Simple alkyl-substituted pillar[5]arenes can form stable interpenetrated complexes with neutral bis(imidazole) guests utilizing multiple C-H center dot center dot center dot O(N) hydrogen bond and C-H center dot center d...
Fe(1+x)Te(0.5)Se(0.5) is the archetypical iron-based superconductor. Here we show that the superconducting state is controlled by the stacking of its anti-PbO layers, such that homogeneous ordering hinders superconductiv...
Hollow thin walled NiO tubes functionalized by catalytic Pt were synthesized via nanofiber templating and multilayered sputter-coating of Pt and NiO thin overlayers followed by heat-treatment at 600 degrees C. Sandwich P...
An approach was developed to sensitively and specially detect protein in buffer and serum based on target-induced intermolecular hybridization and the significant difference of duplex stability in intramolecular versus i...
A clickable, affinity-based probe (Af BP), which was modified from staurosporine (a natural product kinase inhibitor), has been synthesized and used in situ for activity-based proteome profiling of potential cellular tar...
A series of forcible curved circular DNAs (cDNAs) were prepared to investigate the recognition features of human Topoisomerase I (hTopo I). The IC(50) can be modulated by the curvature degrees of cDNA. In addition, prefe...
The step-by-step analysis of a hierarchical self-assembly revealed the incorporation of nanocavity blocks in a metastable orientation to stabilize the organized array. The confinement of 2D electrons by a quantum corral ...
Supramolecular vesicles are triggered by the inclusion complex formed by CB[6] and surfactant. The combination of CB[6] with the surfactant plays a key role in the vesicle formation.
A room temperature method to coat a non-conducting gel phase with a metal is described, which uses galvanic displacement. Electrolytes are dissolved in the gel phase to allow metal deposition from an immiscible liquid el...
On the basis of simultaneous electrostatic repulsion and pi-pi stacking interactions of carboxylic carbon nanoparticles (cCNPs) with single-stranded DNA, a noncovalent assembly of cCNPs and fluorescent aptamers is report...
Unexpected local chiral switching events are shown to occur within strongly chemisorbed homochiral domains, in which a pair of surface-bonded molecules dynamically switches their chiral configuration for a short period o...
An electrochemical approach for measuring the dynamic process of H(2)O(2) (a major ROS) release from living cells is reported. This approach, which is based on enhanced reduction of H(2)O(2) by nitrogen-doped graphene, c...
A Zn(2+) tetraazamacrocycle complex (2) bearing three naphthalene moieties has been prepared. Complex 2 recognizes, binds and causes damage to DNA, and shows considerable cytotoxicity against human cervical (HeLa), breas...
TBAI could catalyze the direct oxidative C-N coupling of 2-aminopyridines with beta-keto esters and 1,3-diones, which affords imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines as the products. The reaction was realized under metal-free conditions...
A novel protocol for the preparation of various 3-alkylideneoxindoles via a silver-catalyzed aromatic C-H functionalization has been developed. The process is simple, environmentally conscious, and avoids the use of abun...
The dimethyl sulfide adduct 2(DMS) is a crystalline storage form of the unstable hydroboration reagent 9-H-9-borafluorene (2); 2(DMS) is available by the addition of DMS to either in situ generated [2] 2 or 1,2-(2,2'-bip...