Design, Synthesis, and Anti-infective Effect Against Candida albicans of A New Urolithin Derivative.

Deep mucosal and organ infections caused by the infestation of Candida albicans(C.albicans) in immunocompromised patients represent a significant cause of mortality in hospitalised patients. The rise in fungal resistance is a consequence of the overuse of antibiotics.

A sequential light-harvesting system with thermosensitive colorimetric emission in both aqueous solution and hydrogel.

Inspired by natural photosynthetic systems that feature both sequential energy transfer and temperature response, we herein report an artificial thermosensitive sequential light-harvesting system (LHS) based on an amphiphilic molecule TPEO. It self-assembles into fluorescent nanoparticles in water and shows tunable LCST behavior. By loading ESY as the first acceptor and NiR as the second acceptor into the nanoparticles, an artificial LHS with two-step FRET was successfully constructed.