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Open AccessThe formation of unsaturated IrOx in SrIrO3 by cobalt-do** for acidic oxygen evolution reaction
Electrocatalytic water splitting is a promising route for sustainable hydrogen production. However, the high overpotential of the anodic oxygen evolution reaction poses significant challenge. SrIrO3-based perovsk...
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Open AccessEffect of local anesthesia on pain scale and specimen adequacy in fine-needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodules for liquid-based cytology
Fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is a routine diagnostic test for thyroid nodules. The use of local anesthesia (LA) before the procedure is still controversial. This prospective study aimed to evaluate the...
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Open AccessThe force required to remove tubulin from the microtubule lattice by pulling on its α-tubulin C-terminal tail
Severing enzymes and molecular motors extract tubulin from the walls of microtubules by exerting mechanical force on subunits buried in the lattice. However, how much force is needed to remove tubulin from mic...
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Open AccessEffects of humic acid on Pb2+ adsorption onto polystyrene microplastics from spectroscopic analysis and site energy distribution analysis
Microplastics (MPs), act as vectors of heavy metal pollutants in the environment, is of practical significance to study the adsorption process and mechanism on heavy metals. In this study, polystyrene micropla...
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Open AccessA plasmon modulator by directly controlling the couple of photon and electron
The manipulation of surface plasmon polaritons plays a pivotal role in plasmonic science and technology, however, the modulation efficiency of the traditional method suffers from the weak light-matter interact...
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Open AccessSelective and predicable amine conjugation sites by kinetic characterization under excess reagents
The site selectivity for lysine conjugation on a native protein is difficult to control and characterize. Here, we applied mass spectrometry to examine the conjugation kinetics of Trastuzumab-IgG (Her-IgG) and...
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Open AccessA U-shaped Association of Breastfeeding Duration with Cognitive Impairment in Chinese Postmenopausal Women
Breastfeeding is related to maternal health. However, the association of women’s breastfeeding duration with cognitive function in their later life is limited and inconsistent. The aim of this study was to acc...
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Open AccessFreestanding Three-Dimensional CuO/NiO Core–Shell Nanowire Arrays as High-Performance Lithium-Ion Battery Anode
We demonstrate significant improvement of CuO nanowire arrays as anode materials for lithium ion batteries by coating with thin NiO nanosheets conformally. The NiO nanosheets were designed two kinds of morphol...
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Crystal structures of a polypeptide processing and secretion transporter
Bacteria secrete peptides and proteins to communicate, to poison competitors, and to manipulate host cells. Among the various protein-translocation machineries, the peptidase-containing ATP-binding cassette tr...
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Privileged chiral catalysts in asymmetric Morita-Baylis-Hillman/aza-Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction
In the past decade, the asymmetric Morita-Baylis-Hillman (MBH)/aza-Morita-Baylis-Hillman (aza-MBH) reaction has attracted great attention because it leads to the formation of densely functionalized products in...