Article
Optics
Shuaishuai Yang, Yuan Yuan, Xingjing Wang, Zhongqian Hu, Dongcai Guo
Summary: A series of naphthalene-based Schiff base derivatives were successfully prepared and exhibit unique optical properties, including multiple-color emission and pH response in an alkaline environment. Through DFT calculations, it was found that the electronegativity of the derivatives changes with substituents on the 2-aminopyridine, leading to the color emissions from green to orange. Additionally, the derivatives show green fluorescence emission under alkaline conditions due to the intra-molecular charge transfer mechanism, indicating potential applications in optics and pH sensing materials.
JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Timothee Stoerkler, Pascal Retailleau, Denis Jacquemin, Gilles Ulrich, Julien Massue
Summary: The synthesis, structure, and photophysical properties of a series of heteroaryl-substituted bis-anil derivatives with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) and excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) are described. The fluorescence color of the aggregates can be adjusted by changing the peripheral substitution, resulting in a wide range of emission wavelengths. The introduction of strong electron-withdrawing groups such as cyano leads to a competition between ESIPT and deprotonation, resulting in anionic emission at low water percentage.
CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Spectroscopy
Shanting Liu, Yue Yang, Dian-Dian Deng, Xiao-wen Deng, Zhao Chen, Xiao-Yan Wang, Shouzhi Pu
Summary: This work designed and synthesized three new anthracene-based donor-acceptor-pi-donor (D-A -pi-D) type benzothiadiazole derivatives as luminogenic molecules, which exhibited aggregation-induced emission (AIE) or aggregation-induced emission enhancement (AIEE) effect. The solids of these luminogens showed bright and different fluorescent colors in the solid state, and their fluorescence could be effectively regulated by mechanical grinding.
SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Michelle M. S. Lee, Eric Y. Yu, Joe H. C. Chau, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Dong Wang, Ben Zhong Tang
Summary: Fluorescence bioimaging is a sensitive, selective, and non-invasive method for visualizing biological processes on the microscale. However, conventional organic fluorophores have limitations in long-term monitoring and tracing of intracellular processes due to their poor photostability and low signal-to-noise ratio. On the contrary, AIE luminogens (AIEgens) possess photophysical properties that enable real-time and long-term intracellular dynamics visualization. This review summarizes the recent development of AIE probes for unveiling intracellular processes, providing inspiration and directions for the future design and development of AIEgens.
MATERIALS CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Qifei Shen, Kai Gao, Zhiqin Zhao, Anran Gao, Yanzi Xu, Heng Wang, Lingjie Meng, Mingming Zhang, Dongfeng Dang
Summary: Multifunctional metallacycles with solid-state emission are highly important in cancer therapy. Here, an aggregation-induced emission (AIE)-active metallacycle of DTPABT-MC-R is developed with efficient emission in the NIR region in the solid state. DTPABT-MC-R-based nanoparticles also display excellent photo-stability, and impressive photosensitive characteristics, finally leading to applications in cellular imaging and photodynamic therapy (PDT).
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Review
Engineering, Biomedical
Jiangman Sun, Hui Li, Xinggui Gu, Ben Zhong Tang
Summary: Photoactivatable materials with AIE characteristics, which can be remotely activated by light, have great potential in acquiring biochemical information with high spatial and temporal resolution.
ADVANCED HEALTHCARE MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Polymer Science
Jing-Han Gao, Baoquan Wan, Ming-Sheng Zheng, Jun-Wei Zha
Summary: This study successfully prepared a self-healing silicon elastomer by introducing citric acid and urea into the polydimethylsiloxane polymer chains. The elastomer exhibited tunable mechanical properties and excellent stretchability. Additionally, the study achieved luminescence by introducing citric acid into the polymer chains, which is a novel approach.
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Pan-Pan Dong, Yuan-Yuan Liu, Qiu-Chen Peng, Hai-Yang Li, Kai Li, Shuang-Quan Zang, Ben Zhong Tang
Summary: In this work, a series of butterfly-like isomers named oxacalix[2]naphthalene[2]pyrazine (ONP) were synthesized conveniently by a one-step catalyst-free reaction, showing typical characteristics of aggregation-induced emission (AIE). The AIE properties of ONP can be attributed to the restriction of intramolecular vibration (RIV). The coordination ability of ONP molecules with pyrazine groups makes them ideal ligands for constructing luminescent metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), and different ONP isomers have different binding capacities.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Haoran Wang, Qiyao Li, Parvej Alam, Haotian Bai, Vandana Bhalla, Martin R. Bryce, Mingyue Cao, Chao Chen, Sijie Chen, Xirui Chen, Yuncong Chen, Zhijun Chen, Dongfeng Dang, Dan Ding, Siyang Ding, Yanhong Duo, Meng Gao, Wei He, Xuewen He, Xuechuan Hong, Yuning Hong, Jing-Jing Hu, Rong Hu, Xiaolin Huang, Tony D. James, Xingyu Jiang, Gen-ichi Konishi, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Chunbin Li, Haidong Li, Kai Li, Nan Li, Wei-Jian Li, Ying Li, Xing-Jie Liang, Yongye Liang, Bin Liu, Guozhen Liu, Xingang Liu, Xiaoding Lou, Xin-Yue Lou, Liang Luo, Paul R. McGonigal, Zong-Wan Mao, Guangle Niu, Tze Cin Owyong, Andrea Pucci, Jun Qian, Anjun Qin, Zijie Qiu, Andrey L. Rogach, Bo Situ, Kazuo Tanaka, Youhong Tang, Bingnan Wang, Dong Wang, Jianguo Wang, Wei Wang, Wen-Xiong Wang, Wen-Jin Wang, Xinyuan Wang, Yi-Feng Wang, Shuizhu Wu, Yifan Wu, Yonghua Xiong, Ruohan Xu, Chenxu Yan, Saisai Yan, Hai-Bo Yang, Lin-Lin Yang, Mingwang Yang, Ying-Wei Yang, Juyoung Yoon, Shuang-Quan Zang, Jiangjiang Zhang, Pengfei Zhang, Tianfu Zhang, Xin Zhang, Xin Zhang, Na Zhao, Zheng Zhao, Jie Zheng, Lei Zheng, Zheng Zheng, Ming-Qiang Zhu, Wei-Hong Zhu, Hang Zou, Ben Zhong Tang
Summary: This review provides a comprehensive summary of the advantages and applications of aggregation-induced emission (AIE) luminogens in imaging of biological structure, dynamic physiological processes, disease diagnosis and treatment, as well as detection and monitoring of specific analytes. It also discusses future directions to promote research and development in the fields of life and health.
Article
Food Science & Technology
Chenyue Zhou, Ji Ma, Da-Wen Sun
Summary: In this review, the luminescence mechanisms and structure design of AIE sensing platforms are introduced, and the sensing mechanisms, including noncovalent interaction, solubility and viscosity change, specific recognition, and photophysical quenching/dequenching processes, are elucidated. Moreover, the latest and representative applications of AIE sensing platforms in the detection of foodborne pathogens, environmental pollutants, biotoxins, agrochemicals, illegal additives, and spoilage markers are comprehensively summarized. Lastly, the outlook and challenges of AIE sensing platforms are discussed.
TRENDS IN FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Haoran Wang, Qiyao Li, Parvej Alam, Haotian Bai, Vandana Bhalla, Martin R. Bryce, Mingyue Cao, Chao Chen, Sijie Chen, Xirui Chen, Yuncong Chen, Zhijun Chen, Dongfeng Dang, Dan Ding, Siyang Ding, Yanhong Duo, Meng Gao, Wei He, Xuewen He, Xuechuan Hong, Yuning Hong, Jing-Jing Hu, Rong Hu, Xiaolin Huang, Tony D. James, Xingyu Jiang, Gen-ichi Konishi, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Chunbin Li, Haidong Li, Kai Li, Nan Li, Wei-Jian Li, Ying Li, Xing-Jie Liang, Yongye Liang, Bin Liu, Guozhen Liu, Xingang Liu, Xiaoding Lou, Xin-Yue Lou, Liang Luo, Paul R. McGonigal, Zong-Wan Mao, Guangle Niu, Tze Cin Owyong, Andrea Pucci, Jun Qian, Anjun Qin, Zijie Qiu, Andrey L. Rogach, Bo Situ, Kazuo Tanaka, Youhong Tang, Bingnan Wang, Dong Wang, Jianguo Wang, Wei Wang, Wen-Xiong Wang, Wen-Jin Wang, Xinyuan Wang, Yi-Feng Wang, Shuizhu Wu, Yifan Wu, Yonghua Xiong, Ruohan Xu, Chenxu Yan, Saisai Yan, Hai-Bo Yang, Lin-Lin Yang, Mingwang Yang, Ying-Wei Yang, Juyoung Yoon, Shuang-Quan Zang, Jiangjiang Zhang, Pengfei Zhang, Tianfu Zhang, Xin Zhang, Xin Zhang, Na Zhao, Zheng Zhao, Jie Zheng, Lei Zheng, Zheng Zheng, Ming-Qiang Zhu, Wei-Hong Zhu, Hang Zou, Ben Zhong Tang
Summary: This review provides a comprehensive summary of the applications of aggregation-induced emission (AIE) luminogens in biological imaging, dynamic physiological processes, disease diagnosis and treatment, and specific analyte detection and monitoring. The review also discusses critical issues and future directions, aiming to promote the development of AIE in the fields of life and health.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Bo Situ, Bairong He, Xu Chen, Xiaojing He, Weiwei Feng, Xinyi Ye, Yifang Huang, Xiaolei Xue, Shan Liu, Qiong Xia, Jianjun Zou, Ben Zhong Tang, Lei Zheng
Summary: MASPB is a density-responsive bioprobe for fluorescent sensing of cell nucleus density, capable of distinguishing between tumor cells and normal cells based on nuclear condensation and cellular distribution, providing a rapid tool for nucleus density mapping with potential applications in cancer diagnosis.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Spectroscopy
Fangyun Xin, Jiwei Zhao, Xichen Wang, Haixu Wang, Hong Wang, Mingming Xing, Yao Fu, Yong Tian, Ying Tian
Summary: A simple naphthalimide fluorophore NAP-H2O was designed and synthesized, which exhibited robust green fluorescence in water due to aggregation induced emission (AIE) mechanism. The fluorophore showed good linear relationships between fluorescence intensities at the green emission band and the water content in various organic solvents, enabling quantitative detection of water at trace levels. Furthermore, the probe demonstrated fast response time and good photostability, and it was successfully applied for naked-eye detection of water in organic solvents via test papers.
SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Analytical
Muthaiah Shellaiah, Kien-Wen Sun
Summary: Aggregation-induced emission (AIE) is a unique research topic and property that has a wide range of applications in cellular imaging, theranostics, and the specific detection of biologically important species. This comprehensive review focuses on the utilization of AIE-active pyrene-based materials in imaging and theranostics studies, and discusses the design and synthesis of these materials.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yuanyuan Liu, Yuanyuan Li, Ximing Luo, Peng Luo, Zhen Han, Qiuchen Peng, Kai Li, Hongwei Hou, Shuang Quan Zang
Summary: This study carefully prepared a silver cluster Ag-24 using a special method and found that it could serve as a chemical sensor for detecting pesticides in water by reacting with sulfur-containing compounds.
MATERIALS CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2021)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Dan He, Yawen Li, Fuwen Zhao, Yuze Lin
Summary: High trap density in organic solar cells leads to localized charge carriers and reduced carrier lifetime, limiting device efficiency. This feature article summarizes the recent advances of trap suppression by material design and device engineering.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2024)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Olivier Monfort, Arshitha Madhusudhan, Martin Motola
Summary: This article presents the advantages of coupling photocatalysis and Fenton-based processes for environmental remediation and discusses their synergy. It critically examines the simultaneous triggering of these two processes and provides insights into research approaches. The study aims to enhance understanding of this complex process and highlight the potential integration of new catalysts in current wastewater treatment technology.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Manideepa Dhar, Chittaranjan Mishra, Avijit Das, Uttam Manna
Summary: An approach of 'polymerization of monomers in its aggregated form' has been introduced to tailor the water wettability of fibrous and porous substrates, achieving hydrophobicity to superhydrophobicity transition, as well as patterned wettability. This facile chemical method provides a durable coating with adjustable and patterned wettability for various potential applications.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Saswat Ranjan Bhoi, Chhanda Debnath, Shikha Gandhi
Summary: In this article, a novel catalytic reaction using Pd(0) and Bronsted acid is reported for the synthesis of biologically important imidazolidinone-fused N-heterocycles through redox-neutral intramolecular N-allylation of indoles and pyrroles with alkynes. This atom-economical method is applicable to a wide range of substrates and eliminates the need for leaving groups or oxidizing agents commonly used in traditional allylation reactions.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Longkun Chen, Mingshuai Zhang, Meichen Liu, Zhuoyuan Liu, Yuetong Qiu, Zhilai Zhang, Fuchao Yu, Jiuzhong Huang
Summary: In this study, an efficient Rh(III)-catalyzed selective mono- and dual-C-H bond functionalization/cyclization with iodonium ylide as the sole coupling partner was demonstrated. Fused benzodiazepine skeletons were obtained in excellent yields, providing an improved approach to dual C-H unsymmetrical functionalization.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Alice Kennett, Sven Epple, Gabriella van der Valk, Irene Georgiou, Evelyne Gout, Romain R. Vives, Angela J. Russell
Summary: This study presents the design and synthesis of sulfated disaccharide inhibitors based on IdoA(2S)-GlcNS(6S), which showed potent inhibition of Sulf-2. The results suggest that IdoA(2S)-GlcNS(6S) is the shortest fragment size required for effective inhibition of Sulfs, and a trisulfated disaccharide is identified as the minimal fragment size of heparan sulfate for effective endosulfatase inhibition.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Mauro Garbini, Andrea Brunetti, Riccardo Pedrazzani, Magda Monari, Massimo Marcaccio, Giulio Bertuzzi, Marco Bandini
Summary: The self-adaptability of galvanostatic electrolysis was found to be helpful in a multistage chemo- and diastereoselective electrochemically promoted cyclodimerization of chalcones. Through a series of reductive events, densely functionalized cyclopentanes with five contiguous stereocenters were obtained (25 examples, yields up to 95%, dr values up to >20:1). Further experimental and electrochemical investigations indicated the crucial role of dynamic kinetic resolution of the aldol intermediate in the reaction mechanism.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Dhananjay S. Nipate, Neha Meena, Prakash N. Swami, Krishnan Rangan, Anil Kumar
Summary: In this study, the synthesis of functionalized benzo[a]phenazines and indazolo[2,3-a]quinolines was achieved through Rh(III)-catalyzed oxidative annulation of 2-arylquinoxalines and 2-aryl-2H-indazoles with allyl alcohols. The method showed a wide substrate scope, excellent functional group tolerance, good to high yields of annulated products, and the capability for scaled-up synthesis. A tentative mechanism of the annulation reaction was proposed based on a preliminary mechanistic investigation.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Ruonan Zhang, Abudukadi Tudi, Xia Yang, Xuping Wang, Zhihua Yang, Shujuan Han, Shilie Pan
Summary: A new lead tellurium borate material with a unique fundamental building block [B4O10] was synthesized and found to exhibit high birefringence. The structure-property relationship was discussed using first-principles calculations.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Amresh Kumar Singh, Baishali Thakurta, Anupam Giri, Monalisa Pal
Summary: This study introduces three key concepts for the quick synthesis of large-scale high-quality 2D materials films and their utilization in device fabrication.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Reina Hagiwara, Shun Nishimura, Kosuke Okeyoshi
Summary: A copolymer-conjugated nanocatalytic system has been developed to improve electron transfer and enhance photoinduced H2 generation.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2024)