Energy-band engineering and deep-ultraviolet photodetection of GaOalloys: a concise review.

Gallium oxide (GaO)-based solar-blind ultraviolet photodetectors gained much attention for their promising prospects in new-generation solid-state optoelectronics and electronics. Catering for the demands of broadband photodetection, tunable energy-band, adjusted carrier concentration and effective carrier transition, alloying engineering through doping is gradually launched as one of the research emphases. This review is proposed to understand the photodetection performances in view of energy-band engineering.

Targeted Metabolomics and Widely Targeted Quantitative Lipidomics Reveal Synergistic Metabolic Interference in Adipose Tissue After the Combined Chronic Exposure to Bisphenol A Substitutes, Bisphenol S and Bisphenol F, and Fructose in Male Rats.

The combined effect of environmental exposure and dietary behavior plays a vital role in the occurrence of diseases. Bisphenol S (BPS) and bisphenol F (BPF) are the most commonly used substitutes for bisphenol A (BPA). Previous studies have shown that the combined exposure to BPA and fructose caused significant disturbances in glycolipid metabolism in adipose tissue, however, the interference caused by the combined exposure to BPS and fructose or BPF and fructose on adipose tissue is still unclear.

Genetic polymorphism contributes to efficacy and adverse reactions of tenofovir combination lamivudine-based highly active antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients.

Background: High HIV/AIDS prevalence in China calls for personalized therapies like pharmacogenomics to improve antiretroviral treatment efficacy. This study explored associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and outcomes of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in HIV-1 patients.

Methods: We collected blood samples and clinical data from 503 HIV-1-infected patients undergoing HAART for 12 months.

Ultrasensitive Deep-Ultraviolet Photodetectors Based On Band Engineering and Ferroelectric Modulation.

Wide bandgap semiconductors have emerged as a class of deep-ultraviolet sensitive materials, showing great potentials for next-generation integrated devices. Yet, to achieve a high photoresponse of deep-ultraviolet detector without complicated designs at low supply voltage and weak light intensity is challenging. Herein, a new way is designed to fabricate an ultrasensitive vertical-structured photodetector with epitaxial 7 nm BaTiO interlayer and 10 nm GaO photosensitive layer, realizing the detection to a rare weak deep UV light intensity (0.

Inorganic Dielectric Materials Coupling Micro-/Nanoarchitectures for State-of-the-Art Biomechanical-to-Electrical Energy Conversion Devices.

Biomechanical-to-electrical energy conversion technology rapidly developed with the emergence of nanogenerators (NGs) in 2006, which proves promising in distributed energy management for the Internet of Things, self-powered sensing, and human-computer interaction. Recently, researchers have increasingly integrated inorganic dielectric materials (IDMs) and micro-/nanoarchitectures into various types of NGs (i.e.

Plasma exchange combined with eculizumab in the management of atypical hemolytic uremic in pediatric patients: A case report.

Rationale: Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a severe rare disease characterized by microvascular hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute renal failure.

Patient Concerns: A 10-year-old male presented with symptoms of weakness, jaundice, pallor, swollen eyelids, and no significant lower limb swelling. Laboratory investigations revealed critical hemoglobin levels, fragmented red blood cells, thrombocytopenia, and acute kidney injury.

Photoredox-Catalyzed Direct C(sp)-H Difluoromethylation of Hydrazones with Difluoromethyltriphenylphosphonium Salt via Aminyl Radical/Polar Crossover.

This study describes an efficacious and generally applicable synthetic strategy for the incorporation of biologically and physiologically prominent difluoromethyl entity into synthetically crucial hydrazone scaffolds with bench-stable and easily accessible difluoromethyltriphenylphosphonium bromide. The broad substrate scope, excellent functional group compatibility, feasibility of step and atom economical one-pot synthetic manipulation, and environmentally benign and mild reaction conditions rendered this methodology an efficient tool for the preparation of synthetically and pharmaceutically prominent fluorine-containing imino compounds.

Integrative analyses reveal Bna-miR397a-BnaLAC2 as a potential modulator of low-temperature adaptability in Brassica napus L.

Brassica napus L. (B. napus) is a major edible oil crop grown around the southern part of China, which often faces cold stress, posing potential damage to vegetative tissues.

Effects of Cu, Ag, and Au Elements Doping on the Electronic and Optical Properties of β-GaO via First-Principles Calculations.

β-GaO, as a semiconductor material with an ultrawide band gap ( > 4.8 eV), emerges as a promising candidate for ultraviolet (UV)-transparent semiconductors. Its distinctive property of high transparency from visible light to the ultraviolet region gives it broad application prospects in the fields of deep UV light-emitting diodes (LEDs), UV lasers, and electronic devices.

Mechanism of Formononetin in Improving Energy Metabolism and Alleviating Neuronal Injury in CIRI Based on Nontargeted Metabolomics Research.

Cerebral ischaemia-reperfusion injury (CIRI), resulting from thrombolytic therapy for ischaemic stroke, presents a considerable challenge during postoperative recovery. Formononetin (FMN) has shown promise in the prevention and treatment of neurological diseases. However, its specific mechanism in ameliorating CIRI remains uncertain.

Unveiling anharmonic scattering in van der Waals semiconductor GaPS through Raman spectroscopy and theoretical calculation.

The van der Waals thiophosphate GaPS presents additional opportunities for gallium-based semiconductors, but limited research on phonon interactions has hindered optimization on thermal properties. This research undertakes a comprehensive investigation into the anharmonic phonon scattering within GaPS. The findings reveal pronounced anharmonic scattering, with both cubic and quartic phonon scatterings significantly influencing phonon redshift and broadening.

The Influence of Coaxial Ultrasound on the Droplet Transfer of High Nitrogen Steel GMAW Process.

The nitrogen bubble bursting phenomenon during the welding process of high nitrogen steel (HNS) can lead to unstable droplet transfer and welding process, reducing the quality of weld formation. In this study, a novel approach, ultrasonic-assisted gas metal arc welding (U-GMAW), is proposed to suppress the escape of nitrogen gas during droplet transfer. This study investigates the influence of ultrasound on the metal transfer process during two distinct metal transfer modes: short-circuiting and droplet transfer.

Narrowband Solar-Blind Photodetection of the Plasmonic (InGa)O Detector via the Synergetic Enhancement of Small-Sized Ag-Nanoparticle Photoabsorbance and Surface Modification.

Currently, research on Ag nanoparticles (AgNPs) predominantly focuses on UV/visible photodetection and UV emission, seemingly overlooking the significance of Ag in enhancing deep ultraviolet photon detection. In this work, (InGa)O thin films were fabricated by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition. Due to the unique photoabsorbance characteristic and better interaction with photons of small-sized AgNPs, they effectively suppress the UVB absorbance caused by energy band engineering in the (InGa)O thin film while enhancing photoabsorbance in UVC due to the surface plasmon effect.

Fabrication of anti-freezing and self-healing hydrogel sensors based on carboxymethyl guar gum and poly(ionic liquid).

As classical soft materials, conductive hydrogels have attracted wide attention in the field of strain sensors due to their unique flexibility and conductivity. However, there are still challenges in developing conductive hydrogels with comprehensive mechanical strength, self-healing ability and sensitive sensing properties. In this paper, a novel PAV/CMGG hydrogel was prepared by a simple one-pot method through the introduction of 1-vinyl-3-butylimidazolium bromide (VBIMBr), acrylic acid (AA), carboxymethyl guar gum (CMGG) and AlCl.

Cocrystal Prediction of Nifedipine Based on the Graph Neural Network and Molecular Electrostatic Potential Surface.

Nifedipine (NIF) is a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker primarily used to treat conditions such as hypertension and angina. However, its low solubility and low bioavailability limit its effectiveness in clinical practice. Here, we developed a cocrystal prediction model based on Graph Neural Networks (CocrystalGNN) for the screening of cocrystals with NIF.

Continuous Tunable Energy Band Tailoring Boosts Extending the Sensing of the Waveband Based on (InGa)O Solar-Blind Photodetectors.

Rising wide bandgap semiconductor gallium oxide (GaO) displays huge potential in performing solar-blind photodetection, with constraint in narrow detection wavebands in nature, whereas bandgap modulation through the introduction of exotic atoms into GaO has an essential effect on the tunable performance of photodetectors and the detection waveband. Here, a novel method for the preparation of (InGa)O alloy films is proposed, and the continuous tuning of the bandgap in the range of 3.70-4.

Self-powered solar-blind detector array based on ε-GaO Schottky photodiodes for dual-mode binary UV communication.

In this work, a solar-blind UV metal-semiconductor Schottky photodiode array is constructed by using metalorganic chemical vapor deposition grown ε-GaO thin film, possessing high-performance and self-powered characteristics, toward dual-mode (self-powered and biased modes) binary light communication. For the array unit, the responsivity, specific detectivity, and external quantum efficiency are 30.8 A/W/6.

Tunable GaOsolar-blind photosensing performance via thermal reorder engineering and energy-band modulation.

As an ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor, gallium oxide (GaO) has been extensively applied in solar-blind photodetectors (PDs) owing to the absorbance cut-off wavelength of shorter than 280 nm, and the optimized technologies of detection performance is seriously essential for its further usages. Herein, a feasible thermal reorder engineering method was performed through annealing GaOfilms in vacuum, Oand oxygen plasma atmospheres, realizing to tune solar-blind photosensing performance of GaOPDs. Thermal treatment, in fact a crystal reorder process, significantly suppressed the noise in GaO-based PDs and enhanced the photo-sensitivity, with the dark current decreasing from 154.

Evolution characteristics of micromechanics provides insights into the microstructure of pharmaceutical tablets fabricated by bimodal mixtures.

This research focuses on the evolution of mechanical behavior of bimodal mixtures undergoing compaction and diametrical compression. The clusters were built and discrete element method (DEM) was used to investigate the densification process and micromechanics of bimodal mixtures. Additionally, a more comprehensive investigate of the respective breakage of the bimodal mixtures has been carried out.

Novel flexible hydrogels based on carboxymethyl guar gum and polyacrylic acid for ultra-highly sensitive and reliable strain and pressure sensors.

To realize on stable and real-time monitoring of human activities, novel hydrogels using polyacrylic acid (PAA) and carboxymethyl guar gum (CMGG) were fabricated as wearable and flexible strain or pressure sensors in the presence of lignosulfonate (LS) and Al. Based on the co-existence of metal coordination bonds, hydrogen bonds and ionic interaction in this system, the obtained hydrogels exhibited desirable mechanical properties with good self-recovery ability. The hydrogels displayed good self-adhesion behavior and an ultra-high tensile sensitivity (gauge factor (GF) = 24.

Multi-pixels gallium oxide UV detector array and optoelectronic applications.

With the continuous advancement of deep-ultraviolet (DUV) communication and optoelectronic detection, research in this field has become a significant focal point in the scientific community. For more accurate information collection and transport, the photodetector array of many pixels is the key of the UV imaging and commnication systems, and its photoelectric performance seriously depends on semiconductor material and array layout. Gallium oxide (GaO) is an emerging wide bandgap semicondutor material which has been widely used in DUV dectection.