By cofactor redesign, self-sufficient monooxygenases could be prepared. Tight binding of N-alkylated flavins to riboflavin-binding protein results in the creation of artificial flavoenzymes capable of H(2)O(2)-driven ena...
We designed an artificial one-dimensional DNA nanotrack that contains two T-motifs. It can be fabricated in a free solution and with a mica-assisted growth process. Also, we introduced a dry and wet method for the restor...
Composites of fibronectin/mineral and osteogenic growth peptide/mineral were synthesized on calcium phosphate coated substrates immersed in Dulbecco's phosphate-buffered saline solution containing biomolecules. The kinet...
A metal-free artificial restriction DNA cutter which is composed of cyclen and classical peptide nucleic acid (PNA) was synthesized. Analysis of DNA cleavage products indicates the site-selective hydrolysis.
gamma-AlOOH(boehmite)@SiO(2)/Fe(3)O(4) porous magnetic microspheres with high adsorption capacity toward heavy metal ions were found to be useful for the simultaneous and selective electrochemical detection of five metal...
Using the Hg(2+)-mediated T-T formation to strengthen the DNA duplexes and influence the configuration of fluorescent Ag NCs-forming sequences, a turn-on fluorescence detection method for Hg(2+) has been established.
Two novel water soluble ruthenium(II) complexes [Ru(bpy)(2)(bqbg)](2+) and [Ru(phen)(2)(bqbg)](2+) have been structurally characterized and their DNA condensation activity, cytotoxicity, and cellular uptake studies of DN...
The suitability for chemical engineering of the highly symmetrical Mycobacterium tuberculosis dodecin was investigated, its inner cavity providing a large compartment shields introduced compounds from bulk solvent. Hybri...
Variation of the solvent polarity leads to the formation of vesicles and reverse vesicles of a newly synthesized amphiphilic Ru(II)-polypyridyl complex.
An aggregation-induced emission (AIE) luminogen, tetraphenylethene, has been successfully grafted onto mesoporous silica SBA-15 for the first time. The materials emit blue light upon UV irradiation, and are photostable f...
A new ligand containing tetraphenylethylene and terpyridine moieties, and its zinc ion complex were synthesized. Both of them exhibit an aggregation-induced emission effect. Their colors and emissions can be smartly swit...
Monodisperse Yb(3+)/Er(3+):MFCl nanocrystals were fabricated via a simple and effective seed-based chlorination route for the first time. Remarkably, their upconversion emissions are found to be greatly intensified compa...
The free-radical hydrothiolation of alkynes (thiol-yne dagger coupling, TYC) unites two thiol fragments across the carbon-carbon triple bond to give a dithioether derivative with exclusive 1,2-addition; this reaction can...
The first zwitterionic alkaline earth metal silanides featuring two naked silyl anions were synthesized and a combined structural and computational study on these zwitterions revealed a correlation between the energy of ...
The polyetherification of diols with 4-12 methylene units was studied in Bronsted Acid Ionic Liquids (BAILs). High molar mass poly(oxyalkylene)s were obtained at relatively low temperatures (130 degrees C), except in the...
Voluminous amides were coupled with deactivated, sterically hindered aryl chlorides in excellent yields providing products, which have not been efficiently accessible by transition metal catalysis so far. Application of ...