Integrating Time-Resolved Imaging Information by Single-Luminophore Dual Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence

The fact that the lifetime of photoluminescence is often difficult to access because of the weakness of the emission signals, seriously limits the possibility to gain local bioimaging information in time-resolved luminescence probing. We aim to provide a solution to this problem by creating a general photophysical strategy based on the use of molecular probes designed for single-luminophore dual thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF). The structural and conformational design makes the dual TADF strong in both diluted solution and in an aggregated state, thereby reducing sensitivity to oxygen quenching and enabling a unique dual-channel time-resolved imaging capability. As the two TADF signals show mutual complementarity during probing, a dual-channel means that lifetime mapping is established to reduce the time-resolved imaging distortion by 30–40 %. Consequently, the leading intracellular local imaging information is serialized and integrated, which allows comparison to any single time-resolved signal, and leads to a significant improvement of the probing capacity.     

Oxidized Carbon Nitrides: Water‐Dispersible,Atomically Thin Carbon Nitride‐Based Nanodots and Their Performances as Bioimaging Probes

Three‐dimensional (3D) carbon nitride (C₃N₄)‐based materials show excellent performance in a wide range of applications because of their suitable band structures. To realize the great promise of two‐dimensional (2D) allotropes of various 3D materials, it is highly important to develop routes for the production of 2D C₃N₄ materials, which are one‐atom thick, in order to understand their intrinsic properties and identify their possible applications. In this work, water‐dispersible, atomically thin, and small carbon nitride nanodots were produced using the chemical oxidation of graphitic C₃N₄. Various analyses, including X‐ray diffraction, X‐ray photoelectron, Fourier‐transform infrared spectroscopy, and combustion‐based elemental analysis, and thermogravimetric analysis, confirmed the production of 3D oxidized C₃N₄ materials. The 2D C₃N₄ nanodots were successfully exfoliated as individual single layers; their lateral dimension was several tens of nanometers. They showed strong photoluminescence in the visible region as well as excellent performances as cell‐imaging probes in an in vitro study using confocal fluorescence microscopy.     

Thermodynamic description of the viscosity of liquid solder alloys with minor Co impurities

Because of the increasing complexity and cost of experiments carried out, the data for the multi-component alloy systems have frequently been obtained by numerical modelling. It is clear that the related calculations require reliable data dealing with the pure components and binary alloy systems. Selecting the reliable data concerning the pure components from the literature, the viscosities for the SAC and (SAC)_1?x Co_x solder alloys have been calculated using different viscosity models (geometric and physical). The viscosity decreases as the amount of tin content increases in the SAC387 alloy while the addition of the cobalt to SAC387 solder results in the increasing of the viscosity. Moreover, by computing the root mean square values between theoretical and experimental viscosities, it can be concluded that the lowest value among all models is that of obtained by Kaptay equation.     

Enantioselective phospha-Michael reaction of diethyl phosphonate with exocyclic α,β-unsaturated benzocyclic ketones catalyzed by a dinuclear zinc−AzePhenol catalyst

The dinuclear zinc complexes as high performance catalysts were used to catalyze phospha-Michael reaction of exocyclic α,β-unsaturated benzocyclic ketones under mild conditions, and the desired products possessing 1-indanones or 1-tetralones skeleton were obtained with excellent enantioselectivities of up to 99%/99% ee and yields of up to 99%. The absolute stereochemistry of the major products catalyzed by (R,R)-L1 was determined to be the (R,R)-configuration by X-ray crystallographic analysis of 3d. A positive nonlinear effect was observed and the possible mechanism was proposed.     

Polymer-dispersed liquid crystal composites for bio-applications: thermotropic,surface and optical properties

Polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) systems based on polysulfone as carrying matrix and 4-cyano-4?-pentylbiphenyl (5CB) liquid crystal (LC) were obtained as thin transparent films. The PDLC films were prepared by solvent- and thermally induced phase separation methods, with various compositions in the two components. Information on the phase separation was obtained by polarised light optical microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry and scanning electron microscopy. The PDLC composites show well-defined droplets of submicrometric size, around 650 nm for a medium content of LC and around 250 nm for a low one. The droplets show a radial configuration and a homeotropic alignment of the LC molecules within. By contact angle measurement and surface free energy calculations, it was established that self-assembling of aliphatic units of the two composite components, at droplet interface, is the driving force of the homeotropic alignment. Moreover, these data indicated the potential biocompatibility of the studied composites. The photophysical behaviour shows a better light emission of the PDLCs containing bigger droplets.     

Theoretical Studies on the Mechanistic Insertions of Singlet Methylene and Halomethylene into Polar S‒H Bonds of Methanethiol,Ethanethiol, 1-Propanethiol and 2-Propanethiol

Abstract

The insertion of ¹CH₂, ¹CHF, ¹CF₂,¹CHCl, and ¹CCl₂ into primary and secondary polar S?H bonds of methanethiol, ethanethiol, 1-propanethiol, and 2-propanethiol have been investigated at HF (Hartree–Fock), MP2 (Møller–Plesset Perturbation Theory), and DFT (density functional theory) levels using 6-31G (d, p) basis set. The insertions follow a two-step mechanism. The potential energy surface exploration identifies ylide-like structures undergoing the 1,2-sigmatropic hydrogen shift concertedly giving the thioether product. But ¹CF₂ forms weak complexes involving 1,2-hydrogen shift. The barrier height in the concerted mechanism varies with the type of carbene moiety and S?H bond. The initial interaction seems to be a function of HOMO (highest occupied molecular orbital) and LUMO (lowest unoccupied molecular orbital) energies of thiols and carbenes, respectively. The natural bond orbital charge analysis showing a net charge flow from the substrate thiol to the reagent carbene at the transition states corroborates this fact.     

Pressure induced phase transitions in Ga1 − x In x P

We have theoretically investigated the effect of pressure on the structural stability of GaP?:?InP mixed system. The three-body-potential (TBP) model has been used. The TBP model consists of long-range as well as short-range interactions; the long-range part includes the modified Coulomb force as well as a three-body term; the short-range part in TBP defines the van der Waals and overlap repulsive interactions. We observe a pressure-induced structural phase transformation from ZnS (B3) to NaCl (B1) type phase in Ga _1?x In _x P. Our calculated transition pressures for the initial GaP and final InP compound semiconductors are in good agreement with other reported data.     

High-Density Excitons in a Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor: Cd 1 − x Mn x Te

Time-resolved magneto photoluminescence in a diluted magnetic semiconductor Cd 0.9 Mn 0.1 Te has been carried out with varying exciton density from 10 14 to 10 19 cm m 3 . The reduction of the Zeeman shift and that of the magnetic polaron energy was found under strong photoexcitation. The spectral feature is interpreted in terms of the heating of the manganese spin subsystem. Polarization dependence of the spin heating is observed for the first time, revealing the contribution of the spin flip between excitons and magnetic ions to the heating process.