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Lin PS, Lin JM, Tung SH, Higashihara T, Liu CL. Synergistic Interactions in Sequential Process Doping of Polymer/Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites for Enhanced n-Type Thermoelectric Performance. Small 2024; 20:e2306166. [PMID: 37847895 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202306166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Revised: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023]
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This study focuses on the fabrication of nanocomposite thermoelectric devices by blending either a naphthalene-diimide (NDI)-based conjugated polymer (NDI-T1 or NDI-T2), or an isoindigo (IID)-based conjugated polymer (IID-T2), with single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). This is followed by sequential process doping method with the small molecule 4-(2,3-dihydro-1,3-dimethyl-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)-N,N-dimethylbenzenamine (N-DMBI) to provide the nanocomposite with n-type thermoelectric properties. Experiments in which the concentrations of the N-DMBI dopant are varied demonstrate the successful conversion of all three polymer/SWCNT nanocomposites from p-type to n-type behavior. Comprehensive spectroscopic, microstructural, and morphological analyses of the pristine polymers and the various N-DMBI-doped polymer/SWCNT nanocomposites are performed in order to gain insights into the effects of various interactions between the polymers and SWCNTs on the doping outcomes. Among the obtained nanocomposites, the NDI-T1/SWCNT exhibits the highest n-type Seebeck coefficient and power factor of -57.7 µV K-1 and 240.6 µW m-1 K-2 , respectively. However, because the undoped NDI-T2/SWCNT exhibits a slightly higher p-type performance, an integral p-n thermoelectric generator is fabricated using the doped and undoped NDI-T2/SWCNT nanocomposite. This device is shown to provide an output power of 27.2 nW at a temperature difference of 20 K.
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- Po-Shen Lin
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, 30076, Taiwan
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Organic Materials Science, Graduate School of Organic Materials Science, Yamagata University, 4-3-16 Jonan, Yonezawa, Yamagata, 992-8510, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
- Advanced Research Center for Green Materials Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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Lee LC, Huang KT, Lin YT, Jeng US, Wang CH, Tung SH, Huang CJ, Liu CL. A pH-Sensitive Stretchable Zwitterionic Hydrogel with Bipolar Thermoelectricity. Small 2024:e2311811. [PMID: 38372500 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202311811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
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Amid growing interest in using body heat for electricity in wearables, creating stretchable devices poses a major challenge. Herein, a hydrogel composed of two core constituents, namely the negatively-charged 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid and the zwitterionic (ZI) sulfobetaine acrylamide, is engineered into a double-network hydrogel. This results in a significant enhancement in mechanical properties, with tensile stress and strain of up to 470.3 kPa and 106.6%, respectively. Moreover, the ZI nature of the polymer enables the fabrication of a device with polar thermoelectric properties by modulating the pH. Thus, the ionic Seebeck coefficient (Si ) of the ZI hydrogel ranges from -32.6 to 31.7 mV K-1 as the pH is varied from 1 to 14, giving substantial figure of merit (ZTi ) values of 3.8 and 3.6, respectively. Moreover, a prototype stretchable ionic thermoelectric supercapacitor incorporating the ZI hydrogel exhibits notable power densities of 1.8 and 0.9 mW m-2 at pH 1 and 14, respectively. Thus, the present work paves the way for the utilization of pH-sensitive, stretchable ZI hydrogels for thermoelectric applications, with a specific focus on harvesting low-grade waste heat within the temperature range of 25-40 °C.
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- Ling-Chieh Lee
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan, 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, 30076, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, 30076, Taiwan
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan, 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
- Advanced Research Center for Green Materials Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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Neu YC, Lin YS, Weng YH, Chen WC, Liu CL, Lin BH, Lin YC, Chen WC. Reversible Molecular Conformation Transitions of Smectic Liquid Crystals for Light/Bias-Gated Transistor Memory. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2024; 16:7500-7511. [PMID: 38300744 PMCID: PMC10875644 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c16882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2023] [Revised: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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In recent years, organic photonic field-effect transistors have made remarkable progress with the rapid development of conjugated polycrystalline materials. Liquid crystals, with their smooth surface, defined layer thickness, and crystalline structures, are commonly used for these advantages. In this work, a series of smectic liquid crystalline molecules, 2,9-didecyl-dinaphtho-thienothiophene (C10-DNTT), 2,7-didecyl-benzothieno-benzothiopene (C10-BTBT), 3,9-didecyl-dinaphtho-thiophene (C10-DNT), and didecyl-sexithiophene (C10-6T), have been used in photonic transistor memory, functioning as both hole-transport channels and electron traps to investigate systematically the reasons and mechanisms behind the memory behavior of smectic liquid crystals. After thermal annealing, C10-BTBT and C10-6T/C10-DNTT are homeotropically aligned from the smectic A and smectic X phases, respectively. The 3D-ordered structure of these smectic-aligned crystals contributed to efficient photowriting and electrical erasing processes. Among them, the device performance of C10-BTBT was particularly significant, with a memory window of 21 V. The memory ratio could reach 1.5 × 106 and maintain a memory ratio of over 3 orders after 10,000 s, contributing to its smectic A structure. Through the research, we confirmed the memory and light/bias-gated behaviors of these smectic liquid crystalline molecules, attributing them to reversible molecular conformation transitions and the inherent structural inhomogeneity inside the polycrystalline channel layer.
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- Yi-Chieh Neu
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan
University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan
University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan
University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan
University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, National
Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Advanced
Research Center for Green Materials Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- National
Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan
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- Advanced
Research Center for Green Materials Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng
Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan
University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Advanced
Research Center for Green Materials Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Velusamy A, Afraj SN, Guo YS, Ni JS, Huang HL, Su TY, Ezhumalai Y, Liu CL, Chiang CH, Chen MC, Wu CG. Bicyclopentadithiophene-Based Organic Semiconductor for Stable and High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells Exceeding 22. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2024; 16:6162-6175. [PMID: 38277509 PMCID: PMC10859901 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c15774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2023] [Revised: 12/30/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 01/28/2024]
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Well-performing organic-inorganic halide perovskites are susceptible to poor efficiency and instability due to their various defects at the interphases, grain boundaries (GBs), and surfaces. In this study, an in situ method is utilized for effectively passivating the under-coordinated Pb2+ defects of perovskite with new non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) (INXBCDT; X = H, Cl, and Br) through their carbonyl and cyano functional groups during the antisolvent dripping process. It reveals that the bicyclopentadithiophene (BCDT) core with highly electron-withdrawing end-capping groups passivates GBs and boosts perovskite grain growth. This effective defect passivation decreases the trap density to increase the carrier recombination lifetime of the perovskite film. As a result, bromo-substituted dicyanomethylene indanone (INBr)-end-capped BCDT (INBrBCDT-b8; 3a)-passivated devices exhibit the highest power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 22.20% (vs those of 18.09% obtained for perovskite films without passivation) upon an optimized film preparation process. Note that devices treated with more soluble 2-ethylhexyl-substituted compounds (1a, 2a, and 3a) exhibit higher PCE than those treated with less soluble octyl-substituted compounds (1b, 2b, and 3b). It is also worth noting that BCDT is a cost-effective six-ring core that is easier to synthesize with a higher yield and therefore much cheaper than those with highly fused-ring cores. In addition, a long-term stability test in a glovebox for 1500 h reveals that the perovskite solar cells (PSCs) based on a perovskite absorber treated with compound 3a maintain ∼90% of their initial PCE. This is the first example of the simplest high-conjugation additive for perovskite film to achieve a PCE greater than 22% of the corresponding lead-based PSCs.
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- Arulmozhi Velusamy
- Department
of Chemistry, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemistry, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemistry, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National
Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 80778, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemistry, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemistry, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemistry, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, National
Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemistry, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemistry, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemistry, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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Liu CL, Lu YW, Liu ZH, Ou XY, Su SC. [Current status and reflection on minimal access breast surgery]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 2024; 62:99-103. [PMID: 38310375 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112139-20230830-00076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2024]
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Minimal access breast surgery with the assistance of an endoscopy or robot has been an important advancement in surgical treatment in recent years. Compared to conventional open surgery, minimal access breast surgery only requires small incisions in concealed areas such as axillary fossa, avoiding visible scars on the surface of the breast, significantly improving the postoperative aesthetic appearance and patient satisfaction. With the rapid development of minimal access breast surgery, several institutions have established their own distinctive techniques. The concept of membrane anatomy in the breast, for example, has led to more natural-looking breast reconstruction following endoscopic procedures. The adoption of the reverse space dissection technique has greatly optimized the workflow of endoscopic breast cancer resection. Intraoperative navigation system for endoscopic breast-conserving surgery could allow precise localization of excision margins. Furthermore, the widespread use of the cold dissection technique for flap separation has reduced surgical duration and minimized flap damage. The emergence of unique techniques in the field of minimal access breast surgery promises to further advance and promote the adoption of minimal access breast surgery in China.
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- C L Liu
- Breast Tumor Center, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Breast Tumor Center, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Breast Tumor Center, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Breast Tumor Center, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Breast Tumor Center, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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Li JT, Liu ZH, Liu CL, Ou XY, Lu YW, Su SC. [A retrospective cohort study of the postoperative prothesis-related complications of single-port endoscopic assisted versus open surgery on nipple sparing mastectomy and immediate prosthesis breast reconstruction]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 2024; 62:141-146. [PMID: 38310382 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112139-20231008-00159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2024]
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Objective: To examine the postoperative prosthesis-related complications, short-term surgical outcomes and patient satisfaction with breast reconstruction between patients who underwent endoscopic assisted versus conventional nipple sparing mastectomy and immediate prothesis breast reconstruction. Methods: This study was a retrospective cohort study. A retrospective analysis was performed on clinical data of 104 women with breast cancer who received nipple sparing mastectomy and immediate prothesis breast reconstruction from August 2021 to August 2022 at the Breast Tumor Center, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University. They were divided into two groups according to the surgical approach. A total of 53 patients, aged (43.3±9.9) years (range: 25 to 66 years), underwent endoscopic nipple sparing mastectomy (E-NSM group) and immediate prothesis breast reconstruction. The other 51 patients aged (39.9±7.8) years (range: 25 to 54 years) underwent conventional open surgery (C-NSM group). Short-term surgical outcomes including operation time, postoperative hospital stay, postoperative blood loss, and postoperative drainage volume in 2 days were recorded. Patient satisfaction with breast reconstruction was compared using the Wilcoxon rank sum test. Postoperative prothesis-related complications were investigated to determine the experience to deal with them. Results: No postoperative prosthesis-related infection, prosthesis loss, or necrosis of the nipple-areola complex occurred in the E-NSM group, while 1 patient suffered from hematoma, whose wound was skinned with resuture after disinfection. Five patients in the C-NSM group had prosthesis-related infection, 2 of them received prosthesis removal surgery combined with sufficient antimicrobial agent, another one underwent surgery for subcutaneous placement of the drain, as well as antimicrobial agent therapy, and the rest of them healed up only with antimicrobial agent therapy. All recovered well after treatment. One patient recovered from necrosis of the nipple-areola complex through periodic iodophor disinfection and dressing which ended in improvement of necrotic areas, another patient who had hematoma accepted the same treatment mentioned above and also healed. All the patients mentioned above are now in stable conditions. Patients in the E-NSM group had higher satisfaction with the cosmetic results of the breast prosthesis implant than those in the C-NSM group (Z=-4.511, P<0.01). Conclusions: Both surgical approaches were proven to be safe and effective with a low rate of postoperative prosthesis-related complications. Patients in the E-NSM group were more satisfied with the cosmetic results of breast reconstruction than those in the C-NSM group.
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- J T Li
- Breast Tumor Center, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Breast Tumor Center, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Breast Tumor Center, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Breast Tumor Center, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Breast Tumor Center, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Breast Tumor Center, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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Chang Y, Huang YH, Lin PS, Hong SH, Tung SH, Liu CL. Enhanced Electrical Conductivity and Mechanical Properties of Stretchable Thermoelectric Generators Formed by Doped Semiconducting Polymer/Elastomer Blends. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2024; 16:3764-3777. [PMID: 38226590 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c15651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
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Recent research efforts have concentrated on the development of flexible and stretchable thermoelectric (TE) materials. However, significant challenges have emerged, including increased resistance and reduced electrical conductivity when subjected to strain. To address these issues, rigid semiconducting polymers and elastic insulating polymers have been incorporated and nanoconfinement effects have been exploited to enhance the charge mobility. Herein, a feasible approach is presented for fabricating stretchable TE materials by using a doped semiconducting polymer blend consisting of either poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) or poly(3,6-dithiophen-2-yl-2,5-di(2-decyltetradecyl)-pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,4-dione-alt-thienylenevinylene-2,5-yl) (PDVT-10) as the rigid polymer with styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene (SEBS) as the elastic polymer. In particular, the blend composition is optimized to achieve a continuous network structure with SEBS, thereby improving the stretchability. The optimized polymer films exhibit well-ordered microstructural aggregates, indicative of good miscibility with FeCl3 and enhanced doping efficiency. Notably, a lower activation energy and higher charge-carrier concentration contribute to an improved electrical conductivity under high tensile strain, with a maximum output power of 1.39 nW at a ΔT of 22.4 K. These findings offer valuable insights and serve as guidelines for the development of stretchable p-n junction thermoelectric generators based on doped semiconducting polymer blends with potential applications in wearable electronics and energy harvesting.
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- Yun Chang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Liu CL, Chen DJ, Chen CY, Zhou XH, Jiang Y, Liu JY, Chen YE, Hu CR, Dong JJ, Li P, Wen M, Li YH, Zhang HL. [Clinical analysis of 86 cases of acute fatty liver of pregnancy]. Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi 2023; 58:896-902. [PMID: 38123195 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112141-20230814-00047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the clinical characteristics and maternal and fetal prognosis of pregnant women with acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP). Methods: The clinical data of 86 AFLP pregnant women admitted to the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University from September 2017 to August 2022 were collected, and their general data, clinical characteristics, laboratory tests and maternal and fetal outcomes were retrospectively analyzed. Results: (1) General information: the age of the 86 pregnant women with AFLP was (30.8±5.4) years, and the body mass index was (21.0±2.5) kg/m2. There were 50 primiparas (58.1%, 50/86) and 36 multiparas (41.9%, 36/86). There were 64 singleton pregnancies (74.4%, 64/86) and 22 twin pregnancies (25.6%, 22/86). (2) Clinical characteristics: the main complaints of AFLP pregnant women were gastrointestinal symptoms, including epigastric pain (68.6%, 59/86), nausea (47.7%, 41/86), anorexia (46.5%, 40/86), vomiting (39.5%, 34/86). The main non-gastrointestinal symptoms were jaundice of skin and/or scleral (54.7%, 47/86), edema (38.4%, 33/86), fatigue (19.8%, 17/86), bleeding tendency (16.3%, 14/86), polydipsia or polyuria (14.0%, 12/86), skin itching (8.1%, 7/86), and 17.4% (15/86) AFLP pregnant women had no obvious symptoms. (3) Laboratory tests: the incidence of liver and kidney dysfunction and abnormal coagulation function in AFLP pregnant women was high, and the levels of blood ammonia, lactate dehydrogenase and lactic acid were increased, and the levels of hemoglobin, platelet and albumin decreased. However, only 24 cases (27.9%, 24/86) of AFLP pregnant women showed fatty liver by imageology examination. (4) Pregnancy outcomes: ① AFLP pregnant women had a high incidence of pregnancy complications, mainly including renal insufficiency (95.3%, 82/86), preterm birth (46.5%, 40/86), hypertensive disorders in pregnancy (30.2%, 26/86), gestational diabetes mellitus (36.0%, 31/86), fetal distress (24.4%, 21/86), pulmonary infection (23.3%, 20/86), disseminated intravascular coagulation (16.3%, 14/86), multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (16.3%, 14/86), hepatic encephalopathy (9.3%, 8/86), and intrauterine fetal death (2.3%, 2/86). ② Treatment and outcome of AFLP pregnant women: the intensive care unit transfer rate of AFLP pregnant women was 66.3% (57/86). 82 cases were improved and discharged after treatment, 2 cases were transferred to other hospitals for follow-up treatment, and 2 cases (2.3%, 2/86) died. ③ Neonatal outcomes: except for 2 cases of intrauterine death, a total of 106 neonates were delivered, including 39 cases (36.8%, 39/106) of neonatal asphyxia, 63 cases (59.4%, 63/106) of neonatal intensive care unit admission, and 3 cases (2.8%, 3/106) of neonatal death. Conclusions: AFLP is a severe obstetric complication, which is harmful to mother and fetus. In the process of clinical diagnosis and treatment, attention should be paid to the clinical manifestations and laboratory tests of pregnant women, early diagnosis and active treatment, so as to improve maternal and fetal outcomes.
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- C L Liu
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Major Obstetric Diseases, Guangzhou 510150, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Major Obstetric Diseases, Guangzhou 510150, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Third Clinical College of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Third Clinical College of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Third Clinical College of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Third Clinical College of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Third Clinical College of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Third Clinical College of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Major Obstetric Diseases, Guangzhou 510150, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hunan Province, Changsha 410028, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Fourth People's Hospital of Guiyang, Guiyang 550007, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the First People's Hospital of Yulin, Yulin 537000, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Major Obstetric Diseases, Guangzhou 510150, China
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Wang KC, Lin PS, Lin YC, Tung SH, Chen WC, Liu CL. Tunable Thermoelectric Performance of the Nanocomposites Formed by Diketopyrrolopyrrole/Isoindigo-Based Donor-Acceptor Random Conjugated Copolymers and Carbon Nanotubes. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023; 15:56116-56126. [PMID: 38010815 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c11792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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This paper presents the development of thermoelectric properties in nanocomposites comprising donor-acceptor random conjugated copolymers and single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). The composition of the conjugated polymers, specifically the ratio of diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) to isoindigo (IID), is manipulated to design a series of random conjugated copolymers (DPP0, DPP5, DPP10, DPP30, DPP50, DPP90, DPP95, and DPP100). The objective is to improve the dispersion of SWCNTs into smaller bundles, leading to enhanced thermoelectric properties of the polymer/SWCNT nanocomposite. This dispersion strategy promotes an interconnected conducting network, which plays a critical role in optimizing the thermoelectric performance. Accordingly, the effects of morphologies on the thermoelectric properties of the nanocomposites are systematically investigated. The DPP95/SWCNT nanocomposite exhibits the strongest interaction, resulting in the highest power factor (PF) of 711.1 μW m-1 K-2, derived from the high electrical conductivity of 1690 S cm-1 and Seebeck coefficient of 64.8 μV K-1. The prototype flexible thermoelectric generators assembled with a DPP95/SWCNT film achieve a maximum power output of 20.4 μW m-2 at a temperature difference of 29.3 K. These findings highlight the potential of manipulating the composition of random conjugated copolymers and incorporating SWCNTs to efficiently harvest low-grade waste heat in wearable thermoelectric devices.
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- Kuan-Chieh Wang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
- Advanced Research Center of Green Materials Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Advanced Research Center of Green Materials Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Advanced Research Center of Green Materials Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Lee CY, Lin YT, Hong SH, Wang CH, Jeng US, Tung SH, Liu CL. Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conducting Hydrogels with Carboxylated Carbon Nanotubes for High Performance Wearable Thermoelectric Harvesters. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023; 15:56072-56083. [PMID: 37982689 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c09934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2023]
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Mixed ionic-electronic conducting (MIEC) thermoelectric (TE) materials offer higher ionic conductivity and ionic Seebeck coefficient compared to those of purely ionic-conducting TE materials. These characteristics make them suitable for direct use in thermoelectric generators (TEGs) as the charge carriers can be effectively transported from one electrode to the other via the external circuit. In the present study, MIEC hydrogels are fabricated via the chemical cross-linking of polyacrylamide (PAAM) and polydopamine (PDA) to form a double network. In addition, electrically conducting carboxylated carbon nanotubes (CNT-COOH) are dispersed evenly within the hydrogel via sonication and interaction with the PDA. Moreover, the electrical properties of the hydrogel are further improved via the in situ polymerization of polyaniline (PANI). The presence of CNT-COOH facilitates the ionic conductivity and enhances the ionic Seebeck coefficient via ionic-electronic interactions between sodium ions and carboxyl groups on CNT-COOH, which can be observed in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy results, thereby promoting the charge transport properties. As a result, the optimum device exhibits a remarkable ionic conductivity of 175.3 mS cm-1 and a high ionic Seebeck coefficient of 18.6 mV K-1, giving an ionic power factor (PFi) of 6.06 mW m-1 K-2 with a correspondingly impressive ionic figure of merit (ZTi) of 2.65. These values represent significant achievements within the field of gel-state organic TE materials. Finally, a wearable module is fabricated by embedding the PAAM/PDA/CNT-COOH/PANI hydrogel into a poly(dimethylsiloxane) mold. This configuration yields a high power density of 171.4 mW m-2, thus highlighting the considerable potential for manufacturing TEGs for wearable devices capable of harnessing waste heat.
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- Chia-Yu Lee
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Advanced Research Center for Green Materials Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Weng YH, Lin YC, Ho JC, Yang WC, Lin BH, Liu CL, Chen WC. High-Performance Phototransistor Memory with an Ultrahigh Memory Ratio Conferred Using Hydrogen-Bonded Supramolecular Electrets. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023; 15:19258-19269. [PMID: 36883569 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c22501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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As the research of photonic electronics thrives, the enhanced efficacy from an optic unit cell can considerably improve the performance of an optoelectronic device. In this regard, organic phototransistor memory with a fast programming/readout and a distinguished memory ratio produces an advantageous outlook to fulfill the demand for advanced applications. In this study, a hydrogen-bonded supramolecular electret is introduced into the phototransistor memory, which comprises porphyrin dyes, meso-tetra(4-aminophenyl)porphine, meso-tetra(p-hydroxyphenyl)porphine, and meso-tetra(4-carboxyphenyl)porphine (TCPP), and insulated polymers, poly(4-vinylpyridine) and poly(4-vinylphenol) (PVPh). To combine the optical absorption of porphyrin dyes, dinaphtho[2,3-b:2',3'-f]thieno[3,2-b]thiophene (DNTT) is selected as a semiconducting channel. The porphyrin dyes serve as the ambipolar trapping moiety, while the insulated polymers form a barrier to stabilize the trapped charges by forming hydrogen-bonded supramolecules. We find that the hole-trapping capability of the device is determined by the electrostatic potential distribution in the supramolecules, whereas the electron-trapping capability and the surface proton doping originated from hydrogen bonding and interfacial interactions. Among them, PVPh:TCPP with an optimal hydrogen bonding pattern in the supramolecular electret produces the highest memory ratio of 1.12 × 108 over 104 s, which is the highest performance among the reported achievements. Our results suggest that the hydrogen-bonded supramolecular electret can enhance the memory performance by fine-tuning their bond strength and cast light on a potential pathway to future photonic electronics.
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- Yi-Hsun Weng
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
- Advanced Research Center for Green Materials Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Advanced Research Center for Green Materials Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Advanced Research Center for Green Materials Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Chang Y, Wu YS, Tung SH, Chen WC, Chueh CC, Liu CL. N-Type Doping of Naphthalenediimide-Based Random Donor-Acceptor Copolymers to Enhance Transistor Performance and Structural Crystallinity. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023; 15:15745-15757. [PMID: 36920493 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c23067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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An integrated strategy of molecular design and conjugated polymer doping is proposed to improve the electronic characteristics for organic field effect transistor (OFET) applications. Here, a series of soluble naphthalene diimide (NDI)-based random donor-acceptor copolymers with selenophene π-conjugated linkers and four acceptors with different electron-withdrawing strengths (named as rNDI-N/S/NN/SS) are synthesized, characterized, and used for OFETs. N-type doping of NDI-based random copolymers using (12a,18a)-5,6,12,12a,13,18,18a,19-octahydro-5,6-dimethyl-13,18[1',2']-benzenobisbenzimidazo[1,2-b:2',1'-d]benzo[i][2.5]benzodiazocine potassium triflate adduct (DMBI-BDZC) is successfully demonstrated. The undoped rNDI-N, rNDI-NN, and rNDI-SS samples exhibit ambipolar charge transport, while rNDI-S presents only a unipolar n-type characteristic. Doping with DMBI-BDZC significantly modulates the performance of rNDI-N/S OFETs, with a 3- to 6-fold increase in electron mobility (μe) for 1 wt % doped device due to simultaneous trap mitigation, lower contact resistance (RC), and activation energy (EA), and enhanced crystallinity and edge-on orientation for charge transport. However, the doping of intrinsic pro-quinoidal rNDI-NN/SS films exhibits unchanged or even reduced device performance. These findings allow us to manipulate the energy levels by developing conjugated copolymers based on various acceptors and quinoids and to optimize the dopant-polymer semiconductor interactions and their impacts on the film morphology and molecular orientation for enhanced charge transport.
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- Yun Chang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Advanced Research Center for Green Materials Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Advanced Research Center for Green Materials Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Advanced Research Center for Green Materials Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Huo HM, Yao X, Lai YJ, Lu W, Liu CL, Huang ZH, Wei ZZ, Xie Y. [Analysis of success rate of organoid construction of nasopharyngeal carcinoma by first-day suspension method]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2023; 58:250-255. [PMID: 36878504 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115330-20220801-00473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the efficacy of the first-day suspension method for improving the success rate of construction of nasopharyngeal carcinoma-patient derived organoids (NPC-PDO). Methods: The tumor samples of 14 nasopharyngeal carcinoma(NPC) patients, i.e.,13 males and 1 female, with a mean age of 43.0±12.0 years old, were collected from the Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University and the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University from January 2022 to July 2022. The tumor samples of 3 patients were digested into single cell suspension and divided into 2 groups, for comparing the efficacy of NPC-PDO construction by the direct inoculation method and the first-day suspension method. The remaining 11 patients were randomized to receive either the direct inoculation method or the first-day suspension method for NPC-PDO construction. The diameter and the number of spheres of NPC-PDO constructed by the two methods were compared by optical microscope; the 3D cell viability detection kit was used to compare the cell viability; the survival rates were compared by trypan blue staining; the success rates of the two construction methods were compared; the number of cases which could be successfully passaged for more than 5 generations and were consistent with the original tissue by pathological examination was counted; and the dynamic changes of cells in suspension overnight were observed by live cell workstation. The independent sample t-test was applied to compare the measurement data of the two groups, and the chi-square test was used to compare the classification data. Results: Compared with the direct inoculation, the diameter and the number of spheres of NPC-PDO constructed by the first-day suspension method were increased, with a higher cell activity, and the success rate of construction was obviously improved (80.0% vs 16.7%, χ2=4.41, P<0.05). In the suspension state, some of the cells aggregated and increased their ability to proliferate. Conclusion: The first-day suspension method can improve the success rate of NPC-PDO construction, especially for those whose original tumor sample size is small.
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- H M Huo
- Life Sciences Institute, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China
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- Life Sciences Institute, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China Guangxi Key Laboratory of Early Prevention and Treatment for Regional High Frequency Tumor, Nanning 530021, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, the Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, the Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, the Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Early Prevention and Treatment for Regional High Frequency Tumor, Nanning 530021, China Department of Head and Neck Surgery, the Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China
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- Life Sciences Institute, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China Guangxi Key Laboratory of Early Prevention and Treatment for Regional High Frequency Tumor, Nanning 530021, China
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Liao YT, Hsiao YC, Lo YC, Lin CC, Lin PS, Tung SH, Wong KT, Liu CL. Solution-Processed Isoindigo- and Thienoisoindigo-Based Donor-Acceptor-Donor π-Conjugated Small Molecules: Synthesis, Morphology, Molecular Packing, and Field-Effect Transistor Characterization. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:55886-55897. [PMID: 36508279 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c18049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Molecular design and precise control of thin-film morphology and crystallinity of solution-processed small molecules are important for enhancing charge transport mobility of organic field-effect transistors and gaining more insight into the structure-property relationship. Here, two donor-acceptor-donor (D-A-D) architecture small molecules TRA-IID-TRA and TRA-TIID-TRA comprising an electron-donating triarylamine (TRA) and two different electron-withdrawing cores, isoindigo (IID) and thienoisoindigo (TIID), respectively, were synthesized and characterized. Replacing the phenylene rings of central IID A with thiophene gives a TIID core, which reduces the optical band gap and upshifts the energy levels of frontier molecular orbitals. The single-crystal structures and grazing-incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering (GIWAXS) analysis revealed that TRA-TIID-TRA exhibits the relatively tighter π-π stacking packing with preferential edge-on orientation, larger coherence length, and higher crystallinity due to the noncovalent S···O/S···π intermolecular interactions. The distinctly oriented and connected ribbon-like TRA-TIID-TRA crystalline film by the solution-shearing process achieved a superior hole mobility of 0.89 cm2 V-1 s-1 in the organic field-effect transistor (OFET) device, which is at least five times higher than that (0.17 cm2 V-1 s-1) of TRA-IID-TRA with clear cracks. Eventually, rational modulation of fused core in the π-conjugated D-A-D small molecule provides a new understanding of structural design for enhancing the performance of solution-processed organic semiconductors.
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- Yu-Ting Liao
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei10617, Taiwan
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei10617, Taiwan
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Wu WN, Tu TH, Pai CH, Cheng KH, Tung SH, Chan YT, Liu CL. Metallo-Supramolecular Rod–Coil Block Copolymer Thin Films for Stretchable Organic Field Effect Transistor Application. Macromolecules 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Wei-Ni Wu
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei10617, Taiwan
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Zhou DS, Xu L, Zhang Y, Zhang TT, Chen YQ, Chen JY, Zhang J, Liu CL, Wang J. [Establishment and effect evaluation of nomogram model for diagnosis and prediction of pulmonary hypertension in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2022; 102:3019-3025. [PMID: 36229203 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20220512-01045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Objective: To construct a diagnostic and predictive model for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease complicated with pulmonary hypertension (COPD-PH) and evaluate its effect. Methods: A total of 1 514 COPD patients treated in 5 hospitals from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2019 were retrospectively collected and divided into training cohort (1 072 cases) and validation cohort (442 cases) according to the ratio of 7∶3 according to the inclusion time. Data including demographic data, smoking status, history of disease, and clinical examination were collected through patient medical records and electronic medical record systems. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to explore the related factors of COPD-PH, and the nomogram model was constructed using the "rms" program package. The calibration curve was used to evaluate the consistency between the prediction probability of the model and the actual results. The C index and the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) were used to evaluate the discrimination of the model. The decision curve analysis (DCA) was used to evaluate the clinical practicability of the model. Results: In the training cohort, 3.7%, 15.2% and 81.1% were aged 50-59, 60-69 and ≥70 years, respectively, which were significantly different from the age composition of the validation cohort (7.9%, 27.8% and 64.3%, respectively) (P=0.041). There was no significant difference between the training cohort (79.4%) and the validation cohort (84.6%) (P=0.243). Multivariate logistic regression analysis of the training cohort showed that age ≥70 years [OR (95%CI): 3.32 (1.49-7.36)] and smoking status [former (current) smoking, OR (95%CI)] were 3.67 (2.51-5.37) and 2.04 (1.44-2.90), respectively], NT-probNP≥1 400 ng/L[OR (95%CI): 9.88 (6.23-15.66)], right atrial diameter [OR (95%CI): 1.11 (1.07-1.15)] was COPD-related factors of PH, based on the above factors-PH nomogram COPD model was set up and develop for online tools (https://ph-666.shinyapps.io/zhonghua-PH/). The calibrated C index (95%CI) of the training cohort and the validation cohort were 0.82 (0.77-0.87) and 0.77 (0.68-0.86), respectively. The calibration curve was close to the diagonal in both the training cohort and the validation cohort. The AUC (95%CI) of the nomogram model was 0.82 (0.80-0.85) in the training cohort and 0.77 (0.73-0.82) in the validation cohort. ROC curve showed that the optimal threshold in the training cohort was 0.60, and the sensitivity and specificity under this value were 0.74 and 0.78, respectively; the optimal threshold for the validation cohort was 0.70, and the sensitivity and specificity under this value were 0.76 and 0.65, respectively. DCA analysis showed that the nomogram model provided better net benefits than the all-variable selection and no-variable selection strategies with threshold probabilities greater than 15.0% and 13.0% in the training and validation cohorts, respectively. Conclusions: The nomogram model for the diagnosis and prediction of COPD-PH is simple and accurate, which has a good clinical application prospect.
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- D S Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Vascular Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Academy of Respiratory Health, Department of Respiratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Intensive Care, Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot 010059, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510260, China
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- Department of Intensive Care, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510180, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Vascular Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Academy of Respiratory Health, Department of Respiratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Vascular Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Academy of Respiratory Health, Department of Respiratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou 450003, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Vascular Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Academy of Respiratory Health, Department of Respiratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Vascular Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Academy of Respiratory Health, Department of Respiratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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Hu W, Jin X, Li A, Liu CL, Wang XF. Efficiency improvement of inverted perovskite solar cells enabled by PTAA/MoS 2double hole transporters. Nanotechnology 2022; 33. [PMID: 35523088 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac6d69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 05/05/2022] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Hole transport layer (HTL) plays a critical role in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). We focus on the improvement of PSCs performance with MoS2nanosheets as the anode buffer layer in the inverted photovoltaic structure. PSC with single MoS2buffer layer shows poor performance in power conversion efficiency (PCE) and the long-term stability. By combination of MoS2and Poly[bis(4-phenyl) (2,4,6-trimethylphenyl) amine] (PTAA) as double-layer HTL, the PCE is improved to 18.47%, while the control device with PTAA alone shows a PCE of 14.48%. The same phenomenon is also found in 2D PSCs. For double-layer HTL devices, the PCE reaches 13.19%, and the corresponding PCE of the control group using PTAA alone is 10.13%. This significant improvement is attributed to the reduced interface resistance and improved hole extraction ability as shown by the electric impedance spectroscopy and fluorescence spectroscopy. In addition, the improved device exhibits better stability because the PCE still maintains 66% of the initial value after 500 h of storage, which is higher than the 47% of the remaining PCE from device based on single PTAA or MoS2. Our results demonstrate the potential of polymer/inorganic nanomaterial as a double-layer buffer material for PSCs.
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- Weidong Hu
- Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries, Ministry of Education, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries, Ministry of Education, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries, Ministry of Education, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries, Ministry of Education, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, People's Republic of China
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Zhao YM, Liu CL, Li YL, Jia J, Wu XN, Li SN, Sun LT, Nie L. [Characteristics of heart rate variability in patients with vestibular migraine]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2022; 57:584-588. [PMID: 35610677 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn15330-20210805-00524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Objective: To analyze the characteristics of heart rate variability (HRV) in patients with vestibular migraine (VM) and to explore its possible mechanism. Methods: Forty-eight patients with VM [17 males and 31 females, age (36.2±9.2) years], 44 patients with migraine [15 males and 29 females, age (34.4±9.0) years], and 30 patients with health check-ups during the same period [12 males and 18 females, age (34.6±6.5) years old] were selected as study subjects. Ambulatory ECG monitoring was performed in all subjects, and the HRV characteristics of each group were analyzed from both daytime and nighttime time phases. Time domain parameters were analyzed: standard deviation of normal to normal (SDNN), root mean square of successive differences (RMSSD), and percentage of normal to normal intervals differing by more than 50 ms (pNN50). The parameters in the frequency domain were analyzed: high frequency power (HF), low frequency power (LF), and the ratio of low frequency to high frequency power (LF/HF). Statistical analysis of the data was performed using SPSS 26.0 software. Results: At night, RMSSD (F=6.694) and HF (F=9.434) were lower in the VM and migraine groups compared to the control group, while LF/HF (F=16.049) and LF (F=9.434) were elevated compared to the control group, with statistically significant differences (P<0.05 or P<0.01), while LF was significantly elevated in the VM group compared to the migraine group, with a statistically significant (P<0.05). On the daytime measurements, mainly LF was elevated in the vestibular migraine group compared with the control group, while RMSSD was decreased compared with the control group, with statistically significant differences (P<0.05). Conclusion: Autonomic dysfunction characterized by sympathetic hyperfunction and vagal hypofunction is present in VM patients and is more pronounced at night. In addition, the degree of autonomic dysfunction may be more pronounced in VM patients than in migraine patients.
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- Y M Zhao
- Department of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450014, China
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- Department of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450014, China
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- Department of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450014, China
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- Department of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450014, China
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- Department of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450014, China
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- Department of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450014, China
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- Department of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450014, China
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- Department of Electrocardiogram, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450014, China
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Zhang XP, Gu ZW, Xiao ZQ, Tan FL, Ye XQ, Tong YJ, Tang XS, Zhou ZY, Cheng C, Zhao J, Luo BQ, Li JM, Kuang XW, Zhao JH, Sun CW, Liu CL. Quasi-isentropic compression of LiH above 400 GPa using magnetocumulative generator. Rev Sci Instrum 2022; 93:043906. [PMID: 35489900 DOI: 10.1063/5.0078422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The knowledge of high-pressure behavior of LiH is significant for the validation of fundamental theoretical models and applications in thermonuclear materials and potential energy supplies. The compressibility of 7LiH under isentropic compression at high pressure was investigated experimentally and theoretically. The experimental technique for quasi-isentropic compression with low-density materials was developed using the magnetocumulative generator CJ-100 and x-ray flash radiography. The x-ray images and extracted interface of the sample target in dynamic flash radiography experiments were obtained. According to each interface size of the target both before and after compression, the compression ratio of 7LiH and reference material aluminum was obtained. The density of the reference and using its known isentropic curve provide the pressure in the reference. The pressure in 7LiH was deduced from the pressure in the reference and using the calculated gradient correction factor. The quasi-isentropic data point at 438 GPa was obtained experimentally. A semiempirical three-term complete equation of state was constructed and validated for 7LiH using the theory of Mie-Grüneisen-Debye with experimental data from the literature. The quasi-isentrope data point is reasonably consistent with the theoretical results. The quasi-isentropic experimental techniques and results broaden the existing research scope and are practical and helpful to further validate theoretical models in the future.
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- X P Zhang
- Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Science and Technology on Surface Physics and Chemistry Laboratory, Mianyang 621907, China
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- Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Institute of Applied Electronics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Laser Plasma, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Shanghai 201800, China
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- China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621999, China
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Chen YH, Shen Y, Xia TT, Jiang Q, Ma R, Wang T, Chen LD, Gu YY, Zhang NF, Liu CL. [Pulmonary vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with hemoptysis as the main manifestation: report of 2 cases]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2022; 61:415-419. [PMID: 35340190 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112138-20210424-00304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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- Y H Chen
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Lnstitute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Lnstitute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Lnstitute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Lnstitute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Lnstitute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Lnstitute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Lnstitute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Lnstitute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Lnstitute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Lnstitute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510120, China
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Chou LH, Mikie T, Saito M, Liu CL, Osaka I. Naphthobisthiadiazole-Based π-Conjugated Polymers for Nonfullerene Solar Cells: Suppressing Intermolecular Interaction Improves Photovoltaic Performance. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:14400-14409. [PMID: 35315275 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c01606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Naphthobisthiadiazole has been known as a promising building unit of π-conjugated polymers for organic photovoltaics (OPVs). Here, we synthesized new NTz-based polymers that were combined with a benzodithiophene (BDT) unit having alkylthienyl substituents in the polymer backbone, named PNTzBDT, and PNTzBDT-F and PNTzBDT-Cl with fluorine and chlorine groups in the substituents, respectively. The polymers had significantly improved solubility than the previously reported NTz-based polymer (PNTz4T), most likely due to the torsion of the alkylthienyl substituents with respect to the BDT moiety, which suppresses the intermolecular interaction between the backbones. Despite the lower intermolecular interaction and thereby lower crystallinity, these polymers, in particular PNTzBDT and PNTzBDT-F, exhibited higher photovoltaic performances, with power conversion efficiencies as high as 13.3%, than PNTz4T in the cells that used Y6 as the acceptor material. The improved performance was ascribed to the enhanced miscibility of the polymers with the nonfullerene acceptor due to the increased solubility, which in addition led to the better charge generation and reduced charge recombination. These results indicate that NTz-based π-conjugated polymers have high potential for nonfullerene-based OPVs.
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- Li-Hui Chou
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
- Applied Chemistry Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
- Applied Chemistry Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
- Applied Chemistry Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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Fu WH, Chen PL, Xia JL, Fu L, Shen Y, He WJ, Chen YH, Ren N, Jiang Q, Ma R, Wang T, Wang XN, Zhang NF, Liu CL. [Efficacy and safety of endothelin receptor antagonists combined with phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension: a network meta-analysis]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2022; 45:158-170. [PMID: 35135085 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112147-20210707-00473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Objective: To examine the efficacy and safety of endothelin receptor antagonists (ERA) combined with phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors (PDE5i) in the treatment of pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH). Methods: Computer-based retrieval was performed on PubMed, Cochrane Library, CNKI, Wanfang, and VIP database (up to February 12th, 2021). Randomized controlled trials about endothelin receptor antagonists (ERAs) or PDE5i in patients with PAH were collected. The change of 6-minute walking distance (6MWD) in 12-16 weeks was used as primary outcome index. Case fatality rate, worsening clinical events, WHO functional class (FC) improvement, adverse events (AEs), serious adverse events (SAE) were the key secondary outcomes indicators. STATA 16.0 software was used for network meta-analysis, and the pooled estimates of odds ratios (ORs) or weighted mean differences (WMDs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of the results were shown. To help explain ORs and WMDs, we used the surface under the cumulative ranking curve (SUCRA) to calculate the probability of each intervention. Results: We included 29 trials with 5 949 participants. In network meta-analysis, Bosentan combined with Sildenafil (WMD=53.93, 95%CI=6.19-101.66) had shown the greatest improvement in 6MWD compared with placebo, followed by Bosentan combined with Tadalafil (WMD=50.84, 95%CI=7.05-94.62), Ambrisentan combined with Tadalafil (WMD=46.67, 95%CI=15.88-77.45), Bosentan (WMD=29.44, 95%CI=5.86-53.02), Ambrisentan (WMD=23.90, 95%CI=0.31-47.48) and Macitentan (WMD=21.57, 95%CI=2.45-40.69). According to SUCRA, the effects of different intervention measures on improving 6MWD in patients with arterial pulmonary hypertension were as follows: Bosentan+Sildenafil (82.9%)>Bosentan+Tadalafil (78.4%)>Ambrisentan+Tadalafil (77.1%)>Bosentan (49.2%)>Sildenafil (48.5%)>Ambrisentan (40.3%)>Macitentan (37.3%)>Tadalafil (33.0%)>Placebo (3.3%). For the WHO functional class, Sildenafil (OR=2.90, 95%CI=1.04-8.08) was optimal compared with placebo, followed by Bosentan (OR=2.15, 95%CI=1.15-4.04), and there was no significant difference in the rest. For clinical worsening, Bosentan combined with Tadalafil (OR=0.08, 95%CI=0.01-0.49) performed best compared with placebo, followed by Bosentan (OR=0.20, 95%CI=0.11-0.38), Bosentan combined with Sildenafil (OR=0.21, 95%CI=0.09-0.46), Ambrisentan combined with Tadalafil (OR=0.27, 95%CI=0.15-0.50), Sildenafil (OR=0.33, 95%CI=0.17-0.66) and Tadalafil (OR=0.44, 95%CI=0.21-0.90). There was no statistical difference between all interventions and placebo in terms of the incidence of adverse events and serious adverse events. For case fatality rate, Ambrisentan (OR=0.28, 95%CI=0.11-0.74) was statistically superior to placebo and there was no statistics difference in the rest. Conclusions: The combination therapy of ERAs and PDE5i performed well in the short-term improvement of motor function. Furthermore, there was no significant difference with monotherapy in terms of safety. However, it is worth emphasizing that the choice of treatment should be based on the patient's individualized situation and the patient's requirements.
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- W H Fu
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, National Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510005, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, National Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510005, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, National Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510005, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, National Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510005, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, National Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510005, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, National Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510005, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, National Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510005, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, National Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510005, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, National Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510005, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, National Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510005, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, National Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510005, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, National Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510005, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, National Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510005, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, National Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510005, China
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Tang SH, Venault A, Chou LH, Lan DH, Dizon GV, Hsieh C, Yeh CC, Liu CL, Chang Y. Surface PEGylation via Ultrasonic Spray Deposition for the Biofouling Mitigation of Biomedical Interfaces. ACS Appl Bio Mater 2022; 5:225-234. [PMID: 35014814 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.1c01053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Air plasma and spray technology are common methods for surface modification. In this study, air plasma is used to generate hydroxyl groups on various material surfaces. Then random copolymers of styrene and ethylene glycol methacrylate (PS-r-PEGMA) are spray-coated to achieve coating densities ranging between 0.1 and 0.6 mg/cm2. PS50-r-PEGMA50 led to the best overall antifouling properties, while a coating density of 0.3 mg/cm2 was enough to significantly reduce biofouling. This surface modification technique enabled efficient modification of a wide range of materials and biofouling reduction by at least 75% on polymeric surfaces (polystyrene, polyvinylidene fluoride, poly(tetrafluoroethylene), polydimethylsiloxane), metallic surfaces (steel, titanium alloy), or ceramic surface (glass). Applied to the modification of well plate used for blood-typing, this antifouling modification permitted to greatly increase the signal sensitivity (×4).
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- Shuo-Hsi Tang
- R&D Center for Membrane Technology and Department of Chemical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan R.O.C
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- R&D Center for Membrane Technology and Department of Chemical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan R.O.C
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Central University, Taipei 32001, Taiwan R.O.C
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Central University, Taipei 32001, Taiwan R.O.C
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- R&D Center for Membrane Technology and Department of Chemical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan R.O.C
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- R&D Center for Membrane Technology and Department of Chemical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan R.O.C
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- R&D Center for Membrane Technology and Department of Chemical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan R.O.C
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan R.O.C
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- R&D Center for Membrane Technology and Department of Chemical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan R.O.C
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Hong SH, Afraj SN, Huang PY, Yeh YZ, Tung SH, Chen MC, Liu CL. Photoelectric effect of hybrid ultraviolet-sensitized phototransistors from an n-type organic semiconductor and an all-inorganic perovskite quantum dot photosensitizer. Nanoscale 2021; 13:20498-20507. [PMID: 34854448 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr07084c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Low-dimensional all-inorganic perovskite quantum dots (QDs) have been increasingly developed as photo-sensing materials in the field of photodetectors because of their strong light-absorption capability and broad bandgap tunability. Here, solution-processed hybrid phototransistors built by a dithienothiophenoquinoid (DTTQ) n-type organic semiconductor transport channel mixing with a colloidal CsPbBr3 perovskite QD photosensitizer are demonstrated by manipulating the relative volume ratio from 10 : 0 to 9 : 1, 7 : 3, 5 : 5, 3 : 7, 1 : 9, and 0 : 10. This results in a significantly enhanced photodetection performance owing to the advantages of a high UV absorption cross-section based on the perovskite QDs, efficient carrier transport abilities from the DTTQ semiconductor, and the photogating effect between the bulk heterojunction photocarrier transfer interfaces. The optimized DTTQ : QD (3 : 7) hybrid phototransistor achieves a high photoresponsivity (R) of 7.1 × 105 A W-1, a photosensitivity (S) of 1.8 × 104, and a photodetectivity (D) of 3.6 × 1013 Jones at 365 nm. Such a solution-based fabrication process using a hybrid approach directly integrated into a sensitized phototransistor potentially holds promising photoelectric applications towards advanced light-stimulated photodetection.
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- Shao-Huan Hong
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
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Zheng F, Xu R, Zeng ZP, Liu CL, Duan YH, Cheng ZP, Sun Q, Liu Q, Wang MH, Han PX, Wang YL, Wang JN, Huang W, Guo XH, Yang XQ. [Cardiac paraganglioma caused by a missense mutation of SDHB gene: a case report]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2021; 60:910-914. [PMID: 34551482 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112138-20201122-00963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- F Zheng
- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Ji'nan 250014, China
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Ji'nan 250014, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Ji'nan 250014, China
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- Department of PET/CT, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Ji'nan 250014, China
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- Department of PET/CT, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Ji'nan 250014, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Ji'nan 250014, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Ji'nan 250014, China
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Ji'nan 250014, China
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- Department of Imaging, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Ji'nan 250014, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Ji'nan 250014, China
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- Department of Urinary Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Ji'nan 250014, China
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- Department of Echocardiography, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Ji'nan 250014, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Ji'nan 250014, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Ji'nan 250014, China
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Gao W, Gao H, Yin CM, Yang SL, Fan XH, Liu CL, Li XQ, Jia NN. [Comparison of serum GP73 and p62 measurement to predict short-term prognosis in patients with HBV-related acute-on-chronic liver failure]. Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi 2021; 29:855-860. [PMID: 34638204 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501113-20210226-00095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To analyze the clinical value and predictive difference of serum Golgi protein 73 (GP73) and serum autophagy-related protein p62 levels in the short-term prognosis of patients with hepatitis B virus-related acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF). Methods: Clinical data of admitted cases to our hospital from October 2018 to April 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. Simultaneously, there were 32 cases with HBV-related ACLF in group A, 65 cases with hepatitis B virus-related cirrhosis in group B and C (Child-Pugh Class A, 34 cases as B group, and Child-Pugh B/C class, 31 cases as group C), and another 30 healthy subjects served as the control group (group D). The serum GP73 and p62 levels of the four selected groups were measured. ACLF group patients were followed up for 3 months to analyze the prognosis of the patients. The serum GP73 and p62 levels of patients who died and survived during hospitalization were compared. The data were analyzed by one-way analysis of variance, independent sample t-test, and Pearson's correlation analysis. Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) was used to analyze the predictive value of GP73 and p62 levels in surviving patients. Results: GP73 levels in the four groups A, B, C and D were (284.30 ± 70.55) ng/ml, (125.33 ± 20.57) ng/ml, (159.82 ± 31.20) ng/ml, and (45.46 ± 10.22) ng/ml, respectively. The p62 levels were (1.30 ± 0.35) ng/ml, (2.88 ± 0.58) ng/ml, (2.02 ± 0.545) ng/ml, and (4.68 ± 1.03) ng/ml, respectively. GP73 detection value was significantly higher in group A than the other three groups (P < 0.05). Group D had significantly lower value than the other three groups (P < 0.05), and group C had significantly higher value than group B (P < 0.05). The detection value of p62 in group A was significantly lower than the other three groups (P < 0.05). Group D had significantly higher value than the other three groups (P < 0.05), and group B had slightly higher value than group C, and the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). There was a negative correlation between GP73 and p62 (r = -0.695, P < 0.001). Survived patients GP73 level in the ACLF group was significantly lower than dead patients [(212.17 ± 22.47) ng/ml and (340.08 ± 32.91) ng/ml, t = 12.493, P < 0.05], and p62 level was significantly higher than dead patients [(1.46 ± 0.28) ng/ml and (1.18 ± 0.35) ng/ml, t = 2.445, P < 0.05]. According to the ROC curve analysis results, the area under the curve (AUC) of GP73 was 0.865, the AUC of p62 was 0.750, and the combined AUC of the both was 0.968. Conclusion: Both GP73 and p62 have a certain predictive value for the short-term prognosis of HBV-related ACLF patients, but the combination of the two indicators has a higher predictive value.
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- Department of Gastroenterology, the Second Hospitial of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, the Second Hospitial of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, the Second Hospitial of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, the Second Hospitial of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, the Second Hospitial of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, the Second Hospitial of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, the Second Hospitial of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, the Second Hospitial of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
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Yang HL, Gao GD, Liu CL, Rui FJ, Guo ZY, Ren WH, Li J. [Research progress on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease animal models]. Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi 2021; 29:812-816. [PMID: 34517467 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501113-20191209-00452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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In recent years, with the changes in living standards and dietary structure, the incidence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease has been increasing year by year in China, and the incidence rate in the general population is as high as 29.81%. An increasingly epidemiological evidence suggests that non-alcoholic fatty liver disease has become one of the causes of increasing liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. However, its etiology and pathogenesis are complex and have not yet been fully elucidated. Therefore, establishing an appropriate non-alcoholic fatty liver disease animal models for pre-clinical research is essential to elucidate its pathogenesis. This article summarizes the latest research progress of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease animal models, which are common at home and abroad in recent years.
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- H L Yang
- Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Ji'nan 250021, China
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- Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Ji'nan 250021, China
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- Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Ji'nan 250021, China
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- Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Ji'nan 250021, China
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- Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Ji'nan 250021, China
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- Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Ji'nan 250021, China
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- Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Ji'nan 250021, China Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing 210008, China
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Lin PS, Shoji Y, Afraj SN, Ueda M, Lin CH, Inagaki S, Endo T, Tung SH, Chen MC, Liu CL, Higashihara T. Controlled Synthesis of Poly[(3-alkylthio)thiophene]s and Their Application to Organic Field-Effect Transistors. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:31898-31909. [PMID: 34190528 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c04404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Regioregular polythiophenes have been widely used in organic electronic applications due to their solution processability with chemical modification through side chain engineering, as well as their microstructural organization and good hole transport properties. Here, we introduce alkylthio side chains, (poly[(3-alkylthio)thiophene]s; P3ATTs), with strong noncovalent sulfur molecular interactions, to main chain thienyl backbones. These P3ATTs were compared with alkyl-substituted polythiophene (poly(3-alkylthiophene); P3AT) variants such that the effects of straight (hexyl and decyl) and branched (2-ethylhexyl) side chains (with and without S atoms) on their thin-film morphologies and crystalline states could be investigated. P3ATTs with linear alkylthio side chains (P3HTT, hexylthio; P3DTT, decylthio) did not attain the expected higher organic field-effect transistor (OFET) mobilities with respect to P3HT (hexyl) and P3DT (decyl) mainly due to their lower regioregularity (76-78%), although P3ATTs exhibit an enhanced tendency for aggregation and compact molecular packing, as indicated by the red-shifting of the absorption spectra and the shortening of the π-π stacking distance, respectively. Moreover, the loss of regioregularity issue can be solved by introducing more soluble 2-ethylhexylthio branched side chains to form poly[3-(2-ethylhexylthio)thiophene] (P3EHTT), which provides enhanced crystallinity and efficient charge mobility (increased by up to a factor of 3) with respect to the poly(2-ethylhexylthiophene) (P3EHT) without S atoms in the side moieties. This study demonstrates that the presence of side chain alkylthio structural motifs with nonbonded interactions in polythiophene semiconductors has a beneficial impact on the molecular conformation, morphologies, structural packing, and charge transport in OFET devices.
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- Po-Shen Lin
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Organic Materials Science, Graduate School of Organic Materials Science, Yamagata University, 4-3-16 Jonan, Yonezawa, Yamagata 992-8510, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Center of New Generation Light Driven Photovoltaic Modules, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Organic Materials Science, Graduate School of Organic Materials Science, Yamagata University, 4-3-16 Jonan, Yonezawa, Yamagata 992-8510, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Center of New Generation Light Driven Photovoltaic Modules, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Organic Materials Science, Graduate School of Organic Materials Science, Yamagata University, 4-3-16 Jonan, Yonezawa, Yamagata 992-8510, Japan
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- Department of Organic Materials Science, Graduate School of Organic Materials Science, Yamagata University, 4-3-16 Jonan, Yonezawa, Yamagata 992-8510, Japan
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Center of New Generation Light Driven Photovoltaic Modules, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Organic Materials Science, Graduate School of Organic Materials Science, Yamagata University, 4-3-16 Jonan, Yonezawa, Yamagata 992-8510, Japan
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Chu JY, Lin CY, Tu TH, Hong SH, Chang YY, Yang CW, Chan YT, Liu CL, Komarov PV, Tung SH. Methyl-Branched Side Chains on Polythiophene Suppress Chain Mobility and Crystallization to Enhance Photovoltaic Performance. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Jia-Yi Chu
- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering and Advanced Research Center for Green Materials Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering and Advanced Research Center for Green Materials Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering and Advanced Research Center for Green Materials Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Tver State University, Tver 170100 Russia
- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds RAS, Vavilova St. 28, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering and Advanced Research Center for Green Materials Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Zhao YT, Zhang YN, Cheng R, He B, Liu CL, Zhou XM, Lei Y, Wang YY, Ren JR, Wang X, Chen YH, Xiao GQ, Savin SM, Gavrilin R, Golubev AA, Hoffmann DHH. Benchmark Experiment to Prove the Role of Projectile Excited States Upon the Ion Stopping in Plasmas. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 126:115001. [PMID: 33798346 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.115001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2020] [Revised: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We report on a precision energy loss measurement and theoretical investigation of 100 keV/u helium ions in a hydrogen-discharge plasma. Collision processes of helium ions with protons, free electrons, and hydrogen atoms are ideally suited for benchmarking plasma stopping-power models. Energy loss results of our experiments are significantly higher than the predictions of traditional effective charge models. We obtained good agreement with our data by solving rate equations, where in addition to the ground state, also excited electronic configurations were considered for the projectile ions. Hence, we demonstrate that excited projectile states, resulting from collisions, leading to capture-, ionization-, and radiative-decay processes, play an important role in the stopping process in plasma.
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- Y T Zhao
- MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter,School of Science, Xian Jiaotong University, Xian 710049, China
- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter,School of Science, Xian Jiaotong University, Xian 710049, China
- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100088, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100088, China
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- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100088, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter,School of Science, Xian Jiaotong University, Xian 710049, China
- Xianyang Normal University, Xianyang 712000, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter,School of Science, Xian Jiaotong University, Xian 710049, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter,School of Science, Xian Jiaotong University, Xian 710049, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP) of National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow 117218, Russia
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- Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP) of National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow 117218, Russia
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- Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP) of National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow 117218, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russia
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter,School of Science, Xian Jiaotong University, Xian 710049, China
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russia
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Lin CC, Afraj SN, Velusamy A, Yu PC, Cho CH, Chen J, Li YH, Lee GH, Tung SH, Liu CL, Chen MC, Facchetti A. A Solution Processable Dithioalkyl Dithienothiophene (DSDTT) Based Small Molecule and Its Blends for High Performance Organic Field Effect Transistors. ACS Nano 2021; 15:727-738. [PMID: 33253536 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c07003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The 3,5-dithiooctyl dithienothiophene based small molecular semiconductor DDTT-DSDTT (1), end functionalized with fused dithienothiophene (DTT) units, was synthesized and characterized for organic field effect transistors (OFET). The thermal, optical, electrochemical, and computed electronic structural properties of 1 were investigated and contrasted. The single crystal structure of 1 reveals the presence of intramolecular locks between S(alkyl)···S(thiophene), with a very short S-S distance of 3.10 Å, and a planar core. When measured in an OFET device compound 1 exhibits a hole mobility of 3.19 cm2 V-1 s-1, when the semiconductor layer is processed by a solution-shearing deposition method and using environmentally acceptable anisole as the solvent. This is the highest value reported to date for an all-thiophene based molecular semiconductor. In addition, solution-processed small molecule/insulating polymer (1/PαMS) blend films and devices were investigated. Morphological analysis reveals a nanoscopic vertical phase separation with the PαMS layer preferentially contacting the dielectric and 1 located on top of the stack. The OFET based on the blend comprising 50% weight of 1 exhibits a hole mobility of 2.44 cm2 V-1 s-1 and a very smaller threshold voltage shift under gate bias stress.
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- Chia-Chi Lin
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Instrumentation Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Wu HR, Li L, Ma YN, Liu CL, Pei P, Zheng XF, Wang ST, Xiao Y, Bu DF, Xu YF, Pan H, Qi Y. [The diagnostic value of chromosome microarray analysis technique in the genetic causes of children with intellectual disability or global developmental delay]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2021; 101:224-228. [PMID: 33455150 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20200422-01275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To study the value of chromosome microarray analysis (CMA) application in children with developmental delay (DD), intellectual disability (ID), autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) and multiple congenital anomalies (MCA). Methods: Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood samples. Array-based comparative genomic hybridization (array-CGH) analysis and single nucleotide polymorphism array (SNP-array) were performed in 1 320 children with DD/ID, ASD, with or without epilepsy and MCA who were admitted to Peking University First Hospital from 2014 to 2019. The results of genetic etiology test of CMA in children with mental retardation or global DD was summarized. Results: Of 1 320 samples, there were 10 cases of aneuploid abnormality, 6 cases of uniparental disomy and one case of mosaicism, respectively. Pathogenic copy number variations (CNVs) were found in 320 cases and pathogenic CNVs were detected in 23 cases, with a combined detection rate of 26% (343/1 320). CNVs of uncertain clinical significance occurred in 107 cases, accounting for 8.1% (107/1 320). There were 25 cases of possible benign CNVs, accounting for 2% (25/1 320), while benign CNVs were reported in 20 cases, accounting for 1.5% (20/1 320). The detection rate of MCA with DD/ID was 39.8% (130/327). Conclusions: CMA has the advantages of high resolution and covering the whole genome. It can detect the chromosomal abnormalities, microdeletions and duplications seen under the microscope, thus the genetic etiology of children with mental retardation or global DD can be diagnosed.
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- H R Wu
- Department of Central Laboratory, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Department of Central Laboratory, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Department of Central Laboratory, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Department of Central Laboratory, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Department of Central Laboratory, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Department of Central Laboratory, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Department of Central Laboratory, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Department of Central Laboratory, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Department of Central Laboratory, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Department of Central Laboratory, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Department of Central Laboratory, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Department of Central Laboratory, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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Zhang L, He L, Li SL, Du J, Di J, Yang L, Liu CL, Yin LY, Cheng Y, Gong YY, Wu W, Liu DG, Wang Z. [Whole genomic copy number variation score: an indicator of potential diagnostic and prognostic value for lung adenocarcinoma]. Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi 2020; 42:543-550. [PMID: 32842440 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112152-20190903-00569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To verify the value of whole genomic copy number variation (WGCNV) detection and scoring system in the diagnosis and prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma. Methods: Seventy-six lung adenocarcinoma specimens including ninety-one tumor samples and twenty adjacent non-tumor lung tissue samples were collected using Laser capture microdissection (LCM). Whole genomic amplification (WGA) was used to enrich DNA and construct a sequencing library for next generation sequencing (NGS). Changes of larger than 5Mb CNV in this study were analyzed and scored. The nuclear grading and score of tumor cells in the surgery and pleural effusion cytology of lung adenocarcinoma specimens were evaluated separately. For each case, we evaluated (1) nuclear size, (2) mitotic counts, (3) nuclear atypia, (4) atypical mitoses. The data of disease-free survive (DFS) and overall survive (OS) were collected for assessing the prognostic value of WGCNV score. Meanwhile, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) and area under curve (AUC) were used to define a cut-off value and evaluate the diagnostic significance in lung adenocarcinoma. Results: The WGCNV scores of twenty adjacent non-tumor lung tissue samples were treated as normal control and all of WGCNV scores of tumor samples range from 0 to 9.95, the median score was 2.7. The WGCNV scores were divided into three groups: low score group <1.74, medium score grade 1.74~4.23, high score grade >4.23. The WGCNV score was positively associated with the nuclear grade scoring (r=0.780 90, P<0.001). The result for evaluation of prognostic value of the WGCNV scores showed that comparing with low WGCNV score group, Hazard Ratio (HR) of medium score group was 4.11 (95%CI=0.72~23.57) and high score group was 2.07 (95%CI=0.30~14.12). These results suggested that the risks of the medium and high WGCNV score group elevated. According to the analysis results of ROC curve, when the cut off value was 0.01, the sensitivity and specificity for lung adenocarcinoma diagnosis were 97.8% and 95.0% respectively, the positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) were 99.0% and 90.1%, respectively, the AUC was 0.981. In the differentiation of adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) and minimally invasive adenocarcinoma (MIA) group and invasive adenocarcinoma group, when the cut off value was 1.8, the sensitivity and specificity between the two groups were 78.1% and 94.4%, and the PPV and NPV were 98.0% and 52.0%, respectively, the AUC was 0.896. Conclusion: This study verifies that WGCNV scoring system has a potential diagnostic and prognostic value in lung adenocarcinoma.
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- L Zhang
- Department of Pathology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pathology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pathology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pathology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pathology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pathology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pathology, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100045
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- Department of Pathology, Berry Genomics Corporation, Beijing 102206, China
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- Department of Pathology, Berry Genomics Corporation, Beijing 102206, China
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- Department of Pathology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pathology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Beijing 100730, China
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Huang YF, Zhang Z, Chen B, Liu CL, Li GQ, Tang EQ, Li XJ. [A case of difficult extubation after tracheotomy in a child with severe scald of oropharynx]. Zhonghua Shao Shang Za Zhi 2020; 36:880-882. [PMID: 32972077 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501120-20190715-00299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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In November 4, 2016, a 1 year and 3 months old male patient with face and neck scald complicated with severe scald of oropharynx was admitted to Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital 1 hour after injury. The child developed upper respiratory tract obstruction 2 hours after injury, therefore tracheotomy and intubation were performed immediately to establish an artificial airway, and symptomatic treatments such as anti-infection, fluid replacement, and dressing change were conducted. On the 10th day after injury, the child had difficult breathing during the test tube blocking before extubation, and it was difficult to extubate. Symptomatic treatments such as ventilator assisted ventilation and strengthened anti-infection were continued. On the 17th day after injury, extubation plan was adjusted. Thirty minutes before extubation, phenobarbital was injected intramuscularly for sedation, and atropine was used to reduce airway secretions, after which extubation was successful. After 21 days of treatment, the child was cured and discharged. In the treatment of this case, high attention was paid to the important influence of children's mental factors among causes of difficult extubation, which provided a reference for clinical treatment of extubation in children with tracheal tube after tracheotomy.
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- Y F Huang
- Clinical School of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550004, China
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- Clinical School of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550004, China(is now working at the Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Guangzhou 510220, China)
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Guangzhou 510220, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Guangzhou 510220, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Guangzhou 510220, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Guangzhou 510220, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Guangzhou 510220, China
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Ercan E, Liu CL, Chen WC. Nano-Micro Dimensional Structures of Fiber-Shaped Luminous Halide Perovskite Composites for Photonic and Optoelectronic Applications. Macromol Rapid Commun 2020; 41:e2000157. [PMID: 32608544 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202000157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Revised: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Perovskite nanomaterials have been revealed as highly luminescent structures regarding their dimensional confinement. In particular, their promising potential lies behind remarkable luminescent properties, including color tunability, high photoluminescence quantum yield, and the narrow emission band of halide perovskite (HP) nanostructures for optoelectronic and photonic applications such as lightning and displaying operations. However, HP nanomaterials possess such drawbacks, including oxygen, moisture, temperature, or UV lights, which limit their practical applications. Recently, HP-containing polymer composite fibers have gained much attention owing to the spatial distribution and alignment of HPs with high mechanical strength and ambient stability in addition to their remarkable optical properties comparable to that of nanocrystals. In this review, the fabrication methods for preparing nano-microdimensional HP composite fiber structures are described. Various advantages of the luminescent composite nanofibers are also described, followed by their applications for photonic and optoelectronic devices including sensors, polarizers, waveguides, lasers, light-down converters, light-emitting diode operations, etc. Finally, future directions and remaining challenges of HP-based nanofibers are presented.
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- Ender Ercan
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Research Center of Green Materials Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering and Research Center of New Generation Light Driven Photovoltaic Modules, National Central University, Taoyuan, 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Research Center of Green Materials Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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Vegiraju S, Amelenan Torimtubun AA, Lin PS, Tsai HC, Lien WC, Chen CS, He GY, Lin CY, Zheng D, Huang YF, Wu YC, Yau SL, Lee GH, Tung SH, Wang CL, Liu CL, Chen MC, Facchetti A. Solution-Processable Quinoidal Dithioalkylterthiophene-Based Small Molecules Pseudo-Pentathienoacenes via an Intramolecular S···S Lock for High-Performance n-Type Organic Field-Effect Transistors. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2020; 12:25081-25091. [PMID: 32340439 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c03477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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A new organic small-molecule family comprising tetracyanoquinodimethane-substituted quinoidal dithioalky(SR)terthiophenes (DSTQs) (DSTQ-6 (1); SR = SC6H13, DSTQ-10 (2); SR = SC10H21, DSTQ-14 (3); SR = SC10H21) was synthesized and contrasted with a nonthioalkylated analogue (DRTQ-14 (4); R = C14H29). The physical, electrochemical, and electrical properties of these new compounds are thoroughly investigated. Optimized geometries obtained from density functional theory calculations and single-crystal X-ray diffraction reveal the planarity of the SR-containing DSTQ core. DSTQs pack in a slipped π-π stacked two-dimensional arrangement, with a short intermolecular stacking distance of 3.55 Å and short intermolecular S···N contacts of 3.56 Å. Thin-film morphological analysis by grazing incident X-ray diffraction reveals that all DSTQ molecules are packed in an edge-on fashion on the substrate. The favorable molecular packing, the high core planarity, and very low lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy level (-4.2 eV) suggest that DSTQs could be electron-transporting semiconductors. Organic field-effect transistors based on solution-sheared DSTQ-14 exhibit the highest electron mobility of 0.77 cm2 V-1 s-1 with good ambient stability, which is the highest value reported to date for such a solution process terthiophene-based small molecular semiconductor. These results demonstrate that the device performance of solution-sheared DSTQs can be improved by side chain engineering.
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- Sureshraju Vegiraju
- Department of Chemistry and Research Center of New Generation Light Driven Photovoltaic Module, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering and Research Center of New Generation Light Driven Photovoltaic Module, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering and Research Center of New Generation Light Driven Photovoltaic Module, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Center of New Generation Light Driven Photovoltaic Module, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Center of New Generation Light Driven Photovoltaic Module, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Center of New Generation Light Driven Photovoltaic Module, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering and Research Center of New Generation Light Driven Photovoltaic Module, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering and Research Center of New Generation Light Driven Photovoltaic Module, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Center of New Generation Light Driven Photovoltaic Module, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Center of New Generation Light Driven Photovoltaic Module, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Instrumentation Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering and Research Center of New Generation Light Driven Photovoltaic Module, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Center of New Generation Light Driven Photovoltaic Module, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Gao W, Ding L, Song ZC, Feng MJ, Liu CL, Li XX, Song L, Lyu YJ, Wang JT. [The role of human papillomavirus 16 early genes E2 and E6 and heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein E2 in cervical carcinogenesis and their interaction effect]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2020; 54:92-98. [PMID: 31914575 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-9624.2020.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the role of human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 early genes E2 and E6 and heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) E2 and their interaction effects in the progression of the cervical cancer. Methods: Women with normal cervix (NC), low cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN Ⅰ) and high cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN Ⅱ/Ⅲ) from the cervical lesions cohort in Jiexiu County of Shanxi Province from June 2014 to September 2014, and patients with cervical squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) treated at the Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University in the same period were enrolled in this study. There were 257 participants, about 67 NC cases (26.07%), 69 CIN Ⅰ cases (26.85%), 68 CIN Ⅱ/Ⅲ cases (26.46%), and 53 SCC cases (20.62%), respectively. The information of demographic characteristics, life health habits and cervical lesions were collected by using the structured questionnaire. Cervical exfoliated cells and cervical biopsy tissues were collected to detect the infection of HPV16 and the protein expression levels of hnRNP E2, HPV16 E2 and E6. According to the median-value of the protein expression levels of hnRNP E2, HPV16 E2 and E6 and E2/E6 ratio in the NC group, the study participants were divided into the high and low expression groups/ratio groups. The multivariate logistic regression model was used to analyze the correlation between HPV16 early gene E2 and E6, hnRNP E2 and cervical cancer. The interaction effect was analyzed by using the generalized multifactor dimensionality reduction (GMDR) model. Results: The ages of NC, CIN Ⅰ, CIN Ⅱ/Ⅲ and SCC groups were (47.00±9.07), (47.64±7.35), (46.37±8.67) and (51.26±8.03) years old, respectively. The multivariate logistic regression model analysis showed that the HPV16 E2 low expression, E6 high expression and E2/E6 low ratio could increase the risk of CIN Ⅱ/Ⅲ, about OR (95%CI) values 11.11 (1.63-75.56), 8.00 (1.28-50.04), and 9.75 (1.22-77.72), respectively and SCC, about OR (95%CI) values 14.22 (2.11-95.88), 10.33 (1.67-64.00), and 12.38 (1.56-97.91), respectively. The hnRNP E2 low expression could increase the risk of CIN Ⅱ/Ⅲ and SCC, about OR (95%CI) values 3.35 (1.39-8.10) and 5.53 (1.54-19.88). The result of GMDR showed that there were interaction effects of the hnRNP E2 low expression, HPV16 E2 low expression and HPV16 E6 high expression in both CIN Ⅱ/Ⅲ and SCC groups. Conclusion: The HPV16 E2 low expression, HPV16 E6 high expression and hnRNP E2 low expression could increase the risk of high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cervical cancer, and they might have an important interaction effect in the progression of the cervical cancer.
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
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Coherence distillation is one of the central problems in the resource theory of coherence. In this Letter, we complete the deterministic distillation of quantum coherence for a finite number of coherent states under strictly incoherent operations. Specifically, we find the necessary and sufficient condition for the transformation from a mixed coherent state into a pure state via strictly incoherent operations, which recovers a connection between the resource theory of coherence and the algebraic theory of majorization lattice. With the help of this condition, we present the deterministic coherence distillation scheme and derive the maximum number of maximally coherent states obtained via this scheme.
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- C L Liu
- Institute of Physics, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Physics, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- CAS Central of Excellence in Topological Quantum Computation, Beijing 100190, China
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong 523808, China
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Chen B, Kuang F, Li XJ, Zhang Z, Deng ZY, Zhang XH, Zhang T, Zhong XM, Tang WB, Liu CL. [Analysis of causes and treatment methods of complication of early acute kidney injury in four severely burned patients]. Zhonghua Shao Shang Za Zhi 2019; 35:110-115. [PMID: 30798577 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1009-2587.2019.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To analyze the causes of complication of early acute kidney injury (AKI) in four severely burned patients, and to explore the related treatment methods. Methods: The clinical data of 4 patients with severe burn complicated with early AKI admitted to Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital Affiliated to Medical College of Jinan University (hereinafter referred to as our hospital) from June 2014 to December 2017 were retrospectively analyzed. All the patients were male, aged 23-33 (30±5) years old, with depth of burns ranged from deep partial-thickness to full-thickness, complicated with myofascial compartment syndrome of extremities and varying degrees of striated muscle injury, and treated in other hospitals before transfer to our hospital. The patients were numbered from small to large according to the total burn area. The total burn area of patients No. 1, 2, 3, and 4 was 10%, 80%, 90%, and 95% total body surface area respectively, their occurrence time of early AKI was 48, 11, 29, and 48 hours after injury respectively, and their time of arriving our hospital was 60, 11, 29, and 144 hours after injury respectively. Hypovolemic shock occurred in patients No. 2 and 3 at admission to our hospital. All the patients received continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) after admission to our hospital. Under the support of hemodynamic monitoring and organ function monitoring, the limbs complicated with myofascial compartment syndrome were incised, thorough decompression exploration was performed, and necrotic muscle tissue was removed or amputation was performed. After escharectomy and decompression of limbs, fresh granulation wounds were formed by temporarily covering wounds with Jieya dressing skin or pig skin, multiple debridements, and vacuum sealing drainage. Fresh granulation wounds and other wounds underwent staged eschar excision and shaving were covered with autologous Meek skin graft, particulate skin graft, reticular skin graft and small skin graft respectively. The treatment outcome, CRRT time, operation times, time of recovery of serum creatinine and myoglobin, length of hospital stay, and follow-up were recorded. Results: All the 4 patients were cured after transfer to our hospital. Among them, totally 5 limbs of patients No. 1 and No. 4 underwent amputation because of complication of myofascial compartment syndrome and a large amount of necrotic muscle which could not be preserved. Patients No. 1, 2, 3, and 4 were treated with CRRT for 19, 35, 14, and 25 days respectively and performed with operation for 5, 6, 10, 8 times respectively. Serum creatinine of patients No. 1, 2, 3, and 4 returned to normal on 22, 35, 37, and 48 days after transfer respectively, and their serum myoglobin returned to normal on 18, 28, 25, and 30 days after transfer respectively. Patients No. 1, 2, 3, and 4 were hospitalized for 52, 105, 148, and 156 days and discharged after basic wound healing. Follow-up for 1 to 36 months showed no abnormal renal function in 4 patients. Conclusions: The early AKI in patients No. 1 and 4 was caused by rhabdomyolysis after severe burn complicated with myofascial compartment syndrome, while that of the other 2 cases were also related to hypovolemic shock and poor renal perfusion. The success rate of early AKI treatment in severely burned patients can be effectively improved by removing the causes of diseases at the same time of CRRT and actively treating burn wounds under the support of organ function and hemodynamic monitoring.
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510220, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510000, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510220, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510220, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510220, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510220, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510220, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510220, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510220, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510220, China
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Song ZC, Ding L, Ren ZY, Sun XS, Yang Q, Wang L, Feng MJ, Liu CL, Wang JT. [Effects of Src on cervical cancer cells proliferation and apoptosis through ERK signal transduction pathway]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2019; 38:1246-1251. [PMID: 28910941 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2017.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To explore the effect of Src on cervical cancer cells through ERK signal transduction pathway. Methods: Experimental study was carried out in vitro. Cervical cancer cell lines Hela (HPV-positive) and C33A (HPV-negative) were treated with Src kinase inhibitor PP2. Then, the cell cycle and apoptosis of each group were evaluated by using flow cytometry (FCM). Western blotting and Real-time PCR were used to detect the levels of the expression of ERK 1/2, c-Fos and c-Jun mRNA and protein respectively. The database was established and analyzed with SPSS statistical software (version 20.0). Results: After down-regulating Src, the cell proliferation was inhibited and cell apoptosis was induced. The proportions of G0/G1 stage of Hela and C33A cell in cell cycle increased while G2/M and S stages decreased. Meanwhile, the mRNA levels of ERK 1, ERK 2, c-Fos and c-Jun increased. And the expression levels of ERK 1/2, phosphorylated ERK 1/2 (p-ERK 1/2) and phosphorylated c-Fos (p-c-Fos) protein decreased, while c-Jun and phosphorylated c-Jun (p-c-Jun) protein expression increased. In addtion, the change level of Hela cell, p-ERK 1/2 and c-Fos protein were lower than that of C33A cell before and after the Src inhibition. Conclusions: Src, involved in regulating the expression of key factors of the ERK signal transduction pathway including p-ERK 1/2 and p-c-Fos, might be capable of promoting the proliferation of cervical cancer cells and inhibiting their apoptosis. The infection with HPV might have adjustable effect on this process.
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
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- Community Health Centre, Shanxi Cardiovascular Hospital, Taiyuan 030001, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
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Sun Y, Zhao QX, Li CF, Yang X, Zhang X, Liu CL, Chen ZY. [Analysis on 10 year survival of HIV/AIDS patients receiving antiretroviral therapy during 2003-2005 in Henan province]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2019; 39:966-970. [PMID: 30060313 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2018.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To understand the survival of HIV/AIDS patients after receiving antiretroviral therapy for 10 year in Henan province and related factors. Methods: The database of national integrated management system of HIV/AIDS was used to collect the basic information and follow-up information of HIV/AIDS patients who received antiretroviral therapy between 2003 and 2005 in Henan province. Software SPSS 23.0 was used to analyze the patients' survival and related factors based on the life-table method and Cox proportional hazards model. Results: Among the 2 448 HIV/AIDS patients who started antiretroviral therapy during 2003-2005, the men accounted for 53.5%, and women accounted for 46.5%. Up to 70.1% of the patients were aged 40-59 years and 95.5% of the patients had blood borne infections. The patients were observed for 10 years after antiviral treatment, and 719 cases died from AIDS related diseases, with a mortality rate of 3.78/100 per year (719/19 010 per year). The cumulative survival rates of patients within 1-year, 3 years, 5 years and 10 years were 0.94, 0.86, 0.78, 0.69 respectively. Compared with the patients aged <40 years, the HRs of the patients aged 40-, 50-, 60- and ≥70 years were 1.417 (95%CI: 0.903-2.222), 1.834 (95%CI: 1.174-2.866), 2.422 (95%CI: 1.539-3.810) and 3.424 (95%CI: 2.053-5.709) respectively. Compared with patients with baseline CD(4+)T lymphocyte >350 unit/ul, the HRs of the patients with CD(4+)T lymphocyte <50 unit/μl, 50-199 unit/ul and 200-350 unit/ul were 7.105 (95%CI: 5.449-9.264), 4.175 (95%CI: 3.249-5.366) and 2.214 (95%CI: 1.691-2.900) respectively. Compared with the women, the HR of the men was 1.480 (95%CI: 1.273-1.172). Compared with the patients who received second line ART therapy, the HR of patients receiving no second line therapy was 11.923 (95%CI: 9.410-15.104). Conclusions: The cumulative survival rate the HIV/AIDS patients after 10 years of antiretroviral therapy reached 0.69 in Henan. Male, old age, low basic CD(4+)T lymphocyte count and receiving no second line therapy were the risk factors for long-term survival of AIDS patients.
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- Department of Infectious Disease. Zhengzhou 6th People's Hospital, Zhengzhou 450015, China
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Li L, Ding L, Lyu YJ, Wang M, Liu CL, Han Y, Wang JT. [Interaction between vaginal micro-environment alterations and HPV16 infection in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2019; 39:1486-1490. [PMID: 30462959 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2018.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To explore the effect of vaginal micro-environment alterations and HPV16 infection and their interaction in the progression of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. Methods: The participants of this study came from the cervical lesions study cohort in Shanxi province, including 623 women with normal cervical (NC), 303 patients with pathogenically diagnosed low-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CINⅠ) and 93 patients with pathogenically diagnosed high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CINⅡ/Ⅲ). The data of the demographic characteristics of the study subjects and factors related to cervical intraepithelial neoplasia were collected, and HPV16 infection were detected by using flow-through hybridization technology and H(2)O(2), β-glucuronidase, clotting enzyme, neuraminidase and leucocyte esterase in vaginal secretions were detected by using the combined detection kit of aerobic vaginitis and bacterial vaginosis. pH value and vaginal cleanliness were also detected at the same time. The database was established and analyzed by SPSS statistical software (version 22.0). Results: The HPV16 infection rate (trend χ(2)=55.45, P<0.001) and the abnormal rates of H(2)O(2) (trend χ(2)=26.19, P<0.001), pH (trend χ(2)=5.06, P=0.024), vaginal cleanliness (trend χ(2)=19.55, P<0.001), β-glucuronidase (trend χ(2)=17.52, P<0.001) and neuraminidase (trend χ(2)=14.90, P<0.001) increased gradually along with the severity of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, but the abnormal rates of clotting enzyme and leucocyte esterase showed no same trend. The results of GMDR model analysis showed that there was interaction between HPV16 infection and abnormalities of H(2)O(2), β-glucuronidase, clotting enzyme and neuraminidase in CINⅠ group, and the interaction between HPV16 infection and the abnormalities of vaginal cleanliness, H(2)O(2), β-glucuronidase and neuraminidase in CIN Ⅱ/Ⅲ group. Conclusion: Our findings indicated that the vaginal micro-environment alterations and HPV16 infection could increase the risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, and they might have an important synergistic effect in the progression of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
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Qing SM, Chen RK, Liu H, Zhang S, Kuang AL, Su XF, Liu CL, Zhang NF. [Comparison of the NoSAS score with four different questionnaires as screening tools for obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2019. [PMID: 29518851 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2018.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To evaluate the clinical utility of the NoSAS score in the screening of patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome(OSAHS), and to compare the performance of the NoSAS score with other tools including Epworth Sleepiness Scale(ESS), STOP, STOP-Bang(SBQ) and Berlin questionnaires. Methods: A total of 444 consecutive patients(328 males and 116 females) with suspected OSAHS who underwent an overnight polysomnography(PSG) were recruited into this study. Five questionnaires including the NoSAS score, ESS, STOP, SBQ and Berlin were completed. Based on the severity of OSAHS which was determined by apnea-hypopnea index(AHI), the patients were classified into 4 groups: normal(<5 events/h), mild(5-15 events/h), moderate(15-30 events/h) and, severe (≥30 events/h) OSA.Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive values, negative predictive values and the area under the receiver operating characteristics curve of 5 questionnaires were calculated. Results: With AHI≥5 events/h as the standard diagnosis of OSAHS, the NoSAS score and SBQ questionnaire showed a moderate performance, with the NoSAS score having the largest area under the ROC curve(0.753, P<0.001), followed by the SBQ questionnaire (0.727, P<0.001). The performance of the ESS, Berlin, and the STOP questionnaire was not high. Using mild moderate-severe(≥5 events/h), moderate-severe(≥15 events/h), and severe(≥30 events/h)OSAHS as cutoffs, NoSAS had the highest specificity and positive predictive values(80.2% and 88%, 72% and 69.8%, 66.3% and 50.5%), and the sensitivity and negative predictive values were (51.5% and 36.9%, 56.5% and 59.1%, 66.3% and 74.2%) .SBQ had the highest sensitivity and the negative predictive values(80.2% and 88%, 72% and 69.8%, 66.3% and 50.5%), and the specific and positive predictive values were (45.7% and 81.0%, 39.1% and 61.9%, 34.8% and 44.4%). The NoSAS score ≥ 7 had higher sensitivity and negative predictive value(75.0% and 47.1%, 78.1% and 66.5%, 82.7% and 81.9%)than the NoSAS socre ≥ 8. With AHI≥5 events/h as the standard diagnosis of OSAHS, the NoSAS score and the SBQ questionnaire had a higher accuracy than the other 3 questionnaires as screening questionnaires for diagnosing OSAHS, and the value of DOR were 4.298 and 3.758 respectively. Conclusions: The NoSAS score and the SBQ questionnaire have a moderate performance in diagnosing OSAHS. The NoSAS score is a new screening tool, and it is similar to the SBQ questionnaire, being also simple and effective. While the SBQ questionnaire is more widely used, it is necessary to further evaluate the diagnostic value of NoSAS score.
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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Hong C, Li JY, Chen RK, Liu CL, Wang XN, Qing SM, Su XF, Zhang NF. [Correlation between peripheral venous oxygen saturation and hemodynamic parameters in patients with pulmonary hypertension]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2019; 41:37-40. [PMID: 29343014 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2018.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the correlation of peripheral venous oxygen saturation (SpvO(2)) with mixed venous oxygen saturation (SvO(2)), pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) and cardiac index (CI) in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH), in order to predict these parameters using SpvO(2) and assess the prognosis of patients. Methods: Hospitalized patients diagnosed with PH by right heart catheterization in the Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases from July 2015 to October 2016 were retrospectively analyzed. Parameters during the right heart catheterization, including SvO(2,)SpvO(2,)cardiac output (CO) and mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) were recorded, while CI, PVR and other parameters were indirectly calculated. The correlation between SpvO(2) and SvO(2,)CO, CI, mPAP, PVR and other parameters were respectively analyzed and compared between groups. Results: A total of 77 PH patients were selected, which comprised of 39 males and 38 females. The results revealed that SpvO(2) was correlated positively with SvO(2,)CI and PaO(2) (P<0.05), but negatively with PVR, total pulmonary resistance (TPR), systemic vascular resistance, right atrial diameter and right ventricular diameter (P<0.05). In the group with SpvO(2) <65%, the dilation of the right atrium and right ventricle was more significant, the WHO heart function grade was worse, CI, systemic systolic pressure and mean systemic pressure were lower, and PVR and TPR were higher, as compared to those in the group with SpvO(2) ≥65%. (P<0.05). Conclusions: There was good consistency between SpvO(2) and SvO(2). Furthermore, SpvO(2) could indirectly reflect the CI, PVR and changes in right heart structure of PH patients, providing reference for the clinical prediction of CI and PVR, as well as the prognosis of PH patients, through the use of SpvO(2). Low SpvO(2) indicated a severe condition and poor prognosis.
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, National Research Center of Clinical Medicine, Guangzhou 510120, China
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Ding L, Feng MJ, Liu CL, Wang L, Song ZC, Yang Q, Li XX, Song L, Gao W, Wang JT. [Effect of hnRNP K and its interaction with HPV16 on cervical intraepithelial neoplasia]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2018; 39:1630-1635. [PMID: 30572391 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2018.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the effect of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K (hnRNP K) and its interaction with human papillomavirus 16 (HPV16) on cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). Methods: The participants included 67 women with normal cervix (NC), 69 women with CINⅠ and 68 women with CINⅡ/Ⅲ in a community cohort of pathologically diagnosed women established in Jiexiu of Shanxi province, from June 2014 to June 2015. A structured questionnaire was used to collect the demographic data of the subjects and the related factors of cervical lesions. Cervical exfoliated cells and cervical tissues from biopsy or surgery were selected. The infection status of HPV16 was detected by flow-through hybridization. The protein expression levels of hnRNP K were evaluated by Western blot. SPSS 23.0 software was used to collate and analyze the data. To study the differences in demographic characteristics, related factors, hnRNP K protein and HPV16 infection among NC, CINⅠand CINⅡ/Ⅲgroups, χ(2) test, trend χ(2) test, and Kruskal-Wallis H test were conducted. Multiple comparisons of hnRNP K protein in three groups were completed by using the Bonferroni method. The OR and its 95%CI of hnRNP K, HPV16 and CIN were calculated by using the unconditional logistic regression models. Two-way interactions between hnRNP K protein and HPV16 infection on CIN were analyzed by using additive model and related indicators. Results: HPV16 infection rates were 10.4% in women with normal cervix, 14.5% in women with CINⅠ and 41.2% in women with CINⅡ/Ⅲ, respectively. The differences among three groups were significant (P<0.001). Moreover, the infection rates of HPV16 gradually increased with the increasing severity of CIN (trend χ(2)=18.512, P<0.001). The differences in protein expression of hnRNP K among three groups were significant (H=48.138, P<0.001) and the expressionincreased with the development of cervical lesionss (trend χ(2)=21.765, P<0.001). Results from the interaction analysis indicated that there were additive effects between high expression of hnRNP K protein and HPV16 in CINⅡ/Ⅲ group compared with normal group (API=0.639, 95%CI: 0.083-1.196). In contrast, no such additive effect was found in CINⅠ group. Conclusions: HPV16 infection and over-expression of hnRNP K protein were associated with the increased risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. There might be interaction between hnRNP K protein overexpression and HPV16 infection existed on the progress of CINⅡ/Ⅲ.
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- L Ding
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
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Chou LH, Wang XF, Osaka I, Wu CG, Liu CL. Scalable Ultrasonic Spray-Processing Technique for Manufacturing Large-Area CH 3NH 3PbI 3 Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2018; 10:38042-38050. [PMID: 30360087 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b12463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells are on the brink of a breakthrough in photovoltaic technology. Scale-up and large-area processing have become the focal points that must be resolved before commercialization. In this study, the scalable ultrasonic spray deposition method for high-throughput coating of the perovskite photoactive layer with a large active area of up to 3 cm2 is implemented by precisely controlling the concentration of the precursor solution and spray passes. CH3NH3PbI3 films with large crystallites and a suitable thickness of ∼350 nm are facilely developed through one-step direct ultrasonic spraying. Less hysteresis and highly reproducible power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of up to 12.30% (11.43 ± 0.43% on average for 20 devices) are achieved by an optimized single-junction device with an active area of 1 cm2, along with good ambient stability. The device retained ∼80 and ∼65% of the initial PCE after 60 and 105 days in ambient, respectively. The ultrasonic spray-coated perovskite solar cells can be further scaled to larger areas of 2 and 3 cm2 and exhibit PCEs of 10.18 and 7.01%, respectively. The reliable scale-up process for manufacturing the atmospheric wet-coated perovskite film is available in cost-effective and easily operated bench-top variants to bridge the interconnection between applied research and industry.
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- Li-Hui Chou
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering , Hiroshima University , Higashi-Hiroshima , Hiroshima 739-8527 , Japan
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- Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries (Ministry of Education), College of Physics , Jilin University , Changchun 130012 , China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering , Hiroshima University , Higashi-Hiroshima , Hiroshima 739-8527 , Japan
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Liu XG, Li JY, Liu CL, Wang XN, Cui JY, Zhang NF, Hong C. [Analysis of the characteristics of electrocardiogram in patients of different genders with pulmonary hypertension]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2018; 41:728-733. [PMID: 30196608 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2018.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To analyze the characteristics of ECG in patients with pulmonary hypertension(PH) and explore their correlation with pulmonary vascular resistance(PVR), mean pulmonary arterial hypertension(mPAP) and cardiac index(CI). Methods: A total of 186 patients with right heart catheterization were enrolled in the Department of Respiratory of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University from August 2015 to October 2017. Patients with normal pulmonary artery pressure, incomplete clinical data and repeated examinations were excluded and there were 101 patients with pulmonary hypertension included. The results of ECG parameters and right heart catheterization were collected to analyze the ECG characteristics of patients with different genders and their correlation with PVR, mPAP and CI. Results: Among all PH patients, the duration of QRS axial in male group was significantly longer than that of the female group [(110.38±15.829) vs. (98.63±18.041) ms, P<0.001], and the S wave amplitude in V5 was significantly higher compared to female group [(1.304±1.356) vs. (0.648±0.663) mv, P<0.001]. Their heart rate-corrected QT interval (QTc), QRS axis, S wave amplitude in Ⅰ, S and R wave amplitude in V1, R/S ratio in V1, S wave amplitude V5, all had a correlation with their PVR and the S wave amplitude in V1 was negatively correlated with PVR (r=-0.441, P<0.001). In the male group, PVR was not correlated with R/S ratio in V1 and S wave amplitude in V5. While PVR in the female group was significantly correlated with QTc, R wave amplitude in V1, R / S ratio in V1. In all PH patients, their P wave duration in Ⅱ, QRS axis and S wave amplitude in Ⅰ, S wave and R wave amplitude in V1, S wave amplitude in V5, QTc, R/S ratio in V1, all had correlations with mPAP (P<0.05). In male group, mPAP was not correlated with QTc, P wave duration in Ⅱ, and the S wave amplitude in V5 (P>0.05). The mPAP in the female group was only related to the S wave and R wave amplitude in V1, and S amplitude in Ⅰ and S wave amplitude in V5 (P<0.05). The CI was positively correlated with the S wave amplitude in V1 (r=0.34, P<0.001), and negatively correlated with the QRS axis (r=-0.219, P=0.04); CI in male group was not correlated with QRS axis(P=0.073), but correlated with QTc (r=-0.296, P=0.044). Conclusion: There were gender differences in QRS duration and S wave amplitude in V5 in patients with pulmonary hypertension. The QRS axis and the S wave amplitude in V1 were related to the heart index. There was a difference in the correlation between ECG and PVR, mPAP and CI in patients of different genders with pulmonary hypertension.
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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Cheng SW, Chang Chien YH, Huang TY, Liu CL, Liou GS. Linkage effects of triphenylamine-based aromatic polymer electrets on electrical memory performance. POLYMER 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2018.06.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Cheng SW, Han T, Huang TY, Chang Chien YH, Liu CL, Tang BZ, Liou GS. Novel Organic Phototransistor-Based Nonvolatile Memory Integrated with UV-Sensing/Green-Emissive Aggregation Enhanced Emission (AEE)-Active Aromatic Polyamide Electret Layer. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2018; 10:18281-18288. [PMID: 29733198 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b02560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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A novel aggregation enhanced emission (AEE)-active polyamide TPA-CN-TPE with a high photoluminesence characteristic was successfully synthesized by the direct polymerization of 4-cyanotriphenyl diamine (TPA-CN) and tetraphenylethene (TPE)-containing dicarboxylic acid. The obtained luminescent polyamide plays a significant role as the polymer electret layer in organic field-effect transistors (OFETs)-type memory. The strong green emission of TPA-CN-TPE under ultraviolet (UV) irradiation can be directly absorbed by the pentacene channel, displaying a light-induced programming and voltage-driven erasing organic phototransistor-based nonvolatile memory. Memory window can be effectively manipulated between the programming and erasing states by applying UV light illumination and electrical field, respectively. The photoinduced memory behavior can be maintained for over 104 s between these two states with an on/off ratio of 104, and the memory switching can be steadily operated for many cycles. With high photoresponsivity ( R) and photosensitivity ( S), this organic phototransistor integrated with AEE-active polyamide electret layer could serve as an excellent candidate for UV photodetectors in optical applications. For comparison, an AEE-inactive aromatic polyimide TPA-PIS electret with much weaker solid-state emission was also applied in the same OFETs device architecture, but this device did not show any UV-sensitive and UV-induced memory characteristics, which further confirmed the significance of the light-emitting capability of the electret layer.
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- Shun-Wen Cheng
- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering , National Taiwan University , Taipei 10617 , Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay , Kowloon , Hong Kong, China
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering , National Taiwan University , Taipei 10617 , Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering , National Central University , Taoyuan 32001 , Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering , National Central University , Taoyuan 32001 , Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay , Kowloon , Hong Kong, China
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering , National Taiwan University , Taipei 10617 , Taiwan
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