Real-Time Detection of Trace Analytes Using Molecular-Antenna-Enhanced Photothermal Spectroscopy Academic Background In environmental and safety monitoring, real-time, highly selective, and highly sensitive detection of trace gaseous compounds is a significant challenge. Particularly for emerging environmental pollutants such as per- and polyfluoro...

Distinguishing Novel Sandwich-Type Tungsten Oxide Cluster Compounds Using Two-Dimensional Correlation Infrared Spectroscopy Background Introduction Polyoxometalates (POMs) are metal-oxygen cluster compounds linked through oxygen coordination with transition metal ions. They play significant roles in catalysis, optics, medicine, and magnetism. Howev...

Background and Research Questions Atomic gold nanoclusters (AuNCs), with particle sizes typically not exceeding 2 nanometers, have garnered extensive attention in recent years due to their unique photophysical properties, making them highly advantageous in biomedicine, catalysis, and sensing. These properties include excellent catalytic activity, t...

Fully Automated Microfluidic Chip-Based Embryo Sexing Technology Academic Background In the egg-laying poultry industry, newly hatched male chicks are often culled immediately after hatching, as they neither lay eggs nor produce high-quality meat. Each year, approximately 372 million male chicks are culled in the European Union. This practice has s...

Development of an Engineered Direct Electron Transfer Enzyme for Continuous Levodopa Monitoring Background Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that affects millions of people worldwide. It is characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra and the presence of α-synuclein aggregations forming Lew...