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Wilson's disease (WD) is a rare inherited disorder of copper metabolism with pathological copper hyperaccumulation in some vital organs. However, the clinical diagnosis technique of WD is complicated, aggressive, and time-consuming. In this work, a novel ratiometric photoacoustic (PA) imaging nanoprobe in the NIR-II window is developed to achieve noninvasive, rapid, and accurate Cu2+ quantitative detection in vitro and in vivo. The nanoprobe consists of Cu2+ -responsive IR970 dye and a nonresponsive palladium-coated gold nanorod (AuNR-Pd), achieving a concentration-dependent ratiometric PA970 /PA1260 signal change. The urinary Cu2+ content is detectable within minutes down to a detection limit of 76 × 10-9 m. This report acquisition time is several orders of magnitude shorter than those of existing detection approaches requiring complex procedure. Moreover, utilizing the ratiometric PA nanoprobe, PA imaging enables biopsy-free measurement of the liver Cu2+ content and visualization of the liver Cu2+ biodistribution of WD patient, which avoid the body injury during the clinical Cu2+ test using liver biopsy method. The NIR-II ratiometric PA detection method is simple and noninvasive with super precision, celerity, and simplification, which holds great promise as an alternative to liver biopsy for clinical diagnosis of WD.Ozoroa obovata (Oliv.) R. & A. Fern. var. obovata found in KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa was investigated for phytochemical constituents, and for antiplasmodial and cytotoxic effects. The plant leaves were collected from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) arboretum on the Pietermaritzburg Campus, in March 2019. The inhibitory activity against 3D7 Plasmodium falciparum was determined using the parasite lactate dehydrogenase (pLDH) assay and cytotoxicity against HeLa cells was evaluated using the resazurin assay. The bioactive compounds were isolated by chromatographic purification and their structures were established with spectroscopic and spectrometric techniques. The plant leaf extract displayed significant antiplasmodial activity at 50 μg/mL and was also cytotoxic against HeLa cells. Chromatographic purification of the extract led to the isolation of two biflavonoids, four flavonoid glycosides, a steroid glycoside, and a megastigmene derivative. The compounds displayed antiplasmodial and antiproliferative activities at 50 μg/mL but the activity was substantially reduced at 10 μg/mL. The activities and compounds are being reported in O. obovata for the first time.Biomacromolecules are likely to undergo self-assembly and show specific collective behavior concentrated in the medium. Although the assembly procedures have been studied for unraveling their mysteries, there are few cases to directly demonstrate the collective behavior and phase transition process in dynamic systems. In the contribution, the drying process of M13 droplet is investigated, and can be successfully simulated by a doctor blade coating method. The morphologies in the deposited film are measured by atomic force microscopy and the liquid crystal phase development is captured in real time using polarized optical microscope. Collective behaviors near the contact line are characterized by the shape of meniscus curve and particle movement velocity. With considering rheological properties and flow, the resultant chiral film is used to align gold nanorods, and this approach can suggest a way to use M13 bacteriophage as a scaffold for the multi-functional chiral structures.Directly converting and storing abundant solar energy in next-generation energy storage devices is of central importance to build a sustainable society. Herein, a new prototype of a light-promoted rechargeable and flexible Li-CO2 battery with a TiO2 /carbon cloth (CC) cathode is reported for the direct utilization of solar energy to promote the kinetics of the carbon dioxide reduction reaction and carbon dioxide evolution reaction (CO2 ER). Under illumination, photoelectrons are generated in the conduction band of TiO2 /CC, followed by the enhancing diffusion of electrons and lithium ions during the discharge process. The photoelectrons on the cathode surface can regulate the morphology of the discharge product Li2 CO3 , contributing to boosting the kinetics of the subsequent CO2 ER process. In the reverse charge process, photogenerated holes can favor the decomposition of Li2 CO3 , leading to a negative charge potential of 2.88 V without increased polarization over ≈60 h of cycling. Owing to an ultralow overpotential of 0.06 V between the discharge and charge process, an ultrahigh energy efficiency of 97.9% is attained under illumination. The introduction of a light-promoted flexible Li-CO2 battery can pave the way toward developing the use of solar energy to address the charging overpotential of conventional Li-CO2 batteries.Amplifying the chemotherapy-driven immunogenic cell death (ICD) for efficient and safe cancer chemoimmunotherapy remains a challenge. Here, a potential ICD nanoamplifier containing diselenide-bridged mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles (MONs) and chemotherapeutic ruthenium compound (KP1339) to achieve cancer chemoimmunotherapy is tailored. KP1339-loaded MONs show controlled drug release profiles via glutathione (GSH)-responsive competitive coordination and matrix degradation. High concentration of MONs selectively evoked reactive oxygen species production, GSH depletion, and endoplasmic reticulum stress in cancer cells, thus amplifying the ICD of KP1339 and boosting robust antitumor immunological responses. After the combination of PD-L1 checkpoint blockade, cancer cell membrane-cloaked KP1339-loaded MONs not only regress primary tumor growth with low systemic toxicity, but also inhibit distant tumor growth and pulmonary metastasis of breast cancer. Navitoclax The results have shown the potential of coordination and redox dual-responsive MONs boosting amplified ICD for cancer chemoimmunotherapy.The design and fabrication of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are of paramount significance for water-splitting process. However, the limited active sites and restricted conductivity prevent their further application. Herein, a polarization boosted strategy is put forward for the modification of TMDs to promote the absorption of the intermediates, leading to the improved catalytic performance. By the forced assembly of TMDs (WS2 as the example) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) via spray-drying method, such frameworks can remarkably achieve low overpotentials and superior durability in alkaline media, which is superior to most of the TMDs-based catalysts. The two-electrode cell for water-splitting also exhibits perfect activity and stability. The enhanced catalytic performance of WS2 /CNTs composite is mainly owing to the strong polarized coupling between CNTs and WS2 nanosheets, which significantly promotes the charge redistribution on the interface of CNTs and WS2 . Density functional theory (DFT) calculations show that the CNTs enrich the electron content of WS2 , which favors electron transportation and accelerates the catalysis.