Layered MoS2@graphene functionalized with nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots as an enhanced electrochemical hydrogen evolution catalyst

A novel three-dimensional (3D) layered MoS2@graphene functionalized with nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots (MoS2@N-GQDs-GR) composites as an enhanced electrochemical hydrogen evolution catalyst. The few layered MoS2 nanoflowers supported on N-GQDs-GR surface were elaborately fabricated by one-pot hydrothermal method, which MoS2 and N-GQDs-GR exist in a bonding manner of Mo-N. In addition, due to the layered MoS2 sheet edge exposes more hydrogen evolution active sites and N-GQDs-GR have high conductivity, the composites exhibit prominent electrocatalytic activity with a low overpotential 99 mV, a small Tafel slope 49.3 mV/dec. Therefore, that the current work will develop HER catalysts may replace Pt.

Recent advances in the development of colorimetric analysis and testing based on aggregation-induced nanozymes

Colorimetric sensing strategies as a powerful point-of-care testing(POCT) tool have attracted significant interest in various chem/biosensing applications.Taking the excellent bare-eye-detectable signaling feature,nanozymes-based colorimetric sensors enable more potential applications and have been a new forefront in the colorimetric POCT analysis toward different target analytes.However,the low catalytic activity of nanozymes in most cases limits their practical application.Recent efforts demonstrate that the aggregation-induced nanozymes provide a general means to modulate nanozymes activity and enhance colorimetric sensing performances of some nanozymes-based colorimetric sensors.But there are few reports are explored to discuss and review such aggregation-induced nanozymes and their colorimetric sensing applications.To highlight the advances and progress in aggregation-induced nanozymes based colorimetric assays,we herein summary the fundamentals,classify and applications of this newlydeveloping field,focusing on the aggregation-induced activity enhancement of nanozymes(AIAEnanozymes) with a significant "signal-on" feature and aggregation-induced activity inhibition of nanozymes(AIAI-nanozymes) with a dramatical "signal-of" characteristics.Finally,we also propose the current challenges and the future prospects on both AIAE-nanozymes and AIAI-nanozymes.

Colorectal cancer and adjacent normal mucosa differ in apoptotic and inflammatory protein expression

Colorectal cancer usually refers to the occurrence of the appendix,rectum or colon and other parts of the ma-lignant tumor in the large intestine mucosa and glands,is also one of the most common malignant tumors in human.In recent years,studies have shown that chronic inflammation is the"initiator"of cancer.Inflammation plays a causal role in the early formation of tumors by regulating the initiation and promotion of tumor genesis and development through a series of inflammatory cytokines.Inflammation plays a causal role in the early for-mation of tumors by regulating the initiation and promotion of tumor genesis and development through a series of inflammatory cytokines.The latter part of this review describes the role of several important inflammatory factors:tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α),interleukin-6(IL-6),and transforming growth factor-β(TGF-β)in col-orectal cancer.In normal mucosa,inflammatory factors play an important role in the immune response of the body.However,when a large number of inflammatory factors accumulate,they will cause pathological damage to the body,trigger inflammation and even deteriorate into cancer.Serum levels of most inflammatory factors were low in healthy controls,but were elevated in colorectal cancer patients.Here,we review the relationship be-tween apoptosis,inflammation and cancer,and analyze the difference in the expression of inflammatory proteins in colorectal cancer and its adjacent mucosa.