Cyanopeptoline CB071: a cyclic depsipeptide isolated from the freshwater cyanobacterium Aphanocapsa sp

Cyanopeptolin CB071 (1), a trypsin inhibitor, was isolated from the freshwater cyanobacterium Aphanocapsa sp. Its complete structure was determined by detailed NMR spectroscopy and MS analyses, along with chemical reactions. The compound showed inhibition of trypsin at a concentration of IC50=2.5 microM.     

Effect of Si doping on epitaxial lateral overgrowth of GaN: A spatially resolved micro-Raman scattering study

We report spatially resolved Raman scattering from Si-doped epitaxial laterally overgrown GaN structures to investigate spatial variations in stress and free electron concentration. The doping-induced increase in the free electron concentration is relatively higher in the laterally overgrown regions than in the coherently grown regions due to the increased contribution of the high-energy A₁ longitudinal optical phonon–plasmon coupled mode. In addition, the E₂(high) [E₂(low)] phonon energy shifts downward (upward) more significantly in the laterally overgrown regions than in the coherently grown regions. The doping-induced Raman shifts of the E₂(high) and E₂(low) phonons in the laterally overgrown regions are approximately ?0.6 and 0.11 cm^?1, respectively, corresponding to the in-plane stress of ～0.22 GPa.     

Hierarchical Self‐Assembled Photo‐Responsive Tubisomes from a Cyclic Peptide‐Bridged Amphiphilic Block Copolymer

Typically, the morphologies of the self‐assembled nanostructures from block copolymers are limited to spherical micelles, wormlike micelles and vesicles. Now, a new generation of materials with unique shape and structures, cylindrical soft matter particles (tubisomes), are obtained from the hierarchical self‐assembly of cyclic peptide‐bridged amphiphilic diblock copolymers. The capacity of obtained photo‐responsive tubisomes as potential drug carriers is evaluated. The supramolecular tubisomes pave an alternative way for fabricating polymeric tubular structures, and will expand the toolbox for the rational design of functional hierarchical nanostructures.     

Nanocatalosomes as Plasmonic Bilayer Shells with Interlayer Catalytic Nanospaces for Solar-Light-Induced Reactions

Interest and challenges remain in designing and synthesizing catalysts with nature-like complexity at few-nm scale to harness unprecedented functionalities by using sustainable solar light. We introduce “nanocatalosomes”—a bio-inspired bilayer-vesicular design of nanoreactor with metallic bilayer shell-in-shell structure, having numerous controllable confined cavities within few-nm interlayer space, customizable with different noble metals. The intershell-confined plasmonically coupled hot-nanospaces within the few-nm cavities play a pivotal role in harnessing catalytic effects for various organic transformations, as demonstrated by “acceptorless dehydrogenation”, “Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling” and “alkynyl annulation” affording clean conversions and turnover frequencies (TOFs) at least one order of magnitude higher than state-of-the-art Au-nanorod-based plasmonic catalysts. This work paves the way towards next-generation nanoreactors for chemical transformations with solar energy.     

Regioselective Deoxygenation of the Cyclic Thionocarbonates of 2,3-Dihydroxy Esters with Magnesium in Methanol

Deoxygenation of the cyclic thionocarbonates of 2,3-dihydroxy esters was mediated with magnesium in methanol, which provided a facile method for the synthesis of α-hydroxy esters     

Polymeric bidirectional wavelength filter based on multimode interference

Optical and Quantum Electronics - We proposed and demonstrated a polymer-based wavelength division multiplex filter based on multimode interference for 1.31/1.55-μm bidirectional operations. A...