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42 eV for this compound. Surface analysis revealed that the sample exhibits a surface area of 90 m2 g-1, which decreases to 30 m2 g-1 after the thermal annealing and the full conversion into ZnO. This difference in the surface area showed particular relevance in the stability of the measured optical properties. Particularly, the intensity of the photoluminescence signal was seen to be higher in the ZnO/ZnO2 sample and strongly dependent on the measurement atmosphere, highlighting its potential to be employed in the fabrication of optical-based sensing systems for environmental applications, namely in gas sensors.Hydrogenolysis of the scorpionate-supported calcium benzyl complex [(TpAd,iPr)Ca(p-CH2C6H4-Me)(THP)] (TpAd,iPr = hydrotris(3-adamantyl-5-isopropyl-pyrazolyl)borate, THP = tetrahydropyran) (2-THP) afforded the mononuclear calcium hydrido complex [(TpAd,iPr)Ca(H)(THP)] (3). Under mild conditions (40 °C, 10 atm H2, 5 mol% cat.), complex 3 effectively catalyzed the hydrogenation of a variety of alkenes, including activated alkenes, semi-activated alkenes, non-activated terminal and internal alkenes. Mononuclear calcium unsubstituted alkyl complex [(TpAd,iPr)Ca(CH2)4Ph(THP)] (6), proposed as the catalytic hydrogenation intermediate, was isolated and structurally characterized.We report two carbazole-based diradicals, out of which the m-isomer shows a large diradical character y0 (0.89) and a small singlet-triplet energy gap ΔES-T (-0.98 kcal mol-1), whereas the p-isomer exhibits smaller y0 (0.79) but a much larger ΔES-T (-6.16 kcal mol-1). DFT calculations reveal that this tendency is also suitable for nitrogen and carbon-centered diradicals.Alkali metal dimers attached to the surface of helium nanodroplets are found to be efficiently doubly ionized by electron transfer mediated decay (ETMD) when photoionizing the helium droplets. This process is evidenced by detecting in coincidence two energetic ions created by Coulomb explosion and one low-kinetic energy electron. The kinetic energy spectra of ions and electrons are reproduced by simple model calculations based on diatomic potential energy curves, and are in agreement with ab initio calculations for the He-Na2 and He-KRb systems. This work demonstrates that ETMD is an important decay channel in heterogeneous nanosystems exposed to ionizing radiation.Ion-specific effects offer a great opportunity to construct intelligent macromolecular systems with diverse architectures, on-demand controlled release behaviors and interfacial responsiveness. Herein, we developed gel-like polyelectrolyte/counterion complexes by ionotropic gelation of poly((trimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate chloride-co-sulfobetaine methacrylate) (poly(TMAEMA-co-SBMA)) and kosmotropic polyphosphate (PP). The strong water-mediated ionic crosslinking between the cationic poly(TMAEMA) and multivalent anionic PP leads to ionic association and formation of stable dispersive colloids and gel-like complexes. Zwitterionic SBMA possesses charge balance and strong hydration as well as insusceptibility to the presence of PP. The unique features of SBMA were applied to finely adjust the physical and biological properties of gel-like complexes. Accordingly, the molar composition of poly(TMAEMA-co-SBMA) was varied to evaluate its effects on the formation of the ionic complexes, water content, gel volume, i study was carried out in an attempt to explore the structure-property relation of ionically crosslinked polymer networks for a wide spectrum of applications.The macro architecture and micro surface topological morphology of implants play essential roles in bone tissue regeneration. 3D printing technology provides enormous advantages for the rapid fabrication of personalized bone tissue repair implants. Cyclophosphamide This study presents a demonstration of dual-modulation (DM) 3D printed porous titanium implants to enhance stability and osseointegration. Titanium implants with the first level of modulation of macro porous architecture and mechanical properties are obtained using macro architecture design and 3D printing fabrication. The first level of modulation achieved scaffolds with a wide range of compressive strengths (36.76-139.97 MPa) when varying the scaffold macro architectures. In the second level of modulation of surface topological morphology, alkali treatment, heat treatments and electrochemical deposition of hydroxyapatite coating were conducted for further regulating the biological function of implants. DM 3D printed scaffolds significantly promoted bone marrow mesenchyme stem cell adhesion and proliferation, indicating good cytocompatibility. In addition, in vivo osseointegration experiments indicated that the DM scaffolds formed better tissue-materials interfaces. New bone formation rates in DM scaffolds are higher than those in conventional 3D printed scaffolds after 6 months of implantation (58.1% versus 36.1%). These results demonstrate that DM scaffolds could enhance early stability and osseointegration. This study may provide new insights into the design, fabrication and post-processing of 3D printed porous titanium implants for various applications in personalized bone tissue regeneration.This paper reports the rapid 3D printing of tough (toughness, UT, up to 141.6 kJ m-3), highly solvated (φwater∼ 60 v/o), and antifouling hybrid hydrogels for potential uses in biomedical, smart materials, and sensor applications, using a zwitterionic photochemistry compatible with stereolithography (SLA). A Design of Experiments (DOE) framework was used for systematically investigating the multivariate photochemistry of SLA generally and, specifically, to determine an aqueous SLA system with an additional zwitterionic acrylate, which significantly increases the gelation rate, and the resilience of the resulting hybrid hydrogels relative to an equivalent non-ionic polyacrylamide hydrogel. Specifically, the resulting zwitterionic hybrid hydrogels (Z-gels) can be tuned over a large range of ultimate strains, ca. 0.5 less then γult less then 5.0, and elastic moduli, ca. 10 less then E less then 1000 kPa, while also demonstrating a high resilience under cyclic tensile loading. Importantly, unlike traditional chemistry, increasing the elastic modulus of the Z-gels does not necessarily reduce the ultimate strain.
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