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Operando Investigations of the Solid Electrolyte Interphase in the Lithium Mediated Nitrogen Reduction Reaction Energy Environ. Sci. (IF 32.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Niklas H. Deissler, Jon Bjarke Valbaek V. Mygind, Katja Li, Valerie Niemann, Peter Benedek, Valentin Vinci, Shaofeng Li, Xianbiao Fu, Peter C K Vesborg, Thomas Jaramillo, Jakob Kibsgaard, Jakub Drnec, Ib Chorkendorff
The lithium-mediated nitrogen reduction reaction (Li-NRR) represents a promising approach for electrochemical nitrogen activation, in which the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer formed on the electrochemically plated lithium plays a key role. Herein, we used time-resolved, operando, grazing incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering (GI WAXS) to identify SEI species and reaction intermediates in
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Boron-containing helicenes as new generation of chiral materials: opportunities and challenges of leaving the flatland Chem. Sci. (IF 8.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Agnieszka Nowak-Krol, Patrick T. Geppert, Kenkera Rayappa Naveen
Increased interest in chiral functional dyes has stimulated activity in the field of boron-containing helicenes over the past few years. Despite the fact that the introduction of boron endows π-conjugated scaffolds with attractive electronic and optical properties, boron helicenes have long remained underdeveloped compared to other helicenes containing main group elements. The main reason was the lack
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Mechanochemically-induced glass formation from two-dimensional hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites Chem. Sci. (IF 8.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Chumei Ye, Giulio I. Lampronti, Lauren N. McHugh, Celia Castillo-Blas, Ayano Kono, Celia Chen, Georgina P. Robertson, Liam A. V. Nagle-Cocco, Weidong Xu, Samuel D. Stranks, Valentina Martinez, Ivana Brekalo, Bahar Karadeniz, Krunoslav Užarević, Wenlong Xue, Pascal Kolodzeiski, Chinmoy Das, Philip Chater, David A. Keen, Siân E. Dutton, Thomas D. Bennett
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High-Mobility Organic Mixed Conductors with a Low Synthetic Complexity Index via Direct Arylation Polymerization Chem. Sci. (IF 8.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Joost Kimpel, Youngseok Kim, Jesika Asatryan, Jaime Martin, Renee Kroon, Christian Müller
Through direct arylation polymerization, a series of mixed ion-electron conducting polymers with a low synthetic complexity index is synthesized. A thieno[3,2-b]thiophene monomer with oligoether side chains is used in direct arylation polymerization together with a wide range of aryl bromides with varying electronic character from electron-donating thiophene to electron-accepting benzothiadiazole.
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A High-Resolution Structural Characterization and Physicochemical Study of How a Peptoid Binds to an Oncoprotein MDM2 Chem. Sci. (IF 8.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Marin Yokomine, Jumpei Morimoto, Yasuhiro Fukuda, Takumi Ueda, Koh Takeuchi, Koji Umezawa, Hideo Ago, Hiroaki Matsuura, Go Ueno, Akinobu Senoo, Satoru Nagatoishi, Kouhei Tsumoto, Shinsuke Sando
Peptoids are a promising drug modality targeting disease-related proteins, but how a peptoid engages in protein binding is poorly understood. This is primarily due to a lack of high-resolution peptoid–protein complex structures and systematic physicochemical studies. Here, we present the first crystal structure of a peptoid bound to a protein, providing high-resolution structural information about
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Experimental and theoretical comprehension of ESIPT fluorophores based on a 2-(2′-hydroxyphenyl)-3,3′-dimethylindole (HDMI) scaffold Chem. Sci. (IF 8.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Timothée Stoerkler, Gilles Ulrich, Pascal Retailleau, Adèle D. Laurent, Denis Jacquemin, Julien Massue
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Upconversion electroluminescence in 2D semiconductors integrated with plasmonic tunnel junctions Nat. Nanotechnol. (IF 38.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Zhe Wang, Vijith Kalathingal, Maxim Trushin, Jiawei Liu, Junyong Wang, Yongxin Guo, Barbaros Özyilmaz, Christian A. Nijhuis, Goki Eda
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Observation of giant non-reciprocal charge transport from quantum Hall states in a topological insulator Nat. Mater. (IF 41.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Chunfeng Li, Rui Wang, Shuai Zhang, Yuyuan Qin, Zhe Ying, Boyuan Wei, Zheng Dai, Fengyi Guo, Wei Chen, Rong Zhang, Baigeng Wang, Xuefeng Wang, Fengqi Song
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Potential for small and micro modular reactors to electrify developing regions Nat. Energy (IF 56.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 G. F. L’Her, R. S. Kemp, M. D. Bazilian, M. R. Deinert
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Upcycling chlorinated trash into synthetic organic treasure Nat. Chem. (IF 21.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Andrew Jordan
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Assembling the pieces to improve catalysis Nat. Chem. (IF 21.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Ana Sonea, Jeffrey J. Warren
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Deprotonated 2-thiolimidazole serves as a metal-free electrocatalyst for selective acetylene hydrogenation Nat. Chem. (IF 21.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Lei Zhang, Rui Bai, Jin Lin, Jun Bu, Zhenpeng Liu, Siying An, Zhihong Wei, Jian Zhang
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Living on Mars would probably suck — here's why Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-19
Kelly and Zach Weinersmith talk to Nature about the hurdles facing humans living in outer space.
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Detectors deep in South Pole ice pin down elusive tau neutrino Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-19
Antarctic observatory gathers the first clear evidence of mysterious subatomic particles from space.
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Dogwhistles, drilling and the roots of Western civilization: Books in brief Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-19
Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.
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Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is ‘transforming’ from repeated coral bleaching Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-19
The coral reef is currently experiencing its worst mass bleaching event on record — warming waters brought on by climate change are to blame.
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Why queasiness kills hunger: brain circuit identified Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-18
Feelings of hunger, nausea and fullness seem to be governed by separate brain circuits, finds a study in mice.
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Nearly half of China’s major cities are sinking — some ‘rapidly’ Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-18
Tens of millions of people in the country’s coastal lands might find their homes below sea level by 2120 owing to sinking and sea-level rise.
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Daily briefing: Food is medicine Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-17
Evidence is growing that targeted dietary interventions can treat, delay and even prevent some illnesses. Plus, an AI model helps track the spread of metastatic cancers and how climate lawsuits push governments and companies to act.
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Daily briefing: AI now beats humans at basic reading and maths Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-16
Artificial intelligence systems can now nearly match — and sometimes exceed — human performance in basic tasks. Plus, NASA admits that plan to bring Mars rocks to Earth won’t work and three new species of extinct giant kangaroos discovered.
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Unravelling Air/Moisture Stability of Cathode Materials in Sodium Ion Batteries: Characterization, Rational Design, and Perspectives Energy Environ. Sci. (IF 32.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Shipeng Jia, Shinichi Kumakura, Eric McCalla
With the increasing demand for energy and growing environmental concerns, sodium-ion batteries have garnered significant attention in recent years as a potential alternative to lithium-ion batteries. This is due to their low cost as well as environmentally friendly and abundant raw materials. In particular, manganese-based cathode materials have gained popularity for their high capacities and sustainable
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Dynamic Heterostructure Designing of MnO2 for High-Performance Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries Energy Environ. Sci. (IF 32.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Xiaoru Zhao, Feng Zhang, Houzhen Li, Huitong Dong, Chuncheng Yan, Chao Meng, Yuanhua Sang, Hong Liu, Yu-Guo Guo, Shuhua Wang
Manganese oxide (MnO2) has attracted significant attention for aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) due to its excellent theoretical capacity and high output voltage. However, irreversible phase transitions, the manganese dissolution and low electrical conductivity of MnO2 lead to poor electrochemical performance. Herein, we proposed a novel Mn-based heterostructure, Bi12.53Mn0.47O19.85/R-MnO2 (BiO/MnO2)
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Z-selective dimerization of terminal alkynes by a (PNNP)FeII complex Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Jeremiah E. Stevens, Justin D. Miller, Matthew C. Fitzsimmons, Curtis E. Moore, Christine M. Thomas
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Gram‐scale synthesis small-sized PtM intermetallics as high-performance catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Bentian Zhang, Lijie Zhang, Han Yang, Mengtao Shan, Lei Bai, Zirong Li, Ming Sun
Pt-based intermetallics exhibit excellent activity in electrocatalysis. However, their controlled syntheses remain difficult. Herein, carbon-supported PtM (M= Fe, Co, Ni, Zn and Mn) intermetallics with small size (3 nm) were prepared in gram-scale and applied as high effectively electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction.
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Nickel-catalyzed C(sp2)–C(sp3) coupling via photoactive electron donor–acceptor complexes Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Salman Alsharif, Chen Zhu, Xiushan Liu, Shao-Chi Lee, Huifeng Yue, Magnus Rueping
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Bulk ferromagnetism in cleavable van der Waals telluride NbFeTe2 Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Anna V. Stepanova, Andrei Mironov, Alexey Bogach, Andrey Azarevich, Igor A Presniakov, Alexey V. Sobolev, Denis A. Pankratov, Vladimir Zayakhanov, Sergey Starchikov, Valeriy Verchenko, Andrei V Shevelkov
A van der Waals telluride, NbFeTe2, has been synthesized using chemical vapor transport reactions. The optimized synthetic conditions yield high-quality single crystals with a novel monoclinic crystal structure. Monoclinic NbFeTe2 demonstrates the (100) cleavage plane, bulk ferromagnetism below 87 K, and metallic ground state – the necessary prerequisites for urgent spintronic technologies.
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Precise Prostate Cancer Diagnosis with Fluorescent Nanoprobes for Detecting PSA and PSMA in Serum Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Mingyi Ouyang, Ming Jia, Zixuan Chang, Yinian Wang, Keyi Wang, Xiaonan Gao, Bo Tang
The novel Au-Se bonded nanoprobes were designed for concurrent detection of PSA and PSMA in serum samples, aiming to enhance the early diagnosis of prostate cancer. The probe demonstrates robust stability, specificity and accuracy, underscoring its potential as a non-invasive tool for diagnosis.
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Supramolecularly Modulated Carbon-Centered Radicals: Toward Selective Oxidation from Benzyl Alcohol to Aldehyde Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Xingchen Tang, Shan Mei, Jiang-Fei Xu, Xi Zhang
The reactivity of ketyl radicals and benzoyl radicals, two key intermediates of photo-induced oxidation of benzyl alcohol, can be stabilized by the host-guest interaction of radicals with cucurbit[7]uril. As a result, the selectivity of photo-induced oxidation from benzyl alcohol to aldehyde is significantly improved by diminishing side reactions and inhibiting the generation of carboxylic acid product
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Unprecedented ROP of quinazolinones to polyacylamidines by cesium catalyst Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Tarun K. Panda, Shweta Sagar, Priyanku Nath, Ajitaro Devadkar, Himadri Karmakar, Aranya Ray, Alok Sarkar
Unprecedented ring-opening polymerization of quinazolinones to produce novel polyacylamidines, led by a unique cooperation between the cesium metal center and the imino-phosphanamidinate ligand. Morphological studies revealed the formation of a unique macromolecular assembly producing nanofibers in absence of templating agent with excellent control of molecular weights and polydispersity index.
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The enol of isobutyric acid Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Akkad Danho, Artur Mardyukov, Peter R. Schreiner
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Manganese(I)-catalyzed nucleophilic addition of C(sp3)–H bonds to aldehydes Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Hongxin Liu, Tingyu Tang, Bin Li, Baiquan Wang
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CO2-induced gate-opening structural transition process of a porous coordination polymer revealed by solid-state 13C NMR Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Takuya Kurihara, Yue Souri, Munehiro Inukai, Motohiro Mizuno
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Electrospinning-assisted porous skeleton electrolytes for semi-solid Li–O2 batteries Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Jing Wu, Minghui Li, Shasha Gao, Yaying Dou, Kecheng Pan, Zhang Zhang, Zhen Zhou
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A high-performance chiral 19F-labeled probe with an increased structural twisting Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Chenyang Wang, Guangxing Gu, Wei Zhang, Jian Wu, Yanchuan Zhao
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Distinguishing nitroimidazoles from nitrofurans via luminescence sensing Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Wanyu Qi, Zicheng Wang, Xin Tong, Haibo Zhang, Yuxin Li
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Design of Excellent Mechanical Performances and Magnetic Refrigeration via In Situ Forming Dual‐Phase Alloys Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Hong Zhong, Yuzhu Song, Feixiang Long, Hao Lu, Minjun Ai, Tianyu Li, Yonghao Yao, Yuki Sakai, Masahito Ikeda, Kazuki Takahashi, Masaki Azuma, Fengxia Hu, Xianran Xing, Jun Chen
Magnetic refrigeration technology can achieve higher energy efficiency based on the magnetocaloric effect. However, the practical application of MCE materials is hindered by their poor mechanical properties, making them challenging to process into devices. Conventional strengthening strategies usually lead to a trade‐off with refrigeration capacity reduction. Here, a novel design is presented to overcome
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Facet-Dependent Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity of IrO2 from Quantum Mechanics and Experiments J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Soonho Kwon, Kelsey A. Stoerzinger, Reshma Rao, Liang Qiao, William A. Goddard III, Yang Shao-Horn
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An Active Site Tyr Residue Guides the Regioselectivity of Lysine Hydroxylation by Nonheme Iron Lysine-4-hydroxylase Enzymes through Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Yuanxin Cao, Sam Hay, Sam P. de Visser
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A Strain-Promoted Divergent Chemical Steroidation Unveils Potent Anti-Inflammatory Pseudo-Steroidal Glycosides J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Han Ding, Xiao-Lin Zhang, Aoxin Guo, Qian Ping Lee, Chao Cai, Ming Li, Hongzhi Cao, Xue-Wei Liu
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Quantum Tunneling Instability in Pericyclic Reactions J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Alexander Frenklach, Hila Amlani, Sebastian Kozuch
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Phase Engineering of Zirconium MOFs Enables Efficient Osmotic Energy Conversion: Structural Evolution Unveiled by Direct Imaging J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Cailing Chen, Lingkun Meng, Li Cao, Daliang Zhang, Shuhao An, Lingmei Liu, Jianjian Wang, Guanxing Li, Tingting Pan, Jie Shen, Zhijie Chen, Zhan Shi, Zhiping Lai, Yu Han
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Synthesis of Metal–Nitrogen–Carbon Electrocatalysts with Atomically Regulated Nitrogen-Doped Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Shaoqing Chen, Hui-Min Yan, Jochi Tseng, Shijie Ge, Xia Li, Lin Xie, Zian Xu, Pengfei Liu, Chongxuan Liu, Jie Zeng, Yang-Gang Wang, Hsing-Lin Wang
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Aliovalent Substitution Tunes Physical Properties in a Conductive Bis(dithiolene) Two-Dimensional Metal–Organic Framework J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Lei Wang, Andrea Daru, Bhavnesh Jangid, Jie-Hao Chen, Ningxin Jiang, Shrayesh N. Patel, Laura Gagliardi, John S. Anderson
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Tetramerization of BEB-Doped Phenalenyls to Obtain (BE)8-[16]Annulenes (E = N, O) J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Alexander S. Scholz, Michael Bolte, Alexander Virovets, Eugenia Peresypkina, Hans-Wolfram Lerner, Cate S. Anstöter, Matthias Wagner
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Chemical Proteomics Strategies for Analyzing Protein Lipidation Reveal the Bacterial O-Mycoloylome J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Nicholas Banahene, Trenton M. Peters-Clarke, Kyle J. Biegas, Evgenia Shishkova, Elizabeth M. Hart, Amelia C. McKitterick, Nikolas H. Kambitsis, Ulysses G. Johnson, Thomas G. Bernhardt, Joshua J. Coon, Benjamin M. Swarts
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Selective Hydrogenation of Aldehydes under Syngas Using CeO2-Supported Au Nanoparticle Catalyst J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Kotaro Shirayama, Xiongjie Jin, Kyoko Nozaki
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Cyclic Peptides from Graspetide Biosynthesis and Native Chemical Ligation J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Brian Choi, Arthur Acuña, A. James Link
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Tuning Spin-Polarized Lifetime at High Carrier Density through Deformation Potential in Dion–Jacobson-Phase Perovskites J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Yuling Huang, Congcong Chen, Shaokuan Gong, Qiushi Hu, Jingjing Liu, Hongyu Chen, Lingling Mao, Xihan Chen
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Evolution and Interplay of Lithium Metal Interphase Components Revealed by Experimental and Theoretical Studies J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Sha Tan, Dacheng Kuai, Zhiao Yu, Saul Perez-Beltran, Muhammad Mominur Rahman, Kangxuan Xia, Nan Wang, Yuelang Chen, Xiao-Qing Yang, Jie Xiao, Jun Liu, Yi Cui, Zhenan Bao, Perla B. Balbuena, Enyuan Hu
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Protecting Proteins from Desiccation Stress Using Molecular Glasses and Gels Chem. Rev. (IF 62.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Gil I. Olgenblum, Brent O. Hutcheson, Gary J. Pielak, Daniel Harries
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Organic Hole Transport Materials for High Performance PbS Quantum Dot Solar Cells Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Li Zhang, Shunqiang Wang, Yi Shi, Jiazi Xu, Shuang Cao, Zijian Deng, Yong Chen, Junjie Zhang, Xichuan Yang, Zhen Meng, Quli Fan, Bin Sun
We developed a triazatruxene-based hole transport material (HTM), 3Ka-DBT-3Ka, aiming to enhance band alignment and augment charge generation and collection in devices, alternative for 1,2-ethanedithiol (EDT). The PbS CQD solar cells employing 3Ka-DBT-3Ka as the HTM achieve a peak efficiency of 11.4%, surpassing devices employing the conventional PbS-EDT HTM (8.9%).
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Tuning the redox profile of the 6,6’-biazulenic platform through functionalization along its molecular axis Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Shaun R Kelsey, Georgii Griaznov, Andrew D Spaeth, Daron Edward Janzen, Justin Douglas, Ward H Thompson, Mikhail V. Barybin
The E1/2 potential associated with reduction of the linearly-functionalized 6,6’-biazulenic scaffold is accurately correlated to the combined σp Hammett parameters of the substituents over >600 mV range. X-ray crystallographic analysis of the 2,2’-dichloro-substituted derivative revealed unexpectedly short C-Cl bond distances, along with other metric changes, suggesting a non-trivial cycloheptafulvalene-like
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Increase in the efficiency and stability of large-area flexible organic photovoltaic modules via improved electrical contact Nat. Energy (IF 56.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Xin Lu, Cong Xie, Yang Liu, Hui Zheng, Kai Feng, Zedong Xiong, Wanxia Wei, Yinhua Zhou
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Organic solvent enhances oxidative folding of disulfide-rich proteins Nat. Chem. (IF 21.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Shay Laps, Norman Metanis
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Londoners see what a scientist looks like up close in 50 photographs Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-18
Nature’s Where I Work images are being exhibited in the UK capital until June.
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Burnt remains of Maya royalty mark a dramatic power shift Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-18
Finds in pyramid at Guatemalan site suggest that remains were disinterred and desecrated in a public ritual.
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Violent volcanoes have wracked Jupiter’s moon Io for billions of years Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-18
Understanding the volcanic moon’s history could offer fresh insights into conditions on early Earth.
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Meet ‘goldene’: this gilded cousin of graphene is also one atom thick Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-18
Sheets of gold might find use as catalysts, or in light-sensing devices.
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AI’s keen diagnostic eye Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-18
Powered by deep-learning algorithms, artificial intelligence systems could replace agents such as chemicals currently used to augment medical scans.
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This water bottle purifies your drink with energy from your steps Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-17
Static electricity generated by the foot striking the ground can be captured to kill pathogens.