This study aimed to investigate the relationship between mental health literacy(MHL)and workplace well-being(WWB)of Chinese grassroots civil servants,with regulatory emotional self-efficacy(RESE)and resilience as media...This study aimed to investigate the relationship between mental health literacy(MHL)and workplace well-being(WWB)of Chinese grassroots civil servants,with regulatory emotional self-efficacy(RESE)and resilience as mediating variables.A questionnaire survey was conducted among Chinese grassroots civil servants,with a valid sample size of 2673 after excluding missing values and conducting relevant data processing.The PROCESS was used to examine the relationship between MHL,RESE,resilience,and WWB.The study found that MHL among grassroots civil servants was positively and significantly correlated with WWB(r=0.73,p<0.01).RESE partially mediated the relationship between MHL and WWB(β=0.25,95%CI[0.22,0.28]).Resilience partially mediated the relationship between MHL and WWB(β=0.22,95%CI[0.19,0.26]).MHL had a positive effect on WWB through the chain mediating effect of RESE and resilience(β=0.05,95%CI[0.03,0.07]).There is a close relationship between MHL and WWB,where Chinese grassroots civil servants with higher levels of MHL can develop stronger RESE and resilience,leading to higher WWB.The results of this study remind organizational institutions of Chinese grassroots civil servants that enhancing MHL,RESE,and resilience is an important pathway to promoting their WWB.展开更多
Reconfigurable intelligent surface(RIS)is more likely to develop into extremely large-scale RIS(XL-RIS)to efficiently boost the system capacity for future 6 G communications.Beam training is an effective way to acquir...Reconfigurable intelligent surface(RIS)is more likely to develop into extremely large-scale RIS(XL-RIS)to efficiently boost the system capacity for future 6 G communications.Beam training is an effective way to acquire channel state information(CSI)for XL-RIS.Existing beam training schemes rely on the far-field codebook.However,due to the large aperture of XL-RIS,the scatters are more likely to be in the near-field region of XL-RIS.The far-field codebook mismatches the near-field channel model.Thus,the existing far-field beam training scheme will cause severe performance loss in the XL-RIS assisted nearfield communications.To solve this problem,we propose the efficient near-field beam training schemes by designing the near-field codebook to match the nearfield channel model.Specifically,we firstly design the near-field codebook by considering the near-field cascaded array steering vector of XL-RIS.Then,the optimal codeword for XL-RIS is obtained by the exhausted training procedure.To reduce the beam training overhead,we further design a hierarchical nearfield codebook and propose the corresponding hierarchical near-field beam training scheme,where different levels of sub-codebooks are searched in turn with reduced codebook size.Simulation results show the proposed near-field beam training schemes outperform the existing far-field beam training scheme.展开更多
Reconfigurable intelligent surface(RIS)is an emerging meta-surface that can provide additional communications links through reflecting the signals,and has been recognized as a strong candidate of 6G mobile communicati...Reconfigurable intelligent surface(RIS)is an emerging meta-surface that can provide additional communications links through reflecting the signals,and has been recognized as a strong candidate of 6G mobile communications systems.Meanwhile,it has been recently admitted that implementing artificial intelligence(AI)into RIS communications will extensively benefit the reconfiguration capacity and enhance the robustness to complicated transmission environments.Besides the conventional model-driven approaches,AI can also deal with the existing signal processing problems in a data-driven manner via digging the inherent characteristic from the real data.Hence,AI is particularly suitable for the signal processing problems over RIS networks under unideal scenarios like modeling mismatching,insufficient resource,hardware impairment,as well as dynamical transmissions.As one of the earliest survey papers,we will introduce the merging of AI and RIS,called AIRIS,over various signal processing topics,including environmental sensing,channel acquisition,beamforming design,and resource scheduling,etc.We will also discuss the challenges of AIRIS and present some interesting future directions.展开更多
Maintaining the stemness of the transplanted stem cell spheroids in an inflammatory microenvironment is challenging but important in regenerative medicine. Direct delivery of stem cells to repair periodontal defects m...Maintaining the stemness of the transplanted stem cell spheroids in an inflammatory microenvironment is challenging but important in regenerative medicine. Direct delivery of stem cells to repair periodontal defects may yield suboptimal effects due to the complexity of the periodontal inflammatory environment. Herein, stem cell spheroid is encapsulated by interfacial assembly of metal-phenolic network(MPN) nanofilm to form a stem cell microsphere capsule. Specifically, periodontal ligament stem cells(PDLSCs) spheroid was coated with FeⅢ/tannic acid coordination network to obtain spheroid@[FeⅢ-TA] microcapsules. The formed biodegradable MPN biointerface acted as a cytoprotective barrier and exhibited antioxidative, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory activities, effectively remodeling the inflammatory microenvironment and maintaining the stemness of PDLSCs. The stem cell microencapsulation proposed in this study can be applied to multiple stem cells with various functional metal ion/polyphenol coordination, providing a simple yet efficient delivery strategy for stem cell stemness maintenance in an inflammatory environment toward a better therapeutic outcome.展开更多
Oxygen cathode catalysts can significantly address the issues faced by Li-O2 battery.In this research,a composite of IrO2 nanoparticles grown in situ on BCN nanotubes(IrO2@BCNNTs)has been synthesized by facile hydroth...Oxygen cathode catalysts can significantly address the issues faced by Li-O2 battery.In this research,a composite of IrO2 nanoparticles grown in situ on BCN nanotubes(IrO2@BCNNTs)has been synthesized by facile hydrothermal method,which is initially fabricated as cathode catalyst for Li-O2 battery.The results indicate that IrO2@BCNNTs nanocomposite has a better effect on improving the actual discharge capacity,voltage gap and cyclability of Li-O2 battery.In addition,it is also demonstrated that the Ir O2@BCNNTs composite exhibits bifunctional characteristics for both the oxygen reduction reaction(ORR)and oxygen evolution reaction(OER)through rotating disk electrode(RDE)measurements.The excellent performances of the synthesized catalyst may be attributed to the unique interconnected tubular structure and strong synergistic effect,which can provide more charged sites and defect sites and then facilitate reversible Li2 O2 formation and decomposition.Therefore,it is promising for applying the rational design of the bifunctional catalyst to Li-O2 battery.展开更多
To meet the requirements of Occupied Channel Bandwidth(OCB)of unlicensed spectrum,in NR-based Access to Unlicensed Spectrum(NR-U)of 5G New Radio(NR)system,the channels of PRACH and PUCCH have to employ some frequency ...To meet the requirements of Occupied Channel Bandwidth(OCB)of unlicensed spectrum,in NR-based Access to Unlicensed Spectrum(NR-U)of 5G New Radio(NR)system,the channels of PRACH and PUCCH have to employ some frequency domain sequence repetition schemes.These repeti-tion schemes cause serious Cubic Metric(CM)prob-lems for these channels,although these two types of channels are composed of Constant Amplitude Zero Auto-correlation(CAZAC)sequences.Considering the properties of CAZAC sequences,which are used for PRACH and PUCCH(refer to PUCCH format 0 and format 1)in 5G NR system,in this paper,we pro-pose some new schemes of CM reduction for these two channels taking into account the design princi-ples to ensure the sequence performance of the auto-correlation and cross-correlation.Then the recom-mended CM reduction schemes are evaluated and the optimized parameters are further provided considering both CM performance and the complexity.展开更多
Co-doped perovskite oxide La_(0.4)Sr_(0.6)Co_xMn_(1-x)O_3(x=0, 0.2, 0.4) composites are prepared by sol-gel method utilizing citric acid as chelating agent. These composites show good catalytic activities when tested ...Co-doped perovskite oxide La_(0.4)Sr_(0.6)Co_xMn_(1-x)O_3(x=0, 0.2, 0.4) composites are prepared by sol-gel method utilizing citric acid as chelating agent. These composites show good catalytic activities when tested as catalysts rechargeable lithium-air batteries. In particular, the La_(0.4)Sr_(0.6)Co_(0.4)Mn_(0.6)O_3 shows a lower potential gap. When these samples are tested as catalysts for Li-air batteries at a current density of100 mA g^(-1), the discharge capacities with different La_(0.4)Sr_(0.6)Co_xMn_(1-x)O_3(x=0,0.2, 0.4) catalysts are 5819, 6420, and 7227 mA h g^(-1),respectively. In addition, under a capacity limitation of 1000 mA h g^(-1), the cell using La_(0.4)Sr_(0.6)Co_(0.4)Mn_(0.6)O_3 as catalyst shows good cycling stability up to 46 cycles. The good electrochemical performance suggests that suitable doping of Co in Mn site of La_(0.4)Sr_(0.6)MnO_3 could be a promising route to improve the catalytic activity.展开更多
This article presents a pioneering solution to address the challenges of reconfigurable intelligent surface(RIS),employing a cascaded channel decoupling strategy.This novel method streamlines the RIS regulation matrix...This article presents a pioneering solution to address the challenges of reconfigurable intelligent surface(RIS),employing a cascaded channel decoupling strategy.This novel method streamlines the RIS regulation matrix by dividing the process of electromagnetic wave modulation into two separate sub-processes:virtual receiving response and virtual regular transmission,resulting in the decoupling of the RIS cascaded channel.Furthermore,the paper explores the practical implementation of this channel decoupling method in two typical scenarios,including single-user and multi-user access,offering detailed insights into its application.Through numerical simulations,the article demonstrates the effectiveness and reduced complexity of the proposed scheme in enhancing the efficiency of the RIS regulation matrix.展开更多
Scholars are expected to continue enhancing the depth and breadth of theoretical research on reconfigurable intelligent surface(RIS)to provide a higher theoretical limit for RIS engineering applications.Notably,signif...Scholars are expected to continue enhancing the depth and breadth of theoretical research on reconfigurable intelligent surface(RIS)to provide a higher theoretical limit for RIS engineering applications.Notably,significant advancements have been achieved through both academic research breakthroughs and the promotion of engineering applications and industrialization.We provide an overview of RIS engineering applications,focusing primarily on their typical features,classifications,and deployment scenarios.Furthermore,we systematically and comprehensively analyze the challenges faced by RIS and propose potential solutions including addressing the beamforming issues through cascade channel decoupling,tackling the effects and resolutions of regulatory constraints on RIS,exploring the network-controlled mode for RIS system architecture,examining integrated channel regulation and information modulation,and investigating the use of the true time delay(TTD)mechanism for RIS.In addition,two key technical points,RIS-assisted non-orthogonal multiple access(NOMA)and RIS-based transmitter,are reviewed from the perspective of completeness.Finally,we discuss future trends and challenges in this field.展开更多
Superalloys feature multi-elements and complex elemental ranges,which makes the proper composition selection difficult.In fact,more strict composition standards generally apply in practical productions.The objective o...Superalloys feature multi-elements and complex elemental ranges,which makes the proper composition selection difficult.In fact,more strict composition standards generally apply in practical productions.The objective of this paper is to understand and eventually to renew the composition standard via example of the most common grade Inconel 718.We have recently shown that t he alloy chemistry originates from a nearest-neighbor cluster[center-shell]plus a few next-neighbor glue atoms,or expressed in cluster for-mula[center-shell](glue atoms).By grouping the elements into Ni=(Ni,Co,Cu,Fe),Cr=(Cr,Mn,Si,Mo),and Nb=(Nb,Al,Ti),it is found that the reported alloys fall within a narrow composition zone Ni_(11.0-13.0)-Cr_(3.5-4.5)-Nb_(1) confined by cluster formulas of 16 and 18 atoms.This composition zone is also expressed in terms of 288-atom supercluster formulas,Ni_(198-208)-Cr_(63-72)-Nb_(16-18),which leads to coordi-nated elemental variations in wt.%:69.0≤Ni+Co+Cu+Fe≤72.7;19.8≤Cr+Mn+1.7 Si+0.6 Mo≤22.8;8.7≤Nb+3.2 Al+1.9 Ti≤9.8.Within this composition zone,Ni_(206)-Cr_(65.5)-Nb_(16.5) is further pinpointed and validated by our own experiments to possess the optimal match of strength and plasticity both at room and at 923 K.展开更多
Rechargeable aqueous zinc ion batteries(AZIBs)based on manganese dioxide(MnO_(2))have received much attention for large-scale energy storage applications,however,their energy density is mainly limited by the one-elect...Rechargeable aqueous zinc ion batteries(AZIBs)based on manganese dioxide(MnO_(2))have received much attention for large-scale energy storage applications,however,their energy density is mainly limited by the one-electron reaction of Mn4+/Mn3+redox.Herein,Mo dopedδ-MnO_(2)(Mo-MnO_(2))is prepared and used as a high-performance cathode for AZIBs,which delivers an⇌⇌ultrahigh specific capacity of 652 mAh·g^(−1)at 0.2 A·g^(−1)based on the two-step two-electron redox reaction of Mn^(4+)Mn^(3+)Mn^(2+).Ex-situ structural analysis and density functional theory calculation reveal that the Mo^(5+)dopant plays an important role in enhancing the electronic conductivity of Mo-MnO_(2)and promoting Jahn–Teller distortion of octahedral[MnO_(6)]in ZnMn_(2)O_(4),which facilitates the second step redox reaction of Mn^(3+)/Mn_(2+).This work provides a novel cathode materials design with multi-electron redox chemistry to achieve high energy density in AZIBs.展开更多
Microscale electroporation devices are mostly restricted to in vitro experiments(i.e.,microchannel and microcapillary).Novel fiber-based microprobes enable in vivo microscale electroporation and arbitrarily select the...Microscale electroporation devices are mostly restricted to in vitro experiments(i.e.,microchannel and microcapillary).Novel fiber-based microprobes enable in vivo microscale electroporation and arbitrarily select the cell groups of interest to electroporate.We developed a flexible,fiber-based microscale electroporation device through a thermal drawing process and femtosecond laser micromachining techniques.The fiber consists of four copper electrodes(80μm),one microfluidic channel(30μm),and has an overall diameter of 400μm.The dimensions of the exposed electrodes and channel were customizable through a delicate femtosecond laser setup.The feasibility of the fiber probe was validated through numerical simulations and in vitro experiments.Successful reversible and irreversible microscale electroporation was observed in a 3D collagen scaffold(seeded with U251 human glioma cells)using fluorescent staining.The ablation regions were estimated by performing the covariance error ellipse method and compared with the numerical simulations.The computational and experimental results of the working fiber-based microprobe suggest the feasibility of in vivo microscale electroporation in space-sensitive areas,such as the deep brain.展开更多
The dominant hydride precipitates have been well demonstrated to follow two types of orientation relationships(ORs)with Ti matrix:OR1 with{0001}//{001},<1210>//<110>and OR2 with{0001}//{111},<1210>//...The dominant hydride precipitates have been well demonstrated to follow two types of orientation relationships(ORs)with Ti matrix:OR1 with{0001}//{001},<1210>//<110>and OR2 with{0001}//{111},<1210>//<110>.Within the grains with special orientations,the complicated interactions of different hydride variants inside Ti-hydride diffusion layer are characterized in this work.For OR1 hydride layer,the orientations of{1010}plane parallel to the sample surface and a-axis parallel to the normal direction prefer multiple OR1 variants.The orientations favorable for OR2 hydride layer are:{1013}plane parallel to sample surface corresponding to the layer with one OR2 variant dominated and c-axis parallel to the surface normal with multiple OR2 variant layer preferred.Furthermore,{1012}extension twins and{1122}contraction twins are activated to accommodate the OR2 hydride-induced surface expansion and local misfit strain.The stimulation of these two twins is also orientation-dependent:{1012}and{1122}twins are observed in the grains with c-axis parallel to and deviated from the surface normal,respectively.The further variant selection for each twin mode is performed through shear accommodation of hydride-twin pairs.展开更多
Auto-tandem catalysis that uses a single catalyst to bridge and discriminate different catalytic cycles in a one-pot process is highly desirable for obtaining a high degree of structural complexity;however,it is a gre...Auto-tandem catalysis that uses a single catalyst to bridge and discriminate different catalytic cycles in a one-pot process is highly desirable for obtaining a high degree of structural complexity;however,it is a great challenge to develop auto-tandem catalytic systems in polymer chemistry.Herein,we report the auto-tandem catalysis by rationally designed aluminum porphyrin complexes,wherein well-controlled photoinduced electron/energy transfer–reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer(PET-RAFT)polymerization of vinyl monomers and completely alternating ring-opening copolymerization(ROCOP)of epoxides/anhydrides can occur in a concurrent or sequential manner.With a carboxylic group incorporated trithiocarbonate compound bearing a carboxylic acid group(TTC-COOH)as the bifunctional chain transfer agent(CTA),the auto-tandem catalysis provides one-pot access to diblock copolymers with predictable molecular weights and narrow distributions.Notably,the efficient electron/energy transfer from 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(2-chlorophenyl)porphyrin aluminum(III)chloride[(TPP^(2-Cl))Al^(III)-Cl]to TTC-COOH and their axial group exchange reactions completely circumvent the formations of undesirable homopolymers.展开更多
基金supported by the National Social Science Foundation of China(Grant No.21XDJ002).
文摘This study aimed to investigate the relationship between mental health literacy(MHL)and workplace well-being(WWB)of Chinese grassroots civil servants,with regulatory emotional self-efficacy(RESE)and resilience as mediating variables.A questionnaire survey was conducted among Chinese grassroots civil servants,with a valid sample size of 2673 after excluding missing values and conducting relevant data processing.The PROCESS was used to examine the relationship between MHL,RESE,resilience,and WWB.The study found that MHL among grassroots civil servants was positively and significantly correlated with WWB(r=0.73,p<0.01).RESE partially mediated the relationship between MHL and WWB(β=0.25,95%CI[0.22,0.28]).Resilience partially mediated the relationship between MHL and WWB(β=0.22,95%CI[0.19,0.26]).MHL had a positive effect on WWB through the chain mediating effect of RESE and resilience(β=0.05,95%CI[0.03,0.07]).There is a close relationship between MHL and WWB,where Chinese grassroots civil servants with higher levels of MHL can develop stronger RESE and resilience,leading to higher WWB.The results of this study remind organizational institutions of Chinese grassroots civil servants that enhancing MHL,RESE,and resilience is an important pathway to promoting their WWB.
基金supported in part by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2020YFB1807205)in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.62031019)in part by the European Commission through the H2020-MSCA-ITN META WIRELESS Research Project under Grant 956256。
文摘Reconfigurable intelligent surface(RIS)is more likely to develop into extremely large-scale RIS(XL-RIS)to efficiently boost the system capacity for future 6 G communications.Beam training is an effective way to acquire channel state information(CSI)for XL-RIS.Existing beam training schemes rely on the far-field codebook.However,due to the large aperture of XL-RIS,the scatters are more likely to be in the near-field region of XL-RIS.The far-field codebook mismatches the near-field channel model.Thus,the existing far-field beam training scheme will cause severe performance loss in the XL-RIS assisted nearfield communications.To solve this problem,we propose the efficient near-field beam training schemes by designing the near-field codebook to match the nearfield channel model.Specifically,we firstly design the near-field codebook by considering the near-field cascaded array steering vector of XL-RIS.Then,the optimal codeword for XL-RIS is obtained by the exhausted training procedure.To reduce the beam training overhead,we further design a hierarchical nearfield codebook and propose the corresponding hierarchical near-field beam training scheme,where different levels of sub-codebooks are searched in turn with reduced codebook size.Simulation results show the proposed near-field beam training schemes outperform the existing far-field beam training scheme.
基金This work was supported in part by National Key Research and Development Program of China under Grant 2017YFB1010002in part by National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 61871455,61831013.
文摘Reconfigurable intelligent surface(RIS)is an emerging meta-surface that can provide additional communications links through reflecting the signals,and has been recognized as a strong candidate of 6G mobile communications systems.Meanwhile,it has been recently admitted that implementing artificial intelligence(AI)into RIS communications will extensively benefit the reconfiguration capacity and enhance the robustness to complicated transmission environments.Besides the conventional model-driven approaches,AI can also deal with the existing signal processing problems in a data-driven manner via digging the inherent characteristic from the real data.Hence,AI is particularly suitable for the signal processing problems over RIS networks under unideal scenarios like modeling mismatching,insufficient resource,hardware impairment,as well as dynamical transmissions.As one of the earliest survey papers,we will introduce the merging of AI and RIS,called AIRIS,over various signal processing topics,including environmental sensing,channel acquisition,beamforming design,and resource scheduling,etc.We will also discuss the challenges of AIRIS and present some interesting future directions.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.82100977,82170964,81873716,and 82001042)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2021M691930)+7 种基金Shandong Province Key Research and Development Program(No.2021ZDSYS18)Shandong Province Major Scientific and Technical Innovation Project(No.2021SFGC0502)the Youth Scientific Research Funds of School of Stomatology,Shandong University(2020QNJJ03)the Opening Research Fund from Key Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research,College of Stomatology,Xi’an Jiaotong University(2022LHM-KFKT004)the Construction Engineering Special Fund of“Taishan Scholars”of Shandong Province(No.ts20190975 and tsqn201909180)Collaborative Innovation Center of Technology and Equipment for Biological Diagnosis,Therapy in Universities of Shandong,Rongxiang Regenerative Medicine Foundation of Shandong University(No.2019SDRX-14,2019SDRX-15)the Fundamental Research Funds of Shandong UniversityQilu Young Scholar Foundation of Shandong University。
文摘Maintaining the stemness of the transplanted stem cell spheroids in an inflammatory microenvironment is challenging but important in regenerative medicine. Direct delivery of stem cells to repair periodontal defects may yield suboptimal effects due to the complexity of the periodontal inflammatory environment. Herein, stem cell spheroid is encapsulated by interfacial assembly of metal-phenolic network(MPN) nanofilm to form a stem cell microsphere capsule. Specifically, periodontal ligament stem cells(PDLSCs) spheroid was coated with FeⅢ/tannic acid coordination network to obtain spheroid@[FeⅢ-TA] microcapsules. The formed biodegradable MPN biointerface acted as a cytoprotective barrier and exhibited antioxidative, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory activities, effectively remodeling the inflammatory microenvironment and maintaining the stemness of PDLSCs. The stem cell microencapsulation proposed in this study can be applied to multiple stem cells with various functional metal ion/polyphenol coordination, providing a simple yet efficient delivery strategy for stem cell stemness maintenance in an inflammatory environment toward a better therapeutic outcome.
基金financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51472070)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.172731)。
文摘Oxygen cathode catalysts can significantly address the issues faced by Li-O2 battery.In this research,a composite of IrO2 nanoparticles grown in situ on BCN nanotubes(IrO2@BCNNTs)has been synthesized by facile hydrothermal method,which is initially fabricated as cathode catalyst for Li-O2 battery.The results indicate that IrO2@BCNNTs nanocomposite has a better effect on improving the actual discharge capacity,voltage gap and cyclability of Li-O2 battery.In addition,it is also demonstrated that the Ir O2@BCNNTs composite exhibits bifunctional characteristics for both the oxygen reduction reaction(ORR)and oxygen evolution reaction(OER)through rotating disk electrode(RDE)measurements.The excellent performances of the synthesized catalyst may be attributed to the unique interconnected tubular structure and strong synergistic effect,which can provide more charged sites and defect sites and then facilitate reversible Li2 O2 formation and decomposition.Therefore,it is promising for applying the rational design of the bifunctional catalyst to Li-O2 battery.
文摘To meet the requirements of Occupied Channel Bandwidth(OCB)of unlicensed spectrum,in NR-based Access to Unlicensed Spectrum(NR-U)of 5G New Radio(NR)system,the channels of PRACH and PUCCH have to employ some frequency domain sequence repetition schemes.These repeti-tion schemes cause serious Cubic Metric(CM)prob-lems for these channels,although these two types of channels are composed of Constant Amplitude Zero Auto-correlation(CAZAC)sequences.Considering the properties of CAZAC sequences,which are used for PRACH and PUCCH(refer to PUCCH format 0 and format 1)in 5G NR system,in this paper,we pro-pose some new schemes of CM reduction for these two channels taking into account the design princi-ples to ensure the sequence performance of the auto-correlation and cross-correlation.Then the recom-mended CM reduction schemes are evaluated and the optimized parameters are further provided considering both CM performance and the complexity.
文摘Co-doped perovskite oxide La_(0.4)Sr_(0.6)Co_xMn_(1-x)O_3(x=0, 0.2, 0.4) composites are prepared by sol-gel method utilizing citric acid as chelating agent. These composites show good catalytic activities when tested as catalysts rechargeable lithium-air batteries. In particular, the La_(0.4)Sr_(0.6)Co_(0.4)Mn_(0.6)O_3 shows a lower potential gap. When these samples are tested as catalysts for Li-air batteries at a current density of100 mA g^(-1), the discharge capacities with different La_(0.4)Sr_(0.6)Co_xMn_(1-x)O_3(x=0,0.2, 0.4) catalysts are 5819, 6420, and 7227 mA h g^(-1),respectively. In addition, under a capacity limitation of 1000 mA h g^(-1), the cell using La_(0.4)Sr_(0.6)Co_(0.4)Mn_(0.6)O_3 as catalyst shows good cycling stability up to 46 cycles. The good electrochemical performance suggests that suitable doping of Co in Mn site of La_(0.4)Sr_(0.6)MnO_3 could be a promising route to improve the catalytic activity.
文摘This article presents a pioneering solution to address the challenges of reconfigurable intelligent surface(RIS),employing a cascaded channel decoupling strategy.This novel method streamlines the RIS regulation matrix by dividing the process of electromagnetic wave modulation into two separate sub-processes:virtual receiving response and virtual regular transmission,resulting in the decoupling of the RIS cascaded channel.Furthermore,the paper explores the practical implementation of this channel decoupling method in two typical scenarios,including single-user and multi-user access,offering detailed insights into its application.Through numerical simulations,the article demonstrates the effectiveness and reduced complexity of the proposed scheme in enhancing the efficiency of the RIS regulation matrix.
基金Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2020YFB1807600)。
文摘Scholars are expected to continue enhancing the depth and breadth of theoretical research on reconfigurable intelligent surface(RIS)to provide a higher theoretical limit for RIS engineering applications.Notably,significant advancements have been achieved through both academic research breakthroughs and the promotion of engineering applications and industrialization.We provide an overview of RIS engineering applications,focusing primarily on their typical features,classifications,and deployment scenarios.Furthermore,we systematically and comprehensively analyze the challenges faced by RIS and propose potential solutions including addressing the beamforming issues through cascade channel decoupling,tackling the effects and resolutions of regulatory constraints on RIS,exploring the network-controlled mode for RIS system architecture,examining integrated channel regulation and information modulation,and investigating the use of the true time delay(TTD)mechanism for RIS.In addition,two key technical points,RIS-assisted non-orthogonal multiple access(NOMA)and RIS-based transmitter,are reviewed from the perspective of completeness.Finally,we discuss future trends and challenges in this field.
基金supported by the Key Discipline and Major Project of Dalian Science and Technology Innovation Foun-dation(No.2020JJ25CY004).
文摘Superalloys feature multi-elements and complex elemental ranges,which makes the proper composition selection difficult.In fact,more strict composition standards generally apply in practical productions.The objective of this paper is to understand and eventually to renew the composition standard via example of the most common grade Inconel 718.We have recently shown that t he alloy chemistry originates from a nearest-neighbor cluster[center-shell]plus a few next-neighbor glue atoms,or expressed in cluster for-mula[center-shell](glue atoms).By grouping the elements into Ni=(Ni,Co,Cu,Fe),Cr=(Cr,Mn,Si,Mo),and Nb=(Nb,Al,Ti),it is found that the reported alloys fall within a narrow composition zone Ni_(11.0-13.0)-Cr_(3.5-4.5)-Nb_(1) confined by cluster formulas of 16 and 18 atoms.This composition zone is also expressed in terms of 288-atom supercluster formulas,Ni_(198-208)-Cr_(63-72)-Nb_(16-18),which leads to coordi-nated elemental variations in wt.%:69.0≤Ni+Co+Cu+Fe≤72.7;19.8≤Cr+Mn+1.7 Si+0.6 Mo≤22.8;8.7≤Nb+3.2 Al+1.9 Ti≤9.8.Within this composition zone,Ni_(206)-Cr_(65.5)-Nb_(16.5) is further pinpointed and validated by our own experiments to possess the optimal match of strength and plasticity both at room and at 923 K.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21935001 and 22101015)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2018YFA0702002)the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovation Research Team in the University(No.IRT1205).
文摘Rechargeable aqueous zinc ion batteries(AZIBs)based on manganese dioxide(MnO_(2))have received much attention for large-scale energy storage applications,however,their energy density is mainly limited by the one-electron reaction of Mn4+/Mn3+redox.Herein,Mo dopedδ-MnO_(2)(Mo-MnO_(2))is prepared and used as a high-performance cathode for AZIBs,which delivers an⇌⇌ultrahigh specific capacity of 652 mAh·g^(−1)at 0.2 A·g^(−1)based on the two-step two-electron redox reaction of Mn^(4+)Mn^(3+)Mn^(2+).Ex-situ structural analysis and density functional theory calculation reveal that the Mo^(5+)dopant plays an important role in enhancing the electronic conductivity of Mo-MnO_(2)and promoting Jahn–Teller distortion of octahedral[MnO_(6)]in ZnMn_(2)O_(4),which facilitates the second step redox reaction of Mn^(3+)/Mn_(2+).This work provides a novel cathode materials design with multi-electron redox chemistry to achieve high energy density in AZIBs.
基金X.J.gratefully acknowledges funding support from US National Science Foundation(ECCS-1847436)US National Institutes of Health(R01 NS123069-01 and R21 EY033080-01)R.D.gratefully acknowledges funding support from National Institutes of Health(R01CA213423).
文摘Microscale electroporation devices are mostly restricted to in vitro experiments(i.e.,microchannel and microcapillary).Novel fiber-based microprobes enable in vivo microscale electroporation and arbitrarily select the cell groups of interest to electroporate.We developed a flexible,fiber-based microscale electroporation device through a thermal drawing process and femtosecond laser micromachining techniques.The fiber consists of four copper electrodes(80μm),one microfluidic channel(30μm),and has an overall diameter of 400μm.The dimensions of the exposed electrodes and channel were customizable through a delicate femtosecond laser setup.The feasibility of the fiber probe was validated through numerical simulations and in vitro experiments.Successful reversible and irreversible microscale electroporation was observed in a 3D collagen scaffold(seeded with U251 human glioma cells)using fluorescent staining.The ablation regions were estimated by performing the covariance error ellipse method and compared with the numerical simulations.The computational and experimental results of the working fiber-based microprobe suggest the feasibility of in vivo microscale electroporation in space-sensitive areas,such as the deep brain.
基金the China Scholarship Council for the financial support。
文摘The dominant hydride precipitates have been well demonstrated to follow two types of orientation relationships(ORs)with Ti matrix:OR1 with{0001}//{001},<1210>//<110>and OR2 with{0001}//{111},<1210>//<110>.Within the grains with special orientations,the complicated interactions of different hydride variants inside Ti-hydride diffusion layer are characterized in this work.For OR1 hydride layer,the orientations of{1010}plane parallel to the sample surface and a-axis parallel to the normal direction prefer multiple OR1 variants.The orientations favorable for OR2 hydride layer are:{1013}plane parallel to sample surface corresponding to the layer with one OR2 variant dominated and c-axis parallel to the surface normal with multiple OR2 variant layer preferred.Furthermore,{1012}extension twins and{1122}contraction twins are activated to accommodate the OR2 hydride-induced surface expansion and local misfit strain.The stimulation of these two twins is also orientation-dependent:{1012}and{1122}twins are observed in the grains with c-axis parallel to and deviated from the surface normal,respectively.The further variant selection for each twin mode is performed through shear accommodation of hydride-twin pairs.
基金Financial support from National Key R&D Plan(no.2016YFB0302400)NSFC(no.21604027)of Chinathe Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(HUST:2019JYCXJJ015).
文摘Auto-tandem catalysis that uses a single catalyst to bridge and discriminate different catalytic cycles in a one-pot process is highly desirable for obtaining a high degree of structural complexity;however,it is a great challenge to develop auto-tandem catalytic systems in polymer chemistry.Herein,we report the auto-tandem catalysis by rationally designed aluminum porphyrin complexes,wherein well-controlled photoinduced electron/energy transfer–reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer(PET-RAFT)polymerization of vinyl monomers and completely alternating ring-opening copolymerization(ROCOP)of epoxides/anhydrides can occur in a concurrent or sequential manner.With a carboxylic group incorporated trithiocarbonate compound bearing a carboxylic acid group(TTC-COOH)as the bifunctional chain transfer agent(CTA),the auto-tandem catalysis provides one-pot access to diblock copolymers with predictable molecular weights and narrow distributions.Notably,the efficient electron/energy transfer from 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(2-chlorophenyl)porphyrin aluminum(III)chloride[(TPP^(2-Cl))Al^(III)-Cl]to TTC-COOH and their axial group exchange reactions completely circumvent the formations of undesirable homopolymers.