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This difference is attributed to interfacial interactions between the magnetic moments of paramagnetic Pd and superparamagnetic/ferrimagnetic CFO. SAR values measured from CFO-Pd heterodimer suspensions were found to be 47-52 W gFerrite-1, which is up to a factor of two higher than the SAR values of commercially available ferrofluids, demonstrating their potential as efficient heat mediators. Our results provide insight into the utilization of CFO-Pd heterodimer suspensions as potential nanoplatforms for diagnostic and therapeutic biomedical applications, e.g., in cancer hyperthermia, cryopreserved tissue warming, thermoablative therapy, drug delivery and bioimaging.In this work, amino acids (AAs) including serine (S), histidine (H) and glutamic acid (E)-conjugated poly(3-thiophene acetate acid) (P3TAA) were synthesized to promote the catalytic hydrolysis and in situ electrochemical detection of organophosphorus pesticides (OPs). The hydrolysis of OPs followed the mechanism of proton transfer relay composed of AAs of S, H, E, called the "catalytic triad", found in biomimetic hydrolases. P3TAA was used as a carrier to attach S, H, E, and these AA sites have the hydrolysis activity of Ops; the polymer P3TAA-AAs behaved like biomimetic enzymes. After the hydrolysis of OPs (e.g., methyl paraoxon, ethyl paraoxon and methyl parathion), p-nitrophenol (PNP) was generated, which can be detected electrochemically. Herein, Selleck EPZ004777 using P3TAA-conjugated S, H, E-modified electrodes for the determination of OPs was developed. OPs can be quantified by the electrochemical responses of PNP. This technique was selective toward OPs with the p-nitrophenol group. The detection limit of OPs (methyl paraoxon, methyl parathion and ethyl paraoxon) reached 0.5 μM. This detection technique was successfully applied to the detection of OPs in real samples with high detection accuracy.Owing to the considerable theoretical energy density, lithium-sulfur batteries have been deemed as a competitive candidate for the next-generation energy storage devices. However, its commercialization still depends on the moderation of the shuttle effect and the conductivity improvement of the sulfur cathode. Herein, a novel reduced graphene oxide (rGO) wrapped yolk-shell vanadium dioxide (VO2) sphere hybrid host (rGO/VO2) is reported to simultaneously tackle these barriers. In particular, the polar VO2 sphere can chemically anchor and catalyze the conversion of polysulfides effectively both on the yolk and the shell surfaces. Meanwhile, the highly conductive 3D porous rGO network not only allows sufficient penetration of electrolyte and provides efficient transport pathways for lithium ions and electrons, but also buffers the volume variation during the lithiation process. Besides, the dissolution of the polysulfides can also be alleviated by physical confinement via the interconnected carbon network. #link# Benefiting from these synergistic features, such designed rGO/VO2/S cathode delivers outstanding cycle stability (718.6 mA h g-1 initially, and 516.1 mA h g-1 over 400 cycles at 1C) with a fading rate of 0.07% per cycle. Even at 3C, a capacity of 639.7 mA h g-1 is reached. This proposed unique structure could provide novel insights into high-energy batteries.Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a kind of hematological malignancy featured with retarded differentiation that is highly linked to the level of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS). In this work, ultra-small platinum nanoparticles deposited on gold nanorods (Au@Pt) were synthesized and applied on the CML cells. It was shown that Au@Pt had multienzyme-like activities that induced a fluctuation of the intracellular ROS level over the incubation time, depending on their temporal locations in the cells. The ROS fluctuation triggered cellular autophagy and enhanced the level of autophagic protein Beclin-1, which caused the degradation of fusion protein BCR-ABL, the key factor of retarded differentiation and led to the downregulation of phosphorylation of PI3K and AKT. These interactions together broke retarded differentiation and drove the CML cells to differentiate towards megakaryocytes, which is of great significance in enhancing leukemic cell apoptosis. Therefore, Au@Pt exhibited a novel function and promising therapeutic potential for the CML treatment.Bacteria and cancer cells share a unique symbiotic relationship in the process of cancer development and treatment. It has been shown that certain bacteria can mediate cancer and thrive inside cancerous tissues. Moreover, during cancer treatment, microbial infections have been shown to impair the therapeutic efficacy and lead to serious complications. In the past decades, the application of antibiotics has achieved great success in fighting numerous bacteria but the administration route, low localization effects and related drug resistance limit the further utilization of antibiotics. Recently, advances in nanotechnology have made a significant impact in the medical field, which enhance the drug solubility and can target lesion sites, and some nanomaterials can even be applied as the therapeutic agent itself. In this review, we introduce anti-bacterial nanosystems for cancer therapy in the aspects of spontaneous and triggered anti-bacterial action, and our notions, as well as proposed research directions for the further development of this field, are discussed.In the frame of the development of solid ionogel electrolytes with enhanced ion transport properties, this paper investigates ionogel systems constituted by ∼80 wt% of ionic liquids (ILs) confined in meso-/macroporous silica monolith materials. The anion-cation coordination for two closely related ILs, either aprotic (AIL) butylmethylpyrrolidinium or protic (PIL) butylpyrrolidinium, both with bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (TFSI) anions, with and without lithium cations, is studied in depth. The ILs are confined within silica with well-defined mesoporosities (8 to 16 nm). The effects of this confinement, onto melting points, onto conductivity followed by impedance spectroscopy, and onto lithium-TFSI coordination followed by Raman spectroscopy, are presented. Opposite effects have been observed on the melting temperature it increased for the AIL (+2 °C) upon confinement, while it decreased for the PIL (-2 °C). With lithium, the confinement led to an increase of the melting temperature (+1 °C) for the PIL and AIL.
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