Air‐Stable,Lead‐Free Zero‐Dimensional Mixed Bismuth‐Antimony Perovskite Single Crystals with Ultra‐broadband Emission

Lead‐free zero‐dimensional (0D) organic‐inorganic metal halide perovskites have recently attracted increasing attention for their excellent photoluminescence properties and chemical stability. Here, we report the synthesis and characterization of an air‐stable 0D mixed metal halide perovskite (C₈NH₁₂)₄Bi_0.57Sb_0.43Br₇?H₂O, in which individual [BiBr₆]^3? and [SbBr₆]^3? octahedral units are completely isolated and surrounded by the large organic cation C₈H₁₂N⁺. Upon photoexcitation, the bulk crystals exhibit ultra‐broadband emission ranging from 400 to 850 nm, which originates from both free excitons and self‐trapped excitons. This is the first example of 0D perovskites with broadband emission spanning the entire visible spectrum. In addition, (C₈NH₁₂)₄Bi_0.57Sb_0.43Br₇?H₂O exhibits excellent humidity and light stability. These findings present a new direction towards the design of environmentally‐friendly, high‐performance 0D perovskite light emitters.     

基于间苯二甲酰腙的荧光探针的合成及其接力识别Al3+和焦磷酸根

设计合成了一种基于2-羟基-1-萘甲醛和间苯二甲酰肼的简单高效的荧光探针L,其结构通过~1H NMR、~(13)C NMR和HRMS进行表征。在乙醇-水(1∶1)的体系中,L能够高选择性识别铝离子,表现出明显的荧光增强,并具有较低的检测限(5. 924×10~(-6)mol/L),二者结合比为1∶2。此外,原位生成的配合物L-2Al~(3+)可接力识别焦磷酸根(PPi),具有良好的选择性和灵敏度,检测限可达4. 756×10~(-5)mol/L。该荧光探针具有潜在的应用价值。     

Separation and purification of four flavonol diglucosides from the flower of Meconopsis integrifolia by high‐speed counter‐current chromatography

Flavonoids are the main components of Meconopsis integrifolia (Maxim.) Franch, which is a traditional Tibetan medicine. However, traditional chromatography separation requires a large quantity of raw M. integrifolia and is very time consuming. Herein, we applied high‐speed counter‐current chromatography in the separation and purification of flavonoids from the ethanol extracts of M. integrifolia flower. Ethyl acetate/n‐butanol/water (2:3:5, v/v/v) was selected as the optimum solvent system to purify the four components, namely quercetin‐3‐O‐β‐d‐ glucopyrannosy‐(1→6)‐β‐d‐ glucopyranoside (compound 1 , 60 mg), quercetin 3‐O‐[2’’’‐O‐acetyl‐β‐d‐ glucopyranosyl‐(1→6)‐β‐d‐ glucopyranoside (compound 2 , 40 mg), quercetin 3‐O‐[3’’’‐O‐acetyl‐β‐d‐ glucopyranosyl‐(1→6)‐β‐d‐ glucopyranoside (compound 3 , 11 mg), and quercetin 3‐O‐[6’’’‐O‐acetyl‐β‐d‐ glucopyranosyl‐(1→6)‐β‐d‐ glucopyranoside (compound 4 , 16 mg). Among the four compounds, 3 and 4 were new acetylated flavonol diglucosides. After the high‐speed counter‐current chromatography separation, the purities of the four flavonol diglucosides were 98, 95, 90, and 92%, respectively. The structures of these compounds were identified by mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy.     

AMP/GMP Analogs as Affinity ESIPT Probes for Highly Selective Sensing of Alkaline Phosphatase Activity in Living Systems

Current probes for alkaline phosphatase (ALP) detection had been developed mainly by adding a phosphate group to a dye, which would lead to indistinct performance when implemented in a living system as several phosphatases exist together. In this study, the nucleotides adenosine monophosphate (AMP) and guanosine monophosphate (GMP) were introduced into 2′‐(2′‐hydroxyphenyl)‐benzothiazole‐based probes, and highly fluorescent turn‐on probes with good selectivity towards ALP over several phosphatases, as well as high affinity and low toxicity were obtained. In the presence of l ‐phenylalanine, an ALP inhibitor, a strong decrease in fluorescence recovery was observed. These probes allowed for real‐time imaging of endogenous ALP activity in living cells as well as in a zebrafish model.     

Virtual Screening and Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study of Influenza Polymerase PB2 Inhibitors

Influenza A virus is the main cause of worldwide epidemics and annual influenza outbreaks in humans. In this study, a virtual screen was performed to identify compounds that interact with the PB2 cap-binding domain (CBD) of influenza A polymerase. A virtual screening workflow based on Glide docking was used to screen an internal database containing 8417 molecules, and then the output compounds were selected based on solubility, absorbance, and structural fingerprints. Of the 16 compounds selected for biological evaluation, six compounds were identified that rescued cells from H1N1 virus-mediated death at non-cytotoxic concentrations, with EC50 values ranging from 2.5–55.43 μM, and that could bind to the PB2 CBD of H1N1, with Kd values ranging from 0.081–1.53 μM. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of the docking complexes of our active compounds revealed that each compound had its own binding characteristics that differed from those of VX-787. Our active compounds have novel structures and unique binding modes with PB2 proteins, and are suitable to serve as lead compounds for the development of PB2 inhibitors. An analysis of the MD simulation also helped us to identify the dominant amino acid residues that play a key role in binding the ligand to PB2, suggesting that we should focus on increasing and enhancing the interaction between inhibitors and these major amino acids during lead compound optimization to obtain more active PB2 inhibitors.     

Dynamical Lie algebraic treatment for the A+BC scattering

We report the study of translational‐vibrational energy transfer in the A+BC scattering using the dynamical Lie algebraic approach combined with the intermediate picture. The rotational sudden approximation is applied to treat the rotational motion of the BC molecule, which is regarded as an anharmonic oscillator. The calculated results show that the transition probabilities increase with increasing rotational quantum number. Comparison with those obtained in the collinear collision of system A+BC manifests that the transition probabilities here increase indeed. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Quant Chem 81: 214–221, 2001     

贵金属元素电化学分析研究(Ⅻ)——离子交换富集分离阳极溶出伏安法测定微量铱

单独铱与其它贵金属和贱金属的有效分离方法仍属少见^[1,2],作者^[3]采用15%三烷基氧化膦-苯溶液分离过大量铱,可达理想的效果。     

Doped all-inorganic cesium zirconium halide perovskites with high-efficiency and tunable emission

Doping enables manipulation of both the electrical and optical properties of halide perovskites.Herein,we incorporated Te⁴⁺ into Cs₂ZrCl₆ single crystal,simultaneously preserving the vacancy-ordered structure,to obtain an efficient yellow-emitting perovskite with a near-unity photoluminescence quantum yield(PLQY≈97.6%).Te⁴⁺ doping modifies the hue and emission color of pristine Cs₂ZrCl₆,generates new absorption channels,and successfully extends the excitation energy from<280 nm to 360-450 nm range.Detailed spectral characterizations,including ultrafast femtosecond transient absorption measurements,reveal that the bright yellow light is derived from triplet self-trapped excitons.Moreover,further tuning doping concentration enables Te-doped Cs₂ZrCl₆ single crystals to exhibit efficient warm white light emission.This work provides a new perspective for the development and design of stable lead-free perovskites with highly efficient luminescence.     

New Cy5 photosensitizers for cancer phototherapy: a low singlet–triplet gap provides high quantum yield of singlet oxygen

Highly efficient triplet photosensitizers (PSs) have attracted increasing attention in cancer photodynamic therapy where photo-induced reactive oxygen species (ROSs, such as singlet oxygen) are produced via singlet–triplet intersystem crossing (ISC) of the excited photosensitizer to kill cancer cells. However, most PSs exhibit the fatal defect of a generally less-than-1% efficiency of ISC and low yield of ROSs, and this defect strongly impedes their clinical application. In the current work, a new strategy to enhance the ISC and high phototherapy efficiency has been developed, based on the molecular design of a thio-pentamethine cyanine dye (TCy5) as a photosensitizer. The introduction of an electron-withdrawing group at the meso-position of TCy5 could dramatically reduce the singlet–triplet energy gap (ΔE_st) value (from 0.63 eV to as low as 0.14 eV), speed up the ISC process (τ_ISC = 1.7 ps), prolong the lifetime of the triplet state (τ_T = 319 μs) and improve singlet oxygen (¹O₂) quantum yield to as high as 99%, a value much higher than those of most reported triplet PSs. Further in vitro and in vivo experiments have shown that TCy5-CHO, with its efficient ¹O₂ generation and good biocompatibility, causes an intense tumor ablation in mice. This provides a new strategy for designing ideal PSs for cancer photo-therapy.

The electron-withdrawing group at the meso-position of Thio-Cy5 could dramatically reduce the singlet–triplet energy gap, and speed up the intersystem crossing process.     

一种罗丹明衍生物的合成及其对三价金属离子(Fe~(3+)、Cr~(3+)和Al~(3+))的识别

三价金属离子(Cr~(3+)、Fe~(3+)和Al~(3+))与人体健康密切相关。目前,检测Cr~(3+)、Fe~(3+)和Al~(3+)需要采用不同的荧光探针,增加了检测成本和检测时间。发展能够同时检测Cr~(3+)、Fe~(3+)和Al~(3+)的高灵敏度和强抗干扰能力的荧光探针具有非常重要的意义。本文以罗丹明B为原料,合成和表征了一种罗丹明类荧光增强型探针(P),并研究了其光谱性质。研究表明,在V(甲醇)∶V(水)=9∶1体系中对三价金属离子Fe~(3+)、Cr~(3+)和Al~(3+)具有较高的选择性,不受其它二价金属离子及一价金属离子的影响,抗干扰能力强。同时,探针P对三价金属离子具有较高的灵敏度,对Cr~(3+)、Al~(3+)和Fe~(3+)的检测限分别为3.0×10~(-4)、2.7×10~(-4)和1.0×10~(-4)mol/L,表明其可用于Cr~(3+)、Al~(3+)和Fe~(3+)的检测。