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Reversible C═N Bond Formation Controls Charge-Separation in an Aza-Diarylethene Photoswitch J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Maximilian Sacherer, Sofia Gracheva, Harald Maid, Christian Placht, Frank Hampel, Henry Dube
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Initial Primer Synthesis of a DNA Primase Monitored by Real-Time NMR Spectroscopy J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Pengzhi Wu, Johannes Zehnder, Nina Schröder, Pascal E. W. Blümmel, Loïc Salmon, Fred. F. Damberger, Georg Lipps, Frédéric H.-T. Allain, Thomas Wiegand
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Platinum Surface Water Orientation Dictates Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Kinetics in Alkaline Media J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Aamir Hassan Shah, Zisheng Zhang, Chengzhang Wan, Sibo Wang, Ao Zhang, Laiyuan Wang, Anastassia N. Alexandrova, Yu Huang, Xiangfeng Duan
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Bonding and Reactivity of d0 Transition Metal Imido Complexes Encoded in Their 15N NMR Signatures J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Yuya Kakiuchi, Partha Sarathi Karmakar, Jérémy Roudin, Ian A. Tonks, Christophe Copéret
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High Temperature Electron Diffraction on Organic Crystals: In Situ Crystal Structure Determination of Pigment Orange 34 J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Yaşar Krysiak, Sergi Plana-Ruiz, Lothar Fink, Edith Alig, Ulrich Bahnmüller, Ute Kolb, Martin U. Schmidt
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Ligand Field Sensitive Spin Acceleration in the Iron-Catalyzed [2 + 2] Cycloaddition of Unactivated Alkenes and Dienes J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Hanna H. Cramer, Coralie Duchemin, Carli B. Kovel, Junho Kim, Matthew V. Pecoraro, Paul J. Chirik
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Spin-Polarized Charge Separation at Two-Dimensional Semiconductor/Molecule Interfaces J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Yufeng Liu, Taketo Handa, Nicholas Olsen, Colin Nuckolls, Xiaoyang Zhu
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Synthesis of Borylated Carbocycles by [2 + 2]-Cycloadditions and Photo-Ene Reactions J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Jarett M. Posz, Neetu Sharma, Paige A. Royalty, Yanyao Liu, Christophe Salome, Thomas C. Fessard, M. Kevin Brown
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Unlocking Diverse π-Bond Enrichment Frameworks by the Synthesis and Conversion of Boronated Phenyldiethynylethylenes J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Jinhui Xie, Wangyang Li, Yong Lu, Yanping Zheng, Yanying Huang, Shanglin Chen, Qiuling Song
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Chemical Bonding and the Role of Node-Induced Electron Confinement J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Alistair J. Sterling, Daniel S. Levine, Abdulrahman Aldossary, Martin Head-Gordon
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Exceptionally High Perfluorooctanoic Acid Uptake in Water by a Zirconium-Based Metal–Organic Framework through Synergistic Chemical and Physical Adsorption J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Rong-Ran Liang, Shunqi Xu, Zongsu Han, Yihao Yang, Kun-Yu Wang, Zhehao Huang, Joshua Rushlow, Peiyu Cai, Paolo Samorì, Hong-Cai Zhou
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Solvation Shifts the Band-Edge Position of Colloidal Quantum Dots by Nearly 1 eV J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Yan B. Vogel, Le Nhan Pham, Maarten Stam, Reinout F. Ubbink, Michelle L. Coote, Arjan J. Houtepen
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Probing Surface Transformations of Lanthanum Nickelate Electrocatalysts during Oxygen Evolution Reaction J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Yi-Hsuan Wu, Marcel Janák, Paula M. Abdala, Camelia Nicoleta Borca, Anna Wach, Agnieszka Kierzkowska, Felix Donat, Thomas Huthwelker, Denis A. Kuznetsov, Christoph R. Müller
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Highly Efficient Electrosynthesis of Glycine over an Atomically Dispersed Iron Catalyst J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Yingying Cheng, Shiqiang Liu, Jiapeng Jiao, Meng Zhou, Yiyong Wang, Xueqing Xing, Zhongjun Chen, Xiaofu Sun, Qinggong Zhu, Qingli Qian, Congyang Wang, Huizhen Liu, Zhimin Liu, Xinchen Kang, Buxing Han
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Three-Dimensional Visualization of Adsorption Distribution in a Single Crystalline Particle of a Metal–Organic Framework J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Emina Yamada, Hirotoshi Sakamoto, Hirosuke Matsui, Tomoya Uruga, Kunihisa Sugimoto, Minh-Quyet Ha, Hieu-Chi Dam, Ryotaro Matsuda, Mizuki Tada
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Computational Approaches to Predict Protein–Protein Interactions in Crowded Cellular Environments Chem. Rev. (IF 62.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Greta Grassmann, Mattia Miotto, Fausta Desantis, Lorenzo Di Rienzo, Gian Gaetano Tartaglia, Annalisa Pastore, Giancarlo Ruocco, Michele Monti, Edoardo Milanetti
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Ag–In–Zn–S alloyed nanocrystals as photocatalysts of controlled light-mediated radical polymerization Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Patrycja Kowalik, Piotr Bujak, Mateusz Penkala, Anna Iuliano, Ireneusz Wielgus, Karolina Peret, Adam Pron
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Photo-induced Tungsten-catalyzed Cascade Synthesis of Pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline-1,3-dicarboxylate and its Reaction Mechanism Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Yongshun Wen, Hong-Xian Jin, Yan-Hua Qiu, Yingtong Zong, Wenjun Luo, Zhengwang Chen, Daohong Yu
Pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline core structure is prevailed in marine and natural products. Herein is described a tungsten catalysed [3+2]-cycloaddition aromatization and its mechanistic studies. This photochemical reaction tolerates a panel of functional groups such as ester, cyano, ketone, bromide and alkene. The [3+2] cycloaddition reaction between dihydroisoquinoline ester and acrylate catalysed by
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Photocatalytic selective oxidation of toluene under encapsulated air conditions Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Jing Cui, Kai-Kai Niu, Rong-Zhen Zhang, Hui Liu, Shengsheng Yu, Ling-Bao Xing
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From nano- to macroarchitectures: designing and constructing MOFs-derived porous materials for persulfate-based advanced oxidation processes Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Chengming Xiao, Guo Xin, Jiansheng Li
Persulfate-based advanced oxidation processes (PS-AOPs) have gained significant attention as an effective approach for the elimination of emerging organic contaminants (EOCs) in water treatment. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and their derivatives are regarded as promising catalysts for activating peroxydisulfate (PDS) and peroxymonosulfate (PMS) due to their tunable and diverse structure and composition
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Nearly all-active-material cathodes free of nickel and cobalt for Li-ion batteries Energy Environ. Sci. (IF 32.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Jinhyuk Lee, Eunryeol Lee, Dae-Hyung Lee, Stephanie Bessette, Sang-Wook Park, Nicolas Brodusch, Gregory Lazaris, Hojoon Kim, Rahul Malik, Raynald Gauvin, Dong-Hwa Seo
The global transition to electric vehicles and large-scale energy storage systems requires cost-effective and abundant alternatives to commercial Co/Ni-based cathodes (e.g., LiNi0.6Mn0.2Co0.2O2) for Li-ion batteries (LIBs). Manganese-based disordered rock-salts (Mn-DRXs) can outperform conventional cathodes at lower cost, achieving >900 Wh/kg-AM (per active material, AM), but such performance has been
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Single-atom Co dispersed on polyoxometalate derivatives confined in bamboo-like carbon nanotubes enabling efficient dual-site lattice oxygen mediated oxygen evolution electrocatalysis for acidic water electrolyzers Energy Environ. Sci. (IF 32.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Jianyun Liu, Tanyuan Wang, Zijie Lin, Mengyi Liao, Shuxia Liu, Shiyu Wang, Zhao Cai, Hao Sun, Yue Shen, Yunhui Huang, Qing Li
The development of efficient and durable earth-abundant electrocatalysts for acidic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is crucial for the large-scale application of proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers (PEMWEs). Here, we report a novel amorphous Mo-Ce oxides supported single-atom Co (CoSA-MoCeOx) encapsulated in bamboo-like carbon nanotubes (BCT) catalysts for acidic OER. Operando X-ray absorption
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Radical reactions enabled by polyfluoroaryl fragments: photocatalysis and beyond Chem. Soc. Rev. (IF 46.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Mikhail O. Zubkov, Alexander D. Dilman
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Microstructures of layered Ni-rich cathodes for lithium-ion batteries Chem. Soc. Rev. (IF 46.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Jingyu Lu, Chao Xu, Wesley Dose, Sunita Dey, Xihao Wang, Yehui Wu, Deping Li, Lijie Ci
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Electronic isomerism in a heterometallic nickel–iron–sulfur cluster models substrate binding and cyanide inhibition of carbon monoxide dehydrogenase Chem. Sci. (IF 8.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Luke C. Lewis, José A. Sanabria-Gracia, Yuri Lee, Adam J. Jenkins, Hannah S. Shafaat
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Efficient automated solid-phase synthesis of recognition-encoded melamine oligomers Chem. Sci. (IF 8.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Mohit Dhiman, Rafel Cabot, Christopher A. Hunter
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Exploring the full range of N· · · I· · · X halogen bonding interactions within a single compound using pressure Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Richard Hywel Jones, Craig L. Bull, Kevin Steven Knight, William G. Marshall, Nicholas P Funnell
The response of the trimethylammonium-iodinechloride and diiodide (TMA–ICl/I2) crystal structures have been examined under high pressure using neutron powder diffraction. TMA–ICl exhibits impressive pressure-driven electronic flexibility, where the N· · · I–Cl interactions progressively encompass all the distances represented in analogous structures recorded in the Cambridge Structural Database. Comparison
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Engineering mechanical compliance in polymers and composites for the design of smart flexible sensors Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Shivank Sahu, Kamalesh Tripathy, Mitradip Bhattacharjee, Deepak Chopra
Polymers are one of the most popular materials for next-generation flexible sensing device fabrication due to their tunable mechanical and electrical properties. A series of prior research in the field of smart flexible and wearable sensing illustrates the potential of various polymer and composite materials to be applied in sensor development. In this direction, mechanical compliance plays a vital
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Halloysite-derived mesoporous silica with high ionic conductivity improves Li-S battery performance. Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Ranxiao Ao, Ziqi Zhu, Shilin Zhang, Qiang Zhang, Chenyu Yan, Feiyue Tu, Tianbao Li, Mitch Guijun Li, Liangjie Fu, Aidong Tang, Huaming Yang
The slow Li+ transport rate in thick sulfur cathode of Li-S battery affects its capacity and cycling performance. Herein, Fe-doped highly ordered mesoporous silica material (Fe-HSBA-15) as sulfur carrier of Li-S battery shows high ion conductivity (1.10 mS cm-1) and Li+ transference number (0.77). The Fe-HSBA-15/S cell has an initial capacity of up to 1216.7 mAh g-1 at 0.2 C and good stability. Impressively
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Iodine–mediated Oxidative Triple Functionalization of Indolines with Azoles and Diazonium Salts Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Yifeng Liu, Xiaoting Gu, Xiaoxiang Zhang, Meilan Xu, Zhuan Zhang, Taoyuan Liang
We report herein an innovative synthetic strategy for the generation of polysubstituted indoles from indolines, aryldia-zonium salts, and azoles. The methodology encompasses an electrophilic substitution reaction affording C5-indoline in-termediates, which subsequently undergo iodine-mediated oxidative transformation coupled with concurrent C−H func-tionalization to yield the highly substituted indole
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Coronenes with push-pull geometries from macrocycle-forming Perkin condensations Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Luc Soliman, Elsa Ramassamy, Katja Dujarric, Guillaume Naulet, Pierre Dechambenoit, Harald Bock, Fabien Durola
Although the Perkin reaction has been successful in producing ester-substituted conjugated macrocycles with four or six building blocks, macrocycles composed of only two elements remained elusive until now. Through the development of a building block derived from phenanthrene with two glyoxylic acid substituents in a pincer-like arrangement, formation of a two-block macrocycle was induced when paired
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Nanopore sensitization based on double loop hybridization chain reaction and G-quadruplex Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Yanru Li, Chunmiao Yu, Yesheng Wang, Jin Yu, Huaning Wang, Bingling Li
The widespread implementation of solid-state nanopores faces challenges such as lower resolution and increased electrical noise when compared to biological nanopores. Studies have indicated that the incorporation of certain nucleic acid reactions can effectively enhance the resolution of small molecules within solid-state nanopores, leading to a significant improvement in their resolution. In this
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Radical hydroboration for the synthesis of organoboron compounds Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Yee Lin Phang, Ji-Kang Jin, Feng-Lian Zhang, Yi-Feng Wang
Organoboron compounds demonstrate diverse applications in the fields of organic synthesis, materials science, and medicinal chemistry. Compared to conventional hydroboration reaction, radical hydroboration serves as an alternative approach for the synthesis of organoborons via different mechanisms. In radical hydroboration, a boryl radical is initially generated from homolytic cleavage of B-H or B-B
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Janus MXene nanosheets with strain-induced reversible magnetic state transition for storing information without electricity Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Hengyue Zhang, Guoqing Wang, Admasu Beshiwork Bayu, Birkneh Sirak Teketel, Baihai Li, Bin Lin
The application of strain induces a transition in the ground-state magnetic configuration of Janus TiVC MXene from A-AFM to FM. A new system and method of solid-state disk information storage without electricity is developed based on the as-discovered reversible magnetic state transition in TiVC, which can achieve efficient storage of information in extremely harsh conditions.
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Magnetostrictive-Piezocatalytic CoFe2O4@UiO-66 Nanohybrid and its Potential for Deep-seated Tumor Treatment Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 QIAN YU, Meiyu Li, Jiaojiao Zhang, Hong Liu, Long Zhang, Shun Li, Dengfeng Ge, Jianming Zhang
Magnetostrictive CoFe2O4 (CFO) nanoparticles were encapsulated within UiO-66 metal-organic-framework layer to form CFO@UiO-66 nanohybrid. The deforming of CFO, in response to a high-frequent AC magntic field, initiates the piezocatalytic property of UiO-66 to generate •OH radicals, which can kill cancer cells buried in thick tissues, showcasing bright potential for deep-seated tumor treatment.
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Naphthalene-based donor−acceptor covalent organic frameworks as electron distribution regulator for boosting photocatalysis under green light irradiation Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Zeming Wang, Qiang Song, Cheng He, Pengyu Feng, Liang Zhao, Chunying Duan
By incorporating the electron-rich naphthalene and electron-deficient triazine as an electron donor and an electron acceptor, a new donor–acceptor covalent organic framework as an electron distribution regulator was obtained for boosting photocatalytically oxidative coupling of benzylamines and selective oxidation of thioethers under the irradiation of green light (520 nm).
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Palladium-Catalyzed Al-kynylation of Allylic gem-Difluorides Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Guo-Ying Liu, Lu-ning Tang, Junhua Li, Sen Yang, Ming Chen
Herein, a palladium-catalyzed regioselective alkynylation, esterification, and amination of allylic gem-difluorides via C-F bond activation/transmetallation/β-C elimination or reductive elimination have been achieved. This innovative protocol showcases an extensive substrate range and operates efficiently under mild reaction conditions, resulting in high product yields and Z-selectivity. Particularly
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Stereocontrol in an intermolecular Schmidt reaction of equilibrating hydroxyalkyl allylic azides Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Ruzhang Liu, Juan Wang, Hao Wu, Xianfeng Quan, Shilin Wang, Jiandong Guo, Yang Wang, Heting Li
A selective intermolecular Schmidt reaction of equilibrating hydroxyalkyl allylic azides is reported to afford N-hydroxyalk-1-en-3-yl lactams in modest to high yields. For prochiral and chiral ketones, the modest to high 1,5-diastereoselecitivity was achieved, and the mechanistic analysis is supported by DFT calculation.
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Planar-chiral arene ruthenium complexes: synthesis, separation of enantiomers, and application for catalytic C-H activation Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Mikhail Boym, Roman A Pototskiy, Evgeniya Podyacheva, Denis Chusov, Yulia V. Nelyubina, Dmitry S. Perekalin
Heating tert-butyl-tetraline with [(p-cymene)RuCl2]2 produces the racemic complex [(arene)RuCl2]2, which can be separated into enantiomers by chromatography of its diastereomeric adducts with chiral phosphine ligand. The resolved chiral complex catalyzes C-H activation of N-methoxy-benzamides and their annulation with N-vinyl-pivaloyl amide giving dihydroisoquinolones in 50-80% yields and with 40-80%
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Synthesis of cis-fused cyclopentenone-pyrrolidine scaffolds via sequential aza-Piancatelli and Conia-ene type reactions in one pot Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Pooja R. Solanke, Prakash Kumar, Prathama S. Mainkar, Kiranmai Nayani, Srivari Chandrasekhar
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Easy conversion perovskite fluorides KCo1−xFexF3 for efficient oxygen evolution reaction Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Yilei Du, Genyan Hao, Tao Zhao, Dandan Li, Guang Liu, Dazhong Zhong, Jinping Li, Qiang Zhao
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Electrochemical oxidative C–C bond cleavage of methylenecyclopropanes with alcohols Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Rakesh Kumar, Shiv Dutt, Prabal Banerjee
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A temperature-adjustable in situ infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy system for catalysts Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Weifeng Huang, Tao Chen, Jun Luo, Geer Su, Hang Wei
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Correction: Water-dispersible donor–acceptor–donor π-conjugated bolaamphiphiles enabling a humidity-responsive luminescence color change Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Tomoya Enjou, Shimpei Goto, Qiming Liu, Fumitaka Ishiwari, Akinori Saeki, Taro Uematsu, Yuka Ikemoto, Sora Watanabe, Go Matsuba, Kouichiro Ishibashi, Go Watanabe, Satoshi Minakata, Yoshimitsu Sagara, Youhei Takeda
Correction for ‘Water-dispersible donor–acceptor–donor π-conjugated bolaamphiphiles enabling a humidity-responsive luminescence color change’ by Tomoya Enjou et al., Chem. Commun., 2024, https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cc05749f.
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Giant Modulation of the Second Harmonic Generation by Magnetoelectricity in two Dimensional Multiferroic CuCrP2S6. Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Shunta Aoki, Yu Dong, Ziqian Wang, Xiang S.W. Huang, Yuki M. Itahashi, Naoki Ogawa, Toshiya Ideue, Yoshihiro Iwasa
Multiferroic materials have attracted considerable attention owing to their unique magnetoelectric or magnetooptical properties. Recent discovery of few-layer van der Waals multiferroic crystals provide a new research direction of controlling the multiferroic properties in the atomic layer limit. However, research on few-layer multiferroic crystals is limited and the effect of thickness dependent symmetries
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Spacer Conformation Induced Multiple Hydrogen Bonds in 2D Perovskite Toward Highly Efficient Optoelectronic Devices Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Kailian Dong, Xiangfeng Yang, Fang Yao, Hengjiang Cong, Hai Zhou, Shun Zhou, Hongsen Cui, Shuxin Wang, Chen Tao, Chengliang Sun, Huahua Fu, Weijun Ke, Guojia Fang
Two-dimensional (2D) Dion–Jacobson (DJ) perovskites typically outperform Ruddlesden–Popper analogs in terms of photodetection (PD). However, the mechanism behind this enhanced performance remains elusive. Theoretical calculations for elucidating interlayer spacer conformation-induced multiple hydrogen bonds in 2D perovskite are presented, along with the synthesis of DPAPbBr4 (DPB) single crystals (SCs)
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Assembled/Disassembled Modular Scaffolds for Multicellular Tissue Engineering Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Xiaopeng Yu, Hongshi Ma, Yufeng Wang, Jianxin Hao, Lei Chen, Michael Gelinsky, Chengtie Wu
The behavior of tissue resident cells can be influenced by the spatial arrangement of cellular interactions. Therefore, it is of significance to precisely control the spatial organization of various cells within multicellular constructs. It remains challenging to construct a versatile multicellular scaffold with ordered spatial organization of multiple cell types. Herein, a modular multicellular tissue
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Cephalopod-Inspired Chemical-Gated Hydrogel Actuation Systems for Information 3D-Encoding Display Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Baoyi Wu, Muqing Si, Luqin Hua, Dong Zhang, Wanning Li, Chuanzhuang Zhao, Wei Lu, Tao Chen
Cephalopods evolve the acetylcholine-gated actuation control function of their skin muscles, which enables their dynamic/static multi-mode display capacities for achieving perfectly spatial control over the colors/patterns on every inch of skin. Reproduction of artificial analogs that exhibit similar multimodal display is essential to reach advanced information 3D-encoding with higher security than
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Degradation Mechanisms of Electrodes Promotes Direct Regeneration of Spent Li-Ion Batteries: A Review Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Kai Jia, Guorui Yang, Yujia He, Zhenjiang Cao, Juntao Gao, Hongyang Zhao, Zhihong Piao, Junxiong Wang, Amr. M. Abdelkader, Zheng Liang, R. Vasant Kumar, Guangmin Zhou, Shujiang Ding, Kai Xi
The rapid growth of electric vehicle use is expected to cause a significant environmental problem in the next few years due to the large number of spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Recycling spent LIBs wouldn't only alleviate the environmental problems but also address the challenge of limited natural resources shortages. While several hydro- and pyrometallurgical processes have been developed for
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Enhancing Stability and Performance in Tin-Based Perovskite Field-Effect Transistors through Hydrogen Bond Suppression of Organic Cation Migration Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Wenshu Yang, Kai Zhang, Wei Yuan, Lijun Zhang, Chuanjiang Qin, Haibo Wang
Ion migration poses a substantial challenge in perovskite transistors, exerting detrimental effects on hysteresis and operational stability. This study focuses on elucidating the influence of ion migration on the performance of tin-based perovskite field-effect transistors (FETs). It is revealed that the high background carrier density in FASnI3 FETs arises not only from the oxidation of Sn2+ but also
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50-nm Gas-filled Protein Nanostructures to Enable the Access of Lymphatic Cells by Ultrasound Technologies Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Qionghua Shen, Zongru Li, Yixian Wang, Matthew D. Meyer, Marc T. De Guzman, Janie C. Lim, Han Xiao, Richard R. Bouchard, George J. Lu
Ultrasound imaging and ultrasound-mediated gene and drug delivery are rapidly advancing diagnostic and therapeutic methods; however, their use is often limited by the need of microbubbles, which cannot transverse many biological barriers due to their large size. Here we introduce 50-nm gas-filled protein nanostructures derived from genetically engineered gas vesicles that we referred to as 50nmGVs
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Record-Efficiency Printable Hole-Conductor-Free Mesoscopic Perovskite Solar Cells Enabled by the Multifunctional Schiff Base Derivative Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Kai Chen, Xufeng Xiao, Jiale Liu, Jianhang Qi, Qiaojiao Gao, Yongming Ma, Yanjie Cheng, Anyi Mei, Hongwei Han
Tailoring multifunctional additives for performing interfacial modifications, improving crystallization, and passivating defects is instrumental for the fabrication of efficient and stable perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Here, a Schiff base derivative, (chloromethylene) dimethyliminium chloride (CDCl), is introduced as an additive to modify the interface between the mesoporous TiO2 electron transport
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Kinetically Controlled Polyelectrolyte Complex Assembly of microRNA-Peptide Nanoparticles toward Treating Mesothelioma Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Caleb F. Anderson, Anand Singh, Tyler Stephens, Chuong D. Hoang, Joel P. Schneider
Broad size distributions and poor long-term colloidal stability of microRNA-carrying nanoparticles, especially those formed by polyelectrolyte complexation, represent major hurdles in realizing their clinical translation. Herein, peptide design is used alongside optimized flash nanocomplexation (FNC) to produce uniform peptide-based miRNA particles of exceptional stability that display anticancer activity
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Stable n-type perylene derivative ladder polymer with antiambipolarity for electrically reconfigurable organic logic gates Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Xihu Wu, Qiang He, Zhongliang Zhou, Teck Lip Dexter Tam, Cindy Tang, Ming Lin, Maximilian Moser, Sophie Griggs, Adam Marks, Shuai Chen, Jianwei Xu, Iain McCulloch, Wei Lin Leong
Organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) are one of the promising building blocks to realize next-generation bioelectronics. To date, however, the performance and signal processing capabilities of these devices remain limited by their stability and speed. Herein, we demonstrate a stable and fast n-type organic electrochemical transistors based on a side-chain-free ladder polymer, poly(benzimida
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Topological Quantum Switching enabled Neuroelectronic Synaptic Modulators for Brain Computer Interface Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Dani S. Assi, Hongli Huang, Vaithinathan Karthikeyan, Vaskuri C. S. Theja, Maria Merlyne de Souza, Vellaisamy A. L. Roy
Aging and genetic-related disorders in the human brain lead to impairment of daily cognitive functions. Due to their neural synaptic complexity and the current limits of knowledge, reversing these disorders remains a substantial challenge for Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI). In this work, we provide a solution to potentially override aging and neurological disorder-related cognitive function loss in
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High-κ dielectric (HfO2)/2D Semiconductor (HfSe2) Gate Stack for Low-Power Steep-switching Computing Devices Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Taeho Kang, Joonho Park, Hanggyo Jung, Haeju Choi, Sang-Min Lee, Nayeong Lee, Ryong-Gyu Lee, Gahye Kim, Seung-Hwan Kim, Hyung-jun Kim, Cheol-Woong Yang, Jongwook Jeon, Yong-Hoon Kim, Sungjoo Lee
Herein, we report a high-quality gate stack (native HfO2 formed on 2D HfSe2) fabricated via plasma oxidation, realizing an atomically sharp interface with a suppressed interface trap density (Dit ∼ 5×1010 cm−2 eV−1). The chemically converted HfO2 exhibits dielectric constant, κ ∼ 23, resulting in low gate leakage current (∼10−3 A/cm2) at EOT ∼0.5 nm. Density functional calculations indicated that the
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Observation of Omnidirectional Exchange Bias at All Antiferromagnetic Polycrystalline Heterointerface Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Mihiro Asakura, Tomoya Higo, Takumi Matsuo, Ryota Uesugi, Daisuke Nishio-Hamane, Satoru Nakatsuji
Due to promising functionalities that may dramatically enhance spintronics performance, antiferromagnets are the subject of intensive research for developing the next-generation active elements to replace ferromagnets. In particular, the recent experimental demonstration of the tunneling magnetoresistance and electrical switching using chiral antiferromagnets has sparked expectations for the practical
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Kornblum oxidation reaction-induced collective transformation of lead polyhalides for stable perovskite photovoltaics Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Zhen Wang, Xuejing Cao, Heng Yang, Zhiyuan Kuang, Pinghui Yang, Guolin Zhang, Yuyang Zhang, Lei Xu, Daiji Zhang, Sunsun Li, Chunyang Miao, Nana Wang, Wei Huang, Jianpu Wang
The iodide vacancy defects generated during the perovskite crystallization process is a common issue that limits the efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Although excessive ionic iodides have been used to compensate for these vacancies, they are not effective in reducing defects through modulating the perovskite crystallization. Moreover, these iodide ions present in the perovskite
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A Biomimetic “Salting Out—Alignment—Locking” Tactic to Design Strong and Tough Hydrogel Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Xia Sun, Yimin Mao, Zhengyang Yu, Pu Yang, Feng Jiang