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Light-triggered dual-modality drug release of self-assembled prodrug-nanoparticles for synergistic photodynamic and hypoxia-activated therapy

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, 5,886-894
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00034E, Communication
Dongyang Zhao, Wenhui Tao, Songhao Li, Lingxiao Li, Yixin Sun, Guanting Li, Gang Wang, Yang Wang, Bin Lin, Cong Luo, Yongjun Wang, Maosheng Cheng, Zhonggui He, Jin Sun
Prodrug-nanoparticles turn the disadvantage of the aggregation-caused quenching effect into an advantage to promote dual-modality PR104A release. Besides, photodynamic therapy-induced hypoxia activates PR104A for high-efficiency synergistic therapy.
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Fast Deposition of Ultrathin, Highly Crystalline Organic Semiconductor Film for High-Performance Transistors

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00096E, Communication
Xiali Zhang, Wei Deng, Bei Lu, Xiaochen Fang, Xiujuan Zhang, Jiansheng Jie
Ultrathin organic semiconductor (OSC) crystalline films hold the promise of achieving high-performance, flexible, and transparent organic electronic devices. However, fast and high-throughput solution deposition of uniform pinhole-free ultrathin OSC crystalline...
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Reconfigurable all-dielectric Fano metasurfaces for strong full-space intensity modulation of visible light

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00139B, Communication
Open Access
Sun-Je Kim, Inki Kim, Sungwook Choi, Hyojin Yoon, Changhyun Kim, Yohan Lee, Chulsoo Choi, Junwoo Son, Yong Wook Lee, Junsuk Rho, Byoungho Lee
We demonstrated strong full-space modulation of visible intensities based on Fano resonances in all-dielectric VO2 metasurface gratings.
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Rani Singh Nair appointed CBDT chairperson

Her predecessor Atulesh Jindal, who was appointed CBDT chief in February this year, retired on Sunday




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Synergy of PVP and ethanol to synthesize Ni3S4 quantum dots for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitors

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00201A, Research Article
Jinfeng Zheng, Xiao Lian, Mingzai Wu, Fangcai Zheng, Yuan hao Gao, Helin Niu
Ni3S4 quantum dots (QDs) have great potential for supercapacitors due to their unique quantum effects, high specific surface area, high water solubility and good stability, but the current preparation process...
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Charge density modulation on asymmetric fused-ring acceptors for high-efficiency photovoltaic solar cells

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00123F, Research Article
Zhuohan Zhang, Linqiang Yang, Zhenghao Hu, Jiangsheng Yu, Xin Liu, Hongtao Wang, Jinru Cao, Fujun Zhang, Weihua Tang
Charge density modulation on thieno[2'',3'':5',6']-s-indaceno[2',1':4,5]dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]pyrrole core has been conducted for a systematic study of its impact on the electronic structure, molecular packing and photovoltaic performance of asymmetric fused-ring acceptors.
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3D-Nanosponge enabled segregation: a versatile approach for highly dispersed and high content functionalization of metal oxide species

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00115E, Research Article
Min Zhang, Yannan Yang, Yang Liu, Jianye Fu, Jingyi Lu, Yang Yang, Jinqing Jiao, Chengzhong Yu
A general 3D nanosponge enabled strategy is developed to achieve simultaneously highly dispersed and high content functionalization of metal oxide species, ebabling a liabrary of functional nanostructures with great application potential.
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Highly efficient exciplex-based OLEDs incorporating a novel electron donor

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00116C, Research Article
Qi-Sheng Tian, Xiang-Dong Zhu, Liang-Sheng Liao
A high performance green exciplex OLED comprising a novel electron donor DEX with an acceptor PO-T2T can reach an EQEmax of 11.2%, and a red phosphorescent OLED incorporating the green exciplex forming co-host achieves an EQEmax of 24.5%.
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Oxygen Vacancy Induced Superior Visible-light-driven Photo-catalytic Performance in BiOCl Homojunction

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00187B, Research Article
Si-Ying Niu, Ruoyu Zhang, Chongfeng Guo
The photocatalytic performance of semiconductor can be enhanced by expanding the spectral response and accelerating the photo-induced charge separation. Introduction of oxygen vacancies and construction of homo-junction in BiOCl were...
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Dimensional Anisotropic Graphene with High Mobility and High On-Off Ratio in three-terminal RRAM device

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00152J, Research Article
Bo Liu, Han Hsiang Tai, Hanyuan Liang, En-Yan Zheng, Mamina Sahoo, Chih-Hsien Hsu, Tsung Cheng Chen, Ching-An Huang, Jer-Chyi Wang, Tuo-Hung Hou, Chao-Sung Lai
In the past decade, graphene has aroused worldwide academic passion in electronic community, due to its unique two dimensional lattice structure and high mobility properties. Meanwhile, the utilization of graphene...
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Aromatic imide/amide-based organic small-molecule emitters for organic light-emitting diodes

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00084A, Review Article
Yuanyuan Qin, Guoping Li, Ting Qi, Hui Huang
Aromatic imide/amide-based organic small molecules as emitters in organic light-emitting diodes have caught increasing attention. This study summarized their advances in terms of device performance and molecular design rules over the past 20 years.
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Blue quantum dot-based electroluminescent light-emitting diodes

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1340-1365
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00029A, Review Article
Fei Chen, Qingli Lin, Huaibin Shen, Aiwei Tang
This review about the development of blue QD-LEDs will provide the reference to demonstrate the excellent blue devices.
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NH4V3O8·0.5H2O nanobelts with intercalated water molecules as a high performance zinc ion battery cathode

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1434-1443
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00051E, Research Article
Hanmei Jiang, Yifu Zhang, Zhenghui Pan, Lei Xu, Jiqi Zheng, Zhanming Gao, Tao Hu, Changgong Meng, John Wang
NH4V3O8·0.5H2O nanobelts are synthesized by a low-temperature hydrothermal process, and exhibit high electrochemical performance in ARZIBs.
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A zinc non-halide dopant strategy enables efficient perovskite CsPbI3 quantum dot-based light-emitting diodes

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1444-1453
DOI: 10.1039/C9QM00734B, Research Article
Jinhang Li, Jiawei Chen, Leimeng Xu, Sinan Liu, Si Lan, Xiansheng Li, Jizhong Song
A zinc non-halide dopant strategy is employed to clarify the internal mechanism of Zn2+ doping without the introduction of halide ions and enhance the emission properties evidenced by the EQE of the QLEDs from 7.5% to 14.6% after Zn2+ doping.
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Modulation of ligand conjugation for efficient FAPbBr3 based green light-emitting diodes

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1383-1389
DOI: 10.1039/C9QM00768G, Research Article
Feng Zhang, Mengna Sun, Xiyu Luo, Dongdong Zhang, Lian Duan
We put forward a new strategy for efficient PeLEDs by understanding the effect of ligand conjugation on device performance.
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AIE-active Schiff base compounds as fluorescent probes for the highly sensitive and selective detection of Fe3+ ions

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1471-1482
DOI: 10.1039/C9QM00792J, Research Article
Jonnagaddala Harathi, Kathavarayan Thenmozhi
AIE-active Schiff base compounds were synthesized and photophysical properties were investigated. The compounds exhibited prominent sensing behaviour towards Fe3+ ion with enhanced selectivity, high association constants and low detection limits.
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Multifunctional ultrasmall-MoS2/graphene composites for high sulfur loading Li–S batteries

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1483-1491
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00082E, Research Article
Tianyu Tang, Teng Zhang, Lina Zhao, Biao Zhang, Wei Li, Junjie Xu, Long Zhang, Hailong Qiu, Yanglong Hou
The utilization of hosts with uniform dispersion of sulfur and multifunctional parts which can interact strongly with polysulfides facilitates the improved performance of Li–S batteries.
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Highly active hydrogen evolution catalysis on oxygen-deficient double-perovskite oxide PrBaCo2O6−δ

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1519-1529
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00056F, Research Article
Hayato Togano, Kaisei Asai, Seiji Oda, Hidekazu Ikeno, Shogo Kawaguchi, Kengo Oka, Kouhei Wada, Shunsuke Yagi, Ikuya Yamada
Oxygen-deficient double perovskite oxides PrBaCo2O6−δ exhibit highly active hydrogen evolution reaction catalysis, which is associated with multiple factors: oxygen deficiency, high Co valence, and A-site cation ordering.
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Highly-selective synthesis of trimetallic PtRuCu nanoframes as robust catalysts for the methanol oxidation reaction

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00033G, Research Article
Hai-Jing Yin, Zhi-Ping Zhang, Yu Guo, Kun Yuan, Ya-Wen Zhang
PtRuCu NFs/C exhibited much higher mass activity and specific activity than commercial Pt/C and PtRuCu NPs/C towards the MOR due to the frame nanostructures and the synergistic effect of the trimetallics.
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Opportunities and critical factors of porous metal-organic frameworks for the industrial separation of light olefins

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00186D, Review Article
Tianhao Lan, Libo Li, Yang Chen, Xiaoqing Wang, Jiangfeng Yang, Jinping Li
Light olefins (ethylene, propylene, and 1,3-butadiene) are widely used as building blocks in the petrochemical industry and for the fabrication of everyday products. Developing energy cost-efficient porous materials for the...
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[ASAP] Amine <italic toggle="yes">N</italic>-Oxide Kinetic Hydrate Inhibitor Polymers for High-Salinity Applications

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00838




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[ASAP] Designing Novel High-Performance Shale Inhibitors by Optimizing the Spacer Length of Imidazolium-Based Bola-Form Ionic Liquids

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00788




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[ASAP] A Simple and Direct Route to High-Performance Acrylamido-Based Kinetic Gas Hydrate Inhibitors from Poly(acrylic acid)

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00726




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[ASAP] Torrefaction of Sorghum Straw Pellets in a Stationary Reactor with a Feeding Screw

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00531




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[ASAP] Molecular Structure Control in Mesophase Pitch via Co-Carbonization of Coal Tar Pitch and Petroleum Pitch for Production of Carbon Fibers with Both High Mechanical Properties and Thermal Conductivity

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00196




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[ASAP] Chemometric Classification of Crude Oils in Complex Petroleum Systems Using t-Distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding Machine Learning Algorithm

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c01333




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[ASAP] Combined Light Extinction and Scattering Measurement for Measuring a Low-Particulate-Mass Concentration with a White Cell-Based Optical System

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00179




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The dictator's last night / Yasmina Khadra ; translated from the French by Julian Evans

Hayden Library - PQ3989.2.K386 D4713 2015




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L'écriture et le sacré: Senghor, Césaire, Glissant, Chamoiseau / actes réunis par Jean-François Durand

Online Resource




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Now the night begins / Alain Guiraudie ; translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman ; afterword by Bruce Hainley and Wayne Koestenbaum

Hayden Library - PQ2707.U57 I3513 2018




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A handful of blue earth / Vénus Khoury-Ghata ; translated from the French by Marilyn Hacker

Hayden Library - PQ2671.H6 A2 2017




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Letters to his neighbor / Marcel Proust ; translated, with an afterword, by Lydia Davis ; text edited and annotated by Estelle Gaudry and Jean-Yves Tadié ; with a foreword by Jean-Yves Tadié

Hayden Library - PQ2631.R63 A2 2017




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Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart / Chrétien de Troyes ; translated by Deborah Webster Rogers ; introduction by W.T.H. Jackson

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Enchanted islands: picturing the allure of conquest in eighteenth-century France / Mary D. Sheriff

Rotch Library - PQ265.S58 2018




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Weaving narrative: clothing in twelfth-century French romance / Monica L. Wright

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Tristan Corbière: oysters, nightingales and cooking pots: selected poetry and prose in translation / translated by Christopher Pilling ; edited by Richard Hibbitt and Katherine Lunn-Rockliffe ; with an introduction by Katherine Lunn-Rockliffe

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Patron Services: Civil Rights in the 20th Century: Personal Papers and Organizational Records in the Manuscript Division

In this session, Manuscript Reference Librarian Edith Sandler will demonstrate how to search for and access personal papers and organizational records documenting the history of the civil rights movement in the 20th century. Time will be included at the end of the session for Q&A about research strategies or steps on specific research projects. All researchers are welcome.

Please note that the maximum class size is 30 researchers unless otherwise indicated.

Individuals requiring accommodations for any of these events are requested to submit a request at least five business days in advance by contacting (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.

Patrons are encouraged to arrive 15 minutes prior to the orientation. Seating is available on a first-come basis. Registration does not guarantee entry after the orientation start time.

For more information, please visit: https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/satorient/

 

Date: Saturday, January 25, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EST

 

Location: Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Room LJ-139B

 

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Insights to Improve Food Security in Malawi

Senior Researcher Kristen Velyvis highlights the long-term impact of a program designed to improve nutrition and food security for more than 200,000 households with chronic food insecurity in southern Malawi.




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The culture of digital fighting games: performance and practice / Todd Harper

Hayden Library - GV1469.34.V56 H37 2014




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Jane Jensen: Gabriel Knight, adventure games, hidden objects / Anastasia Salter

Hayden Library - GV1469.3.S214 2017




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A play of bodies: how we perceive videogames / Brendan Keogh

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Crash override: how Gamergate (nearly) destroyed my life, and how we can win the fight against online hate / Zoë Quinn

Hayden Library - GV1469.34.A97 Q56 2017




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Families at play: connecting and learning through video games / Sinem Siyahhan and Elisabeth Gee

Hayden Library - GV1469.34.S52 S59 2018




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Playing dystopia: nightmarish worlds in video games and the player's aesthetic response / Gerald Farca

Hayden Library - GV1469.34.P79 F37 2018




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Hygiene business in India impacted by shutdowns, though overall growth good: Reckitt Benckiser

The maker of Dettol and Lizol disinfectant reported best ever global sales growth for the March 2020 quarter as customers stocked up on hygiene products amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, with like for like growth up 13%, higher market share and strong growth in e-commerce.




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[ASAP] Insight into the Origin of Chiral-Induced Spin Selectivity from a Symmetry Analysis of Electronic Transmission

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.9b01078




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[ASAP] Tight-Binding Modeling of Uranium in an Aqueous Environment

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00089




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The high-accuracy prediction of carbon content in semi-coke by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9JA00443B, Paper
Xiangjun Xu, Angze Li, Xianshuang Wang, Chunjie Ding, Suling Qiu, Yage He, Tianqi Lu, Feng He, Bingsuo Zou, Ruibin Liu
LIBS technology is used in the realization process of semi-coke detection.
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High performance method for the accurate and precise determination of silicon isotopic compositions in bulk silicate rock samples using laser ablation MC-ICP-MS

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0JA00036A, Paper
Chenxi Zhang, He Zhao, Wen Zhang, Tao Luo, Ming Li, Keqing Zong, Yongsheng Liu, Zhaochu Hu
MC-ICP-MS has become one of the most powerful analytical methods for Si isotopes in bulk liquid and solid samples in the past decade. Laser ablation provides direct sampling of solid...
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High-resolution atomic structure of rubidium compounds in L X-ray spectral lines: a promising explores for chemical analysis

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0JA00063A, Paper
Harpreet Singh Kainth
The outcomes of X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis have been made an immense influence on the chemical profiles in various materials used for industrial and medical purposes. In the beginning of...
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