Developing carbon-supported Pt-based electrocatalysts with high activity and long-durability for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is an enormous challenge for their commercial applications due to the corrosion of carbon supports in acid/alkaline solution at high potential. In this work, a Janus structural TaON/graphene-like carbon (GLC) was synthesized via an in-situ molecular selfassembly strategy, which was used as a dual-carrier for platinum (Pt). The as-obtained Pt/TaON/GLC presents high half-wave potential (0.94 V vs. RHE), excellent mass (1.48 A mg) and specific (1.75 mA cm) activities at 0.9 V, and superior long-term durability with a minimal loss (8.0 %) of mass activity after 10,000 cycles in alkaline solution, outperforming those of Pt/C and other catalysts. The structural characterizations and density functional theory (DFT) calculations indicate that the Pt/TaON/GLC catalyst exhibits the maximum synergies, including enhanced interfacial electron density, improved charge transfer, enhanced O adsorption, andsuperimposed OO cleavage. This work shows a potential strategy for preparing the high-active and long-durable Pt-based electrocatalyst by synergism-promoted interface engineering.
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January 2025
School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, P. R. China.
The management of wound exudate is of vital importance for wound healing. Exudate accumulation around wound prolongs inflammation and hinders healing. Although traditional dressings can absorb wound exudate, they are unable to drain exudate in time, often resulting in a poor feature with wound healing.
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Institute for Computational Materials Science, Joint Center for Theoretical Physics, and Key Laboratory for High Efficiency Energy Conversion Science and Technology of Henan Province, School of Physics and Electronics, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China.
Two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted enormous research attention due to their remarkable properties and potential applications in electronic and optoelectronic devices. In this work, Janus 2D copper-containing chalcogenides, CuPSeS and CuPTeSe monolayers, are proposed and studied systematically based on first-principles calculations. These two Janus-structured materials possess the same thermal and dynamic stability as the perfect CuPSe structure.
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January 2025
Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.
Axial spondyloarthritis manifests as a chronic inflammatory disease primarily affecting the sacroiliac joints and spine. Although chronic back pain and spinal stiffness are typical initial symptoms, peripheral (ie, enthesitis, arthritis, and dactylitis) and extra-musculoskeletal (ie, uveitis, inflammatory bowel disease, and psoriasis) manifestations are also common. Timely and accurate diagnosis is challenging and relies on identifying a clinical pattern with a combination of clinical, laboratory (HLA-B27 positivity), and imaging findings (eg, structural damage on pelvic radiographs and bone marrow oedema on MRI of the sacroiliac joints).
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January 2025
Department of Energy and Power Engineering, Shanxi Institute of Energy, Jinzhong 030600, China.
Anisotropic particles have a wide range of applications in materials science such as emulsion stabilization, oil-water separation, and catalysis due to their asymmetric structure and properties. Nevertheless, designing and synthesizing large quantities of anisotropic particles with controlled morphologies continue to present considerable challenges. In this study, we successfully synthesized anisotropic microspheres using a soap-free seed emulsion polymerization method.
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Biofunctional Nanomaterials Laboratory, Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro 76230, Mexico. Electronic address:
The integration of multiple functionalities into single theranostic platforms offers new opportunities for personalized and minimally invasive clinical interventions, positioning these materials as highly promising tools in modern medicine. Thereby, magneto-luminescent Janus-like nanoparticles (JNPs) were developed herein, and encapsulated into near-infrared (NIR) light- and pH- responsive micelle-like aggregates (Mic) for simultaneous magnetic targeting, biomedical imaging, photothermal therapy, and pH- NIR-light activated drug delivery. The JNPs consisted of NaYF:Yb,Tm upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) on which a well-differentiated magnetite structure (MNPs) grew epitaxially.
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