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Ferromagnetic (FM) semiconductors have been recognized as the cornerstone for next-generation highly functional spintronic devices. However, the development in practical applications of FM semiconductors is limited by their low Curie temperatures (T C). Here, on the basis of model analysis, we find that the FM super-exchange couplings in the d 5 - d 3 system can be significantly strengthened by reducing the virtual exchange gap (G ex) between occupied and empty e g orbitals. By first-principle calculations, we predict robust ferromagnetism in three rhombohedral RMnO3 (R = Sc, Y, and Lu) compounds with the T C that is as high as ∼1510 K (YMnO3). The oxygen breathing motions open a band gap and create an unusual Mn2+/Mn4+ charge ordering of the Mn-d electrons, which play an important role in altering the G ex. Interestingly, the rhombohedral RMnO3 compounds are also ferroelectric (FE) with a large spontaneous polarization approaching that of LiNbO3. These results not only deepen the understandings of magnetic couplings in d 5 - d 3 system, but also provide a way to design room-temperature FM-FE multiferroics.The state-of-the-art perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with SnO2 electron transporting material (ETL) layer displays the probability of conquering the low electron mobility and serious leakage current loss of the TiO2 ETL layer in photoelectronic devices. buy FTI 277 The rapid development of SnO2 ETL layer has brought perovskite efficiencies >20%. However, high density of defect states and voltage loss of high temperature SnO2 are still latent impediment for the long-term stability and hysteresis effect of photovoltaics. Herein, Nb5+ doped SnO2 with deeper energy level is utilized as a compact ETL for printable mesoscopic PSCs. It promotes carrier concentration increase caused by n-type doping, assists Fermi energy level and conduction band minimum to move the deeper energy level, and significantly reduces interface carrier recombination, thus increasing the photovoltage of the device. As a result, the use of Nb5+ doped SnO2 brings high photovoltage of 0.92 V, which is 40 mV higher than that of 0.88 V for device based on SnO2 compact layer. The resulting PSCs displays outstanding efficiency of 13.53%, which contains an ∼10% improvements compared to those without Nb5+ doping. Our study emphasizes the significance of element doping for compact layer and lays the groundwork for high efficiency PSCs.This study focused on a direct comparison of dose delivery efficiency between two proton FLASH delivery modes passive scattering and pencil beam scanning (PBS). Monte-Carlo simulation of the beamline was performed using the Geant4 package. Two proton energies (63 and 230 MeV) were selected, targeting for shallow and deep-seated tumors, respectively. Two irradiation field sizes were selected 13 × 13 mm2 and 50 × 50 mm2. For each delivery mode, two cases were investigated shoot-through and Bragg peak, yielding a total of 4 delivery scenarios. For the passive scattering mode, the impact on dose rate by multiple components along the beamline were investigated, including ridge-filter, scatterer, range shifter and collimator. A quantitative comparison among four scenarios was made in terms of field size, dose, dose rate and treatment plan quality (dose volume histogram). For the 230 MeV case, the dose rate (for 1 nA current) is 0.05 Gy s-1 (passive with Bragg peak, field size 50 × 50 mm2) and 2.6 Gy s-1 (PBS with shoot-through). Dose rate comparison is made between passive scattering and PBS as the delivery changes from spot-layer to shoot-through. In conclusion, the study successfully established a benchmark reference for dose rate performance for different scenarios, taking into account components along the beamline, field size and beam current. The results allow us to predict and compare the required beam current to yield a dose rate sufficiently high, above the threshold of the FLASH effect.Radioresistance significantly decreases the efficacy of radiotherapy, which can ultimately lead to tumor recurrence and metastasis. As a novel type of nano-radiosensitizer, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have shown promising radiosensitizing properties in the radiotherapy of glioma, but their ability to efficiently enter and accumulate in tumor cells needs to be improved. In the current study, AS1411 and verapamil (VRP) conjugated bovine serum albumin (BSA) coated AgNPs (AgNPs@BSA-AS-VRP) were synthesized and characterized. Dark-field imaging and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry were applied to investigate the accumulation of AgNPs@BSA-AS and AgNPs@BSA-AS-VRP mixed in different ratios in U251 glioma cells. To assess the influences of 191 mixed AgNPs@BSA-AS and AgNPs@BSA-AS-VRP on the P-glycoprotein (P-gp) efflux activity, rhodamine 123 accumulation assay was carried out. Colony formation assay and tumor-bearing nude mice model were employed to examine the radiosensitizing potential of 191 mixed AgNPs@BSA-AS and AgNPs@BSA-AS-VRP. Thioredoxin Reductase (TrxR) Assay Kit was used to detect the TrxR activity in cells treated with different functionally modified AgNPs. Characterization results revealed that AgNPs@BSA-AS-VRP were successfully constructed. When AgNPs@BSA-AS and AgNPs@BSA-AS-VRP were mixed in a ratio of 191, the amount of intracellular nanoparticles increased greatly through AS1411-mediated active targeting and inhibition of P-gp activity. In vitro and in vivo experiments clearly showed that the radiosensitization efficacy of 191 mixed AgNPs@BSA-AS and AgNPs@BSA-AS-VRP was much stronger than that of AgNPs@BSA and AgNPs@BSA-AS. It was also found that 191 mixed AgNPs@BSA-AS and AgNPs@BSA-AS-VRP significantly inhibited intracellular TrxR activity. These results indicate that 191 mixed AgNPs@BSA-AS and AgNPs@BSA-AS-VRP can effectively accumulate in tumor cells and have great potential as high-efficiency nano-radiosensitizers in the radiotherapy of glioma.Understanding the physical processes involved in interfacial heat transfer is critical for the interpretation of thermometric measurements and the optimization of heat dissipation in nanoelectronic devices that are based on transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) semiconductors. We model the phononic and electronic contributions to the thermal boundary conductance (TBC) variability for the MoS2-SiO2and WS2-SiO2interface. A phenomenological theory to model diffuse phonon transport at disordered interfaces is introduced and yieldsG= 13.5 and 12.4 MW/K/m2at 300 K for the MoS2-SiO2and WS2-SiO2interface, respectively. We compare its predictions to those of the coherent phonon model and find that the former fits the MoS2-SiO2data from experiments and simulations significantly better. Our analysis suggests that heat dissipation at the TMD-SiO2interface is dominated by phonons scattered diffusely by the rough interface although the electronic TBC contribution can be significant even at low electron densities (n= 1012cm-2) and may explain some of the variation in the experimental TBC data from the literature.
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