Tantalum Nitride Nanosheets for Photoacoustic Imaging-Guided Photothermal Cancer Therapy

In this study, the synthesis of TaN nanosheets and their application in theranostic agents is reported. After coating polyethylene glycol (PEG) on the TaN nanosheets, the as-synthesized PEG-modified TaN nanosheets (TaN-PEG) show good stability and biocompatibility. Because of their high absorbance in the near-IR region, TaN-PEG can be utilized as photoacoustic imaging contrast agents for tumor imaging. Moreover, TaN-PEG has significant photothermal conversion performance, exhibiting effective laser-induced tumor ablation capability. The TaN-PEG possessing excellent photoacoustic contrast effect and photothermal properties thus have great promise in theranostic applications, especially imaging-guided cancer treatment.     

Investigation of Relationships between Grain Structure and Inhomogeneous Deformation by Means of Laboratory-Based Multimodal X-Ray Tomography: Strain Accuracy Analysis

Experimental Mechanics - The internal strain distribution developing during plastic deformation is important for understanding the mechanical properties of polycrystalline materials. Such...     

Robustness of the Spin-Navigator Based Method for the Manipulation of the Beam Polarization Axis in a Spin-Transparent Storage Ring

Physics of Atomic Nuclei - We have investigated the robustness of the spin-navigator based method for manipulating the beam polarization to bend magnet installation errors. Toward that end,...     

n-APR tilting and $$\tau $$ τ -mutations

Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics - APR tilts for path algebra kQ can be realized as the mutation of the quiver Q in $${\mathbb Z}Q$$ with respect to the translation. In this paper, we show that...     

Virtual Field Characterization for Ratcheting Effect Under Cyclic Loading

Experimental Mechanics - Ratcheting is an important mechanical behavior of metals and alloys, which is caused by the repeated accumulations of tensile and compressive strain in circle load....     

A note on statistical analysis of factor models of high dimension

Science China Mathematics - Linear factor models are familiar tools used in many fields. Several pioneering literatures established foundational theoretical results of the quasi-maximum likelihood...     

Neutron Scattering Techniques and Complementary Methods for Structural and Functional Studies of Biological Macromolecules and Large Macromolecular Complexes

Crystallography Reports - The review describes the application of small-angle scattering (SAS) of neutrons and complementary methods to study the structures of biomacromolecules. Here we cover SAS...     

Diversity-oriented synthesis and antifungal activities of novel pimprinine derivative bearing a 1,3,4-oxadiazole-5-thioether moiety

Molecular Diversity - Based on the strategy of diversity-oriented synthesis and the structures of natural product pimprinine and streptochlorin, two series of novel pimprinine derivatives...     

Supertime and Pauli’s Principle

Russian Physics Journal - Connection of Pauli’s principle with the nontrivial structure of the fermion supertime is shown. When supersymmetry is localized as supergravitation, fields of...     

富晶格位错的多孔铋纳米花高效电还原二氧化碳制甲酸盐※

二氧化碳转化已成为现今世界研究的热点. 本工作采用原位电化学转化的策略, 将简单溶剂热法合成的层状甲酸氧铋纳米花(BiOCOOH NFs)还原为带有大量晶格位错的多孔铋纳米花(p-Bi NFs). 研究结果表明, p-Bi NFs电催化二氧化碳转化为甲酸盐具有较小的过电位(436 mV). 在–1.8 V(相对饱和甘汞电极, vs. SCE)时, 甲酸盐的分电流密度(j_formate)高达24.4 mA•cm^-2, 法拉第效率(FE_formate)为96.7%, 且在超过500 mV的宽电位窗口内FE_formate超过90%, 并具有很好的稳定性. 该催化剂的高催化性能可归因于前驱体晶格坍塌和重构而形成特殊的多孔粗糙的微纳多级结构, 其表面富含晶格位错和缺陷等高本征活性位, 且具有较强的电子传递能力. 本研究为设计合成高性能的电催化二氧化碳还原产甲酸催化剂提供了新的思路.