Intrinsic Multicolor Emissive Aliphatic Linear Polyphosphate Esters From the Charge-Transfer-Induced Enhanced Spatial Electronic Communication.

Unconventional fluorescent polymers are attracting increasing attention because of their excellent biocompatibility and wide applications. However, these polymers typically exhibit weak long-wavelength emission. Herein, three novel aliphatic linear polyphosphate esters are prepared via a one-pot polycondensation reaction.

Elucidating the mechanistic synergy of fluorine and oxygen doping in boosting platinum-based catalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells.

Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are recognized as promising next-generation energy sources for automotive applications. The development of efficient, durable, and low-cost electrocatalysts to enhance the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) kinetics is crucial. Herein, we report the synthesis of Pt@C/F-COOH catalysts via the pyrolysis and HNO oxidation of the carbon support, followed by the growth of Pt nanoparticles through reduction.

Influences of Four Kinds of Surfactants on Biodegradations of Tar-Rich Coal in the Ordos Basin by .

The biodegradation of tar-rich coal in the Ordos Basin was carried out by () under actions of four kinds of surfactants, namely, a biological surfactant (Rh), a nonionic surfactant (Triton X-100), an anionic surfactant (LAS), and a cationic surfactant (DTAB). The biodegradation rates under the actions of Triton X-100, LAS, Rh, DTAB, and the control group (without surfactant) were 59.8%, 54.

Regulation of Nontraditional Intrinsic Luminescence (NTIL) in Hyperbranched Polysiloxanes by Adjusting Alkane Chain Lengths: Mechanism, Film Fabrication, and Chemical Sensing.

Biocompatible polymers with nontraditional intrinsic luminescence (NTIL) possess the advantages of environmental friendliness and facile structural regulation. To regulate the emission wavelength of polymers with NTIL, the alkane chain lengths of hyperbranched polysiloxane (HBPSi) are adjusted. Optical investigation shows that the emission wavelength of HBPSi is closely related to the alkane chain lengths; namely, short alkane chains will generate relatively long-wavelength emission.

Combination of Mn-Mo Oxide Nanoparticles on Carbon Nanotubes through Nitrogen Doping to Catalyze Oxygen Reduction.

An efficient and low-cost oxygen catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) was developed by in situ growth of Mn-Mo oxide nanoparticles on nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (NCNTs). Doped nitrogen effectively increases the electron conductivity of the MnMoO@NCNT complex and the binding energy between the Mn-Mo oxide nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes (CNTs), leading to fast charge transfer and more catalytically active sites. Combining Mn and Mo with NCNTs improves the catalytic activity and promotes both electron and mass transfers, greatly enhancing the catalytic ability for ORR.

Nitrogen-doped hierarchical porous carbons derived from biomass for oxygen reduction reaction.

Nowadays biomass has become important sources for the synthesis of different carbon nanomaterials due to their low cost, easy accessibility, large quantity, and rapid regeneration properties. Although researchers have made great effort to convert different biomass into carbons for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), few of these materials demonstrated good electrocatalytical performance in acidic medium. In this work, fresh daikon was selected as the precursor to synthesize three dimensional (3D) nitrogen doped carbons with hierarchical porous architecture by simple annealing treatment and NH activation.

Three water-soluble acylhydrazone tetranuclear transition metal complexes: Crystal structures, DNA/BSA interactions and cytotoxicity studies.

2-acetylpyridine-4-chloropyridine-2‑carbonyl hydrazone (CHClNO, HL) and its three water-soluble tetranuclear complexes [Cu(NO)(L)]·(NO) (1), [Co(NO)(HO)(CHOH)(L)]·(NO) (2) and [Zn(NO)(HO)(CHOH)(L)]·(NO) (3) were synthesized and characterized showing that 1-3 were all tetranuclear complexes. The interactions of HL, 1-3 with calf thymus DNA (CT-DNA) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) were explored using ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) titration, fluorescence spectroscopy, microcalorimetry and molecular docking techniques. The UV-Vis spectroscopy measurements showed that complexes 1-3 could strongly bind to CT-DNA by the intercalation mode, while HL interacted with CT-DNA through groove binding.

Nitrogen-Doped and Surface Functionalized CDs: Fluorescent Probe for Cellular Imaging and Environmental Sensing of ClO.

A novel nitrogen doped and surface functionalized fluorescent CDs (T1) was synthesized by one-step and green hydrothermal method, which exhibits a satisfactory fluorescence quantum yield and a series of admirable features such as good aqueous solubility, narrow particle size distribution, resistance to photobleaching as well as excitation-dependent behavior. Benefitting from above merits, T1 can be employed to serve as an outstanding sensing platform for sensitive and accurate detection of ClO by remarkable fluorescence "on-off" process with rapid and anti-interference. More notably, the good biocompatibility and photostability can ensure enormous bioimaging potential and successful application of T1 in monitoring of exogenous ClO in MG-63 cells.

Nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots as fluorescent nanosensor for selective determination and cellular imaging of ClO.

The carbon nanomaterial based fluorescent probes have been widely applied in biological imaging. In the current research, we propose an interesting strategy for selective sensing of hypochlorite (ClO) by a water-soluble and highly fluorescent nanosensor based on the N-doped carbon quantum dots (CDs) which was fabricated by a facile and environmental friendly hydrothermal approach from polyvinyl pyrrolidone, L-arginine and tryptophan. The structural characteristics of the probe were measured by multitudinous methods which proved the nanometer spherical structure of the probe and the successfully N-doping.

Study of the Influence of Biodegradation on Coal Micro-Nano Pore Structure Using Low-Temperature Nâ‚‚ Adsorption.

An experimental study of biodegradation of Shenmu coal was carried out by using and . The micro-nano pore structure of coal samples before and after biodegradation was studied by low-temperature Nâ‚‚ adsorption. For biodegraded coal, the results showed that micropores and mesopores are primarily open pores with good connectivity, including parallel plate pores and cylinder pores with two open ends; the specific surface area of biodegraded coal decreased from 2.

{6,6'-Dimeth-oxy-2,2'-[cyclo-hexane-1,2-diylbis(nitrilo-methanylyl-idene)]diphenolato}copper(II) monohydrate.

In the title compound, [Cu(C22H24N2O4)]·H2O, the Cu(II) atom is four-coordinated in a distorted planar geometry with a mean deviation of 0.1164 (2) Å for the plane generated by the ligating atoms of the salen-type Schiff base ligand. In the crystal, O(water)-H⋯O and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds form a three-dimensional-network.

(Z)-4-[(2-Amino-4,5-dichloro-anilino)(phenyl)methyl-idene]-3-methyl-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-one.

The mol-ecule of the title compound, C(23)H(18)Cl(2)N(4)O, assumes a non-planar conformation in which the pyrazolone ring forms dihedral angles of 32.61 (19), 76.73 (14) and 52.

(E)-2-[(2-Amino-phen-yl)imino-meth-yl]-4,6-di-tert-butyl-phenol.

In the title compound, C(21)H(28)N(2)O, the dihedral angle between the rings is 35.2 (2)°. A weak intra-molecular O-H⋯N hydrogen bond is observed between the O-H H atom and the imine N atom.

Heterobinuclear Zn-Ln (Ln = La, Nd, Eu, Gd, Tb, Er and Yb) complexes based on asymmetric Schiff-base ligand: synthesis, characterization and photophysical properties.

With a novel asymmetric Schiff-base zinc complex ZnL (H2 L = N-(3-methoxysalicylidene)-N'-(5-bromo-3-methoxysalicylidene)phenylene-1,2-diamine), obtained from phenylene-1,2-diamine, 3-methoxysalicylaldehyde and 5-bromo-3-methoxysalicylaldehyde, as the precursor, a series of heterobinuclear Zn-Ln complexes [ZnLnL(NO3 )3 (CH3 CN)] (Ln = La, 1; Ln = Nd, 2; Ln = Eu, 3; Ln = Gd, 4; Ln = Tb, 5; Ln = Er, 6; Ln = Yb, 7) were synthesized by the further reaction with Ln(NO3 )3 ·6H2 O, and characterized by Fourier transform-infrared, fast atom bombardment mass spectroscopy and elemental analysis. Photophysical studies of these complexes show that the strong and characteristic near-infrared luminescence of Nd(3+) , Yb(3+) and Er(3+) with emissive lifetimes in the microsecond range has been sensitized from the excited state of the asymmetric Schiff-base ligand due to effective intramolecular energy transfer; the other complexes do not show characteristic emission due to the energy gap between the chromophore and lanthanide ions.

(Z)-4-[(3-Aminona-phthalen-2-yl-amino)(phen-yl)methyl-idene]-3-methyl-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-one.

The mol-ecule of the title compound, C(27)H(22)N(4)O, assumes a non-planar conformation in which the pyrazolone ring forms dihedral angles of 12.73 (11), 65.17 (6) and 49.

Bis[μ-N'-(5-bromo-3-meth-oxy-2-oxido-benzyl-idene)-2-hydroxybenzohydra-zidato]bis[(N,N-dimethyl-formamide)-copper(II)].

The title compound, [Cu(2)(C(15)H(11)BrN(2)O(4))(2)(C(3)H(7)NO)(2)], is derived from the reaction of N'-(5-bromo-2-hy-droxy-3-meth-oxy-benzyl-idene)-2-hy-droxy-benzohydrazide and copper nitrate in a dimethyl-formamide solution in the presence of sodium hydroxide. The compound can be regarded as a binuclear centrosymmetric complex. In the crystal, the Cu(II) atom is fivefold surrounded and adopts a distorted square-pyramidal coordination environment.

{2,2'-[Cyclo-hexane-1,2-diylbis(nitrilo-methanyl-ylidene)]diphenolato}copper(II).

The title compound, [Cu(C(20)H(20)N(2)O(2))], crystallizes with two independent mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit. In each mol-ecule, the Cu(II) atom occupies the tetra-dentate N(2)O(2) cavity of the salen-type Schiff base ligand, adopting a distorted square-planar geometry with r.m.

(E)-N'-(5-Bromo-2-hy-droxy-3-meth-oxy-benzyl-idene)-2-hy-droxy-benzohydrazide monohydrate.

The organic molecule of the title hydrate, C(15)H(13)BrN(2)O(4)·H(2)O, is roughly planar, with a mean deviation of 0.0939 (2) Å. The dihedral angle between the two aromatic rings is 8.

4-Bromo-2-meth-oxy-6-(1-phenyl-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)phenol.

The title compound, C(20)H(15)BrN(2)O(2), crystallized with three independent molecules in the asymmetric unit. Intramolecular O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds induce coplanarity of the substituted benzene ring and the benzimidazole ring, with mean deviations from the planes of 0.0931 (10), 0.

(Z)-4-[(2-Amino-anilino)(phen-yl)methyl-idene]-3-methyl-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-one.

The mol-ecule of the title compound, C(23)H(20)N(4)O, assumes a non-planar conformation in which the pyrazolone ring forms dihedral angles of 10.33 (11), 65.34 (11) and 63.

2-{[2-(2-Hy-droxy-3-meth-oxy-benzyl-idene)hydrazin-1-yl-idene]meth-yl}-6-meth-oxy-phenol.

The title compound, C(16)H(16)N(2)O(4), was obtained from the reaction of hydrazine hydrate and o-vanilin in absolute ethanol. The mol-ecule is almost planar (except for the methyl H atoms), with a mean deviation from the plane of 0.0259 Å.

1H-Pyrrole-2-carbohydrazide.

The title compound, C(5)H(7)N(3)O, was obtained by the reaction of ethyl 1H-pyrrol-2-carboxyl-ate and hydrazide hydrate. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked via inter-molecular N-H⋯N and N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming a supra-molecular grid.

Heteronuclear trimetallic and 1D polymeric 3d-4f Schiff base complexes with OCN- and SCN- ligands.

Reactions of heterobimetallic 3d-4f Schiff base complexes of the formula [ZnLnL(H(2)O)(NO(3))(3)] (1a-e) with KOCN or NH(4)SCN in refluxing MeCN produce either one dimensional polymeric materials [ZnLnL(NO(3))(2)(H(2)O)(OCN)](infinity) (2a-c) or trinuclear complexes of the formula [Zn(2)LnL(2)(NO(3))(SCN)(2)] (3a-e) (a (La), b (Nd), c (Er), d (Tb), e (Eu); H(2)L = N,N'-bis-(3-methoxysalicylidene)ethylene-1,2-diamine). The structures of 2a,b and 3b-e have been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies. Structural differences between the complexes affect the photophysical properties, which have been studied in acetonitrile solutions.