MOLECULAR CELL
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2023
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IF 16
Sheng Liu,Bo Yang,Yingxiang Hou,Kaige Cui,Xiaozhu Yang,Xiaoxiong Li,Lianwan Chen,Shichao Liu,Zhichao Zhang,Yuanyuan Jia,Yufeng Xie,Ying Xue,Xiaomei Li,Bingxue Yan,Changxin Wu,Wen Deng,Jianxun Qi,Defen Lu,George F. Gao,Peiyi Wang,Guijun Shang
Summary 2′,3′-cGAMP, produced by the DNA sensor cGAS, activates stimulator of interferon genes (STING) and triggers immune response during infection. Tremendous effort has been placed on unraveling the mechanism of STING activation. However, little is known about STING inhibition. Here, we found that apo-STING exhibits a bilayer with head-to-head as well as side-by-side packing, mediated by its ligand-binding domain (LBD). This type of assembly holds two endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membranes together not only to prevent STING ER exit but also to eliminate the recruitment of TBK1, representing the autoinhibited state of STING. Additionally, we obtained the filament structure of the STING/2′,3′-cGAMP complex, which adopts a bent monolayer assembly mediated by LBD and transmembrane domain (TMD). The active, curved STING polymer could deform ER membrane to support its ER exit and anterograde transportation. Our data together provide a panoramic vision regarding STING autoinhibition and activation, which adds substantially to current understanding of the cGAS-STING pathway.
研究领域:
免疫学
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细胞生物学
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分子生物学
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NPG Asia Materials
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2017
·Vol. 9
·期 7
·e405
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IF 9.157
Shi Wei,Yao Qin,Qu Sanyin,Chen Hongyi,Zhang Tiansong,Chen Lidong
The inhibitor-dependent poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) fabrication suffers major problems in the areas of controllability and film thickness. In this work, we found that anions play a key role in both the polymerization and the structure of PEDOT. As a precursor, anions greatly influence the reaction rate and oxidant solubility. In its role as a counter-ion, the anions also affect chain conductance and crystal growth. With these behaviors in mind, a self-inhibited polymerization approach using novel oxidants with appropriate anions was successfully developed to facilitate the fabrication of high quality in situ polymerized PEDOT films and solve the thickness limitation problem. Inhibitor-free heavy oxidative solutions with weakly basic anions enable the spin-coating of thick and homogeneous oxidant layers and also effectively inhibit both the crystallization of the oxidant and H + formation throughout the polymerization process. PEDOT: dodecylbenzenesulfonate (PEDOT:DBSA) exhibits the highest performance among all candidates due to its appropriate anion basicity and low steric effect. An extremely high doping level of 42.9% is achieved, and an electrical conductivity of ~1100 S cm −1 is successfully maintained for film thicknesses between 310 nm and 1.79 μm. In addition, the thermoelectric power factor (RT) for pristine films was improved to 77.2 μW mK −2 from 69.6 μW mK −2 by the dedoping treatment. This study provides a new approach for fabricating high performance PEDOT thick films using anion-based design.
研究领域:
材料科学
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化学工程
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电子材料
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TRANSACTIONS OF NONFERROUS METALS SOCIETY OF CHINA
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2024
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IF 4.7
Hui-chuan REN,Xiao-bo MIN,Yong KE,Long-gong XIA,Yun-yan WANG,Cong PENG,Yun LI,Rong-he TAN,Chuan-fu ZHANG
A method to upgrade the iron grade in copper slag was proposed using lime to decompose Al 2 O 3 -containing fayalite melt (AFMT). Thermodynamic calculations indicated that adjusting the CaO/AFMT ratio can yield a residual melt with a FeO concentration of 75-88 wt.% and produce Ca 2 SiO 4 . In-situ observations suggested that the reaction was impeded in some way. Quenching experiments revealed that the initial reaction products consisted of calcium ferrite compounds and FeO-CaO melt. At the FeO-CaO melt/AFMT interface, Ca 2 SiO 4 particles precipitated, forming a dense Ca 2 SiO 4 film that significantly impeded mass transfer. Although trace amounts of Al 2 O 3 in AFMT temporarily enhanced mass transfer, they were insufficient to overcome this retardation effect. The decomposition reaction was far from achieving equilibrium, demonstrating a self-retardation effect. Measures must be implemented to eliminate this self-retardation effect and enhance the efficiency of reaction kinetics.
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冶金工程
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材料科学
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PROGRESS IN ORGANIC COATINGS
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2023
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IF 6.6
Yunfei Hu,Xiangkang Cao,Xiaoze Ma,Jinglong Pan,Guangyi Cai,Xinxin Zhang,Zehua Dong
Recently, anti-corrosion coatings with auto-inhibition and self-reporting on their premature flaws are becoming more and more attractive. In this work, we engineered a cerium nitrate/8-hydroxyquinoline (Ce-HQ) hybrid pigment to endow epoxy coatings with corrosion self-inhibiting and fluorescent self-reporting performances via molecule design. The Ce-HQ pigments were synthesized by physical mixture and then dispersed into the commercial epoxy coating. Once the epoxy coating gets degraded, the underneath aluminum alloy matrix may corrode to produce Al 3+ ions, which can compete with Ce 3+ ions in the Ce-HQ complex, and then chelate with dissociative 8-HQ to form fluorescent Al-HQ complex, due to the higher bonding strength of Al 3+ with 8-HQ than Ce 3+ ions. Thus, not only the responsive releasing of Ce 3+ ions and 8-HQ can inhibit the underlying Al alloy, but the newly formed Al-HQ complex could indicate the location and severity of coating flaws through fluorescent emission under UV light. Electrochemical impedance evidenced that the composite epoxy coating containing 1 % mass Ce-HQ presents high corrosion resistance even after 504 h of salt spray test, showing 90 % corrosion refraining efficiency. This work may enlighten an approach to developing self-healing and self-diagnosis coating for premature corroded Al alloy beneath coatings via reactive release and fluorescent visualization.
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材料科学
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腐蚀与防护
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表面工程
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ADVANCED MATERIALS
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2019
·Vol. 31
·期 11
·1806082
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IF 25.809
Xue Zhang,Shuo Wang,Chuanjiao Xue,Chengzhou Xin,Yuanhua Lin,Yang Shen,Liangliang Li,Ce-Wen Nan
Polymer-based electrolytes have attracted ever-increasing attention for all-solid-state lithium (Li) metal batteries due to their ionic conductivity, flexibility, and easy assembling into batteries, and are expected to overcome safety issues by replacing flammable liquid electrolytes. However, it is still a critical challenge to effectively block Li dendrite growth and improve the long-term cycling stability of all-solid-state batteries with polymer electrolytes. Here, the interface between novel poly(vinylidene difluoride) (PVDF)-based solid electrolytes and the Li anode is explored via systematical experiments in combination with first-principles calculations, and it is found that an in situ formed nanoscale interface layer with a stable and uniform mosaic structure can suppress Li dendrite growth. Unlike the typical short-circuiting that often occurs in most studied poly(ethylene oxide) systems, this interface layer in the PVDF-based system causes an open-circuiting feature at high current density and thus avoids the risk of over-current. The effective self-suppression of the Li dendrite observed in the PVDF–LiN(SO 2 F) 2 (LiFSI) system enables over 2000 h cycling of repeated Li plating–stripping at 0.1 mA cm −2 and excellent cycling performance in an all-solid-state LiCoO 2 ||Li cell with almost no capacity fade after 200 cycles at 0.15 mA cm −2 at 25 °C. These findings will promote the development of safe all-solid-state Li metal batteries.
研究领域:
材料科学
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电化学
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储能
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电池技术
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FUEL
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2023
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IF 7.4
Wenbin Huang,Qiang Wei,Haoran Liu,Han Yang,Zhen Xu,Zhengyu Chen,Dongdong Chen,Yasong Zhou
The reason for high-difficulty nitrogen removal of aromatic N-heterocyclic compounds in petroleum fractions was investigated from the main thought of “NiWS property - Reaction behavior - DFT calculation”. The properties of the used catalyst were characterized by a series of techniques with the aim of providing the basis for model construction in the DFT calculations. The kinetic experiments in fixed-bed reactor revealed that although 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline (THQ1) and decahydroquinoline (DHQ), o-ethylaniline (OEA) exhibited relatively high yields in the HDN reaction of quinoline and indole respectively, they were all able to show high conversions and HDN rates when reacted as feedstocks alone. The study of product normalizations in the reaction system of the mixed feedstocks demonstrated that the difficulty of conversion of THQ1 and DHQ in quinoline HDN was mainly due to the inhibition effect of quinoline feedstock. While in the HDN of indole, the presence of the intermediate product OEA was the main factor for the low conversion of indole. This phenomenon of inhibition originating from within the molecular reaction network was proposed as N-N self-inhibition effect for the first time. The DFT calculations suggested that the inhibition of quinoline on THQ1 could be attributed to the adsorption advantage of quinoline, while the inhibition on DHQ was mainly due to the steric hindrance effect of DHQ itself. And the inhibition effect of OEA on indole can be mainly attributed to its greater nucleophilicity and stronger adsorption ability on the active sites compared with IND.
研究领域:
化学工程
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催化
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石油炼制
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理论化学
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