Association between maternal folic acid supplementation in different pregnancy and infant neurobehavioral development at 6 and 18 months.

Background: It has been proven that periconceptional folic acid (FA) supplementation could prevent neural tube defects. However, FA supplementation during different stages of pregnancy and its association with the neurobehavioral development of offspring remains unclear, particularly the effects of continued FA supplementation during the second and third trimesters. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between maternal FA supplementation at various stages of pregnancy and infant neurobehavioral development.

Gradient Nanostructures and Machine Learning Synergy for Robust Quantitative Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering.

Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) holds significant promise for trace-level molecular detection but faces challenges in achieving reliable quantitative analysis due to signal variability caused by non-uniform "hot spots" and external factors. To address these limitations, a novel SERS platform based on gradient nanostructures is developed using shadow sphere lithography, enabling the acquisition of diverse spectral features from a single analyte concentration under identical conditions. The gradient design minimizes fabrication variability and enhances spectral diversity, while the machine learning (ML) model trained on the multi-spectral dataset significantly outperformed traditional single-spectrum approaches, with the test Mean Squared Error (MSE) reduced by 84.

Swiss roll nanoarrays for chiral plasmonic photocatalysis.

Manipulating the chirality at nanoscale has drawn great attention among scientists, considering its pivotal role in various applications of current interest, including nano-optics, biomedicine, and photocatalysis. In this work, we delve into this arena by fabricating chiral Swiss roll nanoarray (SRNA) continuous films employing colloidal lithography. The technique permits the dimension of Swiss roll metamaterials to reduce to nanoscale, thus achieving chiroptical response (circular dichroism (CD)) in the visible region.

Crown-ether threaded covalent organic polyrotaxane framework (COPF) towards synergistic crown/Zn/photothermal/photodynamic antibacterial and infected wound healing therapy.

Controllable preparation of materials with new structure has always been the top priority of polymer materials science research. Here, the supramolecular binding strategy is adopted to develop covalent organic frameworks (COFs) with novel structures and functions. Based on this, a two-dimensional crown-ether ring threaded covalent organic framework (COF), denoted as Crown-COPF with intrinsic photothermal (PTT) and photodynamic (PDT) therapeutic capacity, was facilely developed using crown-ether threaded rotaxane and porphyrin as building blocks.

Magnetic -Phosphorene for Sensing Greenhouse Gas Molecules.

It is critical for gas sensors that sense greenhouse gas molecules to have both good sensitivity and selectivity for water molecules in the ambient environment. Here, we study the charge transfer, IV curves, and electric field tuning of vanadium-doped monolayer ϵ-phosphorene as a sensor for NO, NO, and HO gas molecules via first-principle and transport calculations. We find that the paramagnetic toxic molecules of NO and NO have a high adsorption energy on V-ϵ-phosphorene, which originates from a large amount of charge transfer driven by the hybridisation of the localised spin states of the host with the molecular frontier orbital.

Ferromagnetic transition-metal doped-phosphorene.

Various stable 2D phosphorus allotropes have been experimentally synthesized or theoretically predicted, such as puckered black-, puckered blue-, and buckled-phosphorene. Here, we present a systematic study of the magnetic properties of-phosphorene doped with 3transition-metal (TM) atoms, as well as its gas-sensing capabilities, using first-principles and non-equilibrium Green's function formalism. Our results show that 3TM dopants strongly bind onto-phosphorene.

Chiral nanohelmet array films with Three-Dimensional (3D) resonance cavities.

Chiral nanohelmet array (NHA) films are prepared via an efficient and low-cost colloidal lithography and exhibit strong chiroptical properties. The chirality can be tailored by the opening-angle of the nanounits in the ultraviolet-visible light range, and optical g-factor reaches about 0.26.

A MOF derived bifunctional electrocatalyst NiZnC-MoC with enhanced performance for overall water splitting.

The efficiency and cost of electrocatalysts are critical factors restricting their application in water electrochemical decomposition. In recent years, transition metal carbides (TMCs) have been highlighted due to their unique characteristics for water splitting: good conductivity and stability. However, their electrochemical performance required further optimization.

Bifunctional catalysts of Ni nanoparticle coupled MoO nanorods for overall water splitting.

The development of active and cost-effective bifunctional catalysts is crucial for water dissociation through electrolysis. In this study, bifunctional catalysts with Ni nanoparticles (NPs) anchored on MoO nanorods have been synthesized dissolution of NiMoO-ZIF under an inert atmosphere without using hydrogen gas. The Ni-MoO catalyst exhibits high electrocatalytic activity by modulating the calcination temperature.

Ultrastable Zinc Anode by Simultaneously Manipulating Solvation Sheath and Inducing Oriented Deposition with PEG Stability Promoter.

Aqueous zinc-ion batteries are a low-cost and safe energy storage system, but suffer from detrimental side reactions and Zn dendrites due to the strong interactions between Zn and water molecules in the electrolytes, and random Zn deposition on the anode surface. Here, an electrolyte involving a dual-functional additive of polyethylene glycol (PEG) to bypass these issues is reported. The electrolyte can not only tailor the solvation sheath of Zn but also enable favorably oriented deposition of Zn on the anode surface.

Plasmonic Chiral Metamaterials with Sub-10 nm Nanogaps.

Sub-10 nm nanogaps are enantioselectively fabricated between two nanocrescents based on nanoskiving and show tailored circular dichroism (CD) activity. The mirror symmetry of the nanostructure is broken by subsequent deposition with different azimuthal angles. Strong plasmonic coupling is excited in the gaps and at the tips, leading to the CD activity.

Manipulation on active electronic states of metastable phase β-NiMoO for large current density hydrogen evolution.

Non-noble transition metal oxides are abundant in nature. However, they are widely regarded as catalytically inert for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) due to their scarce active electronic states near the Fermi-level. How to largely improve the HER activity of these kinds of materials remains a great challenge.

Hierarchically porous polyimide/TiCT film with stable electromagnetic interference shielding after resisting harsh conditions.

Polymer-based conductive nanocomposites are promising for electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding to ensure stable operations of electronic devices and protect humans from electromagnetic radiation. Although MXenes have shown high EMI shielding performances, it remains a great challenge to construct highly efficient EMI shielding polymer/MXene composite films with minimal MXene content and high durability to harsh conditions. Here, hierarchically porous polyimide (PI)/TiCT films with consecutively conductive pathways have been constructed via a unidirectional PI aerogel–assisted immersion and hot-pressing strategy.

A Polymer/Graphene Composite Cathode with Active Carbonyls and Secondary Amine Moieties for High-Performance Aqueous Zn-Organic Batteries Involving Dual-Ion Mechanism.

Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) are regarded as one of the most promising alternative technology to lithium-ion batteries on account of their low flammability and cost-benefits. Among various cathode materials in AZIBs, environment-friendly and sustainable organic electrode materials stand out owing to their structural diversity and tunability. However, their limited rate capability and cycle stability remain the obstacles to their further application in AZIBs.

Chiral Plasmonic Metamaterials with Tunable Chirality.

Chiral hollow nanovolcano array (HNVA) film and chiral hollow nanoshells (HNSs) are simultaneously fabricated via a new strategy of colloidal lithography technique. The chirality of both chiral plasmonic nanostructures, which arises from the asymmetric charge oscillation and electric field distributions, can be well controlled by regulating the opening-angle of the nanounits during the metal depositions. The large-area HNVA films exhibit strong chiroptical responses in the ultraviolet-visible region with -factor of 0.

Hierarchical Control of Plasmonic Nanochemistry in Microreactor.

A microreactor that can confine chemical reactions exclusively in tiny vessels with the volume of ∼0.015 μm is introduced. Aluminum inversed hollow nanocone arrays (IHNAs) are fabricated by a simple and efficient colloidal lithography method.

An in situ SERS study of plasmonic nanochemistry based on bifunctional "hedgehog-like" arrays.

An in situ SERS (surface-enhanced Raman scattering) study of plasmonic nanochemistry is realized on hierarchical Ag nanocone arrays ("hedgehog-like" arrays, denoted as HLAs) without any conventional catalyst. Ag nanocones are designed on 3D polystyrene (PS) microsphere arrays to provide a high density of hot spots within the laser-illumination area. Both experiments and numerical simulations demonstrate that the remarkable SERS and plasmonic catalytic performance of HLAs arise from the improved utilization rate of irradiation light in the third dimension and the tip enhancement effect of the nanocone arrays.

Free-Standing Plasmonic Chiral Metamaterials with 3D Resonance Cavities.

Hollow nanocone array (HNCA) films (cm × cm), composed of two Ag and Au nanoshells, are fabricated via a low-cost and efficient colloidal lithography technique. The relative position of the Ag and Au nanoshells can be controlled to generate various chiral asymmetries. A pronounced chiroptical response is observed in the ultraviolet-visible region with the anisotropy factor up to 10, which is rooted in the asymmetric current oscillations and electric field distributions.

Preparation and characterization of silane-modified SiO particles reinforced resin composites with fluorinated acrylate polymer.

A series of fluorinated dental resin composites were prepared with two kinds of SiO particles. Bis-GMA (bisphenol A-glycerolate dimethacrylate)/4-TF-PQEA (fluorinated acrylate monomer)/TEGDMA (triethylene glycol dimethacrylate) (40/30/30, wt/wt/wt) was introduced as resin matrix. SiO nanopartices (30nm) and SiO microparticles (0.

Plasmonic Nanochemistry Based on Nanohole Array.

We show that the growth of Ag nanoparticles (NPs) follows the areas of maximum plasmonic field in nanohole arrays (NAs). We thus obtain Ag NP rings not connected to the metallic rim of the nanoholes. The photocatalytic effect resulting from the enhanced E-field of NAs boosts the reaction and is responsible for the site selectivity.

Synthesis, characterization and evaluation of a fluorinated resin monomer with low water sorption.

A fluorinated acrylate monomer (4-TF-PQEA) without BPA (bisphenol-A) structure was synthesized and mixed with triethylene glycol dimethacrylate (TEGDMA) to used as dental resin system in order to achieve lower water sorption and reduce human exposure to BPA derivatives. Double bond conversion (DC) was measured using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Water sorption (WS), water solution (WL) and depth of cure (DOC) were evaluated according to ISO 4049:2009.

Fluorescent and Electrochemical Supramolecular Coordination Polymer Hydrogels Formed from Ion-Tuned Self-Assembly of Small Bis-Terpyridine Monomer.

Herein, ditopic ligand DTA comprised of terpyridine and acetylene segments with only one aromatic π-conjugated building block was designed and synthesized. Driven by metal-ligand coordination interactions, we presented that the use of metal salts can direct the self-assembly of DTA in the generation of fluorescent and electrochemical polymers that entrapped water to form ambidextrous hydrogels. These were characterized by several approaches including fluorescent titrations, UV-vis, circular dichroism, and X-ray diffraction spectra as well as scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy experiments.

Ultrasound-accelerated organogel: application for visual discrimination of Hg(2+) from Ag(+).

A new kind of naphthalimide-based organogelator, TN, was designed and synthesized. The intramolecular guanylation of TN promoted by Hg(2+) or Ag(+) in both solution and gel state was studied through several approaches including FL, UV-visible, NMR, FT-IR and SEM experiments. TN could selectively sense Hg(2+) and Ag(+) ions with obvious fluorescence quenching and color changes from yellow to colorless among test ions in the solution state.

Selective and visual Ca(2+) ion recognition in solution and in a self-assembly organogel of the terpyridine-based derivative triggered by ultrasound.

A new kind of terpyridine-based Ca(2+) sensor TS was designed and studied based on the internal charge transfer (ICT). In the diluted solution state, TS sensed Ca(2+) and Mg(2+) ions among test ions via an "off-on" approach as seen from fluorescence spectra of test ions. Moreover, TS was able to form stable fluorescent gels in organic solvents accelerated by ultrasound, indicating the ultrasound responsive properties of TS molecules.