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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Wei-Miao He, Zhe Zhou, Zhen Han, Si Li, Zhan Zhou, Lu-Fang Ma, Shuang-Quan Zang
Summary: The study successfully prepared high-nuclearity silver(I) clusters Ag-18 and Ag-62, and developed a highly sensitive H2S gas sensor based on their transformation, providing insights into the growth of metal clusters and their luminescent sensing applications.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2021)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
W. Chen, P. C. C. Freire, A. Ridolfi, E. D. Barr, B. Stappers, M. Kramer, A. Possenti, S. M. Ransom, L. Levin, R. P. Breton, M. Burgay, F. Camilo, S. Buchner, D. J. Champion, F. Abbate, V. Venkatraman Krishnan, P. V. Padmanabh, T. Gautam, L. Vleeschower, M. Geyer, J-M Griesseier, Y. P. Men, V. Balakrishnan, M. C. Bezuidenhout
Summary: This paper presents the results of a survey using the MeerKAT radio telescope to search for pulsars in Omega Centauri. 13 new pulsars were discovered, bringing the total number of known pulsars in this cluster to 18. At least half of them are in binary systems, and preliminary orbital constraints suggest that most of the binaries have light companions. The paper also discusses the ratio between isolated and binary pulsars, and their formation in this cluster.
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Liao-Yuan Yao, Lin Qin, Ziyong Chen, Jonathan Lam, Vivian Wing-Wah Yam
Summary: This study explores the importance and mechanism of chiral self-assembly and self-sorting in gold cluster systems. By introducing ligands with different chirality, unique chiral gold clusters with specific shapes were successfully synthesized. Both homochiral and heterochiral self-sorting processes were observed, as well as the transfer of chirality from ligands to gold clusters, resulting in changes in symmetry.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Along Ma, Wenjun Du, Jiawei Wang, Kefan Jiang, Cheng Zhang, Wenhan Sheng, Haiyan Zheng, Rongchao Jin, Shuxin Wang
Summary: Chirality has become a popular topic in materials research recently, and obtaining enantiopure materials remains a challenge. In this study, homochiral nanoclusters were obtained through a recrystallization strategy without any chiral factors. The configuration of silver nanoclusters in solution rapidly flipped, converting the initial racemic nanoclusters to homochiral ones as confirmed by X-ray crystallography. These enantiopure nanoclusters can be used as amplifiers for detecting chiral carboxylic drugs.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Zhi Wang, Yan-Jie Zhu, Ying-Zhou Li, Gui-Lin Zhuang, Ke-Peng Song, Zhi-Yong Gao, Jian-Min Dou, Mohamedally Kurmoo, Chen-Ho Tung, Di Sun
Summary: This study reports the structural transformations of silver nanoclusters under different ligand templates and demonstrates that the transformations can be achieved through reactions with specific ligands. The findings provide a powerful method for synthesizing metal nanoclusters and infinite networks, and have the potential to evolve from trial-and-error to rational synthesis.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Francisco Aros, Anna C. Sippel, Alessandra Mastrobuono-Battisti, Paolo Bianchini, Abbas Askar, Glenn van de Ven
Summary: The presence of an intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH) in the center of globular clusters can halt the segregation of binaries towards the cluster center and disrupt the binaries that segregate, depleting the number of binaries in the cluster core. This difference in binary fraction and distribution serves as an indicator for the presence of an IMBH in globular clusters. Additionally, binaries can cause an overestimation of up to 70 per cent of the velocity dispersion within the core radius, highlighting the importance of accurately accounting for the binary population in kinematic or dynamical analysis.
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Megan Simons, Devin A. Matthews
Summary: The phenomenon of orbital relaxation upon excitation of core electrons is a major problem in core-hole spectroscopies. This study proposes a new method, CVS-STEOMEE-CCSD+cT, that significantly improves the absolute and relative (shifted) peak positions compared to existing methods for calculating core ionization energies. The improvement is comparable to methods that explicitly treat orbital relaxation and include perturbative treatment of triple excitations.
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL THEORY AND COMPUTATION
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Ceramics
Yuki Sugiura, Masanori Horie
Summary: Apatite materials with excellent biocompatibility are suitable bone substitutes, while silver exhibits strong antibacterial properties. By doping silver into the apatite lattice, the composite material can have antibacterial abilities without releasing toxic Ag+ ions. The presence of silver in apatite can be achieved through a solid-solid phase transformation process, maintaining the color and reducing cytotoxicity.
CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Xiaoguang Duan, Hao Xu, Yijun Shen, Aohang Liu, Feifei He, Huachen Hou, Huilin Li, Xingang Xie, Xuegong She
Summary: An expedient construction method for the 5-6-7 tricyclic core of daphnicyclidin-type alkaloids is described. The challenging cycloheptanone C ring was constructed through a series of key transformations, resulting in the successful synthesis of the desired structure.
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Shan-Shan Zhang, Rui-Chen Liu, Xiao-Chen Zhang, Lei Feng, Qing-Wang Xue, Zhi-Yong Gao, Chen-Ho Tung, Di Sun
Summary: This study reveals the differences in structure and properties of two core-shell silver nanoclusters, even though their outer shell protection is almost the same, small changes in the core can lead to significant changes in optical properties.
SCIENCE CHINA-CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Wei-Hong Wu, Hui-Min Zeng, Ze-Nan Yu, Chao Wang, Zhan-Guo Jiang, Cai-Hong Zhan
Summary: In this study, the growth of atomically precise silver(I) clusters induced by alkynyl ligand exchange was presented, providing a new method for tuning the size and luminescence of semiconductor silver(I) clusters.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Naoya Haraguchi, Naoki Ogiwara, Yoshitaka Kumabe, Soichi Kikkawa, Seiji Yamazoe, Takashi Tachikawa, Sayaka Uchida
Summary: Size-controlled Ag clusters with specific colors were synthesized using porous ionic crystals (PICs) as scaffolds and redox-active polyoxometalates (POMs) as electron sources. The cluster size and color emission were controlled by the reduction time and types of ions or elements in the PICs. This method provides a convenient way to obtain ligand-free Ag clusters with high yields and stability.
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Basudeb Dasgupta, Ranjan Laha, Anupam Ray
Summary: The discovery of unusual masses of black holes by gravitational wave experiments raises fundamental questions about their origin. A proposed new channel for the production of low mass black holes involves the catastrophic accretion of nonannihilating dark matter by stellar objects. Testing methods are suggested, focusing on the redshift dependence of the merger rate as a probe of the transmuted origin of low mass black holes.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Giuseppe Lucente, Oscar Straniero, Pierluca Carenza, Maurizio Giannotti, Alessandro Mirizzi
Summary: In this study, we performed simulations on high-mass axionlike particles (ALPs) and found that they can be efficiently produced in stellar plasmas. By constraining the mass and coupling strength of ALPs, we further explored the ALP parameter space known as the cosmological triangle.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yafang Hou, Yuqing Wang, Tianyang Xu, Zhi Wang, Weidong Tian, Di Sun, Xinyue Yu, Pengyao Xing, Jinglin Shen, Xia Xin, Jingcheng Hao
Summary: This article demonstrates a multi-bond-induced hierarchical self-assembly method, which utilizes atomically precise silver nanoclusters to achieve ordered layer-by-layer construction of metal-organic frameworks. The luminescence properties can be reversibly switched by tuning the pH values. This method has potential applications in the fields of luminescent devices and sensors.
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Sam C. K. Hau, Thomas C. W. Mak
JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY
(2015)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Xianju Zhou, Wing-Tak Wong, Sam C. K. Hau, Peter A. Tanner
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Qi-Hua You, Yee Man Lee, Wing Hong Chan, Nai Ki Mak, Albert W. M. Lee, Sam C. K. Hau, Thomas C. W. Mak
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chi-Keung Lam, Sam Chun-Kit Hau, Chung-Wah Yau, Thomas C. W. Mak
CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN
(2016)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Sam C. K. Hau, Margaret C. -L. Yeung, Vivian W. -W. Yam, Thomas C. W. Mak
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2016)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Chun-Lin Deng, Sam C. K. Hau, Xiao-Shui Peng, Henry N. C. Wong
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yuxia Luo, Zhenyu Liu, Sam Chun-Kit Hau, Yau Yuen Yeung, Ka-Leung Wong, Kwok Keung Shiu, Xueyuan Chen, Haomiao Zhu, Guochen Bao, Peter A. Tanner
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A
(2018)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Sam C. K. Hau, Thomas C. W. Mak
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2014)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yuxia Luo, Chun-Kit Hau, Yau Yuen Yeung, Ka-Leung Wong, Kwok Keung Shiu, Peter A. Tanner
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2018)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Yuzhi Wang, Zhaohai Pan, Xiao-Lan Cheng, Kai Zhang, Xin Zhang, Yao Qin, Jiaojiao Fan, Ting Yan, Tao Han, Kwok Keung Shiu, Sam Chun-Kit Hau, Nai-Ki Mak, Daniel W. J. Kwong, Xiaona Liu, Minjing Li, Guowei Deng, Qiusheng Zheng, Jun Lu, Defang Li
Summary: The novel porphycene-based photosensitizers TBPoS-OH and TBPoS-2OH demonstrate potent photo-cytotoxicity with a LD50 in the nM range under both normoxic and hypoxic conditions. TBPoS-OH shows fast-cellular uptake, localization in lysosomes, and subsequent induction of cell apoptosis via the lysosomal-mitochondrial pathway. Additionally, TBPoS-OH exhibits no obvious immunogenicity and toxicity in vivo.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Sing-Ming Chan, Fung-Kit Tang, Ching-Yau Lam, Chak-Shing Kwan, Sam C. K. Hau, Ken Cham-Fai Leung
Summary: The synthesis of mechanically interlocked molecules with unique topologies through pi-stacking intercomponent interactions has been studied. The length of glycol chains affects the stability and selectivity of the rotaxanes. The additional pi-stacking intercomponent interactions can increase the thermodynamic stability and selectivity of the rotaxanes, as shown by dynamic combinatorial library.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Sing-Ming Chan, Fung-Kit Tang, Chak-Shing Kwan, Ching-Yau Lam, Sam C. K. Hau, Ken Cham-Fai Leung
MATERIALS CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2019)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Guangmian Ji, Siqi Zhang, Sam C. K. Hau, Liang Zhao
CHINESE JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
(2017)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Sam C. K. Hau, Thomas C. W. Mak
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2017)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Sam S. K. Hau, Ting Hu, Dennis Y. S. Taw, Thomas C. W. Mak
CHEMICAL JOURNAL OF CHINESE UNIVERSITIES-CHINESE
(2015)