Inspired by the thermal stability mechanism of thermophilic protein,which presents ionic bonds that have better stability at higher temperatures,this paper proposes the introduction of electrostatic interactions by ad...Inspired by the thermal stability mechanism of thermophilic protein,which presents ionic bonds that have better stability at higher temperatures,this paper proposes the introduction of electrostatic interactions by adding carboxyl-modified silica(C-SiO2),PAA,and CaCl_(2) to achieve higher viscosity over 25℃.The rheological behavior of C-SiO_(2)-based shear thickening fluid(CS-STF)was investigated at a temperature range of 25–55℃.Unlike SiO_(2)-based STF,which exhibits single-step thickening and a negative correlation between viscosity and temperature.As the C-SiO_(2) content was 41%(w/w)and the mass ratio of PAA:CaCl_(2):C-SiO_(2) was 3:1:10,the CS-STF displayed a double-thickening behavior,and the peak viscosity reached 1330 Pa·s at 35℃.From the yarn pull-out test,the inter-yarn force was significantly increased with the increasing CS-STF content.Treating UHMWPE fabrics with CS-STF improved the impact resistance effectively.In the blunt impact test,the U-CS fabrics with high CS-STF content(121.45 wt%)experienced penetration failure under high impact energy(18 J)due to stress concentration caused by the shear thickening behavior.The knife stabbing test demonstrated that U-CS fabrics with appropriate content(88.38 wt%)have the best stabbing resistance in various impact energies.Overall,this study proposed a high-performence STF showing double-thickening and enhancing shear-thickening behavior at a wide temperature range,the composite fabrics with the performance of resisting both the blunt and stab impact had broad application prospects in the field of personal protection.展开更多
Improving the application of nanomaterials has always been a research hotspot in the field of energetic materials(EMs)due to their obvious catalytic effect on the EMs,especially the uniformly dispersed nanomaterials.H...Improving the application of nanomaterials has always been a research hotspot in the field of energetic materials(EMs)due to their obvious catalytic effect on the EMs,especially the uniformly dispersed nanomaterials.However,few studies have reported the dispersion of nanomaterials.In this study,the dispersity and mixing uniformity of nano-CuCr_(2)O_(4)was evaluated based on the difference of solid UV light absorption between the nano-catalytic materials and EMs.The nano-CuCr_(2)O_(4)/ultrafine AP composites with different dispersity of nano-CuCr_(2)O_(4)were prepared by manual grinding and mechanical grinding with different grinding strength and griding time.And then,the absorbance of different samples at 212 nm was obtained by solid UV testing due to the high repeatability of the absorbance at 210-214 nm for three parallel experiments,and the dispersity of different samples was calculated through the established difference equation.Furthermore,the samples were characterized by XRD,IR,SEM,EDS,DSC and TG-MS,which confirmed that different mixing methods did not change the structure of the samples(XRD and IR),and the mixing uniformity improved with the increase of grinding strength and grinding time(SEM and EDS).The scientificity and feasibility of the difference equation were further verified by DSC.The dispersity of nano-CuCr_(2)O_(4)exhibits a positive intrinsic relationship with its catalytic performance,and the uniformly dispersed nano-CuCr_(2)O_(4)significantly reduces the thermal decomposition temperature of ultrafine AP from 367.7 to 338.8℃.The TG-MS patterns show that the dispersed nano-CuCr_(2)O_(4)advanced the thermal decomposition process of ultrafine AP by about 700 s,especially in the high temperature decomposition stage,and the more concentrated energy release characteristic is beneficial to further enhance the energy performance of AP-based propellants.The above conclusions show that the evaluation method of dispersity based on solid UV curves could provide new ideas for the dispersity characterization of nano-catalytic materials in EMs,which is expected to be widely used in the field of EMs.展开更多
Oral squamous cell carcinoma(OSCC)is a malignant tumor triggered by the accumulation of multiple gene mutations in oral epithelial cells.Different OSCC-related biomarkers have been reported in circulation in the perip...Oral squamous cell carcinoma(OSCC)is a malignant tumor triggered by the accumulation of multiple gene mutations in oral epithelial cells.Different OSCC-related biomarkers have been reported in circulation in the peripheral blood that support the occurrence and development of OSCC.Recent advances in high-throughput and highly sensitive detection methods have overcome the limitation of the low concentration of most peripheral blood biomarkers.Hence,blood biomarker detection has become an efficient screening tool for the early diagnosis of OSCC.The growing data available in public cancer and gene databases have provided new foundations for OSCC research.In particular,the identification of OSCC biomarkers using bioinformatic tools has shed new light on the underlying mechanisms as well as on the genetic landscape of OSCC.More recently,mRNA targeting therapies have emerged as valuable anticancer treatment strategies,as they allow for the regulation of the expression of certain functional proteins to reverse genetic abnormalities or induce tissue repair.Thus,mRNA-targeting therapies can be used to regulate the expression of antigens,antibodies,or cellular receptors by immune cells.Particularly,anti-cancer cellular immunotherapy carrying specific mRNAs has attracted significant attention in OSCC treatment.Here,we review the present knowledge on the role of peripheral blood mRNAs in the diagnosis,treatment,development,and prognosis of OSCC.Moreover,we address future research prospects of mRNAs in the peripheral blood in OSCC and the opportunities and challenges that may arise in future clinical therapeutic applications.展开更多
This study develops an approach consisting of a stacking model integrated with a multi-objective optimisation algorithm aimed at predicting and optimising the ecological performance of buildings.The integrated model c...This study develops an approach consisting of a stacking model integrated with a multi-objective optimisation algorithm aimed at predicting and optimising the ecological performance of buildings.The integrated model consists of five base models and a meta-model,which significantly improves the prediction performance.Specifically,the R2 value was improved by 9.19% and the error metrics MAE,MSE,MAPE,and CVRMSE were reduced by 69.47%,79.88%,67.32%,and 57.02%,respectively,compared to the single prediction model.According to the research on interpretable machine learning,adding the SHAP value gives us a deeper understanding of the impact of each architectural design parameter on the performance.In the multi-objective optimisation part,we used the NSGA-Ⅲ algorithm to successfully improve the energy efficiency,daylight utilisation and thermal comfort of the building.Specifically,the optimal design solution reduces the energy use intensity by 31.6 kWh/m^(2),improves the useful daylight index by 39%,and modulated the thermal comfort index,resulting in a decrement of 0.69℃ for the summer season and an enhancement of 0.64℃ for the winter season,respectively.Overall,this study provides building designers and decision makers with a tool to make better design decisions at an early stage to achieve a better combination of energy efficiency,daylight utilisation and thermal comfort optimisation in an integrated manner,providing an important support for achieving sustainable building design.展开更多
Living systems,including human beings,animals,and plants,display the power to self-heal spontaneously after being damaged.The self-healing is usually selective,which means that the healing efficiency is related to the...Living systems,including human beings,animals,and plants,display the power to self-heal spontaneously after being damaged.The self-healing is usually selective,which means that the healing efficiency is related to the spatial distribution of dynamic interfacial interactions of the two rupturing surfaces.Current artificial systems use noncovalent interactions or dynamic covalent bonds to prepare self-healing materials.However,they can only show nonselective self-healing due to their homogeneous internal structures.Herein,we report the construction of a composite hydrogel Gel-C consisting of three different self-healing hydrogels(Gel-Y,Gel-G,and Gel-O)through the use of classic bilayer hydrogel technology.When the composite hydrogel was cut into two pieces,the relative orientation of the parts was rotated through different angles to study the differences in self-healing.Owing to the heterogeneous internal structure of the composite hydrogel and the recognition specificity of each included hydrogel,the interfacial dynamic interactions distribution of the two rupturing surfaces is diverse.The results of tensile tests demonstrated that these rotated samples exhibited different self-healing efficiencies.This system realized the transformation of artificial materials from nonselective self-healing to selective selfhealing,providing inspiration for the development of novel biological materials and engineering materials.展开更多
Electron-deficient N-heteroaromatic polymers are crucial for the high-tech applications of organicmaterials,especially in the electronic and optoelectronic fields.Thus,the development of new polymerizations to afford ...Electron-deficient N-heteroaromatic polymers are crucial for the high-tech applications of organicmaterials,especially in the electronic and optoelectronic fields.Thus,the development of new polymerizations to afford adaptable electron-donating-accepting scaffolds in N-heteroaromatic polymers is in high demand.Herein,we have developed metal-free multicomponent polymerizations of diynes,diamines,and glyoxylates successfully for in situ generation of poly(quinoline)s with high molecular weights(Mw up to 16,900)in nearly quantitative yields.By tuning the electron distributions of the polymer backbones,the resulting poly(quinoline)s showed various aggregation-induced behaviors and photoresponsive abilities:The thin films of the poly(quinoline)s could be fabricated readily intowell-resolved photopatterns by photolithography techniques.They could be utilized as fluorescent probes to visualize themorphologies of polymer materials directly;these include spherulites and microphase separation of polymer blends.Their nanoparticles demonstrated sensitive and highly selective fluorescence quenching to hexavalent chromium ion Cr(Ⅵ),thereby providing access for biological imaging of Cr(Ⅵ)in unicellular algae.展开更多
基金the Major Science and Technology Demonstration Projects in Jiangsu Province(Grant No.BE2022608).
文摘Inspired by the thermal stability mechanism of thermophilic protein,which presents ionic bonds that have better stability at higher temperatures,this paper proposes the introduction of electrostatic interactions by adding carboxyl-modified silica(C-SiO2),PAA,and CaCl_(2) to achieve higher viscosity over 25℃.The rheological behavior of C-SiO_(2)-based shear thickening fluid(CS-STF)was investigated at a temperature range of 25–55℃.Unlike SiO_(2)-based STF,which exhibits single-step thickening and a negative correlation between viscosity and temperature.As the C-SiO_(2) content was 41%(w/w)and the mass ratio of PAA:CaCl_(2):C-SiO_(2) was 3:1:10,the CS-STF displayed a double-thickening behavior,and the peak viscosity reached 1330 Pa·s at 35℃.From the yarn pull-out test,the inter-yarn force was significantly increased with the increasing CS-STF content.Treating UHMWPE fabrics with CS-STF improved the impact resistance effectively.In the blunt impact test,the U-CS fabrics with high CS-STF content(121.45 wt%)experienced penetration failure under high impact energy(18 J)due to stress concentration caused by the shear thickening behavior.The knife stabbing test demonstrated that U-CS fabrics with appropriate content(88.38 wt%)have the best stabbing resistance in various impact energies.Overall,this study proposed a high-performence STF showing double-thickening and enhancing shear-thickening behavior at a wide temperature range,the composite fabrics with the performance of resisting both the blunt and stab impact had broad application prospects in the field of personal protection.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Project Nos.21805139,21905023,12102194,22005144 and 22005145)the Joint Funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.U2141202)+2 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.BK20200471)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant Nos.30920041106,30921011203)Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST(Program,2021QNRC001).
文摘Improving the application of nanomaterials has always been a research hotspot in the field of energetic materials(EMs)due to their obvious catalytic effect on the EMs,especially the uniformly dispersed nanomaterials.However,few studies have reported the dispersion of nanomaterials.In this study,the dispersity and mixing uniformity of nano-CuCr_(2)O_(4)was evaluated based on the difference of solid UV light absorption between the nano-catalytic materials and EMs.The nano-CuCr_(2)O_(4)/ultrafine AP composites with different dispersity of nano-CuCr_(2)O_(4)were prepared by manual grinding and mechanical grinding with different grinding strength and griding time.And then,the absorbance of different samples at 212 nm was obtained by solid UV testing due to the high repeatability of the absorbance at 210-214 nm for three parallel experiments,and the dispersity of different samples was calculated through the established difference equation.Furthermore,the samples were characterized by XRD,IR,SEM,EDS,DSC and TG-MS,which confirmed that different mixing methods did not change the structure of the samples(XRD and IR),and the mixing uniformity improved with the increase of grinding strength and grinding time(SEM and EDS).The scientificity and feasibility of the difference equation were further verified by DSC.The dispersity of nano-CuCr_(2)O_(4)exhibits a positive intrinsic relationship with its catalytic performance,and the uniformly dispersed nano-CuCr_(2)O_(4)significantly reduces the thermal decomposition temperature of ultrafine AP from 367.7 to 338.8℃.The TG-MS patterns show that the dispersed nano-CuCr_(2)O_(4)advanced the thermal decomposition process of ultrafine AP by about 700 s,especially in the high temperature decomposition stage,and the more concentrated energy release characteristic is beneficial to further enhance the energy performance of AP-based propellants.The above conclusions show that the evaluation method of dispersity based on solid UV curves could provide new ideas for the dispersity characterization of nano-catalytic materials in EMs,which is expected to be widely used in the field of EMs.
基金funded by the Key Project of Basic Research of Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission(Grant Number JCYJ20200109140208058)the Guangdong Provincial High Level Clinical Key Specialty(Grant Number SZGSP008).
文摘Oral squamous cell carcinoma(OSCC)is a malignant tumor triggered by the accumulation of multiple gene mutations in oral epithelial cells.Different OSCC-related biomarkers have been reported in circulation in the peripheral blood that support the occurrence and development of OSCC.Recent advances in high-throughput and highly sensitive detection methods have overcome the limitation of the low concentration of most peripheral blood biomarkers.Hence,blood biomarker detection has become an efficient screening tool for the early diagnosis of OSCC.The growing data available in public cancer and gene databases have provided new foundations for OSCC research.In particular,the identification of OSCC biomarkers using bioinformatic tools has shed new light on the underlying mechanisms as well as on the genetic landscape of OSCC.More recently,mRNA targeting therapies have emerged as valuable anticancer treatment strategies,as they allow for the regulation of the expression of certain functional proteins to reverse genetic abnormalities or induce tissue repair.Thus,mRNA-targeting therapies can be used to regulate the expression of antigens,antibodies,or cellular receptors by immune cells.Particularly,anti-cancer cellular immunotherapy carrying specific mRNAs has attracted significant attention in OSCC treatment.Here,we review the present knowledge on the role of peripheral blood mRNAs in the diagnosis,treatment,development,and prognosis of OSCC.Moreover,we address future research prospects of mRNAs in the peripheral blood in OSCC and the opportunities and challenges that may arise in future clinical therapeutic applications.
基金funded by the Postgraduate Research&Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province(SJCX23-2117).
文摘This study develops an approach consisting of a stacking model integrated with a multi-objective optimisation algorithm aimed at predicting and optimising the ecological performance of buildings.The integrated model consists of five base models and a meta-model,which significantly improves the prediction performance.Specifically,the R2 value was improved by 9.19% and the error metrics MAE,MSE,MAPE,and CVRMSE were reduced by 69.47%,79.88%,67.32%,and 57.02%,respectively,compared to the single prediction model.According to the research on interpretable machine learning,adding the SHAP value gives us a deeper understanding of the impact of each architectural design parameter on the performance.In the multi-objective optimisation part,we used the NSGA-Ⅲ algorithm to successfully improve the energy efficiency,daylight utilisation and thermal comfort of the building.Specifically,the optimal design solution reduces the energy use intensity by 31.6 kWh/m^(2),improves the useful daylight index by 39%,and modulated the thermal comfort index,resulting in a decrement of 0.69℃ for the summer season and an enhancement of 0.64℃ for the winter season,respectively.Overall,this study provides building designers and decision makers with a tool to make better design decisions at an early stage to achieve a better combination of energy efficiency,daylight utilisation and thermal comfort optimisation in an integrated manner,providing an important support for achieving sustainable building design.
基金B.Z.T.acknowledges the financial support from the National Science Foundation of China(nos.21788102,21490570,and 21490574)the Research Grant Council of Hong Kong(nos.16305518,N-HKUST609/19,and C6009-17G)+3 种基金the Science and Technology Plan of Shenzhen(no.JCYJ20170818113602462)the Innovation and Technology Commission(no.ITC-CNERC149C01)X.J.acknowledges initial funding from Huazhong University of Science and Technology,where he is being supported by Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(grant no.2020kfyXJJS013)Z.L.acknowledges the financial support from Beijing Institute of Technology Research Fund Program for Young Scholars。
文摘Living systems,including human beings,animals,and plants,display the power to self-heal spontaneously after being damaged.The self-healing is usually selective,which means that the healing efficiency is related to the spatial distribution of dynamic interfacial interactions of the two rupturing surfaces.Current artificial systems use noncovalent interactions or dynamic covalent bonds to prepare self-healing materials.However,they can only show nonselective self-healing due to their homogeneous internal structures.Herein,we report the construction of a composite hydrogel Gel-C consisting of three different self-healing hydrogels(Gel-Y,Gel-G,and Gel-O)through the use of classic bilayer hydrogel technology.When the composite hydrogel was cut into two pieces,the relative orientation of the parts was rotated through different angles to study the differences in self-healing.Owing to the heterogeneous internal structure of the composite hydrogel and the recognition specificity of each included hydrogel,the interfacial dynamic interactions distribution of the two rupturing surfaces is diverse.The results of tensile tests demonstrated that these rotated samples exhibited different self-healing efficiencies.This system realized the transformation of artificial materials from nonselective self-healing to selective selfhealing,providing inspiration for the development of novel biological materials and engineering materials.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(nos.21788102,21490570,and 21490574)the Research Grant Council of Hong Kong(nos.16305618,16304819,N-HKUST609/19,C6009-17G,16102918,T21-604/19-R,and C6009-17G)+2 种基金the Innovation and Technology Commission(no.ITCCNERC14SC01)the Science and Technology Plan of Shenzhen(nos.JCYJ20160229205601482,JCYJ20170818113602462,JCYJ20180306180231853,and JCYJ 20180306174910791)the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(nos.2019B121205002 and 2019B030301003).
文摘Electron-deficient N-heteroaromatic polymers are crucial for the high-tech applications of organicmaterials,especially in the electronic and optoelectronic fields.Thus,the development of new polymerizations to afford adaptable electron-donating-accepting scaffolds in N-heteroaromatic polymers is in high demand.Herein,we have developed metal-free multicomponent polymerizations of diynes,diamines,and glyoxylates successfully for in situ generation of poly(quinoline)s with high molecular weights(Mw up to 16,900)in nearly quantitative yields.By tuning the electron distributions of the polymer backbones,the resulting poly(quinoline)s showed various aggregation-induced behaviors and photoresponsive abilities:The thin films of the poly(quinoline)s could be fabricated readily intowell-resolved photopatterns by photolithography techniques.They could be utilized as fluorescent probes to visualize themorphologies of polymer materials directly;these include spherulites and microphase separation of polymer blends.Their nanoparticles demonstrated sensitive and highly selective fluorescence quenching to hexavalent chromium ion Cr(Ⅵ),thereby providing access for biological imaging of Cr(Ⅵ)in unicellular algae.
