Electron transfer and lithium ion diffusion rates are the key factors limiting the lithium ion storage in anisotropic LiFePO4 electrodes. In this work, we employed a facile solvothermal method to synthesize a "platelet-on-sheet" LiFePO4/graphene composite (LFP@GNs), which is LiFePO4 nanoplatelets in situ grown on graphene sheets with highly oriented (010) facets of LiFePO4 crystals. Such a two-...

AIM To evaluate the antiviral potency of a new anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) antiviral agent targeting the cellular autophagy machinery. METHODS Non-infected liver slices, obtained from human liver resection and cut in 350 μm-thick slices (2.7 × 10(6) cells per slice) were infected with cell culture-grown HCV Con1b/C3 supernatant (multiplicity of infection = 0.1) cultivated for up to ten days....

Wearable technologies can contribute to the early and accurate detection of chronic diseases which be achieved by integration biosensors into wearable technologies. However, challenges associated with performance current electrode materials—i.e., flexibility, conductivity, mechanical stability, made from conducting polymers are preventing their widespread usage. Herein, we report a freestanding...

The state-of-the-art Bismuth-Telluride (Bi2Te3) based systems are promising thermoelectric materials for efficient applications. In this study, the effect of graphene nanosheets (GNS) integrity on properties a p-type Bi0.4Sb1.6Te3 alloy has been studied using high-energy ball milling and SPS sintering techniques. synthesized pristine 0.05wt% GNS/Bi0.4Sb1.6Te3 nanocomposites at different additio...

In the past decades, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), due to the high energy densities, have become a dominant power source in portable electronics and have found applications in transportation, such as in hybrid electrical vehicles (HEVs) and electrical vehicles (EVs). Particularly, they have become indispensable energy storage devices for intermittent energy conversions, like in solar cells and ...

Ganglioneuromas (GNs) are hamartomatous tumors derived from the autonomic nervous system. It is rare to encounter GN in the gastrointestinal tract. Patients with these tumors usually present with abdominal pain, constipation, ileus, weight loss, or even bleeding. GNs are categorized into three different morphological subtypes, namely, polypoid GN, ganglioneuromatous polyposis, and diffuse gangl...

This review article provides a new perspective on the ethics of green nudging. We advance model for assessing ethical permissibility nudges (GNs). On this model, which normative guidance policymakers, GN is ethically permissible when intervention (1) efficacious, (2) cost-effective, and (3) advantages (i.e. reducing environmental harm) are not outweighed by countervailing costs/harms nudgees). ...

This paper investigates unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) data collection systems with different multiple access schemes, where a rotary-wing UAV is dispatched to collect from ground nodes (GNs). Our goal maximize the minimum throughput GNs for both orthogonal (OMA) and non-orthogonal (NOMA) transmission, subject energy budgets at GNs, namely \emph{double limitations}. 1) For OMA, we propose an eff...

Pharmacological studies of neutral saponins (GNS) of Panax Ginseng root, were performed. GNS showed CNS-depressant action in inhibition of spontaneous and exploratory movements, and in potentiation of CNS-depressant. A specific blocking action of conditioned response by GNS was significantly confirmed in small doses and did not produce loss of righting reflex, motor incoordination or myorelaxat...

Carbon nanoscrolls (CNSs) with tubular structure similar to the open multiwall carbonnanotube have been of hot debate during recent years. Due to its unique property, Graphene Nanoscroll (GNS) have attracted many research groups’ attention and have been used by them. They specially studied on energy storage devices such as batteries and super capacitors. These devices can be schematically...