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5 μA were generated using a shaking machine with a tilting speed of 9.5°/s. We thus show that such a device can serve as a self-powered light buoy floating on a water surface. Our study presents an applied concept for the design of droplet-based energy harvesters to convert surrounding vibrational energy to electricity.The discovery of small molecules that exhibit turn-on far-red or near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence upon DNA binding and understanding how they bind DNA are important for imaging and bioanalytical applications. Here we report the DNA-bound structure and the DNA binding mechanism of quinone cyanine dithiazole (QCy-DT), a recently reported AT-specific turn-on NIR fluorescent probe for double-stranded DNA. The nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-derived structure showed minor groove binding but no specific ligand-DNA interactions, consistent with an endothermic and entropy-driven binding mechanism deduced from isothermal titration calorimetry. Minor groove binding is typically fast because it minimally perturbs the DNA structure. However, QCy-DT exhibited unusually slow DNA binding. The cyanine-based probe is capable of cis-trans isomerization due to overlapping methine bridges, with 16 possible slowly interconverting cis/trans isomers. Using NMR, density functional theory, and free energy calculations, we show that the DNA-free and DNA-bound environments of QCy-DT prefer distinctly different isomers, indicating that the origin of the slow kinetics is a cis-trans isomerization and that the minor groove preferentially selects an otherwise unstable cis/trans isomer of QCy-DT. Flux analysis showed the conformational selection pathway to be the dominating DNA binding mechanism at low DNA concentrations, which switches to the induced fit pathway at high DNA concentrations. This report of cis/trans isomerization of a ligand, upon binding the DNA minor groove, expands the prevailing understanding of unique discriminatory powers of the minor groove and has an important bearing on using polymethine cyanine dyes to probe the kinetics of molecular interactions.A new combinatory Raman subtechnique of low-frequency and micro-spatially offset Raman spectroscopy (denoted micro-SOLFRS) is demonstrated via analysis of pharmaceutical solid dosage forms. A variety of different (multilayer/multicomponent) model systems comprising celecoxib, α-lactose (the anhydrous and monohydrate form), and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) were probed to test the potency of this newly developed technique to, for example, provide qualitative and quantitative information on surface and subsurface layer characteristics, including their thicknesses as well as enable monitoring of surface-driven solid-state form transformations. A simultaneous collection of low- and, the more commonly used, mid-frequency data enabled a direct comparison between these spectral regions, where the low-frequency domain (hence, micro-SOLFRS) proved superior for every respective analysis carried out herein.Formaldehyde (HCHO) is a priority pollutant in the indoor environment, which is irritative and carcinogenic to humans. The non-noble metal oxides have a wide application prospect in the decomposition of HCHO. Defects in metal oxides have been widely accepted as active sites in heterogeneous catalysis. Compared with the extensive study of oxygen defects, the effect of cation defects has not been clearly addressed. Herein, Mn defect-rich Mn3O4 was synthesized by pyrolysis of Ce-doped MnCO3. It is found for the first time that the content of Mn defects in Mn3O4 can be adjusted by introducing Ce. The introduction of Ce resulted in the higher contents of Mn defects, which significantly enhances the HCHO decomposition. Moreover, Mn defect can effectively narrow the half-metallic gap of Mn3O4, regulate the electronic structure and coordination environment of surrounding oxygen, and further improve the activity and mobility of neighboring oxygen atoms. Importantly, Mn defects are not only beneficial to the generation of neighboring oxygen vacancy but also conducive to enhancing the activation ability of oxygen vacancy for O2. The advantages resulting from Mn defects significantly enhance the HCHO decomposition. This research proposes a strategy to adjust cation defects and deepens the comprehension of the function of cation defects.MAPbI3, one of the archetypical metal halide perovskites, is an exciting semiconductor for a variety of optoelectronic applications. The photoexcited charge-carrier diffusion and recombination are important metrics in optoelectronic devices. Defects in grain interiors and boundaries of MAPbI3 films cause significant nonradiative recombination energy losses. Besides defect impact, carrier diffusion and recombination anisotropy introduced by structural and electronic discrepancies related to the crystal orientation are vital topics. Here, large-sized MAPbI3 single crystals (SCs) were grown, with the (110), (112), (100), and (001) crystal planes simultaneously exposed through the adjusting ratios of PbI2 to methylammonium iodide (MAI). Such MAPbI3 SCs exhibit a weak n-type semiconductor character, and the Fermi levels of these planes were slightly different, causing a homophylic p-n junction at crystal ledges. Utilizing MAPbI3 SCs, the photoexcited carrier diffusion and recombination within the crystal planes and around the crystal ledges were investigated through time-resolved fluorescence microscope. It is revealed that both the (110) and (001) planes were facilitated to be exposed with more MAI in the growth solutions, and the photoluminescence (PL) of these planes manifesting a red-shift, longer carrier lifetime, and diffusion length compared with the (100) and (112) planes. A longer carrier diffusion length promoted photorecycling. However, excessive MAI-assisted grown MAPbI3 SCs could increase the radiative recombination. In addition, it revealed that the carrier excited within the (001) and (112) planes was inclined to diffuse toward each other and was favorable to be extracted out of the grain boundaries or crystal ledges.The deactivation issue arising from alkali poisoning over catalysts is still a challenge for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx by NH3. Herein, improved NOx reduction in the presence of alkaline metals over phosphate-modified Fe2O3/TiO2 catalysts has been originally demonstrated via tailoring the reaction paths by in situ creating alkali-poisoning sites. The introduction of phosphate results in the partial formation of iron phosphate species and makes the catalyst to mainly exhibit the characteristics of FePO4, which is responsible for the widened temperature window and enhanced alkali resistance. The tetrahedral [FeO4]/[PO4] structures in iron phosphate act as the Brønsted acid sites to increase the catalyst surface acidity. selleck In addition, the formation of an Fe-O-P structure enhances the redox ability and increases surface adsorbed oxygen. Furthermore, the created phosphate groups (PO43-) serving as alkali-poisoning sites preferentially combine with potassium so that iron species on the active sites are protected.
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