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Phase separation induced by responsive deep eutectic solvents upon temperature, CO₂ or pH stimulus, allowing analyte recovery and solvent recycling and reuse.

Hypoxia limits the phototherapeutic efficacy of porphyrin-based nMOFs; loading with hypoxia-activated drug TPZ enhances combined PDT and chemotherapy effects.

Macrocyclic receptors play a pivotal role in molecular recognition and supramolecular chemistry. This review highlights recent advances in the design, synthesis, and applications of macrocyclic receptors specifically tailored for anion recognition.

The field of chiral 2D and quasi-2D perovskite is reviewed highlighting the most important results to date and indicating future directions for advancement.

This highlight discusses state-of-the-art mechanism-based modeling and machine-learning approaches in cell-free synthetic biology and their potential for designing and optimizing novel genetic circuits.

This review provides an electrosynthesis strategy of H₂O₂via the 2e⁻ ORR, covering aspects of reaction mechanisms, performance assessment, catalyst engineering, and setups for scaling up H₂O₂ production.

Recent advancements have engineered an approach to encode genetic sequences in DNA nanoparticles, making them a promising platform for gene therapy. This article highlights design considerations of these structures for optimal protein expression.

In this feature article, we provide an overview of the photocatalytic capabilities of copper-based nanoclusters for organic bond-forming reactions.

This Feature Article outlines the design of polymer networks for water splitting induced by visible light to develop artificial chloroplasts. The network serves as a mediator for photoinduced electron transfer among precisely organised molecules.

Recent years have witnessed the emergence of direct intermolecular C(sp³)–H bond functionalization using in situ generated aryl/alkyl radicals as a unique class of hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) agents.

This feature article introduces phenanthroline-derived extractants for Ln(III)/An(III) separation and provides insights and guidance for future development.

This review provides a complete overview of various visible-light-induced redox-neutral difunctionalization methodologies with literature coverage up to May 2024.

This article encapsulates the science and engineering that goes into solution processed solar cells, focusing on a variety of established and emerging metal chalcogenide materials.

This review has examined the advancements and challenges in the development of transition metal-based electrocatalysts for the alkaline water splitting reaction in the last decade.

Recent advances in the development of cascade ring expansion reactions for the synthesis of medium-sized rings and macrocycles are described.

This article highlights the recent advances and significance of β-alkylation reactions towards the synthesis of higher order alcohols.

This feature article presents an overview of continuous flow chemistry, including photoflow and electroflow technologies in the preparation of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and fine chemical intermediates.

Designing low-dimensional nanomaterials is vital to address the energy and environmental crisis by means of electrocatalytic conversion reactions.

This article summarizes the basic principles, current research progress, advanced strategies and challenges of fast-charging anodes.

In this feature article, we focus on the photochemical strategy for the construction of heterocyclic skeletons, specifically highlighting the methods that employ visible light-promoted carbene transfer reactions.

In this feature article, we discuss quantitative mass spectrometry imaging of therapeutics and biomolecules conducted by recent studies for matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) and desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) techniques.

An uPAR-targeting fluorescent probe was discovered, providing valuable molecular insights into the role of uPAR in cancer metastasis.

We report low-valent iron complexes containing bis-NHC and bis-phosphine donor ligands that coordinate and strongly activate N₂ and CO.

The work demonstrates the successful merger of electrochemistry with asymmetric iminium ion organocatalysis.

Cereblon-recruiting PROTACs can degrade HDAC1 with selectivity over HDAC3.

Structurally-dense and stereochemically-defined tricyclic heterocycles are easily accessed by (3+3) cycloaddition, leading to versatile Csp³-rich scaffolds.

The first example of top-down proteomics of nanoparticle protein coronas using capillary isoelectric focusing-mass spectrometry.

An isolable stannaimine deoxygenates carbon dioxide to form a dimeric stannaoxane and a new isocyanate.

In this study, we developed a nitrate-coordinated iron–nickel hydroxide [N_C–FeNi(OH)₂] catalyst for hydrazine oxidation-assisted seawater splitting.

Ru/Ni-CNCT with rich Ni–N(O)–C sites exhibits efficient electrocatalytic activity due to electronic coupling interaction and redistribution.

We report the utilisation of an iodine(III) reagent to access α,β-unsaturated carbonyls from the corresponding silyl enol ethers and enol phosphates. The transformation can also be carried out in one pot, directly dehydrogenating carbonyls.

In this work, nitrate reduction to ammonia was achieved using P-doped Ti₃C₂T_x nanosheets. Impressively, this catalyst showed ampere-level nitrate reduction in a flow cell, implying its potential for sustainable ammonia production.

A porous three-component hydrogen bonded framework is prepared from a tetra-amidinium cation and two different dicarboxylate anions.

Herein, MnCo spinel catalysts with large surface area were successfully prepared by using Mn/Co-MOFs as precursors for toluene catalytic degradation.

Fluorination in semi-aromatic polyesters accessed by ring-opening copolymerization leads to accelerated degradation and allows recovery of aryl bound fluoride.

A metal- and oxidant-free, electricity-driven C–H selenylative and tellurylative annulation of N-(2-alkynyl)anilines with diorganyl dichalcogenides is developed to access 3-chalcogenylquinolines.

We report a novel redox active β-diketiminate ligand embedded within a 24-electron π-system, prepared using a templated Scholl oxidation strategy.

A series of novel protic amino acid ionic liquids (PAAILs) are designed and synthesized for the first time through acid-base neutralization and an ion exchange reaction. The PAAILs are found to be efficient, reversible, and selective CO₂ absorbents.

Eco-efficient LMCT based redox-neutral iron-catalyzed decarboxylative radical addition to chiral azomethine imines upon visible light.

An organophotoredox-catalyzed direct Csp³–H alkylation of 3,4-dihydroquinoxalin-2-ones employing N-(acyloxy)phthalimides to provide corresponding products in good yields is described.

Intermolecular aminoarylation of alkynes is described, via addition of diarylanilines to alkynes and Smiles–Truce rearrangement.

Alkyne cycloisomerization of 2,7,10,15-tetra(ortho-alkynylphenyl)benzo[g,p]chrysene containing bulky 4-alkoxy-2,6-dimethylphenyl groups at the alkyne terminals selectively proceeded at the sterically crowded bay-region.

Using thiol–ene chemistry, polymerization-induced phase separation, and DLP 3D printing, we present a method for manufacturing reactive macroporous 3D structures.

CoO/Fe₃O₄ nanosheets exhibit a superior rechargeable zinc-air battery (ZAB) performance of 276 mW cm⁻² and stability over 600 h. The all-solid-state ZAB also affords a high power density of 107 mW cm⁻².

An organophotoelectrocatalytic method for the C(sp²)–H alkylation of heteroarenes with unactivated C(sp³)–H compounds via dehydrogenation cross-coupling was developed.

Recyclable phenothiazine organophotoredox catalysts (PTHS 1–3, E_1/2^ox* = −2.34 to −2.40 V vs. SCE) have been developed.

P6MQ binds tightly (K_a > 10¹¹ M⁻¹) to rocuronium and vecuronium in vitro (PBS) and functions as an in vivo reversal agent for these neuromuscular blocking agents.

Benzene-fused porphyrin(2.1.2.1) copper shows a S-shaped molecular conformation and multielectron donating and accepting properties. It displays a remarkably ability for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution than the porphyrin(2.1.2.1) copper.

Four mechanofluorochromic (MFC) luminogenic materials were prepared and found to exhibit outstanding mechanically-induced emission enhancement (MIEE) by virtue of substituent and position effects. Such materials can be used in OLED devices.

Water-dispersible fluorescent bolaamphiphiles have been developed. Also, luminescence color change in response to humidity has been demonstrated with a composite material.

This work introduces a multiplexed sub-micron vibrational imaging technique to monitor differential effects of oleic acid in adipocytes and hepatocytes.

A novel wheel-shaped Zr-substituted phosphotungstate, [N(CH₃)₄]₂K₁₆Na_10.5H_10.5[{Zr(C₂O₄)₂}₃(PO₄)(P₆W₃₉O₁₅₀)]⋅45H₂O was prepared, which exhibited a high proton conductivity of 1.18 × 10⁻² S cm⁻¹ at a higher temperature of 368 K.

An allosteric palindromic hairpin probe enables a dimer-G-triplex-productive dual-mode interactive strand displacement amplification in miRNA biosensing with improved signal preservation and response.

Ru–SnO₂ with low Ru loading and a hollow structure is developed as a high-performance electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction.

A heterotrimetallic complex in which mercury and tungsten are linked by tetra-atomic C–Se–CC– bridges reveals a propensity for diorganomercurials to enter into non-covalent spodium bonding.

A substituent-based design strategy induces and enhances inversions in the excited state singlet–triplet gaps in a wide range of potential organic light-emitting molecules.

A series of nitrogen-rich fused energetic materials were synthesized from commercially available inexpensive starting materials and fully characterized using ¹H and ¹³C NMR, IR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and DSC.

The ammonia assisted transamidation of polyamides with short primary amides on a Nb₂O₅ catalyst as an effective recycling technique.

A two-step protocol for the modular synthesis of β²- and α-quaternary β^2,2-amino acid derivatives is reported.

Nickel-oxy-hydroxide-mediated delamination of MCM-22(P) facilitates the formation of a nickel-decorated ITQ-2 composite material, which is found to be a promising catalyst for hydrodeoxygenation of m-cresol.