Homoleptic tris-cyclometalated platinum(iv) complexes: a new class of long-lived, highly efficient 3LC emitters

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 1875-1880 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Juliá ◽  
Delia Bautista ◽  
Jesús M. Fernández-Hernández ◽  
Pablo González-Herrero
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Quantum Yields ◽  
New Class ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
First Time

Tris-cyclometalated Pt(IV) complexes are reported for the first time. The facial isomers exhibit long-lived 3LC emissions with quantum yields up to 0.49, the highest ever found for Pt(IV) complexes, combined with a strong oxidizing character in the excited state.

Chiral Zn–salen complexes: a new class of fluorescent receptors for enantiodiscrimination of chiral amines

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 911-915 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberta Puglisi ◽  
Francesco P. Ballistreri ◽  
Chiara M. A. Gangemi ◽  
Rosa Maria Toscano ◽  
Gaetano A. Tomaselli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chiral Amines ◽  
New Class ◽  
Enantiomeric Discrimination ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
Salen Complexes ◽  
First Time

Highly efficient enantiomeric discrimination of chiral amines by fluorescent Zn–salen receptors is reported for the first time.

Symmetry Breaking and the Turn-On Fluorescence of Small, Highly Strained Carbon Nanohoops

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terri Lovell ◽  
Curtis Colwell ◽  
Lev N. Zakharov ◽  
Ramesh Jasti
Keyword(s):  
Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Theoretical Work ◽  
P Systems ◽  
Quantum Yields ◽  
Size Dependent ◽  
New Class ◽  
Carbon Carbon Bond ◽  
Conjugated Macrocycles ◽  
Structural Manipulation ◽  
Highly Strained

<p>[<i>n</i>]Cycloparaphenylenes, or “carbon nanohoops,” are unique conjugated macrocycles with radially oriented p-systems similar to those in carbon nanotubes. The centrosymmetric nature and conformational rigidity of these molecules lead to unusual size-dependent photophysical characteristics. To investigate these effects further and expand the family of possible structures, a new class of related carbon nanohoops with broken symmetry is disclosed. In these structures, referred to as <i>meta</i>[<i>n</i>]cycloparaphenylenes, a single carbon-carbon bond is shifted by one position in order to break the centrosymmetric nature of the parent [<i>n</i>]cycloparaphenylenes. Advantageously, the symmetry breaking leads to bright emission in the smaller nanohoops, which are typically non-fluorescent due to optical selection rules. Moreover, this simple structural manipulation retains one of the most unique features of the nanohoop structures-size dependent emissive properties with relatively large extinction coefficents and quantum yields. Inspired by earlier theoretical work by Tretiak and co-workers, this joint synthetic, photophysical, and theoretical study provides further design principles to manipulate the optical properties of this growing class of molecules with radially oriented p-systems.</p>

Symmetry Breaking and the Turn-On Fluorescence of Small, Highly Strained Carbon Nanohoops

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terri Lovell ◽  
Curtis Colwell ◽  
Lev N. Zakharov ◽  
Ramesh Jasti
Keyword(s):  
Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Theoretical Work ◽  
P Systems ◽  
Quantum Yields ◽  
Size Dependent ◽  
New Class ◽  
Carbon Carbon Bond ◽  
Conjugated Macrocycles ◽  
Structural Manipulation ◽  
Highly Strained

<p>[<i>n</i>]Cycloparaphenylenes, or “carbon nanohoops,” are unique conjugated macrocycles with radially oriented p-systems similar to those in carbon nanotubes. The centrosymmetric nature and conformational rigidity of these molecules lead to unusual size-dependent photophysical characteristics. To investigate these effects further and expand the family of possible structures, a new class of related carbon nanohoops with broken symmetry is disclosed. In these structures, referred to as <i>meta</i>[<i>n</i>]cycloparaphenylenes, a single carbon-carbon bond is shifted by one position in order to break the centrosymmetric nature of the parent [<i>n</i>]cycloparaphenylenes. Advantageously, the symmetry breaking leads to bright emission in the smaller nanohoops, which are typically non-fluorescent due to optical selection rules. Moreover, this simple structural manipulation retains one of the most unique features of the nanohoop structures-size dependent emissive properties with relatively large extinction coefficents and quantum yields. Inspired by earlier theoretical work by Tretiak and co-workers, this joint synthetic, photophysical, and theoretical study provides further design principles to manipulate the optical properties of this growing class of molecules with radially oriented p-systems.</p>

Novel Carbazole-based Multifunctional Materials with Hybridized Local and Charge-Transfer Excited State Acting as Deep Blue Emitters and Phosphorescent Hosts for Highly Efficient Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haitao Zhou ◽  
Mengna Yin ◽  
Zhenhong Zhao ◽  
Yanqin Miao ◽  
Xin Jin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Light Emitting Diodes ◽  
Organic Light Emitting Diodes ◽  
Multifunctional Materials ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
Deep Blue ◽  
Organic Light ◽  
Blue Emitters

In this work, two carbazole- and benzo[d]oxazole-based novel multifunctional materials with hybridized local and charge-transfer (HLCT) characteristic, namely OCI and OCT, which could act as deep-blue fluorophors and phosphorescent hosts,...

scholarly journals The antimicrobial potential of cannabidiol

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. T. Blaskovich ◽  
Angela M. Kavanagh ◽  
Alysha G. Elliott ◽  
Bing Zhang ◽  
Soumya Ramu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Infections ◽  
Modern Medicine ◽  
Gram Negative Bacteria ◽  
Gram Negative ◽  
New Class ◽  
Clostridioides Difficile ◽  
Excellent Activity ◽  
Induce Resistance ◽  
First Time

AbstractAntimicrobial resistance threatens the viability of modern medicine, which is largely dependent on the successful prevention and treatment of bacterial infections. Unfortunately, there are few new therapeutics in the clinical pipeline, particularly for Gram-negative bacteria. We now present a detailed evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of cannabidiol, the main non-psychoactive component of cannabis. We confirm previous reports of Gram-positive activity and expand the breadth of pathogens tested, including highly resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Clostridioides difficile. Our results demonstrate that cannabidiol has excellent activity against biofilms, little propensity to induce resistance, and topical in vivo efficacy. Multiple mode-of-action studies point to membrane disruption as cannabidiol’s primary mechanism. More importantly, we now report for the first time that cannabidiol can selectively kill a subset of Gram-negative bacteria that includes the ‘urgent threat’ pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Structure-activity relationship studies demonstrate the potential to advance cannabidiol analogs as a much-needed new class of antibiotics.

Pt NPs@GO as a highly efficient and reusable catalyst for one-pot synthesis of acridinedione derivatives

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (61) ◽  
pp. 49295-49300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Handan Pamuk ◽  
Burak Aday ◽  
Fatih Şen ◽  
Muharrem Kaya
Keyword(s):  
Aromatic Aldehydes ◽  
Reusable Catalyst ◽  
One Pot ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
One Pot Synthesis ◽  
First Time

Pt NPs@GO has been used for the first time for synthesizing acridinedione from dimedone, aromatic aldehydes and various amines as a catalyst.

scholarly journals Phenotypic Susceptibility to Bevirimat in Isolates from HIV-1-Infected Patients without Prior Exposure to Bevirimat

2010 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 2345-2353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas A. Margot ◽  
Craig S. Gibbs ◽  
Michael D. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Recombinant Viruses ◽  
Gag Polyprotein ◽  
New Class ◽  
Major Mutation ◽  
Hiv Drugs ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First Time ◽  
Hiv 1

ABSTRACT Bevirimat (BVM) is the first of a new class of anti-HIV drugs with a novel mode of action known as maturation inhibitors. BVM inhibits the last cleavage of the Gag polyprotein by HIV-1 protease, leading to the accumulation of the p25 capsid-small peptide 1 (SP1) intermediate and resulting in noninfectious HIV-1 virions. Early clinical studies of BVM showed that over 50% of the patients treated with BVM did not respond to treatment. We investigated the impact of prior antiretroviral (ARV) treatment and/or natural genetic diversity on BVM susceptibility by conducting in vitro phenotypic analyses of viruses made from patient samples. We generated 31 recombinant viruses containing the entire gag and protease genes from 31 plasma samples from HIV-1-infected patients with (n = 21) or without (n = 10) prior ARV experience. We found that 58% of the patient isolates tested had a >10-fold reduced susceptibility to BVM, regardless of the patient's ARV experience or the level of isolate resistance to protease inhibitors. Analysis of mutants with site-directed mutations confirmed the role of the V370A SP1 polymorphism (SP1-V7A) in resistance to BVM. Furthermore, we demonstrated for the first time that a capsid polymorphism, V362I (CA protein-V230I), is also a major mutation conferring resistance to BVM. In contrast, none of the previously defined resistance-conferring mutations in Gag selected in vitro (H358Y, L363M, L363F, A364V, A366V, or A366T) were found to occur among the viruses that we analyzed. Our results should be helpful in the design of diagnostics for prediction of the potential benefit of BVM treatment in HIV-1-infected patients.

scholarly journals 3D Graphene Nanosheets from Plastic Waste for Highly Efficient HTM free Perovskite Solar Cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandeep Pandey ◽  
Amit Kumar ◽  
Manoj Karakoti ◽  
Kuldeep K. Garg ◽  
Aniket Rana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Graphene Nanosheets ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Hole Transport ◽  
Plastic Waste ◽  
Waste Plastic ◽  
3D Graphene ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
First Time

Herein, we report the first time application of waste plastic derived 3D graphene nanosheets (GNs) for hole transport material (HTM) free perovskite solar cells (PSCs), where 3D GNs has been...

Highly efficient orange-red electroluminescence of iridium complexes with good electron mobility

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (32) ◽  
pp. 8150-8159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua-Bo Han ◽  
Rong-Zhen Cui ◽  
Yi-Ming Jing ◽  
Guang-Zhao Lu ◽  
You-Xuan Zheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Current Efficiency ◽  
Electron Mobility ◽  
Quantum Yields ◽  
Iridium Complexes ◽  
Maximum Luminance ◽  
High Quantum ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
Maximum Current ◽  
Low Efficiency

Two orange-red iridium complexes with high quantum yields and good electron mobility were applied in efficient OLEDs showing a maximum luminance of 129 466 cd m−2, a maximum current efficiency of 62.96 cd A−1 with low efficiency roll-off.

Surface activated carbon nitride nanosheets with optimized electro-optical properties for highly efficient photocatalytic hydrogen production

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 2445-2452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ziaur Rahman ◽  
Jingrun Ran ◽  
Youhong Tang ◽  
Mietek Jaroniec ◽  
Shi Zhang Qiao
Keyword(s):  
Optical Properties ◽  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Hydrogen Production ◽  
Carbon Nitride ◽  
Surface Activation ◽  
Step Method ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
Thin Carbon ◽  
Carbon Nitride Nanosheets ◽  
First Time

We introduce a three-step method (co-polymerization, surface activation and exfoliation) for the first time to synthesize sub-nanometer-thin carbon nitride nanosheets as highly efficient hydrogen evolution photocatalysts.

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