Current and promising applications of MOF composites in the healing of diabetes wounds.

Diabetes mellitus is an exponentially growing chronic metabolic disease identified by prolonged hyperglycemia that leads to a plethora of health problems. It is well established that the skin of diabetic patients is more prone to injury, and hence, wound healing is an utmost critical restorative process for injured skin and other tissues. Diabetes patients have problems with wound healing at all stages, which ultimately results in delays in the healing process.

MOF-Based Platform for Kidney Diseases: Advances, Challenges, and Prospects.

Kidney diseases are important diseases that affect human health worldwide. According to the 2020 World Health Organization (WHO) report, kidney diseases have become the top 10 causes of death. Strengthening the prevention, primary diagnosis, and action of kidney-related diseases is of great significance in maintaining human health and improving the quality of life.

Advances in drug delivery-based therapeutic strategies for renal fibrosis treatment.

Renal fibrosis is the result of all chronic kidney diseases and is becoming a major global health hazard. Currently, traditional treatments for renal fibrosis are difficult to meet clinical needs due to shortcomings such as poor efficacy or highly toxic side effects. Therefore, therapeutic strategies that target the kidneys are needed to overcome these shortcomings.

High Quantum Efficiency and Broadband Photodetector Based on Graphene/Silicon Nanometer Truncated Cone Arrays.

Light loss is one of the main factors affecting the quantum efficiency of photodetectors. Many researchers have attempted to use various methods to improve the quantum efficiency of silicon-based photodetectors. Herein, we designed highly anti-reflective silicon nanometer truncated cone arrays (Si NTCAs) as a light-trapping layer in combination with graphene to construct a high-performance graphene/Si NTCAs photodetector.

Transient absorption measurements of interlayer charge transfer in a WS/GeS van der Waals heterostructure.

We introduce germanium sulfide (GeS) as a new layered material for the fabrication of two-dimensional van der Waals materials and heterostructures. Heterostructures of WS/GeS were fabricated using mechanical exfoliation and dry transfer techniques. Significant photoluminescence quenching of WS in the heterostructures indicates efficient charge transfer.

Thickness-Dependent Interlayer Charge Transfer in MoSe/MoS Heterostructures Studied by Femtosecond Transient Absorption Measurements.

We report observations of a strong thickness dependence for charge transfer (CT) from MoSe to MoS, as evidenced by transient absorption measurements. By time-resolving CT from MoSe monolayers (1Ls) to MoS flakes of varying thicknesses, including 1L, bilayer (2L), and trilayer (3L), we find that the CT time is several picoseconds in the 1L-MoSe/3L-MoS heterostructure, which is much longer than that of 1L-MoSe/1L-MoS and 1L-MoSe/2L-MoS heterostructures. In addition, the recombination lifetime of the interlayer excitons in the 1L/3L heterostructure is several times longer than that of 1L/1L and 1L/2L heterostructures, reaching 800 ps.

Fabrication of ordered poly(methyl methacrylate) nanobowl arrays using SiO2 colloidal crystal templates.

A simple approach is presented for the fabrication of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) nanobowl arrays over cm2 areas using SiO2 colloidal crystal templates. SiO2 colloidal crystal templates were prepared on a clean glass substrate by self-assembled SiO2 spheres of 410 nm in diameter. The air between the silica spheres was filled by the superfluous monomer of PMMA that can be subsequently polymerized.

Modified spontaneous emission of organic molecules in-filled in inverse opals.

Inverse opals were prepared by replication of colloidal crystal templates made from silica spheres 298 nm in diameter. The air between the silica spheres was filled with the mixture of the monomer poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and the organic molecule Alq3 that can be subsequently polymerized. After removing the silica sphere templates, the photonic bandgap effect on the spontaneous emission of Alq3 were investigated.

[The enhancement of electric field distribution in one-dimensional metallic-dielectric photonic crystals].

The authors theoretically study the transmission properties and electric filed distribution in one-dimensional metallic-dielectric photonic crystals with the transfer matrix method. The results show that the physical properties can be improved considerably after the introduction of antireflection layer and optimizing structural parameters, e. g.

Synthesis of ordered macroporous polymers from colloidal silica templates.

Ordered macroporous polymers have been prepared by replication of colloidal crystals made from silica spheres 298 nm in diameter. The colloidal crystals were prepared on a clean indium tin oxide (ITO) glass substrate by sedimentation of a solution of a silica colloidal dispersed solution. The air between the silica spheres was filled by the monomer of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) that can be subsequently polymerized.

[Spectral properties of two-dimensional photonic crystal quantum well structures].

In the present paper, the spectral properties of two-dimensional (2D) photonic crystal quantum well structures were studied numerically. The structures consist of a 2D photonic crystal (PC) with square lattice of parallel dielectric circular columns in air and some middle layers of columns are removed. Similar to the electrons in semiconductor quantum wells, the photonic bandgap (PBG) in PC can act as a potential barrier to photons, which gives rise to quantized photonic states in the PBG region.

[Optical properties of one-dimensional metallodielectric photonic crystals].

The optical characteristics of one-dimensional metallodielectric photonic crystals (MDPC), constructed by inserting metal aluminum layers of certain thickness into the Si/SiO2 system, were studied theoretically with the transfer matrix method. The results show that the reflection efficiency can be enhanced considerably after the introduction of metallic layers, e. g.

Spontaneous emission of terbium complex in-filled in single-crystal colloidal multilayer.

Highly monodisperse submicron-sized silica spheres were synthesized by a chemical method, and single-crystal colloidal multilayers were prepared by a vertical deposition technique. Rare earth complex Tb(ACAC)3phen was in-filled in this structure to investigate the photonic bandgap effect on the spontaneous emission. The photon density of states in the photonic crystal was calculated numerically to investigate the origin of the abnormally enhanced photoluminescence in the photonic bandgap region.