简介:ThefirststarsintheearlyUniversewereformedabout400millionyearsafterthebigbang.VerificationoftheexistenceofthesestarsisimportantforourunderstandingoftheevolutionoftheUniverse[1].IthasbeenpredictedthatforPopulation-IIIstellarproductionyields,theabundancesofodd-Zelementsareremarkablydeficientcomparedtotheiradjacenteven-Zelements[2].Astronomersaresearchingforlong-lived,lowmassstarswiththeuniquenucleosyntheticpatternmatchingthepredictedyields[3].
简介:Radiotherapyisacommontreatmentmodalityforheadandneckcancers,nasopharyngealcancers,primarybraintumorsandbrainmetastases.Alargenumberofpatientsintheworldwithprimaryormetastaticbraintumorswillrequirelargevolumeorwholebrainirradiationeveryyear.However,therapeuticirradiationnotonlykillstumorcells,butalsoinjuresnormalbraintissue,whichiscommonlyassociatedwithsignificantfunctionalmorbidityanddecreasedqualityoflifeinpatientstreatedwithbrainradiotherapy[1].
简介:Theabinitiogeneralizedgradientapproximation(GGA)+Ustudyofmultiferroic(La0.5Bi0.5)2FeCrO6inpnmastructureandferri-magneticorder,includingHubbardcorrections(U-4.1eV)fortransitionmetal/rareearthd-electronswith20atomscell,showsoptimumlocalmagneticmomentsof(Cr^3+,Fe^3+)equalto(-2.56,4.14)#Bandanidealspin-downbandgapof1.54eV.Tuned-bandgapLa-substituteddoubleoxideperovskitesBFCOshouldexhibitenhancedvisible-lightabsorptionandcarriermobility,thuscouldbeconvenientlightabsorbersandthenefficientalternativestowide-gapchalcopyriteabsorber-basedsolarcellsfailingtoachievehighestpowerconversionefficiencies,andevencompetewiththeirmetal-organichalideperovskitescounterparts.
简介:H+-restackednanosheetsandnanoscrollspeeledfromK4Nb6O17displaydifferentstructuresandsurfacecharacters.Thetworestackedsampleswithincreasedsurfaceareashaveanamazingvisible-lightresponseforthephotodegradationofdyes,whichissuperiortocommercialTiO2(P25)andNb2O5.Bycomparison,H+/nanosheetshavearelativelyfasterphotodegradationrateoriginatedfromlargeandsmoothbasalplane.Theworkrevealsthatdyeadsorbedontheunfoldednanosheetscaneffectivelyharvestsunlight.Duetofacilepreparation,low-costandhighphotocatalyticefficiency,H+/nanosheetsandH+/nanoscrollsmightbeusedforthevisiblelight-drivendegradationoforganicdyesasasubstituteforTiO2inindustry.
简介:Wehavereportedthemassmeasurementsofneutron-deficientnuclides79Y,81;82Zr,83;84Nbinthisyear’sAnnualReport.However,fortheN=ZnuclidesclosetoA=80,theyieldismuchlowerandeveniftheycanbeproduced,thereisstillgreatdifficulttoidentifythembecauseoftheirquitesimilarmass-to-chargeratioandrevolutiontimes.However,theirmassareextremelyimportantforrapidprotoncaptureprocess,forexample,80Zrand84Moarewaitingpointsofrp-process.Theirmassescangreatlyeffectthereactionflowofprotoncaptureonthemandthentheabundanceoftheheaviernuclides.Inaddition,theseparationenergyof84Mo(determinedbythemassof80Zrand84Mo)hasastrongimpactonthe83Nb(p,α)reactionrateandplaysakeyroleintheformationofZr-NbFig.