Guangxue Pan, Yan Zhang, Mengmeng Liu, Zhuwei Cao, Yi Zheng, Sheng Ye
{"title":"Bulk-Interfacial Engineering of CoOx/SCN Heterostructure for Synergistically Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation of Imidacloprid Insecticide","authors":"Guangxue Pan, Yan Zhang, Mengmeng Liu, Zhuwei Cao, Yi Zheng, Sheng Ye","doi":"10.1039/d5cc02695d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc02695d","url":null,"abstract":"The camellia-like CoOx/SCN heterostructure with maximized interfacial adsorption energy achieves an unprecedented 19.1-fold enhancement in light-driven imidacloprid degradation compared to bulk CN, and remains exceptional stability over multiple reaction cycles, attributed to the coordination bond Co-N-C formation as an “electron bridge” facilitates charge transport across interface.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144515394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juncheng Li, Ibrahim O Adelakun, Wei Zheng, Ting Wang
{"title":"Metal-free Photocatalytic Oxidative Coupling of Cyclic Ether and Alcohol","authors":"Juncheng Li, Ibrahim O Adelakun, Wei Zheng, Ting Wang","doi":"10.1039/d5cc02030a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc02030a","url":null,"abstract":"THe development of visible-light-induced oxidative coupling of cyclic ether and alcohol by a modified acridinium photocatalyst is reported. The transformation combines hydrogen atom transfer catalysis and photoredox catalysis. This metal-free strategy highlights the mild nature of the reaction conditions and shows a broad substrate scope.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144515401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Botong Li, Jie Liu, Mingyuan Han, Boyang Lu, Zhipeng Shao, Yong Ding, Mohammed Benali Kanoun, Souraya Goumri-Said, Songyuan Dai, Xuepeng Liu
{"title":"Anthracene-terminated self-assembled hole transporting monolayer for perovskite solar cells","authors":"Botong Li, Jie Liu, Mingyuan Han, Boyang Lu, Zhipeng Shao, Yong Ding, Mohammed Benali Kanoun, Souraya Goumri-Said, Songyuan Dai, Xuepeng Liu","doi":"10.1039/d5cc02789f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc02789f","url":null,"abstract":"A novel self-assembled hole transport monolayer was designed and prepared with anthracene as terminal group, which deliver a power conversion efficiency of 24.55% in perovskite solar cells along with superior device stability.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144515398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advances in microneedle-based transdermal fluorescent sensors","authors":"Saijin Huang, Wenxing Gao, Li Shang","doi":"10.1039/d5cc02687c","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc02687c","url":null,"abstract":"Microneedles (MNs) are minimally invasive tools capable of accessing interstitial fluid beneath the skin. Their integration with fluorescent probes has enabled the development of versatile platforms for transdermal biomarker detection with high sensitivity and spatial resolution. This feature article classifies MN-based transdermal fluorescent sensors into three types: porous, dissolving, and hydrogel types, and discusses three representative sensing strategies: probe-loaded, probe-fixed, and probe-released. In particular, recent progress in detecting nucleic acids, metal ions, proteins, and metabolites using these systems is thoroughly reviewed. These fluorescent sensors exhibit excellent analytical performance and visual signal output, which hold great potential for multiplexed detection and responsive biosensing. Finally, we address existing challenges in this rapidly developing field, including signal stability, fabrication scalability, and continuous monitoring, and provide perspectives on future directions for next-generation diagnostics and biomedical application.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144515537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ross James Urquhart, Alexander van Teijlingen, Tell Tuttle
{"title":"Application of Neural Network Potentials to Modelling Transition States","authors":"Ross James Urquhart, Alexander van Teijlingen, Tell Tuttle","doi":"10.1039/d5cc02090e","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc02090e","url":null,"abstract":"Transition state modelling remains a challenge in computational chemistry, often requiring chemical intuition and expensive, iterative recalculations. This work presents a more efficient approach using umbrella sampling to explore free energy surface and more importantly, the conformational space around transition states, reducing the effort needed for structure identification. By employing a machine learning potential, ANI-2x, [Devereux et al., Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2020, 16, 4192-4202] to drive the sampling, we demonstrate enhanced FES exploration and efficiency compared to traditional DFT methods. The approach is applied to two different reactions: amide formation via a thioester intermediate and disulphide bridge formation. It was found that ANI-2x performs poorly at the prediction of high energy structures yet provides rapid, thorough sampling of reaction pathways making it useful for informing further calculations at higher levels of theory.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144515393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Janek Betting, Leon Lefferts, Jimmy Alexander Faria
{"title":"Hydroxylamine: The Overseen Intermediate That Questions Nitrogen Selectivity in Metal-Catalyzed Nitrate and Nitrite Reduction","authors":"Janek Betting, Leon Lefferts, Jimmy Alexander Faria","doi":"10.1039/d5cc02803e","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc02803e","url":null,"abstract":"In decades of nitrate and nitrite hydrogenation research, nitrite, ammonia, and nitrogen gas were assumed as only relevant products. Hovever, we have discovered hydroxylamine on various metal catalysts and reaction conditions by a simple derivatization strategy based on the oximation of benzaldehyde with hydroxylamine. This previously overlooked intermediate challenges pervasive assumptions of nitrogen gas selectivity and compels a reexamination of the reaction mechanism. Additionally, the hydroxylamine presence represents a major setback for the application of catalytic nitrate and nitrite reduction in drinking water purification.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144515402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Junya Bao, Ming Lai, Linfeng Wei, Jingpeng Li, Meiqi Lin, Zhenyu Yang
{"title":"Solid-state synthesis of colloidal tin-incorporated silicon nanocrystals","authors":"Junya Bao, Ming Lai, Linfeng Wei, Jingpeng Li, Meiqi Lin, Zhenyu Yang","doi":"10.1039/d5cc03024b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc03024b","url":null,"abstract":"The incorporation of tin (Sn) into crystalline silicon (c-Si) is challenging due to their substantial atomic size mismatch and the rigid diamond-type structure of c-Si. Herein, we demonstrate a solid-state synthetic approach of colloidal Sn-incorporated silicon nanocrystals with Sn content up to 0.12 atomic%. The incorporation of Sn atoms promotes silicon crystal growth, yielding NCs with increased size and enhanced crystallinity. The resulting particles exhibit intense near-infrared photoluminescence at 985 nm and demonstrate excellent thermal stability.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144515399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Huan Ma, Hui Wang, Xu Xu, Ru Sun, Yi Zhang, Jian-Feng Ge
{"title":"Polarity-sensitive fluorescent probes based on imidazopyridazine derivatives for imaging lung cancer tissues","authors":"Huan Ma, Hui Wang, Xu Xu, Ru Sun, Yi Zhang, Jian-Feng Ge","doi":"10.1039/d5cc02637g","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc02637g","url":null,"abstract":"Two polarity-responsive probes, <strong>1a</strong> and <strong>1b</strong>, were prepared <em>via</em> Suzuki coupling. These probes targeted mitochondria and lipid droplets, respectively, enabling the monitoring of polarity changes. Probes <strong>1a</strong> and <strong>1b</strong> could indicate the difference between lung cancer tissues with different degrees of cellular differentiation, exhibiting fluorescence intensities that were 6.9–7.3-fold and 2.3–2.5-fold higher in poorly differentiated tissues than in highly and moderately differentiated tissues, respectively.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144515391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recent Developments in Late-Stage Protein Modification","authors":"Geng-Hui Feng, Tian-Yang Wang, Yan-Mei Li","doi":"10.1039/d5cc02404h","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc02404h","url":null,"abstract":"Late-stage protein modification strategies have emerged as transformative approaches for enhancing protein functionality and expanding the applications of proteins in biological research and drug development. In recent years, several different modifications methods have been developed based on reaction characteristics of different groups. In this feature article, we focus on the recent advancements in late-stage protein modification methodologies that have enabled the creation of a wide array of modified proteins. These methods have significantly advanced the field of protein engineering by addressing key challenges and enhancing the versatility of protein modification techniques.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144515392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advances in the understanding of molecular beryllium element bonding.","authors":"Magnus Richard Buchner","doi":"10.1039/d5cc03056k","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc03056k","url":null,"abstract":"Molecular beryllium chemistry has made huge advances in the last ten years. Especially low valent beryllium compounds and beryllium-element multiple bonds have emerged as highly investigated subjects. To understand these compounds and to infer on their reactivity, a detailed understanding of beryllium element bonding is necessary. Therefore, Be–C, Be–N, Be–P, Be–O, Be–S, Be–Se, Be–halide, Be–Be, Be–Al and Be–Mg bonds have been studied in detail.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144515396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}