Controlled Formation of Heteroleptic [Pd2(La)2(Lb)2]4+ Cages

D Preston, JE Barnsley, KC Gordon… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Metallosupramolecular architectures are beginning to be exploited for a range of
applications including drug delivery, catalysis, molecular recognition, and sensing. For the …

Molecular dynamics simulations reveal that water diffusion between graphene oxide layers is slow

R Devanathan, D Chase-Woods, Y Shin… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Membranes made of stacked layers of graphene oxide (GO) hold the tantalizing promise of
revolutionizing desalination and water filtration if selective transport of molecules can be …

Condensation and esterification reactions of alkanals, alkanones, and alkanols on TiO2: Elementary steps, site requirements, and synergistic effects of bifunctional …

S Wang, K Goulas, E Iglesia - Journal of catalysis, 2016 - Elsevier
Rates and selectivity of TiO 2-catalyzed condensation of C 3 oxygenates (propanal,
acetone) are limited by ubiquitous effects of side reactions, deactivation, and thermodynamic …

A real-world perspective on molecular design: Miniperspective

B Kuhn, W Guba, J Hert, D Banner… - Journal of medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We present a series of small molecule drug discovery case studies where computational
methods were prospectively employed to impact Roche research projects, with the aim of …

MIDA boronates are hydrolysed fast and slow by two different mechanisms

JA Gonzalez, OM Ogba, GF Morehouse, N Rosson… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
MIDA boronates (N-methylimidodiacetic boronic acid esters) serve as an increasingly
general platform for small-molecule construction based on building blocks, largely because …

A low-temperature, solution-processable organic electron-transporting layer based on planar coronene for high-performance conventional perovskite solar cells

Z Zhu, JQ Xu, CC Chueh, H Liu, Z Li, X Li, H Chen… - Advanced Materials, 2016 - osti.gov
A low-temperature, solution-processable organic electron-transporting material (ETM) is
successfully developed for efficient conventional nip perovskite solar cells (PVSCs). This …

Structural and spectroscopic study of a pectin isolated from citrus peel by using FTIR and FT-Raman spectra and DFT calculations

LC Bichara, PE Alvarez, MVF Bimbi, H Vaca… - Infrared Physics & …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this work, pectin isolated from citrus peel with a degree of esterification of 76% was
characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) and Fourier Transform Raman (FT …

Effect of substituents on the electronic structure and degradation process in carbazole derivatives for blue OLED host materials

M Hong, MK Ravva, P Winget, JL Brédas - Chemistry of Materials, 2016 - ACS Publications
We investigate the dissociation mechanism of the C–N bond between carbazole and
dibenzothiophene in carbazole-dibenzothiophene (Cz-DBT) positional isomers, selected as …

High‐performance all‐polymer photoresponse devices based on acceptor–acceptor conjugated polymers

X Wang, L Lv, L Li, Y Chen, K Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Three acceptor–acceptor (A–A) type conjugated polymers based on isoindigo and
naphthalene diimide/perylene diimide are designed and synthesized to study the effects of …

Structure-mechanism-based engineering of chemical regulators targeting distinct pathological factors in Alzheimer's disease

MW Beck, JS Derrick, RA Kerr, SB Oh, WJ Cho… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The absence of effective therapeutics against Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a result of the
limited understanding of its multifaceted aetiology. Because of the lack of chemical tools to …