{"title":"PELSA: A novel method for highly sensitive identification of protein targets and binding regions","authors":"Jun Xiong, Bi-Feng Yuan","doi":"10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111527","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111527","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10088,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Chemical Letters","volume":"36 12","pages":"Article 111527"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145156439","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}
Yongmei Xia , Zuming He , Gang He , Lianxiang Chen , Juan Zhang , Jiangbin Su , Muhammad Saboor Siddique , Xiaofei Fu , Guihua Chen , Wei Zhou
{"title":"Lead-free perovskite Cs3Bi2Br9/FeS2 hollow core-shell Z-scheme heterojunctions toward optimized photothermal-photocatalytic H2 production","authors":"Yongmei Xia , Zuming He , Gang He , Lianxiang Chen , Juan Zhang , Jiangbin Su , Muhammad Saboor Siddique , Xiaofei Fu , Guihua Chen , Wei Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111521","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111521","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Photothermal catalysis is a promising technology primarily utilized the solar energy to produce photogenerated e<sup>-</sup>/h<sup>+</sup> pairs together with the production of heat energy. However, the inefficient separation of charge carriers and inadequate response to near-infrared (NIR) light usually leads to the unsatisfactory photocatalytic efficiency, hindering their application potentials. In this work, a significantly enhanced photothermal catalytic hydrogen evolution reaction over the lead-free perovskite Cs<sub>3</sub>Bi<sub>2</sub>Br<sub>9</sub>/FeS<sub>2</sub> (CBB/FS) heterostructure is simultaneously verified, where the CBB/FS Z-scheme heterojunctions display the strong stability and superb photothermal catalytic activity. Under the simulated solar irradiation (AM 1.5G), the optimized CBB/FS-5 achieves a photocatalytic hydrogen evolution rate of 31.5 mmol g<sup>-1</sup> h<sup>-1</sup>, which is 112.6 and 77.1 times higher than that of FS and CBB, respectively, together with an apparent quantum yield of 29.5 % at 420 nm. This significantly improved photocatalytic H<sub>2</sub> evolution can be mainly attributed to the Z-scheme charge transfer and photothermal-assisted synergistically enhanced photocatalytic H<sub>2</sub> production, and the potential mechanism of the enhanced photocatalytic H<sub>2</sub> evolution is also proposed by photoelectrochemical characterizations, <em>in situ</em> XPS, EPR spectra, and the DFT calculations. This work provides new insights to the design of high-efficient photothermal catalysts, leading to the sustainable and efficient solutions towards the energy and environmental challenges.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10088,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Chemical Letters","volume":"36 10","pages":"Article 111521"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144670864","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}
Qing Liu , Tangxin Xiao , Zhouyu Wang , Leyong Wang
{"title":"Reactive oxygen species generation by organic materials for efficient photocatalysis","authors":"Qing Liu , Tangxin Xiao , Zhouyu Wang , Leyong Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111504","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111504","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Photocatalytic oxidation is an important process in synthetic chemistry, but creating efficient photocatalysts for different oxidation reactions is still a big challenge. Photoresponsive covalent organic frameworks (COFs) and artificial light-harvesting systems (LHSs) provide flexible platforms for producing reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are crucial for these reactions. Recently, Zhao, Li, Xing, and co-workers developed several materials based on COFs and LHSs that can generate ROS. Their work shows how adding photochromic components can improve energy transfer and charge separation, which in turn boosts the efficiency of photocatalytic reactions that use oxygen.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10088,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Chemical Letters","volume":"36 10","pages":"Article 111504"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144655998","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}
Ru Ding , Chunfei Wang , E Lv , Jingjing Zhao , Xucong Zhou , Yuanyi Li , Ying Wang , Bingxue Li , Lixia Zhang , Jin Zhou
{"title":"A near-infrared fluorescent probe based on Au3+/Pd2+ complexes for glutathione sensing: Applications in acute liver injury, hepatocellular carcinoma, and ferroptosis exploration","authors":"Ru Ding , Chunfei Wang , E Lv , Jingjing Zhao , Xucong Zhou , Yuanyi Li , Ying Wang , Bingxue Li , Lixia Zhang , Jin Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111497","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111497","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Liver diseases, particularly acute alcoholic liver injury (AALI), drug-induced liver injury (DILI), and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), have become global public health issues. Glutathione (GSH), as an important antioxidant, plays a crucial role in the liver, and its changes are closely associated with liver injury and the development of liver cancer. Therefore, accurately monitoring GSH variations is critical for understanding liver injury mechanisms, early diagnosis, and treatment evaluation. However, traditional detection methods suffer from insufficient sensitivity and selectivity. To address these challenges, we developed an innovative DR-Au<sup>3+</sup>/DR-Pd<sup>2+</sup> complex probe that can rapidly and sensitively detect GSH through near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence changes. This probe, with the optimal excitation and emission wavelengths of the probe both located in the NIR region, exhibits excellent selectivity and liver-targeting ability, overcoming the imprecision localization problems of traditional methods. In the AALI and DILI models, the optimized DR-Au<sup>3+</sup> probe enables real-time monitoring of GSH level fluctuations, providing a powerful tool for early diagnosis of liver injury and dynamic evaluation of therapeutic efficacy. In the DILI and HCC models, the DR-Au<sup>3+</sup> probe enables visualization and quantitative monitoring of the ferroptosis process, offering new perspectives and approaches for targeted therapy research. The DR-Au<sup>3+</sup> probe we developed pioneers innovative strategies for establishing accurate diagnostic protocols and individualized therapeutic regimens in hepatic injury and hepatocellular carcinoma management.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10088,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Chemical Letters","volume":"36 11","pages":"Article 111497"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144879830","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}
{"title":"Viscosity responsiveness of excited-state dynamics in aggregated-induced emission luminogens","authors":"Takuya Tanaka , Rikuto Noda , Yuki Sawatari , Riki Iwai , Ben Zhong Tang , Gen-ichi Konishi","doi":"10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111495","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111495","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) exhibit viscosity-responsive behavior resembling those of molecular rotors; however, their response mechanisms are more complex and cannot be adequately described using simple rotational models. AIEgens demonstrate intricate dynamics that are highly dependent on their molecular structures. In this study, we synthesized water-soluble derivatives of representative AIEgens, including tetraphenylethene (TPE), bis(<em>N,N</em>-dialkylamino)anthracene (BDAA), and bridged stilbene, and systematically investigated the dependence of their photophysical properties in water/glycerol mixed solvents on temperature and viscosity. To elucidate the origin of their viscosity responsiveness, quantum chemical calculations were conducted to analyze their potential energy surfaces (PESs). The results revealed that compared to typical molecular rotors, these AIEgens exhibit significantly higher sensitivity to viscosity in low-viscosity regions. Notably, for TPE and BDAA derivatives, the viscosity responsiveness was found to be governed not by the activation energy barrier (Δ<em>E</em><sub>a</sub>) based on the PES, but rather by the viscosity-dependent constraints on molecular structural changes. Furthermore, molecules possessing multiple aromatic rings or large, flexible, rotatable moieties were found to exhibit enhanced sensitivity to viscosity due to increased frictional interactions in solutions. This study provides critical insights into the mechanistic origins of the viscosity responsiveness of AIEgens, thereby advancing the fundamental understanding of their behavior and expanding their potential application as viscosity-sensitive probes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10088,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Chemical Letters","volume":"36 12","pages":"Article 111495"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145047918","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}
Xia Mi , Chaoyang Wang , Jingyu Zhang , Remi Chauvin , Xiuling Cui
{"title":"Recent progress in the visible-light-promoted synthesis of phenanthridines","authors":"Xia Mi , Chaoyang Wang , Jingyu Zhang , Remi Chauvin , Xiuling Cui","doi":"10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111485","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111485","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Phenanthridine is a key structural motif in numerous natural products and biologically active compounds, making it an attractive target for pharmaceuticals and advanced materials. Recently, visible-light-induced cyclization through radical process has emerged as a powerful and sustainable strategy for building such a core under mild and environmentally friendly conditions, paving the way for new applications in synthetic and medicinal chemistry. This review highlights recent progress in the photochemical synthesis of phenanthridines, mainly focusing on various radical acceptors, including 2-isocyanobiaryls, cyanides, vinyl azides and vinyl benzotriazoles.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10088,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Chemical Letters","volume":"36 11","pages":"Article 111485"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144841215","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}
Zeyuan Zhang , Zixuan Li , Chenjing Liu , Yali Hou , Ke Gao , Shijin Jian , Guoping Li , Gang He , Mingming Zhang
{"title":"Porphyrin metallacage-based host-guest complexation for highly efficient photocatalytic hydrogen production","authors":"Zeyuan Zhang , Zixuan Li , Chenjing Liu , Yali Hou , Ke Gao , Shijin Jian , Guoping Li , Gang He , Mingming Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111322","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111322","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution is a promising method for sustainable fuel production, but the efficiency of metal-organic complexes (MOCs) as photocatalysts is often limited by their poor light absorption, rapid exciton recombination, and aggregation. To address these challenges, we encapsulated Pt-based MOCs within porphyrin-based metallacages, which not only prevent the aggregation of catalysts but also enable effective electron transfer from the photosensitive metallacages to the photocatalysts. The structures of the host-guest complexes were confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, and one complex achieved a hydrogen generation rate of 19,786.5 µmol g<sup>−1</sup> h<sup>−1</sup>, which was among the highest values in metallacage-based photocatalytic systems. Femtosecond transient absorption and DFT calculations revealed that the enhanced performance is due to efficient photoinduced electron transfer from the porphyrin units to the Pt catalytic centers. This work demonstrates a new approach to integrating photosensitizers and photocatalysts <em>via</em> host-guest complexation, offering an effective pathway to improve photocatalytic hydrogen production.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10088,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Chemical Letters","volume":"36 12","pages":"Article 111322"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145107641","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}
Congzhao Dong , Yajun Zhang , Yingpu Bi , Zeyu Li , Yong Ding
{"title":"Band structure engineering of phosphorus doped Ta3N5 for efficient photoelectrochemical water oxidation","authors":"Congzhao Dong , Yajun Zhang , Yingpu Bi , Zeyu Li , Yong Ding","doi":"10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111449","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111449","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Constrained by severe bulk charge recombination, the actual photocurrent density of tantalum nitride (Ta<sub>3</sub>N<sub>5</sub>) photoanode is much lower than the theoretical maximum value. Herein, we report the doping of phosphorus, a non-metallic element distinct from oxygen, into Ta<sub>3</sub>N<sub>5</sub>, resulting in a photocurrent density 9 times higher than that of pristine Ta<sub>3</sub>N<sub>5</sub>. Systematic characterization reveals that the phosphorus doping simultaneously enhances the bulk charge separation efficiency and surface charge injection efficiency of Ta<sub>3</sub>N<sub>5</sub>, and induces favorable band energy restructuring. Specifically, a type-II homojunction formed between phosphorus-doped near-surface region and bulk Ta<sub>3</sub>N<sub>5</sub> effectively promotes the separation and transfer of photogenerated holes and electrons. Further modification with a NiFe-based cocatalyst enables the optimized photoanode to deliver a photocurrent density of 10 mA/cm<sup>2</sup> at 1.23 V <em>versus</em> the reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) and an applied bias photo-to-current efficiency of 1.78 % at 0.95 V <em>versus</em> RHE. Our work provides a foundation for the development of a broader range of non-metal doped semiconductors.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10088,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Chemical Letters","volume":"36 12","pages":"Article 111449"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145047919","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}
Juhong Lian , Deng Li , Yongmei Ma , Hui Bian , Yifan Shao , Zitong Wang , Junqing Yan , Ruibin Jiang , Shengzhong (Frank) Liu , Fuxiang Zhang
{"title":"Decorating CsPbBr3 with In2O3 seeds to build intimate direct Z-scheme heterojunction for promoted photocatalytic CO2 reduction","authors":"Juhong Lian , Deng Li , Yongmei Ma , Hui Bian , Yifan Shao , Zitong Wang , Junqing Yan , Ruibin Jiang , Shengzhong (Frank) Liu , Fuxiang Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111394","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111394","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Building heterojunctions has proven its efficiency in promoting charge separation for highly efficient photocatalysis. However, most heterojunctions often suffer from inadequate interfacial contact between the two semiconductor phases, hindering charge separation and producing suboptimal photocatalytic performance. Herein, leveraging the soft lattice feature of halide perovskite, we intentionally introduced In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> nanoparticles as seeds <em>in situ</em> during the crystallization process of CsPbBr<sub>3</sub>, constructing In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>/CsPbBr<sub>3</sub> heterojunction with intimate and abundant interface contact. Through <em>in situ</em> X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and band structure analysis, we revealed the creation of a direct Z-type heterojunction that combines the catalytic advantages of both CsPbBr<sub>3</sub> and In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> for CO<sub>2</sub> reduction and water oxidation, respectively. The enhanced interfacial contact further enables this heterojunction to separate more photogenerated charges and prolong carrier lifetime effectively. Benefiting from the improved charge utilization, as well as the chemisorption and activation of CO<sub>2</sub> molecules on the catalyst, the In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>/CsPbBr<sub>3</sub> heterojunction exhibits significantly enhanced performance in CO<sub>2</sub> photoreduction, achieving a 3.8-fold increase in the photoelectron consumption rate as compared to that of CsPbBr<sub>3</sub> alone. This study emphasizes the critical importance of a tight and rich heterojunction interface in achieving efficient photocatalytic reactions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10088,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Chemical Letters","volume":"36 11","pages":"Article 111394"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144860977","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}