Molecular Engineering of Aromatic Imides for Organic Secondary Batteries.

Aromatic imides are a class of attractive organic materials with inherently electroactive groups and large π electron-deficient scaffolds, which hold potential as electrode materials for organic secondary batteries (OSBs). However, the undecorated aromatic imides are usually plagued by low capacity, high solubility in electrolyte, and poor electronic/ionic conductivity. Molecular engineering has been demonstrated to be an effective strategy to address unsatisfying characteristics of the aromatic imides, thereby expanding their scope for applications in OSBs.

Nitrogen-doped MoS quantum dots: Facile synthesis and application for the assay of hematin in human blood.

Nitrogen-doped MoS quantum dots (N-MoS QDs) were synthesized via a facile hydrothermal approach, and exhibited high fluorescence quantum yield (QY, 14.9%), excellent photostability, biocompatibility and water solubility. A novel method with good selectivity and sensitivity was established to assay hematin using N-MoS QDs as a fluorescent probe based on inner filter effect (IFE).