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The mechanism studies showed that ZVI declined the oxidation-reduction potential (ORP), creating a more favorable environment for the anaerobic biological processes. More importantly, ZVI with strong conductivity could act as an electron shuttle, contributing to increasing electron transfer efficiency from electron donor to acceptor. This strategy provides a new paradigm of transforming waste sludge into assets by a low-cost waste to bring significant economic benefits to sludge disposal and wastewater treatment.Transition-metal oxides are promising anode materials for sodium ion batteries (SIBs) and have attracted a great deal of attention because of their natural abundance and high theoretical capacities. However, they suffer from low conductivity and large volumetric/structural variation during sodiation/desodiation processes, leading to unsatisfactory cycling stability and poor rate capability. This study proposes a novel conversion reaction using CoSnO3 (CSO) nanocubes uniformly wrapped in graphene nanosheets, which are fabricated using a wet-chemical strategy followed by low-temperature heat treatment. This optimized composite exhibits durable cyclability and high rate capability, which can be attributed to the strong interaction between reduced graphene oxide and CSO through its surface oxygen moieties. It develops a facile conversion reaction route, thereby leading to SnO2 formation during charging. This interactive phenomenon further contributes to improving the reaction kinetics and restraining the volume expansion during cycling. This study may provide a facile approach for addressing irreversible conversion of high-capacity oxide materials toward advanced SIBs.A blend of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and poly(n-hexyl isocyanate-block-2-vinylpyridine) (PHIC-b-P2VP) in a common solvent shows the formation of long-range (micrometer-scale) nanowires of P3HT through hydrophobic interactions between the hexyl arms of P3HT and PHIC in a parallel way, which increase the planarity that leads to the generation of vibration bands with a lower free exciton bandwidth (W = 67 meV) in the solution state, which is further decreased to 9 meV after 48 h annealing of the blend film. The resulting nanowires of the P3HT show a 100-fold increase in current in comparison to pristine P3HT.Complex architectures like 3D gold dendritic nanostructures were synthesized by an in situ templated growth method using a thin film of a block copolymer [polystyrene-b-poly(4-vinylpyridine)] deposited onto silicon substrates. The overall study has demonstrated the strong link between the morphology, size, and distribution of the structures and the synthetic physicochemical parameters, such as pH, reaction temperature, concentration, and nature of reactants. A nonequilibirum state of the medium has been required to create a fractal growth of the gold structures onto a prepatterned gold-seeded surface and has led to a better control of the structures' surface coverage rate. Those as-prepared nanodendrites have also exhibited high electrocatalytic activity toward a significant enhancement factor, as well as important sensitivity, thanks to tip effects. The electrochemical experiment results have demonstrated efficient adsorption and quantification of very low traces of specific molecules like glutathione or hexadecanethiol.The strength of the relevant bonds in bond-making and bond-breaking processes can directly affect the overall efficiency of the process. Copper-oxygen sites are known to catalyze reactions with some of the most recalcitrant C-H bonds found in nature as quantified by the bond dissociation free energy (BDFE), yet only a handful of copper-bound O-H bond strengths have been defined. Equally important in the design of synthetic catalysts is an understanding of the geometric and electronic structure origins of these thermodynamic parameters. In this report, the BDFE(OH) of two dicopper-hydroxo complexes, [LCu]2-(μ-OH)3+ and [LCu]2-(μ-OH)4+ (L = tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine), were measured. Two key observations were made (i) the BDFE(OH)s of these complexes were exceptionally high at 103.4 and 91.7 kcal/mol, respectively, which are the highest condensed phase MO-H BDFEs to date and (ii) that the higher oxidation state had a lower BDFE(OH), which is counter to expectations based on known mononuclear BDFE(OH)s which increase with the oxidation state. To understand the origin of these thermodynamic values, the BDFE(OH)s were measured and analyzed for the mononuclear complexes [LCu(OH2)]1+ and [LCu(OH2)]2+ in the same ligand environment. This treatment revealed "dinuclear effects" that include contributions from rehybridization of the oxygen, mixed valency of the metals, magnetic exchange between the metals, and differences in solvation, which are general with respect to [M]2-OH complexes to varying degrees. Selleck Sunitinib These analyses are important because they provide a starting point for rationally tuning the thermodynamics of catalytic intermediates broadly and for understanding how copper active sites achieve activation of strong C-H bonds.Surface-tethered hierarchical polymer brushes find wide applications in the development of antibacterial surfaces due to the well-defined spatial distribution and the separate but complementary properties of different blocks. Existing methods to achieve such polymer brushes mainly focused on inorganic material substrates, precluding their practical applications on common medical devices. In this work, a hierarchical polymer brush system is proposed and facilely constructed on polymeric substrates via light living graft polymerization. The polymer brush system with micrometer-scale thickness exhibits a unique hierarchical architecture consisting of a poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (PHEMA) outer layer and an anionic inner layer loading with cationic antimicrobial peptide (AMP) via electrostatic attraction. The surface of this system inhibits the initial adhesion of bacteria by the PHEMA hydration outer layer under neutral pH conditions; when bacteria adhere and proliferate on this surface, the bacterially induced acidification triggers the cleavage of labile amide bonds within the inner layer to expose the positively charged amines and vigorously release melittin (MLT), allowing the surface to timely kill the adhering bacteria. The hierarchical surface employs multiple antibacterial mechanisms to combat bacterial infection and shows high sensitiveness and responsiveness to pathogens. A new paradigm is supplied by this modular hierarchical polymer brushes system for the progress of intelligent surfaces on universal polymer substrates, showing great potential to a promising strategy for preventing infection related to medical devices.Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) materials have garnered great attention on account of their novel properties and potential to advance modern technology. Recent studies have demonstrated that TMDCs can be utilized to create high-performing heterostructures with combined functionality of the individual layers and new phenomena at these interfaces. Here, we report an ultrafast photoresponse within MoSe2-based heterostructures in which heavily p-doped WSe2 and MoS2 flakes share an undoped MoSe2 channel, allowing us to directly compare the optoelectronic properties of MoSe2-based heterojunctions with different 2D materials. Strong photocurrent signals have been observed in both MoSe2-WSe2 and MoSe2-MoS2 heterojunctions with a photoresponse time constant of ∼16 μs, surmounting previous MoSe2-based devices by three orders of magnitude. Further studies have shown that the fast response is independent of the integrated 2D materials (WSe2 or MoS2) but is likely attributed to the high carrier mobility of 260 cm2 V-1 s-1 in the undoped MoSe2 channel as well as the greatly reduced Schottky barriers and near absence of interface states at MoSe2-WSe2/MoS2 heterojunctions, which lead to reduced carrier transit time and thus short photocurrent response time. Lastly, a high detectivity on the order of ∼1014 Jones has been achieved in MoSe2-based heterojunctions, which supersedes current industry standards. These fundamental studies not only shed light on photocurrent generation mechanisms in MoSe2-based heterojunctions but also open up new avenues for engineering future high-performance 2D optoelectronic devices.Floating gate transistor photomemory (FGTPM) has been regarded as one of the most prospective nonvolatile photomemory devices because of its compatibility with transistor-based circuits, nondestructive reading, and multilevel storage. Until now, owing to the excellent photoelectric properties, lead-based perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs) have been applied in most of the perovskite-based FGTPM devices and embedded in the polymer matrix as the charge trapping layer. However, the polymer matrix and its solvent would degrade the structure of the PNCs, resulting in the loss of their unique photoresponse ability. In addition, lead-based perovskites have environmental unfriendliness and poor stability. Hence, a novel nonvolatile FGTPM based on oligomeric silica (OS) wrapped lead-free double perovskite Cs2AgBiBr6 NCs was demonstrated for the first time. Acting synchronously as the protection layer for the discrete Cs2AgBiBr6 NCs and charge tunneling layer for the FGTPM device, the OS layer can achieve controllable thickness by adjusting the process parameters, leading to an adjustment of storage properties with a larger memory window (58 V). Owing to the excellent photoresponse ability of the Cs2AgBiBr6@OS composite layer, the FGTPM device exhibited high-performance with repeatable multilevel nonvolatile photomemory and precise photoresponse ability of wavelength/time/power-dependent photoirradiation without extra gate biasing.Surface molecular transformations on nanoscale metal oxides are inherently complex, and directing those reaction pathways is still challenging but important for designing their various applications, including molecular sensing, catalysts, and others. Here, a rational strategy to direct a reaction pathway of volatile carbonyl compounds (nonanal biomarker) on single-crystalline ZnO nanowire surfaces via molecular modification is demonstrated. The introduction of a methylphosphonic acid modification on the ZnO nanowire surface significantly alters the surface reaction pathway of nonanal via suppressing the detrimental aldol condensation reaction. This is directed by intentionally decreasing the probability of two neighboring molecular activations on the nanowire surface. Spectrometric measurements reveal the correlation between the suppression of the aldol condensation surface reaction and the improvement in the sensor performance. This tailored surface reaction pathway effectively reduces the operating temperature from 200 to 100 °C while maintaining the sensitivity. This is because the aldol condensation product ((E)-2-heptyl-2-undecenal) requires a higher temperature to desorb from the surface. Thus, the proposed facile strategy offers an interesting approach not only for the rational design of metal oxide sensors for numerous volatile carbonyl compounds but also for tailoring various surface reaction pathways on complex nanoscale metal oxides.