Tellurene: An elemental 2D monolayer material beyond its bulk phases without van der Waals layered structures

Due to the quantum confinement effect, atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) monolayer materials possess distinct characteristics from their corresponding bulk materials, which have received wide attention from science and industry. Among all the 2D materials, elemental 2D materials with the simplest components are most striking. As an emerging group-VIA elemental 2D monolayer material, tellurene exhibits many exciting fundamental properties, such as chemical and mechanical stabilities, bandgap and high carrier mobilities compared to phosphorene, graphene and MoS₂, respectively. Besides, in further exploration, it was found that tellurene or tellurene-based device presents excellent thermoelectric properties, piezoelectric properties, quantum Hall effects, and superb optical properties especially nonlinear optics characteristics, etc. The properties of tellurene can be modulated by virtue of strain, defects, edges, and heterojunction effects. In view of so many unique properties, it has drawn significant interest since tellurene was predicted and fabricated successfully in 2017. In this paper, we review the 2D tellurene allotropes, experimental preparation, excellent properties, performance modulation and future development.     

An Alternative Technique for the Extraction of Valuable Elements from Fly Ash: the Carbochlorination Method

Russian Journal of Non-Ferrous Metals - The extraction of valuable elements from high-alumina fly ash was carried out using two methods, the carbochlorination method and the carbothermic method....     

Factors Associated with White Fat Browning: New Regulators of Lipid Metabolism

Mammalian adipose tissue can be divided into white and brown adipose tissue based on its colour, location, and cellular structure. Certain conditions, such as sympathetic nerve excitement, can induce the white adipose adipocytes into a new type of adipocytes, known as beige adipocytes. The process, leading to the conversion of white adipocytes into beige adipocytes, is called white fat browning. The dynamic balance between white and beige adipocytes is closely related to the body’s metabolic homeostasis. Studying the signal transduction pathways of the white fat browning might provide novel ideas for the treatment of obesity and alleviation of obesity-related glucose and lipid metabolism disorders. This article aimed to provide an overview of recent advances in understanding white fat browning and the role of BAT in lipid metabolism.     

The Combination of Conventional QTL Analysis,Bulked-Segregant Analysis,and RNA-Sequencing Provide New Genetic Insights into Maize Mesocotyl Elongation under Multiple Deep-Seeding Environments

Mesocotyl length (MES) is an important trait that affects the emergence of maize seedlings after deep-seeding and is closely associated with abiotic stress. The elucidation of constitutive-QTLs (cQTLs) and candidate genes for MES and tightly molecular markers are thus of great importance in marker-assisted selection (MAS) breeding. Therefore, the objective of this study was to perform detailed genetic analysis of maize MES across 346 F_2:3 families, 30/30 extreme bulks of an F₂ population, and two parents by conventional QTL analysis, bulked-segregation analysis (BSA), and RNA-sequencing when maize was sown at the depths of 3, 15, and 20 cm, respectively. QTL analysis identified four major QTLs in Bin 1.09, Bin 3.04, Bin 4.06–4.07, and Bin 6.01 under two or more environments, which explained 2.89–13.97% of the phenotypic variance within a single environment. BSA results revealed the presence of seven significantly linked SNP/InDel regions on chromosomes 1 and 4, and six SNP/InDel regions and the major QTL of qMES4-1 overlapped and formed a cQTL, cQMES4, within the 160.98–176.22 Mb region. In total, 18,001 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified across two parents by RNA-sequencing, and 24 of these genes were conserved core DEGs. Finally, we validated 15 candidate genes in cQMES4 to involve in cell wall structure, lignin biosyntheis, phytohormones (auxin, abscisic acid, brassinosteroid) signal transduction, circadian clock, and plant organ formation and development. Our findings provide a basis for MAS breeding and enhance our understanding of the deep-seeding tolerance of maize.     

新水土保持法主要制度解读

2011年3月1日起施行的《中华人民共和国水土保持法》确立和强化了水土保持目标责任制和考核奖惩制度等20多项制度。这些制度的建立和完善,保证了新时期水土保持事业的健康、有序、持续发展,并成为今后水土保持改革和发展的强劲动力。本刊专题约请水利部水土保持司副司长牛崇桓对主要制度进行深入解读。     

昆明市某商业综合体地下空间疏散对策研究

大型商业综合体具有面积大、跨度大的特点,给防火工作带来了诸多困难,其火灾特点也具有复杂性与特殊性,主要表现在建筑空间大、内部纵横交错、火灾荷载大;同时人员密集、疏散难度大,极易造成群死群伤事故。因此,大型商业综合体的地下空间防火意义重大。文章以昆明市某商业中心为例,通过对地下空间的分析研究,针对其火灾危险性提出相应的措施,为大型商业综合体地下空间的防火措施及疏散对策提供参考。     

快速高准确度的闪烁探测技术

闪烁探测器具有探测效率高和适于多种条件下应用等优点。但在高计数率测量时,光电倍增管出现的疲劳现象难以克服,其长期稳定性也较差。 本文提出一种措施,使闪烁探测器在每秒10~5个计数脉冲下获得了高的精度和好的稳定性。这项技术已经应用于FT-1型核子低含沙量计中。经测试表明,当每次测量历时为100秒时该仪器的计数精度和8小时长期