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Materials in Radiative Cooling Technologies Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Rong Liu, Shancheng Wang, Zhengui Zhou, Keyi Zhang, Guanya Wang, Changyuan Chen, Yi Long
Radiative cooling (RC) is a carbon-neutral cooling technology that utilizes thermal radiation to dissipate heat from the Earth's surface to the cold outer space. Research in the field of RC has garnered increasing interest from both academia and industry due to its potential to drive sustainable economic and environmental benefits to human society by reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions
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Polyelectrolyte Hydrogel-Functionalized Photothermal Sponge Enables Simultaneously Continuous Solar Desalination and Electricity Generation without Salt Accumulation Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Lin Li, Chaorui Xue, Qing Chang, Xiaohu Ren, Ning Li, Jinlong Yang, Shengliang Hu, Haolan Xu
Technologies that can simultaneously generate electricity and desalinate seawater are highly attractive and required to meet the increasing global demand for power and clean water. Here we develop a bifunctional solar evaporator that features continuous electric generation in seawater without salt accumulation by rational design of polyelectrolyte hydrogel-functionalized photothermal sponge. This evaporator
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Achieving Zero-Temperature Coefficient Point Behavior by Defect Passivation for Temperature-Immune Organic Field-Effect Transistors Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Jiannan Qi, Kai Tie, Yue Ma, Yinan Huang, Wenbing Gong, Shougang Sun, Zhongwu Wang, Zhiyun Li, Rong Huang, Jinshun Bi, Liqiang Li, Xiaosong Chen, Wenping Hu
Organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) have broad prospects in biomedical, sensor, and aerospace applications. However, obtaining temperature-immune OFETs is difficult because the electrical properties of organic semiconductors (OSCs) are temperature-sensitive. The zero-temperature coefficient (ZTC) point behavior can be used to achieve a temperature-immune output current; however, it is difficult
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An Electro-optical Kerr Device Based on 2D Boron Nitride Liquid Crystals for Solar-blind Communications Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Youan Xu, Ziyang Huang, Zehao Zhang, Baofu Ding, Peixuan Li, Jiarong Liu, Yugan Hao, Lixin Dai, Hao Zhang, Caizhen Zhu, Wei Cai, Bilu Liu
Achieving light modulation in the spectral range of 200 – 280 nm is a prerequisite for solar-blind ultraviolet communication, where current technologies mainly based on the electro-luminescent self-modulation of the ultraviolet source. External light modulation through the electro-birefringence control of liquid crystal devices has shown success in the visible-to-infrared regions. However, the poor
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Freestanding Serpentine Silicon Strips with Ultrahigh Stretchability over 300% for Wearable Electronics Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Yihao Shi, Jianzhong Zhao, Bingchang Zhang, Jiahao Qin, Xinyue Hu, Yuan Cheng, Jia Yu, Jiansheng Jie, Xiaohong Zhang
Well-functionalized electronic materials, such as silicon, in a stretchable format are desirable for high-performance wearable electronics. However, obtaining Si materials that meet the required stretchability of over 100% for wearable applications remains a significant challenge. Herein, a rational design strategy is proposed to achieve freestanding serpentine Si strips (FS-Si strips) with ultrahigh
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Tailoring Perovskite Surface Potential and Chelation Advances Efficient Solar Cells Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Wenlong Shao, Haibing Wang, Shiqiang Fu, Yansong Ge, Hongling Guan, Chen Wang, Cheng Wang, Ti Wang, Weijun Ke, Guojia Fang
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Sequentially Processed Bulk-Heterojunction-Buried Structure for Efficient Organic Solar Cells with 500 nm Thickness Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Huarui Zhang, Yuqiang Liu, Guangliu Ran, Hongxiang Li, Wenkai Zhang, Pei Cheng, Zhishan Bo
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A Two-Decade Journey of Continuous Innovation at the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China (NCNST) Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-17 Qing Dai, Zhixiang Wei, Zhiyong Tang, Yuliang Zhao
This special issue of Advanced Materials celebrates the 20th anniversary of the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China (NCNST), showcasing a diverse array of cutting-edge research in nanoscience and nanotechnology. This issue highlights recent advances in nanomaterials for devices, nanomedicine, energy, and catalysis applications. NCNST is a pioneering institution established on December
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Living Synthelectronics: A New Era for Bioelectronics Powered by Synthetic Biology Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-17 Jing Sun, Ruofan Yang, Qingsong Li, Runtao Zhu, Ying Jiang, Lei Zang, Zhibo Zhang, Wei Tong, Hang Zhao, Tengfei Li, Hanfei Li, Dianpeng Qi, Guanglin Li, Xiaodong Chen, Zhuojun Dai, Zhiyuan Liu
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Nanodiamond-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Adv. Mater. 11/2024) Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Jelena Lazovic, Eberhard Goering, Anna-Maria Wild, Peter Schützendübe, Anitha Shiva, Jessica Löffler, Gordon Winter, Metin Sitti
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Split-Type Magnetic Soft Tactile Sensor with 3D Force Decoupling (Adv. Mater. 11/2024) Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Huangzhe Dai, Chengqian Zhang, Chengfeng Pan, Hao Hu, Kaipeng Ji, Haonan Sun, Chenxin Lyu, Daofan Tang, Tiefeng Li, Jianzhong Fu, Peng Zhao
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The Stability of Hydrogen-Bonded Ion-Pair Complex Unexpectedly Increases with Increasing Solvent Polarity Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Debashree Manna, Rabindranath Lo, Jaroslav Vacek, Vijay Madhav Miriyala, Petr Bouř, Tao Wu, Zuzana Osifova, Dana Nachtigallová, Martin Dračinský, Pavel Hobza
The generally observed decrease of the electrostatic energy in the complex with increasing solvent polarity has led to the assumption that the stability of the complexes with ion-pair hydrogen bonds decreases with increasing solvent polarity. Besides, the smaller solvent-accessible surface area (SASA) of the complex in comparison with the isolated subsystems results in a smaller solvation energy of
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The Celiac-Disease Superantigen Oligomerizes and Increases Permeability in an Enterocyte Cell Model Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Maria Georgina Herrera, Maria Julia Amundarain, Philipp W Dörfler, Veronica I Dodero
Celiac disease (CeD) is an autoimmune disorder triggered by gluten proteins, affecting approximately 1% of the global population. The 33-mer deamidated gliadin peptide (DGP) is a metabolically modified wheat-gluten superantigen for CeD. Here, we demonstrate that the 33-mer DGP spontaneously assembles into oligomers with a diameter of approximately 24 nm. The 33-mer DGP oligomers present two main secondary
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Radicalizing CO by Mononuclear Palladium(I) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Tim Bruckhoff, Joachim Ballmann, Lutz H. Gade
A mononuclear, T-shaped palladium(I) d9 metalloradical (3), stabilized by a bulky carbazole-based PNP-ligand, was obtained by reduction of palladium chloride or thermal Pd-C bond homolysis of the corresponding neopentyl complex. Pressurizing with CO gave the Pd(I) carbonyl complex, which was structurally characterized by X-ray diffraction. Delocalization of the unpaired electron to the carbonyl carbon
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Dual Enhancement of Phosphorescence and Circularly Polarized Luminescence through Entropically Driven Self-Assembly of a Platinum(II) Complex Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Yanqing Wang, Na Li, Liangwen Chu, Zelin Hao, Junyu Chen, Jiang Huang, Junlin Yan, Hongtao Bian, Pengfei Duan, Jing Liu, Yu Fang
Addressing the dual enhancement of circular polarization (glum) and luminescence quantum yield (QY) in circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) systems poses a significant challenge. In this study, we present an innovative strategy utilizing the entropically driven self-assembly of amphiphilic phosphorescent platinum(II) complexes (L-Pt) with tetraethylene glycol chains, resulting in unique temperature
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Light-Regulated Nucleation for Growing Highly Uniform Single-Crystalline Microrods Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Lishan Sun, Yanjun Gong, Yanxue Che, Hongwei Ji, Bing Liu, Yanke Che, Jincai Zhao
We report a light-irradiation method to control the synchronous nucleation of a donor-acceptor (D-A) fluorophore for growing highly uniform single-crystalline microrods, which is in sharp contrast to the prevailing methods of inhibiting spontaneous nucleation and additionally adding seeds. The D-A fluorophore was observed to undergo photoinduced electron transfer to CrCl3, leading to the generation
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Experimental Evidence for Non-Fermi-Contact J Coupling Across Chalcogen Bonds in Ionic Salt Cocrystal Polymorphs Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Tamali Nag, Victor V. Terskikh, David L. Bryce
A pair of novel polymorphic ionic cocrystals of 3,4-dicyanotelluradiazole and tetraphenylphosphonium bromide are synthesized and are characterized by single-crystal XRD. Strong and directional non-covalent chalcogen bonds (ChB) between Te and Br are analyzed via solid-state NMR to reveal large and anisotropic J(125Te,79/81Br) coupling tensors, providing unequivocal evidence for non-Fermi contact contributions
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Stereodivergent, Kinetically Controlled Isomerization of Terminal Alkenes via Nickel Catalysis Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Camille Z. Rubel, Anne K. Ravn, Hang Chi Ho, Shenghua Yang, Zi-Qi Li, Keary Mark Engle, Julien C. Vantourout
Because internal alkenes are more challenging synthetic targets than terminal alkenes, metal-catalyzed olefin mono-transposition (i.e., positional isomerization) approaches have emerged to afford valuable E- or Z- internal alkenes from their complementary terminal alkene feedstocks. However, the applicability of these methods has been hampered by lack of generality, commercial availability of precatalysts
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Introducing Carborane Clusters into Crystalline Frameworks via Thiol-yne Click Chemistry for Energetic Materials Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Tian-Li Pu, Xu-Yang Wang, Zhi-Bing Sun, Xi-Yan Dong, Qian-You Wang, Shuang-Quan Zang
Crystalline frameworks represent a cutting-edge frontier in material science, and recently, there has been a surge of interest in energetic crystalline frameworks. However, the well-established porosity often leads to diminished output energy, necessitating a novel approach for performance enhancement. Thiol-yne coupling, a versatile metal-free click reaction, has been underutilized in crystalline
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Metabolic Glycoengineering-Enabled Molecularly Specific Acoustic Tweezing Cytometry for Targeted Mechanical Stimulation of Cell Surface Sialoglycans Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Weiping Li, Jiatong Guo, Eric C. Hobson, Xufeng Xue, Qingjiang Li, Jianping Fu, Cheri X. Deng, Zhongwu Guo
This study developed a new type of dibenzocyclooctyne (DBCO)-functionalized microbubbles (MBs) and validated their attachment to azide-labelled sialoglycans on human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) generated via metabolic glycoengineering (MGE). This enabled application of mechanical forces to sialoglycans on hPSCs via molecularly specific acoustic tweezing cytometry (mATC), i.e., displacing sialoglycan-anchored
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Reduction-Tolerance Electrolyte Design for High-Energy Lithium Batteries Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Chuangchao Sun, Ruhong Li, Suting Weng, Chunnan Zhu, Long Chen, Sen Jiang, Long Li, Xuezhang Xiao, Chengwu Liu, Lixin Chen, Tao Deng, Xuefeng Wang, Xiulin Fan
Lithium batteries employing Li or silicon (Si) anodes hold promise for the next-generation energy storage systems. However, their cycling behavior encounters rapid capacity degradation due to the vulnerability of solid electrolyte interphases (SEIs). Though anion-derived SEIs mitigate this degradation, the unavoidable reduction of solvents introduces heterogeneity to SEIs, leading to fractures during
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Photocatalytic Functionalization of Dehydroalanine-Derived Peptides in Batch and Flow Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Nikolaos Kaplaneris, Merve Akdeniz, Méritxell Fillols, Francesca Arrighi, Fabian Raymenants, Gana Sanil, Daniel T. Gryko, Timothy Noel
Unnatural amino acids, and their synthesis via the late-stage functionalization (LSF) of peptides, play a crucial role in areas such as drug design and discovery. Historically, the LSF of biomolecules has predominantly utilized traditional synthetic methodologies that exploit nucleophilic residues, such as cysteine, lysine or tyrosine. In this study, we present a photocatalytic hydroarylation process
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Iso-E-Codelock: A Rebuilding-free Electrochemical Chip with a Customizable Decoding Probe for Real-Time and Portable Pathogen Diagnostics Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Yichen Liu, Yidan Tang, Yin Bao, Kaiwei Cai, Baiyang Lu, Rujian Zhao, Chunxu Yu, Yan Du, Bingling Li
In order to realize portable pathogen diagnostics with easier quantitation, digitization and integration, we develop a ready-to-use electrochemical sensing strategy (Iso-E-Codelock) for real-time detection of isothermal nucleic acid amplification. Bridged by a branch DNA as codelock, the isothermal amplicon is transduced into increased current of an electrochemical probe, holding multiple advantages
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Robust Covalent Organic Framework Photocatalysts for H2O2 Production: Linkage Position Matters Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-17 Tao Yang, De Zhang, Aiguo Kong, Yingying Zou, Ling Yuan, Chao Liu, Sijia Luo, Guangfeng Wei, Chengzhong Yu
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are promising photocatalysts for hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) synthesis. However, the nature of organic polymers makes the balance between high activity and stability challenging. We demonstrate that the linkage position matters in the design of robust COF photocatalysts with durable high activity without sacrificial reagents. COFs with ortho- and para-linkages (o-COFs
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Enhanced Detection of Novel Low-Frequency Gene Fusions via High-Yield Ligation and Multiplexed Enrichment Sequencing Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-17 Yi Wu, Jinxiao Guo, Wenjun Li, Xuehao Xiu, Deepak Thirunavukarasu, Yudong Wang, Kai Wang, Weiyu Chen, David yu Zhang, Xiurong Yang, Chunhai Fan, Ping Song
Panel-based methods are commonly employed for the analysis of novel gene fusions in precision diagnostics and new drug development in cancer. However, these methods are constrained by limitations in ligation yield and the enrichment of novel gene fusions with low variant allele frequencies. In this study, we conducted a pioneering investigation into the stability of double-stranded adapter DNA, resulting
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The Influence of Ions on the Electrochemical Stability of Aqueous Electrolytes Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-17 Yiming Sui, Alexis Scida, Bo Li, Cheng Chen, Yanke Fu, Yanzhao Fang, Peter Alex Greaney, Tomas Osborn Popp, De-en Jiang, Chong Fang, Xiulei Ji
The electrochemical stability window of water is known to vary with the type and concentration of dissolved salts. However, the underlying influence of ions on the thermodynamic stability of aqueous solutions has not been fully understood. Here, we investigated the electrolytic behaviors of aqueous electrolytes as a function of different ions. Our findings indicate that ions with high ionic potential
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Entropy-Driven Direct Air Electrofixation Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-17 Yuntong Sun, Ming Li, Jingjing Duan, Markus Antonietti, Sheng Chen
According to the rule of chemical thermodynamics, the catalytic activation of small molecules (like N2 in air and CO2 in flue gas) generally exhibits a negative activity dependence on O2 owning to the competitive oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Nevertheless, some catalysts can show positive activity dependence for N2 electrofixation, an important route to produce ammonia under ambient condition. Here
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The Impact of Metagenomics on Biocatalysis Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-17 Bethany N Hogg, Christian Schnepel, James D Finnigan, Simon J Charnock, Martin A Hayes, Nicholas John Turner
In the ever-growing demand for sustainable ways to produce high-value small molecules, biocatalysis has come to the forefront of greener routes to these chemicals. As such, the need to constantly find and optimise suitable biocatalysts for specific transformations has never been greater. Metagenome mining has been shown to rapidly expand the toolkit of promiscuous enzymes needed for new transformations
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Highly selective acetylene-to-ethylene electroreduction over Cd-decorated Cu catalyst with efficiently inhibited carbon-carbon coupling Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-17 Zeping Wang, Chengyu Li, Gongao Peng, Run Shi, Lu Shang, Tierui Zhang
Electrochemical acetylene reduction (EAR) employing Cu catalysts represents an environmentally friendly and cost-effective method for ethylene production and purification. However, Cu-based catalysts encounter product selectivity issues stemming from carbon-carbon coupling and other side reactions. We explored the use of secondary metals to modify Cu-based catalysts and identified Cd decoration as
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Reticular Modulation of Piezofluorochromic Behaviors in Organic Molecular Cages by Replacing Non-Luminous Components Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-17 Yang Li, Kai Wang, Rui Feng, Jingtian Wang, Xiao-Juan Xi, Feifan Lang, Quanwen Li, Wei Li, Bo Zou, Jiandong Pang, Xian-He Bu
Organic piezochromic materials that manifest pressure-stimuli-responses are important in various fields such as data storage and anticounterfeiting. The manipulation of piezofluorochromic behaviors for these materials is promising but remains a great challenge. Herein, a non-luminous components regulated strategy is developed and organic molecular cages (OMCs), a burgeoning class of crystalline organic
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Enantioselective Hydrofunctionalization of Cyclobutenones: Total Synthesis of gem-Dimethylcyclobutane Natural Products Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-17 Shaowei Wang, Changxu Zhong, Yingchao Huang, Ping Lu
Cyclobutanes with a gem-dimethyl group are common motifs in natural products. However, strategies for constructing enantioenriched gem-dimethyl cyclobutanes are still underdeveloped. Herein, we report an enantioselective approach to synthesize a broad group of chiral 2,3-disubstituted cyclobutanones through sequential 1,4-conjugate addition/trapping/cross-coupling of readily available cyclobutenones
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Classifieds: Jobs and Awards, Products and Services Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-18
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Field-Induced Antiferroelectric–Ferroelectric Transformation in Organometallic Perovskite Displaying Giant Negative Electrocaloric Effect J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Shiguo Han, Jie Bie, Wei Fa, Shuang Chen, Liwei Tang, Wuqian Guo, Haojie Xu, Yu Ma, Yi Liu, Xitao Liu, Zhihua Sun, Junhua Luo
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Engineering the Coordination Environment of Ir Single Atoms with Surface Titanium Oxide Amorphization for Superior Chlorine Evolution Reaction J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Jiaxian Wang, Long Zhao, Yunjie Zou, Jie Dai, Qian Zheng, Xingyue Zou, Lufa Hu, Wei Hou, Ruizhao Wang, Kaiyuan Wang, Yanbiao Shi, Guangming Zhan, Yancai Yao, Lizhi Zhang
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Pyrogenic Carbon Degradation by Galvanic Coupling with Sprayed Seawater Microdroplets J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Ruolan Zhang, Zhenyuan Zhang, Xuke Chen, Jichun Jiang, Lei Hua, Xiuquan Jia, Rui Bao, Feng Wang
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Enantioselective Divergent Syntheses of Diterpenoid Pyrones J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Yunpeng Ji, Yaqian Liu, Weiqiang Guan, Chuning Guo, Hongli Jia, Benke Hong, Houhua Li
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Unprotected Organic Cations─The Dilemma of Highly Li-Concentrated Ionic Liquid Electrolytes J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-17 Shaoning Zhang, Shengan Wu, Jinkwang Hwang, Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Rika Hagiwara
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A Biomimetic Synthetic Strategy Can Provide Keratan Sulfate I and II Oligosaccharides with Diverse Fucosylation and Sulfation Patterns J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-17 Yunfei Wu, Gerlof P. Bosman, Digantkumar Chapla, Chin Huang, Kelley W. Moremen, Robert P. de Vries, Geert-Jan Boons
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Cage escape governs photoredox reaction rates and quantum yields Nat. Chem. (IF 21.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Cui Wang, Han Li, Tobias H. Bürgin, Oliver S. Wenger
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High-throughput and proteome-wide discovery of endogenous biomolecular condensates Nat. Chem. (IF 21.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Pengjie Li, Peng Chen, Fukang Qi, Jinyun Shi, Wenjie Zhu, Jiashuo Li, Peng Zhang, Han Xie, Lina Li, Mengcheng Lei, Xueqing Ren, Wenhui Wang, Liang Zhang, Xufu Xiang, Yiwei Zhang, Zhaolong Gao, Xiaojun Feng, Wei Du, Xin Liu, Limin Xia, Bi-Feng Liu, Yiwei Li
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Molecular vessels from preorganised natural building blocks Chem. Soc. Rev. (IF 46.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Arturo Llamosí, Marek P. Szymański, Agnieszka Szumna
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Synthesis of metallic high-entropy alloy nanoparticles Chem. Soc. Rev. (IF 46.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Xiuyun Sun, Yugang Sun
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Efficient near-infrared emission benefits from slowing down the internal conversion process Chem. Sci. (IF 8.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Mingliang Xie, Yannan Zhou, Huayi Zhou, Chengling Ma, Qikun Sun, Shi-Tong Zhang, Yujian Zhang, Wenjun Yang, Shanfeng Xue
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Combining Geometric Constraint and Redox Non-Innocence within an Ambiphilic PBiP Pincer Ligand Chem. Sci. (IF 8.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Peter Coburger, Ana Guilherme Buzanich, Franziska Emmerling, Josh Abbenseth
The synthesis of the first pincer ligand featuring a strictly T-shaped group 15 element and its coordination behaviour towards transition metals is described. The platform is itself derived from a trianionic redox non-innocent NNN scaffold. In addition to providing a rigid coordination environment to constrain a Bi centre in a T-shaped geometry to manipulate its frontier molecular orbital constitution
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Temperature Modulated Sustainable on/off Photosynthesis Switching of Microalgae towards Hydrogen Evolution Chem. Sci. (IF 8.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Shangsong Li, Zhijun Xu, Song Lin, Luxuan Li, Yan Huang, Xin Qiao, Xin Huang
Despite of great progress in the active interfacing between various abiotic material and living organisms, the develop of smart polymer matrix with modulated functionality of algae towards the application of green bioenergy is still rare. Herein, we design a thermal sensitive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-co-poly(butyl acrylate) with LCST (ca. 25 °C) as a chassis, which could co-assemble with algae cells
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Non-invasive Diagnosis of Bacterial and Non-Bacterial Inflammations Using a Dual-Enzyme-Responsive Fluorescent Indicator Chem. Sci. (IF 8.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Yue He, majun yang, Jingyi Cui, Can Zhao, Bin Jiang, Jiayun Guan, Xiaobo Zhou, Miao He, Yaya Zhen, Yuxue zhang, rongrong jing, Qi Wang, Yuling Qin, Li Wu
Bacterial infections, as the second leading cause of global death, are commonly treated with antibiotics. However, the improper use of antibiotics contributes to the development of bacterial resistance. Therefore, the accurate differentiation between bacterial and non-bacterial inflammations is of utmost importance in the judicious administration of clinical antibiotics and the prevention of bacterial
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Efficient mRNA display protocol yields potent bicyclic peptide inhibitors for FGFR3c: outperforming linear and monocyclic formats in affinity and stability Chem. Sci. (IF 8.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Camille Villequey, Silvana Smilla Zurmühl, Christian N. Cramer, Bhaskar Bhushan, Brigitte Andersen, Qiansheng Ren, Haimo Liu, Xinping Qu, Jia Pan, Yang Yang, Chen Qiujia, Martin Münzel
Macrocyclization has positioned itself as a powerful method for engineering potent peptide drug candidates. Introducing one or multiple cyclisations is a common strategy to improve properties such as affinity, bioavailability and proteolytic stability. Consequently, methodologies to create large libraries of polycyclic peptides by phage or mRNA display have emerged, allowing the rapid identification
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Restraining the shuttle effect of polyiodide and modulating the deposition of zinc ions to enhance the cycle lifespan of aqueous Zn-I 2 battery Chem. Sci. (IF 8.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Qu Yue, Yu Wan, Xiaoqin Li, Qian Zhao, Taotao Gao, Guowei Deng, Bing Li, Dan Xiao
The boom of aqueous Zn-based energy storage devices, such as zinc-iodine (Zn-I2) batteries, is quite suitable for safe and sustainable energy storage technologies. However, in rechargeable aqueous Zn-I2 batteries, the shuttle phenomenon of polyiodide ions usually leads to irreversible capacity loss resulting from both the iodine cathode and the zinc anode, and thus impinges on the cycle lifespan of
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Thermodynamic analysis of gate-opening carbon dioxide adsorption behavior of metal–organic frameworks Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Shino Kannaka, Ayumi Ohmiya, Chiho Ozaki, Masataka Ohtani
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An organometallic swap strategy for bottlebrush polymer–protein conjugate synthesis Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Bin Liu, Jacob Rodriguez, Landon J. Kilgallon, Wencong Wang, Yuyan Wang, Aiden XueZhou Wang, Mary Dai, Hung Nguyen, Bradley Pentelute, Jeremiah A. Johnson
Polymer–protein bioconjugation offers a powerful strategy to alter the physical properties of proteins, and various synthetic polymer compositions and architectures have been investigated for this purpose. Nevertheless, conjugation of molecular bottlebrush polymers (BPs) to proteins remains an unsolved challenge due to the large size of BPs and a general lack of methods to transform the chain ends
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Air Oxidation of Carbon Supports Boosts Low-Humidity Fuel Cell Performance Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Ang Li, Le-Le Zhang, Ru-Yang Shao, Jun-Jie Li, Cong Xu, Shuai Li, Lei Tong, Hai-Wei Liang
We introduce a straightforward, yet effective strategy to combat the performance decline of proton-exchange membrane fuel cells in low-humidity environments. Our method centers on air-oxidizing carbon supports, significantly improving proton and oxygen transport within the cathode catalyst layer.
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A novel B,O,N-doped mesogen with narrowband MR-TADF emission Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Julius Agamemnon Knöller, Burcu Sönmez, Tomas Matulaitis, Abhishek Kumar Gupta, Eli Zysman-Colman, Sabine Laschat
Modification of an unsymmetric B,O,N-doped aromatic core with peripheral mesogenic units triggers self-assembly into a columnar hexagonal mesophase, which is stable between 22 and 144 °C. The columnar assembly is preserved in a glassy state below 22 °C. The B,O,N-doped mesogen is a narrowband sky-blue multiresonance thermally activated delayed fluorescence (MR-TADF) compound and displays bright excimer
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Carbene-mediated stereoselective olefination of vinyl sulfoxonium ylides with diazo compounds and acetals Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Dinesh Kumar Gopalakrishnan, Srashti Bhardwaj, Sandeep Kumar, Tarak Karmakar, Janakiram Vaitla
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Asymmetric Copper-Catalyzed Alkynylallylic Monofluoroalkylations with Fluorinated Malonates Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Han-Yu Lu, Zi-Han Li, Guoqiang Lin, Zhitao He
The unprecedented copper-catalyzed asymmetric alkynylallylic monofluoroalkylation reaction is described with the use of 1,3-enynes and fluorinated malonates. A series of 1,4-enynes bearing a monofluoroalkyl unit is achieved in high yield, excellent regio- and enantioselectivity and high E/Z selectivity. The asymmetric propargylic monofluoroalkylation is also developed. The reliability and synthetic
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Electrochemical low valent cobalt-catalyzed addition of aryl and vinyl chlorides to α-ketoamides via C–Cl bond activation Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Prashant S. Shinde, Valmik S. Shinde, Magnus Rueping
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A scandium metalloligand supported Ni(0) complex with a heterobimetallocycle: versatile reactivity with unsaturated bonds Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Lei Ma, Xiaowei Pan, Dongjing Hong, Huayi Fang, Peng Cui
A N2-bridged tetranuclear Sc(III)-Ni(0) complex featuring a Ni→Sc interaction and 4-membered [Sc-N-C-Ni] ring was synthesized and characterized. Notable bimetallic reactivity was demonstrated via reactions with a sereis of unsaturated compounds containing N≡C, C≡N, C≡C, C=O and N=N bonds.
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Twice-walk strategy based on three-dimensional DNA walking machine driven by duplex-specific nuclease Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Sheng Lei, Zi Liu, Qidong Zhang, Zezhi Li, Gaiping Li, Lina Zou, Guobi Chai, Jian Mao, Baoxian Ye, Jianxun Zhang
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Improved access to polythioesters by heterobimetallic aluminium catalysis Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Bhargav R. Manjunatha, Merlin R. Stühler, Luise Quick, Alex J. Plajer
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Construction of Ideal One-Dimensional Spin Chains by Topochemical Dehydration/Rehydration Route J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Yanhong Wang, Peng Fu, Hiroshi Takatsu, Cédric Tassel, Naoaki Hayashi, Jiaojiao Cao, Thierry Bataille, Hyun-Joo Koo, Zhongwen Ouyang, Myung-Hwan Whangbo, Hiroshi Kageyama, Hongcheng Lu
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