Composite nanofiber membranes (CNFMs) loaded with CuO/ZnO (CZCNFMs) have important applications in a series of organic and industrial catalytic reactions because of nanoeffects of the nanofibers and the peculiar performances of semiconductor oxides. In this work, CZCNFMs with different mass ratios of Cu to Zn were successfully fabricated in batches using modified bubble electrospinning (MBE), a heat treatment method, and a hydrothermal method. The influences of the mass ratio of Cu to Zn on the morphologies, structures, and properties of the CNFMs were studied, and the obtained CNFMs with different mass ratios of Cu to Zn were applied to the photodegradation of methyl orange (MO) and methylene blue (MB). The results showed that when the mass ratio of Cu to Zn was 55, the fabricated CNFM had better morphology, structure, and mechanical properties and had the best degradation effects on MO and MB. In addition, the principal active substances produced during the photodegradation of MO were defined by free radical capture experiments, and the influences of the pH value of the MO solution on the photocatalytic activity of the CNFMs with the optimal mass ratio of 55 were discussed.Understanding and controlling the physical adsorption of lignin compounds on cellulose pulp are key parameters in the successful optimization of organosolv processes. The effect of binary organic-aqueous solvents on the coordination of lignin to cellulose was studied with molecular dynamics simulations, considering ethanol and acetonitrile to be organic cosolvents in aqueous solutions in comparison to their monocomponent counterparts. The structures of the solvation shells around cellulose and lignin and the energetics of lignin-cellulose adhesion indicate a more effective disruption of lignin-cellulose binding by binary solvents. The synergic effect between solvent components is explained by their preferential interactions with lignin-cellulose complexes. In the presence of pure water, long-lasting H-bonds in the lignin-cellulose complex are observed, promoted by the nonfavorable interactions of lignin with water. Ethanol and acetonitrile compete with water and lignin for cellulose oxygen binding sites, causing a nonlinear decrease in the lignin-cellulose interactions with the amount of the organic component. This effect is modulated by the water exclusion from the cellulose solvation shell by the organic solvent component. The amount and rate of water exclusion depend on the type of organic cosolvent and its concentration.Photosensitized reactions of organic compounds in the atmospheric aqueous and particle phase might be potential sources for secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation, addressed as aqueous SOA. However, data regarding the photophysical properties of photosensitizers, their kinetics, as well as reaction mechanisms of such processes in the aqueous/particle phase are scarce. The present study investigates the determination of the photophysical properties of imidazole-2-carboxaldehyde, 2-furaldehyde, and 2-acetylfuran as potential photosensitizers using laser flash excitation in aqueous solution. Quantum yields of the formation of the excited photosensitizers were obtained by a scavenging method with thiocyanate, resulting in values between 0.86 and 0.96 at 298 K and pH = 5. The time-resolved absorbance spectra of the excited photosensitizers were measured, and their molar attenuation coefficients were determined ranging between (0.30 and 1.4) × 104 L mol-1 cm-1 at their absorbance maxima (λmax = 335-440 nm). Additionally, the excited photosensitizers are quenched by water and molecular oxygen, resulting in quenching rate constants of k1st = (1.0 ± 0.2-1.8 ± 0.2) × 105 s-1 and kq(O2) = (2.1 ± 0.2-2.7 ± 0.2) × 109 L mol-1 s-1, respectively.Sulfur-bridged bimetallic 2M-2S type structures are essential cofactors that participate in biological long-range electron transport and metabolism. Metal-sulfur bond covalency is a decisive property for inner sphere (through-bond) type electron transfer that dominates in buried or hydrophobic protein environments. This work reports on a combined experimental and computational study of the effect of ligand charge on the electronic structure of a 2Ni-2S model site that adopts the biologically relevant S = 1/2 redox state. Starting out from an isostructural dinickel(1.5+)-dithiophenolate platform with sulfur-bridged tetrahedral Ni sites, η2η2-μ-coordination of the S = 1/2 [2Ni-2S]+ core to either a neutral π-system or strongly σ-donating cyclohexadienido renders its electronic structure substantially different. Density functional theory analysis corroborates pulse and continuous wave electron paramagnetic resonance data that associate co-ligand charge with the significant change in the mechanism and size of electron-31P nuclear spin hyperfine coupling to a phosphine reporter ligand at each nickel center. An increasing level of charge donation attenuates direct and through-bridge electronic coupling of the metal sites, resulting in a stronger electronic coupling of the 2Ni-2S core to its terminal phosphine donors. Drawing a connection to biological 2M-2S sites, our 2Ni-2S system indicates that a fine balance of intracore and core-protein electronic coupling is key to biological function for which the degree of charge donation by peripheral donors appears to be a significant parameter.Platinum telluride (PtTe2) has garnered significant research enthusiasm owing to its unique characteristics. ALLN inhibitor However, large-scale synthesis of PtTe2 toward potential photoelectric and photovoltaic application has not been explored yet. Herein, we report direct tellurization of Pt nanofilms to synthesize large-area PtTe2 films and the influence of growth conditions on the morphology of PtTe2. Electrical analysis reveals that the as-grown PtTe2 films exhibit typical semimetallic behavior, which is in agreement with the results of first-principles density functional theory (DFT) simulation. Moreover, the combination of multilayered PtTe2 and Si results in the formation of a PtTe2/Si heterojunction, exhibiting an obvious rectifying effect. Moreover, the PtTe2-based photodetector displays a broadband photoresponse to incident radiation in the range of 200-1650 nm, with the maximum photoresponse at a wavelength of ∼980 nm. The R and D* of the PtTe2-based photodetector are found to be 0.406 A W-1 and 3.62 × 1012 Jones, respectively.ALLN inhibitor