Hierarchical calcium carbonate structures with multi-scale organization have been successfully fabricated covering the full range of pore sizes from nano-, to micro- to macrofeatures. The resulting 3D scaffolds, with a c...
Molecular structure, redox, and unexpected fluorescence properties of a tetraphenylporphyrin tin(IV) complex axially sigma-bonded with two ferrocene substituents were investigated using UV-vis, MCD, electro- and spectroe...
Dithiolate-modified multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) adsorb selectively on the self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of alkanethiols on a Au surface: the long dithiolates attached to the MWCNTs anchor the massive MWCNTs o...
A rhodium-diphosphine complex based on Xantphos-type ligands was anchored on mesoporous silica SBA-15, and the material showed remarkably high catalytic activity in the hydroformylation of 1-octene, even exceeding its ho...
A new 1,5-dipyridyl verdazyl, synthesized from the corresponding dipyridyl hydrazone, coordinates nickel(II) to form a structurally characterized, pseudooctahedral complex analogous to Ni(terpy)(2)(2+). The unusually sho...
Selective synthesis of ring-fused tetrahydroquinolines and tetrahydroazepines from the same starting materials was achieved by subtle use of the oxophilic Sc(OTf)(3) or carbophilic IPrAuOTf as the catalyst.
Multi-colored dye-sensitized polymer/fullerene solar cells with two different near-IR dyes, silicon phthalocyanine bis(trihexylsilyl oxide) (SiPc) and silicon naphthalocyanine bis(trihexylsilyl oxide) (SiNc), enhanced po...
NAD 2D NMR spectroscopy using chiral mesophases made of poly-gamma-benzyl-L-glutamate and pyridine allowed us to evaluate, for the first time, the natural site-specific enantio-isotopomeric excesses at each methylene gro...
ESI mass spectrometry was used to assess the binding of 13-substituted, 5-nitro-2-phenylindolyl- and 2-naphthalenyl-based berberine derivatives to inter- and intramolecular G-quadruplex DNA molecules. In contrast with th...
We present a simple and effective heterogeneous contraction method to fabricate hollow spheres with controllable interior structures (ranging from solid, simple hollow to core-in-hollow-wall, double-wall hollow and core-...
Uniform anatase TiO2 particles exposed by {001} facets were successfully synthesized by using EDTA together with F as morphology controlling agents. The crystallographic structure as well as the growth mechanism of anata...
In this feature article, we report our recent progresses in fluorescent sensors of biological dyes from the viewpoint of supramolecular and bioorganic chemistry. For signalling fluorophores, we extended or created naphth...
The double hydrogen bonding activation of carbonyl functionality has been a general strategy for the design of amino amide organocatalysts for highly enantioselective direct aldol reactions of various ketones with aldehy...
We determined the added enthalpic and entropic contributions of protective osmolytes to the folding of a model peptide into its native beta-hairpin state. In contrast to entropically driven steric "crowding", this study ...
In this article we describe the photo-initiated cyclopolymerization of N,N-diallyl-N-dodecylammonium chloride and N,N-diallyl-N-hexadecylammonium chloride in aqueous lyotropic mesophases using a low power UVA domestic su...