Energy-Efficient and Highly Reliable Geographic Routing Based on Link Detection and Node Collaborative Scheduling in WSN.

Energy efficiency and data reliability are important indicators to measure network performance in wireless sensor networks. In existing research schemes of routing protocols, the impact of node coverage on the network is often ignored, and the possibility that multiple sensor nodes may sense the same spatial point is not taken into account, which results in a waste of network resources, especially in large-scale networks. Apart from that, the blindness of geographic routing in data transmission has been troubling researchers, which means that the nodes are unable to determine the validity of data transmission. In order to solve the above problems, this paper innovatively combines the routing protocol with the coverage control technique and proposes the node collaborative scheduling algorithm, which fully considers the correlation characteristics between sensor nodes to reduce the number of active working nodes and the number of packets generated, to further reduce energy consumption and network delay and improve packet delivery rate. In order to solve the problem of unreliability of geographic routing, a highly reliable link detection and repair scheme is proposed to check the communication link status and repair the invalid link, which can greatly improve the packet delivery rate and throughput of the network, and has good robustness. A large number of experiments demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority of our proposed scheme and algorithm.

In situ creation of ZnO@CdS nanoflowers on ITO electrodes for sensitive photoelectrochemical detection of copper ions in blood.

A highly selective and sensitive photoelectrochemical (PEC) detection method has been developed for the analysis of copper (Cu2+) ions using nanoflower-like ZnO@CdS heterojunctions, of which ZnO was first in situ grown onto the indium tin oxide electrodes by a hydrothermal method and then coated with CdS through the chemical bath deposition route. It was discovered that the ZnO@CdS heterojunction so formed could serve as a photosensitive catalyst with improved charge separation for visible-light-driven PEC responses. Enhanced visible-light harvesting of nanocomposites could also be expected with CdS as the visible-light sensitizer. Furthermore, the introduction of Cu2+ ions could cause a rational decrease in the photocurrents of nanocomposites through the specific interaction between CdS and Cu2+ ions. A ZnO@CdS heterojunction-based PEC sensor was thereby developed for the detection of Cu2+ ions in blood in the linear concentrations ranging from 0.50 to 80 nM, with a limit of detection of 0.18 nM. Such a heterojunction-based PEC detection platform constructed using two photocatalytic materials with matched band structures are promising for a wide range of applications for sensing Cu2+ ions in clinical diagnostics, food monitoring, and environmental analysis.

Correction: A capillary-based fluorimetric platform for the evaluation of glucose in blood using gold nanoclusters and glucose oxidase in the ZIF-8 matrix.

Correction for 'A capillary-based fluorimetric platform for the evaluation of glucose in blood using gold nanoclusters and glucose oxidase in the ZIF-8 matrix' by Luping Feng et al., Analyst, 2020, 145, 5273-5279, DOI: 10.1039/D0AN01090A.

A capillary-based fluorimetric platform for the evaluation of glucose in blood using gold nanoclusters and glucose oxidase in the ZIF-8 matrix.

A capillary-based fluorimetric analysis method was developed for probing glucose (Glu) in blood using Glu oxidase-anchored gold nanoclusters (GOD-AuNCs) and the ZIF-8 matrix. AuNCs were attached with GOD to be further encapsulated into the ZIF-8 matrix through the protein-mediated formation route. The resulting GOD-AuNCs@ZIF-8 nanocomposites could present the AuNC-improved catalysis of GOD and ZIF-8-improved environmental stability. The ZIF-8-enhanced fluorescence intensity of AuNCs could also be expected. Moreover, a capillary-based fluorometric platform was constructed for sensing Glu by coating the capillaries first with GOD-AuNCs and then the ZIF-8 matrix. Herein, Glu was introduced through the self-driven sampling to trigger the GOD-catalyzed production of hydrogen peroxide, which could induce the fluorescence quenching rationally depending on the Glu concentrations. The developed fluorimetric method could allow for the rapid and simple detection of Glu with the concentrations linearly ranging from 5.0 µM to 2.5 mM. Besides, the feasibility of practical applications was demonstrated by the evaluation of Glu in blood showing the recoveries of 96.2%-103.4%. Importantly, the proposed design of the capillary-based fluorimetric platform by the synergetic combination of catalysis-specific recognition and fluorescence signaling may open a new door toward extensive applications in the biological sensing, catalysis, and imaging fields.

Plasma-Assisted Controllable Doping of Nitrogen into MoS2 Nanosheets as Efficient Nanozymes with Enhanced Peroxidase-Like Catalysis Activity.

Heteroatom doping is one of the effective ways to improve the catalytic performances of nanozymes. In the present work, the plasma-assisted controllable doping of nitrogen (N) into MoS2 nanosheets has been initially proposed, resulting in efficient nanozymes. The so-obtained nanozymes were characterized separately by TEM, XRD, XPS, and FTIR. It was discovered that the resulting N-doped MoS2 nanosheets could present dramatically enhanced peroxidase-like catalytic activities depending on the plasma treatment time. Particularly, that with the 2-min treatment could display the highest catalytic activity, which is over 3-fold higher than that of pristine MoS2, that was also demonstrated by the kinetics studies. Herein, the N2 plasma treatment could facilitate the N elements to be doped covalently into MoS2 nanosheets to achieve the increased surface wettability and affinity of nanozymes for the improved access of the electrons and substrates of catalytic reactions. More importantly, the covalent doping of N elements into MoS2 nanosheets with a lower Fermi level, as evidenced by the DFT analysis, could facilitate the promoted electron transferring, resulting in the enhanced catalysis of N-doped MoS2 nanozymes, in addition to the high catalytic stability in water. Such a controllable plasma treatment strategy may open a new door toward the large-scale applications for doping heteroatoms into various nanozymes with improved catalysis performances.