Black Phosphorus Quantum Dots Encapsulated Biodegradable Hollow Mesoporous MnO2: Dual-Modality Cancer Imaging and Synergistic Chemo-Phototherapy

To achieve an accurate diagnosis and efficient tumor treatment, developing a facile and powerful strategy to build multifunctional nanotheranostics is highly desirable. Benefiting from the distinct characteristics of black phosphorus quantum dots (BPQDs), herein, a versatile nanoprobe (H-MnO₂/DOX/BPQDs) is constructed for dual-modality cancer imaging and synergistic chemo-phototherapy. The hollow mesoporous MnO₂ (H-MnO₂) nanoparticles are sequentially decorated with a cationic polymer poly (allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) and an anionic polymer poly (acrylic acid) (PAA). The obtained H-MnO₂-PAH-PAA is covalently grafted with BPQDs-PEG-NH₂ via a carbodiimide cross-linking reaction and then loaded with anti-cancer drug DOX to form final nanoprobe H-MnO₂/DOX/BPQDs. Under the tumor microenvironment, H-MnO₂/DOX/BPQDs is degraded to release encapsulated functional molecules DOX and BPQDs. DOX acts as the chemotherapy and fluorescence imaging agent, and BPQDs endows the nanoprobe with photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photothermal therapy (PTT) abilities under dual laser irradiation of 630 and 808 nm. H-MnO₂ offers contrasts for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and facilitates conversion of endogenous H₂O₂ to oxygen, thereby relieving tumor hypoxia and enhancing PDT efficacy. All in vitro and in vivo results demonstrate that the designed nanoprobe displays dual-modality MRI/FL imaging and synergistic chemotherapy/PDT/PTT, which ultimately enhances the accuracy of cancer diagnosis and therapeutic performance.     

Unraveling the Origin of Enhanced K+ Storage of Carbonaceous Anodes Enabled by Nitrogen/Sulfur Co-Doping

N-doped carbons, as promising anode materials for energy storage, are generally modified by the additional heteroatoms (B, P, and S) doping to further promote the electrochemical performance. However, the promotion mechanism by such additional doping, especially its interplay with N-containing species, remains unclear. Herein, by adopting N/S co-doped carbon as a model system, it is found that S-doping can significantly improve the content of pyridinic-N, i.e., the most energetically favorable N type for K⁺ storage. Theoretical calculations reveal that such S-induced pyridinic-N improvement possibly originates from its catalytic effect that can facilitate the transition from edge quaternary-N to pyridinic-N. The resultant high content of pyridinic-N, together with the additional S species, ensures abundant active sites for K⁺ storage. Accordingly, the N/S co-doped carbon anode delivers both a high reversible capacity (422.9 mA h g⁻¹ at 0.05 A g⁻¹) and an impressive cyclic stability (249.6 mA h g⁻¹ at 1 A g⁻¹ over 4000 cycles). Moreover, in/ex situ characterizations further verify the merits of N/S co-doped carbon from the perspective of compositional evolution and structural stability. This study unravels the origin of enhanced K⁺ storage by N/S co-doping, which also helps to understand the synergistic effects of other heteroatoms co-doping systems.     

超细铜粉的化学镀锡及其抗氧化性能研究

以水合肼还原法制备出平均粒径约1μm的超细铜粉,并对其进行化学镀锡。研究了镀锡层对复合粉末微观形貌及抗氧化性能的影响。结果表明:镀覆质量分数50%的锡后,复合粉末平均粒径有所减小,但在空气中的氧化起始温度从120℃提高到220℃,与镀银层相比,镀锡层在较低温度区间对铜粉抗氧化具有优势。     

Energy‐Dissipative Matrices Enable Synergistic Toughening in Fiber Reinforced Soft Composites

Tough hydrogels have shown strong potential as structural biomaterials. These hydrogels alone, however, possess limited mechanical properties (such as low modulus) when compared to some load‐bearing tissues, e.g., ligaments and tendons. Developing both strong and tough soft materials is still a challenge. To overcome this obstacle, a new material design strategy has been recently introduced by combining tough hydrogels with woven fiber fabric to create fiber reinforced soft composites (FRSCs). The new FRSCs exhibit extremely high toughness and tensile properties, far superior to those of the neat components, indicating a synergistic effect. Here, focus is on understanding the role of energy dissipation of the soft matrix in the synergistic toughening of FRSCs. By selecting a range of soft matrix materials, from tough hydrogels to weak hydrogels and even a commercially available elastomer, the toughness of the matrix is determined to play a critical role in achieving extremely tough FRSCs. This work provides a good guide toward the universal design of soft composites with extraordinary fracture resistance capacity.     

2D/2D 1T‐MoS2/Ti3C2 MXene Heterostructure with Excellent Supercapacitor Performance

2D/2D heterostructures can combine the collective advantages of each 2D material and even show improved properties from synergistic effects. 2D Transition metal carbide Ti₃C₂ MXene and 2D 1T‐MoS₂ have emerged as attractive prototypes in electrochemistry due to their rich properties. Construction of these two 2D materials, as well as investigation about synergistic effects, is absent due to the instability of 1T‐MoS₂. Here, 3D interconnected networks of 1T‐MoS₂/Ti₃C₂ MXene heterostructure are constructed by magneto‐hydrothermal synthesis, and the electrochemical storage mechanisms are investigated. Improved extra capacitance is observed due to enlarged ion storage space from a synergistically interplayed effect in 3D interconnected networks. Outstanding rate performance is realized because of ultrafast electron transport originating from Ti₃C₂ MXene. This work provides an archetype to realize excellent electrochemical properties in 2D/2D heterostructures.     

西藏某氧化铜矿工艺矿物学特征及浮选技术研究

为探索西藏某氧化铜矿的难选原因,提高铜矿资源回收率,利用矿物自动分析系统(AMICS)分析了矿物组成、元素含量及分布、矿物连生定量关系和包裹程度。矿石中铜含量为0.91%,其中氧化铜矿为孔雀石和斜硅铝铜矿,占比为30.30%,硫化铜矿为斑铜矿、辉铜矿和黄铜矿;矿石难选的主要原因一是含有明显的孔雀石和斜硅铝铜矿,二为辉铜矿与斜硅铝铜矿连生明显,孔雀石与石英包裹夹杂严重。利用组合捕收剂二甲基二硫代次磷酸铵、表面活性剂和羟肟酸的协同作用,粗精矿中铜的回收率从76.85%提高到78.99%。对难选氧化铜矿的分选研究、实际生产具有参考价值。     

Defect Engineering in Carbon‐Based Electrocatalysts: Insight into Intrinsic Carbon Defects

Functionalized carbon nanomaterials, as significant options for renewable energy systems, are widely utilized in diversified electrochemical reactions in virtue of property advantages. The inevitable defect sites in architectures greatly affect physicochemical properties of carbon nanomaterials, thus defect engineering has recently become a vital research orientation of carbon‐based electrocatalysts. The intentionally introduced intrinsic carbon defect sites in the frameworks can directly serve as the potential active sites owing to the altered surface charge state, modulated adsorption free energy of key intermediates, as well as diminished bandgap. Furthermore, the synergistic sites between intrinsic defects and heteroatom dopants/captured atomic metal species can further optimize the electronic structure and adsorption/desorption behavior, making carbon‐based catalysts comparable to commercial precious metal catalysts in electrocatalysis. With pressing research demands, the common configurations, construction strategies, structure–activity relationships, and characterization methods for intrinsic carbon defect‐involved catalytic centers are systematically summarized. Such theoretical and experimental evidences of intrinsic defect‐induced activity can reveal the active centers and relevant catalytic mechanism, thereby providing necessary guidance for the design and construction of highly efficient carbon‐based electrocatalysts and promoting their commercial applications.     

Collectively Exhaustive Electrodes Based on Covalent Organic Framework and Antagonistic Co‐Doping for Electroactive Ionic Artificial Muscles

In this study, high‐performance ionic soft actuators are developed for the first time using collectively exhaustive boron and sulfur co‐doped porous carbon electrodes (BS‐COF‐Cs), derived from thiophene‐based boronate‐linked covalent organic framework (T‐COF) as a template. The one‐electron deficiency of boron compared to carbon leads to the generation of hole charge carriers, while sulfur, owing to its high electron density, creates electron carriers in BS‐COF‐C electrodes. This antagonistic functionality of BS‐COF‐C electrodes assists the charge‐transfer rate, leading to fast charge separation in the developed ionic soft actuator under alternating current input signals. Furthermore, the hierarchical porosity, high surface area, and synergistic effect of co‐doping of the BS‐COF‐Cs play crucial roles in offering effective interaction of BS‐COF‐Cs with poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS), leading to the generation of high electro‐chemo‐mechanical performance of the corresponding composite electrodes. Finally, the developed ionic soft actuator based on the BS‐COF‐C electrode exhibits large bending strain (0.62%), excellent durability (90% retention for 6 hours under operation), and 2.7 times higher bending displacement than PEDOT:PSS under extremely low harmonic input of 0.5 V. This study reveals that the antagonistic functionality of heteroatom co‐doped electrodes plays a crucial role in accelerating the actuation performance of ionic artificial muscles.     

Sn-8Zn-3Bi无铅焊料的表面改性

采用液相法用有机物改性剂对Sn-8Zn-3Bi焊料进行表面包覆改性,以改善焊料的润湿性能及抗氧化性能。对包覆样品进行了红外光谱表征。考察了样品的抗氧化性、润湿性能和存储性能。结果表明:采用液相法可以实现在Sn-8Zn-3Bi焊料表面包覆有机物。以有机物C为改性剂,且用量为2%(质量分数)时得到的改性样品的润湿角θ为7.8°,铺展面积S为108.83mm2,而未被改性的焊料θ为10.74°,S为93.40mm2。     

Surface Reconstruction Engineering with Synergistic Effect of Mixed-Salt Passivation Treatment toward Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Surface passivation treatment is a widely used strategy to resolve trap-mediated nonradiative recombination toward high-efficiency metal-halide perovskite photovoltaics. However, a lack of passivation with mixture treatment has been investigated, as well as an in-depth understanding of its passivation mechanism. Here, a systematic study on a mixed-salt passivation strategy of formamidinium bromide (FABr) coupled with different F-substituted alkyl lengths of ammonium iodide is demonstrated. It is obtained better device performance with decreasing chain length of the F-substituted alkyl ammonium iodide in the presence of FABr. Moreover, they unraveled a synergistic passivation mechanism of the mixed-salt treatment through surface reconstruction engineering, where FABr dominates the reformation of the perovskite surface via reacting with the excess PbI₂. Meanwhile, ammonium iodide passivates the perovskite grain boundaries both on the surface and top perovskite bulk through penetration. This synergistic passivation engineer results in a high-quality perovskite surface with fewer defects and suppressed ion migration, leading to a champion efficiency of 23.5% with mixed-salt treatment. In addition, the introduction of the moisture resisted F-substituted groups presents a more hydrophobic perovskite surface, thus enabling the decorated devices with excellent long-term stability under a high humid atmosphere as well as operational conditions.