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Cabbage (Brassica oleracea L.) crops are frequently attacked by cabbage looper larvae (Trichoplusia ni), which severely reduce cabbage production. This experiment was conducted in the late spring crop season from April 15, 2024, to August 20, 2024, at the Field Science Center for the Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, Japan. In this study, the efficacy of an ...
Continue readingFlexible superblack materials are crucial for minimizing stray light, complicating object identification, and serving as low reflectance standards. However, the applications of existing superblack materials are limited due to challenges related to cost-effective scalable manufacturing, surface durability, and material conformability. Furthermore, existing fabrica...
Continue readingThis work aimed to investigate the interaction of a self-assembled myristic acid-conjugated quetiapine nanosuspension (QMN) with human serum albumin and its overturning effect on QMN’s long-acting performance. Albumin corona formation modified the physicochemical properties and pharmacokinetic profile of QMN by overturning its pH-responsiveness and nano-aggre...
Continue readingSemiconducting polymers are of interest due to their solution processibility and broad electronic applications. Electrochemistry allows these wide bandgap semiconductors to be converted to conducting polymers by doping such polymers at various potentials. When polymers are p-doped to improve their conductivity via electrochemical oxidation, various positively-charg...
Continue readingMolybdenum disulfide (MoS2) is a high theoretical capacity (670 mAh g−1) electrode material. However, several researchers report that rechargeable batteries using MoS2 often exhibit a discharge capacity of 1000 mAh g−1 that exceeds the theoretical discharge capacity. Although various speculations are proposed, only a limited number of reports have provi...
Continue readingDespite advances in peptide and protein design, the rational design of membrane-spanning peptides that form conducting channels remains challenging due to our imperfect understanding of the sequence-to-structure relationships that drive membrane insertion, assembly, and conductance. Here, we describe the design and computational and experimental characterization of...
Continue readingDeveloping full-color circularly polarized organic ultralong room-temperature phosphorescence (CP-OURTP) materials with high dissymmetry factor (glum) holds significant promise for diverse optoelectronic applications. Controlling glum values is crucial for enhancing the performance and functionality of these materials, as it directly influences their chiroptical ...
Continue readingThe design and development of solar-blind photodetectors utilizing ultrawide bandgap semiconductors have garnered significant attention due to their extensive utility in specialty commercial sectors. Solar-blind photodetectors that display excellent photosensitivity, fast response time and are produced using cost-effective fabrication steps will fulfill the perfo...
Continue readingCathelicidin-BF (CatBF) is a LL-37 homologous antimicrobialpeptide(AMP) isolatedfromBungarus fasciatuswith anexceptional portfolioof antimicrobial, antiviral, antifungal, and anticancer activities. Contrary tomanyAMPs, it showeda good pharmacologicalprofilewithahalf-lifeofat least1hinserumand efficacyagainstbacterial infectionsinmice.Toevaluateitspotential against ...
Continue readingInsufficient oxygen supply and elevated levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) joints synergistically exacerbate inflammation and accelerate disease progression. In this study, a hybrid nanoassembly composed of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) conjugated within a single poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) nanoparticle is ...
Continue readingThe therapeutic efficacy of a nanomedicine or a natural biomaterial can vary in different disorders due to their complex pathophysiology. A nanomedicine that is capable of not only targeting specific pathological cues through functional ligands but also optimizing the therapeutic efficacy of its components throughout the intricate pathways involved in complex dis...
Continue readingBrine is an inevitable product of desalination plants and various industrial sectors. The appropriate disposal of brines and their highly concentrated salts and other diverse contaminants is a critical environmental challenge to most plants. Recently, the FO process is gaining attention as a viable alternative to conventional brine concentration methods, primaril...
Continue readingCarbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) becomes a growing threat to human health. Many clinical isolates have shown strong resistance to commonly used antibacterial agents. Inspired by cationic amphiphiles with tandem-repeat sequence, two novel peptides termed IW (IWRRIWRRIWRRIWRR-NH2) and WI (WIRRWIRRWIRRWIRR-NH2)are designed, synthesized, and investigated i...
Continue readingThe current work focuses on the efficient removal of ammonia by calcium-based metal organic framework. Whereas, for the first time, Ca based metal organic framework was synthesized using either fish bones (FB) or eggshell (ES) as biogenic wastes to act as calcium precursors for synthesis of Ca-BDC, abbreviated as Ca-BDC(FB) & Ca-BDC(ES), respectively, to be s...
Continue readingCarbon fibre (CF) is a lightweight next-generation material with numerous applications. CF production is predominantly based on the polyacrylonitrile (PAN) precursor because of the high tensile strength of PAN-based CFs (PAN-CFs). However, expensive and toxic organic solvents are required for PAN-CF production. Moreover, the corresponding thermal stabilisation pr...
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