Aminoclay decorated with lanthanide complexes and carbon dots:Tunable emission and information encryption

Herein we present emission color-tunable and multi-functional lanthanide(Ⅲ)luminescent hybrid materials(Ln(DPA)@AC-CDs)by mixing aminoclay(AC),2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid(DPA),Ln3+(Ln=Eu,Tb or Eu and Tb in different molar ratios),and carbon dots(N,S-CDs)in water,showing high quantum yields up to 58.8%.The emission colors can be finely tuned by altering the excitation wavelength and the amounts of the components,and white light emission(CIE-(0.27,0.25))can be achieved for sample Eu1Tb2(DPA)@AC-CDs under 325 nm light irradiation.In addition,under 365 nm UV light excitation,the Eu(DPA)@AC-CDs powder exhibits red luminescence due to the sensitization effect of N,S-CDs on Eu^3+,which turns to bright blue when the powder is dispersed in water attributed to the high dispersion of the aggregated N,S-CDs particles.These luminescent properties afford Ln(DPA)@AC-CDs potential candidates for designing optoelectronic devices like WLEDs or in information encryption applications.

In Vitro Growth of Human Ovarian Follicles for Fertility Preservation

Young female cancer survival rates significantly increased due to the great progress of cancer therapy.In fact,cryostorage and transplantation of ovarian tissue have already resulted in the birth of healthy babies.Follicle in vitro growth(IVG)has the great potential of restoring fertility by achieving functional oocytes from the most immature stages to maturation.This is suitable for a wide range of patients,from pubertal to perimenopause women.Notable achievements have been achieved in human follicle IVG in the past decade.Mature oocytes have been successfully collected from long-term sequential follicle IVG.However,it is still a major challenge to establish a stable and efficient follicle IVG system able to generate mature and competent oocytes.Hereby,we review the approaches being taken so far using ovarian tissue to support follicle growth at different stages in vitro.

Tunable white-light emission of lanthanide(Ⅲ) hybrid material based on hectorite

In this work, we present novel trivalent lanthanide ions（Ln^3＋）-based luminescent hybrid materials, in which the organic ligands are covalently grafted on the hectorite templates and the Ln^3＋ ions can be well immobilized by the ligands through coordination bond. The hybrid materials exhibit tunable emission colors by varying the molar ratio of Eu^3＋ to Tb^3＋, and the one with Eu^3＋：Tb^3＋=1：1 exhibits excellent coordinate of（0.327, 0.328） located in the ＂white region＂ of the CIE 1931 chromaticity diagram（under300 nm UV illumination）. These properties make the hybrid composites suitable for fabricating optoelectronic devices such as full-color displays and white LED.

The role of extracellular matrix on unfavorable maternal-fetal interface:focusing on the function of collagen in human fertility

Extracellular matrix(ECM)is characterized as widespread,abundant,and pluripotent.Among ECM members,collagen is widely accepted as one of the most prominent components for its essential structural property that can provide a scaffold for other components of ECM and the rich biological functions,which has been extensively used in tissue engineering.Emerging evidence has shown that the balance of ECM degradation and remodeling is vital to regulations of maternal-fetal interface including menstrual cycling,decidualization,embryo implantation and pregnancy maintenance.Moreover,disorders in these events may eventually lead to failure of pregnancy.Although the improvement of assisted conception and embryo culture technologies bring hope to many infertile couples,some unfavorable outcomes,such as recurrent implantation failure(RIF),recurrent pregnancy loss(RPL)or recurrent miscarriage(RM),keep troubling the clinicians and patients.Recently,in vitro three-dimensional(3D)model mimicking the microenvironment of the maternal-fetal interface is developed to investigate the physiological and pathological conditions of conception and pregnancy.The progress of this technology is based on clarifying the role of ECM in the endometrium and the interaction between endometrium and conceptus.Focusing on collagen,the present review summarized the degradation and regulation of ECM and its role in normal menstruation,endometrium receptivity and unsatisfying events occurring in infertility treatments,as well as the application in therapeutic approaches to improve pregnancy outcomes.More investigations about ECM focusing on the maternal-fetal interface interaction with mesenchymal stem cells or local immunoregulation may inspire new thoughts and advancements in the clinical application of infertility treatments.