Fluorene‐based Lanthanide Coordination Polymer: Structure,Luminescence and Sensing of Picric Acid

Luminescent coordination polymers can be potential chemosensors and extensive efforts are being devoted to improve their selectivity and sensitivity. In this work, we report a new kind of fluorene‐based Tb‐CP, Tb₄L₆·7DMF·5H₂O ( Tb ₄ L ₆ , H₂L = 4,4′‐(9,9‐dimethyl‐9H‐fluorene‐2,7‐diyl)dibenzoic acid), showing 2D network and strong blue emission. Meanwhile, Tb ₄ L ₆ exhibits excellent selectivity and sensitivity for picric acid (PA). The quenching constant (K_sv) of Tb ₄ L ₆ is equal to 4.5 × 10⁴ L/mol during the concentration range of 0–30 μmol/L, which approaches the best reported CPs‐based on PA sensor up to now. Moreover, we went into depth on the possible mechanisms of luminescence quenching.     

Effects of Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene Number on Narrow-Bandgap Fused-Ring Electron Acceptors

Chinese Journal of Polymer Science - We synthesize and compare four near-infrared absorbing fused-ring electron acceptors named as nTTIC (n=2, 3, 4, and 5), based on different number of...     

Lanthanide-organic frameworks based on terphenyl-tetracarboxylate ligands: syntheses,structures, optical properties and selective sensing of nitro explosives

Three isostructural three-dimensional(3D) lanthanide-based metal-organic frameworks [Ln_2L(H_2L)(NMP)_2].H_2O(Ln=Sm(1), Eu(2), Gd(3); H_4L=1,1′:4′,1″-terphenyl-2′,4,4″,5′-tetracarboxylic acid; NMP=N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone) have been synthesized and structurally characterized. In 1–3, two Ln3+ ions are doubly-bridged by two oxygen atoms of two carboxylate groups to form the dinuclear Ln_2(OCOO–)_2 unit. Each Ln_2(OCOO–)_2 unit links with four H_2L~(2-) ligands and four L4. ligands to lead to the 3D framework,which can be rationalized as a new trinodal 4,4,8-connected(44.62)(45.6)(412.616) topological network by considering the dinuclear Ln_2(OCOO–)_2 units as 8-connected nodes and L~4./H_2L~(2-) ligands as planar 4-connected nodes, respectively. 1 and 3 exhibit blue emission originated from the ligand with the emission maximum at 384 nm, while 2 shows intense characteristic red emission of Eu~(3+) ions and weak ligand-centered emission. Moreover, 2 has fluorescent quenching response towards the aromatic nitro compounds, especially for the 3,4-dinitrotoluene(3,4-DNT) with the linear Stern-Volmer relationship in the concentration range of 0–1 mM and the quenching constant(Ksv) of 2.084×10~3 M~(-1).     

二维过渡金属硫族化合物在超级电容器中的研究进展

近年来, 过渡金属硫族化合物(TMDs)作为一种新兴的二维材料, 因其独特的层状结构及电学特性成为超级电容器电极材料的理想候选者之一. 本文介绍了二维TMDs的常用合成方法, 阐述了钼基、 钨基和钒基等TMDs在超级电容器中的研究进展, 分析了形貌、 尺寸和改性方法等因素对TMDs材料电化学性能的影响, 并对TMDs在超级电容器领域的工业化应用和挑战进行了总结与展望.     

Bacteria and cancer cell pearl chain under dielectrophoresis

In this work, we aim to observe and study the physics of bacteria and cancer cells pearl chain formation under dielectrophoresis (DEP). Experimentally, we visualized the formation of Bacillus subtilis bacterial pearl chain and human breast cancer cell (MCF-7) chain under positive and negative dielectrophoretic force, respectively. Through a simple simulation with creeping flow, AC/DC electric fields, and particle tracing modules in COMSOL, we examined the mechanism by which bacteria self-organize into a pearl chain across the gap between two electrodes via DEP. Our simulation results reveal that the region of greatest positive DEP force shifts from the electrode edge to the leading edge of the pearl chain, thus guiding the trajectories of free-flowing particles toward the leading edge via positive DEP. Our findings additionally highlight the mechanism why the free-flowing particles are more likely to join the existing pearl chain rather than starting a new pearl chain. This phenomenon is primarily due to the increase in magnitude of electric field gradient, and hence DEP force exerted, with the shortening gap between the pearl chain leading edge and the adjacent electrode. The findings shed light on the observed behavior of preferential pearl chain formation across electrode gaps.     

G-quadruplex based impedimetric 2-hydroxyfluorene biosensor using hemin as a peroxidase enzyme mimic

We describe a sensitive and selective biosensor for the environmental metabolite 2-hydroxyfluorene (2-HOFlu). It is based on electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and was obtained by assembling a thiolated single-stranded DNA on a gold electrode via S-Au covalent bonding. It is then transformed to a K⁺-stabilized G-quadruplex-hemin complex which exhibits peroxidase-like activity to catalyze the oxidation of 2-HOFlu by H₂O₂. This results in the formation of insoluble products that are precipitated on the gold electrode. As a result, the charge transfer resistance (R _CT) between the solution and the electrode surface is strongly increased within 10 min as demonstrated by using the ferro/ferricyanide system as a redox probe. The difference in the charge transfer resistances (ΔR _CT) before and after incubation of the DNA film with 2-HOFlu and H₂O₂ serves as the signal for the quantitation of 2-HOFlu with a 1.2. nM detection limit in water of pH 7.4. The assay is highly selective over other selected fluorene derivatives. It was exploited to determine 2-HOFlu in spiked lake water samples where it displayed a detection limit of 3.6 nM. Conceivably, this method has a wide scope in that it may be applied to other analytes for which respective G-quadruplexes are available.

A G-quadruplex DNAzyme based impedimetric biosensor for sensitive detection of 2-hydroxyfluorene using hemin as a peroxidase enzyme mimic was constructed with a detection limit of 1.2 nM in water and 3.6 nM in spiked lake water samples.

     

A One-Dimensional Coordination Polymer Based on 1H-Benzimidazole-2-methanol

Crystallography Reports - A coordination polymer, [CuL]n (HL = 1H-benzimidazole-2-methanol), has been hydrothermally synthesized and structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction....     

Exonuclease-assisted multicolor aptasensor for visual detection of ochratoxin A based on G-quadruplex-hemin DNAzyme-mediated etching of gold nanorod

Microchimica Acta - The authors report on a microneedle-based amperometric nonenzymatic glucose sensor for painless and continuous monitoring of glucose. It consists of 3 × 5 sharp...     

异价阳离子替代实现的金属卤化物CsCdCl3的明亮宽带绿色发光

全无机金属卤化物灵活多变的结构及优异的发光性能使其在固态光电子领域显示出重要的应用前景。本研究采用异价阳离子取代策略，用三价锑离子部分取代CsCdCl₃中的二价镉离子，促进自陷激子的产生，使CsCdCl₃∶Sb³⁺产生了明亮的宽带绿色发光，中心波长为530 nm。机理研究结果表明，CsCdCl₃∶Sb³⁺中相邻SbCl₆八面体被孤立，形成了低维电子构型，促进了Sb³⁺局域化，实现了量子效率最高为95.5%的高效发光。此外，尽管CsCdCl₃和RbCdCl₃均属于ACdCl₃(A为碱金属家族),但它们的晶体结构明显不同。RbCdCl₃属于正交晶系，空间群为Pnma;CsCdCl₃属于六方晶系，空间群为P6₃/mmc。CsCdCl₃的结构对称性大于RbCdCl₃,其...