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A systemic treatment strategy is urgently demanded to suppress the rapid growth and easy metastasis characteristics of breast cancer. In this work, a chimeric peptide‐engineered self‐delivery nanomedicine (designated as ChiP‐CeR) for photodynamic‐triggered breast cancer immunotherapy by macrophage polarization. Among these, ChiP‐CeR is composed of the photosensitizer of chlorine e6 (Ce6) and the TLR7/8...
All inorganic perovskite based on CsPbI2Br has attracted significant attention due to its relatively thermal stable structure compare to its hybrid counterparts. With a wide bandgap of 1.9 eV and excellent light absorption capability, it has been extensively explored for applications in indoor photovoltaics and as a front absorber in tandem devices. However, the uncontrollable crystallization process...
A facile strategy is developed to fabricate 3 nm RuIrOx nanocrystals anchored onto N‐doped hollow carbon for highly efficient and pH‐universal overall water splitting and alkaline seawater electrolysis. The designed catalyst exhibits much lower overpotential and superior stability than most previously reported Ru‐ and Ir‐based electrocatalysts for hydrogen/oxygen evolution reactions. It also manifests...
Protein drugs hold promise in treating multiple complex diseases, including cancer. The priority of protein drug application is precise delivery of substantial bioactive protein into tumor site. Metal–organic‐framework (MOF) is widely considered as a promising carrier to encapsulate protein drug owing to the noncovalent interaction between carrier and protein. However, limited loading efficiency and...
The development of efficient and affordable electrode materials is crucial for clean energy storage systems, which are considered a promising strategy for addressing energy crises and environmental issues. Metal phosphorous chalcogenides (MPX3) are a fascinating class of two‐dimensional materials with a tunable layered structure and high ion conductivity, making them particularly attractive for energy...
Ammonia (NH3) is an indispensable feedstock for fertilizer production and one of the most ideal green hydrogen rich fuel. Electrochemical nitrate (NO3−) reduction reaction (NO3−RR) is being explored as a promising strategy for green to synthesize industrial‐scale NH3, which has nonetheless involved complex multi‐reaction process. This work presents a Pd‐doped Co3O4 nanoarray on titanium mesh (Pd‐Co...
Since the discovery of graphene, research on the family of 2D materials has been a thriving field. Metal phosphorous chalcogenides (MPX3) have attracted renewed attention due to their distinctive physical and chemical properties. The advantages of MPX3, such as tunable layered structures, unique electronic properties, thermodynamically appropriate band alignments and abundant catalytic active sites...
With the development of renewable energy systems, clean hydrogen is burgeoning as an optimal alternative to fossil fuels, in which its application is promising to retarding the global energy and environmental crisis. The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), capable of producing high‐purity hydrogen rapidly in electrocatalytic water splitting, has received much attention. Abundant research about HER...
Cardiac microphysiological systems are accurate in vitro platforms that reveal the biological mechanisms underlying cardiopathy, accelerating pharmaceutical research in this field. Current cardiac microphysiological devices and organs‐on‐chips consist of several layers prepared with complex, multi‐step processes. Incorporating inorganic photonic crystals may cause long‐term biocompatibility issues...
Cardiomyocyte Monitoring
In article number 2202235, Chunyu Chang, Donghui Zhang, and co‐workers develop micropatterned hydrogels with anisotropic structural colors by locking shear‐oriented tunicate cellulose nanocrystals (TCNCs) in hydrogel networks through in situ polymerization. The autonomous beating of cardiomyocytes drives synchronous deformations of the micropatterned hydrogels, causing periodic...
The poor conductivity, inert charge transmission efficiency, and irreversible Na+ trapping of Na2Ti3O7 result in retardant electrons/ions transportation and deficient sodium‐ion storage efficiency, leading to sluggish reaction kinetics. To address these issues, an urchin‐like Ti2CTx/Na2Ti3O7 (Ti2C/NTO) heterostructure sphere consisting of Ti2C/NTO heterostructure nanobelts array is developed via a...
Although constructing heterostructures is considered as one of the most successful strategies to improve the activity of a catalyst, the heterostructures usually suffer from the cumbersome preparation treatments and low‐yield. Inspired by a solid‐phase solution‐precipitation (SPSP) process, an approach for interface intensive heterostructures with high yield is developed. Herein, a black‐phosphorus/iron‐tetraphosphide...
Heterostructures
In article number 2203284, Xue Zhang, Jiahong Wang, and co‐workers report a unique solid‐phase synthesis strategy named the “solid‐phase solution‐precipitation method” to fabricate an inorganic Fe‐P heterostructure. Owing to the unique Fe‐P bonds, excellent nitrogen reduction reaction activity is observed. The solid‐chemical strategy provides insights into the design and fabrication...
Intercalation of organic molecules into the van der Waals gaps of layered materials allows for the preparation of organic/inorganic superlattices for varying promising applications. Herein, the preparation of a series of dye molecule/MoO3 organic/inorganic superlattice nanoparticles by aqueous intercalation of several dye molecules into layered MoO3 for fluorescence imaging‐guided catalytic therapy...
Photothermal therapy (PTT) as a noninvasive hyperthermia exhibits high potential for anti‐cancer treatments. The explosion of efficient photothermal agents (PTAs) keeps developing rapidly. MXene stands out due to its intriguing structures, fantastic photodynamic properties, and good biocompatibility. However, the potential of MXenes has not been sufficiently explored in PTT. Its versatile chemical...
3D Tumor Models
In article number 2107757, Qian Liu, Pouyan E. Boukany, and co‐workers develop a programmable multifunctional 3D cancer cell invasion microbuckets‐hydrogel platform. The proposed platform opens a new avenue for recreating the 3D in vivo microenvironment and will inspire more future research in this arena of cancer research and drug screening.
In the research of cancer cell invasion and metastasis, recreation of physiologically relevant and faithful three‐dimensional (3D) tumor models that recapitulate spatial architecture, spatiotemporal control of cell communication and signaling pathways, and integration of extracellular cues remains an open challenge. Here, a programmable multifunctional 3D cancer cell invasion microbuckets‐hydrogel...
NiCo2O4 nanowire array on carbon cloth (NiCo2O4/CC) is proposed as a highly active electrocatalyst for ambient nitrate (NO3−) reduction to ammonia (NH3). In 0.1 m NaOH solution with 0.1 m NaNO3, such NiCo2O4/CC achieves a high Faradic efficiency of 99.0% and a large NH3 yield up to 973.2 µmol h−1 cm−2. The superior catalytic activity of NiCo2O4 comes from its half‐metal feature and optimized adsorption...
Construction of photocatalytic systems with spatially separated dual cocatalysts is considered as a promising route to modulate charge separation/transfer, promote surface redox reactivities, and prevent unwanted reverse reactions. However, past efforts on the loading of spatially separated double‐cocatalysts are limited to hollow structured semiconductors with inner/outer surface and monocrystalline...
Nickel sulfides with high theoretical capacitance have aroused tremendous attention for next‐generation supercapacitors. Unfortunately, the structural durability of nickel sulfides is insufficient to support the long‐term working situation. Herein, Ni3S4‐x hollow microspheres with sulfur vacancies (Ni3S4‐x HMs) are constructed by a liquid‐phase anion exchange process using the Ni‐MOF as the precursor...
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