{"title":"The critical role of histidine in copper (II) coordination","authors":"Chunyang Wang, Wenzhe Zhou, Jinlong Wang, Xiqiu Qi, Kaijun Yuan, Xin-Xing Zhang","doi":"10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2504054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2504054","url":null,"abstract":"Histidine (His), as the most chemically active and versatile member among the 20 natural amino acids, plays a key role in the coordination of copper (II) (Cu(II)) in biological systems. Cu(II)-His species are ubiquitous in metalloen-zymes and proteins associated with vari-ous neurodegenerative diseases, where they regulate catalytic activity and me-diate intracellular copper transport. While the steric influence of His is known to dictate donor group selection in Cu(II) coordination, the extent of these constraints on peptide complexes remains unclear. In this study, we employed a multi-spectroscopic approach (FTIR, 2D IR, UV-Vis, EPR, and NMR) to systematically investigate pH-dependent Cu(II) coordination in three tripeptides. Our results demonstrate that Cu(II) coordination geometries are cooperatively determined by both the protonation state of the N-terminus and the steric constraints imposed by the His residue.","PeriodicalId":10036,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics","volume":"38 5","pages":"634-640"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147332759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coupling of a High-Temperature Ion Trap Reactor with an Electron-Spray-Ionization Source for Reactions of Mass-Selected Organometallic Ions","authors":"","doi":"10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2507097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2507097","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10036,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147331897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Passivation with Ion Polarization for Perovskite Solar Cells","authors":"Shengfeng Xiong, Rongzhi Zhu, Hui Cao, Chaozhi Zhang","doi":"10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2509140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2509140","url":null,"abstract":"Surface defects of metal halide perovskite increase the non-radiative recombination and cause loss of the power conversion efficiency (PCE) in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). In this work, we introduce an effective passivation on FAPbI<sub>3</sub> perovskite using 2D perovskites in which halogen anions are polarized by alkaline earth metal cations. The best open-circuit voltage (<italic>V</italic><sub>oc</sub>) of PSCs increases from 1.02 V to 1.10 V by the passivation of (MgBr)<sub>2</sub>PbI<sub>4</sub>, and accordingly PCE rises from 19.63% to 23.08%. It is found that the hole extraction ratio rises from 8.92% at the control FAPbI<sub>3</sub>/Spiro-OMeTAD interface to 45.33% at the passivated FAPbI<sub>3</sub>/(MgBr)<sub>2</sub>PbI<sub>4</sub>/Spiro-OMeTAD interface because of the surface repair of the perovskite film. As a consequence, the non-radiative recombination of charge carriers decreases drastically from 89.82% to 54.55% due to the drop of charge accumulation at the interface. Significantly, the effect of passivation is improved with the increase of polarization ability of alkaline earth metal ions. Passivation of (MgBr)<sub>2</sub>PbI<sub>4</sub> has a rise of about 5% in PCE compared with that of (CaBr)<sub>2</sub>PbI<sub>4</sub>. The role of ion polarization in perovskites lies in the enhancement of the covalence property, leading to stronger binding of halogen anions by alkaline earth metal cations and inhibition of the formation of halogen vacancies.","PeriodicalId":10036,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"http://cjcp.ustc.edu.cn/hxwlxb/en/article/pdf/preview/10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2509140.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147333230","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}
{"title":"Kinetics of CH <sub>2</sub> OO Reactions with Fluorinated Compounds: Temperature-Dependent Study of CF <sub>3</sub> CH=CHCF <sub>3</sub> and Upper Limit Determination for SF <sub>6</sub>","authors":"","doi":"10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2509131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2509131","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10036,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147332639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tuning Mechanism of Optical Bandgap in CsPbBr<sub>x</sub>Cl<sub>3−x</sub> Single-Crystal Microplatelets via Halide Hybridization","authors":"","doi":"10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2505063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2505063","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10036,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147333403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yamin Li, Huiyan Feng, Qingqing Li, Linqing Li, Xiaoyi Tan, Shuang Wang, Yue Gu, Jun Tan
{"title":"Effect of Na+ on preparation of biochars and their applications in energy storage","authors":"Yamin Li, Huiyan Feng, Qingqing Li, Linqing Li, Xiaoyi Tan, Shuang Wang, Yue Gu, Jun Tan","doi":"10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2404046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2404046","url":null,"abstract":"This work investigated the effect of Na2CO3 on the char structures of cellulose and lignin, respectively, and examined the electrochemical performance of the char by acting as an active material for coin cells. The morphology of char can be significantly steered by the concentration of Na2CO3. Scanning electron microscopy analysis demonstrated that the introduction of Na2CO3 into cellulose at an appropriate concentration led to the formation of tubular structure on its surface after pyrolysis, whereas the tubular structure was absent in the lignin char with the addition of Na2CO3 at any concentrations. X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy characterizations revealed that all the obtained chars from both cellulose and lignin, with or without Na2CO3, were ascribed to non-crystalline graphite. Nevertheless, the crystal orientation of graphite from cellulose and lignin changed after the catalysis of Na2CO3. Further electrochemical tests showed that cellulose char had a higher sodium storage capacity than that of lignin char. The excellent electrochemical performance of carbon materials derived from cellulose might hold a prospective application in the field of energy storage.","PeriodicalId":10036,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics","volume":"38 4","pages":"479-486"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147330774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Photoluminescence enhancement of aluminum ion intercalated MoS2 quantum dots","authors":"Yanmin Kuang, Wenli He, Zhichao Zhu, Yaru Chen, Dongwei Ma, Xiaojuan Wang, Lijun Guo, Yulu He, Zhen Chi, Xia Ran, Luogang Xie","doi":"10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2206101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2206101","url":null,"abstract":"Low photoluminescence (PL) quantum yield of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) quantum dots (QDs) has limited practical application as potential fluorescent materials. Here, we report the intercalation of aluminum ion (Al3+) to enhance the PL of MoS2 QDs and the underlying mechanism. With detailed characterization and exciton dynamics study, we suggest that additional surface states including new emission centers have been effectively introduced to MoS2 QDs by the Al3+ intercalation. The synergy of new radiative pathway for exciton recombination and the passivation of non-radiative surface traps is responsible for the enhanced fluorescence of MoS2 QDs. Our findings demonstrate an efficient strategy to improve the optical properties of MoS2 QDs and are important for understanding the regulation effect of surface states on the emission of two dimensional sulfide QDs.","PeriodicalId":10036,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136199708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Energy transfer dynamics between carbon quantum dots and molybdenum disulfide revealed by transient absorption spectroscopy","authors":"Ruixiang Wu, Xin Liu, Xiaoshuai Wang, Jingjing Luo, Bin Li, Shengzhi Wang, Xiangyang Miao","doi":"10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2208129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2208129","url":null,"abstract":"Zero-dimensional environmentally friendly carbon quantum dots (CQDs) combined with two-dimensional materials have a wide range of applications in optoelectronic devices. We combined steady-state and transient absorption spectroscopies to study the energy transfer dynamics between CQDs and molybdenum disulfide (MoS2). Transient absorption plots showed photoinduced absorption and stimulated emission features, which involved the intrinsic and defect states of CQDs. Adding MoS2 to CQDs solution, the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of CQDs transferred energy to MoS2, which quenched the intrinsic emission at 390 nm. With addition of MoS2, CQD-MoS2 composites quenched defect emission at 490 nm and upward absorption, which originated from another energy transfer from the defect state. Two energy transfer paths between CQDs and MoS2 were efficiently manipulated by changing the concentration of MoS2, which laid a foundation for improving device performance.","PeriodicalId":10036,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136199707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chinese Abstracts","authors":"","doi":"10.1063/1674-0068/36/05/cabs","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/1674-0068/36/05/cabs","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10036,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136199705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Author Correction to “Mesoscale Simulation of Vesiculation of Lipid Droplets”","authors":"Rui Xu, Zi-lu Wang, Xue-hao He","doi":"10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp1405094-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp1405094-1","url":null,"abstract":"We regret to announce that two parameters (θ0, rc) were found incorrect after publication due to the author’s typing errors. The two parameters were published in Chin. J. Chem. Phys. 27, 663–671 (2014). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1674-0068/27/06/663-671. In page 664, in the sentence “Similarly, a small equilibrium angle (θ0 = 10°) with the bending constant (kangle = 20 kJ/(mol·rad2)) is empirically selected to stabilize the bilayer structure.”, “θ0 = 10°” should be corrected as “θ0 = 30°”. In page 665, in the sentence “In the present CG model rc is set as 2.772 nm and the start position of r1 = 2.25 nm.”, “rc is set as 2.772 nm” should be corrected as “rc is set as 2.722 nm”. The two parameters (θ0, rc) of the model used in the work are the same as those of the work [J. Phys. Chem. B 120, 2262–2270 (2016)].","PeriodicalId":10036,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136199706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}