Bioinspired anti-freezing 3D-printable conductive hydrogel microfibers for highly-sensitive and wide-range detection of ultralow and high strains
March 2024
Soft strain sensors that can transduce stretch stimuli into electrical readouts are promising as sustainable wearable electronics. However, most strain sensors cannot achieve highly-sensitive and wide-range...
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A comparative study of the pore characteristics and phenol adsorption performance of activated carbons prepared from oil-palm shell wastes by steam and combined steam-chemical activation
March 2024
Oil-palm shell wastes were successfully converted into useful activated carbons in a systematic and novel approach by optimizing the pyrolysis conditions and subsequent steam activation conditions to...
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NiCo/Al2O3 nanocatalysts for the synthesis of 5-amino-1-pentanol and 1,5-pentanediol from biomass-derived 2-hydroxytetrahydropyran
March 2024
Al2O3-supported monometallic Ni, Co, and bimetallic Ni–Co nanocatalysts originated from layered double hydroxide precursors were synthesized by co-precipitation method, and used for the synthesis of...
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Thermochemical co-conversion of biomass-plastic waste to biochar: a review
March 2024
Biomass and plastics are two of the most common municipal solid wastes globally that have continuously placed a burden on the environment. It is therefore important that they are properly recycled....
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Recent advances in the microfluidic generation of shape-controllable hydrogel microparticles and their applications
March 2024
Hydrogel microparticles, generally accepted as significant green materials, have been widely used in chemical, biological, and biomedical fields owing to their excellent biocompatibility, biodegradability,...
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Numerical study on performance optimization and flow mechanism of a new cyclone separator
Available online 29 March 2024
This study proposed a new cyclone separator, using a designed nozzle inside the traditional cyclone separator, which significantly improved the efficiency of separating fine particles while maintaining...
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Near-infrared long-lifetime emission via triplet-to-singlet Förster resonance energy transfer
Available online 22 March 2024
Here, an innovative approach to achieve near-infrared (NIR) long-lived circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) in amorphous organic polymer materials was achieved. By co-doping bi-naphthalene derivative...
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Optimization strategies and diagnostic techniques for water management in proton exchange membrane fuel cells
Available online 18 March 2024
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are efficient and zero emission energy conversion technology with promising application prospects towards carbon neutrality. The PEMFC's performance is largely...
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Boosting visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution through Pt site anchored 2D/2D heterostructure catalyst: Cd-TCPP(Pt)@CdS
Available online 15 March 2024
Solar-powered water splitting is an up-and-coming method for hydrogen production. Still, it faces several challenges, including improving light responsiveness, maximizing utilization of photocatalyst...
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Flexible photosensors based on photothermal conversion
Available online 15 March 2024
The perception of light is crucial for humans to explore the external world. However, challenges of current planar photosensors include inherent limitations in depth of field and field of view. Flexible...
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CdTe QDs@SiO2 composite material for efficient photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline composites
Available online 2 February 2024
In the contemporary context, tetracycline is widely utilized as a prevalent antibiotic in various facets of life. However, the excessive use of antibiotics has caused visible environmental consequences....
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Machine learning aided investigation on the structure-performance correlation of MOF for membrane-based He/H2 separation
Available online 1 February 2024
The separation of He/H2 using membrane technology has gained significant interest in the field of He extraction from natural gas. One of the greatest challenges associated with this process is the extremely...
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Propylene epoxidation coupled with furfural oxidation over Pt (II)TPP porphyrin with molecular oxygen
Available online 18 January 2024
The development of green route for preparing propylene oxide (PO) with molecular oxygen is of significance both in academic and industrial. In this work, propylene epoxidation coupled with furfural...
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Pool bio-oxidation and fitting analysis of low-grade arsenic-containing refractory gold ore
Available online 11 January 2024
To overcome the limitations of geography, climate, and ore characteristics on the ore beneficiation process, bio-oxidation studies on low-grade arsenic-bearing refractory gold ore by pool leaching were...
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Eco-friendly synthesis and environmental impact assessment of hierarchical Beta zeolite from kaolinite and recycled mother liquor
Available online 10 January 2024
The development of sustainable techniques to produce high-performance zeolite is essential to achieve green production in industry. Herein, we report an eco-friendly route to synthesizing hierarchical...
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Highly efficient singlet oxygen generation of AIE luminogens enable mitochondria-targeted photodynamic therapy
December 2023
The development of aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) with high brightness and efficient photodynamic therapy (PDT) is of great value for the precise diagnosis and treatment of cancers....
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OFC: Outside Front Cover
December 2023
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Constructing D-π-A-π dye to obtain red-emission fluorescent probe for structured illumination microscopy imaging of lipid droplet dynamics
December 2023
Lipid droplets (LDs) are dynamic organelles interacting with a variety of intracellular organelles. Tracking intracellular LD dynamics employing synthetic small molecules is crucial for biological studies....
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Fluorescent probes for glucolipid metabolism of bacterial cell wall
December 2023
Cell wall is a basic component of bacteria that promotes bacteria to adapt the complicated environment as well as play an essential role in antimicrobial resistance. The structure of bacterial cell...
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Sustainable curcumin-based smart tough fluorescent hydrogels for anti-counterfeiting applications
December 2023
There is currently great interest in developing an environment-friendly, low-cost, and scalable approach for producing stimuli-responsive fluorescent hydrogels (FHs) with excellent mechanical property,...
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A benzothiazole-based ratiometric fluorescent probe with large Stokes shifts for quantitative profiling of sulfite in real samples and living cells
December 2023
Rapid, selective, and quantitative profiling of SO32− is a prerequisite for investigating its effect on different physiopathological processes. To address this challenge, our team prepared a ratiometric...
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An efficient photocatalytic CO2 reduction system improved by emodin as a redox mediator
December 2023
Solar-driven photoreduction of CO2 to value-added fuels such as CO, CH4, and CH3OH is a promising approach for alleviating the greenhouse effect. Transition-metal-complex molecular catalysts exhibit...
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