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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ; : e202405315, 2024 Apr 08.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38588049

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The surface and interface chemistry are critical for controlling the properties of two-dimensional transition metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes). Numerous efforts have been devoted to the functionalization of MXenes with small inorganic ligands; however, few etching methods have been reported on the direct bonding of organic groups to MXene surfaces. In this work, we demonstrated an efficient and rapid strategy for the direct synthesis of 2D Ti3C2Tx MXene nanosheets with organic terminal groups in an organic Lewis acid (trifluoromethanesulfonic acid) solvent, without introducing additional intercalations. The dissolution of aluminum and the subsequent in situ introduction of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid resulted in the extraction of Ti3C2Tx MXene (T=CF3SO3 -) (denoted as CF3SO3H-Ti3C2Tx) flakes with sizes reaching 15 µm and high productivity (over 70 %) of monolayers or few layers. More importantly, the large CF3SO3H-Ti3C2Tx MXene nanosheets had high colloidal stability, making them promising as efficient electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction.

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Dig Dis Sci ; 69(4): 1263-1273, 2024 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38451429

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BACKGROUND: A grim prognosis of pancreatic cancer (PCa) was attributed to the difficulty in early diagnosis of the disease. AIMS: Identifying novel biomarkers for early detection of PCa is thus urgent to improve the overall survival rates of patients. METHODS: The study was performed firstly by identification of candidate microRNAs (miRNAs) in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues using microarray profiles, and followed by validation in a serum-based cohort study to assess clinical utility of the candidates. In the cohorts, a total of 1273 participants from four centers were retrospectively recruited as two cohorts including training and validation cohort. The collected serum specimens were analyzed by real-time polymerase chain reaction. RESULTS: We identified 27 miRNAs expressed differentially in PCa tissues as compared to the benign. Of which, the top-four was selected as a panel whose diagnostic efficacy was fully assessed in the serum specimens. The panel exhibited superior to CA19-9, CA125, CEA and CA242 in discriminating patients with early stage PCa from healthy controls or non-PCa including chronic pancreatitis as well as pancreatic cystic neoplasms, with the area under the curves (AUC) of 0.971 (95% CI 0.956-0.987) and 0.924 (95% CI 0.899-0.949), respectively. Moreover, the panel eliminated interference from other digestive tumors with a specificity of 90.2%. CONCLUSIONS: A panel of four serum miRNAs was developed showing remarkably discriminative ability of early stage PCa from either healthy controls or other pancreatic diseases, suggesting it may be developed as a novel, noninvasive approach for early screening of PCa in clinic.


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MicroARNs , Neoplasias Pancreáticas , Humanos , MicroARNs/genética , Estudios Retrospectivos , Estudios de Cohortes , Biomarcadores de Tumor , Detección Precoz del Cáncer , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/patología
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Curr Oncol ; 31(3): 1311-1322, 2024 Mar 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38534932

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Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) refers to the malignancy of squamous cells in the head and neck region. Ranked as the seventh most common cancer worldwide, HNSCC has a very low survival rate, highlighting the importance of finding therapeutic targets for the disease. Integrins are cell surface receptors that play a crucial role in mediating cellular interactions with the extracellular matrix (ECM). Within this protein family, Integrin αV (ITGAV) has received attention for its important functional role in cancer progression. In this study, we first demonstrated the upregulation of ITGAV expression in HNSCC, with higher ITGAV expression levels correlating with significantly lower overall survival, based on TCGA (the Cancer Genome Atlas) and GEO datasets. Subsequent in vitro analyses revealed an overexpression of ITGAV in highly invasive HNSCC cell lines UM1 and UMSCC-5 in comparison to low invasive HNSCC cell lines UM2 and UMSCC-6. In addition, knockdown of ITGAV significantly inhibited the migration, invasion, viability, and colony formation of HNSCC cells. In addition, chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays indicated that SOX11 bound to the promoter of ITGAV gene, and SOX11 knockdown resulted in decreased ITGAV expression in HNSCC cells. In conclusion, our studies suggest that ITGAV promotes the progression of HNSCC cells and may be regulated by SOX11 in HNSCC cells.


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Carcinoma de Células Escamosas , Neoplasias de Cabeza y Cuello , Humanos , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas de Cabeza y Cuello , Integrina alfaV , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/patología , Línea Celular Tumoral
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Nat Commun ; 15(1): 1536, 2024 Feb 20.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38378620

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The development of highly efficient active integrated photonic circuits is crucial for advancing information and computing science. Lead halide perovskite semiconductors, with their exceptional optoelectronic properties, offer a promising platform for such devices. In this study, active micro multifunctional photonic devices were fabricated on monocrystalline CsPbBr3 perovskite thin films using a top-down etching technique with focused ion beams. The etched microwire exhibited a high-quality micro laser that could serve as a light source for integrated devices, facilitating angle-dependent effective propagation between coupled perovskite-microwire waveguides. Employing this strategy, multiple perovskite-based active integrated photonic devices were realized for the first time. These devices included a micro beam splitter that coherently separated lasing signals, an X-coupler performing transfer matrix functions with two distinguishable light sources, and a Mach-Zehnder interferometer manipulating the splitting and coalescence of coherent light beams. These results provide a proof-of-concept for active integrated functionalized photonic devices based on perovskite semiconductors, representing a promising avenue for practical applications in integrated optical chips.

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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 121(10): e2319136121, 2024 Mar 05.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38408257

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Single-atom catalysts (SACs) with maximized metal atom utilization and intriguing properties are of utmost importance for energy conversion and catalysis science. However, the lack of a straightforward and scalable synthesis strategy of SACs on diverse support materials remains the bottleneck for their large-scale industrial applications. Herein, we report a general approach to directly transform bulk metals into single atoms through the precise control of the electrodissolution-electrodeposition kinetics in ionic liquids and demonstrate the successful applicability of up to twenty different monometallic SACs and one multimetallic SAC with five distinct elements. As a case study, the atomically dispersed Pt was electrodeposited onto Ni3N/Ni-Co-graphene oxide heterostructures in varied scales (up to 5 cm × 5 cm) as bifunctional catalysts with the electronic metal-support interaction, which exhibits low overpotentials at 10 mA cm-2 for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER, 30 mV) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER, 263 mV) with a relatively low Pt loading (0.98 wt%). This work provides a simple and practical route for large-scale synthesis of various SACs with favorable catalytic properties on diversified supports using alternative ionic liquids and inspires the methodology on precise synthesis of multimetallic single-atom materials with tunable compositions.

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J Chem Phys ; 160(4)2024 Jan 28.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38270240

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Due to the limitation of inherent ultra-high electron concentration, the electrical properties of In2O3 resemble those of conductors rather than semiconductors prior to special treatment. In this study, the effect of various annealing treatments on the microstructure, optical properties, and oxygen vacancies of the films and transistors is systematically investigated. Our finding reveals a progressive crystallization trend in the films with increasing annealing temperature. In addition, a higher annealing temperature is also associated with the reduction in the concentration of oxygen vacancies, as well as an elevation in both optical transmittance and optical bandgap. Furthermore, with the implementation of annealing process, the devices gradually transform from no pronounced gate control to exhibit with excellent gate control and electrical performances. The atomic layer deposited Hf-doped In2O3 thin film transistor annealed at 250 °C exhibits optimal electrical properties, with a field-effect mobility of 18.65 cm2 V-1 s-1, a subthreshold swing of 0.18 V/dec, and an Ion/Ioff ratio of 2.76 × 106. The results indicate that the impact of varying annealing temperatures can be attributed to the modulation of oxygen vacancies within the films. This work serves as a complementary study for the existing post-treatment of oxide films and provides a reliable reference for utilization of the annealing process in practical applications.

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Int J Surg Case Rep ; 115: 109123, 2024 Feb.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38271866

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INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: The elbow is one of the most mobile joints, and its movement is very important. Bony ankylosed elbow is an uncommon condition leading to complete loss of activity of elbow, and then lead to severe disability and limitation in activities of daily living. CASE PRESENTATION: A 63-year-old woman sustained comminuted fracture of left distal humerus. She underwent open reduction and internal fixation by plates. After the plates were removed in 2016,stiffness developed.The elbow was stable but fixed at 90°ï¼Œthere was no vascular injury or deficit in sensory and motor function of the ulnar nerve. She hopes to eliminate pain and restore normal mobility compatible with ADL. CLINICAL DISCUSSION: Complete bony ankylosis of the elbow joint may be caused by trauma, rheumatic disease, burns, congenital stiffness and other conditions. Even with the compensation of shoulder and wrist, it will still have a great impact on upper limb function. Whether to treat mainly depends on whether the patient has the require to improve the functionality and return to daily activities. Treatment methods are very limited, including interposition arthroplasty and TEA. Defect of soft tissue appeared was seen in our case, Hernia Patch was innovatively applied to reconstruct the defect of soft tissue and maintain continuity of elbow extension mechanism. CONCLUSION: Patients with post-traumatic elbow joint ankylosis were suffered from severe bony abnormalities, but also soft tissue contracture or defects due to multiple operations and trauma. We present a case of complete bony ankylosed elbow treated with total elbow arthroplasty and Hernia Patch.

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NPJ Digit Med ; 6(1): 231, 2023 Dec 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38097771

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The monitoring of physiological parameters is a crucial topic in promoting human health and an indispensable approach for assessing physiological status and diagnosing diseases. Particularly, it holds significant value for patients who require long-term monitoring or with underlying cardiovascular disease. To this end, Visual Contactless Physiological Monitoring (VCPM) is capable of using videos recorded by a consumer camera to monitor blood volume pulse (BVP) signal, heart rate (HR), respiratory rate (RR), oxygen saturation (SpO2) and blood pressure (BP). Recently, deep learning-based pipelines have attracted numerous scholars and achieved unprecedented development. Although VCPM is still an emerging digital medical technology and presents many challenges and opportunities, it has the potential to revolutionize clinical medicine, digital health, telemedicine as well as other areas. The VCPM technology presents a viable solution that can be integrated into these systems for measuring vital parameters during video consultation, owing to its merits of contactless measurement, cost-effectiveness, user-friendly passive monitoring and the sole requirement of an off-the-shelf camera. In fact, the studies of VCPM technologies have been rocketing recently, particularly AI-based approaches, but few are employed in clinical settings. Here we provide a comprehensive overview of the applications, challenges, and prospects of VCPM from the perspective of clinical settings and AI technologies for the first time. The thorough exploration and analysis of clinical scenarios will provide profound guidance for the research and development of VCPM technologies in clinical settings.

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ACS Omega ; 8(44): 41232-41242, 2023 Nov 07.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37970053

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Rapid formation of the CO2 hydrate can be significantly induced by the gaseous thermodynamic promoter 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane(R134a) due to the mild phase equilibrium conditions, although the formation mechanism and dynamic behavior are not clear. Therefore, a visual experimental system was developed to study the effects of different concentrations of R134a on the induction time, gas consumption, and growth morphology of the CO2 hydrate. At the same time, the combined effects under stirring and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) systems were also studied. In addition, visualization and experimental model diagrams were combined to explain the fast formation mechanism of the R134a/CO2 hydrate. The results show that the CO2 hydrate average conversion rate was increased by more than 63% with the addition of mixed trace R134a(7%). A special phenomenon is found that two temperature peaks appear on the hydrate formation temperature curve, corresponding to two different stages of hydrate formation when stirring or SDS is added to the mixed gas reaction system. Furthermore, the gas consumption in stirring and SDS systems increases by 9 and 44%, respectively. Finally, it is also found that the R134a/CO2 mixed hydrate formed under the action of SDS has a "capillary" mechanism, which provides a gas-liquid phase exchange channel and a large number of nucleation sites for CO2 hydrate, thus promoting the formation of CO2 hydrate. This paper provides a novel, simple, and efficient method for CO2 hydrate gas storage technology.

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J Chem Phys ; 159(17)2023 Nov 07.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37916595

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The relocation of peripheral transistors from the front-end-of-line (FEOL) to the back-end-of-line (BEOL) in fabrication processes is of significant interest, as it allows for the introduction of novel functionality in the BEOL while providing additional die area in the FEOL. Oxide semiconductor-based transistors serve as attractive candidates for BEOL. Within these categories, In2O3 material is particularly notable; nonetheless, the excessive intrinsic carrier concentration poses a limitation on its broader applicability. Herein, the deposition of Hf-doped In2O3 (IHO) films via atomic layer deposition for the first time demonstrates an effective method for tuning the intrinsic carrier concentration, where the doping concentration plays a critical role in determine the properties of IHO films and all-oxide structure transistors with Au-free process. The all-oxide transistors with In2O3: HfO2 ratio of 10:1 exhibited optimal electrical properties, including high on-current with 249 µA, field-effect mobility of 13.4 cm2 V-1 s-1, and on/off ratio exceeding 106, and also achieved excellent stability under long time positive bias stress and negative bias stress. These findings suggest that this study not only introduces a straightforward and efficient approach to improve the properties of In2O3 material and transistors, but as well paves the way for development of all-oxide transistors and their integration into BEOL technology.

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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ; 62(43): e202311336, 2023 Oct 23.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37670537

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Rational design and engineering of high-performance molecular sieve membranes towards C2 H4 /C2 H6 and flue gas separations remain a grand challenge to date. In this study, through combining pore micro-environment engineering with meso-structure manipulation, highly c-oriented sub-100 nm-thick Cu@NH2 -MIL-125 membrane was successfully prepared. Coordinatively unsaturated Cu ions immobilized in the NH2 -MIL-125 framework enabled high-affinity π-complexation interactions with C2 H4 , resulting in an C2 H4 /C2 H6 selectivity approaching 13.6, which was 9.4 times higher than that of pristine NH2 -MIL-125 membrane; moreover, benefiting from π-complexation interactions between CO2 and Cu(I) sites, our membrane displayed superior CO2 /N2 selectivity of 43.2 with CO2 permeance of 696 GPU, which far surpassed the benchmark of other pure MOF membranes. The above multi-scale structure optimization strategy is anticipated to present opportunities for significantly enhancing the separation performance of diverse molecular sieve membranes.

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J Pharm Biomed Anal ; 235: 115608, 2023 Oct 25.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37527609

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Cerebrovascular stenosis (CVS) is the main cause of ischemic stroke, which greatly threatens human life. Hence, it's important to perform early screenings for CVS. Metabolomics is an emerging omics approach that has great advantages in disease screening and diagnosis. Therefore, we aim to elucidate the correlation between CVS and metabolomics, which can aid in conducting CVS screening at an early stage. Patients with CVS in Beijing Hospital were included in the study. A total of 36 participants, including 18 patients diagnosed with CVS and 18 healthy individuals, were recruited at Beijing Hospital between May 2022 and October 2021. The serum samples were analyzed for liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Then, multivariate statistical methods, including principal component analysis (PCA), partial least squares-discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) and orthogonal partial least squares-discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA) were performed. Differential metabolites were obtained and demonstrated by volcano plot and heatmap. The study recruited 36 participants, including 18 patients with CVS and 18 healthy participants. A total of 150 metabolites were identified. Multivariate statistical analysis revealed significant differences between patients and healthy participants. Furthermore, 30 serum metabolites levels differed significantly between two groups. Differential metabolites were enriched in phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan biosynthesis; primary bile acid biosynthesis, and other pathways. This study identified differential metabolites in patients with CVS and elucidated the relevant metabolic pathways. Thus, these findings aid in the study of the pathogenesis of CVS and its early diagnosis. DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT: The datasets generated for this study are available on request to the corresponding author.


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Metabolómica , Espectrometría de Masas en Tándem , Humanos , Cromatografía Liquida , Constricción Patológica , Metabolómica/métodos , Metaboloma , Biomarcadores
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Methods Mol Biol ; 2689: 169-177, 2023.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37430054

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Droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) is a new quantitative PCR method based on water-oil emulsion droplet technology. ddPCR enables highly sensitive and accurate quantification of nucleic acid molecules, especially when their copy numbers are low. In ddPCR, a sample is fractionated into ~20,000 droplets, and every nanoliter-sized droplet undergoes PCR amplification of the target molecule. The fluorescence signals of droplets are then recorded by an automated droplet reader. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are single-stranded, covalently closed RNA molecules that are ubiquitously expressed in animals and plants. CircRNAs are promising as biomarkers for cancer diagnosis and prognosis and as therapeutic targets or agents to inhibit oncogenic microRNAs or proteins (Kristensen LS, Jakobsen T, Hager H, Kjems J, Nat Rev Clin Oncol 19:188-206, 2022). In this chapter, the procedures for the quantitation of a circRNA in single pancreatic cancer cells using ddPCR are described.


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Biomarcadores de Tumor , Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa , ARN Circular , Análisis de la Célula Individual , Análisis de la Célula Individual/instrumentación , Análisis de la Célula Individual/métodos , ARN Circular/análisis , ARN Circular/genética , Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa/instrumentación , Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa/métodos , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/patología , Línea Celular Tumoral , Biomarcadores de Tumor/análisis , Humanos
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Cell Death Differ ; 30(7): 1786-1798, 2023 07.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37286744

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The mitochondrial transmembrane (TMEM) protein family has several essential physiological functions. However, its roles in cardiomyocyte proliferation and cardiac regeneration remain unclear. Here, we detected that TMEM11 inhibits cardiomyocyte proliferation and cardiac regeneration in vitro. TMEM11 deletion enhanced cardiomyocyte proliferation and restored heart function after myocardial injury. In contrast, TMEM11-overexpression inhibited neonatal cardiomyocyte proliferation and regeneration in mouse hearts. TMEM11 directly interacted with METTL1 and enhanced m7G methylation of Atf5 mRNA, thereby increasing ATF5 expression. A TMEM11-dependent increase in ATF5 promoted the transcription of Inca1, an inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinase interacting with cyclin A1, which suppressed cardiomyocyte proliferation. Hence, our findings revealed that TMEM11-mediated m7G methylation is involved in the regulation of cardiomyocyte proliferation, and targeting the TMEM11-METTL1-ATF5-INCA1 axis may serve as a novel therapeutic strategy for promoting cardiac repair and regeneration.


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Miocitos Cardíacos , Procesamiento Proteico-Postraduccional , Animales , Ratones , Proliferación Celular/genética , Metilación , Miocitos Cardíacos/metabolismo , ARN Mensajero/genética , ARN Mensajero/metabolismo
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Adv Sci (Weinh) ; 10(24): e2301694, 2023 08.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37310410

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Nanozymes, featuring intrinsic biocatalytic effects and broad-spectrum antimicrobial properties, are emerging as a novel antibiotic class. However, prevailing bactericidal nanozymes face a challenging dilemma between biofilm penetration and bacterial capture capacity, significantly impeding their antibacterial efficacy. Here, this work introduces a photomodulable bactericidal nanozyme (ICG@hMnOx ), composed of a hollow virus-spiky MnOx nanozyme integrated with indocyanine green, for dually enhanced biofilm penetration and bacterial capture for photothermal-boosted catalytic therapy of bacterial infections. ICG@hMnOx demonstrates an exceptional capability to deeply penetrate biofilms, owing to its pronounced photothermal effect that disrupts the compact structure of biofilms. Simultaneously, the virus-spiky surface significantly enhances the bacterial capture capacity of ICG@hMnOx . This surface acts as a membrane-anchored generator of reactive oxygen species and a glutathione scavenger, facilitating localized photothermal-boosted catalytic bacterial disinfection. Effective treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-associated biofilm infections is achieved using ICG@hMnOx , offering an appealing strategy to overcome the longstanding trade-off between biofilm penetration and bacterial capture capacity in antibacterial nanozymes. This work presents a significant advancement in the development of nanozyme-based therapies for combating biofilm-related bacterial infections.


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Bacteriófagos , Biopelículas , Staphylococcus aureus Resistente a Meticilina , Nanopartículas , Infecciones Estafilocócicas , Staphylococcus aureus Resistente a Meticilina/efectos de los fármacos , Humanos , Biopelículas/efectos de los fármacos , Infecciones Estafilocócicas/tratamiento farmacológico , Bacteriófagos/enzimología , Nanopartículas/química , Rayos Láser
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Nanoscale ; 15(21): 9432-9439, 2023 Jun 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37158269

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Wide band gap (WBG) alkaline-earth stannate transparent oxide semiconductors (TOSs) have attracted increasing attention in recent years for their high carrier mobility and outstanding optoelectronic properties, and have been applied widely in various devices, such as flat-panel displays. Most alkaline-earth stannates are grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE); there are some intractable issues with the tin source including the volatility with SnO and Sn sources and the decomposition of the SnO2 source. In contrast, atomic layer deposition (ALD) serves as an ideal technique for the growth of complex stannate perovskites with precise stoichiometry control and tunable thickness at the atomic scale. Herein, we report the La-SrSnO3/BaTiO3 perovskite heterostructure heterogeneously integrated on Si (001), which uses ALD-grown La-doped SrSnO3 (LSSO) as a channel material and MBE-grown BaTiO3 (BTO) as a dielectric material. The reflective high-energy electron diffraction and X-ray diffraction results indicate the crystallinity of each epitaxial layer with a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 0.62°. In situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy results confirm that there was no Sn0 state in ALD-deposited LSSO. Besides, we report a strategy for the post-treatment of LSSO/BTO perovskite heterostructures by controlling the oxygen annealing temperature and time, with a maximum oxide capacitance Cox of 0.31 µF cm-2 and a minimum low-frequency dispersion for the devices with 7 h oxygen annealing at 400 °C. The enhancement of capacitance properties is primarily attributed to a decrease of oxygen vacancies in the films and interface defects in the heterostructure interfaces during an additional ex situ excess oxygen annealing. This work expands current optimization methods for reducing defects in epitaxial LSSO/BTO perovskite heterostructures and shows that excess oxygen annealing is a powerful tool for enhancing the capacitance properties of LSSO/BTO heterostructures.

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ACS Appl Mater Interfaces ; 15(20): 24606-24613, 2023 May 24.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37184060

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We report the large-scale transfer process for monocrystalline CsPbBr3 thin films prepared by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) with excellent optical properties and stability. The transfer process is robust, simple, and effective, in which CsPbBr3 thin films could be transferred to several substrates and effectively avoid chemical or physical fabrication processes to damage the perovskite surface. Moreover, the transfer process endows CsPbBr3 and substrates with atomically clean and electronically flat interfaces. We utilize this transfer process to realize several optoelectronic devices, including a photonic laser with a threshold of 61 µJ/cm2, a photodetector with a responsivity of 2.4 A/W, and a transistor with a hole mobility of 11.47 cm2 V-1 s-1. High device performances mainly originate from low defects of high-quality single-crystal perovskite and seamless contact between CsPbBr3 and target substrates. The large-scale nondestructive transfer process provides promising opportunities for optoelectronic applications based on monocrystalline perovskites.

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RSC Adv ; 13(22): 14841-14848, 2023 May 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37197184

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Tungsten disulfide (WS2) is promising for potential applications in transistors and gas sensors due to its high mobility and high adsorption of gas molecules onto edge sites. This work comprehensively studied the deposition temperature, growth mechanism, annealing conditions, and Nb doping of WS2 to prepare high-quality wafer-scale N- and P-type WS2 films by atomic layer deposition (ALD). It shows that the deposition and annealing temperature greatly influence the electronic properties and crystallinity of WS2, and insufficient annealing will seriously reduce the switch ratio and on-state current of the field effect transistors (FETs). Besides, the morphologies and carrier types of WS2 films can be controlled by adjusting the processes of ALD. The obtained WS2 films and the films with vertical structures were used to fabricate FETs and gas sensors, respectively. Among them, the Ion/Ioff ratio of N- and P-type WS2 FETs is 105 and 102, respectively, and the response of N- and P-type gas sensors is 14% and 42% under 50 ppm NH3 at room temperature, respectively. We have successfully demonstrated a controllable ALD process to modify the morphology and doping behavior of WS2 films with various device functionalities based on acquisitive characteristics.

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Research (Wash D C) ; 6: 0142, 2023.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37214200

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Sustainable and low-carbon-emission silicon production is currently one of the main focuses for the metallurgical and materials science communities. Electrochemistry, considered a promising strategy, has been explored to produce silicon due to prominent advantages: (a) high electricity utilization efficiency; (b) low-cost silica as a raw material; and (c) tunable morphologies and structures, including films, nanowires, and nanotubes. This review begins with a summary of early research on the extraction of silicon by electrochemistry. Emphasis has been placed on the electro-deoxidation and dissolution-electrodeposition of silica in chloride molten salts since the 21st century, including the basic reaction mechanisms, the fabrication of photoactive Si films for solar cells, the design and production of nano-Si and various silicon components for energy conversion, as well as storage applications. Besides, the feasibility of silicon electrodeposition in room-temperature ionic liquids and its unique opportunities are evaluated. On this basis, the challenges and future research directions for silicon electrochemical production strategies are proposed and discussed, which are essential to achieve large-scale sustainable production of silicon by electrochemistry.

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J Control Release ; 357: 20-30, 2023 05.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36940774

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Ferroptosis has recently become an attractive strategy to combat the chemoresistance of cancer cells, but the intracellular ferroptosis defense system greatly challenges the efficient ferroptosis induction. Herein, we report a ferrous metal-organic framework-based nanoagent (FMN) that inhibits the intracellular upstream glutathione synthesis and induces self-amplified ferroptosis of cancer cells, for reversing chemoresistance and boosting chemotherapy. The FMN is loaded with SLC7A11 siRNA (siSLC7A11) and chemotherapeutic doxorubicin (DOX), which shows enhanced tumor cell uptake and retention, thus ensuring the effective DOX delivery and tumor intracellular iron accumulation. Importantly, the FMN simultaneously catalyzes the iron-dependent Fenton reaction and triggers the siSLC7A11-mediated suppression of upstream glutathione synthesis for intracellularly self-amplified ferroptosis, which further inhibits P-glycoprotein activity for DOX retention, and regulates the expression of Bcl-2/Bax to reverse the apoptotic resistance state of tumor cells. The FMN-mediated ferroptosis is also demonstrated in ex vivo patient-derived tumor fragment platform. Consequently, FMN successfully reverses cancer chemoresistance and achieves a highly efficient in vivo therapeutic efficacy in MCF7/ADR tumor-bearing mice. Our study provides a self-amplified ferroptosis strategy via inhibiting intracellular upstream glutathione synthesis, which is effective to reverse cancer chemoresistance.


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Ferroptosis , Neoplasias , Animales , Ratones , Resistencia a Antineoplásicos , Doxorrubicina/farmacología , Doxorrubicina/uso terapéutico , Hierro , ARN Interferente Pequeño , Glutatión , Línea Celular Tumoral
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