Fast Hydroxide Conduction via Hydrogen-Bonding Network Confined in Benzimidazolium-Functionalized Covalent Organic Frameworks.

In both hydrophobic and hydrophilic nanochannels, confined water clusters spontaneously form dense internal hydrogen bond networks and hence exhibit fast mass-transfer kinetics. Covalent organic frameworks (COFs), a porous polymer, enables one-dimensional open channels to achieve ordered assembly guided by synthetic techniques and allows the accommodation of a large number of water molecules within the nanochannels. In the field of alkaline anion exchange membrane fuel cells, it has been a long-term pursuit of scientists to build abundant hydrogen bonds around hydrogen oxides (OH) to improve the conduction of OH by increasing the water content.

Effect of steam blanching on peelability and quality of Blanco.

Peeling of citrus fruits is the key procedure in the production of citrus products such as canned citrus and citrus vinegar. In order to facilitate this peeling process, Blanco is usually heated. The treatments of steam blanching and air cooling were carried out in the citrus peeling experiment.

Liquid-Like Phase of N,N-Dimethylpyrrolidinium Iodide Impregnated into COFs Endows Fast Lithium Ion Conduction in the Solid State.

A novel kind of solid-state lithium electrolyte was fabricated by impregnating organic ionic plastic crystals (OIPCs) into the pores of covalent organic frameworks (COFs). The liquid-like phase of confined N,N-dimethylpyrrolidinium iodide (P I) and the ordered nanochannels of COFs simultaneously stimulated the lithium ion conduction.

A pre-synthetic strategy to construct single ion conductive covalent organic frameworks.

A pre-synthetic strategy was developed for the construction of single ion conductive covalent organic frameworks (COFs). A high Li+ conductivity of 1.6 × 10-3 S cm-1 at 273 K was achieved, and single Na+ and K+ COFs were also obtained by using Na+ and K+ salts as monomers according to this synthetic method.

A BODIPY-carbazole hybrid as a fluorescent probe: the design, synthesis, and discrimination of surfactants and the determination of the CMC values.

Surfactants play important roles in chemical industries and have become well-known environmental pollutants owing to their extensive use in different fields. In this work, we reported a fluorescent probe, namely, BDP-Zn2+ for the discrimination of four kinds of surfactants and the determination of CMC values. BDP-Zn2+ was composed of covalently linked BODIPY, carbazole, N,N-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)ethylenediamine (BPEA) and zinc ions to fabricate a novel push-pull molecular structure.

Tetrahydroindazolone substituted 2-aminobenzamides as fluorescent probes: switching metal ion selectivity from zinc to cadmium by interchanging the amino and carbamoyl groups on the fluorophore.

Three fluorescent probes CdABA', CdABA and ZnABA', which are structural isomers of ZnABA, have been designed with N,N-bis(2-pyridylmethyl) ethylenediamine (BPEA) as chelator and 2-aminobenzamide as fluorophore. These probes can be divided into two groups: CdABA, CdABA' for Cd(2+) and ZnABA, ZnABA' for Zn(2+). Although there is little difference in their chemical structures, the two groups of probes exhibit totally different fluorescence properties for preference of Zn(2+) or Cd(2+).