{"title":"Cover: Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society 12/2024","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/jccs.1863","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jccs.1863","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Focus of the figure</b>: A 3D supramolecular architecture, built up through the assembly of a double-layered 2D honeycomb-like MOFs, exhibits a stepwise water vapor ad-/de-sorption isotherm with the maximum sorption of approximate 4.0 n/mol mol<sup>-1</sup> H<sub>2</sub>O molecules, which is attributed to structural transformation on the basis of the hydrogen-bonding affinity of water molecules with the two free N atoms of tcm<sup>-1</sup> ligand in the framework and the framework flexibility assembled by two-fold interpenetrated 2D nets. More details about this figure will be discussed by Dr. Chih-Chieh Wang and his co-workers on pages 1464-1472 in this issue.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":17262,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Chinese Chemical Society","volume":"71 12","pages":"1417"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jccs.1863","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142861493","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":"Contents and Masthead: Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society 12/2024","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/jccs.1864","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jccs.1864","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17262,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Chinese Chemical Society","volume":"71 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jccs.1864","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142861494","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":"Sustainable synthesis and electrochemical characterization of Ti3C2/Fe1-xBaxCr2O4 nanocomposite for enhanced Supercapacitor electrode performance","authors":"Kiran Batool, Adel El-marghany, Muhammad Saeed","doi":"10.1002/jccs.202400313","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jccs.202400313","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study presents a comprehensive analysis of the structural, morphological, and electrochemical properties of the synthesized Ti₃C₂ and Ti₃C₂/Fe<sub>1-x</sub>BaₓCr₂O₄ nanocomposite, highlighting their potential as electrode materials for supercapacitors. Utilizing X-ray diffraction (XRD), we established the crystalline structure, revealing crystallite sizes of 13.29 nm and 20.00 nm for Ti₃C₂ and the nanocomposite, respectively, with corresponding crystallinity indices of 60% and 70%. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed that Ti₃C₂ exhibited a characteristic layered structure, while the composite demonstrated a more granular morphology with integrated ferrite particles, enhancing its magnetic properties. Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) confirmed the elemental composition, including titanium, iron, barium, and chromium, validating the successful synthesis of the nanocomposite. Photoluminescence (PL) analysis indicated a significant band gap reduction from 2.05 eV for Ti₃C₂ to 1.77 eV for the composite, suggesting enhanced light absorption capabilities. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) results demonstrated impressive electrochemical performance, with a maximum specific capacitance of 728.5 F/g in 1 M H₂SO₄. These findings collectively underscore the structural integrity, enhanced electrochemical properties, and multifunctional potential of the Ti₃C₂/Fe<sub>1-x</sub>BaₓCr₂O₄ nanocomposite for advanced energy storage applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":17262,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Chinese Chemical Society","volume":"72 2","pages":"186-195"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143389372","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":"Novel Cu2O/Bi2WO6 composite for the photoreduction of CO2 to fuel","authors":"Zhen Zhu, Yu-Cheng Zhang, Ren-Jang Wu, Wei-Yi Lin","doi":"10.1002/jccs.202400274","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jccs.202400274","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this study, Cu<sub>2</sub>O was prepared using a one-step reduction method, and Bi<sub>2</sub>WO<sub>6</sub> was uniformly mixed with Cu<sub>2</sub>O in various proportions to obtain Cu<sub>2</sub>O/Bi<sub>2</sub>WO<sub>6</sub> composites with different Bi<sub>2</sub>WO<sub>6</sub> contents. The prepared samples (Cu<sub>2</sub>O and Cu<sub>2</sub>O/Bi<sub>2</sub>WO<sub>6</sub>) were used as photocatalytic materials in the photo-reductive conversion of CO<sub>2</sub> into CH<sub>4</sub> and CO. The morphology, microstructure, and chemical composition of the obtained photocatalysts were investigated using a series of characterization methods, including X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), UV–visible spectroscopy (UV–vis), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Furthermore, the photoreduction of CO<sub>2</sub> using the prepared samples was studied under low-power visible LED lights irradiation (blue LED and green LED) to save energy. Experimental results showed that Cu<sub>2</sub>O/Bi<sub>2</sub>WO<sub>6</sub> with a 3:1 ratio possessed the optimal properties, yielding 27.4 μmol g<sup>−1</sup> of methane and 30.6 μmol g<sup>−1</sup> of carbon monoxide under green light.</p>","PeriodicalId":17262,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Chinese Chemical Society","volume":"72 1","pages":"27-36"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143120674","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":"Integrated in silico-in vitro profiling of the systematic response of paclitaxel and its analogues to clinical tubulin variations in gynecologic cancers: Implications for the molecular mechanism of acquired tumor chemoresistance","authors":"Wenxiao Lu, Lili Shen, Shijian Zhao","doi":"10.1002/jccs.202400259","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jccs.202400259","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Tubulin is the basic building block of microtubule and has been established as a druggable target of various cancers. However, a large number of somatic missense variations have been clinically observed to harbor in the tubulin protein, which can cause drug resistance to microtubule-stabilizing agents (MSAs), thus largely limiting the applications of MSAs in tumor chemotherapy. In this study, we created a systematic response profile of (PTX), the first approved MSA, as well as its diverse analogues (we herein termed paclitogues [PLGs]), to various tubulin variations by using an integrated in silico-in vitro (iSiV) strategy. These PLGs share a similar action mechanism and the same binding pocket with PTX, while these variations were enriched from the gene ontology (GO) network involving a variety of gynecologic cancers (GCs). A considerable difference between the ligand response profiles to α- and β-tubulin variations was observed; the former commonly has only marginal and even effects, whereas the latter generally exhibits significant but dramatically changeable responses. A number of resistant variations and few sensitive variations were identified from the profile; they can considerably reduce PTX affinity by up to ~30-fold or moderately improve the affinity by <5-fold. Multiple resistant variations can co-work in a single tubulin variant to further combat with the PTX ligand. By examining their locations in the structural architecture of tubulin protein, it is revealed that resistant variations occur either in MSA-binding pocket to directly block ligand binding or out of the pocket to indirectly impair the binding through a long-range conformational effect, while the sensitive variations promote the binding by forming additional noncovalent interactions with ligand.</p>","PeriodicalId":17262,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Chinese Chemical Society","volume":"72 1","pages":"14-26"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143120207","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}
Min Zhang, Dandan Guo, Xiaoqian Zhou, Ding Zhou, Yan Zhu, Shaohua Huang
{"title":"Synthesis and application of poly(amidoamine) functional biomedical materials in the field of biomedicine over the past decade","authors":"Min Zhang, Dandan Guo, Xiaoqian Zhou, Ding Zhou, Yan Zhu, Shaohua Huang","doi":"10.1002/jccs.202400220","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jccs.202400220","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Over the past decade, significant advancements have been achieved in the field of biomedicine, particularly in the treatment of critical illness. However, there remain numerous challenges and barriers persist in drug delivery, medical imaging, diagnosis, and treatment. Poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimers have emerged as promising candidates for the development of functional biomedical materials due to their advantageous properties, including ease of preparation, controllable size, abundant cavities, water solubility, modifiability, and biocompatibility. This article presents a comprehensive review of the synthesis, application, and potential toxicity of PAMAM functional biomedical materials, exploring the role, significance, and potential applications of PAMAM dendrimers in detail. The aim is to provide a valuable reference for the future development of biomedical materials and to inspire further discoveries in the field of polyamide functional materials.</p>","PeriodicalId":17262,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Chinese Chemical Society","volume":"72 1","pages":"72-82"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143120410","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}
Yang Zhao, Tao Wan, Songsong He, Dongmei Li, Xiaomei Wang, Hao Xu, Bingjun Liu
{"title":"Adsorption-photocatalysis for methylene blue dye removal by novel Fe-MOFs through defect engineering","authors":"Yang Zhao, Tao Wan, Songsong He, Dongmei Li, Xiaomei Wang, Hao Xu, Bingjun Liu","doi":"10.1002/jccs.202400289","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jccs.202400289","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In recent years, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have attracted much attention in environmental pollution control. However, most MOFs still have problems such as low utilization of visible light and easy recombination of photogenerated electrons and holes. In this study, novel defective Fe-MOFs with appropriate structural defects were prepared by solvothermal method and used to remove methylene blue (MB) in aqueous phase through adsorption and photocatalysis. Defective Fe-MOFs have Fe content as high as 10.31% with specific surface area of 40.95 m<sup>2</sup>/g, which is beneficial for both dye adsorption and photocatalytic process. Defective Fe-MOFs have spindle-like structures with sizes ranging from 40 nm to 100 nm and an average size of 69.1 nm, as well as some irregularly shaped nanoparticles. Irregular stacking of these two kinds of structure makes Fe-MOFs appropriate structural defects, large specific surface area, and mesoporous structure. Kinetics and isotherms of dye adsorption process are consistent with pseudo-first-order kinetic model and Freundlich isotherm model, respectively. Defective Fe-MOFs can absorb MB dye rapidly, reaching adsorption equilibrium within 60 min. Dye adsorption process is endothermic, spontaneous, and entropy-increasing process. After 180 min visible light illumination, dye photocatalytic efficiency of the defective Fe-MOFs reaches 97.56% in the condition of MB concentration as high as 30 mg/L. Consequently, defective Fe-MOFs with appropriate structural defects, porous structure, high Fe-O content, and strong electron-donating amino groups have huge potential applications in removing organic dyes from the aqueous solution by a green and environmentally friendly way due to their high dye adsorption and dye photocatalytic activity.</p>","PeriodicalId":17262,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Chinese Chemical Society","volume":"72 1","pages":"51-64"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143118984","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}
Xuan Zhou, Liang Song, Xing Li, Xiu-Lin Zeng, Xue-Hai Ju
{"title":"CL-20/4,5-MDNI crystal growth and morphology under different conditions: A molecular dynamics simulation","authors":"Xuan Zhou, Liang Song, Xing Li, Xiu-Lin Zeng, Xue-Hai Ju","doi":"10.1002/jccs.202400196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jccs.202400196","url":null,"abstract":"<p>CL-20/4,5-MDNI exists in two cocrystal forms with different stoichiometric ratios of 1:1 and 1:3. The properties (such as blast performance, thermal performance, sensitivity, and density) of the two cocrystals are significantly different, but both cocrystals are expected to become new high-energy insensitive explosives and have good applications. The AE model and molecular dynamics were used to simulate the crystal morphology and important crystal planes of 1:1 and 1:3 CL-20/4,5-MDNI under vacuum conditions, as well as in five solvents and different temperatures. 1:1 CL-20/4,5-MDNI has five main growth crystal planes of (002), (102), (111), (020) and (021), of which (002) has the largest proportion. 1:3 CL-20/4,5-MDNI has six main growth crystal planes of (001), (010), (011), (100), (101) and (111), of which (001) accounts for the largest proportion. The crystal morphology aspect ratio of 1:3 CL-20/4,5-MDNI in acetonitrile and 1:1 CL-20/4,5-MDNI in methanol are 1.936 and 1.680, respectively. The results were consistent with the experiments, which has certain guiding significance for CL-20/4,5-MDNI to obtain a crystal morphology closer to spherical shape.</p>","PeriodicalId":17262,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Chinese Chemical Society","volume":"72 1","pages":"5-13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143118983","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}
Dongmei Li, Tao Wan, Xiaomei Wang, Bingjun Liu, Yang Zhao, Hao Xu
{"title":"Synthesis and visible light photocatalytic activity of magnetic NH2-MIL-53(Fe)/NiFe2O4 photocatalysts","authors":"Dongmei Li, Tao Wan, Xiaomei Wang, Bingjun Liu, Yang Zhao, Hao Xu","doi":"10.1002/jccs.202400290","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jccs.202400290","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Metal–organic framework (MOF) has attracted extensive attention in photocatalytic organic pollutants. However, most MOFs still have problems such as low response of visible light, easy recombination of electrons and holes, and complicated separation and recovery process. In this study, a facile approach was proposed to construct magnetic NH<sub>2</sub>-MIL-53(Fe)/NiFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> photocatalyst via solvothermal method. NiFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> nanoparticles with octahedral structure are closely attached onto the surface of tubular such as NH<sub>2</sub>-MIL-53(Fe). NH<sub>2</sub>-MIL-53(Fe)/NiFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> has soft ferromagnetism, good paramagnetism, and magnetic response. After 210 min visible light illumination, photocatalytic efficiency of NH<sub>2</sub>-MIL-53(Fe)/NiFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> reaches 95.71% in the condition of methylene blue (MB) concentration as high as 30 mg/L, which is much higher than that (50.11%) of NH<sub>2</sub>-MIL-53(Fe). After five runs, photocatalytic activity of NH<sub>2</sub>-MIL-53(Fe)/NiFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> only decreases to 90.41%. Consequently, magnetic NH<sub>2</sub>-MIL-53(Fe)/NiFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> photocatalyst has huge potential applications in removing organic dyes by a green and environmentally friendly way due to its high photocatalytic activity, high stability, and easy solid–liquid separation.</p>","PeriodicalId":17262,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Chinese Chemical Society","volume":"72 1","pages":"37-50"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143118985","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}
Ying Wang, Lan Huang, Zhenfeng Tian, Shaolin Ge, Bing Zhang, Zhao Zhang, Mingxi Chen, Bingxia Xu, Jinghang Hao, Jun Yang
{"title":"A novel approach for quantitative determination of lignin content in tobacco via multiCP/MAS NMR spectroscopy","authors":"Ying Wang, Lan Huang, Zhenfeng Tian, Shaolin Ge, Bing Zhang, Zhao Zhang, Mingxi Chen, Bingxia Xu, Jinghang Hao, Jun Yang","doi":"10.1002/jccs.202400305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jccs.202400305","url":null,"abstract":"<p>As the main structural component of tobacco cell wall, lignin content is an important factor affecting the safety of tobacco smoking. However, it is time-consuming to quantify lignin by conventional wet chemical analysis methods. In this work, a <sup>13</sup>C multiCP/MAS NMR spectral analysis method for tobacco lignin was established. The multiCP/MAS NMR sequence was optimized for tobacco lignin. The optimized nuclear magnetic sequence parameters were 9 CP cycles of 1.5 ms, repolarization time of 0.7 s, and a total acquisition time of 130 min. Subsequently, TMSP was used as the internal standard substance to establish the working curve, and the correlation coefficient was 0.9946. The relative standard deviation (RSD, <i>n</i> = 5) was 3.26%. This method was applied to the determination of lignin content in different types of tobacco samples. The relative error in the determination of lignin content by this method did not exceed 4.46% compared to the results of the chemical method. The results showed that the <sup>13</sup>C multiCP/MAS NMR spectral analysis method had the advantages of accuracy and rapidity, which provided a new technical means for the quantitative study of tobacco cell wall substances.</p>","PeriodicalId":17262,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Chinese Chemical Society","volume":"72 1","pages":"83-92"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143118755","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}