- Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes
- Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
- Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
- Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection
- Crystallization and Solubility Studies
- X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
- Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
- Magnetism in coordination complexes
- Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers
- Crystallography and molecular interactions
- Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
- Covalent Organic Framework Applications
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
- Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
- Metal complexes synthesis and properties
- Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
- CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Ionic liquids properties and applications
- Radioactive element chemistry and processing
- Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
- Extraction and Separation Processes
- Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
Guangzhou University
2018-2025
Shanghai Xiandai Architectural Design
2022-2025
Central South University
2015-2024
Bay Institute
2019-2024
Clean Energy (United States)
2020-2024
Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control and Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution
2021-2023
Shanghai Architectural Design & Research Institute
2022
Guilin Medical University
2015-2021
Pearl River Hydraulic Research Institute
2021
Jilin University
2020
Abstract Photoelectrochemical water splitting based on nanostructured bismuth vanadate (BiVO 4 ) can be a promising strategy to produce low‐cost and green H 2 replace fossil fuels realize carbon neutrality. Herein, simple chemical way in situ doping into BiVO crystalline structure is designed obtained carbon‐doped , namely C‐BiVO improve the electronic conductivity of . In addition, introduction synthesized quantum dots (CQDs) as co‐catalyst, immobilizes CQDs onto nanosheet acquires...
Abstract The availability of robust, versatile, and efficient photocatalysts is the main bottleneck in practical applications photocatalytic degradation organic pollutants. Herein, N‐WO 3 /Ce 2 S nanotube bundles (NBs) are synthesized successfully immobilized on a carbon textile, resulting flexible conducting photocatalyst. Due to large interfacial area between Ce , interwoven 3D architecture and, more importantly, establishment heterojunction resultant photocatalyst exhibits excellent light...
Mathematics and art converge in the fractal forms that also abound nature. We used molecular self-assembly to create a synthetic, nanometer-scale, Sierpinski hexagonal gasket. This nondendritic, perfectly self-similar macromolecule is composed of bis-terpyridine building blocks are bound together by coordination 36 Ru 6 Fe ions form nearly planar array increasingly larger hexagons around hollow center.
Rationale: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have emerged as novel mediators of cell-to-cell communication that are capable the stable transfer therapeutic microRNAs (miRNAs), and thus, EVs hold immense promise a miRNA delivery system for cancer therapy. Additionally, miRNA-containing secreted into circulation, miRNAs contained within plasma may represent ideal biomarkers diseases. The objective this study was to characterize potential tumor suppressor miRNA, miR-101, explore miR-101 via in vivo...
Spectrum matching is the most common method for compound identification in mass spectrometry (MS). However, some challenges limit its efficiency, including coverage of spectral libraries, accuracy, and speed matching. In this study, a million-scale in-silico EI-MS library established. Furthermore, an ultra-fast accurate spectrum (FastEI) proposed to substantially improve accuracy using Word2vec embedding boost hierarchical navigable small-world graph (HNSW). It achieves 80.4% recall@10...
Abstract Deeply electrolytic reduction of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) to high‐value ethylene (C H 4 is very attractive. However, the sluggish kinetics C−C coupling seriously results in low selectivity CO electroreduction C . Herein, we report a copper‐based polyhedron (Cu2) that features uniformly distributed and atomically precise bi‐Cu units, which can stabilize *OCCO dipole facilitate for high selective production. The faradaic efficiency (FE) reaches 51 % with current density 469.4 mA cm −2 ,...
A polyterpyridinyl building block-based nutlike hexagonal bismetallo architecture with a central hollow Star of David was assembled by stepwise strategy. This nanoarchitecture can be viewed as recursive mathematical form that possesses supramolecular corner-connected cyclic structure, i.e., triangle or rhombus at various levels scale detail. The key metallo-organic ligand (MOL) four uncomplexed free terpyridines obtained final Suzuki cross-coupling reaction tetrabromoterpyridine Ru dimer....
Abstract Terpyridine‐functionalized graphene oxides were prepared for self‐assembly into 3D architectures with various metal ions (e.g., Fe, Ru). The resulting electrode materials showed significantly improved electroactivities efficient energy conversion and storage. They promise application in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), photocurrent generation, supercapacitance.
Nanosized cage-within-cage compounds represent a synergistic molecular self-assembling form of three-dimensional architecture that has received particular research focus. Building multilayered ultralarge cages to simulate complicated virus capsids is believed be tough synthetic challenge. Here, we synthesize two large double-shell supramolecular by facile self-assembly presynthesized metal-organic hexatopic terpyridine ligands with metal ions. Differing from the mixture prisms formed inner...
Abstract The precise control over hierarchical self‐assembly of superstructures relying on the elaboration multiple noncovalent interactions between basic building blocks is both elusive and highly desirable. We herein report a terpyridine‐based metallo‐cage T with tetrahedral motif utilized it as an efficient block for controlled in response to different halide ions. Initially, superstructure adopted hexagonal close‐packed structure. By adding Cl − /Br or I , drastically highly‐tight...
Effectively regulating monomer and excimer emission in a singular supramolecular luminous platform is challenging due to high difficulty of precise control over its aggregation dispersion behavior when subjected external stimuli. Here, we show metallo-cage (MTH) featuring triple helical motif that displays unique dual emission. It arises from both intramolecular intermolecular excimer, respectively. The distorted molecular conformation the staggered stacking mode MTH are verified through...
Abstract Five- and six-pointed star structures occur frequently in nature as flowers, snow-flakes, leaves so on. These star-shaped patterns are also used both functional artistic man-made architectures. Here following a stepwise synthesis self-assembly approach, pentagonal hexagonal metallosupramolecules possessing motifs were prepared based on the careful design of metallo-organic ligands (MOLs). In MOL preparation, robust ruthenium–terpyridyl complexes employed to construct brominated...
Abstract Three generations of metalated trigonal supramolecular architectures, so‐called metallo‐triangles, were assembled from terpyridine (tpy) complexes. The first generation (G1) metallo‐triangles directly obtained by reacting a bis(terpyridinyl) ligand with 60° bite angle and Zn II ions. direct self‐assembly G2 G3 triangles mixing organic ligands , however, only generated mixture G1 G2, as well trace amount insoluble polymer‐like precipitate. Therefore, modular strategy based on the...
The artificial synthesis of giant, three-dimensional, and shell-like architectures with growing complexity novel functionalities is an especially challenging task for chemists. Fullerenes self-assembled cages are remarkable examples that proven milestones in the field functional materials. Herein, we present another unique system: a giant terpyridine-based truncated metallo-tetrahedral architecture includes densely-packed ionic pairs significant internal cavity. This huge metallo-tetrahedron...
Open AccessCCS ChemistryRESEARCH ARTICLE1 Aug 2020Tetraphenylethylene-Based Emissive Supramolecular Metallacages Assembled by Terpyridine Ligands Meng Li†, Shan Jiang†, Zhe Zhang, Xin-Qi Hao, Xin Jiang, Hao Yu, Pingshan Wang, Bin Xu, Ming Wang and Wenjing Tian Li† State Key Laboratory of Structure Materials, College Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012 , Jiang† Zhang Institute Environmental Research at Greater Bay Area, for Water Quality Conservation the Pearl River Delta, Ministry...
Abstract Though the use of conventional self‐assembled architectures in functional applications involving advanced energy chemistries is an important research area, it remains largely unexplored. The self‐assembly threefold and sixfold‐symmetric terpyridines (tpy) with Co(II) salts results a novel morphological structural characteristics, regardless nature fragments. Herein, such metallopolymers are achieved by one‐pot synthesis CH 3 OH/CHCl (v/v = 5:1) mixture ambient. It found, for first...
An overview of the strategies for boosting C 2+ selectivity by manipulating CO*(CO).