Thermogravimetric analysis of commercial tungsten molecular precursors for vapor phase deposition processes.

Thin films and coatings based on Group 6 metal tungsten (W) have garnered intense interest for applications including catalysis, lubrication, and solar energy. Due to its selectivity and conformality, atomic layer deposition (ALD) has emerged as a key route towards oxides, dichalcogenides, and elemental metal films of W. A key component of the ALD process is the appropriate selection of molecular precursors.

Candidate pathway association and genome-wide association approaches reveal alternative genetic architectures of carotenoid content in cultivated sunflower ().

Premise: The explosion of available genomic data poses significant opportunities and challenges for genome-wide association studies. Current approaches via linear mixed models (LMM) are straightforward but prevent flexible assumptions of an a priori genomic architecture, while Bayesian sparse LMMs (BSLMMs) allow this flexibility. Complex traits, such as specialized metabolites, are subject to various hierarchical effects, including gene regulation, enzyme efficiency, and the availability of reactants.

Design and synthesis of stable four-coordinated benzotriazole-borane with tunable fluorescence emission.

A new class of stable four-coordinated benzotriazole-borane compounds was developed gold-catalyzed alkyne hydroboration. The application of polymeric (BHCN) reagent gave the formation of cyano-amine-boranes (CAB) complexes with less basic N-heterocyclic amines and anilines. Various new CABs were investigated in catalytic hydroboration to synthesize N-B cycles.

Mechanically rollable photodetectors enabled by centimetre-scale 2D MoS layer/TOCN composites.

Two-dimensional (2D) molybdenum disulfide (MoS) layers are suitable for visible-to-near infrared photodetection owing to their tunable optical bandgaps. Also, their superior mechanical deformability enabled by an extremely small thickness and van der Waals (vdW) assembly allows them to be structured into unconventional physical forms, unattainable with any other materials. Herein, we demonstrate a new type of 2D MoS layer-based rollable photodetector that can be mechanically reconfigured while maintaining excellent geometry-invariant photo-responsiveness.

Ligand assisted swelling-deswelling microencapsulation (LASDM) for stable, color tunable perovskite-polymer composites.

Metal halide perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs), with excellent electronic and optical properties, are promising for a variety of optoelectronic and photonic applications. However, the instability issue still impedes their practical applications. Here a ligand-assisted swelling-deswelling microencapsulation (LASDM) strategy is proposed and evaluated for improving the stability and photoluminescence (PL) performance of PNCs.

Preparation of multi-layer nylon-6 nanofibrous membranes by electrospinning and hot pressing methods for dye filtration.

We report the formation of multi-layer nylon-6 (PA-6) nanofibrous membranes by electrostatic spinning coupled with a hot pressing process. The structure and porosity of multi-layer PA-6 nanofibrous membranes were characterized using a scanning electron microscope and the N nitrogen adsorption and desorption isotherms. We show that multi-layer PA-6 nanofibrous membranes can be used for efficient and continuous indigo dye filtration.