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Wavelength-Controlled Stepwise Photocycloaddition Reactions and Photomechanical Motions of a Cd(II) Complex CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-04-07 Qiaoqiao Zhang, Yong Wang, Xin-Yi Huang, Qi Liu, Pierre Braunstein & Jian-Ping Lang1College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu2State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 2000323State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Photomechanical crystals, capable of transforming light energy into mechanical work, hold significant promise for applications in intelligent actuating devices, artificial muscles, and microrobots, but this calls for more research on the influence of ...
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Precision-Engineered DNA Nanopatches for Enhancing Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy in Osteoporosis CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-04-07 Sheng Pan, Xiangbowen Jin, Yufan Ling, Haoliang Shi, Binbin Chu, Xieyidai Ruze, Yike Wang, Yao He, Houyu Wang & Youjia Xu1Department of Orthopaedics, Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Osteoporosis Research Institute of Soochow University, Suzhou 2150002Suzhou Key Laboratory of Nanotechnology and Biomedicine, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials & Collaborative Innovation Center
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Conventional treatments of osteoporosis focus on either inhibiting bone resorption or enhancing osteogenesis but fail to address the osteoporotic microenvironment, particularly the impact of reactive oxygen species (ROS) on bone metabolism. Mesenchymal ...
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In-Solution Intramolecular Through-Space Conjugations of Sterically Constrained Tetranaphthylethane CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-04-07 Feng Gao, Yanning Xu, Liyuan Hou, Dan Liu, Zhan Yang, Zeyang Ding, Peng Meng, Hanwen Liu, Jianquan Zhang, Zheng Zhao, Parvej Alam, Zijie Qiu & Ben Zhong Tang1School of Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Aggregate Science and Technology, Clinical Translational Research Center of Aggregation-Induced Emission, School of Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Intramolecular through-space conjugation (TSC) in nonconjugated luminogens has traditionally been overlooked in fluorophore design due to the assumption that active molecular motions in dilute solution disrupt the necessary through-space interactions. In ...
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A Chlorine and Ester Substituted Monothiophene Enabling New Polymer Donor for High-Performance and Eco-Friendly All-Polymer Solar Cells CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-04-02 Henan Li, Suxiang Ma, Qiming Liang, Sang Young Jeong, Qingqing Bai, Ruijie Ma, Qian Liu, Junyi Lu, Bin Liu, Bolin Li, Pei Cheng, Qifan Xue, Agnieszka Iwan, Guangye Zhang, Han Young Woo, Junwu Chen, Xugang Guo, Li Niu & Huiliang Sun1Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Photoelectric Sensing Materials & Devices, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Sensing Materials & Devices, Center for Advanced
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Thiophene and its derivatives have garnered substantial interest in the organic electronics sector, particularly in the development of polymer solar cells (PSCs). Herein, we present the synthesis of a new thiophene derivative, ClE-T, by a simple two-step ...
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Superoxide Radical Anion Triggered Dual Functionalization of Pyridine Through Degenerate Ring Transformation CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-04-02 Jing Zhang, Juan Tang, Qi Zhou, Shun Li, Zhishan Su, Jiaqi Xu, Weichao Xue, Xueli Zheng, Ruixiang Li, Hua Chen & Haiyan FuKey Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. In this study, we successfully developed an unprecedented superoxide radical anion (O2•−) triggered degenerate ring transformation (DRT) ofN-benzylpyridinium salts. This method utilizes the electrophilicity enhancement of pyridine overN-benzylation to ...
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Double Delayed Doublet Emission in a Lanthanide Cerium(III) Complex CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-04-02 Yujia Li, Zifeng Zhao, Huanyu Liu, Jiayin Zheng, Ruoyao Guo, Peiyu Fang, Peihao Huo, Zuqiang Bian & Zhiwei LiuBeijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Doublet emission from open-shell molecules has attracted widespread attention owing to its fundamental importance and potential applications in various fields. However, compared to traditional closed-shell molecules, molecular design and photoluminescence ...
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Author Spotlight CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-04-01
CCS Chemistry, Volume 7, Issue 4, Page 922-925, April 2025.
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Second Near-Infrared Region Chemiluminescent Theranostics: Opportunities and Challenges CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-03-28 Jing-Hui Zhu, Le Luo, Mingrui Gu, Yahui Chen, Lei Wang, Mingle Li, Xiaoqiang Chen & Xiaojun Peng1College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 5180712College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 5180713College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 5180714State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Conventional phototheranostics face significant hurdles, including shallow excitation light penetration and interference from background autofluorescence, limiting their clinical potential. In contrast, second near-infrared region (NIR-II) ...
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Origin of Asymmetric Induction in Cu(II)/Trisoxazoline-Mediated Friedel–Crafts Alkylation Resolved from Machine Learning Atomic Simulation CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-03-28 Sheng-Ye Zhang, Yanan Zhao, Lijia Wang, Zhi-Pan Liu & Yong Tang1The State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 2000322Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Molecule Intelligent Syntheses, School of Chemistry
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Developing highly efficient and enantioselective reactions and understanding their mechanism are highly attractive. As the solvent molecules and counterions interact with the central metal in which the chiral environment of the active site is very ...
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Funding Strategies, Trends and Frontiers of Basic Research in Chemistry at the National Natural Science Foundation of China CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-03-28 Feixue Gao, Weili Dai, Chang Yao, Hua Wang, Junlin Yang & Jihong Yu1The Department of Chemical Sciences, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Beijing 1000852School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 3003503School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100
CCS Chemistry, Volume 7, Issue 4, Page 950-964, April 2025. Using National Natural Science Foundation of China data at funding of Chinese chemistry projects over the past five years, we summarize the funding strategies and development trends in basic research in chemical science in China. We do this in order to ...
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Photocatalytic Oxidation of Polyethylene to Dicarboxylic Acid over BiOI/BiVO4 p–n Heterojunction Under Visible Light CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-03-26 Dawang Chu, Jiali Weng, Xu Liu, Hongkun Wang, Yanran Cui, Lei Nie & Zhenglong Li1State Key Laboratory of Biobased Transportation Fuel Technology, College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 3100582Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, Quzhou 3240003State Key Laboratory of Biobased Transportation Fuel Technology, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Polyethylene (PE) is known for its stable structure, which results in its very slow photocatalytic degradation under natural environmental conditions. Here, we have demonstrated the design of a BiOI/BiVO4p–n heterojunction material able to generate ...
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Conjugated-Length-Dependent Self-Assembly, Host–Guest Binding, and Photoreactivity of Thienoacene Ribbons CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-03-26 Dongyue An, Shengtao Zhang, Jiangyu Zhu, Zhikang Wang, Jiaxi Zhang, Xuefeng Lu & Yunqi Liu1Department of Materials Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Laboratory of Molecular Materials and Devices, Fudan University, Shanghai 2004332Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Developing fully fused π-conjugated molecules with characteristic self-assembly and selective host–guest interaction by a wet chemistry approach remains very challenging. A series of fully fused thiophene-benzene alternating ribbons,BDTh-nT(n = 2–6), ...
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Thermally Remendable Dynamically Cross-Linked Thermoplastic and Thermoset Materials Directly Synthesized via Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-03-26 Ran Cong, Chengyang Ban, Wu Li, Yougui Li & Guifu Si1Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 2300262School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Commercial cross-linked polymeric materials exhibit a wide range of properties, ranging from extremely rigid thermosets to soft elastomers with high elongations. Recycling or repurposing these materials is a challenging yet highly important topic in ...
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Strain and Deformation Drive Efficient Hydrogen Evolution for Adjustable Solid Mg-Moisture Battery CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-03-25 Xinlong Fu, Changshui Huang, Yi Wang, Ruiqiao Wu, Jingchi Gao, Xingru Yan, Qian Chang, Feng He, Zhihui Zhang & Yuliang Li1Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 1001902School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 1000493Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. The axial stretching or compression of the two-dimensional (2D) plane has been predicted to modulate the properties of 2D materials, such as band structure, electronic transport, and energy conversion. Here, the uniaxial stretching that caused graphdiyne (...
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Long-Term and Highly Sensitive Detection of Singlet Oxygen in Vivo with a Single Methylenecyclobutane Afterglow Probe CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-03-14 Yun Zhang, Yu-Ting He, Xuan He, Silin Huang & Xue-Qiang Wang1Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL), State Key Laboratory of Chemo and Biosensing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Aptamer Engineering Center of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 4100822The Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province for Aptamers and Theranostics, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou Institute
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Singlet oxygen (1O2) plays a crucial role in the onset and progression of many diseases, where the precise and dynamic detection of1O2holds profound implications for both disease diagnosis and therapeutic intervention. Yet, its exceptionally high ...
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Whole-Genome Mapping of DNA Hydroxymethylation at Single-Base Resolution by Double-Stranded DNA Deamination Sequencing CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-03-14 Shan Zhang, Yuan Liang, Tian Feng, Xia Guo, Min Wang, Tong-Tong Ji, Jun Xiong, Xiao Xiao, Yu Liu, Yibin Liu, Weimin Ci, Neng-Bin Xie & Bi-Feng Yuan1College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Department of Radiation and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan University, Wuhan 4300712Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Research Center
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) is a crucial DNA modification that participates in the regulation of various physiological processes. Although several methods have been developed to map 5hmC, there is still a high demand for genome-wide mapping at single-...
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Non-Acr Inhibition of CRISPR/Cas9 for Controllable Gene Editing Using Glycosaminoglycans-Based Anti-CRISPRs (Gacrs) CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-03-12 Min Cao, Bingzhi Li, Zhirun Ji, Rui Ding, Fuming Zhang, Robert J. Linhardt, Xing Zhang & He Huang1School of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 2100232Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Concerns about the safety of therapeutics based on clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) technology have been persisting due to the risk of over-activation. The applications of anti-CRISPR proteins (Acrs) rely on translocating ...
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Modular Total Syntheses of Auriculatol D, Micranthanoside IV, Pierisformosides C, and I CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-03-12 Chenguang Dou, Ying Cao & Ming YangState Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. The first and asymmetric total syntheses of auriculatol D, micranthanoside IV, pierisformosides C, and I, glycosylated and highly unsaturated grayanoids, were achieved using a modular synthetic strategy. The glucosyls at C3-OH were selectively introduced ...
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DNA-Lipid Nano-Canvas for Investigating Membrane Protein Structure CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-03-10 Guizhi Dong, Jiafang Piao, Chao Wang, Chuangyuan Zhao, Shuwen Zhang, Wei Yuan, Shitao Zou, Yujie Li, Youdong Mao, Dongsheng Liu & Yuanchen Dong1Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 1001902University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 1000493Engineering
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Natural lipid bilayers are essential for membrane proteins (MPs) to adopt their correct structures and perform their functions. To understand their fundamental molecular mechanisms at the single-molecule level, it is crucial to reconstitute MPs into lipid ...
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Additive-Controlled Regiodivergent Catalytic Alkyne Hydrosilylation Reactions CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-03-10 Yan-Dong Zhang, Xiang-Yu Liu, Peng He, Qiao Zhang, Ming-Yao Huang & Shou-Fei Zhu1Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 3000712Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin 300192
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Many studies have demonstrated that additives can enhance reaction activity and significantly influence chemoselectivity. However, effective modulation of regioselectivity by additives alone has been rarely reported, and the mechanistic understanding of ...
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Photoactivatable Nano-Demethylases for Selective Oxidation of the Epigenetic Mark DNA 5-Methylcytosine to 5-Formylcytosine CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-03-05 Yangde Ma, Huidong Wang, Rui Zhang, Ruibin Li, Hongquan Zhang, Xiangjun Li, Hailin Wang1State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100852University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 1000493State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing 1022054Department of Laboratory Medicine
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. The oxidation of epigenetic mark DNA 5-methylcytosine (5mC) is a biologically important DNA demethylation intermediate process, playing critical roles in reproduction, development, diseases, and therapy. However, known DNA demethylation is initiated only ...
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CCS Chemistry Celebrates Outstanding Women in Chemistry CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-03-01
CCS Chemistry, Volume 7, Issue 3, Page 616-619, March 2025.
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Poly(thioether thiourea)s as Novel Room-Temperature Self-Healable Glassy Polymers CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-02-26 Hao Wang, Motonobu Kuwayama, Yuta Fujisawa, Yugo Oshima, Yoshihiro Yamauchi, Jinrong Wu & Takuzo Aida1Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-86562Polymer Chemistry, RIKEN-TRIP, Wako, Saitama 351-01983Condensed Molecular Materials Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, Wako, Saitama 351-01984National Institute for Materials
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. In 2018, we reported that poly(ether thiourea) (PTUEG3), a glassy polymer with a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 27 °C, can self-heal at 12 °C, which updated the preconception that a mechanically robust glassy polymer cannot self-heal below itsTg. ...
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Oxazolidine-Caged Heptamethine Cyanine Switch Exhibits High Photostability for Bioimaging via Buffering Fluorogenicity CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-02-22 Qingkai Qi, Jin Li, Qinglong Qiao, Chenxu Yan, Mohammad Izadyar, Chao Wang, Syed Ali Abbas Abedi, Xiaogang Liu, Zhiqian Guo & Zhaochao Xu1Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 1160232Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 2100233Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Institute
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Fluorophores that exhibit superior photostability have vast applications, ranging from long-term in vivo tracking to cellular super-resolution imaging. Herein, we showcased a promising buffering strategy that significantly enhanced the photostability of ...
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Polarization Change via Spin Crossover and Valence Tautomerism Behavior in [FeGa] Complexes CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-02-21 Qirui Shui, Shu-Qi Wu, Wenwei Zheng, Xiaopeng Zhang, Ziqi Zhou, Masaki Kondo, Masashi Tokunaga, Rintaro Shimada, Akira Sakamoto, Shinji Kanegawa, Sheng-Qun Su & Osamu Sato1Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering & IRCCS, Kyushu University, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-03952School of Physical Sciences, Great Bay University, Great Bay Institute for Advanced Study, Dongguan 5230003Institute for Solid
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Macroscopic polarization switching achieved through directional electron transfer or spin crossover (SCO) has attracted considerable attention because of its potential applications in data storage devices, sensors, and energy converters. Here, by ...
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Transferrin-Mediated Nanophotosensitizer to Enhance Phototherapy with Photoacoustic Imaging Under Hypoxia CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-02-21 Mengyao Yang, Yunyoung Nah, Donghyeon Oh, Xingshu Li, Heejeong Kim, Sinyoung Park, Junha Lim, Aibing Chen, Chulhong Kim, Won Jong Kim & Juyoung Yoon1College of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang 0500182Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 037603Department of Chemistry, POSTECH-Catholic Biomedical Engineering
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Various obstacles [poor tissue penetration, hypoxic tumor microenvironment, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production quenching due to aggregation] obstruct imaging-guided high-efficiency phototherapy targeting tumors. Herein, nanophthalocyanine (...
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Taming Hydroxylamine for Carbonylative Cyclization of Aryl Alkynes to Isoquinolones via Isocyanate CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-02-21 Jiaqi Yan, Yongzheng Ding, Yongna Sun, and Hanmin Huang1State Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026 Hefei2State Key Laboratory of Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, 730000 Lanzhou
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Organic isocyanates are versatile intermediates that provide access to a wide range of reactions. However, an efficient strategy to generate isocyanates from simple starting materials and control their reactivity has been a formidable, long-standing ...
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Pyrimidines to Pyridines: Two Atom Swap Skeletal Editing CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-02-19 Wen-xia Shi, Jing-yi Lv, Wen-jie Xiao, Hao-dong Xie, Jia-jun Li, Yun-liang Jiang, Xiao-can Su, Jia-ying Xue, Cheng-xin Li, Yong Zou, Ming Yan & Xue-jing ZhangGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chiral Molecules and Drug Discovery, State Key Laboratory of Anti-Infective Drug Discovery and Development, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. An efficient and timesaving two-atom (C–N to C–C) swap skeletal editing for the conversion of pyrimidines into pyridines has been successfully developed. This method involves a two-step, one-pot process wherein pyrimidines are initially activated by Tf2O, ...
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Lattice Tearing by Carbon Dots Mask Activates Oxygen Oxidation for Stable Seawater Electrolysis CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-02-19 Xiao Wang, Fangming Liu, Tete Zhao, Xijie Chen, Chuanchi Fu, Kuiming Liu, Tongrui Zhang, Kang Liu, Meng Yu, Weichao Wang, Junyuan Xu, Yaoming Wang, Zhenhua Yan, Lifang Jiao, Jinhan Li & Fangyi Cheng1State Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Power Sources, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Engineering Research Center of High-efficiency Energy Storage (Ministry
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Triggering the lattice oxygen mechanism is an attractive tactic to overcome the sluggish oxygen evolution reaction (OER) kinetics but suffers from catalytic instability. Here, we report a carbon dots (CDs) mask anchoring strategy to simultaneously improve ...
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A Supramolecular Catalyst for Selective Photo-Oxidation with Catalytic Amount Enabled by Activating Substrates into Radicals CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-02-19 Xingchen Tang, Junrui Qin, Weiquan Xu, Jiang-Fei Xu & Xi ZhangKey Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Supramolecular catalysis based on macrocyclic hosts can enhance the reaction rate and selectivity by leveraging their steric hindrance or nanoconfinement effects. Herein, we propose an enzyme-like supramolecular catalytic system by combining the ...
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Innovative and Sustainable Approaches to Aerobic Oxidation Reactions for Organics Upgrading CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-02-18 Guangbo Chen, Pengfei Shao, Xiaoxiao Niu, Li-Zhu Wu & Tierui Zhang1Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 1001902Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 1000493Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. The oxidative upgrading of organic compounds is essential for synthesizing value-added chemicals that support various industries, including pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and materials science. Aerobic oxidation, using molecular O2(or air) as a green ...
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A Sharp Temperature-Dependent Kinetic Transition Featured by DNA-Linked Gold Nanoparticle Assembly CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-02-18 Brittany Dever, Hongquan Zhang, Feng Li, & X. Chris Le1Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G22Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G3
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. We report a novel strategy to control and construct sequential assembly of DNA functionalized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) from a single solution. We systematically investigated the temperature-dependent kinetics of DNA-linked AuNP assembly. A sharp kinetic ...
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Breaking the Boundary of Gigantic Molybdenum Blue Clusters: From Half-Closed {Mo85} to {Mo172} Dimer CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-02-15 Mengyuan Cheng, Duidui Zhang, Yingchao Liu, Zeyu Chen, Yubin Ma, Rongqing Tang, Keying Wang, Heng Wang, De-Liang Long, Leroy Cronin, and Weimin Xuan1State Key Laboratory of Advanced Fiber Materials & College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 2016202State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Cyclic assemblies represent an important class of functional structures due to their inherent porous architectures and diverse properties. However, the controlled synthesis of cyclic aggregates with precise size, achieved by modulating the oligomerization ...
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Regulating Open Metal Sites in Metal-Organic Frameworks to Tame Luminescence Sensing CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-02-15 Zongsu Han, Yifan Guo, Rongran Liang, Kun-Yu Wang, Yihao Yang, Yue Mao, Tiankai Sun, Mengmeng Wang, Yann Garcia, Peter R. Taylor, Wei Shi & Hong-Cai Zhou1Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 778432School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 3000723Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Open metal sites (OMSs) represent a distinctive feature of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), intertwined with guest accommodation and energy transfer within nanosized pores. Fine-tuning OMSs provide an effective approach to regulating MOF’s responsiveness ...
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Heterogeneously Catalytic Synthesis of Au13 Nanocluster CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-02-13 Yuan Wang, Peihao Liu, Hongjin Li, Ting Li, Pengfei Wang, Jing Dong, Fengwei Zhang, Zhe-Ning Chen & Huan Li1Institute of Crystalline Materials, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi2State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi3State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. A cornerstone of chemical science, catalysis underpins the majority of modern chemical manufacture. This study introduces the concept and application of heterogeneous catalysis into the synthesis of an atomically precise gold nanocluster (NC), PPh4[Au13(...
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Laser Irradiation Controlled Liquid Molecule Intercalation Within Confined Spaces: Diversity and Dynamics CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-02-13 Tianze Hu, Yuanzhi Xia, Li Sun, Tamara Rinkovec, Hiroshi Uji-i & Steven De Feyter1Department of Chemistry, Division of Molecular Imaging and Photonics, KU Leuven, 3001 Leuven2Research Institute for Electronic Science (RIES), Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0020
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Understanding mass transport within confined spaces is a key challenge with broad implications across numerous scientific and engineering disciplines. While studies on channel size effects and channel wall dynamics have deepened our knowledge of material ...
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Anchoring Rhenium-Tethered Selenoviologen on Black Phosphorus Quantum Dots for Self-Photosensitized CO2 Utilization CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-02-11 Guoping Li, Chenjing Liu, Yanning Qu, Wenxi He, Yawen Li, Yue Zhu, Zixuan Li, Ni Yan & Gang He1Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Engineering Research Center of Key Materials for Efficient Utilization of Clean Energy of Shaanxi Province, Xi’an Photoelectromagnetic Functional Materials International Science and Technology Cooperation Center, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 7100492National
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Photocatalytic CO2reduction and conversion into fuel or high-value-added chemicals are expected to solve environmental and energy problems such as fossil fuel depletion and global warming. Efficient electron transport between the photosensitizer and the ...
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Green Upcycling of Waste Agricultural Plastic Film under Mild Conditions CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-02-11 Hu Luo, Lin Li, Ting Sun, Baohuan Wei, Tao Jiang, Jiahui Zhan, Rongfei Cong, Haozhi Zhou, Xuemei Wei, Lin Xia, Bo Liao, Shicheng Zhang, Hui Wang, and Yuhan Sun1CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 2012102Shanghai Institute of Cleantech Innovation, Shanghai 2016163Department of Environmental Science
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Polyethylene (PE) makes up one of the largest proportions of plastic wastes, resulting in a huge loss of carbon and hydrogen resources. Upcycling has great potential to generate value-added chemicals, but the utilization of real-life plastic waste remains ...
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Artificial Water Channels-MXene Membranes for Enhanced Desalination CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-02-10 Fan Yi, Li-Bo Huang, Li Kong, Yeji Chen, Jie Gao, Xianghao Meng, Zexuan He, Mihail Barboiu & Zhongyi Jiang1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 5702282Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong 9990773Institut Européen des Membranes, Adaptive Supramolecular Nanosystems Group, University of Montpellier, ENSCM-CNRS, Montpellier
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Biological aquaporins possessing unimolecular directional pores provide exceptional transport performances for water translocation. Inspired by biological counterparts, artificial water channels (AWCs) could be used to overcome the permeability/...
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Achieving Record High External Quantum Efficiency of 10.14% in Nondoped Single-Emissive-Layer WOLEDs Utilizing Hot Exciton Mechanism CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-02-10 Futong Liu, Hui Liu, Yichao Chen, Xin He, Zhuang Cheng, Xiaobo Ma, Xianfeng Qiao, Dongge Ma & Ping Lu1State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, Department of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 1300122State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. White organic light-emitting diodes (WOLEDs) based on nondoped single emitters can promise convenient fabrication technology, absent phase separation, minimal color-aging, and good reproducibility for next-generation displays and lightings. However, pure ...
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Heterojunction Interactions Modulated Film-Forming Kinetics for 19.65% Efficiency Binary Organic Solar Cells CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-02-08 Pengchao Wang, Huanxiang Jiang, Fuzhen Bi, Jianxiao Wang, Chunming Yang, Yonghai Li, Junhao Chu & Xichang Bao1Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Conversion and Utilization of Solar Energy, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 2661012School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao 2660423College of
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Modulating film-forming kinetics is crucial to engineer heterojunction textures and exciton/charge attributes of organic solar cells (OSCs). Herein, we report an efficient approach to managing the film-forming kinetics through peripheral functionalization ...
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Red-Light-Driven CO2 Reduction in Aqueous Solution Using CdSe Quantum Dots and Cobalt Molecular Catalysts CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-02-04 Kai Guo, Zuting Wei, Bixian Chen, Shuang Yang, Jingxiang Lei, Huiqing Yuan & Zhiji Han1MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, IGCME, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 5102752School of Chemistry and Environment, Jiaying University, Meizhou, Guangdong 5140153College of Light Chemical Industry and Materials Engineering, Shunde Polytechnic, Foshan 528333
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. The development of inexpensive artificial photosynthetic (AP) systems, utilizing low-energy sunlight for CO2reduction remains a significant challenge. Here, we report a red-light-driven CO2reduction system with pyridinethiolate-capped CdSe quantum dots (...
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Direct α-Cross-Coupling of Benzylamines with Bulky Alkyl Iodides Enabled by Radical Carbonyl Catalysis CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-02-04 Chengkang Hou, Longjie Huang, Lei Wang, Siqi Liu, Guoqing Zhao, Kuiling Ding & Baoguo Zhao1The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry, Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Biomimetic Catalysis, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 2002342The Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. α-Amino radicals are highly reactive and synthetically valuable species. However, their instability and short lifetime limit their applications in organic synthesis. This work has demonstrated a catalytic strategy for in situ generation of persistent α-...
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Chemical Synthesis Driven by High Pressure CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-01-29 Wenya Zhao, Jie Zhang, Zhongxiong Sun, Guanjun Xiao, Haiyan Zheng, Kuo Li, Man-Rong Li & Bo Zou1State Key Laboratory of High Pressure and Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 1300122Center for High Pressure Science & Technology Advanced Research, Beijing 1001933Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. The chemical synthesis of functional materials is inseparable from national defense, medical treatment, national economy, and people’s livelihood. Traditional organic and inorganic materials are approaching their performance limit. Therefore, the design ...
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Ordered Lithiophilic Crown Ether Sites in a Two-Dimensional Coordination Network for Dendrite-Free Lithium Deposition CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-01-29 Runhao Zhang, Zhonghang Chen, Jialong Jiang, Xuelong Liao, Jiachen Guo, Wenhao Huang, Jingwei Liu, Shifa Dang, Jun Xu, Huan Wang, Zhen Zhou, Kai Zhang, Peng Cheng & Wei Shi1State Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Power Sources, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter and Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (MOE), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 3000712Hebei
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Fabricating interfacial layers with high lithiophilicity and rapid Li+transfer functionality is critical for dendrite-free lithium deposition in lithium-metal batteries (LMBs). Herein, a two-dimensional coordination network, NKU-2000, with ordered ...
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Histidine-Specific Modification of Chitin-Binding protein21 via Visible Light-Mediated C–H Functionalization and Protein Ligation CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 Xinliang Liu, Ping Wang & Farong Ye1Center for Chemical Glycobiology, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Zhang Jiang Institute for Advanced Study, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 2002402Shanghai Key Laboratory for Antibody-Drug Conjugates with Innovative Target, National Key Laboratory of Innovative Immunotherapy
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Histidine (His) bears a uniquely electron-deficient imidazole side chain and plays essential roles in protein interactions and enzyme-catalyzed processes. Modification of His C2position offers a useful method to fine-tune histidine residues of proteins ...
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Upconverted Circularly Polarized Luminescence on Chiral Lanthanide-Organic Tetrahedral Complexes CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-01-27 Xiao-Fang Duan, Honghan Ji, Li-Peng Zhou, Shao-Jun Hu, Jingjing Fu, Pengfei Duan, Xiao-Qing Guo & Qing-Fu Sun1State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 3500022Fujian Science and Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, Fuzhou 3501083CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Achieving upconverted circularly polarized luminescence (UCCPL) in rare-earth complexes has long been considered a formidable challenge due to the inherently low upconversion (UC) quantum yields and the complex stereochemistry of lanthanide centers. Here, ...
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Time-Resolved Dynamic Observation of Solvent-Free and Organic Template-Free Solid-Phase Synthesis Process for Pt/ZSM-5 Encapsulated Structure CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-01-27 Xia Zhong, Jie Liu, Li Gao, Xiyang Wang, Ying Zhang, Yimin A. Wu, Mozaffar Shakeri, Xia Zhang & Bingsen Zhang1Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 1100162School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang 1100163Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Northeastern
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Zeolite-supported noble metal nanoparticle (NP) catalysts demonstrate distinctive properties in heterogeneous catalysis reactions. However, due to the limitations of conventional liquid-phase synthesis methods, understanding of the dynamic crystallization ...
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Two-Dimensional CoCu Nanosheet for Efficient Urea Electrosynthesis from CO2 and NO3− Through Retarding the Individual Reaction CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-01-27 Chunqi Yang, Jingwen Zhuang, Ziyan Yang, Yuhang Li & Chunzhong Li1Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 2002372Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. With the global urea market expanding rapidly, exploring a sustainable method for urea generation is imperative. Significant development of CO2RR and NO3RR has been achieved, which potentially constructs the C–N bond for urea electrosynthesis through ...
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Hierarchical Porous Metal–Organic Polyhedra for Efficient Oxidative Cleavage of β-O-4 Bonds in Lignin Model Compound CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-01-27 Xinchen Kang, Lili Li, Hengan Wang, Tian Luo, Shaojun Xu, Yinlin Chen, Joseph H. Carter, Zi Wang, Alena M. Sheveleva, Kai Lyu, Xue Han, Floriana Tuna, Eric J. L. McInnes, Chiu C. Tang, Lifei Liu, Buxing Han, Emma K. Gibson, C. Richard A. Catlow, Sihai Yang & Martin Schröder1Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL2Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences,
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Catalytic cleavage of β-O-4 linkages is an essential but challenging step in the depolymerization of lignin. Here, we report the templated electrosynthesis of a hydrophobic metal–organic polyhedral catalyst (Cu-MOP-e), which exhibits excellent ...
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Conjugated Nanobelts Based on N-Hetero[(6.)m8]ncyclacene CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-01-27 Yongming Xiong, Naoki Aratani, Chenyu Hu, Xue Lin Ma, Jun Yang & Qian Miao1Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong2Division of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-01923Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong4State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. This study introduces a novel design ofN-doped conjugated nanobelts, derived from a specific structural unit found in carbon schwarzites, a type of negatively curved carbon allotrope. The successful synthesis of these nanobelts was achieved using a ...
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Editorial* CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-01-25
CCS Chemistry, Volume 7, Issue 2, Page 316-321, February 2025.
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Author Spotlight CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-01-25
CCS Chemistry, Volume 7, Issue 2, Page 322-325, February 2025.
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A Dual-Functional Fluorescence Probe for Simultaneous in Vivo Imaging of Aβ Aggregates and Hydrogen Peroxide in the Brain of Mice with Alzheimer’s Disease CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-01-22 Jiajia Lv, Hongyu Li, Jie Gao, Nan Dong, Wen Shi, Huimin Ma & Zeli Yuan1College of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Basic Pharmacology of Ministry of Education and Joint International Research Laboratory of Ethnomedicine of Ministry of Education, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou 5630032Guizhou International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base for Medical Photo-Theranostics Technology and
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques and reactive oxygen species (ROS) are two important and highly correlated pathological markers of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Therefore, the simultaneous reliable detection of the two markers is essential for elucidating their ...
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More than Oxidants: Persulfates as Efficient Sulfonate Donors in O-Sulfation CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-01-20 Shuaishuai Yue, Ye Zheng, Chunlang Song & Jiakun LiState Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. O-sulfation is a vital post-translational modification, where the primary objective is to identify an efficient and straightforward sulfonate donor for this transformation. Persulfate salts, as commercial available and low-toxicity inorganic oxidants, are ...
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Isoelectronic Substitution-Induced Intrachromophoric Symmetry-Breaking Charge Separation CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-01-20 Shunlong Hu, Ke Hu, Xin Jin, Guogang Liu, Yujian Liu, Zhaolong Wang, Kai Chen, Chengxi Zhao, Zhiyun Zhang, Da-Hui Qu, Jinquan Chen, Wei Jiang & Zhaohui Wang1Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Symmetry-breaking charge separation (SB-CS) originating from natural photosynthesis is important for improving the efficiency of energy conversion from solar to electrical or chemical energy. However, SB-CS commonly occurs between two or more identical ...
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How High Does the Pressure Need to Be to Produce Internoble-Gas Ionic Compounds? CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-01-17 Zhongyu Wan, Cheng-wei Ju, Tianyi Yang, Wenjun Xu, Bo Li, Ruiqin Zhang, and Xiao Cheng Zeng1Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 9990772Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 606373Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 911254Department of Materials Science
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Noble gases (NGs) are widely distributed in the universe with billions-year long lifetimes due to their closed-shell electronic structures with little chemical reactivity. Recent studies have found that most NGs can form covalent or ionic compounds with ...
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Constructing Intramolecular Electric Fields in NIR-II-Emissive Photosensitizers to Regulate the Local Electron Density for Boosting Hypoxia-Tolerant Cancer Phototheranostics CCS Chem. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-01-17 Xiaoming Hu, Cheng Zhang, Jingqi Lv, Rongtian Li, Achen Qin, Caijun Zhu, Fengwei Sun, Zejing Chen, Shenghan Teng, Hongxin Lin, Zhen Yang & Wei Huang1College of Photonic and Electronic Engineering, Strait Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE, Future Technologies), Fujian Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics, Fujian Normal University and Strait Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (SLoFE), Fuzhou
CCS Chemistry, Ahead of Print. Recently emerging Type-I photodynamic therapy holds significant promise in addressing the hypoxia challenge encountered by traditional oxygen-dependent Type-II photosensitizers (PSs) in photodynamic oncotherapy. The key hurdle in engineering Type-I PSs ...