Tanveer Ahmad Khan, Abdul Mohsin, Sumiya Din, Shaista Qayum, Irfanullah Farooqi
{"title":"Last Honors and Life Experiences of Bereaved Families in the Context of COVID-19 in Kashmir: A Qualitative Inquiry About Exclusion, Family Trauma, and Other Issues.","authors":"Tanveer Ahmad Khan, Abdul Mohsin, Sumiya Din, Shaista Qayum, Irfanullah Farooqi","doi":"10.1177/00302228221134205","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228221134205","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined the changing character of the last honours of those who died of COVID-19 in Kashmir and the life experiences of the families of the deceased. A semi-structured interview schedule was used to collect information from 21 participants. Using qualitative data analysis approaches, five key themes were identified vis-à-vis the impact of COVID-19 on burial rituals and customs; effects on bereaved families, shades of grief, bereavement care, community response, and coping with loss. Based on examining the pandemic-induced changes related to customs and rituals around death, the study found that the bereaved family members were in danger of marginalization, economic burdens, psychological traumas, and overall reduced quality of life. This study would be a credible addition to the existing literature on death practices as there is a shortage of research on funeral rituals during the post-pandemic period in Kashmir.</p>","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":" ","pages":"361-382"},"PeriodicalIF":16.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9606636/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42358876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bernd Schaefer*, Shashank Shekhar* and James Murray*,
{"title":"Excellence in Industrial Organic Synthesis 2024","authors":"Bernd Schaefer*, Shashank Shekhar* and James Murray*, ","doi":"10.1021/acs.joc.5c0030310.1021/acs.joc.5c00303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.5c00303https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.5c00303","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":57,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"90 15","pages":"5081–5082 5081–5082"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143842231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ACS PhotonicsPub Date : 2025-04-16DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.5c0044910.1021/acsphotonics.5c00449
Romain Quidant,
{"title":"Recognizing Excellence in Photonics: Finalists of the ACS Photonics Young Investigator Award","authors":"Romain Quidant, ","doi":"10.1021/acsphotonics.5c0044910.1021/acsphotonics.5c00449","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c00449https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c00449","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23,"journal":{"name":"ACS Photonics","volume":"12 4","pages":"1716–1717 1716–1717"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143833009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ACS PhotonicsPub Date : 2025-04-16DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.5c0038410.1021/acsphotonics.5c00384
Ieng-Wai Un, Naama Harcavi and Yonatan Sivan*,
{"title":"Optical Nonlinearity of Transparent Conducting Oxides: More Metallic than Realized","authors":"Ieng-Wai Un, Naama Harcavi and Yonatan Sivan*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsphotonics.5c0038410.1021/acsphotonics.5c00384","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c00384https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c00384","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) have recently been shown to have a remarkably strong nonlinear optical response. We show that the popular ascription of their nonlinearity to the temperature-dependence of the plasma frequency is only a partial description of their response to intense illumination. Specifically, we show that an increase in the electron collision rate upon illumination and consequent heating contributes to the permittivity in a manner that can be quantitatively comparable to the contribution of the temperature-dependent plasma frequency. This behavior makes the optical nonlinearity of TCOs more similar to that of noble metals than realized so far, and as far as the imaginary part of the permittivity is concerned, this behavior is qualitatively opposite compared to that assumed so far.</p>","PeriodicalId":23,"journal":{"name":"ACS Photonics","volume":"12 4","pages":"1718–1721 1718–1721"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c00384","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143833004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Announcing the 2024 Class of Influential Researchers─Decarbonization","authors":"Jhoan Toro-Mendoza*, and , Michael Baldea*, ","doi":"10.1021/acs.iecr.5c0121910.1021/acs.iecr.5c01219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.5c01219https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.5c01219","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39,"journal":{"name":"Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research","volume":"64 15","pages":"7619–7621 7619–7621"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143833028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marta Pawlak, Joanna Drzeżdżon, Anna Gołąbiewska, Katarzyna N. Jarzembska, Radosław Kamiński, Tomasz Pospieszny, Janusz Datta, Dagmara Jacewicz
{"title":"Front Cover: Synthesis of a New Cobalt(II) Complex Compound Containing 2,2′-Bipyridyl Ligand and Its Catalytic Properties in the Formation of CO2-Sorbing Oligomers (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 11/2025)","authors":"Marta Pawlak, Joanna Drzeżdżon, Anna Gołąbiewska, Katarzyna N. Jarzembska, Radosław Kamiński, Tomasz Pospieszny, Janusz Datta, Dagmara Jacewicz","doi":"10.1002/ejic.202581101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202581101","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>The Front Cover</b> shows the synthesis of a new cobalt(II) coordination compound containing two 2,2′-bipyridyl ligands, a water molecule and, most interestingly, a sulfate(VI) anion in the coordination sphere. In addition, the newly presented compound [Co(bipy)<sub>2</sub>(SO<sub>4</sub>)(H<sub>2</sub>O)] is perfectly suited as a catalyst in the oligomerization of olefins and leads to the synthesis of oligomers with unique physicochemical properties. More information can be found in the Research Article by M. Pawlak, D. Jacewicz and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202400755).\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":38,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"28 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejic.202581101","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143822234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Organic LettersPub Date : 2025-04-10DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5c0052710.1021/acs.orglett.5c00527
Huan Liu, Ziheng Jian, Min Zhang, Xiang Hao, Zehuai Mou, Huifei Wang* and Hongbin Zhai*,
{"title":"Palladium-Catalyzed/Titanium-Promoted Csp3–Csp3 Coupling of Two Alcohols: Generation of an All-Carbon Quaternary Center","authors":"Huan Liu, Ziheng Jian, Min Zhang, Xiang Hao, Zehuai Mou, Huifei Wang* and Hongbin Zhai*, ","doi":"10.1021/acs.orglett.5c0052710.1021/acs.orglett.5c00527","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.5c00527https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.5c00527","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Naturally abundant and inexpensive alcohols represent appealing and suitable Csp<sup>3</sup> coupling partners in transition metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions. A palladium-catalyzed/titanium-promoted Csp<sup>3</sup>–Csp<sup>3</sup> cross coupling between two distinct unprotected alcohols has been accomplished. The reaction features a Pd-catalyzed β-H elimination, enabling the reversal of the electrophilic π-allyl-Pd intermediate into a nucleophilic dienolate and the generation of an all-carbon quaternary center.</p>","PeriodicalId":54,"journal":{"name":"Organic Letters","volume":"27 15","pages":"3851–3857 3851–3857"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143842222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yanhua Li*, Xiyi Chen, Changgui Tong, Lei Li, Chunfang Qin, Ming Zhang, Yan Zhao, Qixian Chen* and Yue Wang*,
{"title":"Double-Helix Duality: Rods Bow, Toroids Wow in the Nuclease Arena","authors":"Yanhua Li*, Xiyi Chen, Changgui Tong, Lei Li, Chunfang Qin, Ming Zhang, Yan Zhao, Qixian Chen* and Yue Wang*, ","doi":"10.1021/acs.jpclett.5c0082510.1021/acs.jpclett.5c00825","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.5c00825https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.5c00825","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Utilizing polyion complexation, the formation of rod-like DNA condensates is driven by the intrinsic rigidity of supramolecular plasmid DNA. Upon interaction with polycationic block copolymers of poly(ethylene glycol)-polylysine (PEG-PLys), these macromolecules undergo a regular self-folding process, during which double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) transitions into single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) at the kinked junctions. Our investigations, employing transmission electron microscopy (TEM), unprecedentedly reveal the absence of a PEG coating at these critical junctions, rendering them susceptible to nuclease degradation. This finding underscores the critical necessity for comprehensive PEG encapsulation in the engineering of robust gene delivery constructs. In stark contrast to the anisotropic rod-like condensates, our novel isotropic toroidal DNA condensates, characterized by comprehensive PEG shielding and a self-spooling mechanism that preserves dsDNA integrity, exhibit a marked enhancement in enzymatic stability (nearly 30-fold greater). Their favorable condensation process also confers superior transcriptional potential, positioning these toroidal condensates as promising platforms for the next generation of gene delivery systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":62,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters","volume":"16 15","pages":"3874–3878 3874–3878"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143837670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Plasmonic Au–Cu Alloy Nanoparticles Exhibiting Order–Disorder Phase Transitions for Sensing and Catalysis","authors":"Masahiro Homma, and , Takumi Sannomiya*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsanm.5c0027610.1021/acsanm.5c00276","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.5c00276https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.5c00276","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Plasmonic sensing leverages nanoscale transducers and straightforward optical setups to detect a wide range of phenomena, such as (bio)molecules, chemical reactions, temperature variations, and ionic strength. This versatility in sensing extends from practical devices to fundamental research applications such as monitoring changes in crystalline structures. In this work, we explore plasmonic Au–Cu alloy nanoparticles, which experience order–disorder phase transitions, including long-range superlattices. The alloy nanoparticles, fabricated through the dewetting method, are optically monitored to detect the phase transitions through their plasmonic resonance shifts while changing the temperature in a vacuum. The nanoparticles with a 50% Cu alloy composition involve a long-range incommensurate phase and were found to exhibit a lower phase transition temperature than bulk, implying a nanosize effect.</p>","PeriodicalId":6,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Nano Materials","volume":"8 15","pages":"7662–7668 7662–7668"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.1021/acsanm.5c00276","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143842221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Unexploring Optoelectronic Features in Organic Trans-Dimensional Materials of Gridofluorenes at the Nanoscale","authors":"Yongxia Wang, Lizhu Dong, Shuangyi Li, Yang Feng, Xinyao Ge, Xinxin Han, Chao Liu, Ying Wei*, Xiaogang Cheng*, Linghai Xie* and Wei Huang*, ","doi":"10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c0343210.1021/acs.jpclett.4c03432","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c03432https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c03432","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Organic grido-architectures offer not only state-of-the-art models for exploring the complex relationships of multicarrier coherence among excitons, charges, photons, electrons, and phonons but also organic high-dimensional nanomaterials for flexible electronics and organic intelligence. Herein, we initiate the fundamental progress and perspective on gridofluorene-based zero-, one-, two-, and three-dimensional nanomolecules and their optoelectronic features. From the future point of view, the sterically trans-dimensional and hierarchically cross-scale effects of these covalent frameworks and nanostructures are discussed on their photophysical, electrical, mechanical and thermal properties. Organic multiscale systems, with the feature of synergistically molecule-programmable integration of diverse functionalities, open a bright door to flexible electronics, intelligent molecules, devices, systems, and even organobots as well as artificially intelligent and robotic chemists (AiRCs).</p>","PeriodicalId":62,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters","volume":"16 15","pages":"3888–3903 3888–3903"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143837672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}