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Photothermal therapy (PTT) based on aggregation-induced emission luminogen (AIEgen) is very promising for superficial tumor therapy due to the superior photostability and photothermal conversion efficiency of AIEgens. However, the systemic administration of AIEgen remains challenging, mainly because of solubility dissatisfaction and biodistribution. Here, a dissolving microneedle (MN) system loaded with AIEgen (NIR950) was developed for topical administration to treat malignant skin tumor melanoma. Firstly, NIR950-loaded polymeric micelles (NIR950@PMs) were prepared via a nanoprecipitation method to increase the drug solubility. Then, micelles were concentrated on needle tips of MN (NIR950@PMs@MN) by a two-step molding method. NIR950@PMs showed no distinct decline in emission intensity under continuous laser irradiation for an hour. Moreover, the pH-responsive micelles can be protonated in an acidic tumor microenvironment to facilitate the intracellular uptake. By virtue of dissolving MN, NIR950@PMs could rapidly accumulate at the tumor site and reach a suitable temperature for killing cancer cells under laser irradiation. With only single administration and one-time laser irradiation, the NIR950@PMs@MN could notably eliminate melanoma tumors with a low dose of NIR950. Overall, this dissolving MN system loaded with NIR950 showed remarkable photostability and also achieved a valid photothermal effect, which indicate great potential for clinical superficial tumor therapy.The μ-carbido complexes [Rh2(μ-C)Cl2(PPh3)4] and [Rh2(μ-C)Cl2(dppm)2] cleave CS2 to afford the monothiocarbonyl complexes [RhCl(CS)(PPh3)2] and [Rh2(μ-CS)Cl2(dppm)2]. The latter reacts with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (DMAD) to afford [Rh(μ-CS)(μ-DMAD)Cl2(dppm)2]. This complex is also formed from [Rh(μ-C)(μ-DMAD)Cl2(dppm)2] and sulfur. These strategies also afford the first rhodium selenocarbonyl complexes [Rh(μ-CSe)Cl2(dppm)2] and [Rh(μ-CSe)(μ-DMAD)Cl2(dppm)2].To ensure a correct interpretation of Proficiency Testing (PT) or External Quality Assessment (EQA) results, sample batches need to be homogeneous. The importance of homogeneity testing has been underlined by ISO 13528 and the IUPAC harmonized protocol for proficiency testing. They require that the batch heterogeneity should be smaller than 0.3σpt, with σpt the standard deviation for proficiency assessment according to ISO/IEC 170432010 and provide procedures for assessing the batch heterogeneity. In this study, a critical appraisal of these procedures is given. Firstly, an assessment is made of the influence of the criterion of 0.3σpt on laboratory evaluation. Secondly, the assessment procedure of the batch heterogeneity is evaluated, with an emphasis on the calculation and the evaluation of the measured batch standard deviation. It was found that the 0.3σpt criterion may be loosened without a detrimental effect on laboratory evaluation. In addition, it was shown that a flaw in the calculation procedure forces the batch standard deviation to be 0 with a probability of 21.4% for batch standard deviations of 0.3σpt and repeatability of 0.5σpt. The hypothesis test for accepting a batch exhibits a high probability of accepting the batch, even for batch standard deviations that are a multiple of 0.3σpt. To conclude, this study shows that the criteria for homogeneity check of PT items by ISO 13528 and the IUPAC protocol do not assure batch homogeneity. They may be a combination of a criterion that is too strict and a permissive assessment. Alternative assessment procedures should be followed.A dense zeolite layer with a thickness of approximately 500 nm was demonstrated by a confined-space strategy in a sandwiched mode of (SiO2)/(silicalite-1)/(SiO2). The gel-free secondary growth methodology bypasses the post-calcination step, avoiding excess energy consumption and possible film damage. Significantly enhanced pervaporation separation was observed with separation factors of 136 and 113, and fluxes of 2.3 and 2.2 kg m-2 h-1 for ethanol/n-butanol aqueous solutions, respectively. In addition, the membrane stability was confirmed by the 14 day pervaporation test.Aromaticity is one of the central concepts in chemistry and stabilizes many clusters that have interesting structural motifs. Herein, a cationic BBe6H6 cluster featuring a planar hexacoordinate boron structure stabilized by 2π/6σ double aromaticity was predicted theoretically. The cluster was predicted to be dynamically stable well above room temperature.A novel composite (AgNPs-MIPs) was prepared by combining nano-silver particles with an ofloxacin (OFL) imprinted thermo-sensitive hydrogel. The thermo-sensitive optical properties of the composite were studied and it was used as a Raman substrate for the detection of ofloxacin. The results have shown that the position and intensity of the plasmon resonance absorption peak of the AgNPs-MIPs can be reversibly changed with the change of temperature, and the intensity of the ofloxacin Raman signal increases with the increase of temperature. Because the hydrogel combined Raman enhancement of silver nanoparticles, the selectivity of molecularly imprinted materials and the intelligent response of thermo-sensitive hydrogels, it can realize rapid, in situ, trace and selective detection of ofloxacin. selleck compound Moreover, the detection limit can reach 10-10 mol L-1.A macrocellular nanocomposite scaffold of crosslinked poly(ε-caprolactone) was made by conducting a ring-opening polymerization of an emulsifier-free Pickering high internal phase emulsion (HIPE). The Pickering HIPE formulation, stabilized using hydrophobically modified silica nanoparticles (mSiNPs), showed extraordinary stability up to a temperature of polymerization as high as 120 °C. The nanocomposite scaffolds demonstrated high porosity and a liquid uptake capacity of up to ∼23 g g-1. The scaffolds decorated with mSiNPs were mechanically robust and showed high resiliency under cyclic compression tests.A highly luminescent non-palindromic [(C^C^N)Pd] pincer complex forms upon reacting pyridine-substituted 2,2'-diiodo-biphenyl with [Pd(PPh3)4]. This case study establishes for the first time that the title compound is formed via a double oxidative addition - comproportionation sequence. DFT and TDDFT calculations complement mechanistic and photophysical characterizations.