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A cheap iron-catalyzed C-C bond cleavage/thiolation and selenylation of cycloalkyl hydroperoxides are presented. This redox-neutral protocol provides efficient access to diverse distal keto-functionalized thioethers and selenium compounds. Remarkably, only some amounts of disulfides are required for this transformation.Usage of sprouted grains is an increasing trend in thermally processed foods. Sprouting alters the composition of sugars and amino acids, which are Maillard reaction precursors. Free asparagine, total free amino acids, and sugars were monitored during sprouting and yeast and sourdough fermentations. Acrylamide and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) were analyzed in heated samples. The asparagine concentration decreased up to 40% after 24-36 h of sprouting, except for buckwheat, and then increased to the initial concentration after 48 h and several folds after 72 h. The increased amount of reducing sugars after sprouting caused higher acrylamide and HMF formation even if the asparagine concentration was lower. Acrylamide and HMF formation decreased after fermentation of sprouted wholemeal because sugars and asparagine were consumed by yeast. A pH drop of 3 units by sourdough fermentation decreased acrylamide formation but increased HMF formation. Results indicated that sprouted cereal products should be produced under controlled conditions to be used in heated foods.The research on supercapacitors (SCs) is one of the hot topics in the field of energy storage, and the intrinsic ageing mechanism of SCs is significant from both the economic and the scientific point of view. In this paper, the negative effects of decay of the key structural components on ageing of SCs were investigated by factorial design and analysis of variance (ANOVA). The ANOVA results showed that the degree of the negative influence on ageing of SCs could be ranked in descending order as anode > separator > cathode. The ageing would be accelerated due to the interaction between the electrode and separator, especially at a high charge-discharge current density. Further, the intrinsic chemical ageing mechanism of SCs was revealed by the morphology, microstructure, and chemical composition analyses of the fresh and aged key components (the electrode carbon materials, current collectors, and separators) with scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS), time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS), wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), etc. Moreover, the minimum pore width of electrode carbon materials suitable for electrolyte ion diffusion was obtained by density functional theory (DFT) calculations, which corroborated the assumption that the pore structure deterioration was one of the direct causes of capacitance loss for aged SCs. Generally, the ageing mechanism of key components of SCs could be a reference to develop advanced electrode materials and separators for SCs.Understanding the dynamics of skyrmion nucleation and manipulation is important for applications in spintronic devices. In this contribution, the spin textures at magnetic domain-boundaries stimulated by application of in-plane magnetic fields in a centrosymmetric kagome ferromagnet, Fe3Sn2, with thickness gradient are investigated using Lorentz transmission electron microscopy. Switching of the in-plane magnetic field is shown to induce a reversible transformation from magnetic stripes to skyrmions, or vice versa, at the interface between differently oriented domains. Micromagnetic simulations combined with experiments reveal that the rotatable anisotropy and thickness dependence of the response to the external in-plane field are the critical factors for the skyrmion formation. In addition, it is shown that the helicity of skyrmions can also be controlled using this dynamic process. The results suggest that magnetic materials with rotatable anisotropy are potential skyrmionic systems and provides a different approach for nucleation and manipulation of skyrmions in spintronic devices.Understanding of adsorption and kinetic conversion of polysulfide lithium (LiPSs) in Li-S batteries is quite crucial for the design of efficient effective sulfur carriers. Herein, based on the possible interactions with LiPSs, Ce2O2S with unique O-Ce-S bindings is proposed to be used as a promising carrier additive and a 2D Ce2O2S/C composite is synthesized via a one-facile NaCl-template method and subsequent sulfuration under 700 °C. The 2D Ce2O2S/C exhibits a stronger adsorption capability than CeO2/C through the adsorption test for Li2S6. Combined with XPS and DFT results, the superiority is mainly originated from the formation of S-S and Li-S bonds between LiPSs and the lattice S on the surface of Ce2O2S. The 2D Ce2O2S/C composite also exhibits a better catalytic ability than CeO2 according to the change of the free energies of the polysulfides during the discharge process, which coincides with the lower oxidation potential for Li2S2/Li2S transition by cyclic voltammetry. Resultantly, the cathodes using the Ce2O2S/C composite as a carrier manifest an enhanced rate and cycling performances. Hence, our work paves a phenomenon wherein Ce2O2S with O-Ce-S bindings is more beneficial to improve the cycling stability of Li-S batteries than CeO2 containing single Ce-O bonds, which may be also suitable for other kinds of metallic sulfur oxide compounds.The demand for medical implants globally has increased significantly due to an aging population amongst other reasons. Despite the overall increase in the survivorship of Ti6Al4V implants, implant infection rates are increasing due to factors such as diabetes, obesity, and bacterial resistance to antibiotics. Two commonly found bacteria implicated in implant infections are Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Based on prior work that showed nanostructured surfaces might have potential in passively killing these bacterial species, we developed a hierarchical, hydrothermally etched, nanostructured titanium surface. To evaluate the antibacterial efficacy of this surface, etched and as-received surfaces were inoculated with S. aureus or P. aeruginosa at concentrations ranging from 102 to 109 colony-forming units per disc. Live/dead staining revealed there was a 60% decrease in viability for S. aureus and greater than a 98% decrease for P. aeruginosa on etched surfaces at the lowest inoculum of 102 CFU/disc, when compared to the control surface. Bactericidal efficiency decreased with increasing bacterial concentrations in a stepwise manner, with decreases in bacterial viability noted for S. aureus above 105 CFU/disc and above 106 CFU/disc for P. aeruginosa. Surprisingly, biofilm depth analysis revealed a decrease in bacterial viability in the 2 μm layer furthest from the nanostructured surface. The nanostructured Ti6Al4V surface developed here holds the potential to reduce the rate of implant infections.Water electrolysis powered by renewable electricity produces green hydrogen and oxygen gas, which can be used for energy, fertilizer, and industrial applications and thus displace fossil fuels. Pure-water anion-exchange-membrane (AEM) electrolyzers in principle offer the advantages of commercialized proton-exchange-membrane systems (high current density, low cross over, output gas compression, etc.) while enabling the use of less-expensive steel components and nonprecious metal catalysts. AEM electrolyzer research and development, however, has been limited by the lack of broadly accessible materials that provide consistent cell performance, making it difficult to compare results across studies. Further, even when the same materials are used, different pretreatments and electrochemical analysis techniques can produce different results. Here, we report an AEM electrolyzer comprising commercially available catalysts, membrane, ionomer, and gas-diffusion layers operating near 1.9 V at 1 A cm-2 in pure water. After the initial break in, the performance degraded by 0.67 mV h-1 at 0.5 A cm-2 at 55 °C. We detail the key preparation, assembly, and operation techniques employed and show further performance improvements using advanced materials as a proof-of-concept for future AEM-electrolyzer development. The data thus provide an easily reproducible and comparatively high-performance baseline that can be used by other laboratories to calibrate the performance of improved cell components, nonprecious metal oxygen evolution, and hydrogen evolution catalysts and learn how to mitigate degradation pathways.The ketone intermediate LSN647712 is a key synthetic intermediate for the drug substance lasmiditan manufacturing process. A three-step connected continuous flow process utilizing a Turbo Grignard reagent, N-methylpiperidin-4-ylmagnesium chloride, and lithiated 2,6-dibromopyridine sequentially added to double electrophile (O═C(++) synthon dimethylcarbamyl chloride (DMCC) was developed to deliver the ketone intermediate in a high chemical yield (>85%). This highly productive (>100 g/h lab system) and intensified process (τ ∼ 3 min) yields the product in high purity upon batch reactive crystallization to form a corresponding hydrobromide salt. ABT-199 datasheet In addition to the connected plug flow reactor system, the Grignard reagent, N-methylpiperidin-4-ylmagnesium chloride, was also prepared continuously in CSTR as a more soluble LiCl adduct in THF (Turbo Grignard).In the construction of metallosupramolecules, the reaction sequence in a three-reactant system (one ligand plus two metal ions) could be one of the controlling factors influencing the outcome of the reaction. In this work, the formation of supramolecular isomers (1 and 2) and an endo/exocyclic Cu+ complex (4) of the NS4-macrocycle (L) via different sequential metal addition protocols (routes I-III) is reported. In one-pot reactions of L with Cu(CH3CN)4PF6 in the absence (route I) and presence (route II) of CdI2, a cyclic dimer CuI complex, [Cu2(L)2](PF6)2 (1), and a one-dimensional coordination polymer, [Cu2(L)2]n·n[CdI4] (2), were obtained, respectively. Interestingly, the complex cations in 1 and 2 are supramolecular isomers formed via cyclization and polymerization upon complexation, respectively, probably due to different geometric and electronic complementarities, via the C-H···X- hydrogen bonds, between L and the counterion. In the two-step reaction (route III), an endocyclic Cd2+ complex, [Cd(L)I2] (3), obtained in the first step was utilized in the following reaction with Cu(CH3CN)4PF6, giving rise to an endo/exocyclic tetranuclear Cu+ complex, [Cu4(L)2(CH3CN)6](PF6)4 (4), via Cd2+ → 2Cu+ substitution, which is not accessible by conventional procedures. Solution studies by comparative NMR and electrospray ionization mass spectroscopy also support metal substitution by showing the stronger binding affinity of Cu+ over Cd2+. These results demonstrate that the metal substitution protocol could be useful for reaching novel metallosupramolecules difficult to obtain by other methods.Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) have attracted much attention in supercapacitors because of the high specific surface area and theoretical capacitance. However, the bad cycling stability has always been their Achilles' heel that restrains their further application. In this paper, a small amount of unactive and single-valence element zinc, which has no contribution to the capacitance of electrodes, was first doped into NiCo-LDHs through two consecutive electrodeposition processes only within 30 min. With a polyaniline (PANI) nanolayer as the interlayer, an ultrathin NiCoZn-LDH nanoplate network was well-anchored on the carbon cloth surface. The slight Zn2+ doping dramatically enhanced the cycling performance of LDHs with little capacitance decay. Zn2+ doping enhanced the cyclic structural stability of NiCoZn-LDHs, while the PANI layer strengthened the interface interaction between LDHs and the current collector. By controlling the doping content of Zn2+ at 2.9%, the composite electrode achieved the best performance with a high specific capacitance of 1749 F g-1 and an ultralong life span with 89% capacitance retention after 40,000 charge-discharge cycles.
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