Insight into the charge transfer behavior of an electrochemiluminescence sensor based on porphyrin-coumarin derivatives with a donor-acceptor configuration.

The excellent photophysical and electrochemical properties of porphyrins have inspired widespread interest in the realm of electrochemiluminescence (ECL). The aggregation-caused deficiency of ECL emission in aqueous solution, however, still severely impedes further applications. Herein, a molecule with a donor-acceptor (D-A) configuration, ATPP-Cou, consisting of monoaminoporphyrin as an electron donor and coumarin as an electron acceptor, was designed as an ECL luminophore to address the susceptibility of the porphyrin to aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ) in aqueous solution.

Stemless anatomic and reverse shoulder arthroplasty in patients under 55 years of age with primary glenohumeral osteoarthritis: an analysis of the Australian Orthopedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry at 5 years.

Background: Primary glenohumeral osteoarthritis in young patients poses challenging treatment decisions. Arthroplasty options have different failure profiles and implant survivorship patterns. This registry study aims to analyze the cumulative per cent revision (CPR) rate of different types of arthroplasties conducted for primary osteoarthritis in patients below 55 years of age.

A strategy to balance location privacy and positioning accuracy.

In privacy protection methods based on location services, constructing anonymous areas using location information shared by collaborative users is the main method. However, this collaborative process not only increases the risk of mobile users' location privacy being leaked, but also reduces positioning accuracy. In response to this problem, we propose a balancing strategy, which transforms the problem of protecting mobile users' location privacy and improving positioning accuracy into a balance issue between location privacy and positioning accuracy.

Unveiling the Influence of Sulfur Doping on Photoelectrochemical Performance in BiVO/FeOOH Heterostructures.

BiVO is a promising photoanode for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting but suffers from high charge carrier recombination and sluggish surface water oxidation kinetics that limit its efficiency. In this work, a model of sulfur-incorporated FeOOH cocatalyst-loaded BiVO was constructed. The composite photoanode (BiVO/S-FeOOH) demonstrates an enhanced photocurrent density of 3.

Fast Interfacial Carrier Dynamics Modulated by Bidirectional Charge Transport Channels in ZnIn S -based Composite Photoanodes Probed by Scanning Photoelectrochemical Microscopy.

Limited charge separation/transport efficiency remains the primary obstacle of achieving satisfying photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting performance. Therefore, it is essential to develop diverse interfacial engineering strategies to mitigate charge recombination. Despite obvious progress having been made, most works only considered a single-side modulation in either the electrons of conduction band or the holes of valence band in a semiconductor photoanode, leading to a limited PEC performance enhancement.

Dual modification of BiVO photoanode for synergistically boosting photoelectrochemical water splitting.

Bismuth vanadate (BiVO) is a promising nanomaterial for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water oxidation. However, the serious charge recombination and sluggish water oxidation kinetics limit its performance. Herein, an integrated photoanode was successfully constructed by modifying BiVO (BV) with InO (In) layer and further decorating amorphous FeNi hydroxides (FeNi).

Analysis of the clinical outcomes of microbial contamination caused by environmental contamination of the embryology laboratory during IVF-ET treatment cycles.

Background: Bacterial contamination may cause loss of or damage to cultured oocytes or embryos, resulting in the lack of transplantable embryos during IVF embryo culture. However, there are few reports about IVF embryo contamination caused by embryology laboratories. In this work, we evaluated clinical pregnancy outcomes and the risk of maternal and infant complications after embryo contamination caused by environmental pollution during IVF.

Insights into the Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Performance through Construction of the Z-Scheme and Type II Heterojunctions.

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting technology is a promising strategy toward producing sustainable hydrogen fuel. However, it is an essential bottleneck to reduce severe charge recombination for the improvement of PEC performance. Construction of heterojunction systems, such as Z-scheme and type II heterojunctions, could efficiently boost charge separation, whereas the mechanism of charge separation is still ambiguous.

Highly Facile Strategy for Detecting DO in HO by Porphyrin-Based Luminescent Probes.

Owing to their almost similarities in size, shape, and chemical reactivity, effectively distinguishing deuteroxide (DO) in water (HO) remains an ongoing challenge, and the examples of a DO probe are still quite scarce. Herein, since HO can decrease the lifetime of a singlet oxygen as a vital intermediate and an H/D exchange in the luminescence process of porphyrins, we systematically investigated the enhanced ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis), photoluminescence (PL), and electrochemiluminescence (ECL) of water-soluble tetrakis(carboxphenyl)porphyrin (TCPP) in DO. The findings showed that these luminescent properties had been greatly enhanced with the increase of the DO fraction in water.

Significantly Promoting the Photogenerated Charge Separation by Introducing an Oxygen Vacancy Regulation Strategy on the FeNiOOH Co-Catalyst.

Semiconductor/co-catalyst coupling is considered as a promising strategy to enhance the photoelectrochemical (PEC) conversion efficiency. Unfortunately, this model system is faced with a serious interface recombination problem, which limits the further improvement of PEC performances. Here, a FeNiOOH co-catalyst with abundant oxygen vacancies on BiVO is fabricated through simple and economical NaBH reduction to accelerate hole transfer and achieve efficient electron-hole pair separation.

Interfacial repairing of semiconductor-electrocatalyst interfaces for efficient photoelectrochemical water oxidation.

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is an attractive strategy to convert and store of intermittent solar power into fuel energy. However, the detrimental charge recombination of photogenerated electrons and holes severely limits its efficiency. Despite electrocatalyst loading can obviously improve the PEC conversion efficiency, current systems still suffer from high recombination owing to the surface states.

Signal Amplification Strategy Using Atomically Gold-Supported VO Nanobelts as a Co-reaction Accelerator for Ultrasensitive Electrochemiluminescent Sensor Construction Based on the Resonance Energy Transfer Platform.

Luminol, as a classical luminophore, plays a crucial role in electrochemiluminescence (ECL). However, the traditional luminol-HO ECL system suffers from the self-decomposition of HO at ambient temperature, which hinders its further application in quantitative analysis. In this work, for the first time, we developed atomically gold-supported two-dimensional VO nanobelts (Au/VO) as an advanced co-reaction promoter to speed up the reduction of dissolved oxygen to superoxide radicals (O), which react with the luminol anion radical and greatly promote the ECL emission.

Near-Infrared Small Molecule as a Specific Fluorescent Probe for Ultrasensitive Recognition of Antiparallel Human Telomere G-Quadruplexes.

In the past 10 years, many fluorescent probes have been developed to recognize G-quadruplexes (G4s) since G4s play an important role in biological systems. However, the selectivity and sensitivity of existing probes for G4s limit their further applications. Herein, we design and synthesize a new probe (TOVJ) by introducing 9-vinyljulolidine into TO.

MnO Nanospheres Assisted by Cysteine Combined with MnO Nanosheets as a Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer System for "Switch-on" Detection of Glutathione.

Manganese dioxide nanosheets combined with cysteine-assisted emitting manganese dioxide nanospheres (Cys-MnO nanospheres) is fabricated for the first time as an "off-on" fluorescence detection platform for glutathione (GSH). In this sensing system, Cys-MnO nanospheres served as energy donors, while MnO nanosheets were used as both energy acceptors and recognition units. MnO nanosheets can effectively quench the fluorescence of Cys-MnO nanospheres through the fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET).

Hypoxia and pH co-triggered oxidative stress amplifier for tumor therapy.

To keep fast proliferation, tumor cells are exposed to higher oxidative stress than normal cells and they upregulate the amount of some antioxidants such as glutathione (GSH) against reactive oxygen species to maintain the balance. This phenomenon is severe in hypoxic tumor cells. Although researchers have proposed a series of treatment strategies based on regulating the intracellular reactive oxygen species level, few of them are related to the hypoxic tumor.

Rational design of copper encapsulated within nitrogen-doped carbon core-shell nanosphere for efficiently photocatalytic peroxymonosulfate activation.

Photocatalysis utilizing solar energy is a promising strategy for mitigating energy crisis and environmental pollution. Exploring a cost-effective, stable, eco-friendly, and efficient photocatalytic system is extremely urgent. Herein, copper encapsulated within nitrogen-doped carbon nanosphere (Cu@NC) possessing a unique core-shell structure with high catalytic activity was prepared by ion-exchange and pyrolysis using resin as support.

Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting on Nickel-Doped Cobalt Phosphate by Modulating both Charge Transfer and Oxygen Evolution Efficiencies.

Detrimental charge recombination at photoanode/electrolyte junctions severely impedes photoelectrochemical (PEC) performance. The deposition of cobalt phosphate (CoPi) onto photoanodes is an efficient approach to achieve high PEC efficiency. However, achieving performances at the required remains a huge challenge, owing to the passivation effect of CoPi.

Insight into interface charge regulation through the change of the electrolyte temperature toward enhancing photoelectrochemical water oxidation.

The desired photoelectrochemical performance can be achieved by temperature regulation, but the nature for this improvement remains a controversial topic. Herein, we employed BiVO/CoO as a typical model system, and explored the fate of photogenerated holes at the different interfaces among BiVO/CoO/electrolyte by means of intensity modulated photocurrent spectroscopy (IMPS), scanning photoelectrochemical microscopy (SPECM) and traditional electrocatalysis characterization methods. Systematic quantitative analysis of the kinetics of photogenerated holes transfer at the BiVO/CoO interface under illumination and surface water oxidation at the CoO/electrolyte interface in the dark indicates that increasing temperature could not only enhance the surface catalytic reaction kinetics but also facilitate the interfacial charge transfer.

Encapsulation of Porphyrin-Fe/Cu Complexes into Coordination Space for Enhanced Selective Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Aromatic Hydrazides.

The encapsulation of specific nanoentities into hollow nanomaterials derived from metal organic frameworks has attracted continuous and growing research attentions owing to their unique structural properties and unusual synergistic functions. Herein, using the phase transformation of uniform rhombi dodecahedron ZIF-67, hollow nano-shell with a well-defined morphology is successfully prepared. Particularly, the iron-oxygen complex, that is formed by the interaction between TCPP-Fe/Cu (TCPP = tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl)-porphyrin) and oxygen, can be acted as an ideal proton acceptor for practical organic reactions.

Insight into the Transition-Metal Hydroxide Cover Layer for Enhancing Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation.

Depositing a transition-metal hydroxide (TMH) layer on a photoanode has been demonstrated to enhance photoelectrochemical (PEC) water oxidation. However, the controversial understanding for the improvement origin remains a key challenge to unlock the PEC performance. Herein, by taking BiVO /iron-nickel hydroxide (BVO/F N -H) as a prototype, we decoupled the PEC process into two processes including charge transfer and surface catalytic reaction.

Aggregation-Induced Electrochemiluminescence of Tetraphenylbenzosilole Derivatives in an Aqueous Phase System for Ultrasensitive Detection of Hexavalent Chromium.

Herein, aggregation-induced electrochemiluminescence (AIECL) of tetraphenylbenzosilole derivatives in an aqueous phase system with the participation of a co-reactant was systematically investigated for the first time. All organics that we studied exhibit excellent stability and dramatically enhanced electrochemiluminescence (ECL) and photoluminescence (PL) emission when the water fraction increases. The influence of substituents in the structure of tetraphenylbenzosilole derivatives on AIECL performance was proved by fluorescence, cyclic voltammetry, and related theoretical calculation.

Enhancing Charge Separation through Oxygen Vacancy-Mediated Reverse Regulation Strategy Using Porphyrins as Model Molecules.

Highly efficient charge separation has been demonstrated as one of the most significant steps playing decisive roles in enhancing the overall efficiency of photoelectrochemical (PEC) processes. In this study, by employing 5,10,15,20-tetrakis (4-carboxyphenyl) porphyrin-Ni (NiTCPP) as a prototype, an oxygen vacancy (Vo)-mediated reverse regulation strategy is proposed for tuning hole transfer, which in turn can accelerate the transport of electrons and thus enhancing charge separation. The optimal NiO/NiTCPP system exhibits much higher (≈40 times) photocurrent and longer (≈13 times) lifetime of charge carriers compared with those of pure NiTCPP.

Switching the Photoluminescence and Electrochemiluminescence of Liposoluble Porphyrin in Aqueous Phase by Molecular Regulation.

By a facile peripheral decoration of 5-(4-aminophenyl)-10,15,20-triphenylporphyrin (ATPP) with inherent aggregation-induced emission (AIE) active tetraphenylethene (TPE), a versatile AIEgenic porphyrin derivative (ATPP-TPE) was obtained, which greatly abolishes the detrimental π-π stacking and thus surmounts the notorious aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ) effect of ATPP in aqueous phase. The photoluminescence of ATPP-TPE is 4.5-fold stronger than ATPP at aggregation state.

Dual-Channel Luminescent Signal Readout Strategy for Classifying Aprotic/Protic Polar Organic Medium and Naked-Eye Monitoring of Water in Organic Solvents.

Developing a convenient and rapid detection method for water is greatly desirable in the field of chemical industry. Herein, we present a simple and effective strategy combining a fluorescence sensor and a one-to-two fluorescence colorimetric logic operation to monitor water in a wide range of organic media and classify aprotic/protic polar solvents. The dual-emitting luminescent detector was prepared by incorporating a fluorescent dye Rhodamine 6G (R6G) with strong green light emission within a red light-emitting Eu-metal-organic framework (MOF) through the "bottle around ship" method.