Microstructured BN composites with internally designed high thermal conductivity paths for 3D electronic packaging by He, Hongying, Peng, Weixiang, Liu, Junbo, Chan, Xin Ying, Liu, Shike, Lu, Li, Le Ferrand, Hortense

“…Indeed, prompt heat dissipation in electrically insulating packaging is currently limited by the thermal conductivity achieved by thermal interface materials (TIMs) and by their capability to direct the heat towards heat sinks. Here, we create high thermal conductivity BN-based composites able to conduct heat intentionally towards specific areas by locally orienting magnetically functionalized BN microplatelets using magnetically assisted slip casting (MASC). …”
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Linking dual mode of action of host defense antimicrobial peptide thanatin: structures, lipopolysaccharide and LptAm binding of designed analogs by Sinha, Sheetal, Dhanabal, Vidhya Bharathi, Sperandeo, Paola, Polissi, Alessandra, Bhattacharjya, Surajit

“…As a mode of bacterial cell killing, thanatin disrupts LPS outer membrane and inhibits LPS transport by binding to the periplasmic protein LptAm. Here, we report structure-activity correlation of thanatin and analogs for the purpose of rational design. …”
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Recent progress in 2D inorganic/organic charge transfer heterojunction photodetectors by Han, Jiayue, Wang, Fakun, Han, Song, Deng, Wenjie, Du, Xiaoyang, Yu, He, Gou, Jun, Wang, Qi Jie, Wang, Jun

“…Particularly, the progresses in wafer-scale monocrystal of both 2D and organic materials render vast potential applications with operation frequencies ranging from ultraviolet to terahertz. Here, the recent advances of 2D-inorganic/organic CT photodetectors are comprehensively reviewed by several classifications. …”
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Heteroatom-doped microporous carbon nanosheets derived from pentaerythritol-melamine for supercapacitors and CO₂ capture by Hu, Xiaochun, Luo, Yuqing, Wu, Xianyue, Niu, Jiabin, Tan, Mingwu, Sun, Zhiqiang, Liu, Wen

“…Heteroatom-doped microporous carbon nanosheets (HMCNs) are used in a wide range of applications, including gas adsorption, energy storage, and catalysis. Here, we demonstrate a solvent-free, template-free, one-pot polycondensation approach for the synthesis of HMCNs using melamine (MEL) and pentaerythritol (PER) as precursors. …”
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Rapid electrochemical detection of COVID-19 genomic sequence with dual-function graphene nanocolloids based biosensor by Ang, Wei Li, Lim, Rachel Rui Xia, Ambrosi, Adriano, Bonanni, Alessandra

“…Rapid and low-cost detection methods are of utmost importance to monitor the diffusion of the virus and to aid in the global fight against the pandemic. We propose here the use of graphene oxide nanocolloids (GONC) as an electroactive nanocarbon material that can act simultaneously as a transducing platform as well as the electroactive label for the detection of 2019-nCoV genomic sequences. …”
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Molecular-level methylcellulose/mxene hybrids with greatly enhanced electrochemical actuation by Chen, Shaohua, Ciou, Jing-Hao, Yu, Fei, Chen, Jian, Lv, Jian, Lee, Pooi See

“…However, its actuation performance is limited by the slow ion diffusion through the film and poor mechanical property in aqueous electrolytes. Here, molecular-level methylcellulose (MC)/MXene hybrid films are assembled with obviously enlarged layer distance, improved wet strength, and ambient stability. …”
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Super-resolution imaging of photogenerated charges on CdS/g-C₃N₄ heterojunctions and its correlation with photoactivity by Wu, Shuyang, Lee, Jinn-Kye, Lim, Pei Chong, Xu, Rong, Zhang, Zhengyang

“…Among various structures, type II and direct Z-scheme heterojunctions with distinct charge separation mechanisms are the two typical representatives attracting much research attention. Here we prepared type II and Z-scheme CdS/g-C3N4 nanocomposites by thermal treatment and self-assembly chemisorption methods, respectively. …”
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The habenula clock influences response to a stressor by Basnakova, Adriana, Cheng, Ruey-Kuang, Chia, Joanne Shu Ming, D'Agostino, Giuseppe, Suryadi, Tan, Germaine Jia Hui, Langley, Sarah Raye, Jesuthasan, Suresh

“…The response of an animal to a sensory stimulus depends on the nature of the stimulus and on expectations, which are mediated by spontaneous activity. Here, we ask how circadian variation in the expectation of danger, and thus the response to a potential threat, is controlled. …”
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Promoting surface reconstruction of NiFe layered double hydroxide for enhanced oxygen evolution by Lei, Hang, Ma, Liang, Wan, Qixiang, Tan, Shaozao, Yang, Bo, Wang, Zilong, Mai, Wenjie, Fan, Hong Jin

“…A dynamic surface reconstruction of oxide electrocatalysts in alkaline media is widely observed especially for layered double hydroxide (LDH), but little is known about how to promote the reconstruction toward desired surfaces for improved oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Here, surface reconstruction of NiFe LDH nanosheets is successfully induced to a higher degree via in situ sulfur doping than that by natural electrochemical activation. …”
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One-shot yield-cost relations in general quantum resource theories by Takagi, Ryuji, Regula, Bartosz, Wilde, Mark M.

“…Although it is well known that the amount of resources that can be asymptotically distilled from a quantum state or channel does not exceed the resource cost needed to produce it, the corresponding relation in the non-asymptotic regime hitherto has not been well understood. Here, we establish a quantitative relation between the one-shot distillable resource yield and dilution cost in terms of transformation errors involved in these processes. …”
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Atomistic-scale energetic heterogeneity on a membrane surface by Tan, Johnathan Shiliang, Ong, Chisiang, Chew, Jiawei

“…The energetic heterogeneity and the effect of different probe molecules revealed here are expected to be valuable in guiding membrane modifications to mitigate fouling.…”
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Modulating T-cell activation with antisense oligoucleotides targeting lymphocyte cytosolic protein 2 by Iyer, Vaishnavi Srinivasan, Boddul, Sanjaykumar V., Johnsson, Anna-Karin, Raposo, Bruno, Sharma, Ravi K., Shen, Yunbing, Kasza, Zsolt, Lim, Kah Wai, Chemin, Karine, Nilsson, Gunnar, Malmström, Vivianne, Phan, Anh Tuân, Wermeling, Fredrik

“…This can be explained by the "undruggable" nature of LCP2, lacking a structure permissive to standard small molecule inhibitor modalities. Here, we explored an alternative drug modality, developing antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) targeting LCP2 mRNAs, and evaluated its activity in modulating T-cell activation. …”
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Alginate encapsulation improves probiotics survival in carbonated sodas and beers by Tan, Li Ling, Ang, Kai Lin, Loo, Joachim Say Chye

“…Refrigerated storage better preserved probiotic viabilities and reduced the formation of the probiotic metabolic by-product, L-lactate, than at room temperature storage. Findings here could provide beverage manufacturers with a novel way to develop probiotic-sodas and probiotic-beers through encapsulation.…”
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Metal-free access to β-carbolines via single-electron transfer catalyzed by a triaryl carbenium ion pair by Zhang, Zhenguo, Gu, Jun, Lv, Yongheng, Ji, Liang, Liu, Xiaoxiao, Wu, Beishen, Liu, Fang, Jia, Zhenhua, Loh, Teck-Peng

“…The β-carboline moiety exists in a wide range of drugs and natural products, but synthesis often relies on noble metals and stochiometric oxidants. Here, we develop a metal-free strategy using a triaryl carbenium ion pair as a catalyst to access β-carbolines from tryptamines and aromatic aldehydes. …”
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Nanocomposite foams with balanced mechanical properties and energy return from EVA and CNT for the midsole of sports footwear application by Chang, Boon Peng, Kashcheev, Aleksandr, Veksha, Andrei, Lisak, Grzegorz, Goei, Ronn, Leong, Kah Fai, Tok, Alfred ling Yoong, Lipik, Vitali

“…Conventional mineral fillers are usually employed to improve EVA's mechanical performance, but the energy return is sacrificed. Here, we produced nanocomposite foams from EVA and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNT) using a chemical foaming process. …”
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Persistent spectral simplicial complex-based machine learning for chromosomal structural analysis in cellular differentiation by Gong, Weikang, Wee, Junjie, Wu, Min-Chun, Sun, Xiaohan, Li, Chunhua, Xia, Kelin

“…Although developing chromosome conformation capture (3C) methods, such as Hi-C, which can generate chromosomal contact data characterized genome-wide chromosomal structural properties, understanding 3D genomic nature-based on Hi-C data remains lacking. Here, we propose a persistent spectral simplicial complex (PerSpectSC) model to describe Hi-C data for the first time. …”
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Two birds with one stone: engineering polymeric carbon nitride with n-π∗ electronic transition for extending light absorption and reducing charge recombination by Zhao, Gege, Li, Bangwang, Yang, Xiaonan, Zhang, Xiaomeng, Li, Zhongfei, Jiang, Daochuan, Du, Haiwei, Zhu, Chuhong, Li, Huiquan, Xue, Can, Yuan, Yupeng

“…To date, the approaches that are extensively invoked to address this problem mainly rely on heteroatom-doping and heterostructures, and it remains a grand challenge in regulating dopant-free p-CN for increasing H2 generation. Here, we report utilizing the inherent n-π∗ electronic transition to simultaneously realize extended light absorption and reduced charge recombination on p-CN nanosheets. …”
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Correlations and energy in mediated dynamics by Krisnanda, Tanjung, Lee, Su-Yong, Noh, Changsuk, Kim, Jaewan, Streltsov, Alexander, Liew, Timothy Chi Hin, Paterek, Tomasz

“…The minimum time required for a quantum system to evolve to a distinguishable state is set by the quantum speed limit, and consequently influences the change of quantum correlations and other physical properties. Here we study the time required to maximally entangle two principal systems interacting either directly or via a mediating ancillary system, under the same energy constraints. …”
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Directional emission from electrically injected exciton-polaritons in perovskite metasurfaces by Wang, Yutao, Tian, Jingyi, Klein, Maciej, Adamo, Giorgio, Ha, Son Tung, Soci, Cesare

“…We present a new approach to achieving strong coupling between electrically injected excitons and photonic bound states in the continuum of a dielectric metasurface. Here a high-finesse metasurface cavity is monolithically patterned in the channel of a perovskite light-emitting transistor to induce a large Rabi splitting of ∼200 meV and more than 50-fold enhancement of the polaritonic emission compared to the intrinsic excitonic emission of the perovskite film. …”
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Essential role of lattice oxygen in methanol electrochemical refinery toward formate by Meng, Fanxu, Wu, Qian, Elouarzaki, Kamal, Luo, Songzhu, Sun, Yuanmiao, Dai, Chencheng, Xi, Shibo, Chen, Yubo, Lin, Xinlong, Fang, Mingliang, Wang, Xin, Mandler, Daniel, Xu, Jason Zhichuan

“…However, a lack of mechanism understanding and material properties that control the methanol e-refinery catalytic performances hinders the discovery of efficient catalysts. Here, using 18O isotope-labeled catalysts, we find that the oxygen atoms in formate generated during the methanol e-refinery reaction can originate from the catalysts' lattice oxygen and the O-2p-band center levels can serve as an effective descriptor to predict the catalytic performance of the catalysts, namely, the formate production rates and Faradaic efficiencies. …”
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