Publications by authors named "Luyao Chen"

Perovskite-based tandem solar cells (PTSCs) have made remarkable achievements in recent years, and the highest certified power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 33.9% has been achieved in perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells (PSTSCs), indicating their great commercialization potential. Nevertheless, the performance of PTSCs continues to be hindered by the compromised performance of wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells (WPSCs), particularly the high deficit of WPSCs.

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Wide-bandgap perovskite sub-cells (WPSCs), one of the most crucial components of perovskite-based tandem solar cells (PTSCs), play a critical role in determining the performance of tandem devices. However, confined by the compromised crystallization properties of wide-bandgap perovskites, WPSCs exhibit significantly lower efficiency than their theoretical limit. In particular, for n-i-p structured all-inorganic WPSCs (AIWPSCs), severe nonradiative recombination due to the buried interface defects severely decreases the photovoltaic performance.

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This work investigates a simple synthetic method for producing fused dinitromethyl energetic compounds. Fused compound has a high detonation velocity (9358 m s) close to that of the well-known high-energy-density explosive CL-20 (9455 m s), an extremely high density (1.97 cm), and acceptable sensitivity (IS = 8 J).

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Speech brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) directly translate brain activity into speech sound and text. Despite successful applications in non-tonal languages, the distinct syllabic structures and pivotal lexical information conveyed through tonal nuances present challenges in BCI decoding for tonal languages like Mandarin Chinese. Here, we designed a brain-to-text framework to decode Mandarin sentences from invasive neural recordings.

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Maintaining the quality of postharvest nectarine fruit is considerably challenging owing to their vigorous metabolism processes. This study explored the effectiveness of the natural preservative caffeic acid in extending the shelf-life and improving the flavor quality of nectarine. The decay rate of caffeic acid-treated fruit was only 40.

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  • The NEOTAX phase 2 study explored how effective and safe the combination of toripalimab and axitinib is for patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma and inferior vena cava tumor thrombus.
  • Out of 25 patients, 44% showed a reduction in thrombus level, with a median decrease in tumor thrombus length of 2.3 cm, while 61.9% had changes in their surgical approach.
  • The study found promising progression-free survival rates (25.3 months median; 89.1% at 1 year) and noted no severe treatment-related adverse events, suggesting that the combination therapy effectively downstages the tumor and improves surgical outcomes.
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Here, azo-fused dinitramino energetic compound 5,5'-dinitramino-8,8'-azo-1,2,5-oxadiazolo[3,4-][1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-]pyrazine () and its energetic salts - have been prepared. Azo-fused dinitramino compound exhibits excellent detonation performance ( = 36.13 GPa, and = 9126 m s), which is obviously better than that of RDX ( = 8796 m s, and = 33.

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Unlabelled: Pasteurization (PS) causes the abnormal changes in volatiles and off-flavors in juices and limit the commercial production of juices. Herein, the first study on the biochemical reaction of volatile and nonvolatile compounds in response to PS factors during the process of sea buckthorn pulp (SBP) was evaluated. Processing conditions (mainly 80 °C for 20 min) had significant effects on the volatile and nonvolatile compounds.

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There is still a paucity of research on the relationship between triglyceride-glucose-body mass index (TyG-BMI) and long-term all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The objective of this study was to explore the relationship between the TyG-BMI index and mortality rate and to determine valuable predictive factors for the survival status of this population. Data were obtained from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES 2001-2018) and the National Death Index (NDI).

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This study investigated the causal enhancing effect of transcranial photobiomodulation (tPBM) over the left inferior frontal gyrus (LIFG) on syntactically complex Mandarin Chinese first language (L1) and second language (L2) sentence processing performances. Two (L1 and L2) groups of participants (thirty per group) were recruited to receive the double-blind, sham-controlled tPBM intervention via LIFG, followed by the sentence processing, the verbal working memory (WM), and the visual WM tasks. Results revealed a consistent pattern for both groups: (a) tPBM enhanced sentence processing performance but not verbal WM for linear processing of unstructured sequences and visual WM performances; (b) Participants with lower sentence processing performances under sham tPBM benefited more from active tPBM.

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In this study, composite essential oil Pickering emulsion stabilized with zein-gum arabic (GA) nanoparticles (ZGCEO) was prepared to improve the characteristics of guar gum (GG) films. ZGCEO exhibited commendable stability and compatibility with GG, while leading to a noticeable improvement in the light barrier (from 3.98 A mm to 17.

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Objective: To construct and externally validate machine learning-based nomograms for predicting progression stages of initial prostate cancer (PCa) using biomarkers and clinicopathologic features.

Methods: Three hundred sixty-two inpatients diagnosed with PCa at the First Affiliated Hospital were randomly assigned to training and testing sets in a 3:7 ratio, while 136 PCa patients from People's Hospital formed the external validation set. Imaging and clinicopathologic information were collected.

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In recent years, with the development of deep coal mines and petroleum resources and the expansion of the aerospace industry, the pursuit of heat-resistant energetic materials with high thermal stability and high energy has been increasing. Bis(4-nitropyrazole) was employed as an energy bridge to link 1,2,4-triazole, thereby constructing a sophisticated tetracyclic framework in this study. A tetracyclic heat-resistant explosive 5,5'-(4,4'-dinitro-2,2'-[3,3'-bipyrazole]-5,5'-diyl)bis(4-1,2,4-triazole-3,4-diamine) (3) and its derivatives 6-8 with excellent comprehensive performance have been successfully prepared.

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  • * In experiments with rats, they found that higher amounts of Gstp1 in arteries were linked to higher blood pressure, and changing Gstp1 levels affected the rats' blood pressure.
  • * The study shows that Gstp1 could help lower high blood pressure, and understanding how it works might lead to new ways to treat hypertension in people.
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The structure of human language is inherently hierarchical. The left posterior inferior frontal gyrus (LpIFG) is proposed to be a core region for constructing syntactic hierarchies. However, it remains unclear whether LpIFG plays a causal role in syntactic processing in Mandarin Chinese and whether its contribution depends on syntactic complexity, working memory, or both.

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  • A study was conducted to measure metal element concentrations in particulate matter (PM) during a winter pollution period across four cities in southern Sichuan, using data collected from late 2018 to early 2019 and comparing it with 2015 data from Zigong.
  • The analysis revealed that the concentrations of metal elements like Al, Sb, and Fe were similar among the cities, with most elements showing stable concentrations over time, except for Thallium, which displayed variability.
  • Sources of these metal elements were identified as primarily from dust, coal, industrial, and traffic sources, with each city's pollution profile differing; for instance, Zigong was heavily influenced by traffic dust, while Luzhou leaned more towards
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To analyse the effect of HLA-DPA1 and HLA-DPB1 allelic mismatches on the outcomes of unrelated donor haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (URD-HSCT), we collected 258 recipients with haematological disease who underwent HLA-10/10 matched URD-HSCT. HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1, -DQB1, -DRB3/4/5, -DQA1, -DPA1 and -DPB1 typing was performed for the donors and recipients using next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology. After excluding 8 cases with DQA1 or DRB3/4/5 mismatches, we included 250 cases with HLA-14/14 matching for further analysis.

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Early and sensitive detection of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) is of great significance for improving crop yield and protecting germplasm resources. Herein, we constructed a novel fluorescence sensor to detect TMV RNA (tRNA) through double strand specific nuclease (DSN) cycle and activator regenerative electron transfer atom transfer radical polymerization (ARGET ATRP) dual signal amplification strategy. The hairpin DNA complementarily paired with tRNA was used as a recognition unit to specifically capture tRNA.

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Methyltransferase-like 3 (METTL3) is a crucial element of N6-methyladenosine (mA) modifications and has been extensively studied for its involvement in diverse biological and pathological processes. In this study, we explored how METTL3 affects the differentiation of stem cells from the apical papilla (SCAPs) into odonto/osteoblastic lineages through gain- and loss-of-function experiments. The mA modification levels were assessed using mA dot blot and activity quantification experiments.

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, especially among the elderly. Recent studies have shown how hypertension is related to cognitive decline in elderly patients, which in turn leads to increased mortality as well as morbidity. There have been various studies that have looked at the effect of antihypertensive drugs in reducing cognitive decline, and their results have proved inconclusive.

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The various vegetation types in the karst landscape have been considered the results of heterogeneous habitats. However, the lack of a comprehensive understanding of regional biodiversity patterns and the underlying ecological processes limits further research on ecological management. This study established forest dynamic plots (FDPs) of the dominant vegetation types (shrubland, SL; mixed tree and shrub forest, MTSF; coniferous forest, CF; coniferous broadleaf mixed forest, CBMF; and broadleaf forest, BF) in the karst landscape and quantified the species diversity patterns and potential ecological processes.

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Analogical reasoning is central to thought and learning. However, previous neuroscience studies have focused mainly on neural substrates for visuospatial and semantic analogies. There has not yet been research on the neural correlates of analogical reasoning on syntactic patterns generated by the syntactic rules, a key feature of human language faculty.

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Background: Pancreatic cancer (PC) is an extremely malignant tumor with low survival rate. Effective biomarkers and therapeutic targets for PC are lacking. The roles of circular RNAs (circRNAs) in cancers have been explored in various studies, however more work is needed to understand the functional roles of specific circRNAs.

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Thanks to the advancements in bioinformatics, drugs, and other interventions that modulate microbes to treat diseases have been emerging continuously. In recent years, an increasing number of databases related to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) or gut microbes have been established. However, a database combining the two has not yet been developed.

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