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Progress in Treatment of Volatile Organic Pollutants
As precursors of ozone and photochemical smog, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) not only cause innumerableenvironmental problems, but also harm human health. Catalytic oxidation is one of the most potential treatment technologies. The development of efficient and stable monolithic catalysts is of great significance to the removal of VOCs.Recently, non-noble metal oxides derived from metal-orga...
2022-04-08 -
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Progress on Microwave-Induced Microscopic Hot Spots
Recently, Professor Gao Xin and Professor Li Hong from the School of Chemical Engineering and Technology published a research article entitled “Watching Microwave-Induced Microscopic Hot Spots via the Thermosensitive Fluorescence of Eu/Tb Mixed Metal Organic Complexes” in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202114340). Ph.D. candidate Zhao...
2022-04-07 -
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A New Way for Mesothelioma Therapy
Dr. Chunwan Lu’s team, collaborated with Dr. Kebin Liu’s team in Medical College of Georgia in U.S., has made great breakthrough in the role of PPP in regulation of mesothelioma death pathway. Their research not only determined that G6PD can promote mesothelioma cell death through ROS, but also found a new way for mesothelioma therapy in clinics from the point of view of tumor metabolism.Th...
2022-04-08 -
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New Landmark in Flexible Electronics
On March 25, Prof. Bao Zhenan’s team from Stanford University and Prof. Hu Wenping’s team from Tianjin University published the study “Topological Supramolecular Network Enabled High-Conductivity, Stretchable Organic Bioelectronics”online in Science, realizing the long-dreamed combination of the great electrical and mechanical performance of the flexible electronic devices.Through introduci...
2022-04-09 -
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“True Perspective” Imaging of in vivo Deep Tissue by AI Method Achieved
A research team at Tianjin University (TJU) has achieved the first “True Perspective” imaging of the optical function of in vivo deep tissue using a quantitative optoacoustic method based on deep learning. This result is published in Optica, a top international optical journal, on January 6, 2022. Associate Professor Jiao Li is the first author, and Associate Professor Biao Sun and Professor ...
2022-01-20 -
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Ming Dong Gained the 24th CAST Qiushi Outstanding Youth Award
China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) held the 2022 annual meeting themed “Innovation China” on February 21. The attendees of the conference are Wan Gang, vice chairman of the CPPCC National Committee and president of CAST, Zhang Yuzhuo, secretary of the leading Party members group of the CAST, vice president in charge of daily work and chief secretary of the Secretariat of CAST...
2022-03-04 -
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Tianjin University Makes New Progress in 5G/6G Millimeter-wave Technology
Power consumption is a bottleneck for 5G communication and even 6G wireless communication in the future. Among all the components, power amplifiers (PA) consume the most power in wireless terminals or base stations. To improve power efficiency, Tianjin University Microelectronic Team of Wireless Communication and Sensor Technology put forward transformer-based parallel-series load modulation, a...
2022-03-10 -
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Research Progress to Promote the Development of 5G Triple-band Communication
Professor Chen Yan’s team has recently designed a novel tristable kirigami cuboid and a series of multistable metamaterials through constructing a group of elastic hinges with a specific effective range of motion, further promoting the development of 5G triple-band communication.Their research paperKirigami-Based Metastructures with Programmable Multistability, with the corresponding author ...
2022-03-14 -
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Source and Formation Process Impact Chemodiversity of Rainwater Dissolved Organic Matter
Recently, Prof. Pingqing Fu's group at the School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, has investigated the molecular chemodiversity and sources of rainwater DOM at six locations in the Yangtze River Basin using excitation-emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence and Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS). The related results are titled "Source and Formation P...
2022-03-17 -
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MOF Membranes with Fast-water-transport Channels Published
Recently, Professor Liu Xinlei at the School of Chemical Engineering and Technology published a communication entitled “Highly Water-Permeable Metal–Organic Framework MOF-303 Membranes for Desalination” in Journal of the American Chemical Society (https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c10192). PhD candidate Cong Shenzhen was the first author.Metal−organic frameworks (MOFs) are a family of porous cr...
2022-01-07 -
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Research Findings Shed Light on fully Flexible Artificial Organs
Researchers from Tianjin University have developed a soft magnetic levitation micropumps (SMLMs) suitable for wearable and implantable applications. It shows great potential for fully flexible artificial organs that may revolutionize health care and improve the well-being of patients.Centrifugal pumps account for more than 80% of the worlds’ pump production and are capable of offering continuo...
2021-11-01