Coconut oil, a natural oil widely utilized in the food, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical sectors, is significantly influenced by varieties and processing techniques. This study compared cold-pressed and hot-pressed extraction methods for coconut oil from four coconut varieties, evaluating their physicochemical properties, fatty acid composition, and antioxidant capacity. The results revealed that cold-pressed coconut oil exhibited superior control over parameters such as acid value, peroxide value, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and 3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol (3-MCPD) esters, along with enhanced antioxidant capacity. Lauric acid, the predominant fatty acid in coconut oil, ranged from 47.68% to 50.08% in these oils. A significant negative correlation was observed between lauric acid and peroxide value/MCPD/PAHs, while a positive association existed between phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity. Principal component analysis identified cold-pressed coconut oil from the W4 coconut variety as exhibiting the highest quality, characterized by lower acid value, MCPD and PAHs levels, higher lauric acid content, and potent antioxidant capacity. This study highlights the advantages of cold-pressed coconut oil, particularly from the W4 coconut variety, for superior quality across various parameters, offering valuable insights for the production and processing of coconut oil. These findings contribute to the advancement and application of high-quality coconut oil products in the industry.
Persistent Luminescence (PersL) materials, which use traps to store energy and emit photons over a long period, have found important applications in the fields of optical information storage, security labeling, and biological imaging. The trap depth is a crucial factor determining the performance of these materials; however, achieving the desired trap depth with high precision remains a great challenge. Here, we provide double perovskite phosphors (Cs 2 SnCl 6 -Cs 2 ZrCl 6 -Cs 2 HfCl 6 series) with highly compatible crystal structures, enabling continuous and precise tuning of trap depth over an ultra-wide range of 0.11 to 1.25 eV. By incorporating W 4+ as the luminescent centers, these phosphors exhibit outstanding near-infrared (NIR) PersL performance at approximately 900 nm and a lasting emission duration exceeding 10 h. The underlying mechanism of PersL is elucidated, and the wide-range tunability of trap depth is attributed to the universal applicability of band-gap engineering in the entire material system. Furthermore, we demonstrate the practical application of these materials by designing a flexible detector plate for X-ray imaging. The detector plate exhibits a storage time of more than 1 week, a detection limit of 0.83 μGy air ·s -1 in the near-infrared region, and real-time and delay-time imaging resolutions of 14.2 lp·mm -1 and 2.5 lp·mm -1 , respectively. These attributes demonstrate strong potential for X-ray luminescence extension imaging.