Showing papers in "Chinese Chemical Letters in 2019"

TL;DR: In this article, the electrochemical advanced oxidation processes (EAOPs) have been extensively applied in the treatment of organic pollutants degradation, and a mini review provides the coupling systems about EAOPs and different oxidants (e.g., persulfate, peroxymonosulfate (PMS), and ozone (O3)).

TL;DR: In this article, the performance of microscale Fe/Cu bimetallic particles-air-persulfate system (mFe/Cu air-PS) for p-nitrophenol (PNP) treatment in aqueous solution was investigated.

TL;DR: In this paper, a facile, green, kilogram-scale synthesis of high quality fluorescent CQDs derived from poplar leaves via a one-step hydrothermal method is reported.

TL;DR: In this paper, a new two-dimensional (2D)/2D composite of Bi2WO6/MoS2 was facile synthesized, and then was used as supporting material for depositing Pt nanoparticles.

TL;DR: In this article, a roadmap for two-dimensional materials for energy storage and conversion is presented, which includes graphite, black phosporus, MXenes, covalent organic frameworks (COFs), 2D oxides, 2D chalcogenides, and others.

TL;DR: In this paper, a novel carbon quantum dots modified potassium titanate nanotubes (CQDs/K2Ti6O13) composite photocatalyst was synthesized by hydrothermal treatment combined with calcination.

TL;DR: This review highlights the representative cases of H2O2 fluorescent probes with mitochondria, nuclei and lysosomes-targetable ability, and contains organelle target strategies, structures, fluorescence behavior and biological applications of these probes.

TL;DR: In this article, the commercial MoO2 can be used as the cocatalyst in Fenton process to dramatically accelerate the oxidation of Lissamine rhodamine B (L-RhB), where the efficiency of Fe(III)/Fe(II) cycling is greatly enhanced in the Fenton reaction meanwhile.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review on the development of imaging-induced photothermal therapy of small molecules and classification according to the structures of organic molecules including cyanines, phthalocyanines, rhodamine analogues and BODIPYs is presented.

TL;DR: In some clean preparation examples, the reactants and/or solvent play dual roles rendering a cleaner organic preparation process, Consequently, both the chemical waste and manufacturing cost could be reduced.

TL;DR: Hollow microsphere structure cobalt hydroxide (h-Co(OH)2) was synthesized via an optimized solvothermal-hydrothermal process and applied to activate peroxymonosulfate (PMS) for degradation of a typical pharmaceutically active compound, ibuprofen (IBP).

TL;DR: In this paper, a sustainable protocol for the synthesis of Z-3-selenocyanatoacrylates and analogues through green selenocyanation of activated alkynes has been achieved.

TL;DR: It is believed that an increasing number of reports of artificial LHSs driven by host–guest interactions will appear in the near future and will provide a viable alternative for the future production of renewable energy.

TL;DR: In this article, a copper ferrite-graphite oxide hybrid (CuFe2O4@GO) was used as a catalyst to activate peroxymonosulfate (PMS) for degradation of methylene blue (MB) in aqueous solution.

TL;DR: In this paper, a roadmap on two-dimensional nanomaterials for environmental catalysis is presented. And the roadmap can give the useful guidance to researchers in future researches, and provide the research directions.

TL;DR: In this paper, a novel bimetallic Ni/Co-based metal-organic framework (Ni/Co) was successfully synthesized via a simple solvothermal method, and used as electrode material for high performance supercapacitors.

TL;DR: This review attempts to summarize the development of imaging-induced PDT based on organic small molecules and classify it according to the structures of dyes including cyanines, 4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene (BODIPY) analogues, phthalocyanine and other agents such as rhodamine analogues.

TL;DR: Porous materials have attracted great attention in energy and environment applications, such as metal organic frameworks (MOFs), metal aerogels, carbon aerogel, porous metal oxides.

TL;DR: In this article, a four-step approach for rational design of organic dyes with an overall high performance to meet the rigorous requirements of biological applications is described, along with some recent breakthroughs of the field.

TL;DR: In this article, the structure and photophysical properties of heteroatom-substituted rhodamines are summarized and a review can help to understand the structure-property relationships of rhodamine dyes and elucidate the way to create derivatives with improved photoproperties.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the methods for selective transformation of lignin into phenols, aldehydes, carboxylic acids, alkanes and arenes is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a roadmap for gas-involved photo-and electro-catalysis, which can be realized through solar-, photoelectro- and electro-assisted ways.

TL;DR: This review introduced the latest research progress of the rational design of small-molecule Nir-II fluorophores and their impressively biological applications including the NIR-II signal imaging, multimodal imaging and theranostic.

TL;DR: This review focused on the “aromatic nucleophilic substitution-rearrangement (SNAr-re arrangement) mechanism”, which provided a powerful tool to design fluorescent probes for the discrimination between biothiols.

TL;DR: A recent review summarized the recent research progresses on the calixarene/pillararene-based supramolecular systems and discussed the expectation of the future development as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: An eco-friendly protocol for the synthesis of various 2-sulfonyl quinolines/pyridines through sulfonylation of heteroaromatic N-oxides with sodium sulfinates in water at ambient temperature under metal-and oxidant-free conditions has been developed as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, a review of the modification at different positions of BODIPY to improve the water-solubility and emission wavelength that describe their spectral, photophysical properties and applicability is presented.

TL;DR: Recently, radical cascade cyclization has emerged as an efficient and powerful strategy for the construction of valuable and versatile functionalized 1-indenones as discussed by the authors, and the recent advances of this rapidly growing area were summarized.

TL;DR: This review of fluorescent probes of protein vicinal dithiols in literature is summarized to help readers further understand the structural factors of these probes and provide the design strategy for novel fluorescent probes with improved properties.