Diglycine Enables Rapid Intrabacterial Hydrolysis for Activating Anbiotics against Gram‐negative Bacteria

Antimicrobial drug resistance demands novel approaches for improving the efficacy of antibiotics, especially against Gram‐negative bacteria. Herein, we report that conjugating a diglycine (GG) to an antibiotic prodrug drastically accelerates intrabacterial ester‐bond hydrolysis required for activating the antibiotic. Specifically, the attachment of GG to chloramphenicol succinate (CLsu) generates CLsuGG, which exhibits about an order of magnitude higher inhibitory efficacy than CLsu against Escherichia coli. Further studies reveal that CLsuGG undergoes rapid hydrolysis, catalyzed by intrabacterial esterases (e.g., BioH and YjfP), to generate chloramphenicol (CL) in E. coli. Importantly, the conjugate exhibits lower cytotoxicity to bone marrow stromal cells than CL. Structural analogues of CLsuGG indicate that the conjugation of GG to an antibiotic prodrug is an effective strategy for accelerating enzymatic prodrug hydrolysis and enhancing the antibacterial efficacy of antibiotics.     

Engineering organic sensitizers for iodine-free dye-sensitized solar cells: red-shifted current response concomitant with attenuated charge recombination

With a new metal-free donor-acceptor photosensitizer featuring the 2,6-bis(thiophen-2-yl)-4,4-dihexyl-4H-cyclopenta[2,1-b:3,4-b']dithiophene-conjugated spacer and the tris(1,10-phenanthroline)cobalt(II/III) redox shuttle, we present a highly efficient iodine-free dye-sensitized solar cell displaying a power conversion efficiency of 9.4% measured at 100 mW cm(-2) simulated AM1.5 conditions.     

Coupling Benzylamine Oxidation with CO2 Photoconversion to Ethanol over a Black Phosphorus and Bismuth Tungstate S-Scheme Heterojunction

Photoconversion of CO₂ and H₂O into ethanol is an ideal strategy to achieve carbon neutrality. However, the production of ethanol with high activity and selectivity is challenging owing to the less efficient reduction half-reaction involving multi-step proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET), a slow C−C coupling process, and sluggish water oxidation half-reaction. Herein, a two-dimensional/two-dimensional (2D/2D) S-scheme heterojunction consisting of black phosphorus and Bi₂WO₆ (BP/BWO) was constructed for photocatalytic CO₂ reduction coupling with benzylamine (BA) oxidation. The as-prepared BP/BWO catalyst exhibits a superior photocatalytic performance toward CO₂ reduction, with a yield of 61.3 μmol g⁻¹ h⁻¹ for ethanol (selectivity of 91 %).In situ spectroscopic studies and theoretical calculations reveal that S-scheme heterojunction can effectively promote photogenerated carrier separation via the Bi−O−P bridge to accelerate the PCET process. Meanwhile, electron-rich BP acts as the active site and plays a vital role in the process of C−C coupling. In addition, the substitution of BA oxidation for H₂O oxidation can further enhance the photocatalytic performance of CO₂ reduction to C₂H₅OH. This work opens a new horizon for exploring novel heterogeneous photocatalysts in CO₂ photoconversion to C₂H₅OH based on cooperative photoredox systems.     

La0.67Sr0.33Mn1-yFeyO3(y=0, 0.01, 0.02, 0.03)磁谱特性分析

采用固相反应法制备了La0．67Sr0．33Mn1-yFeyO3（y=0,0．01,0．02,0．03）氧化物多晶样品,XRD测试表明形成了钙钛矿单相结构,铁掺人后材料的晶体结构没有明显变化。SEM测试表明样品晶粒大小为1～3μm,随着铁含量增加饱和磁化强度下降。样品室温磁导率（10kHz～1．8GHz）测试表明,复磁导率频谱曲线是典型的弛豫型谱线,且随铁离子含量增加其起始磁导率下降。同时通过最小二乘曲线拟合的方法分析了频谱曲线,分别给出了畴壁位移和磁畴转动对磁导率的贡献,结果表明,y=0,0．01的样品畴壁位移对磁导率的贡献大于畴转对磁导率的贡献,y=0．02,0．03的样品,畴转对磁导率的贡献大于畴壁位移的贡献。     

表面上和纳米孔道内以及乳液中的手性催化

多相手性催化是合成手性化合物的有效途径之一,开发高活性、高选择性的多相手性催化剂并应用于不对称催化反应是兼具基础科学和应用科学背景的重要研究方向. 本文综述了近年来具有代表性的固体表面上、纳米孔道内以及手性乳液体系中的多相手性催化研究进展,着重对本实验室近年来在该领域中的探索研究进行了介绍,涉及的重要手性催化反应包括氢化、氢转移、氢甲酰化、环氧化、环氧化物水解动力学拆分、Aldol反应和Diels-Alder反应等. 我们的研究表明,手性修饰纳米粒子催化剂上的手性氢化反应可以获得95% ee以上的手性选择性以及高达 20 000 h-1 的TOF, 手性氢甲酰化反应得到90% ee的手性选择性;在手性催化剂组装的乳液体系中,催化不对称Aldol反应获得高达99% ee的手性选择性,催化活性得到显著提升,乳液氢转移反应的TOF可达3×105 h-1;在纳米孔中多个手性环氧化反应的例子显示出孔道效应能够显著提高手性选择性,并发现在纳米反应器中的环氧化物水解动力学拆分反应显示出催化剂协同活化效应,使催化反应的活性大幅度提高. 本文还讨论了表面、界面上以及孔道中的催化剂组装、孔道限阈以及多中心协同效应等因素对多相手性催化反应性能的影响.