Themed collection Most popular 2024 materials chemistry articles

In this perspective, we have discussed the recent progress of flexible HOFs, with particular focus on various dynamic behaviors and their applications in different fields. Finally, the current challenges and opportunities in this field are discussed.

Recent advances in synthesis have opened the way to a variety of boron helicenes. We highlight the main achievements in the synthesis of these chiral compounds and discuss their photophysical properties and potential as functional materials.

In this perspective, the progress in ion-regulated organic RTP materials and described the roles of ions, including ion–π interactions, electrostatic interactions, and coordinate interactions, have been summarized.

Hydroxyapatite-based materials have been widely used in countless applications, such as bone regeneration, catalysis, air and water purification or protein separation.

Non-centrosymmetric rare-earth-based chalcogenides and their derivatives could offer novel insights into the targeted design and exploratory synthesis of new IR nonlinear optical candidates.

This review highlights the design and synthesis of water-stable MOFs, as well as their applications in carbon capture.

Implanting heteroatoms into polycyclic aromatic molecules (PAMs) offers a great opportunity to fine-tune their optoelectronic properties.

A series of La-based coordination polymers with switchable fluorescence and room-temperature phosphorescence have been developed, which present great potential for applications in optical communication, multi-step encryption and anticounterfeiting.

An alcohol–water hybrid electrolysis system using PdMoPt trimetallene as a bifunctional catalyst achieves low voltage input for energy-efficient hydrogen production.

A green MOF phosphor can maintain 84% of its initial emission intensity after being heated to 150 °C, exceeding several commercial inorganic phosphors.

A series of sky-blue to pure-blue fluoroboron thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters has been designed and synthesized. Their TADF efficiencies are manipulated through π-bridge engineering and N-donor modulation.

Sphere-shaped amorphous aggregates of Au₈ clusters entrapped within SDS nanoenvelopes are transformed into rhombic single nanocrystals upon simple sonication in solution, where the aggregation-induced emission (AIE) from Au₈ is notably enhanced.

Ultrafine MoC nanocrystals are confined within the MOF-derived NC matrix to generating NC/MoC. The NC/MoC based electrode achieves high CDI performance.

A non-doped mPPICNC3-based device, exhibiting CIE coordinates of (0.160, 0.032), achieves a record-breaking EQE of 7.67% and negligible efficiency roll-off up to 3300 cd m⁻².

Fast room-temperature phosphorescence with high quantum yields up to 38% in solution from metal-free organic 1,2-diketones is reported, along with the mechanism and molecular design principles governing the fast phosphorescence.

First phase-matchable metal mixed halides with deep-ultraviolet transmittance, KBa₃M₂F₁₄Cl (M = Zr, Hf), show largest SHG effects coming from isolated MF₇ units, Ba²⁺ and Cl⁻ cations. And the optimally aligning MF₇ units work for large birefringence.

The article explores the enhanced performance of photodetectors based on nanocomposites of CsPbI₃ nanorods and PbSe QDs by studying their impact on charge carrier dynamics and optoelectronic properties, thus to understand the underlain mechanism.

This work outlines a simple synthetic strategy providing formylated stiff-stilbenes. The photoisomerization of formylated stiff-stilbenes could be fully controlled using visible light and is accompanied by a high photostationary state distribution.

The interaction between SbF₃ and glycine in a new UV NLO material, SbF₃·glycine, reinforced by hydrogen bonding, results in a unique ‘head-to-tail’ ligation of functional chromophores in SbF₃·glycine, stimulating excellent UV NLO properties.

In this work, we synthesized a novel luminescent array based on Eu/Tb-MOF, which was applied in the detection of drugs and biomarkers of castration-resistant prostate cancers with remarkable sensitivity and selectivity in human serum solution.

Efficiently merging low-cost high-throughput screening and characterisation, automated data analysis, computational modelling, and cagey – a custom database analysis tool, enhances large-scale data curation and accelerates discovery of organic cages.

Tungsten oxides undergo a significant increase in their hydrogen evolution reaction activity upon proton-insertion coupled electron transfer.

Machine learning potential is required to accurately describe the interactions between the challenging H₂ molecules and metal organic frameworks containing open metal sites.

Novel freestanding M-PtBiMo IMSs were achieved via a simple and effective one-step wet chemical method. The M-PtBiMo IMSs as highly efficient anode electrocatalysts boosted the activity and stability toward the EGOR and actual DEGFCs.

Simple structural modifications significantly boost the photochromic performance of imine-based photoswitches. This work lays a foundation for exploring new motifs in light-addressable dynamic combinatorial chemistry.

The utilization of multi-site modifications brings about the manipulation of excited-state processes and multi-stimuli responses of salicylaldehyde Schiff base isomers, which can be successfully applied in multi-level decryption.

A series of ε-polylysine-based room-temperature phosphorescent materials were constructed by simple doping, which realized the characteristics of ultra-long life, adjustable colour, and excitation- and time-dependent afterglows.

The chirality-dependent lattice distortion assisted by a crown ether leads to an intense STEs emission along with CPL. The distinct STEs endows the Sb halides with multi-stimuli-responsive PL behaviours towards excitation wavelength and temperature.

A new series of perovskitoids were fabricated based on halogen engineering and a rigid and flexible ligand, and exhibit a multi-color afterglow covering nearly the whole visible region from cyan to red.

Despite theoretical difficulties, we herein for the first time demonstrate an effective concept for the synthesis of an orange-red multiple resonance (MR) emitter centered on a pyridine ring via stereo effects.

Synthesis and characterization of the first configurationally stable pristine boron-doped helicene, a bora[6]helicene, is described.

A flower-like π–d conjugated MOP (Cu-TABQ) was prepared using tetramino-benzoquinone (TABQ) as an organic ligand and Cu²⁺ as a transition metal node. It shows dual redox centers of Cu²⁺/Cu⁺ and CO/C–O with high reversible capacity for sodium-ion batteries.

Symmetry breaking charge transfer followed by charge separation with appreciable lifetimes has been demonstrated in a newly synthesized bisstyrylBODIPY dimer in polar solvents using pump-probe and other techniques.

An interdisciplinary approach to derive the structure of a disordered supramolecular system.