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{"title":"Cosolvent electrolyte chemistries for high-voltage potassium-ion battery.","authors":"Mengkang Shen, Zhongqin Dai, Ling Fan, Hongwei Fu, Yuanhui Geng, Jie Guan, Fanfei Sun, Apparao M Rao, Jiang Zhou, Bingan Lu","doi":"10.1093/nsr/nwae359","DOIUrl":"10.1093/nsr/nwae359","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The poor oxidation resistance of traditional electrolytes has hampered the development of high-voltage potassium-ion battery technology. Here, we present a cosolvent electrolyte design strategy to overcome the high-voltage limitations of potassium-ion electrolyte chemistries. The cosolvent electrolyte breaks the dissolution limitation of the salt through ion-dipole interactions, significantly enlarging the anion-rich solvation clusters, as verified by the <i>insitu</i> synchrotron-based wide-angle X-ray scattering experiments. Furthermore, the large anion-rich solvation clusters also facilitate the formation of an effective electrode-electrolyte interphase, thereby enhancing compatibility with high-voltage electrodes. The cosolvent electrolyte enables K||Prussian blue cells (2-4.5 V) to operate for >700 cycles with a capacity retention of 91.9%. Our cosolvent electrolyte design strategy paves new avenues for the development of high-voltage potassium-ion batteries and beyond.</p>","PeriodicalId":18842,"journal":{"name":"National Science Review","volume":"11 11","pages":"nwae359"},"PeriodicalIF":16.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11533897/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142576344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Van der Waals epitaxial growth of single-crystal molecular film.","authors":"Lixin Liu, Penglai Gong, Kailang Liu, Bingrong Huang, Zhihao Zhang, Yingshuang Fu, Yu Wu, Yinghe Zhao, Meihui Wang, Yongshan Xu, Huiqiao Li, Tianyou Zhai","doi":"10.1093/nsr/nwae358","DOIUrl":"10.1093/nsr/nwae358","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Epitaxy is the cornerstone of semiconductor technology, enabling the fabrication of single-crystal film. Recent advancements in van der Waals (vdW) epitaxy have opened new avenues for producing wafer-scale single-crystal 2D atomic crystals. However, when it comes to molecular crystals, the overall weak vdW force means that it is a significant challenge for small molecules to form a well-ordered structure during epitaxy. Here we demonstrate that the vdW epitaxy of Sb₂O₃ molecular crystal, where the whole growth process is governed by vdW interactions, can be precisely controlled. The nucleation is deterministically modulated by epilayer-substrate interactions and unidirectional nuclei are realized through designing the lattice and symmetry matching between epilayer and substrate. Moreover, the growth and coalescence of nuclei as well as the layer-by-layer growth mode are kinetically realized via tackling the Schwoebel-Ehrlich barrier. Such precise control of vdW epitaxy enables the growth of single-crystal Sb₂O₃ molecular film with desirable thickness. Using the ultrathin highly oriented Sb₂O₃ film as a gate dielectric, we fabricated MoS₂-based field-effect transistors that exhibit superior device performance. The results substantiate the viability of precisely managing molecule alignment in vdW epitaxy, paving the way for large-scale synthesis of single-crystal 2D molecular crystals.</p>","PeriodicalId":18842,"journal":{"name":"National Science Review","volume":"11 11","pages":"nwae358"},"PeriodicalIF":16.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11556342/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142624269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Foundation model for comprehensive transcriptional regulation analysis.","authors":"Zhaowei Yu, Yong Zhang","doi":"10.1093/nsr/nwae355","DOIUrl":"10.1093/nsr/nwae355","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18842,"journal":{"name":"National Science Review","volume":"11 11","pages":"nwae355"},"PeriodicalIF":16.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11565239/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142648361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Integrated detrital rutile and detrital zircon ages: a new perspective on the tectonic evolution of South China.","authors":"Hao Zou, Hongkui Li, Zhongquan Li, Danlin Wang, Inna Safonova, Huawen Cao, Xin Jin, Haifeng Chen, Changcheng Huang","doi":"10.1093/nsr/nwae356","DOIUrl":"10.1093/nsr/nwae356","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Paleogeographic reconstructions are of key importance for understanding the history of continental breakups and amalgamations during Earth's history. A special case is the history of the Asian continent, which, compared to other continents, consists of several large cratons and numerous smaller continental blocks. The history of the assembly of South China remains controversial in terms of the timing, Late Neoproterozoic or Early Paleozoic, and the participating continental blocks, e.g. Yangtze, Cathaysia, India and Australia. Detrital rutile U-Pb dating has significant potential with regard to deciphering tectonic settings as rutile frequently crystallizes during orogenic events associated with the processes of collision and subduction. Detrital zircon U-Pb dating is a perfect instrument for identifying the provenance characteristics and age characteristics of sedimentary sources. An integration of these two methods of dating offers better opportunities for reconstructing tectonic settings. This paper presents a first attempt to reconstruct the Neoproterozoic to Early Paleozoic tectonic history and paleogeography of the whole South China based on U-Pb geochronology of rutile and zircon and Hf-in-zircon isotopes from Lower Jurassic Baitianba Formation sedimentary rocks of the western margin of the Yangtze Block, a major part of South China. Our obtained integrated U-Pb rutile and zircon age data show three main age populations of 960-940 Ma, 630-610 Ma and 530-520 Ma. The new U-Pb detrital rutile and zircon ages, compared with former data from Gondwana and Australia, suggest that Yangtze amalgamated with Cathaysia to form South China during the Sibao orogeny at 960-940 Ma. The detrital rutile and zircons of the new 630-610 Ma age group could have been delivered from western Australia during the Late Neoproterozoic to Cambrian Paterson-Petermann orogeny. The abundant 530-520 Ma detrital rutile and zircon ages fit well with the coeval zircon age populations recorded in Gondwana-derived terranes, like India and Indochina.</p>","PeriodicalId":18842,"journal":{"name":"National Science Review","volume":"11 12","pages":"nwae356"},"PeriodicalIF":16.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11604069/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142751135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The emergence of electron spin in interdisciplinary research in chemistry.","authors":"Shang-Da Jiang, Li-Zhu Wu, Song Gao","doi":"10.1093/nsr/nwae344","DOIUrl":"10.1093/nsr/nwae344","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18842,"journal":{"name":"National Science Review","volume":"11 9","pages":"nwae344"},"PeriodicalIF":16.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11469729/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142470290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Revolutionizing biomolecular structure determination with artificial intelligence.","authors":"Han Li, Yipin Lei, Jianyang Zeng","doi":"10.1093/nsr/nwae339","DOIUrl":"10.1093/nsr/nwae339","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18842,"journal":{"name":"National Science Review","volume":"11 11","pages":"nwae339"},"PeriodicalIF":16.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11572485/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142670246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Layer-by-layer assembled 2D nanocomposites for extreme polarization optics.","authors":"Jiao Yang, Qunfeng Cheng","doi":"10.1093/nsr/nwae353","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwae353","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18842,"journal":{"name":"National Science Review","volume":"11 11","pages":"nwae353"},"PeriodicalIF":16.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11519024/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142546363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Non-hygroscopic ionogel-based humidity-insensitive iontronic sensor arrays for intra-articular pressure sensing.","authors":"Junli Shi, Sai Xie, Zhiguang Liu, Minkun Cai, Chuan Fei Guo","doi":"10.1093/nsr/nwae351","DOIUrl":"10.1093/nsr/nwae351","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Implanted pressure sensors can provide pressure information to assess localized health conditions of specific tissues or organs, such as the intra-articular pressure within knee joints. However, the prerequisites for implanted sensors pose greater challenges than those for wearables or for robots: aside from biocompatibility and tissue-like softness, they must also exhibit humidity insensitivity and high-pressure resolution across a broad pressure spectrum. Iontronic sensors can provide superior sensing properties, but they undergo property degradation in wet environments due to the hygroscopic nature of their active component: ionogels. Herein, we introduce a humidity-insensitive iontronic sensor array based on a hydrophobic and tough ionogel polymerized in a hydrophobicity transition yielding two hydrophobic phases: a soft liquid-rich phase that enhances ionic conductivity and ductility, and a stiff polymer-rich phase that contributes to superior toughness. We demonstrate the <i>in vivo</i> implantation of these sensor arrays to monitor real-time intra-articular pressure distribution in a sheep model, while assessing knee flexion with an angular resolution of 0.1° and a pressure resolution of 0.1%. We anticipate that this sensor array will find applications in various orthopedic surgeries and implantable medical devices.</p>","PeriodicalId":18842,"journal":{"name":"National Science Review","volume":"11 11","pages":"nwae351"},"PeriodicalIF":16.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11536762/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142583572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rapid extraction of trace benzene by a crown-ether-based metal-organic framework.","authors":"Zhonghang Chen, Peiyu Fang, Jiangnan Li, Xue Han, Wenhao Huang, Wenyue Cui, Zhiwei Liu, Mark R Warren, David Allan, Peng Cheng, Sihai Yang, Wei Shi","doi":"10.1093/nsr/nwae342","DOIUrl":"10.1093/nsr/nwae342","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Due to almost identical boiling points of benzene and cyclohexane, the extraction of trace benzene from cyclohexane is currently performed <i>via</i> the energy-intensive extractive distillation method. Their adsorptive separation by porous materials is hampered by their similar dimensions. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with versatile pore environments are capable of molecular discrimination, but the separation of trace substrates in liquid-phase remains extremely challenging. Herein, we report a robust MOF (NKU-300) with triangular channels decorated with crown ether that can discriminate trace benzene from cyclohexane, exhibiting an unprecedented selectivity of 8615(10) for the mixture of benzene/cyclohexane (v/v = 1/1000). Remarkably, NKU-300 demonstrates exceptional selectivities for the extraction of benzene from cyclohexane over a wide range of concentrations of 0.1%-50% with ultrafast sorption kinetics and excellent stability. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction and computational modelling reveal that multiple supramolecular interactions cooperatively immobilise benzene molecules in the triangular channel, enabling superior separation performance. This study will promote the application of advanced sorbents with tailored binding sites for challenging industrial separations.</p>","PeriodicalId":18842,"journal":{"name":"National Science Review","volume":"11 12","pages":"nwae342"},"PeriodicalIF":16.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11562822/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142648382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cord blood ceramides facilitate early risk identification into childhood metabolic health.","authors":"Jia Zheng, Sin Man Lam, Binhua Jiang, Lili Mao, Jieying Liu, Qian Zhang, Miao Yu, Wei Ling Florence Lim, Claudia H T Tam, William L Lowe, Wing Hung Tam, Ying Gao, Junqing Zhang, Ronald C W Ma, Xinhua Xiao, Guanghou Shui","doi":"10.1093/nsr/nwae352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwae352","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18842,"journal":{"name":"National Science Review","volume":"11 10","pages":"nwae352"},"PeriodicalIF":16.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11519047/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142546360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}