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These processes were mainly driven by the electrostatic attraction and hydrogen bonds. MK-0859 The self-assembled oligopeptide induced the intrafibrillar mineralisation of reconstituted collagen fibrils, in which the c-axis of apatite crystallites was roughly parallel to the long axis of the fibrils. The collagen mineralisation was achieved by binding with the self-assembled oligopeptide to increase the pool of mineralization precursors available for intrafibrillar mineralisation. In addition, the self-assembled oligopeptide induced dentin collagen remineralisation and formed a 30 μm-thick remineralised layer within 96 h. Our work sheds light on the fabrication of a novel biomimetic molecule for collagen mineralisation. The results should serve as a reference for understanding the mechanism of intrafibrillar mineralisation.A unique fluorescent probe (ZACA) for the monitoring of SO2 derivatives was developed from coumarin and benzoindoles based on FRET and ICT. ZACA exhibited an active emission signal, large Stokes shift, wide emission window distance, and high photostability. It also possessed many advantages in the ratiometric detection of HSO3-/SO32- including low detection limit and high selectivity and sensitivity. Importantly, ZACA was successfully applied in the ratiometric detection of endogenous HSO3-/SO32- in living cells with excellent cellular imaging capability (1 μM) and mitochondria-targeting ability (co-localization coefficient 0.91).Recently, stable 2D wide-bandgap semiconductors with excellent electronic and photoelectronic properties have attracted much scientific and technological interest. In this study, we predict a novel InTeI monolayer which has a wide bandgap of 2.735 eV and a anisotropic electron mobility as high as 12 137.80 cm2 V-1 s-1 based on first-principles calculations. With an exfoliating energy lower than that of monolayer phosphorene, it is feasible to synthesize the 2D InTeI monolayer through mechanical exfoliation from their 3D bulk crystals. Remarkably, the monolayer InTeI achieves the indirect-to-direct bandgap transition under a small in-plane uniaxial strain, while a quasi-direct bandgap can be achieved in the InTeI nanosheets with elevated thickness. The InTeI monolayer and nanosheets have suitable band alignments in the visible-light excitation region. In addition, our theoretical simulations determine that 2D InTeI materials exhibit more excellent oxidation resistance than black phosphorene. The results not only identify a novel class of 2D wide-bandgap semiconductors but also demonstrate their potential applications in nanoelectronics and optoelectronics.Two-dimensional materials are ideal platforms for intriguing physics and optoelectronic applications because of their ultrathin thicknesses and excellent properties in optics and electronics. Further studies on enhancing the interaction between light and two-dimensional materials by combining metallic nanostructures have generated broad interests in recent years, such as enhanced photoluminescence, strong coupling and functional optoelectronics. In this work, an ultrathin circular polarimeter consisting of chiral plasmonic metasurface and monolayer semiconductor is proposed to detect light with different circular polarization within a compact device. A designed chiral plasmonic metasurface with sub-wavelength thickness is integrated with monolayer MoSe2, and the circular-polarization-dependent photocurrent responses of right and left circularly polarized light for both left- and right-handed metasurfaces are experimentally demonstrated. The photoresponse circular dichroism is also obtained, which further indicates the remarkable performance of the proposed device in detecting and distinguishing circularly polarized light. This design offers a great potential to realize multifunctional measurements in an ultrathin and ultracompact two-dimensional device for future integrated optics and optoelectronic applications with circularly polarized light.Polyoxometalates (POMs) have been developed as a class of promising smart material candidates not only due to their multitudinous architectures but also their good redox activities and outstanding electron and proton transport capacities. Recently, abundant studies on POMs composited with metal nanoparticles (NPs), carbon materials (e.g., carbon nanotubes (CNTs), carbon quantum dots (CQDs), graphene), and conducting polymers or highly-porous framework materials (e.g., MOFs, ZIFs) have been performed and POM-based composite materials (PCMs) undoubtedly show enhanced stability and improved electrochemical performances. Therefore, POMs and PCMs are of increasing interest in electrocatalysis, electrochemical detection and energy-related fields (such as fuel cells, redox flow batteries and so on), thus, developing novel PCMs has long been the key research topic in POM chemistry. This review mainly summarizes some representative advances in PCMs with electrochemical applications in the past ten years, expecting to provide some useful guidance for future research.Branched chain amino acids (BCAAs), especially leucine (Leu), have been reported to decrease fat deposition. However, extensive studies have not been conducted to determine whether Leu and isoleucine (Ile) have the same effects in mice fed a high fat diet (HFD). Already obese mice induced by HFD were assigned to the following groups HFD, HFD + Leu, HFD + Ile, and HFD + Leu + Ile. Chow diet was set as a negative control throughout the study. The results showed that adding Leu, Ile and their combination in drinking water significantly decreased relative white adipose tissue (WAT) weight and serum triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein, free fatty acid, and insulin compared with the HFD control. Insulin sensitivity and hepatic steatosis impaired by HFD were alleviated after Leu or Ile supplementation. Furthermore, lipid metabolism-related genes were modified, and the genes involved in the browning of WAT and beige selective markers were upregulated by dietary supplementation with Leu, Ile and their combination. Intestinal microbiota analysis showed that the ratio of Firmicutes-to-Bacteroidetes was decreased after Leu or Ile treatment. This study indicated that dietary supplementation with Leu or Ile reduced body weight and WAT weight by regulating lipid metabolism-related genes and browning of WAT, providing a new tool in the management of obesity and metabolic disorders.We compute at the anharmonic level the vibrational spectra of the Watson-Crick dimer formed by guanosine (G) and cytidine (C) in chloroform, together with those of G, C and the most populated GG dimer. The spectra for deuterated and partially deuterated GC are also computed. We use DFT calculations, with B3LYP and CAM-B3LYP as reference functionals. Solvent effects from chloroform are included via the Polarizable Continuum Model (PCM), and by performing tests on models including up two chloroform molecules. Both B3LYP and CAM-B3LYP calculations reproduce the shape of the experimental spectra well in the fingerprint region (1500-1700 cm-1) and in the N-H stretching region (2800-3600 cm-1), with B3LYP providing better quantitative agreement with experiments. According to our calculations, the N-H amido streching mode of G falls at ∼2900 cm-1, while the N-H amino of G and C falls at ∼3100 cm-1 when hydrogen-bonded, or ∼3500 cm-1 when free. Overtone and combination bands strongly contribute to the absorption band at ∼3300 cm-1. link2 Inclusion of bulk solvent effects significantly increases the accuracy of the computed spectra, while solute-solvent interactions have a smaller, though still noticeable, effect. Some key aspects of the anharmonic treatment of strongly vibrationally coupled supermolecular systems and the related methodological issues are also discussed.The structure and stability of two-dimensional hydrogen hydrate were investigated in this work using density functional theory. The results are in line with expectations that the occupied cages are more stable after their confinement between two parallel hydrophobic sheets. The four two-dimensional hydrogen hydrate crystals - BLHH-I, BLHH-II, BLHH-III and BLHH-IV - that we predicted were much more stable in a restricted environment than in a free environment, even close to or exceeding conventional hydrogen hydrates. Besides, we found that the stability of two-dimensional hydrates is inversely related to the increase in temperature. link3 Our work highlights that two-dimensional hydrates provide a new research idea in the field of hydrogen storage.Whether reagents and samples need to be combined to achieve a desired reaction, or precise concentrations of solutions need to be mixed and delivered downstream, thorough mixing remains a critical step in many microfluidics-based biological and chemical assays and analyses. To achieve complete mixing of fluids in microfluidic devices, researchers have utilized novel channel designs or active intervention to facilitate mass transport and exchange of fluids. However, many of these solutions have a major limitation their design inherently limits their operational throughput; that is, different designs work at specific flow rates, whether that be low or high ranges, but have difficulties outside of their tailored design regimes. In this work, we present an acoustofluidic mixer that is capable of achieving efficient, thorough mixing across a broad range of flow rates (20-2000 μL min-1) using a single device. Our mixer combines active acoustofluidic mixing, which is responsible for mixing fluids at lower flow rates, with passive hydrodynamic mixing, which accounts for mixing fluids at higher flow rates. The mechanism, functionality, and performance of our acoustofluidic device are both numerically and experimentally validated. Additionally, the real-world potential of our device is demonstrated by synthesizing polymeric nanoparticles with comparable sizes over a two-order-of-magnitude wide range of flow rates. This device can be valuable in many biochemical, biological, and biomedical applications. For example, using our platform, one may synthesize nanoparticles/nanomaterials at lower flow rates to first identify optimal synthesis conditions without having to waste significant amounts of reagents, and then increase the flow rate to perform high-throughput synthesis using the optimal conditions, all using the same single device and maintaining performance.Covering July 2010 to August 2019. Previous review Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 594The review covers recent progress on the isolation, identification, bioactivity and biomimetic synthesis of natural dimeric sesquiterpenoids, along with a detailed discussion of the biogenesis of these metabolites. Structural revisions are included.Concerning the study of flexible piezoelectric devices, both scholars and engineers propose that poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) (P(VDF-TrFE)) shows more merits than oriented polyvinylidene fluoride (OPVDF) in terms of dielectric, piezoelectric, mechanic-electric, acoustic emission reception performances, etc. Thus, in this study, to clarify the differences between the two types of polymers on their ferroelectric and piezoelectric behaviors, we systematically investigated samples to analyze their molecular structures and phase structures, and to compare their dielectric properties and acoustic emission reception performances. It was found that the wedge effect of TrFE, P(VDF-TrFE), possesses higher regular β phase crystal grains, which are easier to order along the electric field and possess more ordered static charge distribution than that of OPVDF. Consequently, a considerable saturated electric polarization (Pm ∼ 15 μC cm-2 under 225 MV m-1), a large piezoelectric coefficient (d33 ∼ -21.5 pC N-1) and a low coercive electric field (Ec ∼ 50 MV m-1) were obtained in the P(VDF-TrFE) films.
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