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A Dynamic Covalent Bonding-based Nanoplatform for Intracellular Co-Delivery of Protein Drugs and Chemotherapeutics with Enhanced Anti-Cancer Effect
Efficient intracellular delivery of protein drugs is critical for protein therapy. The combination of protein drugs with chemotherapeutics represents a promising strategy in enhancing anti-cancer effect. Howev...
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Structural Properties of Ions and Polyelectrolytes in Aqueous Solutions under External Electric Fields: The Sign Effect
We utilize molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the microstructures of ions and polyelectrolytes in aqueous solutions under external electric fields. By focusing on the multi-body interactions between...
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Copper-coated Porous Polyimide as Ultralight and Safe Current Collectors for Advanced LIBs
Metallic copper is widely used as current collector (CC) for graphite anode of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) due to its high electrical conductivity and electrochemical stability. However, the large volume dens...
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Investigating the Absorption and Desorption Behavior of Methylene Chloride in the Poly(aryl ether ketone) Film with Different Crystallinities
Poly(aryl ether ketone) (PAEK) films with different crystallinities were obtained by controlling the cooling rate, which were subjected to the absorption and desorption of methylene chloride (CH2Cl2). We employed...
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Temperature-induced Evolution of Micro-structure and Chain Dynamics in Thermoplastic Polyurethane with Low Hard Segment Content as Studied by In Situ Synchrotron SAXS and Time-Domain NMR Experiments
The microstructural evolution of a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) with low hard segment content has been monitored utilizing in situ real-time synchrotron small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and time-domain nuc...
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Facile Synthesis of Polycarbonate Diol via Copolymerization of CO2 and Cyclohexene Oxide Catalysed by a Combination of One-Component Phosphonium Borane Lewis Pair and Water
Well-defined polycarbonate diol was successfully synthesized through a strategy using a combination of organocatalyst and water. Such strategy was less developed in organocatalyzed polymerization and frequentl...
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Elevated electrocatalytic performance of A-site non-stoichiometric LaxNiO3 perovskites towards methanol oxidation reaction in NaOH solution
Perovskite with the general formula ABO3 has received great interest in the application of fuel cells. The catalytic performances of perovskite can be significantly influenced by regulating the A-site non-stoichi...
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A Macroporous Cryogel with Enhanced Mechanical Properties for Osteochondral Regeneration In vivo
The dense networks of conventional hydrogel hinder the efficient cell penetration and thus tissue regeneration. In this study, a macroporous cryogel with excellent mechanical properties was designed and fabric...
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Reducing oxy-contaminations for enhanced Li-ion conductivity of halide-based solid electrolyte in water-mediated synthesis
Liquid-mediated synthesis offers a new approach to producing or applying solid electrolytes (SEs) in all-solid-state Li-ion batteries (ASSLIB). Li-ion conductive Li3InCl6 (LIC) powders are synthesized using a wat...
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Bioinspired Self-assembly Nanochaperone Inhibits Tau-Derived PHF6 Peptide Aggregation in Alzheimer’s Disease
After repeated frustrations with amyloid beta (Aβ)-targeted clinical trials for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in recent years, the therapeutic focus of AD has gradually shifted from Aβ to tau protein. The misfolding a...
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Multifunctional Templating Strategy for Fabrication of Fe, N-Codoped Hierarchical Porous Carbon Nanosheets
Due to the unique physical and chemical merits including excellent electrical conductivity, superior chemical stability, and tunable carbon framework, two-dimensional (2D) porous carbon nanosheets have drawn i...
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High Performance Electrospun Polynaphthalimide Nanofibrous Membranes with Excellent Resistance to Chemically Harsh Conditions
Polynaphthalimide (PNI) with six-membered imide ring (6-PI) has better chemical resistance than five-membered imide ring (5-PI), but is difficult to be processed into nanofibers due to the poor processability. In...
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Active Layer Morphology Engineering of All-polymer Solar Cells by Systematically Tuning Molecular Weights of Polymer Donors/Acceptors
In all-polymer solar cells (APSCs), number-average molecular weights (Mns) of polymer donors and polymer acceptors play an important role in active layer morphology and photovoltaic performance. In this work, bas...
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Isoselective Ring-opening Polymerization of Racemic Lactide Catalyzed by N-heterocyclic Olefin/(Thio)urea Organocatalysts
The isoselective ring-opening polymerization of racemic lactide was achieved by combining N-heterocyclic olefin (NHO) with mono(thio)ureas or bis(thio)ureas as catalytic systems. The polymerization process shows ...
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Electrodeposition of Sn powders with pyramid chain and dendrite structures in deep eutectic solvent: roles of current density and SnCl2 concentration
Tin (Sn) powders with pyramid chain and dendrite structures are successfully prepared by electrodeposition in choline chloride-ethylene glycol deep eutectic solvent (ChCl-EG DES) at 343 K. Cyclic voltammetry d...
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Modification of LiCoO2 through rough coating with lithium lanthanum zirconium tantalum oxide for high-voltage performance in lithium ion batteries
In this study, the spray-drying technique was used to apply a 0.5 at%, 1 at%, and 1.25 at% of lithium lanthanum zirconium tantalum oxide (Li6.75La3Zr1.75Ta0.25O12) powder coating on the surface of lithium cobalt ...
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Cellulose Acetate Thermoplastics with High Modulus, Dimensional Stability and Anti-migration Properties by Using CA-g-PLA as Macromolecular Plasticizer
Cellulose diacetate (CDA) can be melt-processed to produce numerous and widely-used plastic products. However, due to the high glass transition temperature (Tg) of CDA, the addition of up to 30 wt% of micromolecu...
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Quinolinyl Imidazolidin-2-imine Nickel Catalyzed Efficient Copolymerization of Norbornene with para-Chlorostyrene
A series of novel quinolinyl imidazolidin-2-imine nickel complexes with different substituents on the imidazolidin-2-imine ligand were synthesized and characterized. The complexes in the presence of methylalum...
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Hierarchically Crosslinked Gels Containing Hydrophobic Ionic Liquids towards Reliable Sensing Applications
Human skin can function steadily regardless of surrounding circumstances (dry or wet), while it is still a challenge for artificial ionic skins, which tend to release solvents in dry air and leach electrolytes...
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Preparation and Characterization of Multi-layer Poly(arylene sulfide sulfone) Nanofibers Membranes for Liquid Filtration
Owing to the excellent filtration performance and low energy cost, polymeric nanofibers microfiltration (MF) membranes have attracted increasing attentions. Poly(arylene sulfide sulfone) (PASS), as one of the ...