CCS Chemistry 2023年第2期上线
CCS Chemistry 2023年第2期上线！本期包括3篇Mini-Review，3篇Communication和14篇Research Article。
3篇Mini-Review是化学与相关领域前沿研究成果的系统总结和深入分析，分别来自法国蒙彼利埃大学的Mihail Barboiu教授团队关于仿生人工水通道的综述；南京邮电大学黄维院士团队关于室温磷光的深入理解；瑞士苏黎世联邦理工学院Renato Zenobi教授团队关于单细胞质谱技术最新进展的综述。
3篇Communication和14篇Research Article涵盖了不对称合成、点击聚合、动态聚合物材料、DNA超分子水凝胶、载药系统、有机太阳能电池、锂硫电池等方面最新研究进展。
封面文章为法国蒙彼利埃大学的Mihail Barboiu教授团队关于仿生人工水通道的综述文章。
2023年第2期
Author Spotlight
本期Author Spotlight邀请了法国蒙彼利埃大学的Mihail Barboiu教授、中国科学院长春应用化学研究所刘俊研究员、苏州大学王雪东教授三位老师，分享自己科研经历中独特的心得和感悟。
Link：https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.023.202300119ed2
以下是本期每篇文章的导读和阅读链接：
-Artificial Water Channels. Artificial water channels with controlled functional structures can potentially be used to mimic the natural aquaporin water channels, offering new avenues toward biomimetic membranes for water purification. Dan-Dan Su and Mihail Barboiu summarize recent advances in artificial water channels and present their performance of water transport through single channels and multichannel polymeric membranes, selectivity toward the rejection of protons and ion transport, and potential for industrial, environmental, and medical applications.
Cite this: CCS Chem. 2023, 5, 279–291
Link：https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.022.202202353
-Room-Temperature Phosphorescence. Incorporation of heteroatoms into chromophores has been recognized as an efficient way to improve room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP). Heteroatoms (B, S, and P) can not only regulate molecular energy levels, but also populate triplet excitons. Jianfeng Zhao, Fushun Liang, Zhongfu An, Wei Huang, and coworkers summarize recent advances in RTP of B-, S-, and P-containing chromophores, and anticipate the development of new RTP materials through combining various theories, strategies, and diverse molecular systems.
Cite this: CCS Chem. 2023, 5, 292–309
Link：https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.022.202202242
-Single-Cell Mass Spectrometry. Single cell metabolomics is a fast-emerging field that promises new insights into cellular heterogeneity and adaptations due to external and internal perturbations. However, low quantities, structural diversity, and the large variation in the content of metabolites in single cells make single-cell metabolomics analysis technically challenging. In this mini review, Renato Zenobi and coworkers summarize the progress of single-cell mass spectrometry methodologies and data processing strategies and discuss future trends in single cell mass spectrometry.
Cite this: CCS Chem. 2023, 5, 310–324
Link：https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.022.202202333
-Visible-Light-Induced Reaction. Construction of furans is a subject of long-standing interest, as they are frequently found in natural products, functional materials, and pharmaceuticals. Xiao Shen and coworkers develop a novel visible-light-induced [4+1] cyclization–aromatization reaction of acylsilanes and α,β-unsaturated ketones via siloxycarbenes, which affords a variety of furans with broad substrate scope and good functional-group tolerance.
Cite this: CCS Chem. 2023, 5, 325–333
Link：https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.022.202202199
-Stable Radical Ion Pairs. Radical ion pairs (RIPs) are essential species in organic reactions, catalytic chemistry, photosynthetic energy transduction, and quantum information science. Xinping Wang and coworkers demonstrate that Lewis acid coupled electron transfer is an efficient way to prepare stable RIPs. Understanding the structure and photoelectric processes of these species will facilitate the further development of open-shell organic molecules for use in organic optoelectronicis.
Cite this: CCS Chem. 2023, 5, 334–340
Link：https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.022.202202306
-Ni-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis. Construction of chiral quaternary α-alkenylated pyrrolidinones has been a long-term challenge in organic synthesis. Yifeng Chen and coworkers report an asymmetric Ni-catalyzed arylcarbonation of dienes, which efficiently enables enantiomerically enriched carbamate. The reaction exhibits good substrate scope and broad functional group compatibility on arylboronic acids.
Cite this: CCS Chem. 2023, 5, 341–349
Link：https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.022.202202010
-Structural Isomerism in Metal Clusters. Xi Fan, Zhangjing Zhang, and coworkers investigate structural isomerism in Cu clusters and disclose a novel strategy that utilizes the flexibility of coordinated alkyne-Cu and migration of partial Cu atoms in Cu metal cores to create different Cu cluster isomers. Such structural isomerism can provide valuable opportunities for insight into the structure–property relationships and understanding the complex evolution of phase transformation in nanometallic solids.
Cite this: CCS Chem. 2023, 5, 350–360
Link：https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.022.202101741
-Asymmetric Organocatalysis. Wanbin Zhang and coworkers develop a series of chiral bicyclic imidazoles as efficient Lewis base catalysts based on the “bond angle control” strategy. By employing the small-bond angle bicyclic imidazole catalysts, direct C-acetylation reactions of indolones are accomplished in satisfactory yields and excellent enantioselectivity. Furthermore, the loading of the catalyst can be reduced to 0.2%.
Cite this: CCS Chem. 2023, 5, 361–371
Link：https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.022.202201782
-Photocatalytic H2 Production. Yu Li, Bao-Lian Su, and coworkers report a series of highly ordered CdS@ZnO core-shell inverse opal (CdS@ZnO-csIO) nanocomposites as a model to couple a heterojunction system with slow photon effect for photocatalytic H2 production. Among them, CdS@ZnO-csIO-290 has the highest photocatalytic H2 production rate (48.7 mmol g-1 h-1) under simulated solar light irradiation.
Cite this: CCS Chem. 2023, 5, 372–384
Link：https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.022.202101699
-Click Polymerization in Water. Organic reactions in water have attracted great attention due to their advantages, such as unique reaction performance and minimal environmental footprint. Kai Li, JackyW. Y. Lam, Benzhao He, Ben Zhong Tang, and coworkers develop click polymerization of activated alkyne and aromatic amine in aqueous media. Applications in the area of biomodification are highly anticipated.
Cite this: CCS Chem. 2023, 5, 385–396
Link：https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.022.202202392
-Lithium–Sulfur Batteries. Baojuan Xi, Shenglin Xiong, and coworkers propose a combined “structure-oriented” and “in-situ self-phosphating” strategy to prepare tungsten phosphide ultrafine nanocrystals on N,P co-doped carbon sheets for use in accelerating lithium polysulfide redox kinetics in lithium–sulfur batteries. This work provides a new perspective on the design of dual-functional electrode materials for lithium–sulfur batteries.
Cite this: CCS Chem. 2023, 5, 397–411
Link：https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.022.202202163
-Two-Dimensional Supramolecular Complex. Ya-Chao Zhang, Xian-He Bu, and coworkers report neutral Iron(III) complexes that exhibit spin crossover with wide thermal hysteresis around room temperature after desolvation. This approach provides a new look at rational design of high-performance spin crossover materials by tailoring two-dimensional supramolecular structures.
Cite this: CCS Chem. 2023, 5, 412–422
Link：https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.022.202101721
-Organic Heterostructures. Xue-Dong Wang, Min Zheng, Liang-Sheng Liao, and coworkers report a general synthetic approach for organic lateral heterostructures with tunable structural and optical properties. Utilizing the structural similarity of cocrystals, they successfully synthesized organic solid solution microwires and lateral heterostructure microwires. Furthermore, a multichannel signal converter and optical logic gate based on a single branch microwire are successfully constructed.
Cite this: CCS Chem. 2023, 5, 423–433
Link：https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.022.202101640
-DNA Supramolecular Hydrogel. While supramolecular hydrogels have received growing interest, their biomedical applications are often limited by unfavorable mechanical properties. Dongsheng Liu and coworkers demonstrate a strategy to reinforce the mechanical properties of a DNA supramolecular hydrogel by introducing a polymeric multiple-unit linker. The addition of the linker improves overall kinetic stability through a synergetic effect from multivalent interactions, while preserving the dynamic features of the DNA supramolecular hydrogel.
Cite this: CCS Chem. 2023, 5, 434–444
Link：https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.022.202101523
-Green Heterogeneous Catalysts. In recent years, porous organic polymers (POPs) have emerged as highly versatile ligands and supports for synthesizing heterogeneous catalysts. Youlong Zhu, SonBinh T. Nguyen, and coworkers report the fabrication of POP-supported (catecholate)CuⅠ2 materials (CuⅠ2-CatPOPs). In the presence of nitroxide cocatalysts, these CuⅠ2-CatPOPs readily and selectively convert a broad range of primary and secondary alcohols into aldehydes and ketones with atmospheric O2 as the sole oxidant.
Cite this: CCS Chem. 2023, 5, 445–454
Link：https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.022.202101765
-Polymer Solar Cells. Nonfullerene acceptors (NFAs) have emerged as a promising replacement for fullerene derivatives in high-performance polymer solar cells. Qingdong Zheng and coworkers design two new acceptor–donor–acceptor (A–D–A) type NFAs with asymmetric side chains. In combination with well-selected polymer donors, polymer solar cells with an impressive power conversion efficiency of 16.46% are achieved.
Cite this: CCS Chem. 2023, 5, 455–468
Link：https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.022.202101524
-Drug Delivery Systems. Yanglong Hou and coworkers design a drug delivery system featuring magnetothermal and tumor microenvironment responses for cancer treatment. Monodispersed Cu@Fe2C nanoparticles are coated with a mesoporous silica shell, which is filled with fluorophores and chemotherapeutic drugs. To avoid off-targeting during drug delivery, the pores are capped with phase-change materials. This drug delivery system addresses many problems encountered in cancer therapy, such as off-targeting in the drug delivery process and controllable deep tissue drug delivery.
Cite this: CCS Chem. 2023, 5, 469–485
Link：https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.022.202201805
-Organic Solar Cells. Low operational stabilities of organic solar cells due to the intrinsic instability of small molecular acceptors remain a critical issue still to be addressed. Junhui Miao, Jun Liu, and coworkers develop an all-fused-ring molecule with an n-type property and narrow bandgap, which can be used as an electron acceptor in organic solar cells. The excellent photo and chemical stability of this all-fused-ring molecule leads to much improved device stability maintaining a high-power conversion efficiency.
Cite this: CCS Chem. 2023, 5, 486–496
Link：https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.022.202101752
-Nucleic Acid Aptamers. Zhen Liu and coworkers develop a method for fine screening of high mannose specific aptamers using molecularly imprinted magnetic nanoparticles as an affinity platform. The selected aptamer is further engineered into multivalent forms. Both aptamer monomer and multivalent forms exhibit an apparent virus inhibition effect through binding with the glycan shield of viral antigen protein. The molecularly imprinted polymer-based evolution process opens a new avenue to the fine screening of glycan-binding aptamers.
Cite this: CCS Chem. 2023, 5, 497–509
Link：https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.022.202101747
-Dynamic Polymer Materials. Balancing the stability and healing ability of dynamic polymer materials remains a great challenge. Xu Wang and coworkers demonstrate an efficient strategy to regulate the healing of organo-hydrogels via transient chemical activation of dynamic covalent bonds by using a chemical reaction cycle. In addition, the as-made organo-hydrogels possess many useful functions, including remarkable anti-freezing properties, satisfactory electrical conductivity, and accessible recyclability, which may be applied in the fields of healthcare and flexible electronics.
Cite this: CCS Chem. 2023, 5, 510–523
Link：https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.022.202101536