The Anneal Temperature Effect on the BTO and NZFO Films and Their Capacitance-Inductance Integrated Device

In this paper,a novel capacitor-inductor integrated structure was proposed.The dielectric material BaTiO3(BTO)and ferromagnetic material Ni0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4(NZFO)was prepared by sol-gel method.Phase composition and morphology of the thin films were characterized by XRD,SEM and AFM.The effect of annealing temperature on film crystallinity,surface morphology,dielectric properties and ferromagnetism was investigated.When the annealing temperature was 700°C,the BTO film and the NZFO film got the better dielectric properties and ferromagnetic properties.Then the BTO thin film was spin-coated on the substrate,and the NZFO thin film was in-situ sintered on the BTO thin film.The composite film possessed both ferromagnetism and dielectric properties.Finally,an inductive coil was fabricated on the BTO/NZFO composite film to produce a capacitance and inductance integrated device.

Reprogrammable, intelligent soft origami LEGO coupling actuation, computation, and sensing

Tightly integrating actuation,computation,and sensing in soft materials allows soft robots to respond autonomously to their environments.However,fusing these capabilities within a single soft module in an effi-cient,programmable,and compatible way is still a significant challenge.Here,we introduce a strategy for integrating actuation,computation,and sensing capabilities in soft origami.Unified and plug-and-play soft origami modules can be reconfigured into diverse morphologies with specific functions or reprogrammed into a variety of soft logic circuits,similar to LEGO bricks.We built an untethered autonomous soft turtle that is able to sense stimuli,store data,process information,and perform swimming movements.The function multiplexing and signal compatibility of the origami minimize the number of soft devices,thereby reducing the complexity and redundancy of soft robots.Moreover,this origami also exhibits strong damage resistance and high durability.We envision that this work will offer an effective way to readily create on-demand soft robots that can operate in unknown environments.

White-light-driven fluorescence switch for super-resolution imaging guided photodynamic and photoacid therapy

Photocaged fluorophores with photoactivatable characteristics presented important applications in imaging the biological structures and processes.Taking advantage of their super-resolution imaging merits to manipulate and visualize anti-cancer treatment is always a goal of modern clinical medicine.Traditional photodynamic therapy(PDT) is a noninvasive treatment but limited in intracellular oxygen content.Type I PDT and photoacid therapy(PAT) are two effective supplements of traditional PDT especially in hypoxic condition.Herein,a novel white-light-driven fluorescence switch(7H-dibenzo[c,g]carbazol-7-yl)(2-iodophenyl)methanone(2IB) was designed and synthesized as an unprecedent “all in one” platform for stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy(STORM) imaging guided Type Ⅰ/Ⅱ PDT and PAT.The experimental and theoretical studies revealed that the working mechanism is based on two competing paths under excitation:photosensitization and photocyclization reaction.Efficient intersystem crossing(ISC) ensured the generation of reactive oxygen species(ROS) for PDT,while low energy barrier facilitated the photocyclization reaction that simultaneously yielded emissive fluorophores(2IBC) and H^(+) for super-resolution imaging and photoacid,respectively.Impressively,the fluorescent intensity of mitochondria-targeted 2IBC was positively correlated with treatment efficacy,which is beneficial to spatiotemporally visualized therapeutic process and outcome.As a result,superior anti-tumor performance was achieved in vitro and in vivo.This contribution provided a multifunctional nanodrug paradigm for multimode cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Hysteresis-Free, High-Performance Polymer-Dielectric Organic Field-Effect Transistors Enabled by Supercritical Fluid

Organic field-effect transistors(OFETs)are of the core units in organic electronic circuits,and the performance of OFETs replies critically on the properties of their dielectric layers.Owing to the intrinsic flexibility and natural compatibility with other organic components,organic polymers,such as poly(vinyl alcohol)(PVA),have emerged as highly interesting dielectric materials for OFETs.However,unsatisfactory issues,such as hysteresis,high subthreshold swing,and low effective carrier mobility,still considerably limit the practical applications of the polymer-dielectric OFETs for high-speed,low-voltage flexible organic circuits.This work develops a new approach of using supercritical CO_(2) fluid(SCCO_(2))treatment on PVA dielectrics to achieve remarkably high-performance polymer-dielectric OFETs.The SCCO_(2) treatment is able to completely eliminate the hysteresis in the transfer characteristics of OFETs,and it can also significantly reduce the device subthreshold slope to 0._(2)5 V/dec and enhance the saturation regime carrier mobility to 30.2 cm^(2) V^(-1) s^(-1),of which both the numbers are remarkable for flexible polymer-dielectric OFETs.It is further demonstrated that,coupling with an organic light-emitting diode(OLED),the SCCO_(2)-treated OFET is able to function very well under fast switching speed,which indicates that an excellent switching behavior of polymer-dielectric OFETs can be enabled by this SCCO_(2) approach.Considering the broad and essential applications of OFETs,we envision that this SCCO_(2) technology will have a very broad spectrum of applications for organic electronics,especially for high refresh rate and low-voltage flexible display devices.