Role‐Allocated Combination of Two Types of Hydrogen Bonds towards Constructing a Breathing Diamondoid Porous Organic Salt

A diamondoid porous organic salt (d‐POS) composed of 8‐hydroxyquinoline‐5‐sulfonic acid (HQS) and triphenylmethylamine (TPMA) shows reversible structure contraction and expansion (“breathing”) in response to guest desorption and adsorption. This flexible structure is designed hierarchically by utilizing two different types of hydrogen bonds. X‐ray crystallographic analysis reveals that the two types of hydrogen bonds are formed separately to play respective roles for constructing the d‐POS. The strong charge‐assisted hydrogen bond between the sulfonate anion of HQS and the ammonium cation of TPMA serves as a static node to provide a supramolecular cluster for a building block. In contrast, the complementary neutral hydrogen bond between the hydroxyl and quinolyl groups of HQS acts as a dynamic linker to connect the clusters. Consequently, these two types of hydrogen bonds yield the d‐POS with one‐dimensional channels through the formation of diamondoid networks. We clarify that the d‐POS undergoes dynamic structure transformation that originates in the cleavage and reformation of the complementary neutral hydrogen bond during guest desorption and adsorption. From the comparative studies, it is also demonstrated that applying the complementary neutral hydrogen bond in the d‐POS provides significant advantages in terms of the responsivity of the structure over applying other weak noncovalent interactions for the connection of the clusters. Furthermore, the resultant d‐POS also modulates fluorescent profiles dynamically responsive to guest adsorption and desorption.     

Adaptively secure lattice-based revocable IBE in the QROM: compact parameters,tight security,and anonymity

Designs, Codes and Cryptography - Revocable identity-based encryption (RIBE) is an extension of IBE that satisfies a key revocation mechanism to manage a number of users dynamically and...     

Spontaneous ignition temperature for the compacted mixture of Ti–Al system: Theory and experimental comparisons

Spontaneous ignition of compacted mixture has been examined not only experimentally but also theoretically, relevant to materials synthesis by combustion for Ti–Al system. By varying compact and particle sizes, mixture ratio, and degree of dilution, spontaneous ignition temperature has been measured, which is determined from the inflection-point of the temporal variations of the surface temperature. It is found that the spontaneous ignition temperature decreases with increasing aspect ratio, defined as the ratio of the sample height and compact diameter, due to an establishment of the stationary temperature distribution in the radial direction in the compacted mixture, as the sample height becomes tall. It is also found that the spontaneous ignition temperature decreases with increasing size ratio, defined as the ratio of compact and particle diameters, due to an increase in the particle surface per unit spatial volume of the compacted mixture, caused by a decrease in the particle diameter and/or an increase in the compact diameter. By further examining its dependence on mixture ratio and/or degree of dilution, it is confirmed that the limit of flammability also exerts influences on the spontaneous ignition temperature. In addition, a fair degree of agreement, shown in experimental comparisons with theoretical results, indicates that the present formulation has captured the essential features of the spontaneous ignition of compacted mixture. Since this kind of particle size effect, especially, relevant to the spontaneous ignition of compacted mixtures, has not been captured in the previous studies, its elucidation can be considered not only notable but also useful, especially, in manipulating combustion process in materials synthesis.     

The Myerson value for complete coalition structures

In order to describe partial cooperation structures, this paper introduces complete coalition structures as sets of feasible coalitions. A complete coalition structure has a property that, for any coalition, if each pair of players in the coalition belongs to some feasible coalition contained in the coalition then the coalition itself is also feasible. The union stable structures, which constitute the domain of the Myerson value, are a special class of the complete coalition structures. As an allocation rule on complete coalition structures, this paper proposes an extension of the Myerson value for complete coalition structures and provides an axiomatization.     

Glass transition of the monodisperse Gaussian core model

We numerically investigate the dynamical properties of the one-component Gaussian core model in supercooled states. We find that nucleation is increasingly suppressed with increasing density. The system concomitantly exhibits glassy, slow dynamics characterized by the two-step stretched exponential relaxation of the density correlation and a drastic increase of the relaxation time. We also find a weaker violation of the Stokes-Einstein relation and a smaller non-Gaussian parameter than in typical model glass formers, implying weaker dynamic heterogeneities. Additionally, the agreement of the simulation data with the prediction of mode-coupling theory is exceptionally good, indicating that the nature of the slow dynamics of this ultrasoft particle fluid is mean-field-like. This fact may be understood as a consequence of the long-range nature of the interaction.     

SOI metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor photon detector based on single-hole counting

In this Letter, a scaled-down silicon-on-insulator (SOI) metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) is characterized as a photon detector, where photogenerated individual holes are trapped below the negatively biased gate and modulate stepwise the electron current flowing in the bottom channel induced by the positive substrate bias. The output waveforms exhibit clear separation of current levels corresponding to different numbers of trapped holes. Considering this capability of single-hole counting, a small dark count of less than 0.02 s(-1) at room temperature, and low operation voltage of 1 V, SOI MOSFET could be a unique photon-number-resolving detector if the small quantum efficiency were improved.     

Porous siloxane-organic hybrid with ultrahigh surface area through simultaneous polymerization-destruction of functionalized cubic siloxane cages

A novel hierarchically porous, hyper-cross-linked siloxane-organic hybrid (PSN-5) has been synthesized by Friedel-Crafts self-condensation of benzyl chloride-terminated double-four-ring cubic siloxane cages as a singular molecular precursor. Simultaneous polymerization of the organic functional groups and destruction of the siloxane cages during synthesis yielded PSN-5, which has an ultrahigh BET surface area (～2500 m(2) g(-1)) and large pore volume (～3.3 cm(3) g(-1)) that to our knowledge are the highest values reported for siloxane-based materials. PSN-5 also shows a high H(2) uptake of 1.25 wt % at 77 K and 760 Torr.     

Synthesis of Sugar and Nucleoside Analogs and Evaluation of Their Anticancer and Analgesic Potentials

Chemical modification of sugars and nucleosides has a long history of producing compounds with improved selectivity and efficacy. In this study, several modified sugars (2–3) and ribonucleoside analogs (4–8) have been synthesized from α-d-glucose in a total of 21 steps. The compounds were tested for peripheral anti-nociceptive characteristics in the acetic acid-induced writhing assay in mice, where compounds 2, 7, and 8 showed a significant reduction in the number of writhes by 56%, 62%, and 63%, respectively. The compounds were also tested for their cytotoxic potential against human HeLa cell line via trypan blue dye exclusion test followed by cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) assay. Compound 6 demonstrated significant cytotoxic activity with an IC₅₀ value of 54 µg/mL. Molecular docking simulations revealed that compounds 2, 7, and 8 had a comparable binding affinity to cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) enzymes. Additionally, the bridged nucleoside analogs 7 and 8 potently inhibited adenosine kinase enzyme as well, which indicates an alternate mechanistic pathway behind their anti-nociceptive action. Cytotoxic compound 6 demonstrated strong docking with cancer drug targets human cytidine deaminase, proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase Src, human thymidine kinase 1, human thymidylate synthase, and human adenosine deaminase 2. This is the first ever reporting of the synthesis and analgesic property of compound 8 and the cytotoxic potential of compound 6.     

Palladium-Catalyzed Difunctionalization of 1,3-Diene with Amine and Disilane under a Mild Re-oxidation System

A highly regioselective and stereoselective difunctionalization reaction of 1,3-diene with amine and disilane to form C−N and C−Si bonds via a one-step Pd/Cu/O₂ system is disclosed. The difunctionalization reaction affords allylic silanes, including the allylic amine moiety, in up to 92 % yield in the absence of any acid, base, or external ligand. The developed synthetic methodology can be scaled to 100 g in high yield with high Z-selectivity, which demonstrates the feasibility of the reaction for industrial applications.     

Construction of 5H-Dibenzo[c,e]azepine Framework from Dibenzothiophene Dioxides and N-Benzylimines through SNAr Reactions

Treatment of a mixture of dibenzothiophene dioxides and benzaldehyde N-benzylimines with potassium hexamethyldisilazide induces sequential intermolecular and intramolecular S_NAr reactions to eventually form the corresponding 5H-dibenzo[c,e]azepines without any formation of the conceivable five-membered fluorene derivatives.