Aggregation-induced emission-active nanostructures: beyond biomedical applications

MH Chua, KLO Chin, XJ Loh, Q Zhu, J Xu - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
The discovery of aggregation-induced emission (AIE) phenomenon in 2001 has had a
significant impact on materials development across different research disciplines. AIE-active …

Metal–photoswitch friendship: from photochromic complexes to functional materials

GC Thaggard, J Haimerl, KC Park, J Lim… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cooperative metal–photoswitch interfaces comprise an application-driven field which is
based on strategic coupling of metal cations and organic photochromic molecules to …

Encapsulation of tetraphenylethylene derivative in liposome vesicles as promising aggregation-induced electrochemiluminescence emitter for detection of human …

Y Jia, X Ren, X Zhang, D Wu, H Ma, Y Li… - Analytical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In this work, a sensitive signal-on electrochemiluminescence biosensor using liposome-
encapsuled 1, 1, 2, 2-tetra (4-carboxylphenyl) ethylene (TPE) as a promising aggregation …

Ultrasensitive point-of-care biochemical sensor based on metal-AIEgen frameworks

J Zhang, Y Li, F Chai, Q Li, D Wang, L Liu, BZ Tang… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Point-of-care (POC) biochemical sensors have found broad applications in areas ranging
from clinical diagnosis to environmental monitoring. However, POC sensors often suffer from …

Evolution of functional nanochannel membranes

ML Liu, CX Zhang, MJ Tang, SP Sun, W Xing… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Small molecules and ions pass through molecular separation membranes with channels at
the nanometer scale. These nanochannel membranes are playing an increasingly important …

1, 1, 2, 2-tetra (4-carboxylphenyl) ethylene-based metal–organic gel as aggregation-induced electrochemiluminescence emitter for the detection of aflatoxin B1 based …

Y Jia, X Zhang, X Kuang, D Fan, X Sun, X Ren… - Analytical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In this Letter, a sensitive DNA sensing platform was developed using an indium-ion-
coordinated 1, 1, 2, 2-tetra (4-carboxylphenyl) ethylene (TPE) metal–organic gel (In-MOG) …

Artificial biomolecular channels: enantioselective transmembrane transport of amino acids mediated by homochiral zirconium metal–organic cages

Y Li, J Dong, W Gong, X Tang, Y Liu… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Natural transport channels (or carriers), such as aquaporins, are a distinct type of
biomacromolecule capable of highly effective transmembrane transport of water or ions …

Stimuli-responsive metal–organic frameworks enabled by intrinsic molecular motion

J Dong, V Wee, D Zhao - Nature Materials, 2022 - nature.com
Synthetic stimuli-responsive systems have become increasingly sophisticated and elegant
at the nanoscale. This Comment discusses how rationally designed molecular systems …

Confinement-guided photophysics in MOFs, COFs, and cages

GA Leith, CR Martin, JM Mayers… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, the dependence of the photophysical response of chromophores in the
confined environments associated with crystalline scaffolds, such as metal–organic …

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) as fluorescence sensors: principles, development and prospects

T Wu, X Gao, F Ge, H Zheng - CrystEngComm, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
MOFs are self-assembled by inorganic metals and organic ligands, which have the
advantages of inorganic and organic materials. With their porosity, chemical tunability and …