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Consequently, SiH/CeO2(111) is a potential photocatalyst for splitting water to hydrogen.An antimony based luminescent organic-inorganic hybrid compound H3SbCl6(L)6 (1, L = 2-(3-methyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium-1-yl)acetate) has been prepared by the solvothermal method. It emits bright green light peaking at 525 nm, with an internal quantum yield (IQY) of 73% under 360 nm excitation. The negative thermal quenching (NTQ) effect has been observed in the temperature range of 77 K to 297 K. Due to its ionic structure, compound 1 is soluble in numerous organic solvents, including methanol, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), etc. The solution processability combined with high quantum efficiency makes 1 a promising candidate as a luminescent coating material for optoelectronic devices.3D printing (also called "additive manufacturing" or "rapid prototyping") is able to translate computer-aided and designed virtual 3D models into 3D tangible constructs/objects through a layer-by-layer deposition approach. Since its introduction, 3D printing has aroused enormous interest among researchers and engineers to understand the fabrication process and composition-structure-property correlation of printed 3D objects and unleash its great potential for application in a variety of industrial sectors. Axl inhibitor Because of its unique technological advantages, 3D printing can definitely benefit the field of microrobotics and advance the design and development of functional microrobots in a customized manner. This review aims to present a generic overview of 3D printing for functional microrobots. The most applicable 3D printing techniques, with a focus on laser-based printing, are introduced for the 3D microfabrication of microrobots. 3D-printable materials for fabricating microrobots are reviewed in detail, including photopolymers, photo-crosslinkable hydrogels, and cell-laden hydrogels. The representative applications of 3D-printed microrobots with rational designs heretofore give evidence of how these printed microrobots are being exploited in the medical, environmental, and other relevant fields. A future outlook on the 3D printing of microrobots is also provided.Nickel dichalcogenides, especially Ni3S2, present inferior alkaline and neutral hydrogen evolution activity due to their sluggish water dissociation kinetics. Although these materials hold promise as non-noble metal-based electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in acidic media, developing efficient strategies to enhance the water dissociation processes of nickel dichalcogenides in alkaline and neutral solutions is also an important area of research. The present work discloses an electrocatalytically inactive copper doping strategy to promote the water adsorption and dissociation process of Ni3S2 (Cu-Ni3S2) nanoparticles supported on nickel foam (NF) towards improving the alkaline and neutral hydrogen evolution reactions. Based on combined density functional theory calculations and electrochemical characterizations, the doping of Cu can accelerate the Volmer step and therefore strengthen the water adsorption/dissociation on the respective Ni sites and S sites during the HER process. As a result, the electrocatalyst exhibits superior and stable HER performance in both 1 M KOH and 1 M phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) solutions, with much lower overpotentials of 121 and 228 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm-2, respectively, in comparison to bare Ni3S2. We therefore conclude that the tailored control of the water adsorption/dissociation capability of Ni3S2 will open significant opportunities for the rational design of alkaline and neutral electrocatalysts from earth-abundant and stable materials.Prevention of the degradation of sodium-based layered cathode materials is the key to developing high-performance and high-stability sodium-ion batteries. In this study, the working mechanism of Mg and Ti dopants in mitigating degradation was investigated through the use of first-principles calculations. More specifically, the effects of each dopant in suppressing the phase transition, lattice expansion and shrinkage, and possible oxygen generation during repeated charging and discharging processes were validated. The results showed that the pristine structure exhibits irreversible O3-P3 phase transition after 75% desodiation, while doping with Mg or Ti effectively delays this transition. In addition, the change in lattice parameters as well as in the volume during desodiation was investigated. It was found that both dopants reduce the magnitude of structural change, which potentially improves the structural stability. Furthermore, introducing the dopants increases the thickness of the Na diffusion channel, possibly leading to an enhanced rate capability. Finally, the oxygen atomic charge variation during charging indicated that doping can enhance the oxygen stability by reducing the initial charge of oxygen as well as its increase during desodiation.We numerically investigated the diffusion of an active Janus particle in periodic arrays of planar counter-rotating convection rolls at high Péclet numbers. We considered convection patterns with distinct longitudinal and transverse advection properties and characterized the dependence of the relevant diffusion constants on the particle's dynamical parameters, namely, self-propulsion speed, correlation time and chirality. Numerical results are interpreted analytically based on qualitative arguments of classical transport theory. The purpose of the present analysis is controlling active matter transport in microfluidic devices.Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common congenital heart disease, affecting 0.5-2% of the general population. It is often associated with aortopathy with aneurysmal dilation of the ascending aorta (AA). Up to 75% of patients with coarctation of the aorta (CoA) present with BAV and its diagnosis is crucial because it can increase the risk for aortic complications. CoA is a cardiac malformation that can be undiagnosed until old age with only hypertension as a marker of its presence.We present the case of an asymptomatic 17-year-old boy who underwent regular visit for competitive sports activity. During a treadmill test he showed a hypertensive response to effort and the echocardiogram diagnosed a normally functioning BAV associated with AA dilation. The clinical suspicion of CoA was confirmed by a complete echocardiogram, and the patient underwent catheter-based invasive aortography and the CoA was treated with angioplasty and stenting. Few years after the interventional procedure, he performed a thoracic computed tomography that showed an increased aortic dilation at the level of the Valsalva sinus and the AA.