Publications by authors named "Yuqi Hou"

The rapid expansion of online education platforms has led to an influx of false reviews, complicating users' ability to identify suitable courses promptly. Addressing these challenges, this paper introduces ICRA (Intelligent Course Review Analysis), a novel model that identifies and filters false reviews using a custom sentiment lexicon and a pre-trained ERNIE 3.0 model.

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In the present study, bigels containing nanocellulose hydrogel and monoglyceride oleogel were prepared as a novel fat substitute. The nanocellulose was derived from chestnut shells via TEMPO oxidation, resulting a yield of 59.6 %.

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  • - Minimizing energy loss in organic solar cells (OSCs) is key for improving their efficiency, primarily addressing non-radiative recombination loss from exciton-vibration coupling.
  • - By strategically tuning intramolecular noncovalent interactions in fused ring electron acceptors (FREAs), researchers can enhance molecular rigidity and reduce energy loss, leading to impressive power conversion efficiencies (PCE).
  • - A new binary OSC device (Y-SeSe) achieved a PCE of 19.49% with a very low energy loss (ΔE of 0.184 eV), while a ternary blend device reached a PCE of 20.51%, showcasing the potential of these methods for high-performance OSCs. *
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  • * Researchers developed a ternary system using D18:N3-BO:F-BTA3 to reduce the back charge transfer rate and charge-transfer state disorder, resulting in better molecular packing and morphology.
  • * The new system achieved a low non-radiative energy loss of 0.183 eV and a record efficiency of 20.25%, highlighting the importance of managing charge-transfer dynamics in enhancing the performance of organic solar cells.
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Loss of Lon1 led to stunted plant growth and accumulation of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial proteins including Lon1 substrates. However, an in-depth label-free proteomics quantification of mitochondrial proteins in lon1 revealed that the majority of mitochondrial-encoded proteins decreased in abundance. Additionally, we found that lon1 mutants contained protein aggregates in the mitochondrial that were enriched in metabolic enzymes, ribosomal subunits and PPR-containing proteins of the translation apparatus.

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The structure of molecular aggregates is crucial for charge transport and photovoltaic performance in organic solar cells (OSCs). Herein, the intermolecular interactions and aggregated structures of nonfused-ring electron acceptors (NFREAs) are precisely regulated through a halogen transposition strategy, resulting in a noteworthy transformation from a 2D-layered structure to a 3D-interconnected packing network. Based on the 3D electron transport pathway, the binary and ternary devices deliver outstanding power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of 17.

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Mobile visible light communication (VLC) is key for integrating lighting and communication applications in the 6G era, yet there exists a notable gap in experimental research on mobile VLC. In this study, we introduce a mobile VLC system and investigate the impact of mobility speed on communication performance. Leveraging a laser-based light transmitter with a wide coverage, we enable a light fidelity (LiFi) system with a mobile receiving end.

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Mitochondrial protein homeostasis is crucially regulated by protein degradation processes involving both mitochondrial proteases and cytosolic autophagy. However, it remains unclear how plant cells regulate autophagy in the scenario of lacking a major mitochondrial Lon1 protease. In this study, we observed a notable downregulation of core autophagy proteins in Lon1 knockout mutant and , supporting the alterations in the relative proportions of mitochondrial and vacuolar proteins over total proteins in the plant cells.

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  • High-speed GaN-based lasers are essential for visible light communication (VLC) systems, but the reasons for limited modulation response in the fabricated laser diodes (LD) are still unclear.
  • * An equivalent circuit model was developed to analyze the series resistance and parallel capacitance of the LD, revealing their influence on modulation response at different injection currents.
  • * The study emphasizes the importance of packaging design in improving the impedance match and modulation response, ultimately contributing to the development of high-bandwidth violet-blue-green laser transmitters for ultra-high-speed VLC.
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The advancement demands of high-speed wireless data link ask for higher requirements on visible light communication (VLC), where wide coverage stands as a critical criterion. Here, we present the design and implementation of a transmitter structure capable of emitting a high-power wide-coverage white light laser. This laser source exhibits excellent stability, with an irradiation range extending to a half-angle of 20°.

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Achieving desirable charge-transport highway is of vital importance for high-performance organic solar cells (OSCs). Here, it is shown how molecular packing arrangements can be regulated via tuning the alkyl-chain topology, thus resulting in a 3D network stacking and highly interconnected pathway for electron transport in a simple-structured nonfused-ring electron acceptor (NFREA) with branched alkyl side-chains. As a result, a record-breaking power conversion efficiency of 17.

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In the development of high-performance organic solar cells (OSCs), the self-organization of organic semiconductors plays a crucial role. This study focuses on the precisely manipulation of molecular assemble via tuning alkyl side-chain topology in a series of low-cost nonfused-ring electron acceptors (NFREAs). Among the three NFREAs investigated, DPA-4, which possesses an asymmetric alkyl side-chain length, exhibits a tight packing in the crystal and high crystallinity in the film, contributing to improved electron mobility and favorable film morphology for DPA-4.

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Whole grains have garnered significant attention in the food industry due to their retained abundant nutrients when compared to refined grains. However, limited knowledge exists regarding the digestive behavior of starch and protein. This study compared the physicochemical properties and in vitro starch and protein digestibility of cooked whole wheat flour (WF) and naked oat flour (NOF), and evaluated the impact of endogenous components (protein, lipid, β-glucan, and polyphenol) on the physicochemical properties and digestibility of WF and NOF.

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All-photonic synaptic devices with the merits of visible signals and high spatiotemporal resolution are promising to break the Von Neumann bottleneck. Although organic synapses outperform their inorganic counterpart for easy molecular modulation and lower energy consumption, the organic all-photonic artificial synapse has never been reported. Here, all-photonic synaptic characteristics were unprecedentedly observed in an organic semiconductor, (3,6-dimethyl-9-carbazol-9-yl)(thiophen-2-yl) methanone (), with anti-Stokes photoluminescence.

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Smart services are expected to solve the dilemma of development and emission reduction, but there is still no conclusive evidence on whether and how they work. This article aims to explore the relationship between smart services and sustainable green transformation and the effect mechanism. To achieve this goal, a text mining analysis is performed to assess 970 Chinese listed manufacturing enterprises' smart services development; a regression analysis is then conducted.

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Co-delivery of chemotherapeutics and immunostimulant or chemoimmunotherapy is an emerging strategy in cancer therapy. The precise control of the targeting and release of agents is critical in this methodology. This article proposes the asynchronous release of the chemotherapeutic agents and immunostimulants to realize the synergistic effect between chemotherapy and immunotherapy.

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Weakening the triplet-triplet annihilation (TTA) self-quenching effect induced by sensitizers remains a tremendous challenge due to the very few investigations carried out on them. Herein, benzo-21-crown-7 ()-functionalized 2,6-diiodo-1,3,5,7-tetramethyl-8-phenyl-4,4-difluoroboradiazaindacene () was synthesized to investigate the influences of huge bulks and electron-rich cavities of moieties on the fluorescence emission and triplet-state lifetimes of moieties. Density functional theory (DFT)/time-dependent DFT (TDDFT) computable results preliminarily predicted that moieties had influences on the fluorescence emissions of moieties but not on their localization of triplet states of -functionalized ().

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Compact electron donor-acceptor triads based on carbazole (Cz) and naphthalenediimide (NDI) were prepared to study the spin-orbit charge-transfer intersystem crossing (SOCT-ISC). By variation of the molecular conformation and electron-donating ability of the carbazole moieties, the electronic coupling between the two units was tuned, and as a result charge-transfer (CT) absorption bands with different magnitudes were observed (ε = 4000-18 000 M cm). Interestingly, the triads with NDI attached at the 3-C position or with a phenyl spacer at the position of the Cz moiety, thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) was observed.

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Two-photon absorption (TPA) has been widely used in confocal microscopy, photo-initiated three-dimensional (3D) polymerization, and 3D-micro/nanofabrication. These applications are based on the spatial confinement of the TPA excitation, due to the quadratic excitation power dependency of the excitation. However, an expensive and high-power femtosecond (fs) pulsed laser has to be used.

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Pyriform sinus fistula is uncommon and easily misdiagnosed. Most reported cases occur in children and are associated with either acute suppurative thyroiditis or deep neck infection. Asymptomatic pyriform sinus fistula is difficult to diagnose because it can manifest as an incidental thyroid nodule with highly suspicious malignant features on ultrasonography.

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The triplet state lifetimes of organic chromophores are crucial for fundamental photochemistry studies as well as applications as photosensitizers in photocatalysis, photovoltaics, photodynamic therapy and photon upconversion. It is noteworthy that the triplet state lifetime of a chromophore can vary significantly for its analogues, while the exact reason was rarely studied. Herein with a few exemplars of typical BODIPY derivatives, which show triplet lifetimes varying up to 110-fold (1.

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We devised a new generation of halogen-based triplet sensitisers comprising geminal dibromides at the vinyl backbone of a BODIPY fluorophore. Incorporating geminal dibromides into the π-conjugation of BODIPY enhanced intersystem crossing due to the heavy atom effect, which in turn improved the extent of excited triplet states.

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The triplet-triplet annihilation (TTA) effect of sensitizers themselves can lead to the additional quenching of lifetimes of triplet states; therefore, how to weaken the TTA effect of sensitizers is an urgent issue to be resolved for their further applications. Besides, it remains a tremendous challenge for constructing supramolecular systems of photosensitizers based on photosensitizer-functionalized pillararenes because there have been very few investigations on them. Thus, 2,6-diiodo-1,3,5,7-tetramethyl-8-phenyl-4,4-difluoroboradiazaindacene () and ethoxy pillar[5]arene () were utilized to synthesize a -functionalized pillar[5]arene (), a cyano-containing () used as a guest molecule was also prepared, and they were used to investigate the electron-transfer mechanism between and moieties and weaken the TTA effect of moieties.

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We prepared a series of compact Bodipy-anthryl electron donor/acceptor triads and dyads by attaching anthryl moieties at the 3-,5-positions of the Bodipy core, with a novel conformation restriction approach, to study the spin-orbit charge transfer intersystem crossing (SOCT-ISC). The conformation restrictions are imposed by the BF unit of Bodipy without invoking the previously reported method with 1,7-dimethyl or 1,3-dimethyl groups. Our new approach shows a few advantages, including the stronger electron accepting ability of the methyl-free Bodipy core (reduction potential anodically shifted by +0.

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A perylene (Pery)-phenoxazine (PXZ) compact orthogonal electron donor/acceptor dyad was prepared to study the relationship between the molecular structures and the spin-orbit charge transfer intersystem crossing (SOCT-ISC), as well as the electron spin selectivity of the ISC process. The geometry of Pery-PXZ (80.0°) is different from the previously reported perylene-phenothiazine dyad (Pery-PTZ, 91.

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