Chun-Yuen Wong

TL;DR: In this paper, graphite rods and carbon nanohorns, two typical carbon materials in different scales, were electrochemically activated and their catalytic performances in HER were systematically studied, which showed that the HER performance was greatly affected by the counter electrode employed for the activation.

TL;DR: Doping foreign metal ions into catalysts is considered as an effective approach to optimize the catalytic sites and improve their performance as mentioned in this paper, which can facilitate lower overpotential, Tafel slope and charge transfer resistance as well as larger electrochemically active surface area and turnover frequency to deliver superb catalytic activity and stability.

TL;DR: G-quadruplex groove binder benzo[d,e]isoquinoline was linked to a Ir(iii) complex to generate a highly selective DNA probe.

TL;DR: A cyclometalated iridium(III) biquinoline complex targets the protein-protein interface of the tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) trimer and displays comparable in vitro potency to the strongest small-molecule inhibitor of TNF- α.

TL;DR: Surprisingly, along with the proper geometrical design, the inverted nanopencil arrays can couple incident photons into optical modes in the pencil base efficiently in order to achieve excellent broadband and omnidirectional light-harvesting performances even with the substrate thickness down to 10 μm, which are comparable to the costly and technically difficult to achieve nanocone counterparts.