Morphology design of microporous organic polymers and their potential applications: an overview

Microporous organic polymers (MOPs) have attracted considerable research interest because of their well-defined porosity, high surface area, lightweight nature, and tunable surface chemistry. The morphology of MOPs are demonstrated to play a significant role in various applications although limited examples manifesting the importance of the MOP morphology in numerous applications have been reported. This review summarizes the recent progress in the design of MOPs using different techniques, including hard and soft template and direct synthesis methods. In addition, their applications, which possibly attribute to their shape, are discussed. Furthermore, the advantages and disadvantages of different methods are discussed, as well as their development and future challenges.     

TeV neutrinos from core collapse supernovae and hypernovae

A fraction of core-collapse supernovae of type Ib/c are associated with gamma-ray bursts, which are thought to produce highly relativistic jets. Recently, it has been hypothesized that a larger fraction of core-collapse supernovae produce slower jets, which may contribute to the disruption and ejection of the supernova envelope, and explain the unusually energetic hypernovae. We explore the TeV neutrino signatures expected from such slower jets, and calculate the expected detection rates with upcoming Gigaton Cherenkov experiments. We conclude that individual jetted supernovae may be detectable from nearby galaxies.     

Amino acid and peptide conjugates of protoporphyrin: preparation and analysis by high-performance liquid chromatography,high-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Amino acid and peptide conjugates of protoporphyrin have been prepared by reacting protoporphyringen with cysteine, glutathione and peptides containing a free thiol group under acidic conditions. The conjugates were formed by the addition of the thioamino acids or peptides to the vinyl groups of protoporphyrin during the autoxidation of protoporphyinogen to protoporphyrin and is free-radical-mediated. The conjugates were separated by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and characterized by HPLC/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HPLC/ESI-MS) and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOFMS). All the conjugates formed were diconjugates consisting of diastereoisomers.