Rapid production of 38 mM HO in an alcoholic suspension of a WO photocatalyst under visible light.

Specific approaches to HO production over a WO photocatalyst under visible light irradiation, , (1) no use of a cocatalyst, (2) reaction under an O atmosphere, (3) reaction in a high concentration of alcohol, and (4) reaction at 60 °C, were found to be effective for rapid production of 38 mM HO.

Combined Immune Checkpoint Blockade Enhances Antiviral Immunity against Bovine Leukemia Virus.

Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) is a retrovirus that causes enzootic bovine leukosis (EBL) in cattle and is widespread in many countries, including Japan. Recent studies have revealed that the expression of immunoinhibitory molecules, such as programmed death-1 (PD-1) and PD-ligand 1, plays a critical role in immunosuppression and disease progression during BLV infection. In addition, a preliminary study has suggested that another immunoinhibitory molecule, T-cell immunoglobulin domain and mucin domain-3 (TIM-3), is involved in immunosuppression during BLV infection.

Specific deformation behavior of isotactic polypropylene films under a multiaxial stress field.

The specific deformation behavior of crystalline polymer films, namely unoriented crystallized isotactic polypropylene ( PP) films, was investigated under a multiaxial stress field. Changes in the aggregation structure of the films were investigated during the bulge deformation process using small-angle X-ray scattering, wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) measurements, and polarized high-speed-camera observations. The films had a thickness of approximately 10 μm.

Heterointerface Created on Au-Cluster-Loaded Unilamellar Hydroxide Electrocatalysts as a Highly Active Site for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction.

The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a critical element for all sorts of reactions that use water as a hydrogen source, such as hydrogen evolution and electrochemical CO reduction, and novel design principles that provide highly active sites on OER electrocatalysts push the limits of their practical applications. Herein, Au-cluster loading on unilamellar exfoliated layered double hydroxide (ULDH) electrocatalysts for the OER is demonstrated to fabricate a heterointerface between Au clusters and ULDHs as an active site, which is accompanied by the oxidation state modulation of the active site and interfacial direct OO coupling ("interfacial DOOC"). The Au-cluster-loaded ULDHs exhibit excellent activities for the OER with an overpotential of 189 mV at 10 mA cm .

Probing the in-plane liquid-like behavior of liquid crystal elastomers.

When isotropic solids are unequally stretched in two orthogonal directions, the true stress (force per actual cross-sectional area) in the larger strain direction is typically higher than that in the smaller one. We show that thiol-acrylate liquid crystal elastomers with polydomain texture exhibit an unusual tendency: The true stresses in the two directions are always identical and governed only by the area change in the loading plane, independently of the combination of imposed strains in the two directions. This feature proves a previously unidentified state of matter that can vary its shape freely with no extra mechanical energy like liquids when deformed in the plane.