A Biomimetic Cement-Based Solid-State Electrolyte with Both High Strength and Ionic Conductivity for Self-Energy-Storage Buildings.

Cement-based materials are the foundation of modern buildings but suffer from intensive energy consumption. Utilizing cement-based materials for efficient energy storage is one of the most promising strategies for realizing zero-energy buildings. However, cement-based materials encounter challenges in achieving excellent electrochemical performance without compromising mechanical properties.

Ultrathin, Mechanically Durable, and Scalable Polymer-in-Salt Solid Electrolyte for High-Rate Lithium Metal Batteries.

Polymer-in-salt solid-state electrolytes (PIS SSEs) are emerging for high room-temperature ionic conductivity and facile handling, but suffer from poor mechanical durability and large thickness. Here, AlO-coated PE (PE/AO) separators are proposed as robust and large-scale substrates to trim the thickness of PIS SSEs without compromising mechanical durability. Various characterizations unravel that introducing AlO coating on PE separators efficiently improves the wettability, thermal stability, and Li-dendrite resistance of PIS SSEs.

Self-Supported Transition Metal-Based Nanoarrays for Efficient Energy Storage.

Rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors are currently considered as promising electrochemical energy storage (EES) systems to address the energy and environment issues. Self-supported transition metal (Ni, Co, Mn, Mo, Cu, V)-based materials are promising electrodes for EES devices, which offer highly efficient charge transfer kinetics. This review summarizes the latest development of transition metal-based materials with self-supported structures for EES systems.

PVP-Assisted Synthesis of Self-Supported NiP@Carbon for High-Performance Supercapacitor.

Highly conductive and stable electrode materials are usually the focus of high-performance supercapacitors. In this work, a unique design of NiP@carbon self-supported composite nanowires directly grown on Ni foam was applied for a supercapacitor. The CoO nanowire array was first synthesized on the Ni foam substrate, and the resulting NiP@carbon nanocomposite was obtained by hydrothermally coating CoO with the Ni-ethylene glycol complex followed by gaseous phosphorization.

[Significance of Monitoring Minimal Residual Disease by Flow Cytometry in Acute Leukemia Patients Underwent Nonmyeloablative Allo-HSCT].

Objective: To explore the value of dynamically monitoring minimal residual disease (MRD) by flow cytometry before and after non-myeloablative allo-HSCT (NST) for prediction of acute leukemia(AL) relapse after transplantation.

Methods: The clinical data of 51 AL patients underwent NST were analyzed retrospectively in Department of Hematology of Affiliated Hospital of Academy of Military Medical Sciences from January 2011 to December 2015. All AL patients achieved the morphologic complete remission of bone marrow before transplantation.

Disturbance of redox status enhances radiosensitivity of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Aims: High constitutive expression of Nrf2 has been found in many types of cancers, and this high level of Nrf2 also favors resistance to drugs and radiation. Here we investigate how isoliquiritigenin (ISL), a natural antioxidant, inhibits the Nrf2-dependent antioxidant pathway and enhances the radiosensitivity of HepG2 cells and HepG2 xenografts.

Results: Treatment of HepG2 cells with ISL for 6 h selectively enhanced transcription and expression of Keap1.