Showing papers in "Chemical Communications in 2016"

TL;DR: Simple, fast and reproducible halide ion exchange reactions in CsPbX3 (X = Cl, Br, I) nanocrystals (NCs) at room temperature are described and the photoluminescence of these NCs can be tuned over the entire visible region.

TL;DR: Seven recent case studies that illustrate how pharmaceutical cocrystals can improve physicochemical properties and clinical performance of drug substances, including a recently approved drug product based upon an ICC, are presented.

TL;DR: A list of best-practice protocols for data analysis in supramolecular chemistry that could easily be translated to other related problems in chemistry including measuring rate constants or drug IC50 values.

TL;DR: Electrochemical analysis revealed that the as-obtained edge-rich graphene showed excellent ORR activity through a one-step and four-electron pathway, confirming the important role of edge carbon in efficient ORR electrocatalysis without interruption by any other dopants.

TL;DR: Insight is provided into the rational design of efficient heterogeneous catalysts with controlled nanostructures for the photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic reduction of CO2 with H2O.

TL;DR: For the first time, a NiS microsphere film was grown in situ on Ni foam (NiS/Ni foam) via a sulfurization reaction as an efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting with superior activity and good durability.

TL;DR: Some prominent examples of drug cocrystals which exhibit variable hardness/softness and elasticity/plasticity depending on coformer selection, improvement of solubility and permeability in the same cocrystal, increase of the melting point for solid formulation, enhanced color performance, photostability and hydration stability, and a longer half-life are highlighted.

TL;DR: By using ZIF-derived nanoporous carbon electrodes, this work has realized a high-performance supercapacitor cell using 2 M NEt4BF4/PC as the electrolyte and shows good energy storage capacity that is comparable to the other previously reportedsupercapacitors.

TL;DR: The as-synthesized flexible electrochromic SC electrodes exhibit great electrochemical performances and high coloration efficiency, which demonstrate their potential applications in flexible smart windows combining energy storage and electrochromism.

TL;DR: The present overview focuses on a systematic description and reasonable classification of the most relevant types of fluorescent nanodots according to their nature, quantum confinement and crystalline structure, starting with a clear distinction between semiconductor and carbon-based dots.

TL;DR: Two porous covalent organic frameworks with good biocompatibility were employed as drug nanocarriers, where three different drugs were loaded for subsequent drug release in vitro.

TL;DR: Electrochemical behaviour of a Sn-based anode in a potassium cell is reported for the first time, and Experimental evidence shows that Sn is capable of alloying/de-alloying with potassium in a reversible manner.

TL;DR: These experiments provide the first mechanistic insight into the mechanism of imine-linked 2D COF formation, which is distinct from that of boronate-ester linked COFs.

TL;DR: All inorganic CsPbX3 (X = Cl, Br, I) perovskite nanocrystals with 50-85% photoluminescence quantum yields and tunable emission in the range of 440-682 nm have been successfully synthesized at room temperature in open air.

TL;DR: A novel bi-functional electrocatalyst towards the ORR and OER: Co nanoparticle-embedded N-doped carbon nanotube (CNT)/porous carbon (PC) by pyrolyzing metal organic framework (MOF) encapsulated Co3O4 by pyrotechnics exhibited highly efficient electrocatalytic activity.

TL;DR: A hydrogen bond assisted azine-linked covalent organic framework, COF-JLU3, was synthesized under solvothermal conditions, and can be the first COF as a fluorescent sensor for toxic metal ions, exhibiting high sensitivity and selectivity to Cu(2+).

TL;DR: A ternary NiFeMn-LDH is investigated with superior oxygen evolution activity, which is attributed to the Mn(4+) doping in the intralayer, which modifies the electronic structure and improves the conductivity of the electrocatalyst.

TL;DR: This overview shows how the overlap of previously unrelated areas of mechanochemical screening for API solid forms, organic synthesis by milling, and mechanochemical screenings for molecular recognition enables the emergence of a new research discipline in which different aspects of pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry are addressed through mechanochemistry rather than through conventional solution-based routes.

TL;DR: X-ray diffraction and PDF analysis of X-ray total scattering data indicate that the crystal structure of CsPbBr3 quantum dots is unequivocally orthorhombic (Pnma).

TL;DR: This feature article highlights the latest developments in experimental, theoretical and computational concepts relevant to redox-active MOFs, including new solid state electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical techniques that have great utility in this field.

TL;DR: This review can serve as an overview and evaluation of state-of-the-art synthesis techniques as well as nanoscale optoelectronics and photonics based on low-dimensional perovskite nanocrystals.

TL;DR: In this review, recent revelations about the excellent photophysical properties of boron containing compounds are discussed.

TL;DR: Recent advances in the design principles and recognition mechanisms of novel fluorescent probes for the selective detection of chemical species inside mitochondria and their applications for the detection of reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide, reactive sulfur species, etc. in the mitochondrion are discussed.

TL;DR: NSP-Co3FeNx nanowires as bifunctional electrocatalysts, exhibiting excellent OER and HER activity with a low overpotential are developed, due to their unique structural advantages with grain boundaries, defects and dislocations.

TL;DR: Among the as-synthesized metal phosphides, nickel cobalt phosphides quasi-hollow nanocubes exhibit the best electrocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution reaction in terms of lower overpotential and smaller Tafel slope in alkaline solution.

TL;DR: Based on an organic ligand involving both carboxylate and tetrazole groups, a chemically stable Zn(II) metal-organic framework has been rationally synthesized and behaves as a fluorescence chemosensor for the highly selective and sensitive detection of picric acid.

TL;DR: An overview on emerging procedures, highlights their advantages and limitations, and covers the latest progress in the rapid synthesis of organic functional materials and natural products are offered.

TL;DR: The richer P composition produced excellent electrocatalytic efficiency, and the respective Tafel slopes of nanowire arrays were 39 and 37 mV dec(-1) in 0.5 M H2SO4 and 1 M KOH.

TL;DR: Mechanochemistry and accelerated aging are new routes to zirconium metal–organic frameworks, yielding UiO-66 and catalytically active Ui O-66-NH2 accessible on the gram scale through mild solid-state self-assembly, without strong acids, high temperatures or excess reactants.

TL;DR: A detailed summary of the molecular recognition of P5As and neutral guests is provided, where the driving forces, binding mechanisms, and binding selectivities are comprehensively discussed.