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The as-fabricated KIC delivers a reasonable specific energy of 105 Wh/kg and excellent cycling life with negligible capacitance fading over 10 000 cycles. This "waste-to-wealth" approach can promote the development of sustainable KICs at low cost and inspire their use for fast-rate K-based energy storage applications.We present a novel, highly efficient method for the computation of second-order Møller-Plesset perturbation theory (MP2) correlation energies, which uses the resolution of the identity (RI) approximation and local molecular orbitals obtained from a Cholesky decomposition of pseudodensity matrices (CDD), as in the RI-CDD-MP2 method developed previously in our group [Maurer, S. A.; Clin, L.; Ochsenfeld, C. J. Chem. Phys. 2014, 140, 224112]. In addition, we introduce an attenuated Coulomb metric and subsequently redesign the RI-CDD-MP2 method in order to exploit the resulting sparsity in the three-center integrals. Coulomb and exchange energy contributions are computed separately using specialized algorithms. A simple, yet effective integral screening protocol based on Schwarz estimates is used for the MP2 exchange energy. The Coulomb energy computation and the preceding transformations of the three-center integrals are accelerated using a modified version of the natural blocking approach [Jung, Y.; Head-Gordon, M. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2006, 8, 2831-2840]. Effective subquadratic scaling for a wide range of molecule sizes is demonstrated in test calculations in conjunction with a low prefactor. The method is shown to enable cost-efficient MP2 calculations on large molecular systems with several thousand basis functions.The durable application of polylactide (PLA) under atmospheric conditions is restricted by its poor ultraviolet (UV) stability. To improve the UV stability of polymers, titanium dioxide (TiO2) is often used as a UV light capture agent. However, TiO2 is also a photocatalytic agent, with detrimental effects on the polymer properties. To overcome these two conflicting issues, we used the following approach. TiO2 nanoparticles were first coated with silicon dioxide (SiO2) (with a SiO2 shell content of 5.3 wt %). JNK animal study Subsequently, poly(d-lactide) (PDLA) was grafted onto TiO2@SiO2 nanoparticles, approximately 20 wt %, via a ring-opening polymerization of d-lactide to obtain well-designed double-shell TiO2@SiO2-g-PDLA nanohybrids. These double-shell nanoparticles could be well dispersed in a poly(l-lactide) (PLLA) matrix making use of the stereocomplexation between the two enantiomers. In our concept, the inner SiO2 shell on the TiO2 nanoparticles prevents the direct contact between TiO2 and the PLLA matrix and hence considerably restricts the detrimental photocatalytic effect of TiO2 on PLLA degradation. Additionally, the outer PDLA shell facilitates an improved dispersion of these nanohybrid particles by interfacial stereocomplexation with its enantiomer PLLA. As a consequence, the PLLA/TiO2@SiO2-g-PDLA nanocomposites simultaneously possess excellent UV-shielding property, high(er) tensile strength (>60 MPa), and superior UV resistance, for example, the mechanical properties remain at a level of >90% after 72 h of UV irradiation. In our view, this work provides a novel strategy to make advanced PLA nanocomposites with improved mechanical properties and excellent UV resistance, which enables potential application of PLA in more critical areas such as in durable packaging and fiber/textile applications.A flexible electrochemical heavy metal sensor based on a gold (Au) electrode modified with layer-by-layer (LBL) assembly of titanium carbide (Ti3C2T x ) and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) nanocomposites was successfully fabricated for the detection of copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) ions. An LBL drop-coating process was adopted to modify the surface of Au electrodes with Ti3C2T x /MWNTs treated via ultrasonication to fabricate this novel nanocomposite electrode. In addition, an in situ simultaneous deposition of "green metal" antimony (Sb) and target analytes was performed to improve the detection performance further. The electrochemical measurement was realized using square wave anodic stripping voltammetry (SWASV). Moreover, the fabricated sensor exhibited excellent detection performance under the optimal experimental conditions. The detection limits for Cu and Zn are as low as 0.1 and 1.5 ppb, respectively. Furthermore, Cu and Zn ions were successfully detected in biofluids, that is, urine and sweat, in a wide range of concentration (urine Cu 10-500 ppb; urine Zn 200-600 ppb; sweat Cu 300-1500 ppb; and sweat Zn 500-1500 ppb). The fabricated flexible sensor also possesses other advantages of ultra-repeatability and excellent stability. Thus, these advantages provide a great possibility for the noninvasive smart monitoring of heavy metals in the future.Effective remediation of produced water requires separating crude oil-water mixture and removing the dissolved organic pollutants. Membranes with selective wettability for water over oil enable the gravity-driven separation of an oil-water mixture by allowing water to permeate through while repelling oil. However, these membranes are often limited by their inability to remove the dissolved organic pollutants. In this work, a membrane with in-air superhydrophilic and underwater superoleophobic wettability is fabricated by thermal annealing of a stainless steel mesh. The resulting membrane possesses a hierarchical surface texture covered with a photocatalytic oxide layer composed of iron oxide and chromium oxide. The membrane exhibits chemical and mechanical robustness, which makes it suitable for remediation of crude oil and water mixture. Further, after being fouled by crude oil, the membrane can recover its inherent water-rich permeate flux upon visible light irradiation. Finally, the membrane demonstrates that it can separate surfactant-stabilized crude oil-in-water emulsion under gravity and decontaminate water-rich permeate by photocatalytic degradation of dissolved organic pollutants upon continuous irradiation of visible light.Preparing transition-metal oxides in their two-dimensional (2D) form is the key to exploring their unrevealed low-dimensional properties, such as the p-type transparent superconductivity, topological Mott insulator state, existence of the condensed 2D electron/hole gas, and strain-tunable catalysis. However, existing approaches suffer from the specific constraint techniques and precursors that limit their product types. Here, we report a solution-based method to directly synthesize KNbO2 in 2D by an out-of-the-pot growth process at low temperature, which is observed directly in real time. The developed method can also be applied to other 2D ternary oxide syntheses, including CsNbO2 and composited Na x K1-xNbO2, and it can be extended to the preparation of self-assembled nanofilms. In addition, We demonstrate the emission of broadband photoluminescence (PL, λ ∼ 350-800 nm) from as-synthesized single-crystal 2D KNbO2 sheets down to a single unit cell thickness. The ultra-broadband emission is ascribed to the self-trapped excitation state (STEs) from the in-phase distortion of the NbO6 octahedrons in 2D NbO2- layers.
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