Wafer-Scale Atomic Layer-Deposited TeO/Te Heterostructure P-Type Thin-Film Transistors.

There is an increasing demand for p-type semiconductors with scalable growth, excellent device performance, and back-end-of-line (BEOL) compatibility. Recently, tellurium (Te) has emerged as a promising candidate due to its appealing electrical properties and potential low-temperature production. So far, nearly all of the scalable production and integration of Te with complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology have been based on physical vapor deposition.

A gut microbiota-bile acid axis promotes intestinal homeostasis upon aspirin-mediated damage.

Aspirin-related gastrointestinal damage is of growing concern. Aspirin use modulates the gut microbiota and associated metabolites, such as bile acids (BAs), but how this impacts intestinal homeostasis remains unclear. Herein, using clinical cohorts and aspirin-treated mice, we identified an intestinal microbe, Parabacteroides goldsteinii, whose growth is suppressed by aspirin.

Review-Extremely Thin Amorphous Indium Oxide Transistors.

Amorphous oxide semiconductor transistors have been a mature technology in display panels for upward of a decade, and have recently been considered as promising back-end-of-line compatible channel materials for monolithic 3D applications. However, achieving high-mobility amorphous semiconductor materials with comparable performance to traditional crystalline semiconductors has been a long-standing problem. Recently it has been found that greatly reducing the thickness of indium oxide, enabled by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process, can tune its material properties to achieve high mobility, high drive current, high on/off ratio, and enhancement-mode operation at the same time, beyond the capabilities of conventional oxide semiconductor materials.

Self-Assembled Au Nanoelectrodes: Enabling Low-Threshold-Voltage HfO-Based Artificial Neurons.

Filamentary-type resistive switching devices, such as conductive bridge random-access memory and valence change memory, have diverse applications in memory and neuromorphic computing. However, the randomness in filament formation poses challenges to device reliability and uniformity. To overcome this issue, various defect engineering methods have been explored, including doping, metal nanoparticle embedding, and extended defect utilization.

Inhibiting Mg Diffusion and Evaporation by Forming Mg-Rich Reservoir at Grain Boundaries Improves the Thermal Stability of N-Type Mg Sb Thermoelectrics.

N-type Mg Sb -based thermoelectric materials show great promise in power generation due to their mechanical robustness, low cost of Mg, and high figure of merit (ZT) over a wide range of temperatures. However, their poor thermal stability hinders their practical applications. Here, MgB is introduced to improve the thermal stability of n-type Mg Sb .

Nanometer-Thick Oxide Semiconductor Transistor with Ultra-High Drain Current.

High drive current is a critical performance parameter in semiconductor devices for high-speed, low-power logic applications or high-efficiency, high-power, high-speed radio frequency (RF) analogue applications. In this work, we demonstrate an InO transistor grown by atomic layer deposition (ALD) at back-end-of-line (BEOL) compatible temperatures with a record high drain current in planar FET, exceeding 10 A/mm, the performance of which is 2-3 times better than all known transistors with semiconductor channels. A high transconductance reaches 4 S/mm, recorded among all transistors with a planar structure.

Development of a complete blood count with differential-based prediction model for in-hospital mortality among patients with acute myocardial infarction in the coronary care unit.

Purpose: In recent years, the complete blood count with differential (CBC w/diff) test has drawn strong interest because of its prognostic value in cardiovascular diseases. We aimed to develop a CBC w/diff-based prediction model for in-hospital mortality among patients with severe acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the coronary care unit (CCU).

Materials And Methods: This single-center retrospective study used data from a public database.

Assessing potassium levels in critically ill patients with heart failure: application of a group-based trajectory model.

Aims: Abnormalities in potassium homeostasis are frequently seen in hospitalized patients. A poor outcome in heart failure (HF) has been linked to both hypokalaemia and hyperkalaemia. The studies on the connection between variations in potassium levels and all-cause mortality remain scarce.

Hierarchical BiWO/TiO-nanotube composites derived from natural cellulose for visible-light photocatalytic treatment of pollutants.

A series of BiWO/TiO-nanotube (BiWO/TiO-NT) heterostructured composites were prepared by utilizing natural cellulose (e.g., laboratory filter paper) as the structural template.

A Bio-Inspired Nanotubular NaMoO/TiO Composite as a High-Performance Anodic Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries.

A train of bio-inspired nanotubular NaMoO/TiO composites were synthesized by using a natural cellulose substance (e.g., commercial ordinary filter paper) as the structural template.

Natural Cellulose Substance Based Energy Materials.

Natural cellulose substances have been proven to be ideal structural templates and scaffolds for the fabrication of artificial functional materials with designed structures, psychochemical properties and functionalities. They possess unique hierarchically porous network structures with flexible, biocompatible, and environmental characteristics, exhibiting great potentials in the preparation of energy-related materials. This minireview summarizes natural cellulose-based materials that are used in batteries, supercapacitors, photocatalytic hydrogen generation, photoelectrochemical cells, and solar cells.

Why InO Can Make 0.7 nm Atomic Layer Thin Transistors.

In this work, we demonstrate enhancement-mode field-effect transistors by an atomic-layer-deposited (ALD) amorphous InO channel with thickness down to 0.7 nm. Thickness is found to be critical on the materials and electron transport of InO.

Cellulose-Derived Hierarchical g-CN/TiO-Nanotube Heterostructured Composites with Enhanced Visible-Light Photocatalytic Performance.

A novel cellulose-derived hierarchical g-CN/TiO-nanotube heterostructured nanocomposite was fabricated by in situ coating thin g-CN layers onto the surfaces of the TiO nanotubes, which were synthesized by utilizing the natural cellulose substance (e.g., commercial ordinary filter paper) as the structural template.

Hierarchical nanostructures derived from cellulose for lithium-ion batteries.

Introducing the sophisticated morphologies and structures of natural substances into artificial materials provides a promising strategy for the fabrication of functional materials with tailored structures and functionalities. Herein, our recent advances achieved in the fabrication of hierarchically structured functional materials derived from natural cellulose substances (e.g.

Natural Cellulose Derived Nanocomposites as Anodic Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries.

Bio-inspired synthetic method provides an effective shortcut to fabricate functional nanostructured materials with specific morphologies and designed functionalities. Natural cellulose substances (e. g.

A silver-nanoparticle/cellulose-nanofiber composite as a highly effective substrate for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.

A highly active surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate was developed by facile deposition of silver nanoparticles onto cellulose fibers of ordinary laboratory filter paper. This was achieved by means of the silver mirror reaction in a manner to control both the size of the silver nanoparticles and the silver density of the substrate. This paper-based substrate is composed of a particle-on-fiber structure with the unique three-dimensional network morphology of the cellulose matrix.

Electrophysiological Measurement of Rat Atrial Epicardium Using a Novel Stereotaxic Apparatus.

Flexible, in vivo maneuverable electrophysiology mapping techniques are not available in rat models. A novel cardiac stereotactic electrophysiology epicardial mapping system (CREAMS) allows for various measurements, including: (1) recording unipolar electrograms at multiple sites; (2) positioning of mapped sites and precision testing (Distance between the two "centers" = 297 ± 54 μm, n = 15); (3) evaluation of electrophysiology in an in vivo Sprague-Dawley rat model with high-frequency stimulation (HFS)-induced Atrial fibrillation (AF) at high right atrium (HRA) sites. We found that of the right atrium dispersion of effective refractory period (P < 0.

Signature of quantum Griffiths singularity state in a layered quasi-one-dimensional superconductor.

Quantum Griffiths singularity was theoretically proposed to interpret the phenomenon of divergent dynamical exponent in quantum phase transitions. It has been discovered experimentally in three-dimensional (3D) magnetic metal systems and two-dimensional (2D) superconductors. But, whether this state exists in lower dimensional systems remains elusive.

Chiral Landau levels in Weyl semimetal NbAs with multiple topological carriers.

Recently, Weyl semimetals have been experimentally discovered in both inversion-symmetry-breaking and time-reversal-symmetry-breaking crystals. The non-trivial topology in Weyl semimetals can manifest itself with exotic phenomena, which have been extensively investigated by photoemission and transport measurements. Despite the numerous experimental efforts on Fermi arcs and chiral anomaly, the existence of unconventional zeroth Landau levels, as a unique hallmark of Weyl fermions, which is highly related to chiral anomaly, remains elusive owing to the stringent experimental requirements.