Planar luminogens have encountered difficulties in overcoming intrinsic aggregation‐caused emission quenching by intermolecular π‐π stacking interactions. Although excited‐state double‐bond reorganization (ESDBR...
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Planar luminogens have encountered difficulties in overcoming intrinsic aggregation‐caused emission quenching by intermolecular π‐π stacking interactions. Although excited‐state double‐bond reorganization (ESDBR) can guide us on designing planar aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) luminogens (AIEgens), its mechanism has yet been elucidated. Major challenges in the field include methods to efficiently restrict ESDBR and enhance AIE performance without using bulky substituents (e.g., tetraphenylethylene and triphenylamine). In this study, we rationally developed fluoro‐substituent AIEgens with stronger intermolecular H‐bonding interaction for restricted molecular motions and increased crystal density, leading to decreased nonradiative decay rate by one order of magnitude. The adjusted ESDBR properties also show a corresponding response to variation in viscosity. Furthermore, their aggregation‐induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) generations have been discovered. The application of such planar AIEgen in treating multidrug‐resistant bacteria has been demonstrated in a mouse model. The relationship between ROS generation and distinct E / Z ‐configurational stacking behaviors have been further understood, providing a design principle for synthesizing planar AIEgen‐based photosensitizers.
Quantum algorithms have been developed for efficiently solving linear algebra tasks. However, they generally require deep circuits and hence universal fault-tolerant quantum computers. In this work, we propose variati...
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Electron correlations play a dominant role in the charge dynamics of the cuprates. We use resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) to track the doping dependence of the collective charge excitations in electron dope...
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Electrochemical desalination devices that use redox-active cation intercalation electrodes show promise for desalination of salt-rich water resources with high water recovery and low energy consumption. While previous...
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The single crystalline of the prototype Ni-Mn-Ga ferromagnetic shape memory alloy exhibits a huge magnetic field-induced strain of 6% due to the re-orientation of twin variants. Therefore, it is promising as the magne...
The single crystalline of the prototype Ni-Mn-Ga ferromagnetic shape memory alloy exhibits a huge magnetic field-induced strain of 6% due to the re-orientation of twin variants. Therefore, it is promising as the magneto-driven actuator material. However, the magnetic field or mechanical stress applied along the orthogonal direction is necessary to restore the deformed bulk single crystal into the original shape. In order to avoid an application of the extra fields, the Ni-Mn-Ga particles/polymer composite is an alternative solution supported by the concept of the accumulated stress in a polymer matrix which drives a deformation recovery of the composite during switching off of the magnetic field. The objective of this study is to clarify the effect of embedded particle shape on the deformation recovery of Ni-Mn-Ga particles/silicone composites by using the finite element method (FEM) and to investigate the local stress distribution in a polymer matrix between either spherical or rectangular shape particles pairs, whereby to provide the guidelines for design/optimization of the magneto-strain-active Ni-Mn-Ga particles/polymer composites. The case studies of the simulation are divided into an isolated particle and a pair of particles, the particles being positioned either parallel or perpendicular to the applied magnetic field direction. Particularly, the simulations reveal that in case of 200 µm of the inter-particle distance in the pair of spherical particles aligned perpendicularly to the applied field, the polymer layer between particles generates the compressive recovery stress of -0.32 MPa, which is insufficient to restore the deformation of the embedded Ni-Mn-Ga particles during removal of the magnetic field. By contrast, the strain recovery effect can be achieved for the rectangular particle pairs, generating the stress concentration in a matrix of about -0.5MPa, in a similar condition and arrangement.
The ability to monitor and control distinct states is at the heart of emerging quantum technologies. The valley pseudospin in transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) monolayers is a promising degree of freedom for such...
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The ability to monitor and control distinct states is at the heart of emerging quantum technologies. The valley pseudospin in transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) monolayers is a promising degree of freedom for such control, with the optical Stark effect allowing for valley-selective manipulation of energy levels in WS2 and WSe2 using ultrafast optical pulses. Despite these advances, understanding of valley-sensitive optical Stark shifts in TMDCs has been limited by reflectance-based detection methods where the signal is small and prone to background effects. More sensitive polarization-based spectroscopy is required to better probe ultrafast Stark shifts for all-optical manipulation of valley energy levels. Here, we show time-resolved Kerr rotation to be a more sensitive probe of the valley-selective optical Stark effect in monolayer TMDCs. Compared to the established time-resolved reflectance methods, Kerr rotation is less sensitive to background effects. Kerr rotation provides a fivefold improvement in the signal-to-noise ratio of the Stark effect optical signal and a more precise estimate of the energy shift. This increased sensitivity allows for observation of an optical Stark shift in monolayer MoS2 that exhibits both valley and energy selectivity, demonstrating the promise of this method for investigating this effect in other layered materials and heterostructures.
Active colloids and liquid crystals are capable of locally converting the macroscopically supplied energy into directional motion and promise a host of new applications, ranging from drug delivery to cargo transport a...
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Active colloids and liquid crystals are capable of locally converting the macroscopically supplied energy into directional motion and promise a host of new applications, ranging from drug delivery to cargo transport at the mesoscale. Here we uncover how topological solitons in liquid crystals can locally transform electric energy to translational motion and allow for the transport of cargo along directions dependent on frequency of the applied electric field. By combining polarized optical video microscopy and numerical modeling that reproduces both the equilibrium structures of solitons and their temporal evolution in applied fields, we uncover the physical underpinnings behind this reconfigurable motion and study how it depends on the structure and topology of solitons. We show that, unexpectedly, the directional motion of solitons with and without the cargo arises mainly from the asymmetry in rotational dynamics of molecular ordering in liquid crystal rather than from the asymmetry of fluid flows, as in conventional active soft matter systems.
The learners' needs are an important factor in designing syllabus and materials design, this research deals with the syllabus and material design based on the professional's needs. It is expected that the syll...
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