Reversible fluorescence photoswitching of RSA-AZO dyad 1 was clearly demonstrated in an acidic aqueous solution. The fluorescence photoswitching mechanism is based on the reversible ring opening/closing reactions of the ...
An unprecedented polynuclear metal cluster-pillared triangular prism was built by a macrocycle-directing strategy. Discrete architectures of three silver cluster-involved metallosupramolecules were characterized by singl...
The Fe(IV)oxo complex of a coordinatively flexible multidentate mono-carboxylato ligand is obtained by the one electron oxidation of a low spin Fe(III) precursor in water.
A novel coumarin-centered amphiphilic star-block polymer of C-(PDMAEMA(80)-b-PS8)(3) has been designed to investigate the pH-induced accompanying outward movement of hydrophobic coumarin centers within the polymer micell...
An amphiphilic cationic platinum(II) terpyridyl complex 1 with a redox ferrocene unit has been demonstrated to form well-defined vesicular architectures that could be disrupted and regenerated reversibly by multi-stimuli...
Photoluminescent polymer dots (PDs) were prepared by a moderate hydrothermal treatment of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA). A single excited state was established in the PL mechanism by ultrafast spectroscopy. Moreover, the app...
A novel surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) assay is demonstrated by developing a cross strand-displacement amplification (CSDA) method to enhance the SERS signals. Highly sensitive and selective detection of any si...
A series of remarkable multifunctional 9,10-distyrylanthracene derivatives (DSA(n), n = 7-12) was synthesized. All derivatives possess typical aggregation-induced emission (AIE) property. Some of the derivatives exhibit ...
We report on the decomposition of platinum acetylacetonate (Pt(acac)(2)) in hydrogen induced by flash heating. The changes in the local Pt structure were followed by high energy resolution off-resonant spectroscopy uniqu...
An iodine mediated aromatization leading to a one-pot synthesis of iodo-N-arylanilines and N-arylanilines is reported. This highly regioselective aliphatic-aromatic transformation can be performed with various combinatio...
Fe3O4 synthesized by magnetotactic bacteria and alpha-Fe2O3 synthesized via a microbial-mineralization-inspired process functioned as catalysts for the controlled cationic polymerization of a vinyl ether.
Highly functionalized dihydropyridinones were synthesized via the N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed enantioselective [4 + 2] annulation of alpha-chloroaldehydes and azadienes. Hydrogenation of the resulted dihydropyridino...
beta-Glycosyl imidinium triflate is generated from participating thioglycoside donors for disarmed-armed iterative glycosylations and one-pot oligosaccharide synthesis.
A range of arylallenes undergo carbocation-initiated cyclization reaction with N-benzylic and N-allylic sulfonamides in the presence of 10 mol% ferric chloride to give structurally diverse polysubstituted indenes in good...
A regioselective approach for the synthesis of pyrrolopyridinones and pyrroloazepinones is reported employing an Ugi reaction followed by a gold(I) or platinum(II) catalyzed intramolecular hydroarylation.