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Open AccessA Self-Healing Optoacoustic Patch with High Damage Threshold and Conversion Efficiency for Biomedical Applications
Based on Fe-Hpdca-PDMS and carbon nanotube composite, an optoacoustic patch is developed, which can recover from the damage induced by cutting or laser irradiation at room temp...
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Open AccessBinuclear Cu complex catalysis enabling Li–CO2 battery with a high discharge voltage above 3.0 V
Li–CO2 batteries possess exceptional advantages in using greenhouse gases to provide electrical energy. However, these batteries following Li2CO3-product route usually deliver low output voltage (<2.5 V) and ener...
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Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of a DNA vaccine inducing optimal expression of the SARS-CoV-2 S gene in hACE2 mice
The wide spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has significantly threatened public health. Human herd immunity induced by vaccination is essential to fight the epidemic. Therefore, highly immunogenic a...
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Open AccessStretchable and self-healable spoof plasmonic meta-waveguide for wearable wireless communication system
Microwave transmission lines in wearable systems are easily damaged after frequent mechanical deformation, posing a severe threat to wireless communication. Here, we report a new strategy to achieve stretchabl...
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Efficient circularly polarized photoluminescence and electroluminescence of chiral spiro-skeleton based thermally activated delayed fluorescence molecules
Chiral thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) molecules showing circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) have great potential in 3D displays. However, the relationships among CPL property, device perfo...
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A Fast and Room-temperature Self-healing Thermal Conductive Polymer Composite
Thermal conducting materials may be damaged during long-term use, resulting in the increase of thermal resistance and therefore inefficient heat dissipation. The introduction of self-healing ability may solve ...
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KRAS Exon 3 and PTEN Exon 7 Mutations in Small-cell Lung Cancer
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is recognized as one of the most aggressive and fatal malignant tumors. No significant improvement has been made to prolong the survival of SCLC patients. This study aimed to exam...
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Open AccessThermodynamically stable whilst kinetically labile coordination bonds lead to strong and tough self-healing polymers
There is often a trade-off between mechanical properties (modulus and toughness) and dynamic self-healing. Here we report the design and synthesis of a polymer containing thermodynamically stable whilst kineti...
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Open AccessA rigid and healable polymer cross-linked by weak but abundant Zn(II)-carboxylate interactions
Achieving a desirable combination of solid-like properties and fast self-healing is a great challenge due to slow diffusion dynamics. In this work, we describe a design concept that utilizes weak but abundant ...
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A highly stretchable autonomous self-healing elastomer
It is a challenge to synthesize materials that possess the properties of biological muscles—strong, elastic and capable of self-healing. Herein we report a network of poly(dimethylsiloxane) polymer chains cros...
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Videolaryngoscope for intubation during chest compression
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Open AccessEvaluation of islets derived from human fetal pancreatic progenitor cells in diabetes treatment
With the shortage of donor organs for islet transplantation, insulin-producing cells have been generated from different types of stem cell. Human fetal pancreatic stem cells have a better self-renewal capacity...
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Identification of wheat-Secale africanum chromosome 2Rafr introgression lines with novel disease resistance and agronomic characteristics
The wild species, Secale africanum Stapf., serves as a valuable germplasm resource for increasing the diversity of cultivated rye (Secale cereale L.) and providing novel genes for wheat improvement. The objective...
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Introgression of a novel Thinopyrum intermedium St-chromosome-specific HMW-GS gene into wheat
Thinopyrum intermedium has been hybridized extensively with wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and several genes for disease resistance have been introgressed to cultivated wheat. However, there are ve...
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Platelet adhesion and fusion to endothelial cell facilitate the metastasis of tumor cell in hypoxia-reoxygenation condition
To investigate the relevant molecular mechanisms of platelet in promoting metastasis of tumor cell. The adhesion of fluorescence dye labeled-platelet to human liver sinusoidal endothelial cell (LSEC) line and ...
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Co-Expression of BCL-2 and CD44S in Basal Layers of Human Ocular Surface Epithelia
The regulating mechanism of life and death of cells is a closely coordinated process of adaptation and survival. Selective and controlled cell death is a dominant force in renewing the tissue composition of co...
