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The solid-state lithium-ion battery is proposed as the ultimate form of battery and has rapidly become an updated attentive research field due to its high safety and extreme temperature tolerance. However, current solid-state electrolytes hardly meet the requirement in practical applications due to its low ionic conductivity, weak mechanical properties, and poor interfacial contact between the electrolyte and the electrode. In this work, we developed a double-network-supported poly­(ionic liquid)-based ionogel electrolyte (DN-Ionogel) via a one-step method. Due to its compact cross-linking structure, the leakage-free DN-Ionogel electrolyte exhibits outstanding flexibility and favorable mechanical properties. In this ionogel electrolyte, the double network favors dissociation of lithium bis­(trifluoromethanesulfony)­imide (LiTFSI), further resulting in remarkable ionic conductivity (1.8 × 10–3 S/cm, room temperature), wide electrochemical window (up to 5.0 V), and high lithium-ion transference number (0.33). Furthermore, the cell (LiFePO4||DN-Ionogel||Lithium) delivers a discharge capacity as high as 150.5 mAh/g, stable cyclic performance (over 200 cycles), and superior rate behavior.

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DNA walkers, a sophisticated type of nanomachines, exhibit intelligent application in biosensing with high programmability and flexibility but usually need additional auxiliary driving force, particularly when walking on hard surfaces. Herein, we construct a three-dimensional (3D) DNA walker on the soft surface of DNA nanospheres (DSs) by using a single-stranded DNA (ssDNA), which is powered by endogenous adenosine triphosphate (ATP) of live cells, so as to sensitively image microRNA (miRNA) in the tumor microenvironment. When the DS walker enters into live cells, miR-21, a general overexpressed biomarker in cancer cells, binds with the blocking strand (B), releasing the walking strand (W) and triggering an ATPpropelled walking reaction. The walking of the DS walker then generates an increasing Cy3 fluorescence signal that indicates the content of miR-21 with about 2.73-fold increase in sensitivity and about 157-fold decrease in the detection limit. Notably, the assembly of the DS walker on soft nanoparticles needs just an easy hybridization process, which facilitates the operation. Meanwhile, this endogenous ATP-powered 3D DNA walker walking on the soft surface performs real-time in situ imaging of miR-21 in live cells, which not only avoids the complex cell treatment and signal error induced by additional auxiliary factors, but also shows high promise of designing programmable DNA nanomachines.

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In this work, a novel aluminum metal–organic framework (Al-MOF)/N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N′-ethane-sulfonic acid (HEPES) system with an excellent electrochemiluminescence (ECL) property was developed. First, Al-MOF was successfully synthesized through a one-pot solvothermal method by using 9,10-di(p-carboxyphenyl)anthracene (DPA) as the organic luminescence ligand and Al3+ as the metal node. Compared with DPA, Al-MOF showed high ECL intensity and excellent stability without an additional coreactant in the HEPES buffer. The corresponding ECL mechanism was studied in detail, verifying HEPES was not only the buffer in the system but also the coreactant of Al-MOF. In particular, the system of Al-MOF/HEPES showed a high ECL efficiency of 30.0%, taking the Ru(bpy)3 2+ system as the standard. In addition, the ECL signal of Al-MOF was effectively quenched by dopamine (DA). The biosensor for HBV DNA detection was constructed through the ECL signal on–off–on mode of DNA specific recognition integrated with the DNA walker signal amplification strategy. The ultrasensitive detection for HBV DNA was achieved with a linear range of 100 aM to 10 pM and a limit of detection (LOD) of 62.1 aM. This work proposed a high-efficiency Al-MOF/HEPES system, providing a new viewpoint for a coreactant-free system in the field of ECL.

Use TPEG and AA , Through free radical polymerization in normal temperature conditions, Synthesis of the high-performance polycarboxylate superplasticizer. The results showed that, Room temperature synthesis of polycarboxylate superplasticizer with high temperature (60°C) synthesis of polycarboxylate superplasticizer have same performance. The synthesis process without heating, Production water without deionized water, To save energy, To greatly reduce the cost.

Carbon dots have promising prospects for analytical and monitoring purposes but are greatly hindered by the aggregation-induced luminescence quenching owing to the π-π interaction or the non-radiation-excited radical complex formation....