Wenhao Wang , Siyuan Peng , Zhengwei Huang , Xin Pan
{"title":"Tuning amino/hydroxyl ratios of nanovesicles to manipulate protein corona-mediated in vivo fate","authors":"Wenhao Wang , Siyuan Peng , Zhengwei Huang , Xin Pan","doi":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110134","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110134","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10088,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Chemical Letters","volume":"35 11","pages":"Article 110134"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141935039","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":"Tuning up of chromism, luminescence in cadmium-viologen complexes through polymorphism strategy: Inkless erasable printing application","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110123","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110123","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In our work, polymorphism strategy has been successfully applied to tune up chromism and luminescence properties of viologen-based materials. Two polymorphs of viologen-based complexes of <em>α</em>-CdBr<sub>2</sub>(PHSQ)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>2</sub> (<strong>1</strong>) and <em>β</em>-CdBr<sub>2</sub>(PHSQ)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>2</sub> (<strong>2</strong>) (PHSQ = <em>N</em>-(4-sulfophenyl)-4,4′-bipyridinium) were synthesized by changing the solvent. They can both respond to UV light and electricity in the manner of chromism visible to the naked eye and the coloration states have good reversibility, through which an inkless erasable printing model has been established. But the coloration contrast of <strong>1</strong> is higher compared to <strong>2</strong>. Meanwhile, they both exhibit photoluminescence properties and the intensity of <strong>1</strong> is twice that of <strong>2</strong>, which is accompanied by photoquenching upon continuous UV light irradiation. The only divergence of disordered/ordered O atoms in the two crystalline compounds leads to significantly different chromic and luminescent properties. Further explorations simultaneously demonstrate that the different chromic performance between <strong>1</strong> and <strong>2</strong> should attribute to the alteration of stimulus-induced (light/ electricity) electron transfer channels caused by the ordered/disordered O atoms in the complexes, which is achieved through C<img>H···O and O<img>H···O interactions to change crystal arrangement and structural rigidity, thus affect luminescent properties.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10088,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Chemical Letters","volume":"36 1","pages":"Article 110123"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141397561","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}
Chong Liu , Ling Li , Jiahui Gao , Yanwei Li , Nazhen Zhang , Jing Zang , Cong Liu , Zhaopei Guo , Yanhui Li , Huayu Tian
{"title":"The study of antibacterial activity of cationic poly(β-amino ester) regulating by amphiphilic balance","authors":"Chong Liu , Ling Li , Jiahui Gao , Yanwei Li , Nazhen Zhang , Jing Zang , Cong Liu , Zhaopei Guo , Yanhui Li , Huayu Tian","doi":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110118","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110118","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>It is well known that cationic polymers have excellent antimicrobial capacity accompanied with high biotoxicity, to reduce biotoxicity needs to decrease the number of cationic groups on polymers, which will influence antimicrobial activity. It is necessary to design a cationic polymer mimic natural antimicrobial peptide with excellent antibacterial activity and low toxicity to solve the above dilemma. Here, we designed and prepared a series of cationic poly(<em>β</em>-amino ester)s (PBAEs) with different cationic contents, and introducing hydrophobic alkyl chain to adjust the balance between antimicrobial activity and biotoxicity to obtain an ideal antimicrobial polymer. The optimum one of synthesized PBAE (hydrophilic cationic monomer :hydrophobic monomer = 5:5) was screened by testing cytotoxicity and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), which can effectively kill <em>S. aureus</em> and <em>E. coli</em> with PBAE concentration of 15 μg/mL by a spread plate bacteriostatic method and dead and alive staining test. The way of PBAE killing bacterial was destroying the membrane like natural antimicrobial peptide observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). In addition, PBAE did not exhibit hemolysis and cytotoxicity. In particular, from the result of animal tests, the PBAE was able to promote healing of infected wounds from removing mature S. aureus and E. coli on the surface of infected wound. As a result, our work offers a viable approach for designing antimicrobial materials, highlighting the significant potential of PBAE polymers in the field of biomedical materials.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10088,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Chemical Letters","volume":"36 2","pages":"Article 110118"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141414694","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":"Photocatalytic Minisci-type multicomponent reaction for the synthesis of 1-(halo)alkyl-3-heteroaryl bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes","authors":"Rong-Nan Yi , Wei-Min He","doi":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110115","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110115","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10088,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Chemical Letters","volume":"35 10","pages":"Article 110115"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141401220","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":"Organic pollutant sensing for human health based on carbon dots","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110117","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110117","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Organic pollutants are harmful and toxic chemical substances that adversely threaten human health and the living environment all over the world. More and more studies have been investigating the relationship between low level of human exposure of organic compounds and various internal diseases. For the sake of assessing disease risk due to organic compounds contact in a particular location, it is imperative for relevant government departments to make a human health risk assessment in view of the organic pollutants’ bioavailability and their dosage-response correlations. It is inevitable to make use of an efficient method to detect organic pollutants, which is significant for public health and safety. Fluorescent assays based on carbon dots thus would provide a very plausible candidate method. After consulting a large number of literatures, we offer a comprehensive review of the sensing applications of carbon dots for organic pollutants.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10088,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Chemical Letters","volume":"36 1","pages":"Article 110117"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141395377","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":"Construction of mesoporous silica-implanted tungsten oxides for selective acetone gas sensing","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110111","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110111","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>As a key biomarker for noninvasive diagnosis of diabetes, the selective detection of trace acetone in exhaled gas using a portable and low-cost device remains a great challenge. Semiconductor metal oxide (SMO) based gas sensors have drawn signification attention due to their potential in miniaturization, user-friendliness, high cost-effectiveness and selective real-time detection for noninvasive clinical diagnosis. Herein, we propose a one-pot solvent evaporation induced tricomponent co-assembly strategy to design a novel ordered mesoporous SMO of silica-implanted WO<sub>3</sub> (SiO<sub>2</sub>/WO<sub>3</sub>) as sensing materials for trace acetone detection. The controlled co-assembly of silicon and tungsten precursors and amphiphilic diblock copolymer poly(ethylene oxide)-block-polystyrene (PEO-<em>b</em>-PS), and the subsequent thermal treatment enable the local lattice disorder of WO<sub>3</sub> induced by the amorphous silica and the formation of ordered mesoporous SiO<sub>2</sub>/WO<sub>3</sub> hybrid walls with a unique metastable <em>ε</em>-phase WO<sub>3</sub> framework. The obtained mesoporous SiO<sub>2</sub>/WO<sub>3</sub> composites possess highly crystalline framework with large uniform pore size (12.0–13.3 nm), high surface area (99–113 m<sup>2</sup>/g) and pore volume (0.17–0.23 cm<sup>3</sup>/g). Typically, the as-fabricated gas sensor based on mesoporous 2.5 %SiO<sub>2</sub>/WO<sub>3</sub> exhibits rapid response/recovery rate (5/17 s), superior sensitivity (<em>R</em><sub>air</sub>/<em>R</em><sub>gas</sub> = 105 for 50 ppm acetone), as well as high selectivity towards acetone. The limit of detection is as low as 0.25 ppm, which is considerably lower than the thresh value of acetone concentration (>1.1 ppm) in the exhaled breath of diabetic patients, demonstrating its great prospect in real-time monitoring in diabetes diagnosis. Moreover, the mesoporous 2.5 %SiO<sub>2</sub>/WO<sub>3</sub> sensor is integrated into a wireless sensing module connected to a smart phone, providing a convenient real-time detection of acetone.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":10088,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Chemical Letters","volume":"35 11","pages":"Article 110111"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141394588","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":"Electro-reductive carboxylation of CCl bonds in unactivated alkyl chlorides and polyvinyl chloride with CO2","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110104","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110104","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The carboxylation of readily available organo halides with CO<sub>2</sub> represents a practical strategy to afford valuable carboxylic acids. However, efficient carboxylation of inexpensive unactivated alkyl chlorides is still underdeveloped. Herein, we report the electro-reductive carboxylation of C<img>Cl bonds in unactivated chlorides and polyvinyl chloride with CO<sub>2</sub>. A variety of alkyl carboxylic acids are obtained in moderate to good yields under mild conditions with high chemoselectivity. Importantly, the utility of this electro-reductive carboxylation is demonstrated with great potential in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) upgrading, which could convert discarded PVC from hydrophobic to hydrophilic functional products. Mechanistic experiments support the successive single electron reduction of unactivated chlorides to generate alkyl anion species and following nucleophilic attack on CO<sub>2</sub> to give desired products.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":10088,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Chemical Letters","volume":"35 12","pages":"Article 110104"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141400460","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":"Recent progress on surface chemistry II: Property and characterization","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110100","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110100","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Surface with well-defined components and structures possesses unique electronic, magnetic, optical and chemical properties. As a result, surface chemistry research plays a crucial role in various fields such as catalysis, energy, materials, quantum, and microelectronics. Surface science mainly investigates the correspondence between surface property and functionality. Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) techniques are important tools to characterize surface properties because of the capability of atomic-scale imaging, spectroscopy and manipulation at the single-atom level. In this review, we summarize recent advances in surface electronic, magnetic and optical properties characterized mainly by SPM-based methods. We focus on elucidating the <em>π</em>-magnetism in graphene-based nanostructures, construction of spin qubits on surfaces, topology properties of surface organic structures, STM-based light emission, tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and integration of machine learning in SPM studies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10088,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Chemical Letters","volume":"36 1","pages":"Article 110100"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141403132","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}