Fe(3)O(4)@C microcapsules were prepared using carbon-coated α-FeOOH nanorods as precursors, which were synthesized via two-step hydrothermal reactions. During the subsequent sintering procedure, α-FeOOH was reduced to Fe(3)O(4) by carbon, accompanied by the formation of mesopores. In Fe(3)O(4)@C microcapsules, mesoporous Fe(3)O(4) nanorods are coated with amorphorous carbon layers. The Fe(3)O(4)/C composites with such special structures demonstrate high specific capacity and good cyclic stability as anode materials in Li test cells.
Self-produced template (usually bubbles and carbon particles) methods have been adopted to obtain micrometerand nanometer-scaled hollow spheres. In this paper, we report the preparation of R-LiVOPO 4 hollow spheres through a hydrothermal reaction of LiOH • H 2 O, V 2 O 5 , H 3 PO 4 , and N 2 H 4 • H 2 O at 250 °C for 48 h. During this procedure the reactant, V 2 O 5 particles, served as the template and was consumed without any residues when the hydrothermal reaction was completed. Therefore, such a self-sacrifice template method makes large-scale production of R-LiVOPO 4 hollow spheres feasible. R-LiVOPO 4 hollow spheres were exploited as both cathode and anode materials for lithium ion batteries.
A simple template-free hydrothermal method was employed to synthesize flower-shaped single-crystal rutile TiO2 hierarchical nanostructures without calcination process. Scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscope images show that rutile TiO2 nanostructures with diameters of 1–1.5 μm are composed of nanorods with a wimble shape. The band gap of the as-prepared rutile TiO2 is about 3.02 eV by ultraviolet–visible absorption spectrum. The photocatalytic performance of the as-obtained samples as catalysts for Rhodamine B (RhB) degradation under simulated solar light was greatly enhanced with the assistance of a small amount of H2O2. In the H2O2-containing system, the as-prepared rutile TiO2 photocatalyst was more efficient in the photodegradation of RhB than commercial P25. The stability and recycle of the rutile TiO2/H2O2 system were also investigated.
The total syntheses of teixobactin and a series of its stereoisomers at positions 2, 5, 6, 10 and 11 were achieved via a combined strategy of solution and solid phase peptide synthesis.
Parthenogenetic embryonic stem (pES) cells are pluripotent stem cells derived from artificially activated oocytes without embryo destruction, thus eliciting less ethic concerns, and have been demonstrated promising for autologous stem cell therapy. However, pES cells could carry inappropriate imprinting such as relatively high expression of H19, a paternal imprinted gene, and may negatively influence their lineage differentiation. We show that knockdown of H19 by shRNA in mouse pES cells does not alter self-renewal and expression of genes associated with pluripotency. We find that down-regulation of H19 promotes differentiation of pES cells to epidermis. In addition, H19 depletion also facilitates differentiation of pES cells to cardiomyocytes and strong heart-like beating. Our data support the notion that reduction of H19 improves pES cell differentiation in the lineages of ectoderm and mesoderm, and provide further evidence suggesting that defective imprinting can be manipulated to allow potential application of pES cells for stem cell therapy.
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