Clinical features and treatment of near-work-related acquired esotropia

AIM:To investigate the characteristics of near-workrelated esotropia and the clinical efficacy of botulinum toxin type A(BTXA)injection therapy on it.METHODS:A total of 107 patients aged 15-57y with near-work-related esotropia were taken as the BTXA-treated group,and 30 other peers without near-work-related esotropia were included in the control group.All participants were refractive corrected to analyse the clinical characteristics of near-work-related esotropia.All subjects were examined including Worth4 spot examination,stereoscopic vision,strabismus angle,accommodative convergence to accommodation ratio(AC/A),far and near positive and negative convergence,positive and negative fusion range,positive and negative relative accommodation.Clinical efficacy was evaluated at a period of 10mo follow-up.RESULTS:The distant and near stereopsis were found in 84.9%and 77.5%of patients in the BTXA-treated group,respectively.In the control group,all patients had distant and near stereopsis.The incidence of taking off one's glasses to see close objects was significantly higher in the BTXA-treated group than in the control group(P<0.05).The BTXA-treated group showed a smaller range of infusion(9.84±5.72)°than the control group(22.04±8.71)°(P<0.05).The near esotropia angle of the BTXA-treated group(17.08±11.98)△was significantly smaller than the distant esotropia angle(19.07±11.68)△(P<0.05).Ten months after injection,the diplopia and esotropia of most patients underwent improvements after treatment(P<0.05).CONCLUSION:This study reveals that the accommodation function and the habit of near work without wearing spectacles are associated with near-work-related esotropia,while the length of time for near work and the onset time are independent of near-work-related esotropia.Additionally,BTXA injection therapy plays a vital role in relieving diplopia and restoring eye position.

Wire-like nano-polyaniline deposited electrochemically in a reverse micelle electrolyte as a p H sensor

Wire-like polyaniline(PANI) films were successfully electrodeposited onto an indium tin oxide(ITO) substrate using a pulse galvanostatic method(PGM) in a reverse micelle electrolyte. The as-prepared PANI films were electrochemically analyzed by cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy in 1 mol·L-1 HCl O4 solution. It is found that the as-prepared PANI films are highly porous, exhibit the diameters of approximately 100 nm and the lengths exceeding 3 μm, and have favorable electrochemical activities. Furthermore, the as-prepared wire-like PANI films show a good linear relationship of the potentiometric response curve over the p H value range of 3–10 with a slope of 74.13 m V·p H-1 in 0.5 mol·L-1 K2HPO4 basal solutions. The results demonstrate that the prepared wire-like PANI films are promising p H sensors.

Application of electrochemistry to single-molecule junctions: from construction to modulation

State-of-the-art molecular electronics focus on the measurement of electrical properties of materials at the single-molecule level.Experimentally, molecular electronics face two primary challenges. One challenge is the reliable construction of single-molecule junctions, and the second challenge is the arbitrary modulation of electron transport through these junctions. Over the past decades, electrochemistry has been widely adopted to meet these challenges, leading to a wealth of novel findings. This review starts from the application of electrochemical methods to the fabrication of nanogaps, which is an essential platform for the construction of single-molecule junctions. The utilization of electrochemistry for the modification of molecular junctions,including terminal groups and structural backbones, is introduced, and finally, recent progress in the electrochemical modulation of single-molecule electron transport is reviewed.