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83 V (E ORR, 1/2), a low operating voltage of 1.53 V (E OER, 10) at 10 mA cm-2, a potential difference (ΔE) of 1.02 V between E OER, 10 and E ORR, 1/2 in 0.1 M KOH, and a low band gap of 2.61 eV. This remarkable behavior was due to the structure of the defect-rich porous carbon nanosheets and the synergistic impact of the NPs in the NiCo-MOF, the N-doped carbon, and NiCo-N x . Furthermore, the hollow structure enhanced the conductivity and stability. This useful archetypal template allows the construction of effective and stable bifunctional electrocatalysts, with potential for practical viability for energy conversion and storage.In this paper, a method for preparing a high-stability superhydrophobic paper with temperature-induced wettability transition is proposed. First, a temperature-responsive superhydrophobic triblock polymer PHFMA-PTSPM-PNIPAAm was prepared by one-step polymerization of TSPM, HFMA, and NIPAAm in a mass ratio of 0.30.30.3, then a superhydrophobic paper with a good temperature response was successfully prepared by grafting amino-modified SiO2 with the polymer to modify the surface of the paper. A further study found that when the mass ratio of amino-modified SiO2 to polymer is 0.2, the coating has good superhydrophobicity and transparency. What is more, the prepared modified paper is in a superhydrophobic state when the temperature is higher than 32 °C, and is in a superhydrophilic state when it is lower than 32 °C, which can realize free conversion between superhydrophobic and superhydrophilic states. In addition, the superhydrophobic paper prepared by this method not only has high oil-water separation efficiency, and the superhydrophobic coating shows good stability and transparency, but also has low requirements of environmental conditions for preparation, relatively simple preparation process, and strong repeatability, and it has a very broad application prospect.In this study, we develop a reactive force field (ReaxFF) for a Si/O/H/F system to perform etching simulations of SiO2 with an HF etchant. Quantum mechanical (QM) training sets from density functional theory calculations, which contain structures of reactant/product and energies with bond dissociation, valence angle distortions, and reactions between SiO2 clusters and SiO2 slab with HF gases, are used to optimize the ReaxFF parameters. selleck compound Structures and energies calculated using the ReaxFF match well with the QM training sets. Using the optimized ReaxFF, we conduct molecular dynamics simulations of the etching process of SiO2 substrates with active HF molecules. The etching yield and number of reaction products with different incident energies of the HF etchant are investigated. These simulations show that the developed ReaxFF offers insights into the atomistic surface reaction of the SiO2 etching process.Targeted drug delivery is one of the most intriguing and challenging issues in modern biomedicine. For active targeting, full-size IgG molecules (150 kDa) are usually used. Recent studies have revealed that small artificial polypeptide scaffolds such as DARPins (14 kDa) and affibodies (8 kDa) are much more promising tools for drug delivery due to their small size, artificial nature, low immunogenicity, and many other properties. However, there is no comparative information on the targeting abilities of scaffold polypeptides, which should be taken into account when developing drug delivery systems (DDSs). The present work is the first comprehensive study on the comparison of the effectiveness of different HER2-targeting proteins within the architecture of nanoparticles. Namely, we synthesized trimodal nanoparticles magnetic, fluorescent, and directed toward HER2 oncomarker on cancer cells. The magnetic particles (MPs) were covalently modified with (i) full-size IgG, 150 kDa, (ii) DARPin_G3, 14 kDa, and (iii) affibody ZHER2342, 8 kDa. We showed that the number of DARPin_G3 and affibody ZHER2342 molecules conjugated to the nanoparticle surface are 10 and 40 times higher, respectively, than the corresponding value for trastuzumab. Using the methods of magnetic particle quantification (MPQ)-cytometry and confocal microscopy, we showed that all types of the obtained magnetic conjugates specifically labeled HER2-overexpressing cells. Namely, we demonstrated that particle binding to HER2-positive cells is 1113 ± 39 fg/cell for MP*trastuzumab, 1431 ± 186 fg/cell for MP*ZHER2342, and 625±21 fg/cell for MP*DARPin_G3, which are 2.77, 2.75, and 2.30 times higher than the corresponding values for control HER2-negative cells. Thus, we showed that the smallest HER2-recognizing polypeptide affibody ZHER2342 is more effective in terms of specificity and selectivity in nanoparticle-mediated cell labeling.The spike glycoprotein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the first point of contact for the virus to recognize and bind to host receptors, is the focus of biomedical research seeking to effectively prevent and treat coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The mass production of spike glycoproteins is usually carried out in different cell systems. Studies have been shown that different expression cell systems alter protein glycosylation of hemagglutinin and neuraminidase in the influenza virus. However, it is not clear whether the cellular system affects the spike protein glycosylation. In this work, we investigated the effect of an expression system on the glycosylation of the spike glycoprotein and its receptor-binding domain. We found that there are significant differences in the glycosylation and glycans attached at each glycosite of the spike glycoprotein obtained from different expression cells. Since glycosylation at the binding site and adjacent amino acids affects the interaction between the spike glycoprotein and the host cell receptor, we recognize that caution should be taken when selecting an expression system to develop inhibitors, antibodies, and vaccines.In the absence of ligand, Cs2CO3-promoted cross-coupling reaction of arenes with cyano-/nitro-substituted aryl halides in DMSO affording biaryls is reported. The cyano/nitro group in biaryls is useful and convenient for further transformation. The formation of dibenzofurans resulting from the reactions between arenes and 1-bromo-2-iodobenzene is also reported. On the basis of control experiments and theoretical studies, a radical mechanism is proposed for the formation of biaryls.