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Open AccessUpcycling of polyethylene to gasoline through a self-supplied hydrogen strategy in a layered self-pillared zeolite
Conversion of plastic wastes to valuable carbon resources without using noble metal catalysts or external hydrogen remains a challenging task. Here we report a layered self-pillared zeolite that enables the co...
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A new, fast, and accurate algorithm for predicting soil slope stability based on sparrow search algorithm-back propagation
Slope stability prediction is one of the most essential and critical tasks in mining and geotechnical projects. A fast and precise slope stability prediction is crucial for safe operations and cost-effective s...
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Open AccessProof of Aerobically Autoxidized Self-Charge Concept Based on Single Catechol-Enriched Carbon Cathode Material
An air-breathing chemical self-charge concept of oxygen-enriched carbon cathode.
The oxygen-enriched carbon mater...
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Peroxidase-like single Fe atoms anchored on Ti3C2Tx MXene as surface enhanced Raman scattering substrate for the simultaneous discrimination of multiple antioxidants
Single-atom nanozymes (SAzymes) are emerging as promising alternatives to mimic natural enzyme, which is due to high atomic utilization efficiency, well-defined geometric, and unique electronic structure. Here...
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Asymmetrically coordinated single-atom iron nanozymes with Fe-N1C2 structure: A peroxidase mimetic for melatonin detection
Owing to the unique coordination environment and high atom utilization efficiency, single atom catalysts have been considered as an ideal artificial enzyme to mimic natural enzymes. Herein, single-atom Fe nano...
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Open AccessSingle-atom nanozymes catalytically surpassing naturally occurring enzymes as sustained stitching for brain trauma
Regenerable nanozymes with high catalytic stability and sustainability are promising substitutes for naturally-occurring enzymes but are limited by insufficient and non-selective catalytic activities. Herein, ...
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Open AccessCoordination environment tuning of nickel sites by oxyanions to optimize methanol electro-oxidation activity
To achieve zero-carbon economy, advanced anode catalysts are desirable for hydrogen production and biomass upgrading powered by renewable energy. Ni-based non-precious electrocatalysts are considered as potent...
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An Image Strategy Based on Saliency Detection Using Luminance Contrast for Artificial Vision with Retinal Prosthesis
Due to the limited number of implantable microelectrodes, subjects worn by retinal prosthesis received only limited discrete light spot (called artificial vision). Thus, the external abundant information is la...
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The lactic acid bacteria and yeast community of home-made sauerkraut from three provinces in Southwest China
The aim of this study was to investigate the lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and yeast community from home-made sauerkraut collected from Southwest China through culture-dependent and culture-independent technology...
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Effective adsorption of bisphenol A from aqueous solution over a novel mesoporous carbonized material based on spent bleaching earth
In this study, the novel mesoporous carbonized material (HSBE/C) was prepared from clay/carbon composite (SBE/C) treated with hydrofluoric acid (HF) for the first time, and was employed to efficiently adsorb b...
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Optical design and optimization study of metrology sector at high energy photon source
X-ray metrology, including the metrological calibration of X-ray detectors, optical elements and sources, is important for many frontier science, such as X-ray astronomy, EUV-lithography, plasma physics. Among...
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Matching the kinetics of natural enzymes with a single-atom iron nanozyme
Develo** artificial enzymes with the excellent catalytic performance of natural enzymes has been a long-standing goal for chemists. Single-atom catalysts with well-defined atomic structure and electronic coo...
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Open AccessCatalytically potent and selective clusterzymes for modulation of neuroinflammation through single-atom substitutions
Emerging artificial enzymes with reprogrammed and augmented catalytic activity and substrate selectivity have long been pursued with sustained efforts. The majority of current candidates have rather poor catal...
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Base amount-dependent fluorescence enhancement for the assay of vascular endothelial growth factor 165 in human serum using hairpin DNA-silver nanoclusters and oxidized carbon nanoparticles
A base amount-dependent fluorescence enhancement-based strategy is put forward to determine vascular endothelial growth factor 165 (VEGF165) in human serum by the use of hairpin DNA-silver nanoclusters (hDNA-AgNC...
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Fluorescent turn-on assay of C-type natriuretic peptide using a molecularly imprinted ratiometric fluorescent probe with high selectivity and sensitivity
A novel molecularly imprinted ratiometric fluorescent probe was fabricated by simple sol–gel polymerization for selective and sensitive assay of C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) in biosamples. Both the nitrob...
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Open AccessSingle-site pyrrolic-nitrogen-doped sp2-hybridized carbon materials and their pseudocapacitance
Integrating nitrogen species into sp2-hybridized carbon materials has proved an efficient means to improve their electrochemical performance. Nevertheless, an inevitable mixture of nitrogen species in carbon mate...
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Ratiometric fluorescent test pen filled with a mixing ink of carbon dots and CdTe quantum dots for portable assay of silver ion on paper
A ratiometric fluorescent test pen filled with a mixing ink of blue carbon dots (CDs) and red CdTe quantum dots (CdTe QDs) is introduced for portable assay of silver ion (Ag(I)) on paper. The mixing ink was tu...
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Virtual reality with the integrated automatic presentation scrip for improving concepts understanding of Urban Design - a case study in Tatsumi region of Tokyo Bay zone, Japan
Urban environment is the place that human depends on to survive. The quality of urban design concepts will directly impact the change of urban environment. However, due to the lack of user interaction and clea...
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Microwave-assisted two-steps method for the facile preparation of silver nanoparticle conductive ink
A microwave-assisted two-steps method was proposed for the facile and fast preparation of silver nanoparticle conductive ink. The nanoparticles in the ink are of multi-sized, which is beneficial to getting hig...
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A split aptamer-labeled ratiometric fluorescent biosensor for specific detection of adenosine in human urine
A dual-emission ratiometric fluorometric aptasensor is presented for highly specific detection of adenosine. An adenosine binding aptamer (ABA) was split into two halves (termed as ABA1 and ABA2). ABA1 was cov...
