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The EAB is broadened while tailoring the thickness to 3 mm, ranging from 10.2 to 18 GHz. Besides, the aerogel presents valuable thermal insulation properties. Our methodology of synthesizing MXene/RGO aerogel not only provides promising insights into microstructural construction but also endows the possibility for integrating thermal insulation property towards next-generation high-performance microwave absorption devices.Environmental remediation has become more effective when using nanotechnologies. In this study, iron oxide (α-Fe2O3) nanospheres with different cobalt doping levels (xCo-Fe2O3) were synthesised and applied in the heterogeneous activation of peroxymonosulfate (PMS) for the degradation of p-hydroxybenzoic acid (p-HBA). The catalyst (3Co-Fe2O3) with 3% Co doping exhibits the best performance for PMS activation, possibly because of the larger specific surface area and the tailored catalyst surface as confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Reaction parameters were investigated to optimise the degradation efficiency. The metal ions leaching tests confirmed the higher stability of the catalyst, thanks to the leaching suppression by the doping of Co2+. The main contribution of free radicals (SO4•- and •OH) was confirmed by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra, whereas partial contribution of oxygen anions and singlet oxygen (O2•-, 1O2) was observed during the quenching tests. see more Finally, a radical based degradation mechanism was proposed for the removal of p-HBA. It is expected to open up a novel perspective for the application of iron oxide as a potential catalyst for the removal of emerging contaminants.The design of supercapacitor electrode materials greatly depends on the rational construction of nanostructures and the effective combination of different active materials. Due to the poor electrical conductivity and mechanical strength, nickel-cobalt double hydroxide (NiCo-LDH) cannot reach the theoretical high specific capacitance value, while Co9S8 shows many interesting features, such as excellent electrochemical properties, high conductivity, and greatly improved redox reactions. Therefore, we prepared ZIF-67-C derived hollow NiCo-LDH (C-LDH)/Co9S8 nanocages containing two components of Co9S8 and NiCo-LDH through a multistep transformation method. The prepared C-LDH/Co9S8 nanoparticles showed a hollow rhomboid dodecahedron structure, and many NiCo-LDH nanosheets were reasonably distributed on the surface. In the three-electrode test, it can be obtained that its specific capacitance is 1654 F·g-1 when current density is 2 A·g-1 and 82.5% capacitance retention after 5000 cycles. Moreover, asymmetric supercapacitors (ASCs) prepared with C-LDH/Co9S8 as cathode and AC as anode can achieve a large energy density of 47.3 Wh·kg-1 under the condition of high power density of 1505 W·kg-1. After 10,000 cycles, capacitance retention rate is 80.9%, exhibit excellent cycle performance, suggesting the great potential of hollow C-LDH/Co9S8 nanocages in the application of supercapacitors.Due to the good electrical, optical, magnetic, catalytic properties, transition metal nanoparticles (TMNPs) have been becoming more and more interesting in the fileds of environment, material, biomedicine, catalysis, and so on. Here, tannic acid (TA) is used as a green and efficient stabilizer to fabricate all kinds of TMNPs including AuNPs, AgNPs, CuNPs and PdNPs. These TMNPs possess small sizes ranging from 1 nm to 6 nm, which is conducive to several catalytic reactions in aqueous solution, such as 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) reduction, CuAAC reactions and Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reactions. AuNPs and PdNPs are found to have distinctly higher catalytic activities than AgNPs and CuNPs in the 4-NP reduction process. Especially, PdNPs show the highest catalytic activities with TOF up to 7200 h-1 in the 4-NP reduction. Furthermore, PdNPs also exhibit satisfying catalytic performance in the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling process, and CuNPs are catalytically active in the copper-catalyzed azide alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) reactions. The applicability and generality of PdNPs and CuNPs are respectively confirmed via the reaction between different substrates in the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reactions and the CuAAC reactions. This work present a simple, fast, green and efficient strategy to synthesize TMNPs for multiple catalysis.
Micrometer sized alkane-in-water emulsion drops, stabilized by appropriate long-chain surfactants, spontaneously break symmetry upon cooling and transform consecutively into series of regular shapes (Denkov et al., Nature 2015, 528, 392). Two mechanisms were proposed to explain this phenomenon of drop "self-shaping". One of these mechanisms assumes that thin layers of plastic rotator phase form at the drop surface around the freezing temperature of the oil. This mechanism has been supported by several indirect experimental findings but direct structural characterization has not been reported so far.

We combine small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS/WAXS) with optical microscopy and DSC measurements of self-shaping drops in emulsions.

In the emulsions exhibiting drop self-shaping, the scattering spectra reveal the formation of intermediate, metastable rotator phases in the alkane drops before their crystallization. In addition, shells of rotator phase were observed to form in hexadecane drops, stabilized by C
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surfactant. This rotator phase melts at ca. 16.6°C which is significantly lower than the melting temperature of crystalline hexadecane, 18°C. The scattering results are in a very good agreement with the complementary optical observations and DSC measurements.
In the emulsions exhibiting drop self-shaping, the scattering spectra reveal the formation of intermediate, metastable rotator phases in the alkane drops before their crystallization. In addition, shells of rotator phase were observed to form in hexadecane drops, stabilized by C16EO10 surfactant. This rotator phase melts at ca. 16.6 °C which is significantly lower than the melting temperature of crystalline hexadecane, 18 °C. The scattering results are in a very good agreement with the complementary optical observations and DSC measurements.
A detailed quantitative description of the effects of antioxidants in inhibiting lipid peroxidation in oil-in-water emulsions can be achieved by determining the relationships between the rates of initiation of the lipid peroxidation reaction, the length of the induction period preceding the propagation step of the radical oxidation process and the effective antioxidant interfacial concentrations.

We successfully prepared and characterized a series of olive oil-in-water nanoemulsions and allowed them to spontaneously oxidize. Their oxidative stability was evaluated by carrying out in the presence, and absence, of antioxidants derived from gallic acid, by monitoring the formation of primary oxidation products with time, by determining the corresponding induction periods, and by determining the effective interfacial concentrations of the antioxidants in the intact emulsions.

Results show that both, the length of the induction periods and the antioxidant interfacial concentrations change concomitantly, increasing with the hydrophobicity of the antioxidant up to a maximum at the octyl derivative; longer aliphatic chains decrease their efficiency. The ratio between the interfacial antioxidant concentration and the induction period remains constant independently of the antioxidant, demonstrating that the effective concentrations of antioxidant at the interface control their efficiencies in emulsions.
Results show that both, the length of the induction periods and the antioxidant interfacial concentrations change concomitantly, increasing with the hydrophobicity of the antioxidant up to a maximum at the octyl derivative; longer aliphatic chains decrease their efficiency. The ratio between the interfacial antioxidant concentration and the induction period remains constant independently of the antioxidant, demonstrating that the effective concentrations of antioxidant at the interface control their efficiencies in emulsions.Gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) with surface plasmonic resonance (SPR) effect and excellent internal electron transfer ability have widely been combined with semiconductors for photocatalysis. However, the in-depth effects of Au NPs in multicomponent photocatalysts have not been completely understood. Herein, ternary titanium oxide-gold-cadmium sulfide (TiO2-Au-CdS, TAC) photocatalysts, based on hierarchical TiO2 inverse opal photonic crystal structure with different Au NPs sizes have been designed to reveal the SPR effect and internal electron transfer of Au NPs in the presence of slow photon effect. It appears that the SPR effect and internal electron transfer ability of Au NPs, depending on their sizes, play a synergistic effect on the photocatalytic enhancement. The ternary TAC-10 photocatalyst with ~ 10 nm Au NPs demonstrates an unprecedented hydrogen evolution rate of 47.6 mmolh-1g-1 under visible-light, demonstrating ~ 48% enhancement comparing to the sample without slow photon effect. In particular, a 9.83% apparent quantum yield under 450 nm monochromatic light is achieved for TAC-10. A model is proposed and finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations reveal the size influence of Au NPs in ternary TAC photocatalysts. This work suggests that the rational design of bifunctional Au NPs coupling with slow photon effect could largely promote hydrogen production from visible-light driven water splitting.
Spreading of wetting liquids on rough surfaces can occur in a regime termed hemiwicking in which liquid advances ahead of the bulk liquid droplet front under the influence of capillary forces induced by the surface topography. When the surface topography is periodic as in the case for micropillar arrays, the wetting front is sharp and models describing the wetting dynamics can be derived directly from the periodic geometry. For materials with a highly irregular surface topography, the wetting front is diffuse and deriving analytical spreading model parameters directly from the surface topography is not generally possible.

In this work, a previously published model for liquid spreading on thin porous materials is modified to incorporate unsaturated spreading ahead of the bulk liquid droplet using Richards equation. The permeability, K, and capillary pressure, p
, of the liquid in the surface roughness are the primary model parameters describing the spreading dynamics in Richards equation. These are determthe irregular surface topography by spatial filtering over 10 µm wavelength increments covering the range 10-500 µm. Approximate periodic micropillar arrays are defined from the filtered topography for each wavelength increment, enabling analytical estimates of the permeability and capillary pressure. Although using only the surface topography results in somewhat less accurate predictions, the savings in experimental and computational effort make it an attractive method for determining spreading model parameters.Quantifying scale-dependent patterns and linking ecological to environmental variation is required to understand mechanisms regulating biodiversity. We conducted a large-scale survey in rocky shores along the SE Brazilian coast to examine spatial variability in body size and density of an intertidal barnacle (Chthamalus bisinuatus) and its relationships with benthic and oceanographic predictors. Both the size and density of barnacles showed most variation at the smallest spatial scales. On average, barnacle body size was larger on shores located in areas characterised by higher chlorophyll levels, colder waters, low wave action and low influence of freshwater. Barnacles were more abundant at wave-exposed shores. We identified critical scales of spatial variation of an important species and linked population patterns to essential environmental predictors. Our results show that populations of this barnacle are coupled to scale-dependent oceanographic variation. This study offers insights into the mechanisms regulating coastal populations along a little studied coastline.
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