Graphene sheets (chemically reduced), a high modulus and high thermal and electrically conductive material are coupled with yeast cells to form an encapsulating inorganic functional layer. The coupling of the high modulu...
The first example of the enantioselective methyl C-H activation by an intramolecular ArPdX species and subsequent cyclisation was developed. Palladium catalysts using commercially available chiral diphosphines yield good...
Synthesized niobium oxides (Nb(2)O(5) and NbO(2)) were applied for the first time as counter electrodes (CEs) in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). The DSC using NbO(2) CE showed a higher power conversion efficiency of 7...
Intermolecular structures of porous two-dimensional supramolecular networks are studied using scanning tunnelling microscopy combined with density functional theory calculations. The local configurations of halogen bonds...
The CD spectra of chiral 4,4'-biphenylene-silicas were measured and simulated using time-dependent density functional theory and a chiral sensor for silicas was developed.
A nonenzymatic method for the selective detection and quantification of serum uric acid (UA) using 2-thiouracil (2-TU) tailored Au nanoparticles is developed. The H-bonding interaction of UA with functionalized Au nanopa...
Anisotropic nanoparticles of the Fe(pyrazine)Pt(CN)(4) network were prepared embedded in various matrices that revealed to have a dramatic effect on the cooperative spin crossover phenomena. By a judicious choice of the ...
A novel naphthalene diimide with a fully conjugated, extended pi-core was synthesized in a one-pot, two-step reaction. This organic semiconductor exhibits ambipolar transport properties with a large hole mobility of 0.56...
A copper(II) complex CuRBT with a ring-closed rhodamine-containing tripodal ligand was synthesized as a highly selective fluorescent imaging agent for nitric oxide (NO). It featured a 700-fold fluorescent enhancement tow...
Tuning the supramolecular morphology of an equimolar complex of riboflavin and melamine by the in situ formation of different size silver nanoparticles, affecting the photoluminescence property.
A cassette molecule, featuring direct integration of two donor BODIPY units to one acceptor BODIPY unit, was conveniently developed as the first highly "through-bond energy transfer" (TBET) laser dye. This multicolor abs...
The addition of carbon dioxide and water enhances acetophenone hydrogenation activity over an activated carbon-supported palladium catalyst, and 1-phenylethanol can be easily recovered without distillation and neutraliza...
CeO(2), Pt/CeO(2) and MnO(2) additives were found to lower the rate of free radical induced polymer electrolyte membrane degradation in an operating fuel cell by over one order of magnitude.
The first transfer-hydrogenative cyclization of 1,6-diynes that leads to exocyclic dienes was developed using a ruthenium catalyst and MeOH as a H(2) surrogate.
Benzimidazolyl functionalized ionic liquids were synthesized and applied as additives for dye-sensitized solar cells. The fabricated devices show an overall power conversion efficiency of similar to 7.79% under AM 1.5 ra...