Shaocheng Shen, Mehrdad Shiri, Paramasivam Mahalingam, Chaolong Tang, Tyler Bills, Alexander J. Bushnell, Tanya A. Balandin, Leopoldo Mejía, Haixin Zhang, Bingqian Xu, Ignacio Franco, Jason D. Azoulay, Kun Wang
{"title":"Long-Range Resonant Charge Transport through Open-Shell Donor–Acceptor Macromolecules","authors":"Shaocheng Shen, Mehrdad Shiri, Paramasivam Mahalingam, Chaolong Tang, Tyler Bills, Alexander J. Bushnell, Tanya A. Balandin, Leopoldo Mejía, Haixin Zhang, Bingqian Xu, Ignacio Franco, Jason D. Azoulay, Kun Wang","doi":"10.1021/jacs.4c18150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c18150","url":null,"abstract":"A grand challenge in molecular electronics is the development of molecular materials that can facilitate efficient long-range charge transport. Research spanning more than two decades has been fueled by the prospects of creating a new generation of miniaturized electronic technologies based on molecules whose synthetic tunability offers tailored electronic properties and functions unattainable with conventional electronic materials. However, current design paradigms produce molecules that exhibit off-resonant transport under low bias, which limits the conductance of molecular materials to unsatisfactorily low levels─several orders of magnitude below the conductance quantum 1 <i>G</i><sub>0</sub>─and often results in an exponential decay in conductance with length. Here, we demonstrate a chemically robust, air-stable, and highly tunable molecular wire platform comprised of open-shell donor–acceptor macromolecules that exhibit remarkably high conductance close to 1 <i>G</i><sub>0</sub> over a length surpassing 20 nm under low bias, with no discernible decay with length. Single-molecule transport measurements and <i>ab initio</i> calculations show that the ultralong-range resonant transport arises from extended π-conjugation, a narrow bandgap, and diradical character, which synergistically enables excellent alignment of frontier molecular orbitals with the electrode Fermi energy. The implementation of this long-sought-after transport regime within molecular materials offers new opportunities for the integration of manifold properties within emerging nanoelectronic technologies.","PeriodicalId":49,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Chemical Society","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143893560","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":"Click Chemistry-Assisted Rejuvenation of Aging T Cells Sensitizes Aged Mice to Tumor Immunotherapy","authors":"Xue-Feng Bai, Jun-Chi Ma, Cheng Zhang, Zhu Chen, Jinlian He, Si-Xue Cheng, Xian-Zheng Zhang","doi":"10.1021/jacs.5c05312","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c05312","url":null,"abstract":"Enormous resources have been devoted to address the suboptimal response of tumor patients to immunotherapy. However, a crucial yet often overlooked factor in these effects is the strong correlation between the occurrence and development of tumors and the immune dysfunction associated with aging. Our study aims to rejuvenate aging T cells within tumor-draining lymph nodes (TdLNs) by using targeted delivery of rapamycin, a macrolide capable of mitigating aging-related decline in immune function, thereby enhancing the antitumor efficacy of immunotherapy in aged mice. The targeted delivery system relies on a bioorthogonal reaction that harnesses the click chemistry between the azide (N<sub>3</sub>) groups artificially introduced onto TdLNs and the dibenzocyclooctyne (DBCO) groups attached to the rapamycin-loaded micelles administered intradermally. Experimental data demonstrate that this approach has effectively restored the functionality of impaired CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells in aged mice, thereby enhancing the antitumor response to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy to levels comparable to those in young mice. This study presents a promising strategy to combat the resistance to immunotherapeutic approaches commonly encountered among elderly tumor patients.","PeriodicalId":49,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Chemical Society","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143893568","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}
Jingyi Su, Yukun Liu, Yichen Li, Shulin Bai, Dezheng Gao, Pengpeng Chen, Zihao Zhao, Vinayak P. Dravid, Hongyao Xie, Li-Dong Zhao, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
{"title":"Intrinsic Off-Centering and Light Conduction Band Structure Lead to High Thermoelectric Performance in N-Type Diamondoid AgInSe2","authors":"Jingyi Su, Yukun Liu, Yichen Li, Shulin Bai, Dezheng Gao, Pengpeng Chen, Zihao Zhao, Vinayak P. Dravid, Hongyao Xie, Li-Dong Zhao, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis","doi":"10.1021/jacs.5c04294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c04294","url":null,"abstract":"Historically, the rocksalt crystal structure and its variants have long dominated the field of advanced thermoelectrics. Developing new structural thermoelectric materials is an interesting topic for the thermoelectric community. In this work, an n-type diamondoid compound, AgInSe<sub>2</sub>, was identified with extremely low thermal conductivity and very high carrier mobility. The intrinsic Ag off-centering behavior combined with the densely distributed twin boundaries and switched grain orientations significantly disrupts phonon transport and leads to the extremely low thermal conductivity of ∼0.19 W m<sup>–1</sup> K<sup>–1</sup> at 850 K in the Ag<sub>0.98</sub>In<sub>1.02</sub>Se<sub>2</sub>-0.03CdSe material. On the other hand, the light conduction band structure of AgInSe<sub>2</sub> leads to a small density-of-state effective mass of 0.1 <i>m</i><sub>e</sub> and very high electron mobility of 700 cm<sup>2</sup> V<sup>–1</sup> s<sup>–1</sup> at room temperature. Combining this with the significant increase in carrier concentration induced by CdSe alloying, a record-high maximum <i>ZT</i> of 1.4 at 850 K and an average <i>ZT</i> of 0.8 are achieved in n-type Ag<sub>0.98</sub>In<sub>1.02</sub>Se<sub>2</sub>-0.03CdSe, which can be comparable to many typical rocksalt n-type thermoelectrics. Moreover, a maximum output power of ∼10 mW and an energy conversion efficiency of ∼5% were demonstrated in the AgInSe<sub>2</sub>-based single-leg device, highlighting the application potential of this novel n-type diamondoid thermoelectric.","PeriodicalId":49,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Chemical Society","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143893566","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}
Qianhong Wang, Keng Sang, Changzheng Hong, Zhihua Zhang, Changwei Liu, Wenyao Chen, Chenxin Wu, Yuxia Zhong, Lina Li, Lei Hua, Xinggui Zhou, De Chen, Weikang Yuan, Xuezhi Duan
{"title":"Assembling a Metastable Electron Fence within Gold-Zeolite Interfaces for Boosted Propylene Epoxidation","authors":"Qianhong Wang, Keng Sang, Changzheng Hong, Zhihua Zhang, Changwei Liu, Wenyao Chen, Chenxin Wu, Yuxia Zhong, Lina Li, Lei Hua, Xinggui Zhou, De Chen, Weikang Yuan, Xuezhi Duan","doi":"10.1021/jacs.5c02753","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c02753","url":null,"abstract":"Selective oxidation of hydrocarbons represents a cornerstone reaction in the chemical industry, yet achieving both high activity and selectivity remains challenging. Gold catalysts, renowned for their resistance to overoxidation, are hindered by poor oxygen activation. Here, we develop an “electron fence” strategy to overcome these limitations and enhance the oxidation performances of a conventional gold/zeolite catalyst, which achieves a record-breaking propylene epoxidation rate of 502.6 g·kg<sub>cat</sub><sup>–1</sup>·h<sup>–1</sup>. By controlling the reduction dynamics and phase separation of immiscible Au–Rh precursors, we engineer a metastable “Hamburger” heterostructure with Rh atomic layers intercalated at the Au-zeolite interface. These interfacial Rh atoms serve as an electron fence and embank electrons within Au, enabling a valence-state transition from Au<sup>m+</sup> to Au<sup>n–</sup>. Such electron confinement simultaneously addresses the hydrogen and oxygen activation challenges inherent in traditional Au catalysts, significantly promoting the pivotal generation of hydroperoxyl radicals for selective oxidation. Further fine-tuning the Au–Rh ratio prevents catalyst restructuring that causes propylene overhydrogenation to propane on the ball-cup structure, or overoxidation to CO<sub>2</sub> on Janus configuration. Hence, leveraging the above electronic and geometric promotions, this electron-fence Au–Rh catalyst achieves a two-order-of-magnitude enhancement in epoxidation rates. Such an electron-fence strategy can be extended to propane hydro-oxidation to acetone with simultaneously enhanced activity and selectivity.","PeriodicalId":49,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Chemical Society","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143893564","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}
Shiyang Ji, Yifan Zhou, Lin Xiong, Xinyu Liu, Tong Zhu, Xiuqin Zhan, Yongli Yan, Jiannian Yao, Kang Wang, Yong Sheng Zhao
{"title":"Nonreciprocal Circularly Polarized Lasing from Organic Achiral Microcrystals","authors":"Shiyang Ji, Yifan Zhou, Lin Xiong, Xinyu Liu, Tong Zhu, Xiuqin Zhan, Yongli Yan, Jiannian Yao, Kang Wang, Yong Sheng Zhao","doi":"10.1021/jacs.5c05118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c05118","url":null,"abstract":"Organic materials are particularly appealing for circularly polarized (CP) lasers due to their remarkable chiroptical activities and exceptional optical gain properties. However, conventional organic CP lasers based on chiral molecules or microstructures typically exhibit reciprocal behavior, which complicates material synthesis and device fabrication for practical applications. In this study, we present nonreciprocal CP lasing from achiral organic microcrystals through the coupling between fluorescence linear anisotropy (<i>f</i>) and linear birefringence (LB), known as <i>f</i>-LB effect. By carefully controlling the crystallization process, we prepared triclinic and orthorhombic polymorphs with distinct molecular packing arrangements, which unlock the precise manipulation of <i>f</i>-LB coupling for efficient polarization state conversion of photons. The triclinic crystals exhibited stronger <i>f</i>-LB effect owing to the suitable angle between the emission plane and birefringence axis, resulting in robust nonreciprocal CP luminescence. More importantly, this coupling was further amplified during lasing oscillation, ultimately enabling nonreciprocal CP lasing with a dissymmetry factor of ∼1.0. These findings provide a novel approach to exploring high-performance nonreciprocal CP lasers and offer new insights into chiral photonics and optoelectronics.","PeriodicalId":49,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Chemical Society","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143893567","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}
Yi-Hu Feng, Chengye Lin, Hanwen Qin, Guang-Xu Wei, Chao Yang, Yongwei Tang, Xu Zhu, Shuai Sun, Tian-Ling Chen, Mengting Liu, Hong Zheng, Xiao Ji, Ya You, Peng-Fei Wang
{"title":"Cation–Anion Regulation Engineering in a Flame-Retardant Electrolyte toward Safe Na-Ion Batteries with Appealing Stability","authors":"Yi-Hu Feng, Chengye Lin, Hanwen Qin, Guang-Xu Wei, Chao Yang, Yongwei Tang, Xu Zhu, Shuai Sun, Tian-Ling Chen, Mengting Liu, Hong Zheng, Xiao Ji, Ya You, Peng-Fei Wang","doi":"10.1021/jacs.4c18326","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c18326","url":null,"abstract":"Great electrochemical stability and intrinsic safety are of critical significance in realizing large-scale applications of Na-ion batteries (NIBs). Unfortunately, the notorious decomposition of the electrolyte and undesirable side reactions on the cathode–electrolyte interphase (CEI) pose major obstacles to the practical implementation of NIBs. Besides, the flammability of traditional carbonate-based electrolytes raises increasing safety concerns about the batteries. Herein, a flame-retardant all-fluorinated electrolyte is proposed to achieve an anion-aggregated inner solvation shell by modulating cation–anion interactions through a low-coordination number cosolvent. The more electrochemically antioxidant fluorinated solvents and anion-dominated interfacial chemistry contribute to the construction of both mechanically and chemically stable F-rich CEI. Such thin, homogeneous interphase effectively inhibits the parasitic reaction, strengthens the interfacial stability, and enables fast Na<sup>+</sup> diffusion kinetics on the interface. When employing this electrolyte, the Na<sub>0.95</sub>Ni<sub>0.4</sub>Fe<sub>0.15</sub>Mn<sub>0.3</sub>Ti<sub>0.15</sub>O<sub>2</sub> (NFMT) cathode delivers remarkable discharge capacity up to 169.7 mAh g<sup>–1</sup>, with stable cycling at 1C for 500 cycles. Impressively, NFMT//hard carbon pouch cells with such electrolyte also achieve a steady operation for 100 cycles at 0.5C with 86.8% capacity remaining. This study offers a practical reference for developing high-performance and flame-retardant electrolytes.","PeriodicalId":49,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Chemical Society","volume":"224 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143893565","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":"Solvent-Controlled Enantioselective Allylic C–H Alkylation of 2,5-Dihydrofuran via Synergistic Palladium/Nickel Catalysis","authors":"Fule Wu, Hongkai Wang, Zhenwei Wu, Yangbin Liu, Xiaoming Feng","doi":"10.1021/jacs.5c01228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c01228","url":null,"abstract":"Enantioenriched, substituted tetrahydrofuran skeletons extensively occur in natural products, bioactive targets, and organic frameworks. The rapid and diverse synthesis of these tetrahydrofuran molecules is highly desired yet challenging. Herein, we present a practical synthetic strategy for asymmetric allylic C–H bond functionalization of oxyheterocyclic alkenes by making use of the synergistic catalysis of achiral Pd complex and chiral <i>N</i>,<i>N</i>′-dioxide-Ni(II) catalyst. Notably, the chemodivergent synthesis of allylic C–H alkylated products and hydroalkylated products was readily achieved in good outcomes via the regulation of solvents. Furthermore, the post-transformation of these functionalized 2,5-dihydrofurans provides an innovative synthetic route to access tetrahydrofuran skeleton compounds containing multiple stereocenters.","PeriodicalId":49,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Chemical Society","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143893562","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":"A Highly Efficient Molecular Iron(II) Photocatalyst for Concurrent CO2 Reduction and Organic Synthesis","authors":"Yan-Nan Jing, Hai-Xu Wang, Cheng Wang, Chen Ye, Chen-Ho Tung, Li-Zhu Wu","doi":"10.1021/jacs.5c01698","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c01698","url":null,"abstract":"Molecular catalysts used for photocatalytic reduction of CO<sub>2</sub> heavily rely on photosensitizers to harvest light and then achieve photoinduced electron transfer to the catalytic center. However, a single earth-abundant molecular metal photocatalyst to independently execute CO<sub>2</sub> reduction remains a huge challenge. Herein, we report that a polypyridyl iron(II) molecular photocatalyst <b>1</b>, FePAbipyBn, exhibits outstanding activity for CO<sub>2</sub> reduction in the presence of 1,3-diethyl-2-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1<i>H</i>-benzo[d]imidazole (TON 3558 for CO production and selectivity >99%). More strikingly, molecular photocatalyst <b>1</b> takes advantage of unique photoredox properties to concurrently facilitate 2e<sup>–</sup>/2H<sup>+</sup> enamine oxidation and CO<sub>2</sub> reduction, resulting in value-added products of indoles and CO. This is an inaugural instance of a photoredox reaction for CO<sub>2</sub> reduction and organic synthesis using a molecular photocatalyst.","PeriodicalId":49,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Chemical Society","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143893563","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}
Hantao Xu, Wei Deng, Jingyuan Yu, Lei Shi, Wenwei Zhang, Juncai Long, Chaobin He, Lin Xu
{"title":"Anchoring Side Chains to Carbonate Groups for Reviving Stable Polycarbonate-Based Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries","authors":"Hantao Xu, Wei Deng, Jingyuan Yu, Lei Shi, Wenwei Zhang, Juncai Long, Chaobin He, Lin Xu","doi":"10.1021/jacs.5c00760","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c00760","url":null,"abstract":"Polycarbonate-based electrolytes are ideal electrolytes for solid-state lithium metal batteries (LMBs) due to their wider electrochemical windows and considerable ionic conductivities compared with conventional solid polymer electrolytes. However, polycarbonates encounter severe interfacial side reactions with lithium metal, leading to the interfacial degradation of polymers. Herein, a spontaneously formed restricted conformation is designed via the in situ anchoring of side chains to suppress the interfacial degradation of polycarbonate-based electrolytes. The restricted conformation enables the side chains to shield and protect the degradable ester bonds of cyclic carbonates, suppressing contact and interfacial degradation between polycarbonates and lithium metal anodes. As a proof of concept, the protected polycarbonate-based electrolyte demonstrates a stable cycling capability of the Li/Li cell beyond 1000 h at a current density of 0.5 mA cm<sup>–2</sup>, and the assembled LiNi<sub>0.8</sub>Co<sub>0.1</sub>Mn<sub>0.1</sub>O<sub>2</sub>/Li pouch cell also achieves similar improvement in cycling performance. This work indicates that the strategy of constructing restricted conformations via anchoring side chains is a feasible avenue for fabricating highly stable polycarbonate-based solid-state LMBs.","PeriodicalId":49,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Chemical Society","volume":"88 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143893561","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}
Yunlong Qin, Yang Sung Sohn, Rachel Nechushtai, Fan Xia, Fujian Huang, Itamar Willner
{"title":"Enzyme- and DNAzyme-Driven Transient Assembly of DNA-Based Phase-Separated Coacervate Microdroplets","authors":"Yunlong Qin, Yang Sung Sohn, Rachel Nechushtai, Fan Xia, Fujian Huang, Itamar Willner","doi":"10.1021/jacs.5c00637","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c00637","url":null,"abstract":"An assembly of dissipative, transient, DNA-based microdroplet (MD) coacervates in the presence of auxiliary enzymes (endonucleases and nickases) or MD-embedded DNAzyme is introduced. Two pairs of different Y-shaped DNA core frameworks modified with toehold tethers are cross-linked by complementary toehold-functionalized duplexes, engineered to be cleaved by EcoRI or HindIII endonucleases, or cross-linked by palindromic strands that include pre-engineered Nt.BbvCI or Nb.BtsI nicking sites, demonstrating transient evolution/depletion of phase-separated MD coacervates. By mixing the pairs of endonuclease- or nickase-responsive MDs, programmed or gated transient formation/depletion of MD frameworks is presented. In addition, by cross-linking a pre-engineered Y-shaped core framework with a sequence-designed fuel strand, phase separation of MD coacervates with embedded Mg<sup>2+</sup>-DNAzyme units is introduced. The DNAzyme-catalyzed cleavage of a ribonucleobase-modified hairpin substrate, generating the waste product of the metabolite fragments, leads to the metabolite-driven separation of the cross-linked coacervates, resulting in the temporal evolution and depletion of the DNAzyme-functionalized MDs. By employing a light-responsive caged hairpin structure, the light-modulated fueled evolution and depletion of the DNAzyme-active MDs are presented. The enzyme- or DNAzyme-catalyzed transient evolution/depletion of the MD coacervates provides protocell frameworks mimicking dynamic transient processes of native cells. The possible application of MDs as functional carriers for the temporal, dose-controlled release of loads is addressed.","PeriodicalId":49,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Chemical Society","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143893672","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}