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For nearly a century, the excessive discharge of organic contaminants has gradually polluted water and endangered people's health, and photocatalysis has been prominently employed to remove persistent recalcitrant organic. Here, MIL‐101(Cr) was firstly employed to introduce thin‐layered Bi2O2CO3 for the formation of Bi2O2CO3/MIL‐101(Cr) nanosheet composite, by a simple and low‐temperature in‐situ growth approach. The phase, morphology, optical, and surface characteristics of the fabricated composite were characterized through XRD, FTIR, SEM‐EDS, N2 adsorption–desorption, UV–Vis DRS, PL, TG, and XPS techniques, and the ability in the photocatalytic breakdown of rhodamine B (RhB) molecule under visible light was also studied. The results of characterization analysis and optical analysis exhibited that Bi2O2CO3/MIL‐101(Cr) has large pore size, good visible light response‐ability, and the heterojunction created by intercalating Bi2O2CO3 on MIL‐101(Cr). Photocatalytic studies revealed that Bi2O2CO3/MIL‐101(Cr) had superior RhB degradation activity than pure MIL‐101(Cr) and Bi2O2CO3, which achieved 97.1% with visible light irradiation for 20 mg/l RhB. Meanwhile, the Bi2O2CO3/MIL‐101(Cr) composite displayed good recyclability after three cycles as revealed by XRD and FTIR analysis proving their excellent stability. This study provides feasible insight into developing novel and efficient MIL‐101‐based heterojunction catalysts for environmental remediation in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Simple Summary: This study explores the role of circTPST2, a circular RNA, in the chemotherapy sensitivity of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Elevated levels of circTPST2 were observed in HNSCC tissues, and functional experiments revealed its inhibitory effect on cisplatin sensitivity in HNSCC cells. By interacting with miR-770-5p and the Nucleolin pathway, circTPST2 emerged as a crucial regulator influencing chemotherapy responsiveness. The findings suggest that circTPST2 may serve as a potential marker for chemotherapy regimen selection in HNSCC patients, providing insights to enhance treatment efficacy and patient outcomes. Chemoresistance poses a significant challenge in the treatment of advanced head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC). The role and mechanism of circular RNAs (circRNAs) in HNSCC chemoresistance remain understudied. We conducted circRNA microarray analysis to identify differentially expressed circRNAs in HNSCC. The expression of circRNAs from the tyrosylprotein sulfotransferase 2 (TPST2) gene and miRNAs was evaluated through qPCR, while the circular structure of circTPST2 was verified using Sanger sequencing and RNase R. Through Western blotting, biotin-labeled RNA pulldown, RNA immunoprecipitation, mass spectrometry, and rescue experiments, we discovered miR-770-5p and nucleolin as downstream targets of circTPST2. Functional tests, including CCK8 assays and flow cytometry, assessed the chemoresistance ability of circTPST2, miR-770-5p, and Nucleolin. Additionally, FISH assays determined the subcellular localization of circTPST2, miR-770-5p, and Nucleolin. IHC staining was employed to detect circTPST2 and Nucleolin expression in HNSCC patients. circTPST2 expression was inversely correlated with cisplatin sensitivity in HNSCC cell lines. Remarkably, high circTPST2 expression correlated with lower overall survival rates in chemotherapeutic HNSCC patients. Mechanistically, circTPST2 reduced chemosensitivity through sponge-like adsorption of miR-770-5p and upregulation of the downstream protein Nucleolin in HNSCC cells. The TCGA database revealed improved prognosis for patients with low circTPST2 expression after chemotherapy. Moreover, analysis of HNSCC cohorts demonstrated better prognosis for patients with low Nucleolin protein expression after chemotherapy. We unveil circTPST2 as a circRNA associated with chemoresistance in HNSCC, suggesting its potential as a marker for selecting chemotherapy regimens in HNSCC patients. Further exploration of the downstream targets of circTPST2 advanced our understanding and improved treatment strategies for HNSCC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For the induction motor (IM) current loop, the supertwisting sliding-mode control (ST-SMC) has been considered as an effective approach to achieve chattering suppression and steady-state errorless control. However, due to the system disturbance, the conventional ST-SMC suffers from control delay in the convergence trajectory, resulting in decreased antidisturbance capability. To address this problem, this article proposed a ST-SMC with convergence trajectory optimization. First, a nonlinear sliding-mode manifold is designed to achieve the ideal ST-SMC convergence trajectory. Then, a disturbance compensation term is added into the control law to eliminate the system control delay. Compared with the conventional ST-SMC, the studied method can effectively enhance the antidisturbance capability of IM current loop, leading to improved transient performance. Finally, the superiority of the investigated method is verified by the experimental results from a 3.7 kW IM test bench. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

High-dimensional quantum system plays an important role in quantum information tasks. However, the interaction between quantum system and environment would give rise to decoherence. In this paper, we examine the quantum-memory-assisted entropic uncertainty relation under amplitude damping (AD) decoherence. It is found that entropic uncertainty first inflates and then reduces to a nonzero value with the growing decoherence strength. In addition, it is revealed that the mixedness is not closely associated with entropic uncertainty which is different from the previous result. Furthermore, we construct a remarkably effective filtering operator to steer and reduce the entropic uncertainty. Our exploration might offer fresh insights into the dynamics and manipulation of the entropic uncertainty in high-dimensional quantum system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we analyze the decohering power behaviors for an atom immersed in a thermal bath of fluctuating electromagnetic field in the presence of a perfectly reflecting plane boundary. Firstly, we analytically solve the master equation that governs the system evolution. Then, we discuss the behaviors of decohering power for an atom affected by thermal fluctuating electromagnetic field. It is found that the behaviors of decohering power are dependent on the field temperature, atomic position and polarization. Decohering power fluctuates to relatively stable values with the increasing atom's distance from the boundary, which suggests a possible way of detecting the vacuum fluctuating and boundary effect. Additional conditions on the electromagnetic field give one more freedom to manipulate the variations of decohering power. Decohering power variations can efficiently reflect the behaviors of quantum coherence affected by electromagnetic vacuum fluctuation, and it is shown that quantum coherence can be effectively enhanced with the presence of a reflecting boundary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]