Bipolar Modulation in a Self-Powered Ultra-Wide Photodetector Based on BiSe/AlInAsSb Heterojunction for Wavelength-Sensitive Imaging and Encrypted Optical Communication.

Broadband photodetectors (PDs) have garnered significant attention due to their ability to detect optical signals across a wide wavelength range, with applications spanning military reconnaissance, environmental monitoring, and medical imaging. However, existing broadband detectors face several practical challenges, including limited detection range, uneven photoresponse, and difficult to distinguish multispectral signals. To address these limitations, this study presents a self-powered ultra-wide PD based on the BiSe/AlInAsSb heterojunction.

High-Performance All-Inorganic Perovskite Tandem Photodetectors With BiTeO Layer Enabled by Enhanced Dual Pyro-Phototronic Effect for Triple-Encryption Imaging Sensing System with Programmable Logic Gate.

As the focus on information security continues to intensify, encrypted imaging sensing technology becomes increasingly indispensable. However, the widespread application of encrypted imaging sensing technology is hindered by high manufacturing costs and complex system construction. Herein, an all-inorganic perovskite/perovskite tandem self-powered photodetector (PDs) is reported, incorporated with BiTeO layer to enahnce dual pyro-phototronic effect, to realize an innovated encryption imaging sensing system with programmable logic gate.

Rabdosia rubescens (Hemsl.) H. Hara: A potent anti-tumor herbal remedy - Botany, phytochemistry, and clinical applications and insights.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Traditional Chinese herbal medicine has unique advantages as anti-cancer drugs and adjuvant therapies. Rabdosia rubescens (Hemsl.) H.

Polysaccharides from Lonicera japonica Thunb.: Extraction, purification, structural features and biological activities-A review.

Lonicera japonica Thunb.,commonly referred to as Caprifolium japonicum (Thunb.) Dum.

Inhibition of hepatocellular carcinoma cell proliferation through regulation of the Cell Cycle, AGE-RAGE, and Leptin signaling pathways by a compound formulation comprised of andrographolide, wogonin, and oroxylin A derived from Andrographis Paniculata(Burm.f.) Nees.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: In 2020, liver cancer contributed to approximately 0.9 million new cases and 0.83 million deaths, making it the third leading cause of mortality worldwide.

A high-performance and self-powered polarization-sensitive photoelectrochemical-type BiOTe photodetector based on a quasi-solid-state gel electrolyte.

Among the two-dimensional (2D) BiOX (X = S, Se, and Te) series, BiOTe has the smallest effective mass and the highest carrier mobility. However, BiOTe has rarely been investigated, most likely due to the lack of feasible methods to synthesize 2D BiOTe. Herein, 2D BiOTe nanosheets are successfully synthesized by low-temperature oxidation of BiTe nanosheets synthesized using a solvothermal method.

Oridonin suppresses gastric cancer SGC-7901 cell proliferation by targeting the TNF-alpha/androgen receptor/TGF-beta signalling pathway axis.

Statistics provided by GLOBOCAN list gastric cancer as the sixth most common, with a mortality ranking of third highest for the year 2020. In China, a herb called Rabdosia rubescens (Hemsl.) H.

A solution-processed octahedral nano-blocks structure CaInSfilm for UV/vis photodetection.

A novel CaInSwith three-dimensional octahedral nano-blocks (ONBs) are successfully synthesized on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrate by a simple hydrothermal method. The CaInSONBs are uniform grown and scattered on the whole FTO substrate with high regular and symmetric morphology as well as average diagonal length of about 600 nm. Based on the as-synthesized CaInSONBs, a photodetector (PD) is fabricated.

Morphology evolution and enhanced broadband photoresponse behavior of two-dimensional BiTenanosheets.

Bismuth telluride (BiTe), as an emerging two-dimensional (2D) material, has attracted extensive attention from scientific researchers due to its excellent optoelectronic, thermoelectric properties and topological structure. However, the application research of BiTemainly focuses on thermoelectric devices, while the research on optoelectronic devices is scarce. In this work, the morphology evolution and growth mechanism of 2D BiTenanosheets with a thickness of 12 ± 3 nm were systematically studied by solvothermal method.

Computational analysis for identification of early diagnostic biomarkers and prognostic biomarkers of liver cancer based on GEO and TCGA databases and studies on pathways and biological functions affecting the survival time of liver cancer.

Background: Liver cancer is the sixth most commonly diagnosed cancer and the fourth most common cause of cancer death. The purpose of this work is to find new diagnostic biomarkers or prognostic biomarkers and explore the biological functions related to the prognosis of liver cancer.

Methods: GSE25097 datasets were firstly obtained and compared with TCGA LICA datasets and an analysis of the overlapping differentially expressed genes (DEGs) was conducted.

Identification of macrophage related gene in colorectal cancer patients and their functional roles.

Background: Recent scientific research has enabled the identification of macrophages related-genes (MaRG), which play a key role in the control of the immune microenvironment in many human cancers. However, the functional role of MaRGs in human tumors is ill-defined. Herein, we aimed at bioinformatically exploring the molecular signatures of MaRGs in colorectal cancer.

Benzo[1,2-:4,5-']difuran Polymer-Based Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells: The Roles of Non-Fullerene Acceptors and Molybdenum Oxide on Their Ambient Stabilities and Processabilities.

The ambient stability and processability of organic solar cells (OSCs) are important factors for their commercialization. Herein, we selected four benzo[1,2-:4,5-']difuran (BDF) polymers and two electron acceptors to examine the role of photovoltaic materials in the ambient stability. The investigations revealed that the MoO layer is the detrimental factor for the ambient stabilities.

Enhanced UV Photoresponsivity of ZnO Nanorods Decorated with AgS/ZnS Nanoparticles by Successive Ionic Layer Adsorption and Reaction Method.

Recently, different kinds of energy band structures have been utilized to improve the photoelectric properties of zinc oxide (ZnO). In this work, ZnO nanorods were prepared by the hydrothermal method and then decorated with silver sulfide (AgS)/zinc sulfide (ZnS) via two-step successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction method. The photoelectric properties of nanocomposites are investigated.

Erratum: Wang, D., et al. Self-Assembly Synthesis of the MoS/PtCo Alloy Counter Electrodes for High-Efficiency and Stable Low-Cost Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. 2020, , 1725.

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Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution over TiO Mesoporous Spheres-ZnO Nanorods Heterojunction.

Photocatalytic water splitting into hydrogen is regarded as one of the key solutions to the deterioration of the global environment and energy. Due to the significantly reduced grain boundaries, ZnO nanorods facilitate a fast electron transfer through their smooth tunnels and are well suited as a photocatalyst. However, the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance of pristine ZnO nanorods is still low due to the high recombination rate of photogenerated electron-hole pairs and the less light absorption.

Self-Assembly Synthesis of the MoS/PtCo Alloy Counter Electrodes for High-Efficiency and Stable Low-Cost Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.

In this work, MoS microspheres/PtCo-alloy nanoparticles (MoS/PtCo-alloy NPs) were composited via a novel and facile process which MoS is functionalized by poly (N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) (PVP) and self-assembled with PtCo-alloy NPs. This new composite shows excellent electrocatalytic activity and great potential for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) as a counter electrode (CE) material. Benefiting from heterostructure and synergistic effects, the MoS/PtCo-alloy NPs exhibit high electrocatalytic activity, low charge-transfer resistance and stability in the cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) test.

Realizing Efficient Single Organic Molecular White Light-Emitting Diodes from Conformational Isomerization of Quinazoline-Based Emitters.

Single pure organic molecular white light emitters (SPOMWLEs) are of significance as a new class of material for white lighting applications; however, few of them are able to emit white electroluminescence from organic light-emitting diodes. Herein, donor-π-acceptor conjugated emitters, 2PQ-PTZ and 4PQ-PTZ, were designed and synthesized as SPOMWLEs for white light emission considering the distinct advantages of their conformation isomers. The coexistence of conformational isomers in 2PQ-PTZ, which is the first experimental evidence of the coexisting quasi-axial and quasi-equatorial conformers, provides ideal flexibility to obtain white light emission from their simultaneous and well-separated fluorescence and thermally activated delayed fluorescence.

Manipulating Polymer Donors Toward a High-Performance Polymer Acceptor Based On a Fused Perylenediimide Building Block With a Built-In Twisting Configuration.

A novel fused perylene diimide (PDI)-based polymer electron acceptor (PFPDI-BDF) with a built-in twisting configuration was constructed for application in all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs). To shed light on the compatibility of the FPDI polymer acceptor and to identify a suitable polymer donor for device applications, we considered herein to investigate three polymer donors (PBDB-T, PTB7-Th, and PCPDTFBT) with different optical and electronic properties as well as polymer chain packing behavior for comparing the device performance. After being fabricated with PFPDI-BDF, polymer donor PBDB-T with a wide band gap showed a decent power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 4.

Chain Engineering of Benzodifuran-Based Wide-Bandgap Polymers for Efficient Non-Fullerene Polymer Solar Cells.

Two novel benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b' ]difuran (BDF)-based wide-bandgap polymers, PBDFT-FBz and PBDFF-FBz, featuring a difluorobenzotriazole (FBz) acceptor unit, are designed and synthesized. The first attempt through main-chain engineering to alter thiophene units to furan units in the main chain of PBDFT-FBz, and further side-chain engineering eliminate the 2-ethylthiophenyl side chains of PBDFT-FBz by 2-ethylfuryl side chains to generate the "all-furan" polymer PBDFF-FBz. By taking the benefit of the oxygen atom in furan, both PBDFT-FBz and PBDFF-FBz exhibit lower HOMO energy levels and enhanced polymer chain interactions compared to their benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b' ]dithiophene (BDT)-based counterparts.

The effect of α-solanine on the activity, gene expression, and kinetics of arylamine N-acetyltransferase in HepG2 cells.

α-solanine is one of the major components of Solanum nigrum Linn., the fruits of which are used in China for food. In the present study, α-solanine was selected to assess the inhibition of arylamine N-acetyltransferase (NAT) activity and mRNA expression of NAT and kinetics in HepG2 cells.

R-Phycoerythrin Induces SGC-7901 Apoptosis by Arresting Cell Cycle at S Phase.

R-Phycoerythrin (R-PE), one of the chemical constituents of red algae, could produce singlet oxygen upon excitation with the appropriate radiation and possibly be used in photodynamic therapy (PDT) for cancer. Documents reported that R-PE could inhibit cell proliferation in HepG2 and A549 cells, which was significative for cancer therapy. This is due to the fact that R-PE could kill cancer cells directly as well as by PDT.

Hydrothermal synthesis of a 3D double-sided comb-like ZnO nanostructure and its growth mechanism analysis.

Self-assembly of two-dimensional (2D) nanosheets and one-dimensional (1D) nanorods into three-dimensional (3D) double-sided comb-like ZnO nanostructures has been successfully performed via a simple one-step hydrothermal method on Si and ITO substrates. It is found that the thickness of the ZnO seeds plays a vital role in the formation of 3D double-sided comb-like ZnO.

Ultralong Rutile TiO2 Nanowire Arrays for Highly Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.

Vertically aligned rutile TiO2 nanowire arrays (NWAs) with lengths of ∼44 μm have been successfully synthesized on transparent, conductive fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) glass by a facile one-step solvothermal method. The length and wire-to-wire distance of NWAs can be controlled by adjusting the ethanol content in the reaction solution. By employing optimized rutile TiO2 NWAs for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs), a remarkable power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 8.

Oridonin induces apoptosis through the mitochondrial pathway in human gastric cancer SGC-7901 cells.

Oridonin is one of the most important antitumor active ingredients of Rabdosia rubescens. Recently published studies from our laboratory have demonstrated that oridonin was able to arrest human gastric cancer SGC-7901 cells at G2/M phase. However, little is known about inducing apoptosis in gastric cancer.

Reaction mechanism of a PbS-on-ZnO heterostructure and enhanced photovoltaic diode performance with an interface-modulated heterojunction energy band structure.

A room temperature successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) method is introduced for fabricating quantum dots-on-wide bandgap semiconductors. Detailed exploration of how SILAR begins and proceeds is performed by analyzing changes in the electronic structure of related elements at interfaces by X-ray photoelectric spectroscopy, together with characterization of optical properties and X-ray diffraction. The distribution of PbS QDs on ZnO, which is critical for optoelectrical applications of PbS with a large dielectric constant, shows a close relationship with the dipping order.