Sulfide solid electrolytes in the Li3PS4–LiI system are promising for all-solid-state batteries owing to their high ionic conductivity order of 10−4 S cm−1 and electrochemical stability. Nonetheless, low chemical stability tendency sulfide-based materials under ambient atmosphere is a critical issue due generation toxic H2S gas. In this study, Li4PS4I (Li3PS4–LiI) electrolyte was investigated c...

abstractl density functional theory (dft) was used to investigate the effects of intra-moecular interactions and implicit water molecules on the relative stability and the nmr shielding tensors of hallucinogenic harmine in the monomeric and dimeric states. results represented that the relative stability and the nmr shielding tensors are dependent on the resonance interactions and chemical envir...

Biological receptors including enzymes, antibodies and active proteins have been widely used as the detection platform in a variety of chemo/biosensors and bioassays. However, the use of artificial host materials in chemical/biological detections has become increasingly attractive, because the synthetic recognition systems such as molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) usually have lower costs, ...

Compared with traditional actuation materials, such as piezoelectric, ferroelectric and conducting polymer materials which suffered from low flexibility, high driving voltages and low energy efficiency, graphene exhibits outstanding mechanical, electrical, optical properties and chemical stability, which made it a good candidate for actuation materials. In this review, the recent progress in gr...

Special wetting surfaces with superhydrophilicity or superhydrophobicity have attracted great interest because of their potential for practical applications. However, since the special wetting surface may be used in a severe environment, including polluted air and seawater, it is necessary to develop a durable special wetting surface with excellent corrosion-resistance. Here, we report a new st...

Graphene is a distinct two-dimensional material that offers a wide range of opportunities for membrane applications because of ultimate thinness, flexibility, chemical stability, and mechanical strength. We demonstrate that few- and several-layered graphene and graphene oxide (GO) sheets can be engineered to exhibit the desired gas separation characteristics. Selective gas diffusion can be achi...

When using the one-centre two-range expansion method to evaluate multicentre integrals over Slater type orbitals (STOs), it may become necessary to compute numerical values of the corresponding Fourier coefficients, also known as Barnett–Coulson/Löwdin Functions (BCLFs) (Bouferguene and Jones 1998 J. Chem. Phys. 109 5718). To carry out this task, it is crucial to not only have a stable numerica...

Porous polyethersulfone membranes as used in oenology were investigated in order to evaluate temperature-dependent permeances in a temperature range from 10 to 35 °C. A temperature correction factor was determined for this type of membrane to get accurate and comparable results for further developments. Moreover, the membranes were modified with a bio-inspired polydopamine coating in order to r...

Real-time in-situ temperature detection is essential in many applications. In this paper, a simple and robust optode, which uses Ruthenium (II) complex as a temperature indicator, has been developed for rapid and sensitive temperature detection in small volume samples (<5 μL). Transmission of excitation light and collection and transmission of fluorescence are performed by a homemade single-mul...