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The availability of functional spinal cord scaffolds for nerve tissue engineering (NTE) strategies is an urgent clinical demand for spinal transplantation. However, effective transplanted spinal cord scaffolds are restricted by poor mechanical integrity, topological cues, complex processing, or other properties. Hence, this work aims to fabricate a new three-dimensional (3D) scaffold with electrically micropatterned materials for structural spinal mimicry. Inspired by plant transpiration, the scaffold templates are formed by self-assembled colloidal crystals in a glass capillary after the solvent evaporates gradually. Replicated from bionic transpiration photonic crystal templates, the specific 3D conductive inter-surface ordered microstructures are fabricated through carbonization and corrosion. Nerve cell reconstruction on columnar scaffolds indicated that these conductive porous materials were of excellent biocompatibility. Meanwhile, due to the homogeneously interconnected architecture characteristics, the inverse opal structures facilitated the connection and information transmission between nerve cells. Statistics on the number and length of neural neurites indicated that the microstructures with uniform pores guided nerve cell neurite growth and development. These biomimetic spine properties make them potential alternative scaffolds for nerve tissue engineering.The effects of the administration of bamboo shoot (Phyllostachys edulis) dietary fiber (BSDF) on high-fat diet (HDF) induced hyperlipidemia were studied with SD rat models. selleck inhibitor The results indicated that the body weight of rats and the mass of their adipose tissue were significantly (P less then 0.05) decreased after the combination treatment of soluble dietary fiber (SDF) and insoluble dietary fiber (IDF). The levels of total cholesterol, triglyceride, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol were significantly (P less then 0.05) decreased by 30.20%, 53.28% and 35.63%, respectively, compared to those of the model group. The levels of serum alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, leptin, and insulin-like growth factor-1 of the SDF + IDF group were also significantly lower than those of the HDF model group (P less then 0.05). Additionally, the perirenal fat percentage and body fat percentage in the SDF + IDF group were reduced by 31.61% and 25.09%, respectively. IDF exhibited better hypolipidemic ability than SDF in HFD induced rats at the same dose, while SDF and IDF showed a synergistic hyperlipidemia prevention effect. The mRNA expression levels of lipid synthesis genes SREBP-1c and FAS were significantly down-regulated by SDF + IDF treatment (P less then 0.05). These results suggested that BSDF composed of IDF and SDF, with potential hypolipidemic effects, could be used in the production of health-beneficial food.The oxidation reaction of thiamine (vitamin B1) to thiochrome was investigated by DFT calculations. Three reaction systems, [A] thiamine + methyl peroxy radical + (H2O)8, [B] thiamine + cyanogen bromide + HO-(H2O)8 and [C] thiamine + mercury(ii) chloride + HO-(H2O)8, were investigated. wB97X-D/6-311+G** for [A] and [B] and wB97X-D/SDD&6-311(+)G** for [C] geometry optimizations were carried out with the solvent effect (water). The effect is of the self-consistent reaction field (SCRF) with the polarizable continuum model (PCM). In [A], the H3C-O2˙ adduct of thiamine undergoes simultaneous cleavage of the C-H and O-O bonds, leading to a very stable 2(3H)-thiazolone intermediate. The same intermediate was obtained after the cleavage of the C-H and O-H bonds of the HO adduct of thiamine in [B] and [C]. After the formation of the key intermediate, the N-protonated thiochrome was afforded via three steps. In reflection of the water-soluble character of vitamin B1, proton transfers along hydrogen bonds of the water cluster enhance those steps.The mechanical stimuli generated as a finger interrogates the physical and chemical features of an object form the basis of fine touch. Haptic devices, which are used to control touch, primarily focus on recreating physical features, but the chemical aspects of fine touch may be harnessed to create richer tactile interfaces and reveal fundamental aspects of tactile perception. To connect tactile perception with molecular structure, we systematically varied silane-derived monolayers deposited onto surfaces smoother than the limits of human perception. Through mechanical friction testing and cross-correlation analysis, we made predictions of which pairs of silanes might be distinguishable by humans. We predicted, and demonstrated, that humans can distinguish between two isosteric silanes which differ only by a single nitrogen-for-carbon substitution. The mechanism of tactile contrast originates from a difference in monolayer ordering, as quantified by the Hurst exponent, which was replicated in two alkylsilanes with a three-carbon difference in length. This approach may be generalizable to other materials and lead to new tactile sensations derived from materials chemistry.Naphthenes are key intermediates in the formation of aromatic compounds during the methanol to aromatics (MTA) reaction, and the dehydrogenation process is more important than the hydrogen transfer process. Theoretical studies were performed to investigate the methylcyclopentane, which represents a naphthene, to benzene MTA process catalyzed by ZSM-5 before and after introducing Ga, showing that Ga-ZSM-5 was more favorable for carrying out the reaction than two H-type ZSM-5 (H-Z1 and H-Z2) models. H-Z1 and H-Z2 are favorable for the transfer of H during ring expansion reactions and the reformation of Brønsted acids, but the dehydrogenation reactions involving H-Z1 and H-Z2 require high free-energy barriers to be overcome. Although introducing Ga to ZSM-5 is not conducive to the transfer of H after dehydrogenation, it can reduce the extremely high dehydrogenation free-energy barrier compared with H-Z1 and H-Z2; this is mainly because Ga at dehydrogenation active centers, [GaH]2+, can accept electrons and donate them to the H atoms of [GaH]2+, giving H negative charge and making it easy to combine with positive B-acid H atoms that come from methylcyclopentane, cyclohexene, and cyclohexadiene to produce H2. Also, analysis of the transition state structures of all DH processes shows that Ga-ZSM-5 is more favorable for promoting the combination of H to produce H2 than H-Z1 and H-Z2.