Design of a custom vapor transport co-deposition system for scalable production of perovskite solar cells by Wassweiler, Ella, Panda, Anurag, Kadosh, Tamar, Nguyen, Thienan, Hsu, Wan-Ju, Pettit, Emma, Holmes, Russell J, Tuller, Harry, Bulovic, Vladimir

“…Vacuum-deposited perovskites provide a more direct path to manufacturing large area solar cells because of ready compatibility with multilayered architectures and historic use in the electronics industry. …”
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Understanding tumor cell plasticity in spatial transcriptomics with graph attention networks and walk-based pseudotime analysis by Zamora, Izabella

“…Tumor cell plasticity in cancer is a key driver in tumor progression, heterogeneity, metastasis, and treatment resistance. …”
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CD1d‐mediated lipid presentation by CD11c+ cells regulates intestinal homeostasis by Sáez de Guinoa, Julia, Jimeno, Rebeca, Gaya, Mauro, Kipling, David, Garzón, María J., Dunn‐Walters, Deborah, Ubeda, Carles, Barral, Patricia

“…Here, we demonstrate that NKT cells respond to intestinal lipids and CD11c+ cells (including dendritic cells (DCs) and macrophages) are essential to mediate lipid presentation within the gut ultimately controlling intestinal NKT cell homeostasis and activation. …”
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Droplet optofluidic imaging for λ-bacteriophage detection via co-culture with host cell Escherichia coli by Yu, J. Q., Huang, W., Chin, L. K., Lei, L., Lin, Z. P., Ser, W., Chen, H., Ayi, T. C., Yap, P. H., Chen, C. H., Liu, A. Q.

“…The optofluidic imaging is based on the effective refractive index changes in the microdroplet correlated with the growth rate of the infected host cells, which is highly sensitive, i.e. can detect one E. coli cell. …”
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Novel hole transporting materials based on triptycene core for high efficiency mesoscopic perovskite solar cells by Mhaisalkar, Subodh Gautam, Sabba, Dharani, Li, Hairong, Yin, Jun, Boix, Pablo P., Krishna, Anurag, Soci, Cesare, Grimsdale, Andrew C.

“…The mesoporous perovskite solar cells fabricated using T102 and T103 as the hole transporting material (HTM) showed a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 12.24% and 12.38%, respectively, which is comparable to that obtained using the best performing HTM spiro-OMeTAD. …”
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A dopant‐free polymer as hole‐transporting material for highly efficient and stable perovskite solar cells by Li, Xianqiang, Tang, Xiaohong, Yang, Yijie, Ye, Tao, Wu, Dan, Wang, Hong, Li, Jun, Wang, Xizu

“…A series of thiazolothiazole‐thiophene‐based polymer hole‐transporting materials (HTMs) are synthesized and applied into perovskite solar cells (PSCs). These polymer HTMs have good performance and stability without any dopants. …”
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Generation of vascularized 3-dimensional (3D) kidney organoids from human pluripotent stem cells by Low, Jian Hui

“…Human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)-derived kidney organoids are revolutionizing the way we investigate renal physiopathology and development. …”
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Wet-air co-electrolysis in high-temperature solid oxide electrolysis cell for production of ammonia feedstock by Liu, Qinglin, Su, Pei-Chen, Chan, Siew Hwa

“…To significantly abate the carbon footprint in the conventional Haber-Bosch process, a novel approach based on wet air co-electrolysis in solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) was proposed and evaluated in this study for sustainable single-step production of ammonia feedstock (i.e., H2/N2 mixture). …”
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Double heterojunction crystalline silicon solar cells: from doped silicon to dopant-free passivating contacts by Wong, Terence Kin Shun, Pei, Keyi

“…Carrier-selective passivating contacts for effective electron and hole extraction are crucial to the attainment of high efficiency in crystalline silicon (Si) solar cells. In this comprehensive review, the principle of carrier extraction and recombination mechanisms in conventional industrial Si solar cells are discussed first. …”
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The respiratory syncytial virus SH protein is incorporated into infectious virus particles that form on virus-infected cells by Huong, Tra Nguyen, Iyer, Laxmi Ravi, Lui, Jing, Wang, De Yun, Tan, Boon Huan, Sugrue, Richard J.

“…The association of the SH protein with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) particles was examined in HEp2 cells and human ciliated nasal epithelial cells. …”
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Computational modeling of light processing in the habenula and dorsal raphe based on laser ablation of functionally-defined cells by Cheng, Ruey-Kuang, Jagannathan, N. Suhas, Kathrada, Ahmad Ismat, Jesuthasan, Suresh, Tucker-Kellogg, Lisa

“…After ablation of the ON cells in the vHb (V-ON), the raphe displayed no response to light. …”
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Anodic TiO2 nanotube arrays with high surface area for dye-sensitized solar cells by Wang, Xiaoyan

“…Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have received worldwide research interest as a promising and competitive candidate for low-cost photovoltaics. …”
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Long term survival of human skeletal myoblast cells in a porcine heart model of chronic ischemia by Jiang, Shujia

“…Our project is intended to ascertain the feasibility, usefulness and survival of human skeletal myoblast (HSM) as donor cells for transplantation into damaged myocardium for cardiac repair. …”
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Optogenetics-Mediated Targeted Recording from Adult-Born Granule Cells in the Dentate Gyrus of Behaving Mice by Yang, Ming

“…The aim of the study is to develop a new recording method to overcome the difficulty in determining cellular identity of neurons generating recorded activity in traditional electrophysiological extracellular recording which will help to investigate the properties of adult-born granule cell which is thought to be related to memory formation and learning. [1st Award]…”
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High expression of MnSOD promotes survival of circulating breast cancer cells and increases their resistance to doxorubicin by Fu, Afu, Ma, Shijun, Wei, Na, Tan, Blanche Xiao Xuan, Tan, Ern Yu, Luo, Kathy Qian

“…Understanding the survival mechanism of metastatic cancer cells in circulation will provide new perspectives on metastasis prevention and also shed new light on metastasis-derived drug resistance. …”
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Thiophene-derived polymer dots for imaging endocytic compartments in live cells and broad-spectrum bacterial killing by Prasad, Kenath Priyanka, Than, Aung, Li, Nan, Alam SK, Mahasin, Duan, Hongwei, Pu, Kanyi, Zheng, Xinting, Chen, Peng

“…As a proof-of-concept demonstration, pTh-Pdots are herein employed to track the endocytic pathway in live cells. Furthermore, we show that these polymeric nanoparticles can serve as potent antibacterial agents by making use of their ability to disrupt bacterial membranes and high peroxidase mimicking activity.…”
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Irradiation of Epithelial Carcinoma Cells Upregulates Calcium-Binding Proteins That Promote Survival under Hypoxic Conditions by Ren, Yan, Yeoh, Kheng Wei, Hao, Piliang, Kon, Oi Lian, Sze, Siu Kwan

“…Hypoxia is thought to promote tumor radio-resistance via effects on gene expression in cancer cells that modulate their metabolism, proliferation, and DNA repair pathways to enhance survival. …”
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A Chronic Autoimmune Dry Eye Rat Model with Increase in Effector Memory T Cells in Eyeball Tissue by Hou, Aihua, Bose, Tanima, Chandy, Kanianthara George, Tong, Louis

“…Immune profiling by flow cytometry showed a preponderance of CD3+ effector memory T cells in the eyeball.…”
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Biointerface by cell growth on layered graphene–artificial peroxidase–protein nanostructure for in situ quantitative molecular detection by Guo, Chun Xian, Zheng, Xin Ting, Lu, Zhisong, Lou, David Xiong Wen, Li, Chang Ming

“…A smart multifunctional biointerface with dimensional compatibility and good electrical conductivity is constructed by growing human breast adenocarcinoma cells on layered graphene–artificial peroxidase–extracellular matrix protein and further used to in situ selectively and quantatively detect reactive oxygen species, for the first time discovering that the number of extracellular released hydrogen peroxide molecules is around 1011 per cell.…”
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Immobilization of gelatin onto poly(glycidyl methacrylate)-grafted polycaprolactone substrates for improved cell-material interactions by Yuan, Shaojun, Xiong, Gordon, Roguin, Ariel, Choong, Cleo Swee Neo

“…To enhance the cytocompatibility of polycaprolactone (PCL), cell-adhesive gelatin is covalently immobilized onto the PCL film surface via two surfacemodified approaches: a conventional chemical immobilization process and a surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) process. …”
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