involving smaller molecules, such as amino acids, oligopeptides, and other organic molecules bearing amide bonds. Therefore, it is of theoretical value to determine the effect of additional salts on the aggregation transitions of acyl amino acid surfactants.