City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen Research Institute

An Artificial Olfactory Chip with Temperature Gradient Modulation for Food Waste Management

Abstract Increasing demand for fuels driven by the scarcity of fossil resources necessitates the development of sustainable and innovative strategies for the energy industry. Food waste has emerged as a viable resource with diverse functional chemical components for energy harves...

PSHIC reveals allele-specific chromatin organization by phasing-free structural modeling

Resolving the distinct 3D chromatin architectures of parental chromosomes is critical for understanding diploid genome function, but many haplotype-resolved Hi-C contact-map methods remain constrained by their reliance on phased single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). This depend...

Landscape and mutational dynamics of G-quadruplexes across the complete human genome

Abstract Background G-quadruplexes (G4s) are alternative DNA structures with diverse biological roles, but their examination in highly repetitive parts of the human genome has been hindered by the lack of reliable sequencing technologies. Recent long-read based genome assemblies...

Bias‐Free Tactile Synaptic Ionogel With Viscoelastic Memory for Biomechanical Monitoring

ABSTRACT Endowing artificial skins with adaptation and sensory memory is essential for intelligent tactile perception. However, conventional transistor‐based neuromorphic systems rely on energy‐intensive, decoupled architectures that fundamentally constrain their structural flexi...

Green's Functions of Non‐Hermitian Systems at Exceptional Deficiency

ABSTRACT Exceptional deficiency (ED) is a newly discovered broadband non‐Hermitian condition, at which the system's spectrum is entirely composed of exceptional points and all eigenvectors pairwise coalesce. Here, we analyze the steady‐state and time‐domain responses of non‐Hermi...

Sub-10-nm stacking bands enable ultrastrong additively manufactured titanium

Lightweight alloys with superior strength–ductility synergies are crucial for advanced structural applications, and nanostructured titanium (Ti) alloys are promising candidates. However, it remains challenging to manufacture bulk components with complex geometries as well as pres...

HBr-Catalyzed Construction of Sulfur-Containing Heterocycles via Difunctionalization of Alkenes

Abstract Sulfur-containing heterocycles are important chemical entities and key structural motifs in many biologically active molecules, representing valuable but synthetically challenging building blocks. Herein, we report a new method for the construction of sulfur-containing h...

Real-time image absolute orientation framework with Optical-GNSS data fusion for lightweight UAVs

For lightweight unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), real-time absolute camera orientation is critical for photogrammetric mapping. However, achieving absolute accuracy under inertial-inaccessible constraints remains challenging due to the scale drift of visual odometry and the non-s...

Functional Adaptive Huber Linear Regression

Abstract. Robust estimation has played an important role in statistical and machine learning. However, its applications to functional linear regression are still underdeveloped. In this paper, we focus on Huber’s loss with a diverging robustness parameter which was previously use...

Microbially Driven Physicochemical Destabilization in Organic Matter Turnover

Abstract The persistence of organic matter has long been attributed to the intrinsic recalcitrance of complex biopolymers and the constraints of enzymatic degradation. However, across both marine and terrestrial ecosystems, structurally complex polymers such as chitin, cellulose,...

Sample-to-Answer Quantitative Rapid Test for Point-of-Care Monitoring of Urinary Cystatin C Levels

Abstract Urinary cystatin C (uCysC) has emerged as an endogenous biomarker for renal impairment. In managing renal pathologies, early screening and monitoring of disease progression are crucial for both at-risk individuals and diagnosed patients. The ultimate goal is to prevent a...

Quality or convenience? Behavioral evidence on how facility grade influences urban destination choice

Modeling non-work activity destination choices is essential for urban transportation planning, as these activities involve greater flexibility and more complex behavioral decision-making than mandatory activities. However, existing studies often treat all facilities within the sa...

A Coupled LBM‐FDEM Framework for Simulating Solute Transport and Mineral Dissolution Under H‐M‐C Conditions

Abstract The injection of CO 2 into geological reservoirs can acidify the reservoir environment, leading to the dissolution of mineral grains and increasing the risk of CO 2 leakage. A deeper understanding of these micro‐scale dissolution mechanisms is therefore essential for the...

Photoactivated Platinum Complexes: Targeting Membrane Proteins and Organelles for Precision Cancer Therapy

ABSTRACT Photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photoactivated chemotherapy (PACT) have emerged as promising anticancer modalities due to their noninvasive nature, spatiotemporal precision, and high tumor suppression efficacy. Integrating platinum with these phototherapies addresses key...

Programming Helical Charge‐Trapping Superstructures for High‐Performance White Circularly Polarized Luminescence and Multicolor Long‐Persistent Luminescence

ABSTRACT Chiral organic phosphors with asymmetric electronic configurations and divergent orbital angular momenta are fundamental building blocks for circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) materials, holding great promise for colored LEDs and displays. However, realizing high‐pu...

Beyond Surface Catalysis: Dynamic Cation‐Regulated Interfacial Water Gating for Aqueous Polysulfide Electrochemistry

ABSTRACT Aqueous sulfur electrochemistry holds great promise for high‐energy density storage but is currently constrained by sluggish redox kinetics and severe polarization. Despite extensive efforts in catalyst design to enhance polysulfide adsorption, kinetic improvements have...

Dynamic Covalent Frameworks for Lithium Anode Protection: From Bonding Chemistry to Interface Engineering

ABSTRACT Lithium metal batteries are severely hindered by interfacial instability issues such as dendrite growth, unstable solid electrolyte interphase, and volume expansion. Crystalline dynamic covalent frameworks have emerged as a promising class of artificial solid electrolyte...

Efficient Acidic CO 2 Reduction via Local Strain Engineering of Nickel Single‐Atom Catalysts

ABSTRACT Acidic CO 2 reduction reaction (CO 2 RR) enhances carbon efficiency and electrolyzer stability. Although nickel single‐atom catalysts (Ni‐SACs) effectively convert CO 2 into CO in neutral/alkaline conditions, their performance in acid is hindered by the competing hydroge...

SupramolecularlyStabilized Copper(I) Halides forHigh-Efficiency Near-Ultraviolet Emission and X-ray Scintillation

Abstract Near-ultraviolet (NUV)-emissive materials are crucial for advanced photonic technologies and high-resolution scintillators. However, existing NUV-emitting materials face challenges in balancing efficiency, stability, and scalability for broad optoelectronic applications....

Enhanced Antibiotics Sieving by Exfoliated TiS2 Membranes via Surface Functionalization and Passivation

Abstract Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) nanolaminate membranes hold great promise for molecular sieving due to their two-dimensional capillary structures, which facilitate size-restricted diffusion. However, many transition metal sulfides exhibit intrinsic instability and...