A methyl ketone bridged molecule as a multi-stimuli-responsive color switch for electrochromic devices

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (21) ◽  
pp. 4662-4667 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Mo Zhang ◽  
Fuli Xie ◽  
Wen Li ◽  
Yuyang Wang ◽  
Weiran Zhang ◽  
...  

A new multi-stimuli-responsive molecular switch M5 with a methyl ketone bridge has been developed to fabricate a visible-near infrared absorbing electrochromic device.

2004 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 363-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Lukaszewicz ◽  
A. Ravinski ◽  
I. Makoed

A new multilayer electrochromic device has been constructed according to the following pattern: glass1/ITO/WO3/gel electrolyte/BP/ITO/glass2, where ITO is a transparent conducting film made of indium and tin oxide and with the surface resistance equal 8–10 Ω/cm2 . The electrochromic devices obtained in the research are characterized by great (considerable) transmittance variation between coloration and bleaching state (25–40% at applied voltage of 1.5 to 3 V), and also high coloration efficiency (above 100 cm2 /C). Selfconsistent energy bands, dielectric permittivity and optical parameters are calculated using a full-potential linear muffin-tin orbital method. The numerical solution of the Debye-Smoluchowski equations is developed for simulating recombination probability of Li+ ions in amorphous electrolyte.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoxia Song ◽  
Zhi Chen ◽  
Xue Zhang ◽  
Junfeng Xiong ◽  
Teng Jiang ◽  
...  

AbstractMagnetic micro/nanorobots attracted much attention in biomedical fields because of their precise movement, manipulation, and targeting abilities. However, there is a lack of research on intelligent micro/nanorobots with stimuli-responsive drug delivery mechanisms for cancer therapy. To address this issue, we developed a type of strong covalently bound tri-bead drug delivery microrobots with NIR photothermal response azobenzene molecules attached to their carboxylic surface groups. The tri-bead microrobots are magnetic and showed good cytocompatibility even when their concentration is up to 200 µg/mL. In vitro photothermal experiments demonstrated fast NIR-responsive photothermal property; the microrobots were heated to 50 °C in 4 min, which triggered a significant increase in drug release. Motion control of the microrobots inside a microchannel demonstrated the feasibility of targeted therapy on tumor cells. Finally, experiments with lung cancer cells demonstrated the effectiveness of targeted chemo-photothermal therapy and were validated by cell viability assays. These results indicated that tri-bead microrobots have excellent potential for targeted chemo-photothermal therapy for lung cancer cell treatment.


2018 ◽  
Vol 130 (10) ◽  
pp. 2641-2645 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiancong Zhao ◽  
Peiyuan Wang ◽  
Qin Li ◽  
Areej Abdulkareem Al-Khalaf ◽  
Wael N. Hozzein ◽  
...  

Nanoscale ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parinaz Fathi ◽  
Parikshit Moitra ◽  
Madeleine M. McDonald ◽  
Mandy Brigitte Esch ◽  
Dipanjan Pan

Carbon dots are biocompatible nanoparticles suitable for a variety of biomedical applications. Careful selection of carbon dot precursors and surface modification techniques has allowed for the development of carbon dots...


Nanomaterials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuan Zhang ◽  
Yuzhuo Wang ◽  
Yue Zhao ◽  
Hou Liu ◽  
Yueqi Zhao ◽  
...  

The chemotherapy of stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems (SDDSs) is a promising method to enhance cancer treatment effects. However, the low efficiency of chemotherapy drugs and poor degradation partly limit the application of SDDSs. Herein, we report doxorubicin (DOX)-loading mixed micelles for biotin-targeting drug delivery and enhanced photothermal/photodynamic therapy (PTT/PDT). Glutathione (GSH)-responsive mixed micelles were prepared by a dialysis method, proportionally mixing polycaprolactone-disulfide bond-biodegradable photoluminescent polymer (PCL-SS-BPLP) and biotin-polyethylene glycol-cypate (biotin-PEG-cypate). Chemically linking cypate into the mixed micelles greatly improved cypate solubility and PTT/PDT effect. The micelles also exhibited good monodispersity and stability in cell medium (~119.7 nm), low critical micelles concentration, good biodegradation, and photodecomposition. The high concentration of GSH in cancer cells and near-infrared light (NIR)-mediated cypate decomposition were able to achieve DOX centralized release. Meanwhile, the DOX-based chemotherapy combined with cypate-based NIR-triggered hyperthermia and reactive oxygen species could synergistically induce HepG2 cell death and apoptosis. The in vivo experiments confirmed that the micelles generated hyperthermia and achieved a desirable therapeutic effect. Therefore, the designed biodegradable micelles are promising safe nanovehicles for antitumor drug delivery and chemo/PTT/PDT combination therapy.


2011 ◽  
Vol 40 (40) ◽  
pp. 10643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keiko Motoyama ◽  
Huifang Li ◽  
Takashi Koike ◽  
Makoto Hatakeyama ◽  
Satoshi Yokojima ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (10) ◽  
pp. 2611-2615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiancong Zhao ◽  
Peiyuan Wang ◽  
Qin Li ◽  
Areej Abdulkareem Al-Khalaf ◽  
Wael N. Hozzein ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Zuo ◽  
Meng Wang ◽  
Bao-Ping Lin ◽  
Hong Yang

Abstract In recent years, light-guided robotic soft actuators have attracted intense scientific attention and rapidly developed, although it still remains challenging to precisely and reversibly modulate the moving directions and shape morphing modes of soft actuators with ease of stimulating operation. Here we report a strategy of building a multi-stimuli-responsive liquid crystal elastomer soft actuator system capable of performing not only multi-directional movement, but also different shape morphing modes. This strategy is based on the selective stimulation of specific domains of the hierarchical structured actuator through the modulation of three wavelength bands (520, 808, 980 nm) of light stimulus, which release the actuation system from light scanning position/direction restriction. Three near-infrared dual-wavelength modulated actuators and one visible/infrared tri-wavelength modulated multi-directional walker robot are demonstrated in this work. These devices have broad application prospects in robotic and biomimetic technology.


2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (21) ◽  
pp. 7432-7441
Author(s):  
Yousuke Oyama ◽  
Reo Kawano ◽  
Yuya Tanaka ◽  
Munetaka Akita

The organometallic AcAHQ/AQ-Ru system turns out to be an effective redox and pH stimuli triggered bimodal molecular switch.


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