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Storing solar energy using a stable visible light absorbing Cs2AgBiBr6 double perovskite is achieved using a photoelectrochemical (PEC) device with cobalt complexes and methyl viologen redox mediators. Under illumination, a potential gain of nearly 500 mV is achieved for charging. The charge-discharge cycling was carried out, and using in situ emission and FTIR studies, the self-discharge and solvent crossover were investigated.With the impetus to accelerate worldwide market adoption of electrical vehicles and afford consumer electronics with better user experience, advancing fast-charging technology is an inevitable trend. However, current high-energy lithium-ion batteries are unable to support ultrafast power input without any adverse consequences, with the capacity fade and safety concerns of the mainstream graphite-based anodes being the key technological barrier. The aim of this review is to summarise the fundamentals, challenges, and solutions to enable graphite anodes that are capable of high-rate charging. First, we explore the complicated yet intriguing graphite-electrolyte interface during intercalation based on existing theories. Second, we analyse the key dilemmas facing fast-charging graphite anodes. Finally, some promising strategies proposed during the past few years are highlighted so as to outline current trends and future perspectives in this field.G-triplex (G3) has been recognized as a popular intermediate during the folding of G-quadruplex (G4). This has raised interest to anticipate the ultimate formation of G3 by shortening the G4-forming oligonucleotides with the remaining three G-tracts. Some G3 structures have been validated and their stability has been found to be affected by the loop sequences similar to G4s. In this work, however, we first found that an intermolecular parallel G4 structure was preferred in K+ for the oligonucleotide 5'-TGGGTAGGGCGGG-3' (DZ3) containing only three G-tracts. We screened auramine O (AO) as the appropriate fluorophore with a molecular rotor feature to target this G4 structure. AO bound with DZ3 in a 1 4 ratio, as confirmed by isothermal titration calorimetry experiments, suggesting the formation of a tetramolecular G4 structure (4erG4). The excimer emission from the labelled pyrene and the DNA melting behavior at various pHs in the presence of Ag+ proved the formation of the 4erG4 structure rather than the prevalent intramolecular G3 folding. This work demonstrates that one should be cautious while putatively predicting a G3 structure from an oligonucleotide containing three G-tracts.A relatively fast degradation of ruthenium catalysts in the presence of selected olefins, and ethylene in particular, is one of the bottlenecks in their use in metathesis reactions. Here we explore the structure-activity relationships between the rate of degradation of Hoveyda-Grubbs catalysts and the structure of olefins by means of DFT calculations. We show that (Z)-1,2-dichloroethene can't form stable complexes with a 14-electron active complex due to a strong inductive electron withdrawal effect. Hoveyda-Grubbs catalysts can be, however, used to convert (Z)-1,2-dichloroethene to (E)-1,2-dichloroethene due to differences in crucial barriers in the catalytic cycle for E/Z isomers. Hoveyda-Grubbs catalysts in the presence of both isomers of 1,2-dimethoxyethene and 1,2-dichloroethene are predicted to be very stable in the unproductive metathesis, while for monosubstituted olefins the methoxyethene presence gives relatively low barriers for crucial degradation transition states and can readily undergo decomposition.A sulfonamide-appended gemcitabine prodrug was newly produced. The prodrug was shown to efficiently distinguish GSH from cysteine and homocysteine. Upon reaction of this prodrug with GSH, which is relatively abundant in tumor cells, sulfonyl group cleavage occurred as well as active release of the drug GMC and a concomitant increase in the innate fluorescence intensity. As a proof of concept, colocalization experiments were carried out; these experiments demonstrated that the probe LHX resulted in, via receptor-mediated endocytosis, significantly improved therapeutic efficacy and few side effects. Thus, these results indicated the theranostic agent to be a promising "integrative" platform for efficient cancer therapy. The agent can be activated in real time, and not only be selectively monitored and localized by specific tumour cells, but also undergo cascaded cleavage to induce both a fluorogenic response and release of an active cytotoxic drug.The challenges associated with the out-of-plane bending problem in multiply-bonded hydrocarbon molecules can be mitigated in quartic force field analyses by varying the step size in the out-of-plane coordinates. Carbon is a highly prevalent element in astronomical and terrestrial environments, but this major piece of its spectra has eluded theoretical examinations for decades. Earlier explanations for this problem focused on method and basis set issues, while this work seeks to corroborate the recent diagnosis as a numerical instability problem related to the generation of the potential energy surface. Explicit anharmonic frequencies for c-(CH)C3H2+ are computed using a quartic force field and the CCSD(T)-F12b method with cc-pVDZ-F12, cc-pVTZ-F12, and aug-cc-pVTZ basis sets. The first of these is shown to offer accuracy comparable to that of the latter two with a substantial reduction in computational time. Additionally, c-(CH)C3H2+ is shown to have two fundamental frequencies at the onset of the interstellar unidentified infrared bands, at 5.134 and 6.088 μm or 1947.9 and 1642.6 cm-1, respectively. This suggests that the results in the present study should assist in the attribution of parts of these aromatic bands, as well as provide data in support of the laboratory or astronomical detection of c-(CH)C3H2+.Most elderly patients after orthopedic and dental implant surgeries are exposed to cardiostimulants to reduce potential blood pressure-related risks of cardiovascular diseases. Such treatments lead to deconditioning of platelet function, which is an important factor in wound healing treatments. We introduced an innovative parylene-C coated microporous PDMS structure that can prevent the functional deconditioning of platelets caused by certain cardiostimulants. At different concentrations of cardiostimulants (IPR; isoprenaline and DA; dopamine), pre-activation, activation, and post-activation of platelets were intensively examined under mechanical and chemical stimulation mimicking the physiological environment on four different surfaces (glass, flat parylene-C coated glass (F-PPXC), microporous PDMS structure (P-PDMS), and parylene-C-coated microporous PDMS structure (S-PPXC)). YKL-5-124 mw The 3D microporous structure with parylene-C (S-PPXC) surface could attenuate the deconditioning of platelet function caused by IPR. Moreover, the S-PPXC surface further enhanced the DA-dependent stimulation of platelet function.