Triarylsulfonium hexafluorophosphate salts were shown to be effective catalysts for the ring-opening polymerisation of various cyclic monomers under UV irradiation. A dual basic/acidic catalytic system demonstrated the p...
1-Butyl-3-methyl-pyridinium-dicyanamide (BMP-dca) is carbonised with tetra-alkyl-phosphonium-bromide additives yielding nitrogen- and phosphorus-co-doped carbons with enhanced BET surface areas promoted by the additives....
A novel Pd-catalysed oxidative coupling reaction methodology using readily available carboxylic acids and alkenes for the preparation of vinyl esters has been developed. A broad range of vinyl esters were successfully sy...
Combined coordination of Zn-II and Cu-I or Cu-II to the amyloid-beta peptide has been investigated using XANES, EPR and NMR spectroscopies. While ZnII does alter Cu-II binding to A beta, this has no effect on (A beta)Cu ...
BODIPY derivatives with one or two benzene units fused at different positions are prepared using novel synthetic methods. The resulting dye 1 shows deep red fluorescence with a large Stokes shift. Dyes 2 and 3 are report...
In this work we show that the regioselectivity of the Diels-Alder, 1,3-dipolar, and carbene cycloadditions to C-60 changes from the usual [6,6] addition in neutral species to the [5,6] attack when the number of electrons...
A MOF-5 [Zn4O(BDC)(3); BDC = 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate]@SBA-15 hybrid material has been prepared by using SBA-15 as a matrix. This hybrid material exhibits improved hydrostability under ambient conditions and unique gas a...
A widely used reducing agent tris-(2-carboxyethyl) phosphine significantly promotes the reaction of cisplatin with Sp1 zinc finger protein. This discovery clarifies the reactivity of cisplatin towards Sp1 zinc finger pro...
Dual stimuli-sensitive star polypeptide was for the first time synthesized and self-assembled into reduction- and thermo-sensitive micelles and hydrogels, demonstrating tunable size, mechanical and triggered drug-release...
We successfully displayed a series of gangliosides on small bicelles with a uniform confined size, offering nanoscale standardized membrane mimics for spectroscopic characterization of weak encounter complexes formed bet...