Current therapeutic strategies for Alzheimer's disease (AD) treatments mainly focus on beta-amyloid (A beta) targeting. However, such therapeutic strategies have limited clinical outcomes due to the chronic and ir...
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Current therapeutic strategies for Alzheimer's disease (AD) treatments mainly focus on beta-amyloid (A beta) targeting. However, such therapeutic strategies have limited clinical outcomes due to the chronic and irreversible impairment of the nervous system in the late stage of AD. Recently, inflammatory responses, manifested in oxidative stress and glial cell activation, have been reported as hallmarks in the early stages of AD. Based on the crosstalk between inflammatory response and brain cells, a reactive oxygen species (ROS)-responsive dendrimer-peptide conjugate (APBP) is devised to target the AD microenvironment and inhibit inflammatory responses at an early stage. With the modification of the targeting peptide, this nanoconjugate can efficiently deliver peptides to the infected regions and restore the antioxidant ability of neurons by activating the nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2 signaling pathway. Moreover, this multi-target strategy exhibits a synergistic function of ROS scavenging, promoting A beta phagocytosis, and normalizing the glial cell phenotype. As a result, the nanoconjugate can reduce ROS level, decrease A beta burden, alleviate glial cell activation, and eventually enhance cognitive functions in APPswe/PSEN1dE9 model mice. These results indicate that APBP can be a promising candidate for the multi-target treatment of AD.
A new type of gel polymer electrolyte composed of free-standing aramid nanofibers was used to fabricate allsolid-state near-infrared (NIR) electrochromic devices for NIR sheltering applications. This new type of gel p...
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A new type of gel polymer electrolyte composed of free-standing aramid nanofibers was used to fabricate allsolid-state near-infrared (NIR) electrochromic devices for NIR sheltering applications. This new type of gel polymer electrolyte showed excellent mechanical and heat endurance compared with currently available gel polymer electrolytes. The good film-forming ability of the aramid nanofibers makes assembling the electrochromic devices more convenient. The as-fabricated device showed an optical modulation of about 40% at 980 nm and achieved a coloration efficiency of 79.5 cm(2)C(-1), values that are larger than those previously reported for other electrochromic devices with similar structures. It is expected that aramid nanofibers-LiCIO4-based electrolyte films with high mechanical and heat endurance will have potential applications in spacecraft thermal control, optical communication, and biomedical analysis.
Transition-metal-catalyzed enantioselective addition of aryl organometallic reagents to imines has emerged as one of the most powerful tools for the formation of optically active diarylmethylamines. Here, we report th...
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Transition-metal-catalyzed enantioselective addition of aryl organometallic reagents to imines has emerged as one of the most powerful tools for the formation of optically active diarylmethylamines. Here, we report the first asymmetric reductive (hetero)arylations of imines using aryl and heteroaryl halides enabled by a chiral cobalt-bisphosphine catalyst. This approach shows good functional group compatibility and complements the reported strategy without use of organometallic reagents. Mechanistic investigations supported that aryl-cobalt, instead of an arylzinc reagent, was formed in situ in this reductive aryl-addition event.
The high-temperature molten-salt method is an important inorganic synthetic route to a wide variety of morphological phenotypes. However, its utility is limited by the fact that it is typically incapable of producing ...
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The high-temperature molten-salt method is an important inorganic synthetic route to a wide variety of morphological phenotypes. However, its utility is limited by the fact that it is typically incapable of producing ultrathin (<5 nm diameter) nanowires, which have a crucial role in novel nanotechnology applications. Herein, a rapid molten salt-based synthesis of sub-5-nm-sized nanowires of hexagonal tungsten oxide (h-WO3) that is critically dependent on a substantial proportion of molybdenum (Mo) dopant is described. This dopant-driven morphological transition in tungsten oxide (WO3) may be attributable to the collapse of layered structure, followed by nanocluster aggregation, coalescence, and recrystallization to form ultrathin nanowires. Interestingly, due to the structural properties of h-WO3, the thus-formed ultrathin nanowires are demonstrated to be excellent photocatalysts for the production of ammonia (NH3) from nitrogen (N-2) and water. The ultrathin nanowires exhibit a high photocatalytic NH3-production activity with a rate of 370 mu mol g(-1) h(-1) and an apparent quantum efficiency of 0.84% at 420 nm, which is more than twice that obtained from the best-performing Mo-doped W18O49 nanowire catalysts. It is envisaged that the dopant replacement-driven synthetic protocol will allow for rapid access to a series of ultrathin nanostructures with intriguing properties and increase potential applications.
The CW RF test of 1.3 GHz 9-cell cavity in liquid helium bath at 2 K is a very important key point in the cavity procurement. Some problems can be found through the test, according which to optimized and improve the p...
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