Polyacrylonitrile Based Triblock Copolymer Binder Enabling Excellent Performance toward LiNiMnO and Sulfur Based Batteries.

There is an urgent need for lithium-ion batteries with high energy density to meet the increasing demand for advanced devices and ecofriendly electric vehicles. Spinel LiNiMnO (LNMO) is the most promising cathode material for achieving high energy density due to its high operating voltage (4.75 V vs Li/Li) and impressive capacity of 147 mAh g.

Costunolide induces apoptosis and inhibits migration and invasion in H1299 lung cancer cells.

Costunolide being a sesquiterpene lactone, is known to have anticancer properties. The present study investigated the anticancer effects of costunolide against the H1299 human non‑small‑cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell line. Inhibition of cell viability by costunolide was assessed via a MTT assay.

Highly sensitive detection of nucleic acids using a cascade amplification strategy based on exonuclease III-assisted target recycling and conjugated polyelectrolytes.

In this paper, a novel ratiometric and cascade amplification strategy was developed by combining the unique signal amplification and effective fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) property of conjugated polymers with the Exo III-assisted target recycling method. The target DNA (ssDNAc) could be hybridized with the duplex-stranded probe to trigger the cyclic digestion of the probe strands and lead to the continuous release of fluorescein from the probe. The proposed strategy thus shows enhanced sensitivity toward target DNA with a detection limit of 0.