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Endogenous T cell activation relies on recognizing tumor‐specific antigens. However, tumor cells often alter phenotypes to evade immune surveillance, resulting in immune escape and drug resistance. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) activates anti‐tumor immune responses by generating reactive oxygen species, which induce endoplasmic reticulum stress and immunogenic cell death. The clinical application of PDT is limited by immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. Notably, enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) regulates expression of immune‐related genes in tumor and immune cells through H3K27 methylation. Consequently, targeting EZH2‐mediated epigenetic silence provides an effective strategy to enhance the anti‐tumor immune effect of PDT. In this study, a nano‐delivery system (NP2) is designed to demonstrate PDT and epigenetic reprogramming effects. NP2 can reverse epigenetic silence, enhance MHC‐I expression, and induce release of CXCL9‐10 via EZH2i. Meanwhile, NP2 has a significant effect on PDT, inducing endoplasmic reticulum stress that resulted in immunogenic cell death and subsequent activation of the immune cascade. In a mouse model of in situ breast cancer, the combination of PDT activation and epigenetic reprogramming through EZH2i showed synergistic effects on remolding, and triggering a robust anti‐tumor immune response in vivo. This study provides a novel idea for improving the immunosuppressive environment in clinical individualized immunotherapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Data processing through artificial synapses is gaining attention owing to the emergence of neuromorphic computing. Analog processing via these synapses can simultaneously handle large volumes of data; however, it is susceptible to interference from various environmental factors. Specifically, temperature changes can significantly affect overall signal characteristics, leading to substantial errors. Herein, an organic heterojunction‐based artificial synapse is presented that is capable of light–temperature antagonistic operations. The properly aligned band structure and trap sites, which are facilitated by oxygen penetration, enable the implementation of controlled synaptic characteristics, depending on temperature and light conditions. An increase in temperature resulted in a thermally enhanced synaptic current, while light irradiation reduced the synaptic current, with the reduction degree being dependent on the light intensity. Finally, a biomimetic analog processor system capable of signal stabilization under drastic temperature changes is implemented. The artificial synapse, which operates using a light–temperature antagonistic operation, can significantly expand the potential applications of artificial intelligence hardware. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sonodynamic therapy (SDT) has demonstrated significant potential in addressing multidrug‐resistant bacterial infections due to its noninvasive nature and independence from antibiotics and light sources. However, the majority of current sonosensitizers exhibit aggregation‐caused quenching (ACQ), leading to low reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation efficiency. Herein, a novel nonplanar structured sonodynamic (4,4‐difluoro‐4‐boron‐3a,4‐diaza‐indandiene) BODIPY derivative, BODN, with aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) properties, and rapid generation of substantial ROS by ultrasound is introduced. The BODN is co‐assembled with the commercial amphiphilic polymer, mDSPE‐PEG2000, forming BODN nanoparticles (BODN‐NP). Under ultrasound conditions, BODN‐NP demonstrates potent antimicrobial activity and improves the inflammatory response to promote healing wounds infected by both Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus. This work expands the use of AIE sonodynamic materials in antimicrobial therapy and provides new perspectives for innovative solutions against multidrug‐resistant bacterial infections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Neurons are the basic units of the human brain that receive and process external stimuli. The synapse is a vital part of the connection between neurons. Short‐term plasticity (STP) allows synapses to perform neural signal processing and neural computation. Herein, low‐voltage (1 V) electrical‐double‐layer (EDL) p‐channel CuI neuromorphic transistors are fabricated by a simple solution method to mimic this type of synaptic function, and chitosan is used as the gate dielectric. It exhibits short‐term memory functions similar to biological synapses. Its electrical properties and STP by electrical impulses are investigated. A current on/off ratio of 2 × 104, a subthreshold swing of 82 mV dec−1, and a saturation field‐effect mobility of 0.12 cm2 V−1 s−1 are obtained in this synaptic transistor. Such low‐voltage EDL p‐type CuI thin‐film transistors gated by chitosan can be used as artificial synapses, and excitatory postsynaptic current and STP function analogous to human learning behavior are demonstrated. In these results, new ways are provided to enhance the functionality of next‐generation synaptic devices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mild‐heat photothermal antibacterial therapy avoids heat‐induced damage to normal tissues but causes bacterial tolerance. The use of photothermal therapy in synergy with chemodynamic therapy is expected to address this issue. Herein, two pseudo‐conjugated polymers PM123 with photothermal units and PFc with ferrocene (Fc) units are designed to co‐assemble with DSPE‐mPEG2000 into nanoparticle NPM123/Fc. NPM123/Fc under 1064 nm laser irradiation (NPM123/Fc+NIR‐II) generates mild heat and additionally more toxic ∙OH from endogenous H2O2, displaying a strong synergistic photothermal and chemodynamic effect. NPM123/Fc+NIR‐II gives >90% inhibition rates against MDR ESKAPE pathogens in vitro. Metabolomics analysis unveils that NPM123/Fc+NIR‐II induces bacterial metabolic dysregulation including inhibited nucleic acid synthesis, disordered energy metabolism, enhanced oxidative stress, and elevated DNA damage. Further, NPM123/Fc+NIR‐II possesses >90% bacteriostatic rates at infected wounds in mice, resulting in almost full recovery of infected wounds. Immunodetection and transcriptomics assays disclose that the therapeutic effect is mainly dependent on the inhibition of inflammatory reactions and the promotion of wound healing. What is more, thioketal bonds in NPM123/Fc are susceptible to ROS, making it degradable with highly favorable biosafety in vitro and in vivo. NPM123/Fc+NIR‐II with a unique synergistic antibacterial strategy would be much less prone to select bacterial resistance and represent a promising antibiotics‐alternative anti‐infective measure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been widely employed in tumor treatment due to its effectiveness. However, the tumor hypoxic microenvironment which is caused by abnormal vasculature severely limits the efficacy of PDT. Furthermore, the abnormal vasculature has been implicated in the failure of immunotherapy. In this study, a novel nanoparticle denoted as Combo‐NP is introduced, composed of a biodegradable NIR II fluorescent pseudo‐conjugate polymer featuring disulfide bonds within its main chain, designated as TPA‐BD, and the vascular inhibitor Lenvatinib. Combo‐NP exhibits dual functionality by not only inducing cytotoxic reactive oxygen species (ROS) to directly eliminate tumor cells but also eliciting immunogenic cell death (ICD). This ICD response, in turn, initiates a robust cascade of immune reactions, thereby augmenting the generation of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs). In addition, Combo‐NP addresses the issue of tumor hypoxia by normalizing the tumor vasculature. This normalization process enhances the efficacy of PDT while concurrently fostering increased CTLs infiltration within the tumor microenvironment. These synergistic effects synergize to potentiate the photodynamic‐immunotherapeutic properties of the nanoparticles. Furthermore, when combined with anti‐programmed death‐ligand 1 (PD‐L1), they showcase notable inhibitory effects on tumor metastasis. The findings in this study introduce an innovative nanomedicine strategy aimed at triggering systemic anti‐tumor immune responses for the treatment of Uveal melanoma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tumor immunotherapy has emerged as one of the most promising clinical techniques to treat cancer tumors. Despite its clinical application, the cancerous immunosuppressive microenvironment limits the therapeutic efficiency of the treatment. To generate a stronger immunogenic therapeutic effect, herein, a platinum complex for chemotherapy and a BODIPY photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy are encapsulated into multimodal type II immunogenic cell death (ICD) induce nanoparticles. As the platinum complex and the photosensitizer are able to induce type II ICD, an exceptionally strong immune response is observed in triple‐negative breast cancer cells. While remaining stable and therefore poorly cytotoxic in the dark, the nanomaterial is found to quickly dissociate upon exposure to near‐infrared light, causing a multimodal mechanism of action in cancer cells as well as multicellular tumor spheroids through combined chemotherapy, photodynamic therapy, and immunotherapy. The nanoparticles are found to nearly fully eradicate a triple‐negative breast cancer tumor and therefore to strongly enhance the survival of tumor‐bearing mice models using low drug and light doses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The development of PtIV prodrugs that are reduced into the therapeutically active PtII species within the tumor microenvironment has received much research interest. In order to provide spatial and temporal control over the treatment, there is a high demand for the development of compounds that could be selectively activated upon irradiation. Despite recent progress, the majority of PtIV complexes are excited with ultraviolet or blue light, limiting the use of such compounds to superficial application. To overcome this limitation, herein, the first example of PtIV prodrug nanoparticles that could be reduced with deeply penetrating ultrasound radiation is reported, enabling the treatment of deep‐seated or large tumors. The nanoparticles were found to selectively accumulate inside a mouse colon carcinoma tumor upon intravenous injection and were able to eradicate the tumor upon exposure to ultrasound radiation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Herein, junctionless thin‐film transistors (TFT) with indium‐oxide (In2O3) as the n‐channel active layer are prepared on transparent substrates by magnetron sputtering at room temperature. Chitosan with an electric‐double‐layer (EDL) effect as a gate dielectric enables the device to achieve low‐voltage operation, thus reducing energy consumption. The device maintains its performance in dark or illuminated conditions and has good performance with a mobility of 0.21 cm2 V−1s−1, a current on/off ratio of 6.5 × 106, and a subthreshold swing of 66 mV decade−1. The device implements "OR" and "AND" logic functions at different voltage levels. The In2O3 TFT is ideally suited for prospective applications in large‐area electronics and flexible electronics due to its exceptional device performance and low fabrication temperature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

STING agonists have made great progress in tumor immunotherapy. However, the inherent instability and low bioavailability have limited their wide applications. Herein, a reduction sensitive polymer with pair‐wised carboxyl groups that further encapsulate a cationic phenanthriplatin drug (PhenPt) as STING agonists into nanoparticles (PhenPt NPs) via electrostatic interactions is designed. PhenPt NP can release PhenPt in cancer cells, which then induce DNA damage, activate the STING signaling pathway, stimulate innate and adaptive immune responses, and improve the chemo‐immunotherapy efficacy. In vitro, for the first time it is found that PhenPt NP can activate cGAS‐STING pathway. Further genome‐wide RNA‐sequencing reveals that DNA replication, mismatch repair, homologous recombination, and other gene repair‐related pathways are involved. In vivo, PhenPt NP are found to completely inhibit the tumor growth, thereby shifting the tumor microenvironment from immunosuppressive to immunostimulatory phenotype, and boosting antitumor immune responses for long‐term immunity. In addition, PhenPt NP combined with checkpoint blockade therapy (a‐PD‐L1) can elicit long‐term immune response on both primary and distant tumors by activating the cGAS‐STING pathway. Overall, this nano‐delivery system with cationic chemotherapeutic drugs can greatly enhance DNA damage and activate immunity, hence providing a promising strategy for enhanced chemo‐immunotherapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Specific localization of photosensitizers (PSs) to a certain organelle could result in targeted attack to cause greater trauma to cancer cells, eventually maximizing photodynamic therapy (PDT). However, currently, efficient and precise transportation of PSs via drug delivery to tumor cells and subcellular organelles is still challenging, due to a so‐called step‐reduction delivery dilemma (SRDD) which also threatens anticancer drug delivery to exert their efficacy. Herein, a cascade targeting near infrared II (NIR II) fluorescent nanoparticles (NPER/BO‐PDT) is designed that can target bone tumor first and then target the subcellular organelle of endoplasmic reticulum (ER). It is found that NPER/BO‐PDT achieves the targeted accumulation of the bone tumor and then ER. NPER/BO‐PDT generates reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the subcellular organelles of ER under near infrared light irradiation. The continuous ER stress by ROS promotes the release of more damage‐associated molecular patterns, induces immunogenic cell death, stimulates the adaptive immune response, and further synergistically inhibits tumor growth, achieving the so‐called photodynamic‐immunotherapy. Overall, this study exemplifies a safe and efficient nano‐drug delivery system for a bone and ER cascade targeting via delivery of PSs to break the SRDD and highlights potential clinical translation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recent progress in studying copper‐dependent targets and pathways in the context of tumor treatment has provided new insights into therapeutic strategies of leveraging copper‐dependent disease vulnerabilities and pharmacological manipulation of intratumor copper transportation to improve chemotherapy. Here, we developed reactive oxygen species (ROS)‐sensitive nanoparticles loaded with copper chaperone inhibitor DC_AC50 and cisplatin(IV) prodrug. The released DC_AC50 can promote a remarkable accumulation of intracellular cisplatin and copper through inhibition of the Atox1‐ATPase pathways, thereby enhancing the chemotherapeutic effect of cisplatin and inducing significant ROS generation. Excessive ROS then elicits intense endoplasmic reticulin (ER) stress which facilitates the immunogenic cell death (ICD) spurring a sustained immune response. Our study suggests that nanoparticle‐mediated copper chaperone inhibition via DC_AC50 can restore the immunogenicity of tumor cells for enhanced chemotherapy and cancer immunotherapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Photothermal therapy based on conjugated polymers represents a promising antibacterial strategy but still possesses notable limitations. Herein, degradable pseudo conjugated polymers (PCPs) containing photothermal molecular backbones and reactive oxygen species (ROS)‐sensitive thioketal bonds are designed. Triphenylphosphine (PPh3) is introduced into PCPs to generate phosphonium‐based PCPs (pPCPs), which further assembled with hyaluronic acid into pPCP nanoparticles (pPCP‐NPs). pPCP‐NPs with quaternary phosphonium cations selectively anchor on and destroy bacterial cell membranes through electrostatic action. Under 1064 nm laser irradiation, pPCP‐NPs (pPCP‐NPs/+L) produce near‐infrared‐II (NIR‐II) photothermal antibacterial effect, thereby killing bacteria in a sustained manner. pPCP‐NPs are readily degraded upon ROS abundant at infection sites, therefore exhibiting enough biosafety. pPCP‐NPs/+L display an almost 100% bacterial inhibition rate in vitro and resultin a nearly complete recovery of bacteria‐induced mouse wounds. A further metabolomics analysis denotes that pPCP‐NPs/+L work in a concerted way to induce bacterial DNA damage, inhibit bacterial carbon/nitrogen utilization and amino acid/nucleotide synthesis. Taken together, degradable pPCP‐NPs with both NIR‐II photothermal effect and cationic phosphonium structural bacteriostasis provide a new avenue for antibiotics‐alternative anti‐infection therapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Directly using solar energy to realize photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to hydrocarbon fuels is an effective tactics to solve the energy crisis and carbon emission. Although graphite carbon nitride (g‐C3N4) has been widely studied as a star photocatalyst for CO2 reduction, the extremely fast charge recombination rate seriously limits its performance. Loading suitable co‐catalysts to construct an effective junction is considered an efficient way to solve this issue and promote photocatalytic performance. In this work, metallic molybdenum dioxide (MoO2) is dispersed on g‐C3N4 nanosheets to construct a Schottky junction photocatalyst. The Schottky junction between MoO2 and g‐C3N4 induces efficient charge separation and transfer. As a result, the optimal MoO2/g‐C3N4 Schottky junction photocatalyst exhibits a 15 times higher CH4 yield and five times higher CO yield compared with pure g‐C3N4. This article provides a new route to construct a Schottky junction for boosting photocatalytic activity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: In this work, four donor (D)–acceptor (A) copolymers based on benzodithiophene (BDT) and benzothiadiazole (BT) with different alkylthiolated and/or fluorinated side chains are developed for efficient fullerene and nonfullerene polymer solar cells (PSCs). The synergistic effect of sulfuration and fluorination on the optical absorption, energy level, crystallinity, carrier mobility, blend morphology, and photovoltaic performance is investigated systematically. By incorporating sulfur atoms onto the side chains, a little blueshifted but significantly increased absorption can be obtained for PBDTS‐FBT compared to PBDT‐FBT. On the other side, a little more blueshifted but much stronger absorption and much lower‐lying highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) level can be realized for PBDTF‐FBT when introducing fluorine atoms instead of sulfur atoms. With the combination of both fluorination and sulfuration strategies, PBDTS‐FBT exhibits the best absorption ability, lowest HOMO energy level, and highest crystallinity, which make PBDTSF‐FBT devices show the highest power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 10.69% in fullerene PSCs and 11.66% in nonfullerene PSCs. The PCE of 11.66% is the best value for PSCs based on BT‐containing copolymer donors reported so far. The results indicate that fluorination and sulfuration have a synergistically positive effect on the performance of D–A photovoltaic copolymers and their solar cell devices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: Herein, composites of tin‐assisted antimony sulfide decorated on reduced graphene oxide (Sn@Sb2S3‐rGO) were prepared by using a simple hydrothermal method. As an anode material of sodium‐ion batteries, the Sn@Sb2S3‐rGO composites exhibited good electrochemical performance with an initial discharge (sodiation) specific capacity of 1002.0 mAh g−1, and they maintained a specific capacity of approximately 600 mAh g−1 at a current density of 200 mA g−1 after 60 cycles. The good performances could be explained by the composite with graphene and a bimetallic synergistic effect, both of which have an impact on the structure of Sb2S3 and subsequent electrochemical performance. This approach to the bimetallic synergistic effect for graphene composites could be a promising new idea to design other high‐performance energy storage materials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The photoreduction of CO2 to hydrocarbon products has attracted much attention because it provides an avenue to directly synthesize value‐added carbon‐based fuels and feedstocks using solar energy. Among various photocatalysts, graphitic carbon nitride (g‐C3N4) has emerged as an attractive metal‐free visible‐light photocatalyst due to its advantages of earth‐abundance, nontoxicity, and stability. Unfortunately, its photocatalytic efficiency is seriously limited by charge carriers′ ready recombination and their low reaction dynamics. Modifying the local electronic structure of g‐C3N4 is predicted to be an efficient way to improve the charge transfer and reaction efficiency. Here, boron (B) is doped into the large cavity between adjacent tri‐s‐triazine units via coordination with two‐coordinated N atoms. Theoretical calculations prove that the new electron excitation from N (2px, 2py) to B (2px, 2py) with the same orbital direction in B‐doped g‐C3N4 is much easier than N (2px, 2py) to C 2pz in pure g‐C3N4, and improves the charge transfer and localization, and thus the reaction dynamics. Moreover, B atoms doping changes the adsorption of CO (intermediate), and can act as active sites for CH4 production. As a result, the optimal sample of 1%B/g‐C3N4 exhibits better selectivity for CH4 with ≈32 times higher yield than that of pure g‐C3N4. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Semiconductor heterostructure nanowires (HNWs) are excellent candidates for application in compact optoelectronics devices with high performance due to the heterojunction interface effect. However, the controllable fabrication of high‐quality nano‐heterostructures is elusive. In this paper, the controllable growth and optoelectronics device application of high‐quality ZnS0.49Se0.51/ZnSe axial HNWs are reported. The as‐synthesized HNWs are straight with uniform diameter distribution of 50–100 nm. Microstructural characterization reveals single crystal and abrupt heterojunction interface in these HNWs. The micro‐photoluminescence of single component region and heterojunction zone show one and integrated two near bandgap emission of ZnS0.49Se0.51 and ZnSe, respectively, further demonstrating the abrupt heterojunction interfaces nature in the as‐grown nanowires. Moreover, photodetectors based on single HNW are fabricated and the responsivity, external quantum efficiency, response speed, and detection wavelength range are superior to that of single component nanowire photodetectors at room temperature. These results show that the ZnS0.49Se0.51/ZnSe HNWs and corresponding high‐performance photodetectors are prospective candidates for photonics and optoelectronics applications. A ZnS0.49Se0.51/ZnSe axial heterostructure nanowire and its photodetector is reported. It shows higher optoelectronics properties and is more friendly to environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The photoreduction of CO2 to hydrocarbon products has attracted much attention because it provides an avenue to directly synthesize value‐added carbon‐based fuels and feedstocks using solar energy. Among various photocatalysts, graphitic carbon nitride (g‐C3N4) has emerged as an attractive metal‐free visible‐light photocatalyst due to its advantages of earth‐abundance, nontoxicity, and stability. Unfortunately, its photocatalytic efficiency is seriously limited by charge carriers′ ready recombination and their low reaction dynamics. Modifying the local electronic structure of g‐C3N4 is predicted to be an efficient way to improve the charge transfer and reaction efficiency. Here, boron (B) is doped into the large cavity between adjacent tri‐s‐triazine units via coordination with two‐coordinated N atoms. Theoretical calculations prove that the new electron excitation from N (2px, 2py) to B (2px, 2py) with the same orbital direction in B‐doped g‐C3N4 is much easier than N (2px, 2py) to C 2pz in pure g‐C3N4, and improves the charge transfer and localization, and thus the reaction dynamics. Moreover, B atoms doping changes the adsorption of CO (intermediate), and can act as active sites for CH4 production. As a result, the optimal sample of 1%B/g‐C3N4 exhibits better selectivity for CH4 with ≈32 times higher yield than that of pure g‐C3N4. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]