{"title":"Coordination-driven control of nuclearity for tuning the near-infrared properties of a ball-shaped ruthenium complex","authors":"Yuri Kimoto,Sari Ishikawa,Taniyuki Furuyama","doi":"10.1039/d6cc05358k","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6cc05358k","url":null,"abstract":"The coordination-driven selective assembly of a ball-shaped ruthenium complex has been achieved. The choice of the metal salt controlled the assembly (monomer vs. heterotrinuclear). The resulting heterotrinuclear complex possessed a highly symmetrical propeller structure and exhibited red-shifted absorption band in the near-infrared region.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149221814","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}
Tianrui Deng,Xingye Zhao,Xue Zhao,Cuiyu Li,Yanjuan Zhao,Zhuo Zhao,Yicheng Zhang,Guangzhi Hu
{"title":"Precise Fabrication of Supported Zero-valent Nano-noble Metals via Reductant-Preset Cascade In-Situ Reduction: Nitroaromatics Reduction as Probe Reaction","authors":"Tianrui Deng,Xingye Zhao,Xue Zhao,Cuiyu Li,Yanjuan Zhao,Zhuo Zhao,Yicheng Zhang,Guangzhi Hu","doi":"10.1039/d6cc05471d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6cc05471d","url":null,"abstract":"Precise synthesis of noble metal nanoparticles is the key to cost reduction and efficiency enhancement, and this study has developed a ‘reductant preset cascade in-situ reduction’ strategy that achieves precise synthesis of supported noble metal nanoparticles through directed manipulation at the molecular level.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149221812","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":"Hydrogen-Bonded Supramolecular Liquid Crystals with Integrated Aggregation-Induced Emission and Room-Temperature Phosphorescence","authors":"Shan Li,Yudong Cao,Yunle Lu,Smruti Ranjan Sahoo,Qingli Li,Xinyan Gu,Glib Baryshnikov,Danfeng Ye,Liangliang Zhu","doi":"10.1039/d6cc05916c","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6cc05916c","url":null,"abstract":"A supramolecular hydrogen-bonding strategy converts a twisted non-mesogenic AIE luminogen into ordered smectic liquid crystals. The hydrogen-bond network acts as a conformation lock, planarizing excited states, enhancing intersystem crossing by two orders of magnitude, and activating room-temperature phosphorescence with an 8 ms lifetime.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149221825","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}
William J Deary,Gerald Bejger,Bailey L Miller,Lexie S Ibarra,Joshua Wright,Christina M Rost
{"title":"Disorder-Driven Dissolution: Cation Congruence in a High-Entropy Oxide Under Acidic Conditions","authors":"William J Deary,Gerald Bejger,Bailey L Miller,Lexie S Ibarra,Joshua Wright,Christina M Rost","doi":"10.1039/d6cc05475g","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6cc05475g","url":null,"abstract":"High-entropy oxides offer tunable functional properties, yet their acidic dissolution is largely unexplored. We show that (MgCoNiCuZn)0.2O dissolves congruently in dilute nitric acid, releasing all five cations together. A physical mixture and a three-cation solid solution both dissolve incongruently, showing that a single phase alone does not ensure congruent release.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"74 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149221804","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}
Katharine Bancroft,Johanna Kölbel,Michael T Ruggiero,Daniel M Mittleman
{"title":"Characterization of Hydrogen Storage in Hydroquinone Clathrate using Terahertz Spectroscopy","authors":"Katharine Bancroft,Johanna Kölbel,Michael T Ruggiero,Daniel M Mittleman","doi":"10.1039/d6cc04354b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6cc04354b","url":null,"abstract":"Hydroquinone clathrates are promising materials for solid-state hydrogen storage, yet, distinct spectroscopic characterization of H2 enclathration remains elusive. Here, we show that low-frequency (terahertz) vibrational spectroscopy, coupled with molecular simulations, reveals clear spectroscopic fingerprints of H2 clathrate formation in the α-hydroquinone polymorph, demonstrates an unexpected route to hydrogen incorporation.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"291 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149221815","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":"Hydrogen-bonded conjugated small molecules in organic electronics.","authors":"Miriam Más-Montoya, David Curiel","doi":"10.1039/d6cc05901e","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6cc05901e","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Organic semiconductors have become highly important for next-generation electronic devices. However, further research is needed to enhance their charge-transport properties and long-term stability. These challenges largely originate from their solid-state structure, as organic semiconductors are molecular solids whose organisation is governed by very weak non-covalent interactions. Accordingly, the weakness of intermolecular interactions increases the chances of having structural disorder and generating defects, which detrimentally affect the performance of organic semiconductors. Therefore, controlling molecular organisation is a key objective. Hydrogen bonding is particularly effective for promoting solid-state self-assembly and gaining certain control over molecular organisation. The strength of hydrogen bonds, their directionality, and the broad range of functional groups and structures that can act as hydrogen-bond donors and acceptors have encouraged their rational incorporation into the molecular design of organic semiconductors. This Feature Article presents a review of the structural approaches developed to enhance the performance of materials based on small molecules through the integration of hydrogen-bond donor and acceptor sites within the conjugated framework. It also discusses the implementation of these materials in different types of electronic devices.</p>","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149222859","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}
Zhengyumeng Zhu,Zhirun Xu,Yanji Sun,Xiangzhou Liu,Weidong Lv,Yanyan Huang,Huihui Xu,Fang Hu
{"title":"A viscosity-associated fluorescence turn-on probe for rapid local and topical tumor visualization","authors":"Zhengyumeng Zhu,Zhirun Xu,Yanji Sun,Xiangzhou Liu,Weidong Lv,Yanyan Huang,Huihui Xu,Fang Hu","doi":"10.1039/d6cc05627j","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6cc05627j","url":null,"abstract":"IR720 is a viscosity-associated near-infrared fluorescence turn-on probe that brightens in glycerol-rich media. It produces rapid cell-associated signals and allows imaging of pulmonary metastases and topically treated intestinal tumors. Exploratory limited proteolysis mass spectrometry identifies peptide-level changes in tumor tissue after IR720 exposure.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149221806","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}
Xiang-Shuai Li,Yizhou WANG,Herman H-Y. Sung,Ian Duncan Williams,Yangjian Quan
{"title":"A B←N framework for highly selective adsorption of toluene","authors":"Xiang-Shuai Li,Yizhou WANG,Herman H-Y. Sung,Ian Duncan Williams,Yangjian Quan","doi":"10.1039/d6cc05536b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6cc05536b","url":null,"abstract":"Differentiating toluene (Tol) from xylene isomers is critical yet challenging in industry due to their nearly identical physicochemical properties. Here, we report the design of a B←N framework that exhibits high adsorption selectivity for Tol over xylenes. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses of the host–guest complexe and DFT calculation reveal that the selectivity stems from precise size matching and electronic complementarity.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149221801","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}
Bingyue Yang,Ping Li,Pengfei Yuan,Jiaxi Zhang,Hongming He,Bin Li,Cheng-Peng Li,Chunju Li
{"title":"Biomimetic Hollow Ferriporphyrin Porous Aromatic Frameworks for Boosted Electrooxidation Nitrogen to Nitrate","authors":"Bingyue Yang,Ping Li,Pengfei Yuan,Jiaxi Zhang,Hongming He,Bin Li,Cheng-Peng Li,Chunju Li","doi":"10.1039/d6cc06313f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6cc06313f","url":null,"abstract":"This study reports hollow ferriporphyrin porous aromatic frameworks with distinct morphologies. The hollow FeP-PAF exhibits a high NO3− yield of 2232.3 µmol h−1 gcat.−1 and a Faradaic efficiency of 80.5%, which are higher than its counter FeP-PAF powder and ferriporphyrin molecule.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149221803","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}
Xirui Wang,Xinnan Chen,Yimin Cai,Wen Feng,Lihua Yuan,Xiaowei Li
{"title":"A hydrogen-bonded aramide cage for selective CO adsorption","authors":"Xirui Wang,Xinnan Chen,Yimin Cai,Wen Feng,Lihua Yuan,Xiaowei Li","doi":"10.1039/d6cc05693h","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6cc05693h","url":null,"abstract":"An aramide organic cage was synthesized using intramolecular hydrogen-bond preorganization of oligoaramide foldamer precursors. The cage exhibits a CO2-derived BET surface area of 706 m² g⁻¹ and preferential CO2 adsorption over C2H2, N2 and CH4, with a reverse CO2/C2H2 IAST selectivity of 104, highlighting its potential for selective gas capture.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149221808","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}