Projection superimposition for the generation of high-resolution digital grating.

Fringe projection profilometry based on MEMS micro-vibration mirrors is very promising due to its rapid projection, large depth of field, compact size, and low cost. Although high-frequency fringes can achieve accurate reconstruction, the projector must offer sufficient pixel resolution. In this paper, we proposed a high-resolution projection technique called the delay superposition method.

Melamine Foam-Derived Carbon Scaffold for Dendrite-Free and Stable Zinc Metal Anode.

Aqueous Zn-ion batteries (AZIBs) are one of the most promising large-scale energy storage devices due to the excellent characteristics of zinc metal anode, including high theoretical capacity, high safety and low cost. Nevertheless, the large-scale applications of AZIBs are mainly limited by uncontrollable Zn deposition and notorious Zn dendritic growth, resulting in low plating/stripping coulombic efficiency and unsatisfactory cyclic stability. To address these issues, herein, a carbon foam (CF) was fabricated via melamine-foam carbonization as a scaffold for a dendrite-free and stable Zn anode.

The Detection of Food Additives Using a Fluorescence Indicator Based on 6- p-Toluidinylnaphthalence-2-sulfonate and Cationic Pillar[6]arene.

The current study investigated host-guest complexation in 6-p-toluidinylnaphthalene-2-sulfonate (), a fluorescence probe used to investigate hydrophobic regions that contain the water-soluble cationic pillar[6]arene (). After complexation with , the fluorescence intensity of was significantly increased. The decreases in the fluorescence intensity of the • complex when phenolic food-additives are added have been used in indicator displacement assays to detect food additives in the water.

Carboxylato-Pillar[6]arene-Based Fluorescent Indicator Displacement Assays for Caffeine Sensing.

In the present work, we have developed a new indicator displacement system based on pillararene for anionic water-soluble carboxylato pillar [6] arene (WP6) and aromatic fluorescent dye safranine T (ST). A large fluorescence enhancement and colour change of ST were observed after complexation with electron-rich cavity in WP6 because of host-guest twisted intramolecular charge-transfer interactions. The constructed pillararene-indicator displacement system can be applied for caffeine selective detection in water.

Kinematics of Stewart Platform Explains Three-Dimensional Movement of Honeybee's Abdominal Structure.

The Stewart platform is a typical parallel mechanism, used extensively in flight simulators with six degrees of freedom. It is rarely found in animals and has never been reported to regulate and control physiological activities. Now an equivalent Stewart platform structure is found in the honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apis mellifera L.

Acetylcholinesterase responsive polymeric supra-amphiphiles for controlled self-assembly and disassembly.

We have fabricated enzyme responsive polymeric supra-amphiphiles by mixing a block copolymer of poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(acrylic acid) with myristoylcholine chloride in water. The polymeric supra-amphiphiles self-assemble into spherical aggregates with sizes varying from about 40 to 150 nm. Moreover, the spherical aggregates can be disassembled triggered by acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme which can cut off the ester linkage of myristoylcholine chloride.

Host-guest chemistry at interface for photoswitchable bioelectrocatalysis.

Photoswitchable bioelectrocatalysis of glucose with glucose oxidase in an "On-Off" state is fabricated from host-guest chemistry at an interface by using the photocontrolled reversible immobilization and detachment of ferrocene-labeled redox-polymer as mediator.

Unconventional layer-by-layer assembly of graphene multilayer films for enzyme-based glucose and maltose biosensing.

We have developed an unconventional method for the layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly of graphene multilayer films. Unconventional LbL assembly was achieved by the following two-step process. Graphene sheets were modified by pyrene-grafted poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) in aqueous solution, and then the modified graphene sheets were used for layer-by-layer alternating deposition with poly(ethyleneimine) (PEI).

Combining host-guest systems with nonfouling material for the fabrication of a biosurface: toward nearly complete and reversible resistance of cytochrome c.

In this letter, a pH-responsive reactivated biointerface is fabricated using an inclusion reaction between an azobenzene-containing self-assembled monolayer and pH-responsive poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(acrylic acid) grafted with cyclodextrins. The pH-responsive interface can be switched between an extended state and a relaxed state for the reversible resistance of cytochrome c adsorption completely in cooperation with protein-resistant poly(ethylene glycol).