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Crystallization-Induced Chirality Transfer in Conformationally Flexible Azahelicene Au(I) Complexes with Circularly Polarized Luminescence Activation J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Pingyu Jiang, Alexander S. Mikherdov, Hajime Ito, Mingoo Jin
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Reversible [4 + 1] Cycloaddition of Arenes by a “Naked” Acyclic Aluminyl Compound J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Debotra Sarkar, Petra Vasko, Aisling F. Roper, Agamemnon E. Crumpton, Matthew M. D. Roy, Liam P. Griffin, Charlotte Bogle, Simon Aldridge
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Cobalt-Catalyzed Acceptorless Dehydrogenation of Primary Amines to Nitriles J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Haitao Tian, Cai-Yun Ding, Rong-Zhen Liao, Man Li, Conghui Tang
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Steering Selectivity in Electrocatalytic Furfural Reduction via Electrode–Electrolyte Interface Modification J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Kaiyue Ji, Yuanbo Liu, Ye Wang, Kejian Kong, Jing Li, Xiang Liu, Haohong Duan
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Determination of the Hammett Acidity of HF/Base Reagents J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Mélissa Longuet, Kassandra Vitse, Agnès Martin-Mingot, Bastien Michelet, Frédéric Guégan, Sébastien Thibaudeau
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Breaking the Activity–Selectivity Trade-off for CH4-to-C2H6 Photoconversion J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Kai Zheng, Mingyu Wu, Juncheng Zhu, Wei Zhang, Siying Liu, Xiaojing Zhang, Yang Wu, Li Li, Bangwang Li, Wenxiu Liu, Jun Hu, Chengyuan Liu, Junfa Zhu, Yang Pan, Meng Zhou, Yongfu Sun, Yi Xie
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Self-Assembled Recombinant Elastin and Globular Protein Vesicles with Tunable Properties for Diverse Applications Acc. Chem. Res. (IF 18.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Mikaela A. Gray, Mariela R. Rodriguez-Otero, Julie A. Champion
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Beyond N-Alkylation: Synthesis, Structure, and Function of N-Amino Peptides Acc. Chem. Res. (IF 18.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Isaac J. Angera, Madison M. Wright, Juan R. Del Valle
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Visible Light-Promoted [3+2] Cyclization Reaction of Vinyl Azides with Perfluoroalkyl-Substituted-Imidoyl Sulfoxonium Ylides Chem. Commun. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Ming Yang, Yu-Xuan Meng, Haroon Mehfooz, Yu-Long Zhao
A visible-light-induced [3+2] cyclization of vinyl azides with perfluoroalkyl-substituted imidoyl sulfoxonium ylides has been developed for the first time. In this transformation, perfluoroalkyl-substituted imidoyl sulfoxonium ylides are firstly employed as carbon radical precursor under visible light irradiation and provides a new and efficient method for the construction of perfluoroalkyl-substituted
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Selective Arylation of RNA 2′-OH Groups via SNAr Reaction with Trialkylammonium Heterocycles Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Sayantan Chatterjee, Lu Xiao, Wenrui Zhong, Sheng Feng, Eric T. Kool
Small-molecule reactions at the 2′-OH groups of RNA enable useful applications for transcriptome technology and biology. To date, all reactions have involved carbonyl acylation and mechanistically related sulfonylation, limiting the types of modifications and properties that can be achieved. Here we report that electron-deficient heteroaryl species selectively react with 2′-OH groups of RNA in water
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Ternary Complex-Templated Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry for the Selection and Identification of Homo-PROTACs Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Claudia J. Diehl, Alessandra Salerno, Alessio Ciulli
Dynamic combinatorial chemistry (DCC) leverages a reversible reaction to generate compound libraries from constituting building blocks under thermodynamic control. The position of this equilibrium can be biased by addition of a target macromolecule towards enrichment of bound ligands. While DCC has been applied to select ligands for a single target protein, its application to identifying chimeric molecules
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Ethylenedioxythiophene-based Small Molecular Donor with Multiple Conformation Locks for Organic Solar Cells with Efficiency of 19.3% Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Qian Xie, Xiangmeng Deng, Chaowei Zhao, Jie Fang, Dongdong Xia, Yuefeng Zhang, Feng Ding, Jiali Wang, Mengdi Li, Zhou Zhang, Chengyi Xiao, Xunfan Liao, Lang Jiang, Bin Huang, Runying Dai, Weiwei Li
Ternary organic solar cells (T-OSCs) represent an efficient strategy for enhancing the performance of OSCs. Presently, the majority of high-performance T-OSCs incorporates well-established Y-acceptors or donor polymers as the third component. In this study, a novel class of conjugated small molecules has been introduced as the third component, demonstrating exceptional photovoltaic performance in T-OSCs
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Small Ionic Liquid-based Molecule Drives Strong Adhesives Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Kai Liu, peiyi Wu
Nature has inspired scientists to fabricate adhesive materials for applications in many burgeoning areas. However, it is still a significant challenge to develop small-molecule adhesives with high-strength, low-temperature and recyclable properties, although these merits are of great interest in various aspects. Herein, we report a series of strong adhesives based on low-molecular-weight molecular
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Breaking Highly Ordered PtPbBi Intermetallic with Disordered Amorphous Phase for Boosting Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution and Alcohol Oxidation Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Fukai Feng, Chaoqun Ma, Sumei Han, Xiao Ma, Caihong He, Huaifang Zhang, Wenbin Cao, Xiangmin Meng, Jing Xia, Lijie Zhu, Yahui Tian, Qi Wang, Qinbai Yun, Qipeng Lu
Constructing amorphous/intermetallic (A/IMC) heterophase structures by breaking the highly ordered IMC phase with disordered amorphous phase is an effective way to improve the electrocatalytic performance of noble metal-based IMC electrocatalysts because of the optimized electronic structure and abundant heterophase boundaries as active sites. In this study, we report the synthesis of ultrathin A/IMC
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Indocyanine Green-based Nanoprobe for In Vivo Detection of Cellular Senescence Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Andrew G Baker, Muhamad Hartono, Hui-Ling Ou, Andrea Bistrović Popov, Emma L Brown, James Joseph, Monika Golinska, Estela González-Gualda, David Marcias, Jianfeng Ge, Mary Denholm, Samir Morsli, Chandan Sanghera, Thomas R Else, Heather F Greer, Aude Vernet, Sarah E Bohndiek, Ljiljana Fruk, Daniel Muñoz-Espín
There is an urgent need to improve conventional cancer-treatments by preventing detrimental side effects, cancer recurrence and metastases. Recent studies have shown that presence of senescent cells in tissues treated with chemo- or radiotherapy can be used to predict the effectiveness of cancer treatment. However, although the accumulation of senescent cells is one of the hallmarks of cancer, surprisingly
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Lignin Derived Ultra-Thin All-Solid Polymer Electrolytes with Three dimensional Single-ion Nanofiber Ionic Bridge Framework for High Performance Lithium Batteries Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Yuhan Liu, Pinhui Wang, Zhenyue Yang, Liying Wang, Zhangnan Li, Chengzhe Liu, Baijun Liu, Zhaoyan Sun, Hanwen Pei, Zhongyuan Lv, Wei Hu, Yunfeng Lu, Guangshan Zhu
Solid-state lithium batteries are promising candidates for the next generation high security and high performance batteries. Here, the lignin derived ultra-thin all-solid composite polymer electrolytes (CPEs) with a thickness of only 13.2 μm, which possessed three dimensional nanofiber ionic bridge networks composed of single-ion lignin based lithium (L-Li) and poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene)
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Anchored Cobalt Nanoparticles on Layered Perovskites for Rapid Peroxymonosulfate Activation in Antibiotic Degradation Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Yaobin Wang, Dong Li, Xinlei Ge, Jianghua Yu, Yunxia Zhao, Yunfei Bu
In the Fenton-like reaction, revealing the dynamic evolution of the active sites is crucial to achieve the activity improvement and stability of the catalyst. This study reports a perovskite oxide in which atomic (Co0) in-situ embedded exsolution occurs during the high-temperature phase transition. This unique anchoring strategy significantly improves the Co3+/Co2+ cycling efficiency at the interface
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Crystal-Phase-Engineered High-Entropy Alloy Aerogels for Enhanced Ethylamine Electrosynthesis from Acetonitrile Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Honggang Huang, Cun Chen, Chun-Chi Chang, Feili Lai, Shangheng Liu, Hui Fu, Yao Chen, Hanjun Li, Wei-Hsiang Huang, Nan Zhang, Tianxi Liu
Crystal-phase engineering that promoting the rearrangement of active atoms to form new structural frameworks has achieved excellent result in the field of electrocatalysis and optimized the performance of various electrochemical reactions. Herein, for the first time, we found that the different components in metallic aerogels will affect the crystal-phase transformation, especially in high-entropy
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Boosting Formate Electrooxidation by Heterostructured PtPd Alloy and Oxides Nanowires Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Tian-Jiao Wang, Li-Bo Sun, Xuan Ai, Pei Chen, Yu Chen, Xin Wang
Direct formate fuel cells (DFFCs) receive increasing attention as promising technologies for the future energy mix and environmental sustainability, as formate can be made from carbon dioxide utilization and is carbon neutral. Herein, heterostructured PtPd alloy and oxides nanowires (PtPd-ox NWs) with abundant defect sites are synthesized through a facile self-template method and demonstrated high
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Handedness-Inverted and Stimuli-Responsive Circularly Polarized Luminescent Nano/Micro-Materials through Pathway-Dependent Chiral Supramolecular Polymorphism Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Chenyang Zhao, Yuan Wang, Yuqian Jiang, Ningning Wu, Hanxiao Wang, Tiejun Li, Guanghui Ouyang, Minghua Liu
The precise manipulation of supramolecular polymorphs has been widely applied to control the morphologies and functions of self-assemblies, but is rarely utilized for the fabrication of circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) materials with tailored properties. Here, we report that an amphiphilic naphthalene-histidine compound (NIHis) readily self-assembled into distinct chiral nanostructures through
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Rapid Selenoprotein Activation by Selenium Nanoparticles to Suppresses Osteoclastogenesis and Pathological Bone Loss Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Binhua Zou, Zushuang Xiong, Yanzi Yu, Sujiang Shi, Xiaoling Li, Tianfeng Chen
Osteoclast hyperactivation stands as a significant pathological factor contributing to the emergence of bone disorders driven by heightened oxidative stress levels. The modulation of the redox balance to scavenge reactive oxygen species (ROS) emerges as a viable approach in addressing this concern. Selenoproteins, characterized by selenocysteine (SeCys2) as the active center, are crucial for selenium-based
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Dynamic (Sub)surface-Oxygen Enables Highly Efficient Carbonyl-Coupling for Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 You-Chiuan Chu, Kuan-Hsu Chen, Ching-Wei Tung, Hsiao-Chien Chen, Jiali Wang, Tsung-Rong Kuo, Chia-Shuo Hsu, Kuo-Hsin Lin, Li Duan Tsai, Hao Ming Chen
Nowadays high-valent Cu species (i.e., Cuδ+) has been clarified to enhance multi-carbon production in electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR). Nonetheless, the inconsistent average Cu valence states have been reported to significantly govern the product profile of CO2RR, which may lead to misunderstanding of the enhanced mechanism for multi-carbon production and results in an ambiguous roles
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Elucidation of Spatial Cooperativity in Chemo-Immunotherapy by a Sequential Dual-pH-Responsive Drug Delivery System Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Shihao Wang, Lifeng Liu, Limin Tian, Pengcheng Xu, Shixuan Li, Lixin Hu, Yanming Xia, Yang Ding, Jian Wang, Suxin Li
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Anion-Coordination Foldamer-Based Polymer Network: from Molecular Spring to Elastomer Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Jiangping Qin, Yongming Wang, Tian Wang, Na Wang, Wenhua Xu, Lin Cheng, Wei Yu, Xuzhou Yan, Lingyan Gao, Bo Zheng, Biao Wu
Foldamer is a scaled-down version of coil spring, which can absorb and release energy by conformational change. Here, polymer networks with high-density of molecular springs were developed by employing anion-coordination-based foldamers as the monomer. The coiling of the foldamer is controlled by oligourea ligands coordinating to chloride ions; subsequently, the folding and unfolding of foldamer conformations
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Ternary Rotational Polyanion Coupling Enables Fast Li Ion Dynamics in Tetrafluoroborate Ion Doped Antiperovskite Li2OHCl Solid Electrolyte Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Juncao Bian, Sifan Ling, Bei Deng, Haibin Lin, Ruo Zhao, Long Kong, Huimin Yuan, Jinlong Zhu, Songbai Han, Liping Wang, Ruiqin Zhang, Yusheng Zhao, Zhouguang Lu
Li-rich antiperovskite (LiRAP) hydroxyhalides are emerging as attractive solid electrolyte (SEs) for all-solid-state Li metal batteries (ASSLMBs) due to their low melting point, low cost, and ease of scaling-up. The incorporation of rotational polyanions can reduce the activation energy and thus improve the Li ion conductivity of SEs. Herein, we propose a ternary rotational polyanion coupling strategy
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Non-Fluorinated Ethers to Mitigate Electrode Surface Reactivity in High-Voltage NCM811-Li Batteries Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Zhijie Wang, Xiangli Che, Danni Wang, Yanyan Wang, Xiaomei He, Ye Zhu, Biao Zhang
Lithium (Li) metal batteries (LMBs) with nickel (Ni)-rich layered oxide cathodes exhibit twice the energy density of conventional Li-ion batteries. However, their lifespan is limited by severe side reactions caused by high electrode reactivity. Fluorinated solvent-based electrolytes can address this challenge, but they pose environmental and biological hazards. This work reports on the molecular engineering
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Unveiling Crucial Chemical Processing Parameters Influencing the Performance of Solution-processed Inorganic Thermoelectric Materials Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Christine Fiedler, Mariano Calcabrini, Yu Liu, Maria Ibáñez
Production of thermoelectric materials from solution-processed particles involves the synthesis of particles, their purification and densification into pelletized material. Chemical changes that occur during each one of these steps render them performance determining. Particularly the purification steps, bypassed in conventional solid-state synthesis, are the cause for large discrepancies among similar
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Two-Dimensional Conjugated Metal–Organic Frameworks with a Ring-in-Ring Topology and High Electrical Conductance Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Mingyu Yang, Yi Zhang, Renlong Zhu, Junjun Tan, Jinxin Liu, Wei Zhang, Meng Zhou, Zheng Meng
Electrically conducting two-dimensional (2D) metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have garnered significant interest due to their remarkable structural tunability and outstanding electrical properties. However, the design and synthesis of high-performance materials face challenges due to the limited availability of specific ligands and pore structures. In this study, we have employed a novel highly branched
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Expedient Access to 18F-Fluoroheteroarenes via Deaminative Radiofluorination of Aniline-Derived Pyridinium Salts Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Joseph Ford, Sebastiano Ortalli, Zijun Chen, Jeroen Sap, Matthew Tredwell, Veronique Gouverneur
Herein, we disclose that pyridinium salts derived from abundant (hetero)anilines represent a novel precursor class for nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions with [18F]fluoride. The value of this new 18F-fluorodeamination is demonstrated with the synthesis of over 30 structurally diverse and complex heteroaryl 18F-fluorides, several derived from scaffolds that were yet to be labelled with fluorine-18
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Engineering of Halide Methyltransferase BxHMT through Dynamic Cross-correlation Network Analysis Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Chun-Yu Gao, Gui-Ying Yang, Xu-Wei Ding, Jian-He Xu, Xiaolin Cheng, Gao-Wei Zheng, QI CHEN
Halide methyltransferases (HMTs) provide an effective way to regenerate S-adenosyl methionine (SAM) from S-adenosyl homocysteine and reactive electrophiles such as methyl iodide (MeI) or methyl toluene sulfonate (MeOTs). Compared with MeI, the cost-effective unnatural substrate MeOTs can be accessible directly from cheap and abundant alcohols, but shows only limited reactivity in SAM production. Herein
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Mitigating Sodium Ordering for Enhanced Solid Solution Behavior in Layered NaNiO2 Cathodes Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Krishnakanth Sada, Steven Kmiec, Arumugam Manthiram
The O-type layered nickel oxides suffer from undesired co-operative Jahn-Teller distortion stemming from Ni3+ ions and undergo multiple biphasic structural transformations during the insertion/extraction of large Na+ ions, posing a significant challenge to stabilize the structural integrity. We present here a systematic investigation of the impact of substituting 5% divalent (Mg2+) or trivalent (Al3+
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N-(sulfonio)sulfilimine reagents: Non-oxidizing Sources of Electrophilic Nitrogen Atom for Skeletal Editing Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Tobias Heilmann, Juan M Lopez-Soria, Johannes Ulbrich, Johannes Kircher, Zhen Li, Brigitte Worbs, Christopher Golz, Ricardo A Mata, Manuel Alcarazo
The one-pot synthesis of λ4-dibenzothiophen-5-imino-N-dibenzothiophenium triflate (1) in multigram scale is reported. This compound reacts with Rh2(esp)2 (esp = α,α,α′,α′-tetramethyl-1,3-benzenedipropionic acid) generating a Rh-coordinated sulfonitrene species, which is able to transfer the electrophilic nitrene moiety to olefins. When indenes are used as substrates, isoquinolines are obtained in good
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Electrochemical Asymmetric Radical Functionalization of Aldehydes Enabled by a Redox Shuttle Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Daniele Mazzarella, Chun Qi, Michael Vanzella, Andrea Sartorel, Giorgio Pelosi, Luca Dell'Amico
Aminocatalysis is a well-established tool that enables the production of enantioenriched compounds under mild conditions. Its versatility is underscored by its seamless integration with various synthetic approaches. While the combination of aminocatalysis with metal catalysis, photochemistry, and stoichiometric oxidants has been extensively explored, its synergy with electrochemical activation remains
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Fabrication of Large-area Multi-stimulus Responsive Thin Films via Interfacially Confined Irreversible Katritzky Reaction Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Yuanhong Shu, Yan Luo, Hexi Wei, Lingya Peng, Jingjing Liang, Binbin zhai, Liping Ding, Yu Fang
Fabrication of large-area thin films through irreversible reactions remains a formidable task. This study reports a breakthrough strategy for in situ synthesis of large-area, free-standing, robust and multi-stimulus responsive thin films through a catalyst-free and irreversible Katritzky reaction at a liquid–liquid interface. The as resulted films are featured with adjustable thickness of 1–3 μm and
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Alveoli-Inspired Carbon Cathodes with Interconnected Porous Structure and Asymmetric Coordinated Vanadium Sites for Superior Li-S Batteries Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Rui Yan, Zhenyang Zhao, Ran Zhu, Min Wu, Xu Liu, Mohsen Adeli, Bo Yin, Chong Cheng, Shuang Li
Accelerating sulfur conversion catalysis to alleviate the shuttle effect has become a novel paradigm for effective Li-S batteries. Although nitrogen-coordinated metal single-atom (M-N4) catalysts have been investigated, further optimizing its utilization rate and catalytic activities is urgently needed for practical applications. Inspired by the natural alveoli tissue with interconnected structure
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Development of an FeII Complex Exhibiting Intermolecular Proton Shifting Coupled Spin Transition Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Tianchi Ji, Shengqun Su, Shuqi Wu, Yuta Hori, Yasuteru Shigeta, Yubo Huang, Wenwei Zheng, Wenhuang Xu, Xiaopeng Zhang, Ryoji Kiyanagi, Koji Munakata, Takashi Ohhara, Takumi Nakanishi, Osamu Sato
In this study, we investigated reversible intermolecular proton shifting (IPS) coupled with spin transition (ST) in a novel FeII complex. The host FeII complex and the guest carboxylic acid anion were connected by intermolecular hydrogen bonds (IHBs). We extended the intramolecular proton transfer coupled ST phenomenon to the intermolecular system. The dynamic phenomenon was confirmed by variable-temperature
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Regulating Sulfur Redox Kinetics by Coupling Photocatalysis for High-Performance Photo-Assisted Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Yuhao Liu, Feng Wu, Zhengqiang Hu, Fengling Zhang, Ke Wang, Li Li, Renjie Chen
Challenges such as shuttle effect have hindered the commercialization of lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs), despite their potential as high-energy-density storage devices. To address these issues, we explore the integration of solar energy into LSBs, creating a photo-assisted lithium-sulfur battery (PA-LSB). The PA-LSB provides a novel and sustainable solution by coupling the photocatalytic effect to
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Molecular Engineering for Modulating Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution of Fully Conjugated 3D Covalent Organic Frameworks Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Yaqin Wang, Zelong Qiao, Han Li, Rui Zhang, Zhonghua Xiang, Dapeng Cao, Shitao Wang
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have recently shown great potential for photocatalytic hydrogen production. Currently almost all reports are focused on two-dimensional (2D) COFs, while the 3D counterparts are rarely explored due to their non-conjugated frameworks derived from the sp3 carbon based tetrahedral building blocks. Here, we rationally designed and synthesized a series of fully conjugated
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Umbrella-Shaped Amphiphiles: Internal Alkylation of an Aromatic Micelle and Its Impact on Cavity Features Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Masaya Endo, Shinji Aoyama, Yoshitaka Tsuchido, Lorenzo Catti, Michito Yoshizawa
To develop new hybrid micelles with alkyl/polyaromatic core-shell structures, we synthesized umbrella-shaped amphiphiles bearing a bent anthracene dimer with a linear alkyl chain (i.e., octyl and hexadecyl groups). The amphiphiles quantitatively assemble into spherical micelles (~2-3 nm in core diameter), possessing an alkylated cavity surrounded by a polyaromatic framework, in water. The alkylation
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Photoswitching Reagent for Super-resolution Fluorescence Microscopy Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Ga-eun Go, Uidon Jeong, Hyunbum Park, Seokran Go, Doory Kim
Single-molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) has revolutionized optical microscopy by exceeding the diffraction limit and revealing previously unattainable nanoscale details of cellular structures and molecular dynamics. This super-resolution imaging capability relies on fluorophore photoswitching, which is crucial for optimizing the imaging conditions and accurately determining the fluorophore positions
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Molecular-Sieving Separation of Methanol/Benzene Azeotrope by a Flexible Metal–Organic Framework J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Mu-Yang Zhou, Xue-Wen Zhang, Heng Yi, Zhi-Shuo Wang, Dong-Dong Zhou, Rui-Biao Lin, Jie-Peng Zhang, Xiao-Ming Chen
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Molecular-Scale Visualization of Steric Effects of Ligand Binding to Reconstructed Au(111) Surfaces J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Liya Bi, Sasawat Jamnuch, Amanda Chen, Alexandria Do, Krista P. Balto, Zhe Wang, Qingyi Zhu, Yufei Wang, Yanning Zhang, Andrea R. Tao, Tod A. Pascal, Joshua S. Figueroa, Shaowei Li
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Manipulation of Luminescence via Surface Site Occupation in Ln3+-Doped Nanocrystals J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Rui Shi, Litian Lin, Zijun Wang, Qilin Zou, Anja-Verena Mudring
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Tethered Helical Ladder-Type Aromatic Lactams J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Huidong Xie, Zuo Xiao, Yixiao Song, Ke Jin, Hongxing Liu, Erjun Zhou, Jing Cao, Jiangzhao Chen, Junqiao Ding, Chenyi Yi, Xingxing Shen, Chuantian Zuo, Liming Ding
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Protein Tyrosine Amination: Detection, Imaging, and Chemoproteomic Profiling with Synthetic Probes J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Lei Chen, Tonghua Yang, Xue Sun, Catherine C.L. Wong, Dan Yang
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Photoinduced Pd-Catalyzed Enantioselective Carboamination of Dienes via Aliphatic C–H Bond Elaboration J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Xiao-Yun Ruan, Dan-Xing Wu, Wen-Ao Li, Zihan Lin, Mostafa Sayed, Zhi-Yong Han, Liu-Zhu Gong
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Rationally Designing the Supramolecular Interfaces of Nanoparticle Superlattices with Multivalent Polymers J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Carl J. Thrasher, Fei Jia, Daryl W. Yee, Joshua M. Kubiak, Yuping Wang, Margaret S. Lee, Michika Onoda, A. John Hart, Robert J. Macfarlane
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Correction to “Metal-Free Homogeneous O2 Reduction by an Iminium-Based Electrocatalyst” J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Emma N. Cook, Anna E. Davis, Michael K. Hilinski, Charles W. Machan
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Giant nanomechanical energy storage capacity in twisted single-walled carbon nanotube ropes Nat. Nanotechnol. (IF 38.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Shigenori Utsumi, Sanjeev Kumar Ujjain, Satoshi Takahashi, Ryo Shimodomae, Tae Yamaura, Ryosuke Okuda, Ryuichiro Kobayashi, Oga Takahashi, Satoshi Miyazono, Naoki Kato, Keiichi Aburamoto, Yuta Hosoi, Preety Ahuja, Ayumi Furuse, Yuma Kawamata, Hayato Otsuka, Kazunori Fujisawa, Takuya Hayashi, David Tománek, Katsumi Kaneko
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Uncovering the predictive pathways of lithium and sodium interchange in layered oxides Nat. Mater. (IF 41.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Yu Han, Weihang Xie, Grant T. Hill, Paul Smeets, Xiaobing Hu, Gangbin Yan, Siqi Zou, Jiadong Liu, Ronghui Wu, Fengyuan Shi, Hua Zhou, Pieremanuele Canepa, Chong Liu
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Kink bands promote exceptional fracture resistance in a NbTaTiHf refractory medium-entropy alloy Science (IF 56.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 David H. Cook, Punit Kumar, Madelyn I. Payne, Calvin H. Belcher, Pedro Borges, Wenqing Wang, Flynn Walsh, Zehao Li, Arun Devaraj, Mingwei Zhang, Mark Asta, Andrew M. Minor, Enrique J. Lavernia, Diran Apelian, Robert O. Ritchie
Single-phase body-centered cubic (bcc) refractory medium- or high-entropy alloys can retain compressive strength at elevated temperatures but suffer from extremely low tensile ductility and fracture toughness. We examined the strength and fracture toughness of a bcc refractory alloy, NbTaTiHf, from 77 to 1473 kelvin. This alloy’s behavior differed from that of comparable systems by having fracture
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Use game theory for climate models that really help reach net zero goals Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-16
Letter to the Editor
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Female academics need more support — in China as elsewhere Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-16
Letter to the Editor
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It’s time to talk about the hidden human cost of the green transition Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-16
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A step along the path towards AlphaFold — 50 years ago Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-16
Snippets from Nature’s past.
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The world needs a COP for water like the one for climate change Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-16
Letter to the Editor
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Shrouded in secrecy: how science is harmed by the bullying and harassment rumour mill Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-16
Academics are calling for greater transparency in harassment cases. But do the benefits outweigh the risks?
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Long online discussions are consistently the most toxic Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-16
Comparison of conversations across social-media platforms reveals persistent patterns of toxicity.
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Obesity drugs aren’t always forever. What happens when you quit? Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-16
Many researchers think that Wegovy and Ozempic should be taken for life, but myriad factors can force people off them.
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Structure peer review to make it more robust Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-16
Everyone who reviews a manuscript should answer a transparent set of questions, to ensure that scientific literature is subject to reliable quality control.