Trace to the source: self‐tuning of MOF photocatalysts

Z Qian, R Zhang, Y Xiao, H Huang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Benefitting from ultra‐high porosity, large specific surface area (SSA), and rich active sites,
metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have emerged as a star material in energy and …

Fluorescent cyclophanes and their applications

I Roy, AHG David, PJ Das, JP David… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
With the serendipitous discovery of crown ethers by Pedersen more than half a century ago
and the subsequent introduction of host–guest chemistry and supramolecular chemistry by …

Nanoreactors for photocatalysis

C Wu, Z Xing, S Yang, Z Li, W Zhou - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Photocatalysis is a fundamental and promising strategy for solar energy conversion.
Photocatalytic reactions are divided into three basic steps: light absorption, photogenerated …

Supramolecular Modulation of Tumor Microenvironment through Pillar [5] arene-Based Host–Guest Recognition to Synergize Cancer Immunotherapy

Y Feng, S Qi, X Yu, X Zhang, H Zhu… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Despite the tremendous breakthrough of immunotherapy, the low response rate and
resistance of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) toward solid tumors occur frequently. A …

Upconversion Luminescence through Cooperative and Energy‐Transfer Mechanisms in Yb3+‐Metal‐Organic Frameworks

Y Xie, G Sun, GA Mandl, SL Maurizio… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Lanthanide‐doped metal–organic frameworks (Ln‐MOFs) have versatile luminescence
properties, however it is challenging to achieve lanthanide‐based upconversion …

Chiral carbon nanorings: synthesis, properties and hierarchical self‐assembly of chiral ternary complexes featuring a narcissistic chiral self‐recognition for chiral …

Y Fan, J He, L Liu, G Liu, S Guo, Z Lian, X Li… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We report the synthesis and chiroptical properties of novel chiral carbon nanorings Sp‐/Rp‐
[12] PCPP containing a planar chiral [2.2] PCP unit, and demonstrate that Sp‐/Rp‐[12] PCPP …

Entropy-driven charge-transfer complexation yields thermally activated delayed fluorescence and highly efficient OLEDs

CY Lin, CH Hsu, CM Hung, CC Wu, YH Liu, EHC Shi… - Nature Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Exciplex-forming systems that display thermally activated delayed fluorescence are widely
used for fabricating organic light-emitting diodes. However, their further development can be …

Triplet–triplet annihilation upconversion in a porphyrinic molecular container

H Chen, I Roy, MS Myong, JSW Seale… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Triplet–triplet annihilation-based molecular photon upconversion (TTA-UC) is a
photophysical phenomenon that can yield high-energy emitting photons from low-energy …

Excited-multimer mediated supramolecular upconversion on multicomponent lanthanide-organic assemblies

XF Duan, LP Zhou, HR Li, SJ Hu, W Zheng… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Upconversion (UC) is a fascinating anti-Stokes-like optical process with promising
applications in diverse fields. However, known UC mechanisms are mainly based on direct …

Exciplex Emission and Förster Resonance Energy Transfer in Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Based Bischromophoric Cyclophanes and Homo [2] catenanes

A Garci, S Abid, AHG David, LO Jones… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Energy transfer and exciplex emission are not only crucial photophysical processes in many
living organisms but also important for the development of smart photonic materials. We …