Understanding MOF flexibility: An analysis focused on pillared layer MOFs as a model system

I Senkovska, V Bon, L Abylgazina, M Mendt… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Flexible porous frameworks are at the forefront of materials research. A unique feature is
their ability to open and close their pores in an adaptive manner induced by chemical and …

Symmetry strategies for high performance lanthanide-based single-molecule magnets

JL Liu, YC Chen, ML Tong - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Toward promising candidates of quantum information processing, the rapid development of
lanthanide-based single-molecule magnets (Ln-SMMs) highlights design strategies in …

Ultrahard magnetism from mixed-valence dilanthanide complexes with metal-metal bonding

CA Gould, KR McClain, D Reta, JGC Kragskow… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Metal-metal bonding interactions can engender outstanding magnetic properties in bulk
materials and molecules, and examples abound for the transition metals. Extending this …

[HTML][HTML] Hydropersulfides inhibit lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis by scavenging radicals

U Barayeu, D Schilling, M Eid… - Nature chemical …, 2023 - nature.com
Ferroptosis is a type of cell death caused by radical-driven lipid peroxidation, leading to
membrane damage and rupture. Here we show that enzymatically produced sulfane sulfur …

Direct photo-oxidation of methane to methanol over a mono-iron hydroxyl site

B An, Z Li, Z Wang, X Zeng, X Han, Y Cheng… - Nature Materials, 2022 - nature.com
Natural gas, consisting mainly of methane (CH4), has a relatively low energy density at
ambient conditions (~ 36 kJ l− 1). Partial oxidation of CH4 to methanol (CH3OH) lifts the …

Fast spin-flip enables efficient and stable organic electroluminescence from charge-transfer states

LS Cui, AJ Gillett, SF Zhang, H Ye, Y Liu, XK Chen… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
A spin-flip from a triplet to a singlet excited state, that is, reverse intersystem crossing (RISC),
is an attractive route for improving light emission in organic light-emitting diodes, as shown …

The role of charge recombination to triplet excitons in organic solar cells

AJ Gillett, A Privitera, R Dilmurat, A Karki, D Qian… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The use of non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) in organic solar cells has led to power
conversion efficiencies as high as 18%. However, organic solar cells are still less efficient …

Mechanistic investigation of Ni-catalyzed reductive cross-coupling of alkenyl and benzyl electrophiles

RF Turro, JLH Wahlman, ZJ Tong, X Chen… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Mechanistic investigations of the Ni-catalyzed asymmetric reductive alkenylation of N-
hydroxyphthalimide (NHP) esters and benzylic chlorides are reported. Investigations of the …

Surface Defect Engineering in Colored TiO2 Hollow Spheres Toward Efficient Photocatalysis

L Liccardo, M Bordin, PM Sheverdyaeva… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nanostructured TiO2 is one of the best materials for photocatalysis, thanks to its high surface
area and surface reactivity, but its large energy bandgap (3.2 eV) hinders the use of the …

Secreted pectin monooxygenases drive plant infection by pathogenic oomycetes

F Sabbadin, S Urresti, B Henrissat, AO Avrova… - Science, 2021 - science.org
The oomycete Phytophthora infestans is a damaging crop pathogen and a model organism
to study plant-pathogen interactions. We report the discovery of a family of copper …