Analysis of structural defects and their influence on red-emitting γ-AlO:Mn,Mg nanowires using positron annihilation spectroscopy.

The present paper reported on the analysis of structural defects and their influence on the red-emitting γ-AlO:Mn,Mg nanowires using positron annihilation spectroscopy (PAS). The nanowires were synthesized by hydrothermal method and low-temperature post-treatment using glucose as a reducing agent. X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), photoluminescence (PL), and photoluminescence excitation (PLE) were utilized, respectively, for determining the structural phase, morphology and red-emitting intensity in studied samples.

In vitro and in vivo anti-tumor effect of Trichobakin fused with urokinase-type plasminogen activator ATF-TBK.

Background: Trichobakin (TBK), a member of type I ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs), was first successfully cloned from Trichosanthes sp Bac Kan 8-98 in Vietnam. Previous study has shown that TBK acts as a potential protein synthesis inhibitor; however, the inhibition efficiency and specificity of TBK on cancer cells remain to be fully elucidated.

Methods And Results: In this work, we employed TBK and TBK conjugated with a part of the amino-terminal fragment (ATF) of the urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA), which contains the Ω-loop that primarily interacts with urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor, and can be a powerful carrier in the drug delivery to cancer cells.

Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Performance at the Lateral Interface between Two Layered Materials Predicted with Machine Learning.

While economical and effective catalysts are required for sustainable hydrogen production, low-dimensional interfacial engineering techniques have been developed to improve the catalytic activity in the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). In this study, we used density functional theory (DFT) calculations to measure the Gibbs free energy change (Δ) in hydrogen adsorption in two-dimensional lateral heterostructures (LHSs) MX/M'X' (MoS/WS, MoS/WSe, MoSe/WS, MoSe/WSe, MoTe/WSe, MoTe/WTe, and WS/WSe) and MX/M'X' (NbS/ZnO, NbSe/ZnO, NbS/GaN, MoS/ZnO, MoSe/ZnO, MoS/AlN, MoS/GaN, and MoSe/GaN) at several different positions near the interface. Compared to the interfaces of LHS MX/M'X' and the surfaces of the monolayer MX and MX, the interfaces of LHS MX/M'X' display greater hydrogen evolution reactivity due to their metallic behavior.

Nanodiamond Solid-Phase Extraction and Triton X-114 Cloud Point Separation for Robust Fractionation and Shotgun Proteomics Analysis of the Human Serum Proteome.

Human serum is one of the most attractive specimens in biomarker research. However, its overcomplicated properties have hindered the analysis of low-abundance proteins by conventional mass spectrometry techniques. This work proposes an innovative strategy for utilizing nanodiamonds (NDs) in combination with Triton X-114 protein extraction to fractionate the crude serum to six pH-tuned fractions, simplifying the overall proteome and facilitating protein profiling with high efficiency.

Enhanced out-of-plane electromechanical response of Janus ZrSeO.

Two-dimensional piezoelectric materials have attracted great attention as they could play a vital role in nano-electromagnetic systems. Herein, we investigate the compelling piezoelectric properties of Janus ZrSeO in monolayer and bulk structures using density functional theory calculations with a van der Waals correction. One of the two independent out-of-plane piezoelectric coefficients (e31) of the bulk ZrSeO is as high as 287.

Evaluation of energy intensity of transport service sectors in Vietnam.

This research analyses energy intensity of transport service sectors in Vietnam and its changing trend in the past years using IO tables and LMDI decomposition method. Energy consumption of 38 economic sectors in 2007, 2012 and 2018 is determined, of which transport service sectors were the second largest energy consumer (17.71 Mtoe), occupied 18.