Jiayang Feng, Tianyu Li, Yan Ji, Yuzhe Gu, Baoguang Li, Yang Li
{"title":"A PEDOT:PSS based flexible bimodal resonant sensor with independently controllable modes","authors":"Jiayang Feng, Tianyu Li, Yan Ji, Yuzhe Gu, Baoguang Li, Yang Li","doi":"10.1039/d4cc06708h","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cc06708h","url":null,"abstract":"Traditional sensors struggle in complex human environments, particularly with humidity and strain detection requiring high sensitivity and robust anti-interference. This work introduces a flexible, miniaturized, low-cost dual-mode sensor that combines a novel resonator structure with chemically modified conducting polymer, enabling simultaneous strain and humidity detection alongside high anti-interference performance sensitivity and wireless transmission.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142990980","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}
Yuhang Deng, Tao Sun, Shi Zhou, Wei Jiang, Chunbo Liu, ChunHong Ma, Guangbo Che
{"title":"Rational design of donor-acceptor structure in covalent heptazine frameworks to boost photocatalytic nitrogen fixation","authors":"Yuhang Deng, Tao Sun, Shi Zhou, Wei Jiang, Chunbo Liu, ChunHong Ma, Guangbo Che","doi":"10.1039/d4cc06602b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cc06602b","url":null,"abstract":"Herein, the construction of potential donor–acceptor (D-A) structures was guided using density-functional theory (DFT) calculations. The photocatalytic nitrogen fixation performance of TAPT-CHF was then experimentally determined to be 327.58 μmol g-1 h-1, which was attributed to its efficient photo-induced charge separation and migration ability.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"57 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142990977","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":"Enhancing open-circuit voltage in FAPbI<sub>3</sub> perovskite solar cells <i>via</i> self-formation of coherent buried interface FAPbI<sub><i>x</i></sub>Cl<sub>3-<i>x</i></sub>.","authors":"Cuina Gao, Sihui Jia, Xiaofei Yin, Zhi Li, Guang Yang, Jing Chen, Zhaoqian Li, Xingtao An","doi":"10.1039/d4cc06599a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cc06599a","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The interfaces between the perovskite and charge-transporting layers typically exhibit high defect concentrations, which are the primary cause of open-circuit voltage loss. Passivating the interface between the perovskite and electron-transporting layer is particularly challenging due to the dissolution of surface treatment agents during the perovskite coating. In this study, a coherent FAPbI<sub><i>x</i></sub>Cl<sub>3-<i>x</i></sub> buried interface was simultaneously formed during the preparation of FAPbI<sub>3</sub>. This interlayer significantly improved charge extraction and transportation from the perovskite layer, while reducing trap state density. As a result, the open-circuit voltage increased from 1.01 V to 1.10 V, with the PCE improved from 19.05% to 22.89%.</p>","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142996462","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":"Dendrite-free Zn anode induced by Sn/NC towards highly efficient Zn-ion batteries.","authors":"Mingyue Wang, Shuoshuo Ban, Nanzhe Li, Shengxiang Chen, Mingfu Ye, Jiannan Zhu, Wenhai Wang, Konglin Wu","doi":"10.1039/d4cc06058j","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cc06058j","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Herein, Sn nanoparticles supported on N-doped carbon (Sn/NC) were constructed by a g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> assisted strategy for the interface layer of Zn anodes in Zn-ion batteries. The presence of Sn/NC effectively regulates the zinc plating/stripping process, which makes Sn/NC@Zn outstanding in both symmetrical and full cells.</p>","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142996459","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}
Dhananjay Chaudhary, Chandra Shekhar Maurya, Urmila Unnikrishnan, Malleswara Rao Kuram
{"title":"HFIP-mediated cascade aminomethylation and intramolecular cyclization of allenamides with N,O-acetals to access tetrahydro-β-carboline derivatives","authors":"Dhananjay Chaudhary, Chandra Shekhar Maurya, Urmila Unnikrishnan, Malleswara Rao Kuram","doi":"10.1039/d5cc00154d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc00154d","url":null,"abstract":"The construction of complex molecules under metal-free conditions <em>via</em> multiple bond-forming steps in a cascade manner is highly desirable. Herein, we have developed an HFIP-alone promoted aminomethylation and intramolecular cyclization of allenamides, providing biologically relevant tetrahydro-β-carboline derivatives embedded with an allylic amine functionality. The metal-free protocol provided the desired tetrahydro-β-carboline derivatives under mild conditions. The potential of the protocol is further highlighted by the gram-scale reaction and synthesizing derivatives of biologically important molecules.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143020835","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":"Unveiling the role of NiFeM hydroxide (M = Pt, Ru, Ir, Rh) cocatalysts for robust H2 production in photocatalytic water splitting","authors":"Mengmeng Shao, Wei Shi, Junhui Jiang, Shihua Tan, Xuehan Wang, Jiawei Fei, Jinhua Li, Zhangjing Zhang","doi":"10.1039/d4cc06199c","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cc06199c","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, the NiFe-LDH doped with different Pt group metals (Pt, Ru, Ir, Rh) was prepared as a cocatalyst for photocatalytic H<small><sub>2</sub></small> production over g-C<small><sub>3</sub></small>N<small><sub>4</sub></small>. It is found that the doped NiFe-LDH loaded g-C<small><sub>3</sub></small>N<small><sub>4</sub></small> generally displays higher photocatalytic activity than the raw NiFe-LDH modified one, where the NiFeRu-LDH loaded g-C<small><sub>3</sub></small>N<small><sub>4</sub></small> shows the optimal H<small><sub>2</sub></small> evolution rate of 77.4 μmol h<small><sup>−1</sup></small>, about 5.5 times that of the NiFe-LDH system.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143020837","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}
Sanjit Dey, Souvik Roy, DRGKoppalu R Puneeth Kumar, Sachin A Nalawade, Manjeet Singh, Sandip U Toraskar, Souvik Panda Mahapatra, Hosahudya N Gopi
{"title":"Metal-directed hierarchical superhelices from hybrid peptide foldamers.","authors":"Sanjit Dey, Souvik Roy, DRGKoppalu R Puneeth Kumar, Sachin A Nalawade, Manjeet Singh, Sandip U Toraskar, Souvik Panda Mahapatra, Hosahudya N Gopi","doi":"10.1039/d4cc05770h","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cc05770h","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A superhelix is a three-dimensional arrangement of a helix in which the helix is coiled around a common axis. Here, we are reporting a short 12-helix of α,γ-hybrid peptides terminated by metal binding ligands, self-assembled into a right-handed superhelix around a common axis in the presence of Cd(II) ions. Furthermore, these superhelices are assembled into hierarchical superhelical β-sheet-type structural motifs in single crystals. The results reported here may give new insights to construct advanced self-assembled architectures from peptide foldamers.</p>","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142996468","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}
Na Li, Aitong Yang, Mengyuan Jin, Shun Wang, Ping Yu, Juan Wang, Huile Jin
{"title":"Ru@MnO<sub>2</sub> core@shell nanowires as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for efficient solar-driven seawater splitting.","authors":"Na Li, Aitong Yang, Mengyuan Jin, Shun Wang, Ping Yu, Juan Wang, Huile Jin","doi":"10.1039/d4cc06144f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cc06144f","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Seawater electrolysis technology for hydrogen production has attracted worldwide attention due to the abundant seawater resources. Herein, we proposed core-shell Ru@MnO<sub>2</sub> nanowires (NWs) with α/β-MnO<sub>2</sub> NWs as the core and amorphous Ru as the shell, in which the Ru@α-MnO<sub>2</sub> NWs exhibited lower overpotential and better stability. More importantly, they can operate stably as a bifunctional catalyst for more than 250 h and maintain excellent catalytic performance when driven by solar energy.</p>","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142996478","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":"A rapid colorimetric paper-based sensor strip for point-of-care monitoring of the blood plasma coagulation","authors":"Elmira Rafatmah, Bahram Hemmateenejad","doi":"10.1039/d4cc06195k","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cc06195k","url":null,"abstract":"Coagulation disorders can lead to dangerous bleeding or clot formation. Since centralized laboratories cannot provide rapid results for timely treatment intervention in patients with coagulation disorders, the existence of coagulation sensors for the general public is necessary. The purpose of the present research is to design and fabricate a novel, portable, low-cost, paper-based colorimetric sensor for measuring blood prothrombin time.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143026858","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}
Tim Keuler, Dominic Ferber, Jonas Engelhardt, Christian Steinebach, Nico Kirsch, Michael Marleaux, Günther Weindl, Matthias Geyer, Michael Gütschow
{"title":"Degrading the key component of the inflammasome: development of an NLRP3 PROTAC","authors":"Tim Keuler, Dominic Ferber, Jonas Engelhardt, Christian Steinebach, Nico Kirsch, Michael Marleaux, Günther Weindl, Matthias Geyer, Michael Gütschow","doi":"10.1039/d4cc06321j","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cc06321j","url":null,"abstract":"This study explores PROTACs for NLRP3, the key player in innate immunity. We utilised a thiophene analogue of the NLRP3 inhibitor MCC950 and employed CuAAC chemistry for the assembly of PROTACs bearing various linkers and recruiting three different E3 ligases. Compounds were evaluated in bidirectional thermal stability studies with NLRP3 and E3 ligases. IL-1β release and protein abundance of NLRP3 were assessed in cellular assays. PROTAC <strong>V2</strong> induces a significant VHL-dependent degradation of NLRP3 and constitutes a valuable tool to decipher the intricate details of the NLRP3 inflammasome.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143020832","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}