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Single-port thoracoscopic surgery is a novel minimal invasive technique that has been widely used in pulmonary surgery and has made many achievements and progress. With the advancement of technology, the application scope of single-port thoracoscopic surgery in lung surgery has gradually expanded, including various conventional surgical methods such as wedge resection, lobectomy, and segmentectomy, as well as complex surgical methods such as sleeve lobectomy, combined lobectomy, and sublobar resection. It has the advantages of small incision, minimal trauma, less bleeding, mild pain, and fast recovery, and has been widely recognized in pulmonary surgery. In the future, attention will be paid to the innovation of surgical instruments and surgical auxiliary technologies to further improve the single-port thoracoscopic surgery system and overcome the existing limitations and risks. With the continuous progress and development of technology, the application prospect of single-port thoracoscopic surgery in pulmonary surgery will be broader.

Pompon-like Bi2WO6 hierarchical nanostructures (BWO HNs) were obtained through a simple hydrothermal synthesis method. XRD, SEM, TEM, UV–vis spectroscopy, and N2 adsorption–desorption have been used to measure their microstructure and physicochemical properties. The photocatalytic properties of the products have been tested by photodegradation of norfloxacin (NOR) and difloxacin hydrochloride (DFL). The pompon-like BWO HNs samples exhibited excellent photoactivity in antibiotic removal, and as much as 97.67% of NOR and 93.87% of DFL could be efficiently degraded in 120 min. In addition, the photocatalytic activity of the BWO HNs samples showed slight changes after five consecutive cycles, displaying good stability and good potential application value. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

By introducing SnCl2 into the reaction system, sisal-like Sn doped ZnO hierarchical structures were prepared by a hydrothermal method without employing templates or matrices. Based on the electron microscopy observations, the growth of such hierarchitectures has been proposed to involve self-assembly followed by the Ostwald ripening process. The effects of the reaction time and dosage of SnCl2 on the morphology, structure, and performance of the samples were systematically investigated. With the increase of the SnCl2 dosage from 0 to 10 mmol, the band gap value of the as-synthesized samples decreased from 3.14 to 2.73 eV and then increased again to 2.77 eV. The photocatalytic activities of the as-prepared sisal-like Sn doped ZnO hierarchical structures were about 1.64 times higher than that of the pure ZnO samples. The results showed that the photocatalytic activity of ZnO can be improved by appropriate Sn doping. In addition, the sisal-like Sn doped ZnO hierarchical structures were recyclable and showed a very small change in activity after five consecutive cycles, which might be due to their small band gap and large surface area, as well as their unique morphology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Flower-like BaMoO4 hierarchical architectures were successfully prepared by a facile solvothermal route. The influences of reaction time and various solvents on the morphology, structure, and performance of the samples were studied in detail. A nucleation–oriented attachment–self-assembly–Ostwald ripening mechanism is presented for the formation of the flower-like BMO HAs. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and UV-vis spectroscopy were applied to characterize the structure, morphology, and optical properties of the as-synthesized products. The results reveal that the products have a well-crystallized scheelite tetragonal structure with good dispersion and uniformity. The photoluminescence (PL) properties of the products were all detected at room temperature. The PL spectra show that all the products have two distinct emission peaks and a strong ultraviolet (UV) emission in the UV region, indicating that the synthesized BMO products have a great potential application in photoluminescence areas. The synthetic route is simple, and can also be used to prepare other molybdates and related inorganic materials with specific morphology and structure by adjusting the synthetic parameters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Coil-ball-like CaMoO4 hierarchical architectures were fabricated via a simple solvothermal route. The structures and compositions of the as-prepared samples were characterized using X-ray powder diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, UV-vis spectrophotometer and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller. A series of experiments of reaction conditions including reaction time and the amount of N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc) were carefully carried out. The results showed that the amount of DMAc played a key role in the morphology of the products and the formation of the coil-ball-like CaMoO4 hierarchical architectures was governed by an oriented aggregation, assembly and Ostwald ripening mechanism. The photoluminescence (PL) properties of the as-synthesized CaMoO4 samples at different time intervals were investigated. The results revealed that all samples exhibit a broad emission peak in the visible region (390-600 nm) with 300 nm excitation wavelength at room temperature, but show different PL intensity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]