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MiR-133b regulates oxidative strain harm involving trophoblasts within preeclampsia by simply mediating your JAK2/STAT3 signaling path.
Consistent with the theoretical prediction, the 3D nanochains, when assembled into films, could effectively convert nearly the full spectrum of solar energy into heat, which was further efficiently converted into electricity through a thermoelectric generation unit. Our work represents a nanobiomaterial approach to highly efficient solar thermal power generation.Fiber-based intrinsically stretchable ionic conductors are appealing in the emerging imperceptible sensing devices with an ultrabroad working range, yet still suffer from a low strain sensitivity (gauge factor generally smaller than 3) as compared to electronic conductors. To circumvent this issue, here we report downsized superelastic sheath-core ionic sensory fibers with a fingerprint-like conformal buckling architecture. By delicately regulating the intermolecular interactions in the ionogel core and fluoroelastomer sheath as well as adjusting holding strains, the transparency and buckling density of the fiber are finely modulated. Heat to above 60 °C would further erase the formed buckles, enabling the encoded information of the fiber to be reprogrammable. Importantly, introducing conformal buckles are shown to bring about two-fold sensitivity enhancement of the sensory fibers, leading to a considerably high gauge factor of 10.1 for ionic strain sensors. Furthermore, the water droplet control ability of the buckled fibers with tunable wettability is also demonstrated, contributing to the versatility of the present sensory fibers which may gain promising applications in integrative electronics, optics, and microfluidics.In this paper, we report a facile strategy to combine magneto-responsive photonic crystal (MRPC) ink with 3D printing technology. The building blocks of MRPC are based on Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticle clusters (MNCs) with uniform and tunable size. The MNC dispersion is able to change its photonic band gap from red to blue as the external magnetic field strength is increased. The magneto-responsive photonic crystal ink can be readily obtained by taking advantage of an ethylene glycol (EG)-in-oil emulsion with a reinforced silicone rubber prepolymer as the outer phase. Using the well-designed formula, the MNC dispersion can be well-preserved inside the emulsion droplets of the ink, maintaining its original contactless magnetic field response. As a proof of concept, custom quick response code and butterfly patterns were successfully printed and showed vivid and tunable color as a function of the external magnetic field strength with good repeatability.Soft robots provide compliant object-machine interactions, but they exhibit insufficient material stability, which restricts them from working in harsh environments. Herein, we developed a class of soft robotic skins based on two-dimensional materials (2DMs) and gelatin hydrogels, featuring skin-like multifunctionality (stretchability, thermoregulation, threat protection, and strain sensing). The 2DM-integrated hydrogel (2DM/H) skins enabled soft robots to execute designated missions in the presence of high levels of heat and various environmental threats while maintaining mild machine temperatures. Via adopting different 2DMs (graphene oxide (GO), montmorillonite (MMT), and titanium carbide (MXene)), the 2DM/H-protected robots were able to perform soft grasping in organic liquids (GO/H) and open fire (MMT/H), and in the presence of electromagnetic radiation and biocontamination (MXene/H). Through blending MXene nanosheets into gelatin, the MXene-blended hydrogel (M-H) skin became strain sensitive, and a GO/M-H gripper exhibited the high-level integration of skin-mimicking capabilities. Finally, we incorporated 2DM/H skins onto an origami-inspired walker robot and a soft batoid-like robot to execute vision-guided searching in fire and underwater locomotion/navigation in chemical spills.An underwater adhesive with strong, fast and stable adhesion ability has become an urgent requirement for various industrial applications. Herein, a highly transparent ionogel based on a fluorine-rich poly(ionic liquid) and the corresponding ionic liquid monomer has been developed and used as an underwater adhesive. Strong and stable underwater adhesion can be realized by taking advantage of the excellent interface adaptability and high mechanical strength of this ionogel. The underwater adhesion strength could reach as high as 5.18 ± 0.27 MPa. In addition, it can also realize robust bonding over a wide pH range (0-14). A waterproof transparent tape based on the ionogel has also been developed and it can carry out repair work in wet and aquatic environments.The development of responsive soft materials with tailored functional properties based on the chemical reactivity of atomically precise inorganic interfaces has not been widely explored. In this communication, guided by first-principles calculations, we design bimetallic surfaces comprised of atomically thin Pd layers deposited onto Au that anchor nematic liquid crystalline phases of 4'-n-pentyl-4-biphenylcarbonitrile (5CB) and demonstrate that the chemical reactivity of these bimetallic surfaces towards Cl2 gas can be tuned by specification of the composition of the surface alloy. Specifically, we use underpotential deposition to prepare submonolayer to multilayers of Pd on Au and employ X-ray photoelectron and infrared spectroscopy to validate computational predictions that binding of 5CB depends strongly on the Pd coverage, with ∼0.1 monolayer (ML) of Pd sufficient to cause the liquid crystal (LC) to adopt a perpendicular binding mode. Computed heats of dissociative adsorption of Cl2 on PdAu alloy surfaces predict displacement of 5CB from these surfaces, a result that is also confirmed by experiments revealing that 1 ppm Cl2 triggers orientational transitions of 5CB. By decreasing the coverage of Pd on Au from 1.8 ± 0.2 ML to 0.09 ± 0.02 ML, the dynamic response of 5CB to 1 ppm Cl2 is accelerated 3X. Overall, these results demonstrate the promise of hybrid designs of responsive materials based on atomically precise interfaces formed between hard bimetallic surfaces and soft matter.Resistive random access memories (RRAMs) based on the electrochemical metallization mechanism (ECM) have potential applications in high-density data storage and efficient neuromorphic computing. However, the high variability of ECM devices still hinders their application in artificial intelligence owing to the random formation of conductive filaments (CFs). Here, we demonstrate 2D covalent organic framework (COF) RRAM with electroforming-free resistive switching behavior, low spatial/temporal variations, and excellent retention capability up to 105 s. The one-dimensional channels of the oriented COF-5 film can not only confine the shape of filaments but also modulate the transition direction of Ag ions. Moreover, alcohol vapors could activate the device to achieve gas-mediated multilevel resistive switching since COF materials can absorb small molecules through host guest interactions to vary the conductivity. An alcohol gas recognition system constructed by integrating the COF RRAM as a sensor and filter part with the k-nearest neighbors (KNN) algorithm as a classifier was demonstrated with a recognition accuracy of 87.2%. Furthermore, the effect of alcohol inhibition stimulation in the human nervous system is successfully emulated by the COF RRAM.Responsive chromic materials are highly desirable in the fields of displays, anti-counterfeiting, and camouflage, but their advanced applications are usually limited by the unrealized delicate and independent tunability of their three intrinsic attributes of color. This work achieves the separate, continuous, and reversible modulation of structural color brightness and hue with an aqueous suspension of dual-responsive Fe3O4@polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)@poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) (PNIPAM) flexible photonic nanochains. The underlying modulation mechanism of color brightness was experimentally and numerically deciphered by analyzing the morphological responses to stimuli. When an increasing magnetic field was applied, the random worm-like flexible photonic nanochains gradually orientated along the field direction, due to the dominant magnetic dipole interaction over the thermal motion, lengthening the orientation segment length up to the whole of the nanochains. Consequently, the suspension displays increased color brightness (characterized by diffraction intensity). Meanwhile, the color hue (characterized by diffraction frequency) could be controlled by temperature, due to the volume changes of the interparticle PNIPAM. The achieved diverse color modulation advances the next-generation responsive chromic materials and enriches the basic understanding of the color tuning mechanisms. With versatile and facile color tunability and shape patterning, the developed responsive chromic liquid promises to have attractive potential in full-color displays and in adaptive camouflages.Here, we report a novel methyl-shield strategy to design ideal TADF hosts for the improvement of the performance of TSF-OLEDs. The methyl group on the xanthone acceptor acts like a shield to protect the luminance center from close intermolecular hydrogen bonding with adjacent molecules, thus alleviating exciton quenching, and meanwhile the small size of the methyl group almost does not disturb the π-π stacking between acceptors, thus maintaining fast electron-transport pathways. dMeACRXTO having two methyl shields is exploited as the host to achieve a record-high EQE of 32.3%, which represents the first report of an EQE above 30% in TSF-OLEDs.In nature, the chemical energy and electrons stored in ATP and NADPH generated during irradiation can facilitate biochemical reactions under dark conditions. However, in artificial photoreaction systems, it is still very difficult to perform photoreactions under dark conditions due to the fact that the photogenerated charge pairs can recombine immediately upon ceasing the irradiation. Preventing the recombination of photogenerated charge pairs still constitutes a major challenge at present. Here, it is reported that functionalized carbon nitride nanomaterials having many heptazine rings with a positive charge distribution, which can tightly trap photogenerated electrons, efficiently prevent the recombination of photogenerated charges. These stored charges are exceedingly long-lived (up to months) and can drive photopolymerization without light irradiation, even after one month. The system introduced here demonstrates a new approach for storing light energy as long-lived radicals, enabling photoreactions under dark conditions.Liquid-metal (LM)-based flexible and stretchable electronics have attracted widespread interest in wearable health monitoring, electronic skins, and soft robotics. However, it is challenging to directly pattern LMs on soft substrates to form desirable functional circuits due to their huge surface tension and weak wettability. TRC051384 Here, a recyclable, self-healing conductive nanoclay is prepared by introducing nanoclay into the LM system, which possesses low fluidity and excellent adhesion to soft substrates, and combined with the stamping process, flexible electronics can be printed directly and quickly in situ. Conductive nanoclay possesses great conductivity, significant electrical response to deformation, very low electric hysteresis and excellent damage mitigation ability, making it an ideal direct-printable ink for rapid manufacturing of flexible electronics. Owing to unique structure composition, conductive nanoclay can grow in a vacuum and maintain excellent conductivity, based on which vacuum-on switches that can be used in extreme environments such as outer space are fabricated without complex structural design.
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