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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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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Organic functional dyes
December 2023
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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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D-A-π-A organic dyes with fluorenyl-substituted bulky donor for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells
December 2023
Improving light-harvesting efficiency and suppressing interfacial charge recombination are of paramount importance to the development of Cu (II/I) redox shuttle-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs)....
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Synthesis of reusable NH2-MIL-125(Ti)@polymer monolith as efficient adsorbents for dyes wastewater remediation
December 2023
NH2-MIL-125(Ti) is a Ti-MOFs (MOFs: metal-organic frameworks) with high adsorption properties and is therefore widely used for wastewater purification. However, the powdered MOF material suffers from...
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Nanostructured self-assemblies of photosensitive dyes: green and efficient theranostic approaches
December 2023
Recently, nano theranostics, by integrating diagnostic and therapeutic functions into a nano system, have provided increasing opportunities for the design of personalized medicine in cancer. Among the...
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Advancements in adsorption and photodegradation technologies for Rhodamine B dye wastewater treatment: fundamentals, applications, and future directions
Available online 30 December 2023
Organic dye pollutants present in wastewater pose a significant global challenge. Among pollutants, the synthetic dye Rhodamine B (RB) stands out due to its non-biodegradable nature and associated neurotoxic,...
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