ACS Appl Mater Interfaces
September 2024
High-voltage Li metal batteries (LMBs) based on ether electrolytes hold potential for achieving high energy densities exceeding 500 Wh kg, but face challenges with electrolyte oxidative stability, particularly concerning aluminum (Al) current collector corrosion. However, the specific chemistry behind Al corrosion and its effect on electrolyte components remains unexplored. Here, our study delves into Al corrosion in the representative LiFSI-DME electrolyte system, revealing that low-concentration electrolytes exacerbate Al current collector corrosion and solvent decomposition.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: To investigate the clinical features, kidney pathology, treatment regimens, and clinical outcomes of IgA vasculitis nephritis (IgAVN) with nephrotic-range proteinuria in children.
Methods: A retrospective review of children diagnosed with IgAVN between January 2019 and December 2022 was conducted. Participants were divided into two groups based on their urine protein/creatinine (UPCR) levels.
The development of low-temperature lithium metal batteries (LMBs) encounters significant challenges because of severe dendritic lithium growth during the charging/discharging processes. To date, the precise origin of lithium dendrite formation still remains elusive due to the intricate interplay between the highly reactive lithium metal anode and organic electrolytes. Herein, we unveil the critical role of interfacial defluorination kinetics of localized high-concentration electrolytes (LHCEs) in regulating lithium dendrite formation, thereby determining the performance of low-temperature LMBs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn recent years, imaging photoplethysmograph (iPPG) pulse signals have been widely used in the research of non-contact blood pressure (BP) estimation, in which BP estimation based on pulse features is the main research direction. Pulse features are directly related to the shape of pulse signals while iPPG pulse signals are easily disturbed during the extraction process. To mitigate the impact of pulse feature distortion on BP estimation, it is necessary to eliminate interference while retaining valuable shape details in the iPPG pulse signal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArterial stiffness (AS) serves as a crucial indicator of arterial elasticity and function, typically requiring expensive equipment for detection. Given the strong correlation between AS and various photoplethysmography (PPG) features, PPG emerges as a convenient method for assessing AS. However, the limitations of independent PPG features hinder detection accuracy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAngew Chem Int Ed Engl
February 2024
Lithium (Li) metal batteries (LMBs) are the "holy grail" in the energy storage field due to their high energy density (theoretically >500 Wh kg ). Recently, tremendous efforts have been made to promote the research & development (R&D) of pouch-type LMBs toward practical application. This article aims to provide a comprehensive and in-depth review of recent progress on pouch-type LMBs from full cell aspect, and to offer insights to guide its future development.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe electrolyte solvation structure and the solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) formation are critical to dictate the morphology of lithium deposition in organic electrolytes. However, the link between the electrolyte solvation structure and SEI composition and its implications on lithium morphology evolution are poorly understood. Herein, we use a single-salt and single-solvent model electrolyte system to systematically study the correlation between the electrolyte solvation structure, SEI formation process and lithium deposition morphology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMicrowave dielectric ceramics with permittivity (ε) ∼ 20 play an important role in massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology in 5G. Although fergusonite-structured materials with low dielectric loss are good candidates for 5G application, tuning the temperature coefficient of resonant frequency (TCF) remains a problem. In the present work, smaller V ions ( = 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao
March 2023
As an excellent hosting matrices for enzyme immobilization, metal-organic framework (MOFs) provides superior physical and chemical protection for biocatalytic reactions. In recent years, the hierarchical porous metal-organic frameworks (HP-MOFs) have shown great potential in enzyme immobilization due to their flexible structural advantages. To date, a variety of HP-MOFs with intrinsic or defective porous have been developed for the immobilization of enzymes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCNTs and CNT-MgO, CNT-MgO-Ag, and CNT-MgO-Ag-BaO nanocomposites were grown on alloy substrates using an electrophoretic deposition method and their field emission (FE) and hydrogen sensing performances were investigated. The obtained samples were characterized by SEM, TEM, XRD, Raman, and XPS characterizations. The CNT-MgO-Ag-BaO nanocomposites showed the best FE performance with turn-on and threshold fields of 3.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFS-Adenosylmethionine (SAM) is a crucial small-molecule metabolite widely used in food and medicine. The development of high-throughput biosensors for SAM biosynthesis can significantly improve the titer of SAM. This paper constructed a synthetic transcription factor (TF)-based biosensor for SAM detecting in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFShared decision-making (SDM) is a scientific and reasonable decision-making model. However, whether physicians choose SDM is usually influenced by many factors. It is not clear whether the strained doctor-patient relationship will affect physicians' willingness to choose SDM.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Efficacy of conventional sequential chemotherapy paradigm for advanced gastric cancer (AGC) patients has largely plateaued. Dynamic molecular changes during and after sequential chemotherapy have not been fully delineated. We aimed to profile the molecular evolutionary process of AGC patients during sequential chemotherapy by next generation sequencing (NGS) of plasma circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: This systematic review aimed to assess the clinical efficacy of antibiotics when used as an adjunct in treating peri-implant diseases.
Materials And Methods: A systematic search of papers published between January 1980 and March 2020 was conducted. Randomized clinical trials with at least 10 patients who had peri-implant diseases, treated with or without adjunctive antibiotics in combination with surgical or nonsurgical therapies, and with a minimum of at least 3 months of follow-up were included.
The issues of inherent low anodic stability and high flammability hinder the deployment of the ether-based electrolytes in practical high-voltage lithium metal batteries. Here, we report a rationally designed ether-based electrolyte with chlorine functionality on ether molecular structure to address these critical challenges. The chloroether-based electrolyte demonstrates a high Li Coulombic efficiency of 99.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThere remain significant challenges in developing fast-charging materials for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) due to sluggish ion diffusion kinetics and unfavorable electrolyte mass transportation in battery electrodes. In this work, a mesoporous single-crystalline lithium titanate (MSC-LTO) microrod that can realize exceptional fast charge/discharge performance and excellent long-term stability in LIBs is reported. The MSC-LTO microrods are featured with a single-crystalline structure and interconnected pores inside the entire single-crystalline body.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Wearing appropriate active prosthesis is the guarantee of daily life for amputees. Normally the controller of the traditional active transfemoral prosthesis is designed based on the mathematical model. The modelling error and the external interference will reduce the control accuracy of the system and make the prosthesis unable to operate in the desired trajectory.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: We investigated the mutational landscape of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in predicting tumor response to first-line treatment in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).
Methods: We included 41 patients with initially unresectable mCRC, treated with 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin/oxaliplatin (FOLFOX)/5-fluorouracil/leucovorin/irinotecan (FOLFIRI) with/without bevacizumab (Bev)/cetuximab (Cet). Blood samples were prospectively collected at two timepoints: at baseline and after four cycles of first-line treatment.
Background: Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play crucial roles in immune regulation and, therefore, may be closely related to the tumor microenvironment (TME). However, there are few studies regarding the relationship between the lncRNAs and the TME in liver cancer.
Methods: Firstly, we constructed a lncRNA signature based on the top 10 immune-inversely related lncRNAs obtained from the ImmLnc database and performed disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) analyses for the patients included in the Cancer Genome Atlas Liver Hepatocellular Carcinoma (TCGA-LIHC) stratified by the lncRNA signature.