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The Joint Monitoring Programme estimated that 71% of people globally had access to "safely managed" drinking water in 2017. However, typical data collection practices focus only on a household's primary water source, yet some households in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) engage in multiple water source use, including supplementing improved water supplies with unimproved water throughout the year. Monte Carlo simulations and previously published data were used to simulate exposure to fecal contamination (as measured by E. coli) along a range of supplemental unimproved source use rates (e.g., 0-100% improved water use, with the remainder made up with unimproved water). The model results revealed a statistically significant increase in annual exposure to E. coli when individuals supplement their improved water with unimproved water just 2 days annually. Additionally, our analysis identified scenarios-realistic for the data set study setting-where supplementing with unimproved water counterintuitively decreases exposure to E. coli. These results highlight the need for evaluating the temporal dynamics in water quality and availability of drinking water sources in LMICs as well as capturing the use of multiple water sources for monitoring global access to safe drinking water.The structural diversity of phospholipids plays a critical role in cellular membrane dynamics, energy storage, and cellular signaling. Despite its importance, the extent of this diversity has only recently come into focus, largely owing to advances in separation science and mass spectrometry methodology and instrumentation. Characterization of glycerophospholipid (GP) isomers differing only in their acyl chain configurations and locations of carbon-carbon double bonds (C═C) remains challenging due to the need for both effective separation of isomers and advanced tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) technologies capable of double-bond localization. Drift tube ion mobility spectrometry (DTIMS) coupled with MS can provide both fast separation and accurate determination of collision cross section (CCS) of molecules but typically lacks the resolving power needed to separate phospholipid isomers. Ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD) can provide unambiguous double-bond localization but is challenging to implement on the timescales of modern commercial drift tube time-of-flight mass spectrometers. Here, we present a novel method for coupling DTIMS with a UVPD-enabled Orbitrap mass spectrometer using absorption mode Fourier transform multiplexing that affords simultaneous localization of double bonds and accurate CCS measurements even when isomers cannot be fully resolved in the mobility dimension. This method is demonstrated on two- and three-component mixtures and shown to provide CCS measurements that differ from those obtained by individual analysis of each component by less than 1%.Multilayer nanolaminates (NLs) of alternate ultrathin sublayers of Al2O3 and TiO2 (ATA) with the thickness ranging ∼2 to 0.5 nm were fabricated by optimized pulsed laser deposition (PLD). find more Maxwell-Wagner (M-W) relaxation-induced interfacial polarization was realized and engineered by precisely controlling the sublayer thicknesses and the number of interfaces. X-ray reflectivity and cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy measurements of ATA NLs revealed an artificial periodicity with well-defined uniformly thick amorphous sublayers with chemically and physically distinct interfaces down to a sublayer thickness of ∼0.8 nm. The dielectric constants and loss of ATA NLs were found to increase from ∼60 to 670 and decrease from ∼0.9 to 0.16, respectively, as sublayer thicknesses reduced from ∼2 to 0.8 nm. However, for a sublayer thickness below 0.8 nm, the trend was reversed. Furthermore, temperature-dependent impedance spectroscopy studies revealed two distinct thermally activated relaxation processes, corresponding to TiO2 and Al2O3 sublayers, corroborating the M-W relaxation. The conductivity contrast between the sublayers of ATA NLs enhanced with reducing sublayer thickness and plateaued at a sublayer thickness of ∼0.8 nm, resulting in dominant M-W interfacial polarization and a high cut-off frequency of ∼50 kHz. These results demonstrate that ATA NLs grown by PLD may find application as potential high-k materials for next-generation nanoelectronic devices.The efficient electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) to carbon monoxide (CO) using renewable energy is an effective route to pursue carbon neutrality. Optimizing the binding energy of CO on palladium (Pd) metal-based materials used in this process is to make sure the timely desorption of CO from their active sites is critical. Tuning the electronic structure of the Pd center is an effective strategy to optimize its catalytic performance. Herein, we rationally design Pd nanoparticles (NPs)/polymeric carbon nitride (CN) (Pd/CN) composite, which alters the electronic structure of Pd by introducing the interfacial polarization effect to accelerate CO desorption and improve CO selectivity of Pd catalyst. The optimized Pd/CN exhibits a CO Faradaic efficiency of 92.7% at -0.9 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode in CO2-saturated 0.1 M KHCO3 solution. Experimental investigations and theoretical calculations jointly confirm that the enhanced CO selectivity and stability originate from the electron transfer at the Pd/CN interface, and the weakened *CO adsorption on the palladium hydride surface.A dopant-free polymeric hole selective contact (HSC) layer is ubiquitous for stable perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, the intrinsic nonwetting nature of the polymeric HSC impedes the uniform spreading of the perovskite precursor solution, generating a terrible buried interface. Here, we dexterously tackle this dilemma from the perspective of dispersive and polar component surface energies of the HSC layer. A novel triarylamine-based HSC material, poly[bis(4-phenyl)(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)amine] (2MeO-PTAA), was designed by introducing the polar methoxy groups to the para and ortho positions of the dangling benzene. These nonsymmetrically substituted electron-donating methoxy groups enhanced the polar components of surface energy, allowing more tight interfacial contact between the HSC layer and perovskite and facilitating hole extraction. When utilized as the dopant-free HSC layer in inverted PSCs, the 2MeO-PTAA-based device with CH3NH3PbI3 as the absorber exhibited an encouraging power conversion efficiency of 20.23% and a high fill factor of 84.31% with negligible hysteresis. Finally, a revised detailed balance model was used to verify the drastically lessened surface defect-induced recombination loss and shunt resistance loss in 2MeO-PTAA-based devices. This work demonstrates a facile and efficient way to modulate the buried interface and shed light on the direction to further improve the photovoltaic performance of inverted PSCs with other types of perovskites.MXene-based microsupercapacitors (MSCs) have promoted the development of on-chip energy storage for miniaturized and portable electronics due to the small size, high power density and integration density. However, restricted energy density and operating voltage invariably create obstacles to the practical application of MSCs. Here, we report a symmetric MXene-based on-chip MSC, achieving an ultrahigh energy density of 75 mWh cm-3 with high operating voltage of 1.2 V, which are almost the highest values among all reported symmetric MXene MSCs. The adjustment strategy of acetone on the viscosity and surface tension of MXene ink, along with the natural sedimentation strategy, can effectively prevent the orderly stacking of MXene sheets. Further, we developed an all-in-one Si-electronics with three series MSCs through laser-etching technology, obviously presenting high integration capacity and processing compatibility. Thus, this work will contribute to the development of high integration all-in-one electronics with high energy density MXene-based MSCs.Environmental thermal energy harvesting based on thermoelectric devices is greatly significant to the advancement of next-generation self-powered wearable electronic devices. However, the rigid electrodes and interface diffusion of electrodes/thermoelectric materials would lead to the wearable discomfort and performance degradation of the thermoelectric device. Here, a flake-structured Al thin-film electrode with high conductivity and excellent reliability is prepared by regulating the microstructure and crystallinity of the films. The as-prepared Al thin film not only maintains its robustness after 1000 bending cycles but also does not delaminate from the substrate when subjected to the 3M tape test, exhibiting excellent flexibility and adhesion to substrate. By comparing with the annealed interface of the double-layer Cu/Bi2Te3 film, the interface of the heat-treated Al/Bi2Te3 film has almost no element diffusion, demonstrating high interfacial thermal stability. Moreover, a thermoelectric temperature sensor based on the Al thin-film electrode is prepared. The sensitivity of the annealed sensor is still linear, and it can stably monitor the temperature variation, showing high reliability. This discovery could provide a facile and effective strategy to achieving highly reliable thermoelectric devices and flexible electronic devices without any additional diffusion barriers.Photodynamic therapy (PDT) applications carried out with the assistance of ultrasound have attracted significant attention in recent years. The use of phthalocyanines, which are an important component as photosensitizers in PDT, is becoming more important day by day. In therapeutic applications, phthalocyanines can promote the production of reactive oxygen species. Motivated by this fact, the syntheses of metal-free (2), gallium (3), and indium (4) phthalocyanines have been achieved by substituting 4-(cinnamyloxy)phthalonitrile for the first time to evaluate their therapeutic applications. Additionally, photophysicochemical, sonophotochemical, and in vitro evaluations of phthalocyanines have been reported. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study of the use of phthalocyanines with different metal ions as potential photosensitizers for sonophotodynamic therapy (SPDT) applications in gastric cancer cell lines. The results show that the quantum yield of the generation of singlet oxygen increased in more than the effect of SDT or PDT alone.As biological ceramic composites, mollusk shells exhibit an excellent strength-toughness combination that should be dependent on aragonite/organic matrix interfaces. The mechanical properties and fracture mechanisms of the nacreous structure in the Cristaria plicata (C. plicata) shell and crossed-lamellar structures in the Cymbiola nobilis (C. nobilis) shell were investigated, focusing on the critical role of the organic matrix/aragonite interface bonding that can be adjusted by heat treatments. It is found that heat treatments have a negative impact on the fracture behavior of the nacreous structure in the C. plicata shell, and both the bending and shear properties decrease with increasing heat-treatment temperature because of the loss of water and organic matrix. In contrast, for the crossed-lamellar structure in C. nobilis shell, the water loss in heat treatment slightly decreases its bending properties. When the organic matrix is melted after an appropriate heat treatment at 300°C for 15 min, its bending properties can be greatly enhanced; in this case, remarkable toughening mechanisms involving crack deflection and the fiber pull-out are exhibited, although the interfacial bonding strength reduces.