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6 mAh/g after 2000 cycles). This work lays the foundation for advances in rechargeable aqueous zinc ion batteries, while revealing the potential for practical applications of flexible energy storage devices.Next-generation devices and systems require the development and integration of advanced materials, the realization of which inevitably requires two separate processes property engineering and patterning. Here, we report a one-step, ink-lithography technique to pattern and engineer the properties of thin films of colloidal nanocrystals that exploits their chemically addressable surface. Colloidal nanocrystals are deposited by solution-based methods to form thin films and a local chemical treatment is applied using an ink-printing technique to simultaneously modify (i) the chemical nature of the nanocrystal surface to allow thin-film patterning and (ii) the physical electronic, optical, thermal, and mechanical properties of the nanocrystal thin films. this website The ink-lithography technique is applied to the library of colloidal nanocrystals to engineer thin films of metals, semiconductors, and insulators on both rigid and flexible substrates and demonstrate their application in high-resolution image replications, anticounterfeit devices, multicolor filters, thin-film transistors and circuits, photoconductors, and wearable multisensors.The formation of cellulose nanofibrous skin with a colloidal suspension is challenging due to the diffusion of colloidal particles and bacteria to the bulk and a limited supply of oxygen for bacteria in the liquid culture environment. A composite-actuating string was fabricated with magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) and Gluconacetobacter xylinus in a solid matrix of hydrophobic microparticles. G. xylinus synthesizes a dense skin layer of cellulose nanofibers enclosing MNPs in the solid matrix to form an actuator string responsive to an external magnetic field. The nanofibrous actuator string is transformable to fit the diverse shapes of tubular structures in cross section due to its softness and plastic deformability, which reduce friction and stress against the walls of organ tissues. The nanofibrous skin string is bendable at an acute angle by magnetic actuation and is applicable as an endoscopic guidewire to reach a target deep inside a model kidney structure.Over the last 3 decades, electrochemistry (EC) has been successfully applied in phase I and phase II metabolism simulation studies. The electrochemically generated phase I metabolite-like oxidation products can react with selected reagents to form phase II conjugates. During conjugate formation, the generation of isomeric compounds is possible. Such isomeric conjugates are often separated by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Here, we demonstrate a powerful approach that combines EC with ion mobility spectrometry to separate possible isomeric conjugates. In detail, we present the hyphenation of a microfluidic electrochemical chip with an integrated mixer coupled online to trapped ion mobility spectrometry (TIMS) and time-of-flight high-resolution mass spectrometry (ToF-HRMS), briefly chipEC-TIMS-ToF-HRMS. This novel method achieves results in several minutes, which is much faster than traditional separation approaches like HPLC, and was applied to the drug paracetamol and the controversial feed preservative ethoxyquin. The analytes were oxidized in situ in the electrochemical microfluidic chip under formation of reactive intermediates and mixed with different thiol-containing reagents to form conjugates. These were analyzed by TIMS-ToF-HRMS to identify possible isomers. It was observed that the oxidation products of both paracetamol and ethoxyquin form two isomeric conjugates, which are characterized by different ion mobilities, with each reagent. Therefore, using this hyphenated technique, it is possible to not only form reactive oxidation products and their conjugates in situ but also separate and detect these isomeric conjugates within only a few minutes.In this work, the interlayer coupling dependent lithium intercalation induced phase transition in bilayer MoS2 (BL-MoS2) was investigated using an atomic-resolution annual dark-field scanning transmission electron microscope (ADF-STEM). It was revealed that the lithiation induced H → T' phase transition in BL-MoS2 strongly depended on the interlayer twist angle; i.e., the H → T' phase transition occurred in well-stacked H phase BL-MoS2 (with a twist angle of θt = 0°) but not for θt ≠ 0° BL-MoS2. The lithiated BL-MoS2 appeared in homophase stacking, either T'/T' or H/H (locally, no phase transformation) stacking, without any heterophase stacking such as H/T' or T'/H observed. This finding indicated the H → T' phase transition occurred via a domain-by-domain mode rather than layer-by-layer. Up to 15 types of stacking orders were experimentally identified locally in lithiated bilayer T'-MoS2, and the formation mechanism was attributed to the discrete interlayer translation with a unit step of (m/6a, n/6b) (m, n = 0, 1, 2, 3), where a and b were the primitive lattice vectors of T'-MoS2. Our experimental results were further corroborated by ab initio density functional theory (DFT) calculations, where the occurrence of different stacking orders can be quantitatively correlated with the variation of intercalated lithium contents into the BL-MoS2. The present study aids in the understanding of the phase transition mechanisms in atomically thin 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) and will also shed light on the precisely controlled phase engineering of 2D materials for memory applications.Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) are a subset of fluorescent nanomaterials that have gained recent interest due to their photoluminescence properties and low toxicity and biocompatibility features for bioanalysis and bioimaging. However, it is still a challenge to prepare highly near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent GQDs using a facile pathway. In this study, NIR GQDs were synthesized from the biomass-derived organic molecule cis-cyclobutane-1,2-dicarboxylic acid via one-step pyrolysis. The resulting GQDs were then characterized by various analytical methods such as UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Moreover, the photostability and stability over a wide pH range were also investigated, which indicated the excellent stability of the prepared GQDs. Most importantly, two peaks were found in the fluorescence emission spectra of the GQDs, one of which was located in the NIR region of about 860 nm. Finally, the GQDs were applied for cell imaging with human breast cancer cell line, MCF-7, and cytotoxicity analysis with mouse macrophage cell line, RAW 246.7. The results showed that the GQDs entered the cells through endocytosis on the fluorescence images and were not toxic to the cells up to a concentration of 200 μg/mL. Thus, the developed GQDs could be a potential effective fluorescent bioimaging agent. Finally, the GQDs depicted fluorescence quenching when treated with mercury metal ions, indicating that the GQDs could be used for mercury detection in biological samples as well.The individual moiety-functionalized organosilane single molecule, that is, 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexamethyl-3-[(trimethylsilyl)oxy]-3-vinyltrisiloxane (TMSV), is investigated as an electrolyte additive for a less charge-consuming and viscoelastic solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) forming agent, finally accomplishing extremely quick (6 min) rechargeable SiO/NCM811 lithium-ion batteries. The moiety of the vinyl group serves with a poly(ethylene oxide)-like viscoelastic SEI film on the SiO electrode, which provides a physicochemically stable interphase during long-term cycling. The increase of DC-iR due to electrolyte decomposition on the continuously exposed SiO surface with cycling is inhibited by the alternated SEI composition. Degradation of bulk electrolyte solution caused by thermal decomposition of the LiPF6 salt is also suppressed by the trimethylsilyl moiety in the TMSV additive, which scavenges HF. Owing to the multifunctionality of TMSV, the cycle performance of laminated pouch full cells comprising high-nickel-contented NCM811 positive electrode and SiO-enriched negative electrode is significantly improved at both room and elevated temperatures. Furthermore, the 6 min quick recharging cycle performance is also enhanced by the TMSV additive.Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries possess many practical challenges including the lithium polysulfide (LiPS) "shuttle effect" and their sluggish conversion kinetics. To address these issues, a unique hierarchical porous architecture, combining highly conductive ordered macroporous skeleton and embedded microporous particles is rationally designed as a dual-effective polysulfide immobilizer and conversion promoter. In this nanoporous architecture, Al-doped ZnO (AZO) acts as a conductive macroporous framework, profiting chemical anchoring of LiPS as well as facilitating electrolyte infiltration and ion diffusion; Co nanoparticle-anchored N-doped carbon (Co-NC) derived from CoZn-metal-organic framework is embedded in the macropores to further strengthen the LiPS adsorption, catalytically accelerating conversion kinetics of LiPS simultaneously. Consequently, the Co-NC@AZO/S cathode delivers a notable rate capability of 635.5 mA h g-1 at 5 C. A high area capacity of about 5.8 mA h cm-2 with a mass loading of 6.8 mg cm-2 is also achieved under a lean electrolyte (E/S = 5.7). Additionally, the Li-S pouch cells equipped with Co-NC@AZO can be extended to sulfur loading as high as 4.0 mg cm-2, delivering a superb capability of 897.5 mA h g-1 after 100 cycles. This work puts forward a design for stably cycled and practically viable Li-S batteries.Hybrid perovskite photodetectors generally exhibit brilliant performance for photodetecting in the visible spectrum but poor detectability in the solar-blind ultraviolet (UV) region. To break through the bottleneck, we demonstrate a novel strategy to broaden the spectral response of perovskite photodetectors to the solar-blind UV region through phosphor encapsulation. The high photoluminescence quantum yield trichromatic phosphor capping layer achieves an extended spectral response to the solar-blind UV region through effectively down-converting the incident UV light into visible light. In addition, an external quantum efficiency of up to 12.13%@265 nm is achieved without bias voltage, while the initial value is near zero. The corresponding spectral responsivity and detectivity are 0.0269 A/W and 7.52 × 1011 Jones, respectively. Thus, the photodetectors show a high photocurrent and on/off ratio, increasing by roughly 2 orders of magnitude. Moreover, the photodetectors exhibit a large linear dynamic range of 105 dB, fast response times of 50.16/51.99 μs, and excellent stability. The practical applications for flame detection and UV-based communication are further explored. This work provides a new way to achieve UV light detection based on perovskite photodetectors. Perhaps, it may also be a promising alternative for wide-band gap semiconductors to realize the urgent pursuit of UV detection.
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