A one-step fabrication of soft-magnetic high entropy alloy fiber with excellent strength and flexibility.

Soft-magnetic fibers (SMFs) play a crucial role in energy conversion, transmission, and storage within electronic devices. However, conventional SMFs have poor plasticity and are therefore difficult to withstand long-term tensile, torsional, and shear deformation. A high fraction of grain boundaries could improve plastic deformability of conventional SMFs, but deteriorates the coercivity.

Aqueous Dispersion of Xenes by Liquid Phase Exfoliation of Monoelemental Crystals in Melamine Solution.

Αfter the impressive evolution of graphene and its derivatives, a large number of two dimensional (2D) materials with important optical and electrical properties have been successfully fabricated. Liquid phase exfoliation (LPE) of layered and non-layered materials has become a widely applied method for the preparation of 2D nanostructures with an extensive variety of applications. However, in most cases organic solvents are used as liquid phase which are often toxic and environmentally unfriendly and lead to low yields.

Introducing all-inkjet-printed microneedles for in-vivo biosensing.

Microneedles are mainly used for pain-free drug administration and in biosensing for wearable systems. They are also promising for fields such as agronomy for precision farming, but their fabrication is not straightforward, often requiring expensive equipment and cleanroom protocols, being unsuitable for mass production. Here, we report a new and simple method for the scalable fabrication of all-inkjet-printed conductive microneedles based on silver nanoparticles (extensible to any other metallic nanoparticle ink) and a simple example of their application for monitoring the electrochemical properties of plants.

Multifunctional Indomethacin Conjugates for the Development of Nanosystems Targeting Cancer Treatment.

Purpose: It is well known that the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) indomethacin (IND) exhibits significant anticancer potential reported not only by in vitro and in vivo studies, but also in clinical trials. Despite promising results, IND is not widely used as an adjunctive agent in cancer therapy due to the occurrence of several gastrointestinal side effects, primarily after oral administration. Therefore, this study aimed to develop a nanosystem with reduced toxicity and risk of side effects for the delivery of IND for cancer treatment.

Square planar Pd(II)/oximate complexes as 'metalloligands' for the directional assembly of 4f-metal ions: a new family of {LnPd} (Ln = lanthanide) clusters exhibiting slow magnetization relaxation.

A relatively unexplored approach in heterometallic chemistry of transition metals and lanthanides has been developed toward the controlled synthesis of a new family of linear heterotrinuclear Ln(III)-Pd(II)-Ln(III) complexes with the general formula [LnPd(pao)(NO)(MeOH)(HO)]·[Pd(pao)], where Ln = Dy (2), Gd (3), Er (4) and Yb (5). This strategy was based on the diamagnetic 'metalloligand' [Pd(pao)] (1), where pao is the anion of 2-pyridinealdoxime, containing two dangling oximate O-atoms which were to each other and available for binding with oxophilic lanthanide ions. Because of their -configuration, the [Pd(pao)] 'metalloligand' was able to direct the binding of two {Ln(NO)(MeOH)(HO)} units on opposite sites, thus yielding the reported trinuclear {Ln-Pd-Ln} clusters.

Removal of Pb(II), Cr(III), Co(II), Cu(II) cations from aqueous solutions using tetraethylenepentamine-functionalized HY cubic zeolite: optimization, characterization, and mechanistic insights.

This research utilized tetraethylenepentamine-functionalized HY cubic zeolite as an adsorbent to effectively remove heavy metals from aqueous solutions. The adsorbent was characterized using FT-IR, XRD, TGA, FE-SEM, and EDS-MAP techniques. The synthesis aimed to optimize and evaluate the removal efficiency of Pb(II), Cr(III), Co(II), and Cu(II) from aqueous solutions by investigating key parameters, including initial pH, concentration, adsorbent dosage, and contact time.

Carbon nanotube-Yttrium iron garnet nanohybrid synthesized via chemical vapor deposition and its potential application in fabricated screen-printed patch antenna.

Carbon nanotube-Yttrium iron garnet (CNT-YIG) nanohybrid has been successfully synthesized using chemical vapor deposition (CVD) with yttrium iron garnet (YIG) nanopowders as catalyst, ethanol as carbon stock, and argon as carrier gas. Carbon nanotube (CNT) was observed to have grown from the YIG nanopowders with bamboo-like structures of CNT at a synthesis temperature of 900 °C. FESEM and RAMAN characterization indicated that the CNT-YIG nanohybrid exhibited the growth of bamboo-like CNT with high graphitization.

A major step forward toward high-resolution nanopore sequencing of full-length proteins.

In a recent publication in Nature, Motone et al. report the development of a protein sequencing method using nanopores that enables the reading of long protein strands. This method allows for multi-pass re-reading and can detect single amino acid substitutions as well as post-translational modifications (PTMs).

Mesopore-Augmented Electrochemical CO Reduction on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon.

The electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (eCORR) using nitrogen-doped carbon (N-C) materials offers a promising and cost-effective approach to global carbon neutrality. Regulating the porosity of N-C materials can potentially increase the catalytic performance by suppressing the concurrence of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). However, the augmentation of porosity usually alters the active sites or the chemical composition of catalysts, resulting in intertwined influences of various structural factors and catalytic performance.

Hot Carrier Cooling and Multiphoton Absorption of Quasi-Type II ZnSeTe-Based Quantum Dots.

Ternary ZnSeTe quantum dots (QDs) are regarded as the most promising Cd-free blue emitters, while their fundamental optical properties such as hot carrier (HC) cooling process and multiphoton absorption (MPA) remain unclear, which will hinder their potential application. In this work, we compare the HC cooling processes of ZnSeTe/ZnSeS and ZnSeTe/ZnSeS/ZnS QDs and find that the HC cooling times of ZnSeTe/ZnSeS/ZnS QDs are insensitive to excitation intensity as a result of the suppressed hot-phonon bottleneck and Auger effect. Importantly, we have determined the two- to five-photon absorption cross sections of two kinds of QDs, highlighting the advantages of ZnS shells in enhancing MPA cross sections of ZnSeTe-based QDs.

Mechanoelectric sensitivity reveals destructive quantum interference in single-molecule junctions.

Quantum interference plays an important role in charge transport through single-molecule junctions, even at room temperature. Of special interest is the measurement of the destructive quantum interference dip itself. Such measurements are especially demanding when performed in a continuous mode of operation.

Conformational dynamics of the pyrene excimer.

The conformational dynamics of the pyrene excimer play a critical role in its unique fluorescence properties. Yet, the influence of multiple local minima on its excited-state behavior remains underexplored. Using a combination of time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) and unsupervised machine learning analysis, we have identified and characterized a diverse set of stable excimer geometries in the first excited state.

Decoding sensorimotor information from somatosensory cortex by flexible epicorticalECoG arrays in unrestrained behaving rats.

Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) are promising for severe neurological conditions and there are ongoing efforts to develop state-of-the-art neural interfaces, hardware, and software tools. We tested the potential of novel reduced graphene oxide (rGO) electrodes implanted epidurally over the hind limb representation of the primary somatosensory (S1) cortex of rats, and compared them to commercial platinum-iridium (Pt-Ir) 16-channel electrodes (active site diameter: 25m).Motor and somatosensory information was decoded offline from microelectrocorticography (ECoG) signals recorded while unrestrained rats performed a simple behavioral task: pressing a lever and the subsequent vibrotactile stimulation of the glabrous skin at three displacement amplitude levels and at two sinusoidal frequencies.

Probing Electrostatic Interactions in DNA-Bound CRISPR/Cas9 Complexes by Molecular Dynamics Simulations.

Engineered protein mutations may be exploited to tune molecular interactions in the cellular environment. Here, we have explored the structural consequences of different Cas9 mutations in genome-editing CRISPR/Cas9 systems by means of Molecular Dynamics simulations. We have characterized mutation-induced structural changes and their implications for changes in protein-DNA, DNA-RNA, and DNA-DNA interactions.

A bioinspired and environmentally sustainable polyphenol-based water adhesive.

Most commercial adhesives currently available pose significant environmental concerns due to the presence of contaminants such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs). To address this challenge, much research is being focused on developing water-based adhesives. Herein, we demonstrate that polymerisation of a natural polyphenolic compound (pyrogallol) with an amino-based ligand (tris(2-aminoethyl) amine) in water allowed for the development of a novel bioinspired water-based adhesive without involving VOCs.

Construction and Circularly Polarized Luminescence of Thiophene-Based Multiple Helicenes.

Thiophene-based monohelicene (), triple helicenes (), and hexapole helicenes () were synthesized via oxidative photocyclization and cascade Suzuki/intramolecular cyclization as the crucial steps. The enantiomers of , , and exhibited circularly polarized luminescence (CPL), and the luminescence dissymmetry factors () gradually increased from -5.1 × 10 to -2.