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ZnN2 exhibits superconducting properties, and becomes the first example of superconductor in zinc nitrides. Our current results unravel the unusual stoichiometry of Zn-N-O compounds and provide further insight into the diverse electronic properties of zinc nitrides under high pressure.Obtaining an ideal ferroelectric photovoltaic (FE-PV) material with a narrow bandgap and a large ferroelectric polarization value can enable us to achieve great practical FE-PV performance. By the introduction of sulfur into the tetragonal BiCoO3 perovskite with a C-type antiferromagnetic ordering, it is found that the bandgap of BiCoO2S decreases significantly (about 1.2 eV) while maintaining a large polarization value (about 1.86 C m-2) that is similar to the value of 1.793 C m-2 of BiCoO3. Most noteworthy is that the optical absorption of BiCoO2S is remarkably higher than those of BiCoO3 and other FE-PV materials. The decrease of the BiCoO2S bandgap originates from the movement of Co 3d states to a low-energy position due to the reduction of the Co ionicity when the less electronegative sulfur is introduced into BiCoO3 to substitute oxygen. The narrow bandgap and the high optical absorption of the BiCoO2S films grown on different substrates are favorable for FE-PV applications. In addition, the bandgap of BiCoO2S can be modulated by the doping amount of sulfur, which can help us fabricate multilayer FE-PV devices based on different bandgaps from different layers.Preventing surgical site infections (SSIs) of implants has drawn significant attention in both basic and clinical research. Implants with convenient preparation methods and intelligent drug release capabilities are highly needed to resist bacterial infection. Herein, we designed an intelligent drug-release system, which can be instantly incorporated with implants during the surgical process. The drug-release system involves β-glycerophosphate (β-GP) and chitosan (CS) as a thermosensitive hydrogel for instant construction onto implants and hyaluronic acid (HA) as a trigger to release vancomycin hydrochloride (VH) on demand. Selleck GW 501516 Tertiary calcium phosphate (TCP) scaffolds (implants) are vacuum-adsorbed in a solution of the intelligent vancomycin-release system (VH-HA-CS/β-GP), followed by heating for 40 min at 80 °C to form VH-HA-CS/β-GP@TCP. The drug-release hydrogel intelligently releases vancomycin depending on the concentration of hyaluronidase, which is secreted by Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) in infection sites. Furthermore, VH-HA-CS/β-GP@TCP showed effective antibacterial properties in vitro and in vivo. The VH-HA-CS/β-GP drug-release system can be conveniently prepared during surgery for intelligently preventing SSIs in bone tissue.Plasmonic sensors are ideally suited for the design of small, integrated, and portable devices that can be employed in situ for the detection of analytes relevant to environmental sciences, clinical diagnostics, infectious diseases, food, and industrial applications. To successfully deploy plasmonic sensors, scaled-down analytical devices based on surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) must integrate optics, plasmonic materials, surface chemistry, fluidics, detectors and data processing in a functional instrument with a small footprint. The field has significantly progressed from the implementation of the various components in specifically designed prism-based instruments to the use of nanomaterials, optical fibers and smartphones to yield increasingly portable devices, which have been shown for a number of applications in the laboratory and deployed on site for environmental, biomedical/clinical, and food applications. A roadmap to deploy plasmonic sensors is provided by reviewing the current successes and by laying out the directions the field is currently taking to increase the use of field-deployed plasmonic sensors at the point-of-care, in the environment and in industries.Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) can regulate a variety of physiological functions, and the development of sensitive H2S detection methods is a requirement. In this study, a homogeneous photoelectrochemical (PEC) sensor for H2S detection was constructed based on the energy level matching of iron(iii) phthalocyanine-4,4',4,4'-tetrasulfonic acid ([Fe(iii)PcS4]+) and n-GaN. The photocurrent of n-GaN could be suppressed by monomeric [Fe(iii)PcS4]+ since the photogenerated electrons in the conduction band (CB) of n-GaN could be injected into the LUMO of [Fe(iii)PcS4]+. Under weak alkaline conditions, monomeric [Fe(iii)PcS4]+ can be converted to [Fe(i)PcS4]- after reacting with H2S with high selectivity. The LUMO of [Fe(i)PcS4]- was higher than the CB of n-GaN, so the photogenerated electrons in the LUMO of [Fe(i)PcS4]- could be injected back into the CB of n-GaN. The electron-hole pair recombination could be hindered, which resulted in the recovery of the system photocurrent. In the H2S concentration range of 10.0 nM-50.0 μM, a linear relationship was obtained between the photocurrent and the logarithm of H2S concentration with a detection limit of 3.40 nM. The proposed method avoids tedious electrode modifying procedures required in conventional PEC sensors and it was applied to detect extracellular H2S in rat brains coupled with microdialysis.In order to promote the commercial application of proton exchange membrane fuel cells, it is of great importance to develop Pt-based electrocatalysts with high activity and stability for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Here, urchin-like mesoporous TiO2 hollow spheres (UMTHS) with a high specific surface area (167.1 m2 g-1) and improved conductivity were designed and applied as supports to disperse Pt nanoparticles (NPs) for the first time. Uniform Pt NPs (∼3.2 nm) on the surface of nanothorns were obtained after heat treatment. The as-prepared product (Pt/UMTHS) exhibited a more positive half-wave potential (Eh) than that of the reference sample Pt@C without UMTHS (0.867 V vs. 0.829 V). The improved performance can be ascribed to the high specific surface area of UMTHS. The Pt/UMTHS also exhibited a much better ORR stability than the commercial Pt/C after long-term cycling at 0.6-1.0 V according to the comparison of Eh, mass activity and electrochemical surface area with Pt/C. The enhanced stability of Pt/UMTHS was mainly derived from the strong metal support interaction between Pt NPs and UMTHS, together with the spatial restriction and the anti-restriction provided by UMTHS.