Ultrafast water permeation in aquaporins is promoted by their hydrophobic interior surface. Polytetrafluoroethylene has a dense fluorine surface, leading to its strong water repellence. We report a series of fluorous oligoamide nanorings with interior diameters ranging from 0.9 to 1.9 nanometers. These nanorings undergo supramolecular polymerization in phospholipid bilayer membranes to form fluorous nanochannels, the interior walls of which are densely covered with fluorine atoms. The nanochannel with the smallest diameter exhibits a water permeation flux that is two orders of magnitude greater than those of aquaporins and carbon nanotubes. The proposed nanochannel exhibits negligible chloride ion (Cl – ) permeability caused by a powerful electrostatic barrier provided by the electrostatically negative fluorous interior surface. Thus, this nanochannel is expected to show nearly perfect salt reflectance for desalination.
Radiation therapy is a kind of tumor treatment that has been widely employed in clinics, but its therapeutic effect is largely hampered by various factors. Currently, considerable efforts are being made in the search for effective and safe radiosensitizers. A nano-radiosensitizer is an ideal choice for improving the effects of tumor radiotherapy due to its high degree of tumor tissue uptake and secondary electrons' productivity. Herein, highly oxidized graphene quantum dots (GQDs) with a good oxidative stress response and significantly high phototoxicity were prepared and purified via the photo-Fenton reaction of graphene oxide. The enhanced radiosensitization effects were systematically evaluated by monitoring colorectal carcinoma cell cycle and the degree of apoptosis, and the possible mechanism of the GQD irradiating enhancement of cell apoptosis was preliminarily investigated. Our data showed that the GQD synergy with ionizing radiation (IR) could noticeably enhance the G2/M stage arrest of cells, inhibit cell proliferation, and improve apoptosis. This is mainly due to the overproduction of reactive oxygen species by GQDs in combination with the IR, which activates the apoptosis-related regulation proteins and results in tumor cell apoptosis. This study suggests that the GQDs can act as a new nano-radiosensitizer in tumor radiotherapy.
A series of InGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells (MQWs) was grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition with different well thickness. High-resolution x-ray diffraction studies revealed that the In composition is increasing along the growth direction from the bottom to the top of each well layer in these MQWs. While the In composition at the bottom of each well layer almost keeps constant, the increasing rate of In composition becomes obviously larger when the growth temperature is decreased. The important conclusion of this study is that the InGaN/GaN MQWs is shaped like a triangle due to the increasing of In composition from the bottom to the top of the well layer. The emission mechanism of the InGaN/GaN MQWs has to be discussed based on the triangular band gap structure.
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