Using solution-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) technology, a group of scientists led by Prof. ZHANG Na from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) recently discovered a novel reassembly process for G-quadruplexes (GQs) through a new type of reaction called Hoogsteen pairing-based Strand Displacement Reaction (Hoogsteen SDR) recently.
According to a research published in Redox Biology recently, a team led by Prof. HAN Wei from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) found, for the first time, that dietary arachidonic acid (AA) promotes the occurrence of radiation-induced intestinal injury (RIII).
Reversible nanohelix transformation is one of the most exquisite and important phenomena in nature. Nanomaterials rarely form helical crystals. Due to the irreversibility of the previously studied twisting forces, untwisting is harder than retwisting crystalline nanohelices. Thus, many reversible twisting transformations between two stable crystalline products are exceedingly rare and need a sensitive energy balance. This reversible transformation of nanohelices has long been considered difficult to achieve.
In a study published in Advanced Energy Materials, a research team led by Prof. ZHANG Yunxia from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) developed a solid-phase sintering strategy to enable direct conversion of the degraded LiCoO2 (D-LCO) into the cathode materials with high energy density.
A team led by Prof. WANG Guozhong and ZHOU Hongjian from the Institute of Solid State Physics (ISSP), Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has successfully utilized surface roughness engineering of silicon-based nanomaterials to achieve efficient delivery of essential nutrients to crop leaves.