Highly stable and durable ZnInS nanosheets wrapped oxygen deficient blue TiO(B) catalyst for selective CO photoreduction into CO and CH.

Developing new and highly stable efficient photocatalysts is crucial for achieving high performance and selective photocatalytic CO conversion. In this paper, we designed a one-dimensional oxygen-deficient blue TiO(B) (BT) catalyst for improved electron mobility and visible light accessibility. In addition, hexagonal ZnInS (ZIS) nanosheets with a low bandgap and great visible light accessibility are employed to produce effective heterostructures with BT.

Synthesis of Pore-Wall-Modified Stable COF/TiO Heterostructures via Site-Specific Nucleation for an Enhanced Photoreduction of Carbon Dioxide.

Constructing stable heterostructures with appropriate active site architectures in covalent organic frameworks (COFs) can improve the active site accessibility and facilitate charge transfer, thereby increasing the catalytic efficiency. Herein, a pore-wall modification strategy is proposed to achieve regularly arranged TiO nanodots (≈1.82 nm) in the pores of COFs via site-specific nucleation.

PIEZO ion channel is required for root mechanotransduction in .

Plant roots adapt to the mechanical constraints of the soil to grow and absorb water and nutrients. As in animal species, mechanosensitive ion channels in plants are proposed to transduce external mechanical forces into biological signals. However, the identity of these plant root ion channels remains unknown.

Improvement of Hydrophilicity for Polyamide Composite Membrane by Incorporation of Graphene Oxide-Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles.

In this work, the polyamide (PA) membrane surface has been modified by coating of nanomaterials including graphene oxide (GO) and titanium dioxide (TiO) to enhance membrane separation and antifouling properties. The influence of surface modification conditions on membrane characteristics has been investigated and compared with a base membrane. Membrane surface properties were determined through scanning electron microscope (SEM) images and Fourier transform infrared-attenuated total reflectance (FTIR-ATR) spectroscopy.