scholarly journals Programmable two-dimensional nanocrystals assembled from POSS-containing peptoids as efficient artificial light-harvesting systems

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (20) ◽  
pp. eabg1448
Author(s):  
Mingming Wang ◽  
Yang Song ◽  
Shuai Zhang ◽  
Xin Zhang ◽  
Xiaoli Cai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Scattering ◽  
Live Cell Imaging ◽  
Light Harvesting ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Design And Synthesis ◽  
New Class ◽  
Harvesting Systems ◽  
Oligomeric Silsesquioxane

Inspired by the formation of hierarchically structured natural biominerals (e.g., bone and tooth), various sequence-defined polymers have been synthesized and exploited for design and synthesis of functional hybrid materials. Here, we synthesized a series of organic-inorganic hybrid peptoids by using polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) nanoclusters as side chains at a variety of backbone locations. We further demonstrated the use of these hybrid peptoids as sequence-defined building blocks to assemble a new class of programmable two-dimensional (2D) nanocrystals. They are highly stable and exhibit an enhanced mechanical property and electron scattering due to the incorporated POSS nanoclusters. By varying peptoid side-chain chemistry, we further demonstrated the precise displacement of a large variety of function groups within these 2D nanocrystals and developed a highly efficient aqueous light-harvesting system for live cell imaging. Because these 2D nanocrystals are biocompatible and highly programmable, we expect that they offer unique opportunities for applications.

scholarly journals A versatile strategy for the synthesis of sequence-defined peptoids with side-chain and backbone diversity via amino acid building blocks

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 1531-1538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shixue Wang ◽  
Yue Tao ◽  
Jianqun Wang ◽  
Youhua Tao ◽  
Xianhong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
De Novo ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Design And Synthesis

De novo design and synthesis of sequence-defined peptoids via amino acid building blocks is reported.

scholarly journals Optoelectronic crystal of artificial atoms in strain-textured molybdenum disulphide

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Li ◽  
Alex W. Contryman ◽  
Xiaofeng Qian ◽  
Sina Moeini Ardakani ◽  
Yongji Gong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Band Gap ◽  
Active Material ◽  
Wide Band ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Light Spectrum ◽  
Molybdenum Disulphide ◽  
Wide Band Gap ◽  
New Class ◽  
Artificial Atom

Abstract The isolation of the two-dimensional semiconductor molybdenum disulphide introduced a new optically active material possessing a band gap that can be facilely tuned via elastic strain. As an atomically thin membrane with exceptional strength, monolayer molybdenum disulphide subjected to biaxial strain can embed wide band gap variations overlapping the visible light spectrum, with calculations showing the modified electronic potential emanating from point-induced tensile strain perturbations mimics the Coulomb potential in a mesoscopic atom. Here we realize and confirm this ‘artificial atom’ concept via capillary-pressure-induced nanoindentation of monolayer molybdenum disulphide from a tailored nanopattern, and demonstrate that a synthetic superlattice of these building blocks forms an optoelectronic crystal capable of broadband light absorption and efficient funnelling of photogenerated excitons to points of maximum strain at the artificial-atom nuclei. Such two-dimensional semiconductors with spatially textured band gaps represent a new class of materials, which may find applications in next-generation optoelectronics or photovoltaics.

Small Angle Electron Scattering From Vacuum Condensed Metallic Films

1968 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 380-381
Author(s):  
J. Silcox ◽  
R. H. Wade
Keyword(s):  
Electron Scattering ◽  
Small Angle ◽  
Ring Structure ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Metallic Films ◽  
Micro Structure ◽  
Angle Scattering ◽  
The Fourier Transform ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Kinematical Theory

Recent work has drawn attention to the possibilities that small angle electron scattering offers as a source of information about the micro-structure of vacuum condensed films. In particular, this serves as a good detector of discontinuities within the films. A review of a kinematical theory describing the small angle scattering from a thin film composed of discrete particles packed close together will be presented. Such a model could be represented by a set of cylinders packed side by side in a two dimensional fluid-like array, the axis of the cylinders being normal to the film and the length of the cylinders becoming the thickness of the film. The Fourier transform of such an array can be regarded as a ring structure around the central beam in the plane of the film with the usual thickness transform in a direction normal to the film. The intensity profile across the ring structure is related to the radial distribution function of the spacing between cylinders.

Evidence for Impaired Hepatic Vitamin K1 Metabolism in Patients Treated with N-Methyl-Thiotetrazole Cephalosporins

1984 ◽  
Vol 51 (03) ◽  
pp. 358-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Bechtold ◽  
K Andrassy ◽  
E Jähnchen ◽  
J Koderisch ◽  
H Koderisch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protein C ◽  
Oral Intake ◽  
Bleeding Complications ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Acute Administration ◽  
Vitamin K1 ◽  
New Class ◽  
Parenteral Alimentation ◽  
Hepatocellular Regeneration ◽  
Echis Carinatus

SummaryIn 8 patients on no oral intake and with parenteral alimentation, administration of cephalosporins with N-methyl-thiotetrazole side chain (moxalactam, cefamandole), was associated with prolongation of prothrombin time, appearance in the circulation of descarboxy-prothrombin (counter immunoelectrophoresis and echis carinatus assay) and diminution of protein C. Acute administration of 10 mg vitamin Ki was followed by the transient appearance of vitamin K1 2,3-epoxide, indicating an impaired hepatocellular regeneration of vitamin K1 from the epoxide. Impaired hepatic vitamin K1 metabolism, tentatively ascribed to the N-methyl-thiotetrazole group, is one (but possibly not the only) cause of bleeding complications and depression of vitamin K1dependent procoagulants in patients treated with the new class of cephalosporins.

A Bottom-Up Approach to Solution-Processed, Atomically Precise Graphitic Cylinders on Surfaces

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Leonhardt ◽  
Jeff M. Van Raden ◽  
David Miller ◽  
Lev N. Zakharov ◽  
Benjamin Aleman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Self Assembly ◽  
Carbon Nanostructures ◽  
Carbon Nanomaterials ◽  
Circle Packing ◽  
Pyrolytic Graphite ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Casting Technique ◽  
New Class ◽  
Solution Casting Technique

Extended carbon nanostructures, such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs), exhibit remarkable properties but are difficult to synthesize uniformly. Herein, we present a new class of carbon nanomaterials constructed via the bottom-up self-assembly of cylindrical, atomically-precise small molecules. Guided by supramolecular design principles and circle packing theory, we have designed and synthesized a fluorinated nanohoop that, in the solid-state, self-assembles into nanotube-like arrays with channel diameters of precisely 1.63 nm. A mild solution-casting technique is then used to construct vertical “forests” of these arrays on a highly-ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) surface through epitaxial growth. Furthermore, we show that a basic property of nanohoops, fluorescence, is readily transferred to the bulk phase, implying that the properties of these materials can be directly altered via precise functionalization of their nanohoop building blocks. The strategy presented is expected to have broader applications in the development of new graphitic nanomaterials with π-rich cavities reminiscent of CNTs.

Design and Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks with Four-Arm Cores: Prediction of Remarkable Ambipolar Charge-Transport Properties

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simil Thomas ◽  
Hong Li ◽  
Raghunath R. Dasari ◽  
Austin Evans ◽  
William Dichtel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Charge Transport ◽  
Organic Semiconductors ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Polymer Networks ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Covalent Organic Frameworks ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Zinc Porphyrin ◽  
Design And Synthesis ◽  
Predicted Values

<p>We have considered three two-dimensional (2D) π-conjugated polymer networks (i.e., covalent organic frameworks, COFs) materials based on pyrene, porphyrin, and zinc-porphyrin cores connected <i>via</i> diacetylenic linkers. Their electronic structures, investigated at the density functional theory global-hybrid level, are indicative of valence and conduction bands that have large widths, ranging between 1 and 2 eV. Using a molecular approach to derive the electronic couplings between adjacent core units and the electron-vibration couplings, the three π-conjugated 2D COFs are predicted to have ambipolar charge-transport characteristics with electron and hole mobilities in the range of 65-95 cm<sup>2</sup>V<sup>-1</sup>s<sup>-1</sup>. Such predicted values rank these 2D COFs among the highest-mobility organic semiconductors. In addition, we have synthesized the zinc-porphyrin based 2D COF and carried out structural characterization via powder X-ray diffraction and surface area analysis, which demonstrates the feasability of these electroactive networks.</p>

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