MoS2 quantum dots (QDs)‐based white‐light‐emitting diodes (QD‐WLEDs) are designed, fabricated, and demonstrated. The highly luminescent, histidine‐doped MoS2 QDs synthesized by microwave induced ...fragmentation of 2D MoS2 nanoflakes possess a wide distribution of available electronic states as inferred from the pronounced excitation‐wavelength‐dependent emission properties. Notably, the histidine‐doped MoS2 QDs show a very strong emission intensity, which exceeds seven times of magnitude larger than that of pristine MoS2 QDs. The strongly enhanced emission is mainly attributed to nitrogen acceptor bound excitons and passivation of defects by histidine‐doping, which can enhance the radiative recombination drastically. The enabled electroluminescence (EL) spectra of the QD‐WLEDs with the main peak around 500 nm are found to be consistent with the photoluminescence spectra of the histidine‐doped MoS2 QDs. The enhanced intensity of EL spectra with the current increase shows the stability of histidine‐doped MoS2 based QD‐WLEDs. The typical EL spectrum of the novel QD‐WLEDs has a Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage chromaticity coordinate of (0.30, 0.36) exhibiting an intrinsic broadband white‐light emission. The unprecedented and low‐toxicity QD‐WLEDs based on a single light‐emitting material can serve as an excellent alternative for using transition metal dichalcogenides QDs as next generation optoelectronic devices.
A “single light‐emitting material,” “low‐toxicity,” and “economical fabrication process” white‐light‐emitting diode based on histidine‐doped MoS2 quantum dots is successfully designed, fabricated, and demonstrated. This work overcomes the low‐luminescence problem for traditional 2D transition metal dichalcogenides and achieves high performance white‐light‐emitting diodes with an intrinsic broadband white‐light electroluminescence and a Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage chromaticity coordinate of (0.30, 0.36).
MoS
quantum dots (QDs)-based white-light-emitting diodes (QD-WLEDs) are designed, fabricated, and demonstrated. The highly luminescent, histidine-doped MoS
QDs synthesized by microwave induced ...fragmentation of 2D MoS
nanoflakes possess a wide distribution of available electronic states as inferred from the pronounced excitation-wavelength-dependent emission properties. Notably, the histidine-doped MoS
QDs show a very strong emission intensity, which exceeds seven times of magnitude larger than that of pristine MoS
QDs. The strongly enhanced emission is mainly attributed to nitrogen acceptor bound excitons and passivation of defects by histidine-doping, which can enhance the radiative recombination drastically. The enabled electroluminescence (EL) spectra of the QD-WLEDs with the main peak around 500 nm are found to be consistent with the photoluminescence spectra of the histidine-doped MoS
QDs. The enhanced intensity of EL spectra with the current increase shows the stability of histidine-doped MoS
based QD-WLEDs. The typical EL spectrum of the novel QD-WLEDs has a Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage chromaticity coordinate of (0.30, 0.36) exhibiting an intrinsic broadband white-light emission. The unprecedented and low-toxicity QD-WLEDs based on a single light-emitting material can serve as an excellent alternative for using transition metal dichalcogenides QDs as next generation optoelectronic devices.
Flexible, stretchable, and bendable electronics and optoelectronics have a great potential for wide applications in smart life. An environmentally friendly, cost effective and wide-angle emission ...laser is indispensable for the emerging technology. In this work, circumvent the challenge issue, cavity-free and stretchable white light lasers based on all carbon materials have been demonstrated by integration of fluorescent carbon quantum dots (CQDs) and crumpled graphene. The typical emission spectrum of the cavity-free laser based on all-carbon materials has a CIE chromaticity coordinate of (0.30, 0.38) exhibiting an intriguing broadband white-light emission. The unprecedented and non-toxic stretchable and white light cavity-free lasers based on all-carbon materials can serve as next-generation optoelectronic devices for a wide range application covering solid-state lighting and future wearable technologies.
The supernumerary spikelets（SS）characters of tetraploid wheat（Triticum turgidum L.）resulting in more spikelets and kernels per spike,thus enhancing sink capacity may contribute to potential wheat ...yield improvement.In order to investigate the effect of different SS types on agronomic characters and understand the genetic base of SS phenotype in tetraploid wheat,near isogenic lines（NILs）,bh-50 with normal spikelets（NS）,bh-51 with four-rowed spikelets（FRS）,bh-52 with short-ramified spikelets（SRS）,and bh-53 with long-ramified spikelets（LRS）in a Triticum durum cv.ZY1286 genetic background were developed by continuous backcrossing.Agronomic characters showed that the SS phenotype lines,bh-51,bh-52and bh-53 have significant increase in the number of spikelets and grains per spike compared with the NS phenotype line bh-50（P〈0.05）,and bh-53 line showed much more increase than those of bh-51 and bh-52.However,bh-53 had the lowest grain weight and the longest spike development stage than those of other spike phenotypes.These results indicated that the different SS types have different effects on the agronomic and spike characters.Genetic analysis through bh-50/bh-51and bh-51/bh-53 F2 populations showed that a recessive major gene controlled the spike architecture to transform from NS to FRS,and a dominant major gene determined the change of spike phenotype from FRS to RS.DNA sequences of Tt BH/WFZP ortholog on chromosome 2AS revealed that a single nucleotide polymorphism（SNP）substitution happened in the open reading frame（ORF）region of all the SS tetraploid wheat accessions,which may lead to the generation of lateral meristems between glume and lemma during the immature spike development.While the fates of the lateral meristems,developing into lateral spikelets or branched spikelets,may be determined by another major gene.Our results presented here may advance our understanding and knowledge of the genes and genetic pathways determining the spike architecture development in wheat.
A conventional turbulence inhibitor is compared with a swirling chamber from the points of view of fluid flow and removal rate of inclusion in the tundish. Comparing the RTD curves, inclusion ...removals, and the streamlines in water model experiments, it can be found that the tundish equipped with a swirling chamber has a great effect on improving the flow field, and the floatation rate of inclusion is higher than the tundish with a turbulence inhibitor. Because of the introduction of the swirling chamber, the flow field and inclusion removal in a two-strand swirling flow tundish are asymmetrical. Rotating the inlet direction of swirling chamber 60 degree is a good strategy to improve the asymmetrical flow field.
Background Blood glucose control improves the outcome of diabetic patients with stroke, but the target range of blood glucose control remains controversial. The functional recruitment of ischemia ...penumbra is extremely important to the recovery after stroke. The present study aimed to explore the expression of brain-type glucose transporters （GLUT1 and GLUT3） in cerebral ischemic penumbra at different blood glucose levels and different ischemic-reperfusion time in diabetic hypoxia-ischemia rats. The results might provide an experimental basis for clinical treatment of diabetic patients with stroke. Methods The Wistar rats included in this study were randomly assigned to 4 groups （50 rats each）： normal control group （NC）, uncontrolled diabetic group （DM1）, poorly-controlled diabetic group （DM2）, and well-controlled diabetic group （DM3）. Diabetic rats were induced by single intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin, and the focal ischemic rat model of middle artery occlusion （MCAO） was made by insertion of fishing thread in 6 weeks after the establishment of the diabetic model. Each group was divided into 5 subgroups （10 rats each）： four focal ischemic subgroups at different ischemic-reperfusion time （at 3,12, 24 and 72 hours after reperfusion, respectively） and one sham-operated subgroup. The mRNA and protein expression of GLUT1 and GLUT3 was assessed by RT-PCR and Western blotting, respectively. Results There was significant difference in the mRNA expression of GLUT1 and GLUT3 between the four focal ischemic subgroups and the sham-operated subgroup at different reperfusion time in each group. The mRNA expression of GLUT1 and GLUT3 in the 4 ischemic groups began to increase at 3 hours, peaked at 24 hours after reperfusion and maintained at a higher level even at 72 hours compared with that of the sham-operated subgroup. The mRNA expression of GLUT1 increased more significantly than that of GLUT3. The mRNA expression of GLUT1 and GLUT3 was significantly different between the diabetic groups and normal control group. The mRNA expression of GLUT1 and GLUT3 was increased more significantty in the diabetic groups than that in the normal control group. There was a significant difference in the mRNA expression in the groups with different blood glucose levels. The mRNA expression tended to decrease with increased blood glucose levels. The expression trend of GLUT1 and GLUT3 protein was similar to that of GLUT1 and GLUT3 mRNA. Conclusions GLUT1 and GLUT3 expression was notably up-regulated in the penumbra region after cerebral ischemia in this study. But the up-regulated amplitude of GLUT1 and GLUT3 in the diabetic rats with cerebral ischemic injury became smaller than that of the normal controls. In the treatment of diabetic patients with cerebral embolism, blood glucose control should not be too strict, otherwise the up-regulation of GLUT1 and GLUT3 induced by cerebral ischemic injury might not be able to meet the needs of energy metabolism in cells. Chin Med J 2009; 122（ 17）： 1996-2001
Chemical fertilizer plays an important role in increasing food production in China. Nevertheless, excessive nitrogen fertilizer use in China has resulted in severe environmental problems. The goal of ...this paper is to examine the impacts of an improved nitrogen management (INM) training experiment on farmers' chemical nitrogen (N) use behaviors in maize production in China. Based on household data collected from 813 maize farmers in Shandong, China, this study finds that while INM training can significantly reduce farmers' N fertilizer use, an INM training is not sufficient to change farmer's practices significantly, and farmers only partially adopted the recommended INM. This study reveals that China faces challenges to transform its agriculture to a low-carbon one. The research also sheds light on China's extension system and future technologies in meeting the objectives of reducing the excessive nitrogen fertilizer use in agricultural production.
Aerogel fibers have been recognized as the rising star in the fields of thermal insulation and wearable textiles. Yet, the lack of functionalization in aerogel fibers limits their applications. ...Herein, we report hygroscopic holey graphene aerogel fibers (LiCl@HGAFs) with integrated functionalities of highly efficient moisture capture, heat allocation, and microwave absorption. LiCl@HGAFs realize the water sorption capacity over 4.15 g g
, due to the high surface area and high water uptake kinetics. Moreover, the sorbent can be regenerated through both photo-thermal and electro-thermal approaches. Along with the water sorption and desorption, LiCl@HGAFs experience an efficient heat transfer process, with a heat storage capacity of 6.93 kJ g
. The coefficient of performance in the heating and cooling mode can reach 1.72 and 0.70, respectively. Notably, with the entrapped water, LiCl@HGAFs exhibit broad microwave absorption with a bandwidth of 9.69 GHz, good impedance matching, and a high attenuation constant of 585. In light of these findings, the multifunctional LiCl@HGAFs open an avenue for applications in water harvest, heat allocation, and microwave absorption. This strategy also suggests the possibility to functionalize aerogel fibers towards even broader applications.
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