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First-principles molecular dynamics (FPMD) represents a valuable tool to probe dynamical properties of metal-halide perovskites (MHPs) which are key to their success in optoelectronic devices. Most FPMD studies rely on generalized gradient approximation (GGA) functionals for computational efficiency matters, while hybrid functionals, although computationally demanding, are usually needed to accurately describe structural and electronic properties of MHPs. Rosuvastatin This Letter reports FPMD simulations on CsPbI3 based on the hybrid PBE0 functional. Our results demonstrate that PBE0 leads to lattice parameters and phonon modes in excellent agreement with experimental data, while GGA results overestimate the lattice parameter and the electronic band gap and underestimate the phonon energies. Our FPMD results also shed light on anharmonic effects and double-well instabilities in the octahedral tilting, highlighting a lowered free energy barrier for PBE0 and farther separated potential wells. Our results suggest that hybrid functionals are required to accurately describe crystal structure, lattice dynamics, and anharmonicity in MHPs.The behavior of micelle formation in the sulfobetaine-containing entirely ionic block copolymer/ionic homopolymer system and its functional expression (temperature responsivity) were investigated. Poly(sulfopropyl dimethylammonium propylacrylamide) was used as the sulfobetaine, poly[3-(methacrylamido)propyl trimethylammonium chloride] was used as the cationic polymer, and poly(p-styrenesulfonic acid sodium salt) was used as the anionic polymer. The changes in transition temperature with the concentration and the behavior of micelle formation in the block-/cationic homopolymer and block-/anionic homopolymer system were compared and examined by transmittance, dynamic light scattering, atomic force microscopy, and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance. Only block-/cationic homopolymer systems with a core-shell (polyion complex-sulfobetaine) structure showed temperature responsivity of upper critical solution temperature type, and the responsiveness was dependent on the concentration. On the other hand, the block-/anionic homopolymer system had a core-shell structure at a concentration of 0.05 wt %, but temperature responsiveness was not observed at this concentration. At higher concentrations, electrostatic attraction caused the anionic homopolymer and block copolymer to interact as a whole, resulting in a loss of responsiveness. When the ionic homopolymer had a higher degree of polymerization than the sulfobetaine, it could not form a core-shell structure by interacting with the sulfobetaine and ionic polymer moieties of the block copolymer, thus resulting in the loss of responsiveness. The block-/ionic homopolymer system prepared by the reforming method through dialysis formed uniform and small micelles but lost responsiveness due to morphological stability and electrostatic interaction between the block copolymer and ionic homopolymer.Apart from the physiological effects of glyceollins, information regarding their tissue distribution is scarce in the literature. Thus, the aim of this study is to clarify the distribution of glyceollins in rat organs. Glyceollins I and III were orally administered to Sprague-Dawley rats (1.0 mg/kg) with daidzein as control, and their accumulations in organs were investigated by liquid chromatography-time-of-flight/mass spectrometry (LC-TOF/MS). Glyceollins accumulated in intact and conjugated forms in circulatory organs with a Tmax of 0.5 h, in the following order of descending preference liver, kidney, heart, lung, soleus muscle, and abdominal aorta. The accumulation of hydrophobic glyceollin I was more than 1.5 times higher than that of III. In contrast, daidzein and hydroxy equol were detected only in the liver and kidneys at lower concentrations (1/100 times) than those of glyceollins. In conclusion, prenylated isoflavones, glyceollins, were preferentially distributed in circulatory organs as intact, sulfated, or glucuronidated forms up to 6 h after the intake.Accessing the regime of coherent phonon propagation in nanostructures opens enormous possibilities to control the thermal conductivity in energy harvesting devices, phononic circuits, etc. In this paper we show that coherent phonons contribute substantially to the thermal conductivity of LaCoO3/SrTiO3 oxide superlattices, up to room temperature. We show that their contribution can be tuned through small variations of the superlattice periodicity, without changing the total superlattice thickness. Using this strategy, we tuned the thermal conductivity by 20% at room temperature. We also discuss the role of interface mixing and epitaxial relaxation as an extrinsic, material dependent key parameter for understanding the thermal conductivity of oxide superlattices.Metal oxide pseudocapacitors are limited by low electrical and ionic conductivities. The present work integrates defect engineering and architectural design to exhibit, for the first time, intercalation pseudocapacitance in CeO2-x. An engineered chronoamperometric electrochemical deposition is used to synthesize 2D CeO2-x nanoflakes as thin as ∼12 nm. Through simultaneous regulation of intrinsic and extrinsic defect concentrations, charge transfer and charge-discharge kinetics with redox and intercalation capacitances together are optimized, where reduction increases the gravimetric capacitance by 77% to 583 F g-1, exceeding the theoretical capacitance (562 F g-1). Mo ion implantation and reduction processes increase the specific capacitance by 133%, while the capacitance retention increases from 89 to 95%. The role of ion-implanted Mo6+ is critical through its interstitial solid solubility, which is not to alter the energy band diagram but to facilitate the generation of electrons and to establish the midgap states for color centers, which facilitate electron transfer across the band gap, thus enhancing n-type semiconductivity. Critically, density functional theory simulations reveal, for the first time, that the reduction causes the formation of ordered oxygen vacancies that provide an atomic channel for ion intercalation. These channels enable intercalation pseudocapacitance but also increase electrical and ionic conductivities. In addition, the associated increased active site density enhances the redox such that the 10% of the Ce3+ available for redox (surface only) increases to 35% by oxygen vacancy channels. These findings are critical for any oxide system used for energy storage systems, as they offer both architectural design and structural engineering of materials to maximize the capacitance performance by achieving accumulative surface redox and intercalation-based redox reactions during the charge/discharge process.The implementation of 5G-and-beyond networks requires faster, high-performance, and power-efficient semiconductor devices, which are only possible with materials that can support higher frequencies. Gallium nitride (GaN) power amplifiers are essential for 5G-and-beyond technologies since they provide the desired combination of high frequency and high power. These applications along with terrestrial hub and backhaul communications at high power output can present severe heat removal challenges. The cooling of GaN devices with diamond as the heat spreader has gained significant momentum since device self-heating limits GaN's performance. However, one of the significant challenges in integrating polycrystalline diamond on GaN devices is maintaining the device performance while achieving a low diamond/GaN channel thermal boundary resistance. In this study, we achieved a record-low thermal boundary resistance of around 3.1 ± 0.7 m2 K/GW at the diamond/Si3N4/GaN interface, which is the closest to theoretical prediction to date. The diamond was integrated within ∼1 nm of the GaN channel layer without degrading the channel's electrical behavior. Furthermore, we successfully minimized the residual stress in the diamond layer, enabling more isotropic polycrystalline diamond growth on GaN with thicknesses >2 μm and a ∼1.9 μm lateral grain size. More isotropic grains can spread the heat in both vertical and lateral directions efficiently. Using transient thermoreflectance, the thermal conductivity of the grains was measured to be 638 ± 48 W/m K, which when combined with the record-low thermal boundary resistance makes it a leading-edge achievement.Using hot charge carriers far from a plasmonic nanoparticle surface is very attractive for many applications in catalysis and nanomedicine and will lead to a better understanding of plasmon-induced processes, such as hot-charge-carrier- or heat-driven chemical reactions. Herein we show that DNA is able to transfer hot electrons generated by a silver nanoparticle over several nanometers to drive a chemical reaction in a molecule nonadsorbed on the surface. For this we use 8-bromo-adenosine introduced in different positions within a double-stranded DNA oligonucleotide. The DNA is also used to assemble the nanoparticles into nanoparticles ensembles enabling the use of surface-enhanced Raman scattering to track the decomposition reaction. To prove the DNA-mediated transfer, the probe molecule was insulated from the source of charge carriers, which hindered the reaction. The results indicate that DNA can be used to study the transfer of hot electrons and the mechanisms of advanced plasmonic catalysts.We report a Minisci-type cross-dehydrogenative alkylation in an aerobic atmosphere using abundant and inexpensive cerium chloride as a photocatalyst and air as an oxidant. This photoreaction exhibits excellent tolerance to functional groups and is suitable for both heteroarene and alkane substrates under mild conditions, generating the corresponding products in moderate-to-good yields. Our method provides an alternative approach for the late-stage functionalization of valuable substrates.The interplay between the local hydration shell structure, the length of hydrophobic solutes, and their identity (perfluorinated or not) remains poorly understood. We address this issue by combining Raman-multivariate curve resolution (Raman-MCR) spectroscopy, simulation, and quantum-mechanical calculations to quantify the thermodynamics and the first principle interactions behind the formation of defects in the hydration shell of alkyl-diol and perfluoroalkyl-diol chains. The hydration shell of the fluorinated diols contains substantially more defects than that of the nonfluorinated diols; these defects are water hydroxy groups that do not donate hydrogen bonds and which either point to the solute (radial-dangling OH) or not (nonradial-dangling OH). The number of radial-dangling OH defects per carbon decreases for longer chains and toward the interior of the fluorinated diols, mainly due to less favorable electrostatics and exchange interactions; nonradial-dangling OH defects per carbon increase with chain length. In contrast, the hydration shell of the nonfluorinated diols only contains radial-dangling defects, which become more abundant toward the center of the chain and for larger chains, predominantly because of more favorable dispersion interactions. These results have implications for how the folding of macromolecules, ligand binding to biomacromolecules, and chemical reactions at water-oil interfaces could be modified through the introduction of fluorinated groups or solvents.
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