Enslaved to the large-size K-ions, the construction of suitable anode materials with superior and stable potassium-ion storage properties is a major challenge. 1T phase MoS2 possesses higher conductivity, bigger interlayer distance, and more electrochemically active sites than the 2H phase, which offers intriguing benefits for energy-related applications. In this work, the 1T/2H-phase hybrid MoS2 nanosheets are successfully anchored in the N-doped carbon nanotube hollow polyhedron (1T/2H-MoS2 /NCNHP) by a bottom-up solvothermal method. For the synthesized 1T/2H-MoS2 /NCNHP, the fewer-layer 1T/2H-MoS2 nanosheets are embedded in an N-doped carbon nanotube hollow polyhedron, with an enlarged interlayer spacing of 0.96 nm. When evaluated as anode material for potassium-ion batteries, the 1T/2H-MoS2 /NCNHP hybrid presents outstanding potassium storage performance. It delivers a high-specific capacity of 519.2 mAh g-1 at 50 mA g-1 and maintains 281.2 mAh g-1 at 1 A g-1 over 500 cycles. The good potassium-ion electrochemical performance is attributed to the rational structural design and the synergistic effect of the components. Moreover, the 1T-MoS2 nanosheet has excellent electrical conductivity and its enlarged interlayer spacing reduces the barrier for the embedding and stripping of K ions. Finally, the practical application of the 1T/2H-MoS2 /NCNHP electrode material is also evaluated by assembled K-ion full cells.The primary issue of polymer electrolytes is to achieve high ion conductivity while retaining mechanical properties. A nanocomposite electrolyte with the inverse hexagonal cylindrical phase (three-dimensionally continuous domains for ion conduction and embedded domains for mechanical support) is prepared through the electrostatic self-assembly of a polyoxometalate (H3 PW12 O40 , PW) and a triblock copolymer poly(N-vinyl pyrrolidone)-block-polystyrene-block-poly(N-vinyl pyrrolidone) (PSP). The cylindrical nanocomposite exhibits a conductivity of 1.32 mS cm-1 and a storage modulus of 4.6 × 107 Pa at room temperature. These two values are higher than those of pristine PSP by two orders of magnitudes and a factor of six, respectively. PW clusters are used as multifunctional nano-additives (morphological inducer, proton conductor, and nano-enhancer) and their incorporation achieves the simultaneous improvement in both conductive and mechanical performance.The morphological quality of the photoactive layer is the key component affecting the performance metrics of a photovoltaic device. Therefore, fine adjustment of the crystallization dynamics is urgently required. By manipulating the amount of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) remaining in the spin-coated perovskite films during the annealing treatment, an obvious morphological evolution arises. The crystallization kinetics is significantly altered due to the formation of intermediate phases and the variation of DMSO vapor pressure via producing the semienclosed space with a covering. On the one hand, the obviously formed intermediate phase MA2 Pb3 I8 (DMSO)2 retards the crystallization process. On the other hand, the DMSO vapor in the semienclosed space intrigues the recrystallization process and results in Ostwald ripening to produce large-aspect-ratio grains with fewer defect states, decreased carrier doping, and longer carrier lifetimes. Thus, nonradiative processes are greatly suppressed. Besides, combined with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurement and the surface energy of MAI- and PbI-terminated surface model calculated by density functional theory, the defect states are identified and the causes of Pb0 defect states are explained. Using this strategy, a high power conversion efficiency of 20.09% is achieved based on MAPbI3 photovoltaic solar cell, and the long-term ambient shelf and thermal stability are obviously improved.This article reports the fabrication of a smart biomimetic enzyme system, which incorporates a pH-responsive chemodynamic therapy (CDT) combined with a photothermal (PTT) therapy approach in resolving the high recurrence rate of deadly cancers. The resulting enzyme system comprises copper sulfide (CuS) nanoparticle (NP) cores as Fenton-like catalysts, and a photothermal-active generation 5 poly(amidoamine) (G5) dendrimer as a template for the entrapment of Cu NPs and the compression of glucose oxidase (GOD). GOD is introduced to produce H2 O2 necessary in the sequential Fenton-like reaction, and this generates hydroxyl radicals that kill the cancerous cells. Polyethylene glycol is added to the system to improve biocompatibility. Mechanism study suggests that the constructed CuS/G5-GOD-based system has a better Fenton-like catalytic activity than a Fe3 O4 -GOD-based system. https://www.selleckchem.com/products/gsk-lsd1-2hcl.html This allows the further inhibition on the residual tumors from recurrence and metastasis through CDT after being treated by PTT. The developed smart nanoscale biomimetic system shows high efficiency for breast cancer suppression from recurrence and metastasis by combining PTT with a pH-responsive CDT. It has the potential to resolve the essential issue of cancer recurrence after its initial clinic treatment.Fluoride has been used as an effective anticaries agent for more than 70 years, which might result in the emergence of fluoride-resistant strains. However, the fluoride resistance mechanism and the cariogenic properties of fluoride-resistant mutant for cariogenic bacterial species Streptococcus mutans remain largely unknown. We describe here the construction and characterization of a mariner-based transposon system designed to be used in S. mutans, which is also potentially applicable to other streptococci. To identify genetic determinants of fluoride resistance in S. mutans, we constructed a library of S. mutans transposon insertion mutants and screened this library to identify mutants exhibiting fluoride resistance phenotype. Two mutants were found to carry transposon insertion in two different genetic loci (smu.396 and smu.1291c), respectively. Our subsequent genetic study indicates the fluoride-resistant phenotype for the mutant with the insertion in smu.1291c is resulting from the constitutive overexpression of downstream operon smu.