Self-assembly of stabilized droplets from liquid-liquid phase separation for higher-order structures and functions.

Dynamic microscale droplets produced by liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) have emerged as appealing biomaterials due to their remarkable features. However, the instability of droplets limits the construction of population-level structures with collective behaviors. Here we first provide a brief background of droplets in the context of materials properties.

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Saccharide/lipid nanoconjugates are attractive building blocks for the construction of micro- and nanosized structures because of the roles of glycolipids in human body, courtesy of their intrinsic and functional properties. Herein, nanoconjugates based on dextran and oleic acid (Dex-OA) were synthesized via facile amide-linkage chemistry. The resultant Dex-OA micelles could self-assemble into spherical water-filled microcapsules via a water-in-oil emulsification process.

A New 2H-2H'/1T Cophase in Polycrystalline MoS and MoSe Thin Films.

We report on 2H-2H'/1T phase conversion of MoS and MoSe polycrystalline films grown by thermally assisted conversion. The structural conversion of the transition metal dichalcogenides was successfully carried out by organolithium treatment on chip. As a result we obtained a new 2H-2H'/1T cophase system of the TMDs thin films which was verified by Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

1-Nitro-4-(4-nitro-phen-oxy)benzene: a second monoclinic polymorph.

In the title compound, C12H8N2O5, the aromatic rings are inclined to one another by 56.14 (7)°. The nitro groups are inclined by to the benzene rings to which they are attached by 3.