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This allows one to explain, as well as to predict, the altered binding affinities of various KRAS mutants, which was neither previously reported nor apparent from the structural perspective.Understanding functional states of individual redox enzymes is important because electron-transfer reactions are fundamental to life, and single-enzyme molecules exhibit molecule-to-molecule heterogeneity in their properties, such as catalytic activity. Zero-mode waveguides (ZMW) constitute a powerful tool for single-molecule studies, enabling investigations of binding reactions up to the micromolar range due to the ability to trap electromagnetic radiation in zeptoliter-scale observation volumes. Here, we report the potential-dependent fluorescence dynamics of single glutathione reductase (GR) molecules using a bimodal electrochemical ZMW (E-ZMW), where a single-ring electrode embedded in each of the nanopores of an E-ZMW array simultaneously serves to control electrochemical potential and to confine optical radiation within the nanopores. Here, the redox state of GR is manipulated using an external potential control of the Au electrode in the presence of a redox mediator, methyl viologen (MV). Redox-state transitions in GR are monitored by correlating electrochemical and spectroscopic signals from freely diffusing MV/GR in 60 zL effective observation volumes at single GR molecule average pore occupancy, ⟨n⟩ ∼ 0.8. Fluorescence intensities decrease (increase) at reducing (oxidizing) potentials for MV due to the MV-mediated control of the GR redox state. The spectroelectrochemical response of GR to the enzyme substrate, i.e., glutathione disulfide (GSSG), shows that GSSG promotes GR oxidation via enzymatic reduction. The capabilities of E-ZMWs to probe spectroelectrochemical phenomena in zL-scale-confined environments show great promise for the study of single-enzyme reactions and can be extended to important technological applications, such as those in molecular diagnostics.Li-organic batteries (LOBs) are promising advanced battery systems because of their unique advantages in capacity, cost, and sustainability. However, the shuttling effect of soluble organic redox intermediates and the intrinsic dissolution of small-molecular electrodes have hindered the practical application of these cells, especially under high operating temperatures. Herein, a cross-linked membrane with abundant negative charge for high-temperature LOBs is prepared via electrospinning of poly(vinyl alcohol) containing halloysite nanotubes (HNTs). The translocation of negatively charged organic intermediates can be suppressed by the electronic repulsion and the cross-linked network while the positively charged Li+ are maintained, which is attributed to the intrinsic electronegativity of HNTs and their well-organized and homogeneous distribution in the PVA matrix. A battery using a PVA/HNT composite separator (EPH-10) and an anthraquinone (AQ) cathode exhibits a high initial discharge capacity of 231.6 mAh g-1 and an excellent cycling performance (91.4% capacity retention, 300 cycles) at 25 °C. Even at high temperatures (60 and 80 °C), its capacity retention is more than 89.2 and 80.4% after 100 cycles, respectively. Our approach demonstrates the potential of the EPH-10 composite membrane as a separator for high-temperature LOB applications.Familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) is associated with mutations in the β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) or the amyloid precursor protein (APP). FAD mutations of Aβ were incorporated into a macrocyclic peptide that mimics a β-hairpin to study FAD point mutations K16N, A21G, E22Δ, E22G, E22Q, E22K, and L34V and their effect on assembly, membrane destabilization, and cytotoxicity. The X-ray crystallographic structures of the four E22 mutant peptides reveal that the peptides assemble to form the same compact hexamer. Sodium dichloroacetate in vivo Sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) experiments reveal that the mutant FAD peptides assemble as trimers or hexamers, with peptides that have greater positive charge assembling as more stable hexamers. Mutations that increase the positive charge also increase the cytotoxicity of the peptides and their propensity to destabilize lipid membranes.Here, we, for the first time, report on the simultaneous enhancement in cubic phase stability and Li-ion conductivity of garnet-type solid electrolytes (SEs) by adding excess Li/Al. The excess Al/Li creates very large grains of up to 170 μm via the segregation of Al at the grain boundaries and enables preferential Al occupation at 96h sites over 24d sites, a behavior contrary to previous observations. The resulting SE shows improved Li-ion conductivity due to the large grain size and less blocking Li pathway caused by different preferential Al occupation. Surprisingly, it is observed that the cubic phase of the garnet-type SE is transformed to the tetragonal phase on the surface and in the bulk under the applied voltage, and the preferential Al occupation enables its cubic phase stability. Under battery operating conditions, the LLZO SE with excess Li/Al can maintain high ionic conductivity due to the cubic phase stability and large grain size. We clearly demonstrate that the cubic phase stability and ionic conductivity of LLZO can be simultaneously improved by excess Li/Al without any post-treatments. The findings and understanding will provide new insights into practical use of the garnet-type SEs for advanced all solid-state batteries.Traditional adhesives with strong adhesion are widely applied in the fields of wood, building, and electronics. However, the synthesis and usage of commercial adhesives are not eco-friendly, which are harmful to human health and to the environment. In this study, a green cellulose nanofibrils/poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate-co-dopamine methacrylamide) (CNFs/P(HEMA-co-DMA)) adhesive with excellent biocompatibility and strong bonding strength has been fabricated. P(HEMA-co-DMA) with a catechol content of 7.1 mol % was synthesized using dopamine methacrylamide and hydroxyethyl methacrylate. The CNFs/P(HEMA-co-DMA) adhesive was generated by cross-linking P(HEMA-co-DMA) solution using cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs). Strong adhesion was realized on various substrates, with a maximum lap shear strength of 5.50 MPa on steel. The NIH 3T3 cells test demonstrated that the adhesive possessed excellent biocompatibility. The green catechol-containing CNFs-cross-linked adhesive has promising potential for applications in medicine, electronic, food packaging, and engineering.The high glutathione (GSH) content in tumor cells strongly affects the efficiency of chemodynamic therapy (CDT). Despite devoted efforts, it still remains a formidable challenge for manufacturing a tumor-specific CDT with rapid and thorough depletion of GSH. Herein, a multistage GSH-consuming and tumor-specific CDT is presented. By consuming the reserved GSH and inhibiting both the raw materials and energy supply of GSH synthesis in cancer cells, it achieves highly potent GSH exhaustion. Our used glycolysis inhibitor cuts off the specific glycolysis of tumor cells to increase the sensitivity to CDT. Furthermore, the starvation effect of glycolysis inhibitor can stimulate the protective mode of normal cells. Since the glycolysis inhibitor and nanocarrier are responsive to tumor microenvironment, this makes CDT more selective to tumor cells. Our work not only fabricates nanomedicine with GSH exhausted function for highly potent CDT but also uses metabolic differences to achieve tumor-specific therapy.Three-dimensional (3D) halide perovskites have attracted enormous research interest, but the choice of the A-site cations is limited by the Goldschmidt tolerance factor. In order to accommodate cations that lie outside the acceptable range of the tolerance factor, low-dimensional structures usually form. To maintain the favorable 3D connection, the links among the metal-halide octahedra need to be rearranged to fit the large cations. This can result in a departure from the proper corner-sharing perovskite architectures and lead to distinctly different perovskitoid motifs with edge- and face-sharing. In this work, we report four new 3D bromide perovskitoids incorporating linear organic diammonium cations, A'Pb2Br6 (A' is a +2 cation). We propose a rule that can guide the further expansion of this class of compounds, analogous to the notion of Goldschmidt tolerance factor widely adopted for 3D AMX3 perovskites. The fundamental building blocks in A'Pb2Br6 consist of two edge-shared octahedra, which are then connected by corner-sharing to form a 3D network. Different compounds adopt different structural motifs, which can be transformed from one to another by symmetry operations. Electronic structure calculations suggest that they are direct bandgap semiconductors, with relatively large band dispersions created by octahedra connected by corner-sharing. They exhibit similar electronic band structures and dynamic lattice characteristics to the regular 3D AMX3 perovskites. Structures with smaller Pb-Br-Pb angles and larger octahedra distortion exhibit broad photoluminescence at room temperature. The emerging structure-property relationships in these 3D perovskitoids set the foundation for designing and investigating these compounds for a variety of optoelectronic applications.To upscale the emerging perovskite photovoltaic technology to larger-size modules, industrially relevant deposition techniques need to be developed. In this work, the deposition of tin oxide used as an electron extraction layer is established using chemical bath deposition (CBD), a low-cost and solution-based fabrication process. Applying this simple low-temperature deposition method, highly homogeneous SnO2 films are obtained in a reproducible manner. Moreover, the perovskite layer is prepared by sequentially slot-die coating on top of the n-type contact. The symbiosis of these two industrially relevant deposition techniques allows for the growth of high-quality dense perovskite layers with large grains. The uniformity of the perovskite film is further confirmed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM)/scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) analysis coupled with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and cathodoluminescence measurements allowing us to probe the elemental composition at the nanoscale. Perovskite solar cells fabricated from CBD SnO2 and slot-die-coated perovskite show power conversion efficiencies up to 19.2%. Furthermore, mini-modules with an aperture area of 40 cm2 demonstrate efficiencies of 17% (18.1% on active area).Accurate detection and imaging of tumor-related microRNA (miRNA) in living cells hold great promise for early cancer diagnosis and prognosis. One of the challenges is to develop methods that enable the identification of multiple miRNAs simultaneously to further improve the detection accuracy. Herein, a simultaneous detection and imaging method of two miRNAs was established by using a programmable designed DNA tetrahedron nanostructure (DTN) probe that includes a nucleolin aptamer (AS1411), two miRNA capture strands, and two pairs of metastable catalytic hairpins at different vertexes. The DTN probe exhibited enhanced tumor cell recognition ability, excellent stability and biocompatibility, and fast miRNA recognition and reaction kinetics. It was found that the DTN probe could specifically enter tumor cells, in which the capture strand could hybridize with miRNAs and initiate the catalytic hairpin assembly (CHA) only when the overexpressed miR-21 and miR-155 existed simultaneously, resulting in a distinct fluorescence resonance energy transfer signal and demonstrating the feasibility of this method for tumor diagnosis.