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To map the predictor variables to the response variables, 409 experimental data points were applied to train and test various supervised ML models, namely, regression, artificial neural network (ANN), chi-square automatic interaction detection (CHAID), extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost), and random forest. The correlations between the most significant factors and CA are explored through visualization techniques. The most accurately trained model shows a strong positive linear correlation (r > 0.9) between predicted and observed CA values in the test set, indicating the robustness of the model. The experimental measurements and artificial intelligence results demonstrate that CA increases following mechanically abrading the surface, etching, and adding Gr to the surface. The ML methods are promising to predict wetting properties and to provide a deeper understanding of the physical phenomena associated with the wettability of metallic alloys and their metal matrix composites.Direct atomistic simulation of nonadiabatic molecular dynamics is a challenging goal that allows important insights into fundamental physical phenomena. A variety of frameworks, ranging from fully quantum treatment of nuclei to semiclassical and mixed quantum-classical approaches, were developed. These algorithms are then coupled to specific electronic structure techniques. Such diversity and lack of standardized implementation make it difficult to compare the performance of different methodologies when treating realistic systems. Here, we compare three popular methods for large chromophores Ehrenfest, surface hopping, and multiconfigurational Ehrenfest with ab initio multiple cloning (MCE-AIMC). These approaches are implemented in the NEXMD software, which features a common computational chemistry model. The resulting comparisons reveal the method performance for population relaxation and coherent vibronic dynamics. UCL-TRO-1938 concentration Finally, we study the numerical convergence of MCE-AIMC algorithms by considering the number of trajectories, cloning thresholds, and Gaussian wavepacket width. Our results provide helpful reference data for selecting an optimal methodology for simulating excited-state molecular dynamics.Comprehending the oxygen vacancy distribution in oxide ion conductors requires structural insights over various length scales from the local coordination preferences to the possible formation of agglomerates comprising a large number of vacancies. In Y-doped ceria, 89Y NMR enables differentiation of yttrium sites by quantification of the oxygen vacancies in their first coordination sphere. Because of the extremely low sensitivity of 89Y, longer-range information was so far not available from NMR. Herein, we utilize metal ion-based dynamic nuclear polarization, where polarization from Gd(III) dopants provides large sensitivity enhancements homogeneously throughout the bulk of the sample. This enables following 89Y-89Y homonuclear dipolar correlations and probing the local distribution of yttrium sites, which show no evidence of the formation of oxygen vacancy rich regions. The presented approach can provide valuable structural insights for designing oxide ion conductors.Fibroblast activation protein (FAP) has become a favored target for imaging and therapy of malignancy. We have synthesized and characterized two new (4-quinolinoyl)-glycyl-2-cyanopyrrolidine-based small molecules for imaging of FAP, QCP01 and [111In]QCP02, using optical and single-photon computed tomography/CT, respectively. link2 Binding of imaging agents to FAP was assessed in six human cancer cell lines of different cancer types glioblastoma (U87), melanoma (SKMEL24), prostate (PC3), NSCLC (NCIH2228), colorectal carcinoma (HCT116), and lung squamous cell carcinoma (NCIH226). Mouse xenograft models were developed with FAP-positive U87 and FAP-negative PC3 cells to test pharmacokinetics and binding specificity in vivo. QCP01 and [111In]QCP02 demonstrated nanomolar inhibition of FAP at Ki values of 1.26 and 16.20 nM, respectively. Both were selective for FAP over DPP-IV, a related serine protease. Both enabled imaging of FAP-expressing tumors specifically in vivo. [111In]QCP02 showed high uptake at 18.2 percent injected dose per gram in the U87 tumor at 30 min post-administration.Recent experimental research by Cummins and co-workers has established the existence of a tetrahedrane molecule with one CH moiety replaced by phosphorus. We present here the first theoretical studies of the entire Pn(CH)3 (Pn = N, P, As, Sb, Bi) class of molecules. Geometries are obtained at the highly reliable CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pwCVTZ(-PP) level of theory. Harmonic vibrational frequencies are determined and analyzed to confirm the nature of each stationary point and provide helpful findings that may aid in the detection of each species. Most notable is the result that the geometric parameters associated with the (CH)3 moiety in the tetrahedranes exhibit little change under pnictogen substitution, while the Pn-C bonds and C-Pn-C bond angles greatly increase and decrease, respectively. Strain energies are predicted and range from 122.3 kcal mol-1 (N(CH)3) to 99.4 kcal mol-1 (Bi(CH)3) at the DF-CCSD(T)//B3LYP-D3/aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z(-PP) level of theory. The obtained geometries are further analyzed with Natural Bond Orbital (NBO) methods to understand the bonding and electronic structure of each species. We also provide insight into how different substituents can help make the tetrahedrane structure more energetically favorable due to electron delocalization into substituent antibonding orbitals. The effect of additional delocalization also weakens the Pn-C bonds, especially for the heavier pnictogens. This work concludes with a list of considerations that summarize our key findings and motivate future work aimed at producing novel pnictogen-substituted tetrahedrane molecules.A convenient preparation method of N-acylbenzoxazines has been developed, in which phenols react with nitriles and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) in the presence of a catalytic amount of (COCl)2 in CH3CN or chloroform to afford the corresponding N-acylbenzoxazines in moderate-to-good yields. DMSO acts as a source of HCHO, which is generated in situ from the decomposition of a methoxydimethylsulfonium salt. A regeneration cycle of the methoxydimethylsulfonium salt is proposed, which is initiated by a catalytic amount of (COCl)2.We present an experimentally parametrized molecular dynamics study of single-molecule and collective orientational relaxation in neat benzonitrile through the analysis of the reorientational anisotropy and polarizability anisotropy time correlation function (PA-TCF). The simulations show that the PA-TCF is dominated by collective reorientation after 20 ps. Collective reorientation is found to be slower than single-molecule reorientation by a factor of 1.67, consistent with recent experiments. The simulations provide direct evidence of local antiparallel benzonitrile configurations. These structures, which have been the center of some debate, are responsible for the slower rate of collective versus single-molecule reorientation in the liquid. Further structural analysis indicates that significant Coulombic interactions between the nitrile group and hydrogen atoms on adjacent molecules play a role in the formation of the antiparallel structures. The single-molecule dynamics reflected in the anisotropy are complex and consist of a ballistic regime, restricted angular diffusion, and spatially anisotropic free diffusion. The principal components of the rotational diffusion tensor are independently obtained and shown to reproduce the free diffusion regime of the anisotropy for each principal axis according to the predictions of a previous theory.The aspiration of the multi-attribute method (MAM) is to utilize a single mass spectrometry-based method that can measure multiple attributes simultaneously, thus enabling data-driven decisions more quickly and efficiently. However, challenges associated with identifying and quantitating critical quality attributes such as asparagine deamidation and isoaspartic acid using conventional ultrahigh-pressure liquid chromatography (UHPLC) coupled to mass spectrometry have necessitated long gradients to ensure sufficient separation for quantitation. link3 Microfluidic chip-based capillary zone electrophoresis mass spectrometry (CZE-MS) shows potential to enable rapid charge-based separation of peptide mixtures, and this approach was evaluated using multipeptide mixtures of synthetic peptides as well as digested protein therapeutics. In these experiments, repeatability, linearity, and peak-to-peak resolution of several peptide families containing asparagine deamidation and/or isoaspartic acid were demonstrated. In addition, a comparison of peptide map results acquired with both UHPLC-MS and CZE-MS for two enzymatically digested biological therapeutics showed comparable sequence coverage and quantitation results between the two approaches. As MAM becomes increasingly utilized for analysis of biological therapeutics, MS instrument demand will rapidly increase, resulting in a bottleneck. A CZE-based separation shows potential to alleviate this bottleneck by drastically increasing MAM throughput while providing results comparable to those acquired using conventional UHPLC separations.Functionalized oligonucleotides (ONs) are widely applied as target binding molecules for biosensing and regulators for gene expression. Numerous efforts have been focused on developing facile methods for preparing these useful ONs carrying diverse modifications. Herein, we present a general method for postsynthetic modification of ONs via oxidative amination of 4-thio-2'-deoxyuridine (4SdU). 4SdU-containing ON can be derived by both alkyl and aromatic amines. Using this approach, ONs are successfully attached with alkyne/azide, biotin and dansylamide moieties, and these as-prepared ONs possess the expected biorthogonal reactivity, streptavidin affinity and fluorescent property, respectively. Furthermore, we also directly install fluorophores to the ON nucleobase based on oxidative amination of 4SdU, and these fluorophores exhibit distinct luminescence behaviors before and after conjugation. We believe our method will be a versatile strategy for constructing various functionalized ONs used in a wide range of nucleic acid applications.Research on advanced electrode materials (AEMs) has been explosive for the past decades and constantly promotes the development of batteries, supercapacitors, electrocatalysis, and photovoltaic applications. However, traditional preparation and modification methods can no longer meet the increasing requirements of some AEMs because some of the special reactions are thermodynamically and/or kinetically unfavorable and thus need harsh conditions. Among various recently developed advanced materials synthesis and modification routes, the plasma-assisted (PA) method has received increasing attention because of its unique and different "species reactivity" nature, as well as its wider and adjustable operating conditions. In this Spotlight on Applications, we highlight some recent developments and describe our recent progress by applying PA systems in the synthesis and modification of AEMs, including direct processing, PA deposition, and plasma milling (P-milling). The mechanisms of how plasma works for specific reactions are reviewed and discussed.