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1 and 0.01 mol %. Surfactants were introduced to prevent the aggregation of MNPs, and cetyl trimethyl ammonium chloride was chosen as a surfactant. This provided adequate stability, without hampering quick magnetic separation. The results proved that the catalysis could be speeded up if aggregation was prevented. The recyclability of the catalytic system was demonstrated by performing 12 runs of the MSNPs-NH2@H[1] system, each one without loss of selectivity and yield. The cobaltabis(dicarbollide) catalyst supported on silica-coated magnetite nanoparticles has proven to be a robust, efficient, and easily reusable system for the photooxidation of alcohols in water, resulting in a green and sustainable heterogeneous catalytic system.Self-assembly of an achiral acceptor of square-planar Pd(II) or Pt(II) ion with a symmetric donor generally yields achiral architecture or a racemic mixture of chiral assemblies. Selective formation of an enantiopure assembly in such processes is very challenging. We report here a new approach of converting a dynamic mixture of multiple homochiral assemblies to an enantiopure architecture through the interaction of a chiral guest molecule. One-pot reaction of a cationic C3-symmetric tripyridyl donor L·HNO3 with cis-[(tmeda)Pd(NO3)2] (M) [tmeda = N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethane-1,2-diamine] yielded a complex mixture of stereoisomers of a chiral octahedral cage. Surprisingly, the presence of R-BINOL as a chiral guest in the above self-assembly induced selective formation of a single enantiopure octahedral cage. S-BINOL induced formation of the other enantiomer of the cage selectively. While selective recognition of an enantiomeric guest from a racemic mixture by a chiral host is well-known, present observation of "reverse chiral recognition" where the guest molecule determines the handedness of the host leading to the formation of an enantiopure cage is noteworthy.The production of CO from the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) is of great interest in the renewable energy storage and conversion, the neutral carbon emission, and carbon recycle utilization. Silver (Ag) is one of the catalytic metals that are active for electrochemical CO2 reduction into CO, but the catalysis requires a large overpotential to achieve higher selectivity. Constructing a metal-oxide interface could be an effective strategy to boost both activity and selectivity of the catalysis. Herein, density functional theory (DFT) calculations were first conducted to reveal the chemical insights of the catalytic performance on the interface between metal oxide and Ag(111) (MO x /Ag(111)). The results show that the *COOH intermediates can be more stabilized on the surfaces of MO x /Ag(111) than pure Ag(111). The hydrogen evolution reaction on MO x /Ag(111) can be suppressed due to the significantly higher Gibbs free energy for hydrogen adsorption (ΔGH*), thereby enhancing the selectivity toward CO2RR. A series of MO x /Ag composites with the unique interface based on the DFT results were then introduced though a two-step approach. The as-obtained MO x /Ag catalysts boosted both the CO activity and selectivity at a relatively positive potential range, especially in the case of MnO2/Ag. The reduction current density on the MnO2/Ag catalyst can reach 4.3 mA cm-2 at -0.7 V (vs RHE), which is 21.5 times higher than that on pure Ag, and the overpotential of CO2 to CO (390 mV) possesses is much lower than that on pure Ag NPs (690 mV). CCG-203971 supplier This study proposes an effective design strategy to construct a metal-oxide interface for CO2RR based on the synergistic effect between metals and MO x .Detection of biomarkers at the cellular level can provide more accurate and comprehensive information that is important for early diagnosis of diseases and evaluation of new drugs. However, the interference of a large number of components in cells and the requirement of high sensitivity bring great challenges for their detection. Herein, a robust and enzyme-free electrochemical platform was proposed for microRNA-21 (miRNA-21) detection by integrating the efficient separation of magnetic nanobeads (MBs) with the multisignal amplification of strand displacement amplification (SDA) and electrochemically mediated atom transfer radical polymerization (eATRP). The eATRP is capable of de novo growth of a number of electroactive polymers on the electrode surface for signal amplification. Compared to simple hybridization, SDA and eATRP can enhance the signals by ∼35-fold, achieving high signal-to-noise ratio for low-abundant target detection. Owing to their superparamagnetism and strong magnetic response ability, MBs endow the method with excellent specificity and anti-interference ability to detect miRNA-21 in cells. Using MBs as capture carriers, SDA and eATRP for signal amplification, and gold nanoflower (AuNF)-modified electrodes as working electrodes, as low as 0.32 aM miRNA-21 was detected. Furthermore, the successful detection of miRNA-21 in cells indicated the great prospect of this method in the early diagnosis of cancers, life science research, and single-entity electrochemical detection.Random lasers exhibit many exotic properties, including chaotic behavior, light localization, broad angular emission, and cost-effective fabrication, which enable them to attract both scientific and industrial interests. However, before the realization of their potential applications, several challenges still remain including the underlying mechanism and controllability due to their inherent multidirectional and chaotic fluctuations. Through more than two decades of collaborative efforts, the discovery of Anderson localization in random lasers provides a plausible route to resolve the difficulties, which enables one to tailor the number of lasing modes and stabilize the emission spectra. However, the related studies are rather rare and only restricted to limited wavelengths. In this study, based on enhanced Anderson localization assisted by surface plasmon resonance, spectrally stable deep-ultraviolet lasing action in AlGaN multiple quantum wells (MQWs) is demonstrated. Our work serves as firm evidence to demonstrate the underlying mechanism of stabilized deep-ultraviolet random laser action that multiple scattering of a light beam in a disordered medium can induce Anderson localization similar to electron behavior.