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178. Vacancy‐Induced Extraordinary Second Harmonic Generation Response for Diamond‐Like Cu3PS4.

Author

Guo, Weiping, Fu, Yudi, Cui, Hong‐Hua, Li, Lingyun, Yu, Yan, Luo, Zhong‐Zhen, and Zou, Zhigang

Subjects
SECOND harmonic generation, DOPING agents (Chemistry)
Abstract

Improving polarizability is an important strategy for designing high‐performance mid‐infrared (mid‐IR) nonlinear optical (NLO) materials. The substitution of equivalent or aliovalent atoms can manipulate the polarizability by adjusting the symmetry of the polyhedron. Herein, the Li+ and Cd2+ are introduced into the Cu3PS4 as the equivalent and aliovalent dopants for the Cu site. As a result, Li+ can significantly improve the bandgap (Eg) of LixCu3−xPS4 from 2.38 to 2.88 eV, leading to a higher laser‐induced damage threshold (LIDT) of 4.9 times than AgGaS2 (AGS) with a comparable second harmonic generation (SHG) response of AGS (26−45 µm). Interestingly, Cd2+ can improve the SHG response and enlarge the Eg simultaneously. As a result, Cd0.4Cu2.2PS4 has a large SHG response of 10 × AGS at 2050 nm (26−45 µm) and a LIDT of 2.6 × AGS. Theoretical calculations reveal that lattice vacancies induced by Cd2+ significantly boost polarizability compared to LixCu3−xPS4 with no vacancy, leading to a strong NLO response. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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179. First-Trimester Plasmatic microRNAs Are Associated with Fasting Glucose Levels in Late Second Trimester of Pregnancy.

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Légaré, Cécilia, Desgagné, Véronique, Thibeault, Kathrine, White, Frédérique, Clément, Andrée-Anne, Poirier, Cédrik, Luo, Zhong-Cheng, Scott, Michelle S., Jacques, Pierre-Étienne, Perron, Patrice, Guérin, Renée, Hivert, Marie-France, and Bouchard, Luigi

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PREGNANCY complications, FIRST trimester of pregnancy, GESTATIONAL diabetes, NON-coding RNA, GLUCOSE
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Maternal blood glucose regulation adaptation to pregnancy aims to support fetal growth but may also lead to the development of gestational diabetes mellitus, the most common pregnancy complication. MiRNAs are small RNA molecules secreted and stable in the blood, where they could have paracrine hormone-like functions (ribo-hormone) and regulate metabolic processes including fetal growth and glucose metabolism. The objective of this study was to identify plasmatic microRNA (miRNAs) measured during the first trimester of pregnancy that were associated with glucose levels during a 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) at ~26 weeks of pregnancy. miRNAs were quantified using next-generation sequencing in 444 pregnant women and replicated in an independent cohort of 106 pregnant women. MiRNAs associated with glucose levels were identified with the DESeq2 package. We identified 24 miRNAs associated with fasting glycemia, of which 18 were common to both cohorts (q-value < 0.1). However, no association was found between miRNAs and 1 h or 2 h post OGTT glycemia. To conclude, we identified 18 miRNAs early in pregnancy that were associated with fasting blood glucose measured 3 months later. Our findings offer new insights into the mechanisms involved in fasting glucose homeostasis regulation in pregnancy, which is critical to understanding how gestational diabetes develops. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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181. Achieving Superior Thermoelectric Performance in Ge4Se3Te via Symmetry Manipulation with I–V–VI2 Alloying.

Author

Guo, Mingjie, Cui, Hong‐Hua, Guo, Weiping, Chen, Zixuan, Ming, Hongwei, Luo, Zhong‐Zhen, and Zou, Zhigang

Subjects
SEEBECK coefficient, CARRIER density, SYMMETRY, COPPER, THERMAL conductivity
Abstract

Although orthorhombic GeSe is predicted to have an ultrahigh figure of merit, ZT ≈ 2.5, up to now, the highest experimental value is ≈0.2 due to the low carrier concentration (nH ≈ 1018 cm−3). Improving symmetry is an effective approach for enhancing the ZT of GeSe‐based materials. With Te‐alloying, Ge4Se3Te displays the two‐dimensional hexagonal structure and high nH ≈ 1.23 × 1021 cm−3. Interestingly, Ge4Se3Te transformed from the hexagonal into the rhombohedral phase with only ≈2% I–V–VI2‐alloying (I = Li, Na, K, Cu, Ag; V = Sb, Bi; VI = Se, Te). According to the calculated results of Ge0.82Ag0.09Bi0.09Se0.614Te0.386 single‐crystal grown via AgBiTe2‐alloying, it exhibits a higher valley degeneracy than the hexagonal Ge4Se3Te. For instance, AgBiTe2‐alloying induces a strong band convergence and band inversion effect, resulting in a significantly enhanced Seebeck coefficient and power factor with a similar nH from 17 µV K−1 and 0.63 µW cm−1 K−2 for pristine Ge4Se3Te to 124 µV K−1 and 5.97 µW cm−1 K−2 for 12%AgBiTe2‐alloyed sample, respectively. Moreover, the sharply reduced phonon velocity, nano‐domain wall structure, and strong anharmonicity lead to low lattice thermal conductivity. As a result, a record‐high average ZT ≈0.95 over 323–773 K with an excellent ZT ≈ 1.30 is achieved at 723 K. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2024
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