Effect of Ethanol Treatment and Calcination Temperature on Water Vapor Adsorption properties of MCM-41.

MCM-41, a mesoporous material with a high surface area and tunable pore size, shows great potential for water vapor adsorption. However, due to its large pore size, the effective adsorption capacity at medium to low relative partial pressures is limited in adsorption chiller applications. In this work, MCM-41 was successfully synthesized at room temperature using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as a templating agent.

A laparoscopic radical inguinal lymphadenectomy approach partly preserving great saphenous vein branches can benefit for patients with penile carcinoma.

Background: Inguinal lymphadenectomy (iLAD) is effective for penile carcinoma treatment, but usually results in many complications. This study aims to clinically evaluate the feasibility and clinical significance of a laparoscopic radical iLAD approach partly preserving great saphenous vein branches for penile carcinoma patients.

Methods: A total of 48 patients with penile cancer who underwent laparoscopic radical iLAD with retention of the great saphenous vein in Henan Cancer Hospital from 2012 Jan to 2020 Dec were included in this study.

The effect of 3D carbon nanoadditives on lithium hydroxide monohydrate based composite materials for highly efficient low temperature thermochemical heat storage.

Lithium hydroxide monohydrate based thermochemical heat storage materials were modified with formed 3D-nickel-carbon nanotubes (Ni-CNTs). The nanoscale (5-15 nm) LiOH·HO particles were well dispersed in the composite formed with Ni-CNTs. These composite materials exhibited improved heat storage capacity, thermal conductivity, and hydration rate owing to hydrogen bonding between HO and hydrophilic groups on the surface of Ni-CNTs, as concluded from combined results of DRIFT spectroscopy and heat storage performance test.