Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Programming Ion‐Engineered Interphase for Practical Zinc Batteries Through Exogenous Cation‐Anion Synergy Chemistry

ABSTRACT A stable anode‐electrolyte interface is vital for battery cycling. Translating the successful anion‐derived interphase paradigm from Li‐ion to aqueous Zn‐ion batteries (ZIBs) is hindered by narrow electrochemical windows and chaotic interfacial reactions. Here we overcom...

Programming Ion‐Engineered Interphase for Practical Zinc Batteries Through Exogenous Cation‐Anion Synergy Chemistry

ABSTRACT A stable anode‐electrolyte interface is vital for battery cycling. Translating the successful anion‐derived interphase paradigm from Li‐ion to aqueous Zn‐ion batteries (ZIBs) is hindered by narrow electrochemical windows and chaotic interfacial reactions. Here we overcom...

Psychological and Educational Outcomes of Chinese Rural Migrant Youths in Urban Schools: A Person-Centered Examination of Cross-Time Transitions

Abstract This study adopts a person-centered approach to examine how profiles of relationships with parents, teacher recognition, and peer relationships conjoin and influence the academic and psychological wellbeing of Chinese migrant adolescents. Drawing upon two-wave data from...

Halogen Substitution as a “Chirality Editor” for Amplifying Spin‐Selective Transport in Lead‐Free Metal‐Halide Hybrids

ABSTRACT Lead‐free metal‐halide hybrids hold promise as flexible semiconductors for X‐ray detection, but their application is constrained by inefficient carrier transport. Here, we introduce halogen substitution on chiral molecular cations as a “chirality editor” to modulate the...

From herbal cuisine to lasting memory: dining experiences in traditional Chinese medicine diet restaurants

Purpose Drawing on stimulus–organism–response theory, this study developed a memorable dining experience model linking four restaurant attributes (food, service staff food recommendations, service quality and atmospherics) to memorable dining experiences, revisit intentions, and...

Generation and Dynamics of Reconfigurable Kerr Combs via Multimode Self‐Injection Locking

ABSTRACT Microresonator‐based Kerr combs provide a promising bridge directly linking the microwave and the optical frequency domain, bringing revolutions in optical metrology, spectroscopy, and frequency synthesis. Although self‐injection locking (SIL) has emerged as a powerful t...

Multiple-adverse health conditions, mental health, and health-related quality of life in stroke survivors: Latent profile analysis and mediation analysis

Objective This study aimed to identify subgroups of stroke survivors based on multiple-adverse health conditions and determine the potential mediation effects of mental health in their relationship with health-related quality of life. Design A cross-sectional study. Setting Three...

Spontaneous ChlorineGeneration via Interfacial Oxidationof Chloride by O2 on Acidic Microdroplets

Abstract Reactive chlorine species significantly influence atmospheric chemistry, yet their sources remain inadequately defined. We have discovered a spontaneous formation pathway for substantial molecular chlorine (Cl2) from the oxidation of chloride (Cl–) through interfacial ox...

Micromechanical Analysis of Methane Hydrate-Bearing Sediments During Gas Extraction Considering Hydrate Dissociation and Particle Breakage

With the growing interest in methane hydrate exploitation, numerous studies have been focusing on methane hydrate-bearing sediments (HBS). Depressurization is recognized as an effective method for gas extraction from HBS. However, the microscale mechanical behavior of HBS during...

Nanoscale Formation,Structure, and Stability of Phosphate-IronColloids at Anoxic-Oxic Interfaces

Abstract The mobility of phosphorus (P) at anoxic–oxic interfaces is largely controlled by the formation of phosphate-iron (Fe) colloids, yet the nanoscale mechanisms underlying their formation, structure, and stability remain poorly described. Here, we systematically investigate...

AOPQ-Net Acoustic–Optical Proposal Query Network for Underwater Multimodal Object Detection

Optical cameras and imaging sonars are widely used sensors in autonomous underwater vehicles. However, their different imaging mechanisms introduce substantial cross-modal discrepancies in the acquired data. In addition, underwater optical images are often degraded by low illumin...

Modulating the Spin State of Co 3+ to Promote Ampere‐Level Electrosynthesis of Ammonia

ABSTRACT Ammonia electrosynthesis via nitrate reduction offers a sustainable alternative to Haber–Bosch process, and this reaction involves an initial deoxygenation step from NO 3 − to *NO 2 , followed by successive hydrogenation steps to NH 3 . Previous studies have mainly focus...

Beyond the surface: uncovering trainee translators’ reading processes during GenAI translation quality evaluation tasks

This study examines the influence of text genre, i.e. literary and tourism texts, and prompting techniques, specifically Chain-of-Thought (CoT) reasoning and Domain-Specific Prompts (DSP), on trainee translators’ reading processes when evaluating GenAI-generated translations. Dra...

Exploring the attributes of organizational health literacy in Chinese healthcare institutions from the perspective of the social-ecological theoretical model: a grounded theory study

Organizational health literacy (OHL) is essential for reducing adverse outcomes associated with limited health literacy, including medication errors, increased hospitalization, and widening health disparities. Although the complexity of the healthcare system represents a major ba...

Explicit task reasoning empowering robotic manipulation

Currently, robots still struggle to perform human-like explicit task reasoning. Most existing vision-language-action (VLA) approaches heavily rely on large-scale demonstration datasets and carefully designed models, which pose significant challenges for model interpretability, ge...

Influence of Bilateral WIG Effect on Oscillating Hydrofoil Energy Harvesting Performance and Experimental Suggestions

The oscillating hydrofoil represents a promising tidal energy harvesting device, but its hydrodynamic behavior and energy harvesting performance can be significantly affected by the wing-in-ground (WIG) effect under near-wall conditions. The present work establishes a two-dimensi...

Collaborative optimization of car-following control and energy management for PHEBs based on deep reinforcement learning

To address the synergistic optimization of car-following control and energy management, this study proposes a collaborative optimization framework based on deep reinforcement learning (DRL). At the car-following control level, a predictive cruise control (PCC) model is developed...

Evidential constructions in Ghanaian parliamentary discourse: a corpus-based diachronic analysis (2005–2024)

Abstract While previous studies have examined various aspects of Ghanaian parliamentary discourse, little attention has been paid to evidential constructions. To address this gap, this corpus-based study examines four first-person evidential constructions ( I think , I believe ,...

Recognizing Mechanical Behaviors of Silt-Based Foamed Concretes from Image of Pores Using Deep-Learning Strategy

Abstract The pore structure of foamed concrete exhibits an inherent interaction with mechanical behavior. This study developed a novel deep-learning (DL) strategy to predict mechanical behavior of foamed concrete based on the image of pore distribution. This framework includes tw...

Analysis of the Risk Evolution of Fatal Accidents in the Construction Industry Based on Bayesian Network

Abstract Fatal construction accidents, which cause significant loss of life, often arise from complex risks that evolve over time rather than from isolated or static hazards. However, existing research largely neglects this dynamic nature and offers limited insight into the tempo...