Publications by authors named "Zehui Zhao"

Icing presents substantial economic challenges and endangers equipment safety. Contemporary anti-icing research emphasizes the integration of active and passive technologies, with a particular focus on mitigating ice adhesion for more efficient anti-icing and deicing solutions. In this study, a multilayer composite antideicing surface is developed, integrating energy storage, photo-/electro-thermal functionalities, and superslippery properties.

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Photoelectrocatalytic water splitting to produce hydrogen has great potential for industrial applications. Herein, Pt/CN-NVs was prepared as a photoanode, its photoelectrocatalytic hydrogen generation rate reached 717.82 μmol g h under 300 W Xenon lamp illumination when the bias voltage was 1.

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  • - The text discusses the creation of a specialized surface called a nanoneedle-modified microcone array surface (NMAS), inspired by sunflower microcones, designed for controlling the motion of droplets.
  • - This surface features adjustable geometric properties and can facilitate various droplet movements, including bouncing and directional transport, using advanced laser techniques.
  • - Potential applications for this technology include self-cleaning surfaces, improved drug delivery systems, and anti-icing solutions, showcasing its versatility in various fields.
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A photo/electrothermal surface can convert sunlight and electricity into heat to solve icing problems. The combination of active photo/electrothermal surfaces with passive slippery surfaces provides a highly efficient strategy for all-day anti/deicing. However, the lack of transparency remains a primary impediment to the widespread application of these anti-icing measures in photovoltaics, windshields, and other fields.

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(1) Background: One method of eradicating brucellosis is to cull cattle that test positive for antibodies 12 months after being vaccinated with the 19-strain vaccine. Variations in immunization regimens and feeding practices may contribute to differences in the rate of persistent antibodies. We conducted this study to investigate the real positive rate of Brucella antibody in field strains of spp.

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Reducing resistance to surface friction is challenging in the field of engineering. Natural biological systems have evolved unique functional surfaces or special physiological functions to adapt to their complex environments over centuries. Among these biological wonders, fish, one of the oldest in the vertebrate group, have garnered attention due to their exceptional fluid dynamics capabilities.

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All weather, high-efficiency, energy-saving anti-icing/de-icing materials are of great importance for solving the problem of ice accumulation on outdoor equipment surfaces. In this study, a composite material with energy storage, active electro-/photo-thermal de-icing and passive super-hydrophobic anti-icing properties is proposed. Fluorinated epoxy resin and MWCNTs/PTFE particles are used to prepare the top multifunctional anti-icing/de-icing layer, which exhibited super-hydrophobicity with water contact angle greater than 155° and conductivity higher than 69 S m.

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  • High aspect ratio microarray structures can enhance functions in areas like microfluidics and biomedicine by changing their shape or material properties in response to external stimuli.
  • Inspired by nature, research on microneedle functional surfaces shows that these structures can switch between hydrophilic and hydrophobic states, enabling tasks like liquid transport and drug delivery.
  • The review covers manufacturing techniques, mechanisms of liquid manipulation, intelligent control strategies, and highlights ongoing challenges and future possibilities in biomimetic surface applications.
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Infection by Helicobacter pylori, a prevalent global pathogen, currently requires antibiotic-based treatments, which often lead to antimicrobial resistance and gut microbiota dysbiosis. Here, we develop a non-antibiotic approach using sonodynamic therapy mediated by a lecithin bilayer-coated poly(lactic-co-glycolic) nanoparticle preloaded with verteporfin, Ver-PLGA@Lecithin, in conjunction with localized ultrasound exposure of a dosage permissible for ultrasound medical devices. This study reveals dual functionality of Ver-PLGA@Lecithin.

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Background: Irritable bowel syndrome is common in children and exhibits a high placebo response. This study was to explore the placebo response rate and its influencing factors in children with irritable bowel syndrome.

Methods: A systematic search was performed on Pubmed, Embase, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, CNKI, Wanfang, and CBM from database inception to March 2022.

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Fog harvesting plays a pivotal role in harnessing atmospheric water resources and holds significant promise for alleviating global water scarcity. Nonetheless, enhancing harvesting efficiency remains a persistent challenge, especially concerning the rapid detachment of droplets from surfaces. In this study, we discovered that the trichomes of not only efficiently harvest and transport liquid but also quickly drain harvested liquid.

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  • - Spinal muscular atrophy is a genetic neuromuscular disorder linked to mutations in the Survival of Motor Neuron (SMN) protein, essential for maintaining healthy motor neurons.
  • - The nucleolus, a key nuclear structure involved in ribosome production, undergoes structural changes during genotoxic stress, with SMN playing a crucial role in restoring its organization post-DNA repair.
  • - The process involves SMN moving from Cajal bodies to the nucleolus during DNA repair, requiring the cooperation of Coilin and PRMT1 for proper nucleolar function.
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Aiming to improve the photocatalytic activity in N fixation to produce ammonia, herein, we proposed a photochemical strategy to fabricate defects, and further deposition of Ru single atoms onto UiO-66 (Zr) framework. Electron-metal-support interactions (EMSI) were built between Ru single atoms and the support via a covalently bonding. EMSI were capable of accelerating charge transfer between Ru SAs and UiO-66, which was favorable for highly-efficiently photocatalytic activity.

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Ice accumulation on surfaces significantly jeopardizes the operational security and economic effectiveness of equipment. As one of the efficient anti-icing strategies, fracture-induced ice detachment strategy can realize low ice adhesion strength and is feasible for large-area anti-icing, but its application in harsh environment is restrained by mechanical robustness deterioration due to ultralow elastic moduli. It is still a challenge for fracture-promoted interfaces to reach ultralow ice adhesion and maintain strong mechanical robustness.

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Miniature magnetic-driven robots with multimode motions and high-precision pose sensing capacity (position and orientation) are greatly demanded in in situ manipulation in narrow opaque enclosed spaces. Various magnetic robots have been carried out, whereas their deformations normally remain in single mode, and the lack of the robot's real-time status leads to its beyond-sight remagnetization and manipulation being impossible. The function integration of pose sensing and multimode motion is still of challenge.

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Bismuth-based semiconductors (BBSs) with their typical layered structures and unique electronic properties are considered an attractive visible light-responsive photocatalysts. Recently, BBS exhibited promising properties and was rapidly developed in photoreduction reactions. In this review, we firstly focus on the photoreduction reactions of BBS with a description of the basic principles.

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MDM2 (mouse double-minute) and p53 form a negative feedback loop and play a prominent role in preventing the induction of uncontrolled apoptosis. To better understand their potential roles in oyster Crassostrea hongkongensis, MDM2 and p53 homologs were first isolated and cloned in C. hongkongensis (named ChMDM2 and Chp53), and their mRNA expression patterns in tissues and developmental stages were analyzed.

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Vibrio coralliilyticus is a pathogen of coral and mollusk, contributing to dramatic losses worldwide. In our study, we found that V. coralliilyticus challenge could directly affect adult Tridacna crocea survival; there were dead individuals appearing at 6 h post infection, and there were 45.

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Caspase 3 plays an important role in apoptotic pathways and contributes to maintaining the homeostasis of the immune system in organisms. The structure, functions, and characteristics of caspase 3 have been extensively investigated in many species, but the research is scarce when it comes to bivalves, particularly oysters. In this study, we identified and cloned a previously unknown caspase 3 gene, named ChCas 3, in C.

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We are reporting the sequences of seven complete genomes of parvovirus B19, which were extracted from human plasma specimens collected in the United States. The seven B19 genome sequences, which are 5,596 nucleotides long and include the inverted terminal repeats (ITRs), share an identity of 96.73%.

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Morels are some of the most highly prized edible and medicinal mushrooms, and the outdoor cultivation has been achieved in China in recent years. Sclerotial formation is one of the most important phases during the morel life cycle, and the number of sclerotia indicates the spawn quality during cultivation. However, the sclerotial formation and differentiation mechanisms are poorly understood.

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Frost accretion on surfaces may cause severe problems and the high-efficiency defrosting methods are still urgently needed in many application fields like heat transfer, optical and electric power system, etc. In this study, a nano-needle superhydrophobic surface is prepared and the frosting/defrosting experiments are conducted on it. Three steps are found in the defrosting process: melting frost shrinking and splitting, instantaneous self-triggered deforming followed by deformation-induced movements (namely, in-situ shaking, rotating, rolling, and self-jumping).

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MERSI is the keystone payload of FengYun-3 and there have been two sensors operating on-orbit since 2008. The on-orbit response changes obviously at reflective solar bands (RSBs) and must be effectively monitored and corrected. However MERSI can not realize the RSBs onboard absolute radiometric calibration.

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