Probing the heterogeneous nature of LiF in solid-electrolyte interphases.

The electrolyte-electrode interface serves as the foundation for a myriad of chemical and physical processes. In battery chemistry, the formation of a well-known solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) plays a pivotal role in ensuring the reversible operations of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However, characterizing the precise chemical composition of the low crystallinity and highly sensitive SEI presents a formidable challenge.

Chiral Phonon-Induced Spin Transport via Microscopic Barnett Effect.

Chiral phonons, which are characterized by rotational atomic motion, offer a unique mechanism for transferring angular momentum from phonons to electron spins and other angular momentum carriers. In this Letter, we present a theoretical investigation into the emergence of chiral phonons in a chiral hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite (HOIP) and their critical roles in rigid-body rotation, magnetic moment generation, and spin transport under nonthermal equilibrium conditions. We demonstrate that phonon angular momentum can modify the spin chemical potential via a proposed microscopic Barnett effect, leading to a spatially varying spin chemical potential at the metal/HOIP interface, which subsequently induces spin currents in an adjacent Cu layer, with a magnitude consistent with experimental observations.

Atom-precise coinage metal nanoclusters for near-infrared emission: excited-state dynamics and mechanisms.

Understanding the excited-state dynamics of atomically precise coinage metal nanoclusters (CMNCs) is pivotal for elucidating their photoluminescence (PL) mechanisms and rationally tuning emission properties-particularly in the near-infrared (NIR) region, where CMNC-based nanomaterials have tremendous potential for biomedical and optoelectronic applications. This review presents a systematic and comprehensive account of recent advances in investigating the excited-state dynamics and PL mechanisms of NIR-emitting CMNCs with atomic precision, leveraging the synergistic integration of time-resolved spectroscopy and time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) calculations. Distinct from previous reviews that offer a broad survey of CMNC properties, the present review focuses specifically on intrinsic factors, highlighting molecular vibrational features and electronic structure modulation as key determinants of NIR emission.

Adjusting interlayer interactions and proton-conduction pathways of 2D covalent organic frameworks through the rotaxane structures.

Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have great potential as versatile platforms for proton conduction. However, the commonly applied 2D COFs that are easy to design and synthesize have only 1D channels for proton conduction, limiting the formation of continuous hydrogen bonds due to the anisotropy between their crystalline grains. Herein, we report a strategy to construct 3D channels in 2D COFs by using rotaxane structures and eliminate the strong interlayer π-π interactions, facilitating the formation of smooth 3D proton-transfer pathways during guest doping.

Mi-Lnc70 Regulates the Progression of Murine Pancreatic β-Cell Line and Affects the Synthesis of Insulin and Glucagon.

Background: Insulinoma, the most common type of pancreatic endocrine tumor, frequently induces hypoglycemia due to persistent hyperinsulinemia. Although Mi-Lnc70 expression progressively increases during pancreatic maturation in mice, the biological role of Mi-Lnc70 in pancreatic β cells remains elusive.

Aim: This study was designed to investigate the role of LncRNA-Mi-Lnc70 in the mouse pancreatic β-cell line MIN6.