Joule-heated graphene-wrapped sponge enables fast clean-up of viscous crude-oil spill.

The clean-up of viscous crude-oil spills is a global challenge. Hydrophobic and oleophilic oil sorbents have been demonstrated as promising candidates for oil-spill remediation. However, the sorption speeds of these oil sorbents for viscous crude oil are rather limited.

Advanced Sorbents for Oil-Spill Cleanup: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives.

Oil sorbents play a very important part in the remediation processes of oil spills. To enhance the oil-sorption properties and simplify the oil-recovery process, various advanced oil sorbents and oil-collecting devices based on them have been proposed recently. Here, we firstly discuss the design considerations for the fabrication of oil sorbents and describe recently developed oil sorbents based on modification strategy.

A general chemical transformation route to two-dimensional mesoporous metal selenide nanomaterials by acidification of a ZnSe-amine lamellar hybrid at room temperature.

Two-dimensional inorganic nanomaterials have drawn much attention due to their excellent properties and wide applications associated with unique 2D structures. However, an efficient and versatile chemical synthesis method using ambient conditions for 2D nanomaterials, especially with secondary structures ( mesopores), has still not been reported. Herein, we report a versatile method to synthesize a family of ultrathin and mesoporous nanosheets of metal selenides based on a precursor so-called "red Se remaining Zn" (RSRZ).

A Stretchable Electronic Fabric Artificial Skin with Pressure-, Lateral Strain-, and Flexion-Sensitive Properties.

A stretchable and multiple-force-sensitive electronic fabric based on stretchable coaxial sensor electrodes is fabricated for artificial-skin application. This electronic fabric, with only one kind of sensor unit, can simultaneously map and quantify the mechanical stresses induced by normal pressure, lateral strain, and flexion.

(5-Fluoro-4'-methyl-biphenyl-3-yl)(2,4,6-tri-methyl-phen-yl)iodo-nium tri-fluoro-methane-sulfonate.

In the title mol-ecular salt, C22H21FI(+)·CF3SO3 (-), the dihedral angle between the rings of the biphenyl group is 65.6 (1)°. The ring of the mesitylene group is inclined to the fluoro-benzene ring at an angle of 86.

(E)-3-(Oxolan-2-yl-idene)-1-phenyl-pyrrolidine-2,5-dione.

In the title compound, C14H13NO3, the dihedral angles between the central pyrrolidine ring and the pendant tetra-hydro-furan and phenyl rings are 5.34 (18) and 58.99 (17)°, respectively.

Capn4 is a marker of poor clinical outcomes and promotes nasopharyngeal carcinoma metastasis via nuclear factor-κB-induced matrix metalloproteinase 2 expression.

Calpain small subunit 1 (Capn4) plays a key role in tumor migration or invasion. In this study, expression and function of Capn4 was investigated in human nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Here we report that both mRNA and protein levels of Capn4 were elevated in NPC tissues when compared to normal NP tissues.

[Comparative analysis on the configuration of vegetative organs of medicinal Chrysanthemum from different original locations and species].

Objective: Compared the difference of the configuration of vegetative organs of medicinal Chrysanthemum in the same habitats but from various original locations and species, in order to provide scientific basis for the study of introduction, differentiation within the species, breeding and genetic diversity.

Methods: The experimental plot were divided into some groups randomly in design and the configuration of vegetative organs were observed, measureed and analysed.

Results: The differences of the type and shape of the leaves were obvious.