Complex immunotoxic effects of T-2 Toxin on the murine spleen and thymus: Oxidative damage, inflammasomes, apoptosis, and immunosuppression.

T-2 toxin (T-2), a highly stable and toxic mycotoxin, poses a significant public health risk as an inevitable environmental pollutant. However, the mechanisms behind its immunotoxic and immunosuppressive effects are not fully understood. For this study, sixty healthy 4-week-old male C57BL/6 N mice were divided randomly into four groups and treated for 28 days with T-2 concentrations of 0, 0.

Solid-State Gas Sensors with Ni-Based Sensing Materials for Highly Selective Detecting NOx.

Precise monitoring of NO concentrations in nitric oxide delivery systems is crucial to ensure the safety and well-being of patients undergoing inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension. Currently, NO sensing in commercialized iNO instruments predominantly relies on chemiluminescence sensors, which not only drives up costs but also limits their portability. Herein, we developed solid-state gas sensors utilizing Ni-based sensing materials for effectively tracking the levels of NO and NO in the NO delivery system.

Correlation of the depletion layer with the Helmholtz layer in the anatase TiO2-H2O interface via molecular dynamics simulations.

Molecular dynamics simulations have been conducted to study the interaction between anatase TiO2(001), (100), and (101) surfaces and water at room temperature. The dynamic interfacial structure and properties of water on anatase TiO2 surfaces are obtained by analyzing the water density, the diffusion coefficient of water, the surface charge distribution, electric fields and the electrostatic potential distribution. The simulation results have revealed that a highly-ordered water layer structure can be formed near to the anatase TiO2 surface and have also given the Helmholtz layer width and potential drop at the water-TiO2 interface.

Ultrasensitive room temperature NH3 sensor based on a graphene-polyaniline hybrid loaded on PET thin film.

This research was motivated by the need to develop a smart ammonia (NH3) sensor based on a flexible polyethylene terephthalate (PET) thin film loaded with a reduced graphene oxide-polyaniline (rGO-PANI hybrid) using in situ chemical oxidative polymerization. The sensor not only exhibited high sensitivity, good selectivity and a fast response at room temperature but was also flexible, cheap and had wearable characteristics.