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K2CO3-Mediated (3+3-1) Annulation of 1,3-Acetonedicarboxylates with 2-Fluoro-1-nitroarenes: Synthesis of Indoles

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00488D, Paper
Meng-Yang Chang, Chin-Huey Ho, Hsing-Yin Chen
The K2CO3-mediated one-pot reaction of 1,3-acetonedicarboxylates with 2 equiv. of substituted 2-fluoro-1-nitrobenzenes has been developed to synthesize various 2,3-dicarboxylate indoles via a tandem (3 + 3 − 1) annulation pathway....
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'Manthan Is My Most Influential Film'

'The censor board asked me for some strange cuts.''Otherwise, they would have given me an 'A' certificate.''One cut was where Girish Karnad was explaining artificial insemination in cattle.''These cuts never made any sense to me.'




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Isomer effect study of pyridinium-type cationic fluorophores: multiple functions and internal optical mechanisms

Mater. Chem. Front., 2024, 8,3790-3798
DOI: 10.1039/D4QM00578C, Research Article
Yasong Cao, Caili Zhang, Zhonghua Zhao, Haowen Huang, Jiatong Xu, Richao Shen, Cheng Zeng, Jiawei Lv, Ziqiang Lei, Hengchang Ma
Reliable, reasonable isomer effect study based on pyridinium-type cationic fluorophores of o-, m-, and p-TPA-Pyr-BP.
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Asymmetric deep-blue tetrafluorobenzene-bridged fluorophores with hybridized local and charge-transfer characteristics for efficient OLEDs with low efficiency roll-off

Mater. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QM00636D, Research Article
Shengnan Wang, Haoyuan Qi, Hao Huang, Jie Li, Yuchao Liu, Shanfeng Xue, Shian Ying, Changsheng Shi, Shouke Yan
Deep-blue HLCT materials boasting rapid radiative rates and bipolar transporting capabilities were achieved by integrating an asymmetric D–A–D' structure with a novel tetrafluorobenzene acceptor.
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Influence of CeO2 Support Morphology on the Structural and NO2-RR Performance of CeO2@Au Catalyst

Mater. Chem. Front., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QM00798K, Research Article
Jin Li, Wei Zhang, Xiujing Xing, Yaokang Lv, Renliang Lyu, Wei Xiong, Hao Li
Gold nanoparticles are extensively employed in the field of electrocatalytic nitrite reduction for ammonia synthesis, due to their exceptional conductivity and remarkable stability. However, the properties of a single metal...
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Spiro-[4,5]-cyclohexadiene-8-one Polymers: Photoactivated Crosslinking and Switch-On Fluorescence for Lithography

Mater. Chem. Front., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QM00688G, Research Article
Yi Yuan, Mi Chao, Yunyi Shang, Yujia Gao, Guangle Niu, Wanggang Fang, Liqing He, Hui Wang
Developing multiple photoresponsive polymers is crucial for creating versatile intelligent materials; however, it poses a significant challenge due to the limited availability of photoactivated moieties. Herein, we present a novel...
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Obsessed - How This Artist Makes Magnetic Fluid Sculptures

Ferrofluid is a liquid with nano-sized iron particles that was developed by NASA in the 1960s. Artist Eric Mesplé has been experimenting with this magnetic liquid in his art for the past dozen years, and the results are mesmerizing.




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Engineering in situ growth of Au nanoclusters on hydrophilic paper fibres for fluorescence calligraphy-based chemical logic gates and information encryption

Nanoscale Horiz., 2024, 9,2007-2015
DOI: 10.1039/D4NH00307A, Communication
Jun Jiang Luo, Dun Ying Guo, Zi Bo Qu, Hong Qun Luo, Nian Bing Li, Hao Lin Zou, Bang Lin Li
The staining of modified papers with HAuCl4 solutions enables the in situ growth of Au nanoclusters, and the improved fluorescence stability and uniform material distribution facilitate the chemical logic gates and information encryption systems.
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Intravital microscopic thermometry of rat mammary epithelium by fluorescent nanodiamond

Nanoscale Horiz., 2024, 9,1938-1947
DOI: 10.1039/D4NH00237G, Communication
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Takahiro Hamoya, Kiichi Kaminaga, Ryuji Igarashi, Yukiko Nishimura, Hiromi Yanagihara, Takamitsu Morioka, Chihiro Suzuki, Hiroshi Abe, Takeshi Ohshima, Tatsuhiko Imaoka
This study reports an application of microscopic thermometry in a living rat using quantum sensing based on the fluorescent nanodiamond (FND) nitrogen-vacancy center, demonstrating the relevance of the technique in biomedical research using a mammal.
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Polymer-confined synthesis of gram-scale high-entropy perovskite fluoride nanocubes for improved electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate to ammonia

Nanoscale Horiz., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NH00341A, Communication
Open Access
Guohao Xue, Tianlu Wang, Hele Guo, Nan Zhang, Claire J. Carmalt, Johan Hofkens, Feili Lai, Tianxi Liu
A high-entropy perovskite fluoride with a well-defined nanocubic structure was successfully prepared via a polyvinylpyrrolidone-confined nucleation strategy, demonstrating excellent electrocatalytic activity for nitrate reduction.
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Full-color peptide-based fluorescent nanomaterials assembled under the control of amino acid doping

Nanoscale Horiz., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NH00400K, Communication
Yuhe Shen, Yulin Sun, Yaoyu Liang, Xiaojian Xu, Rongxin Su, Yuefei Wang, Wei Qi
Peptide-based biofluorescents are of great interest due to their controllability and biocompatibility, as well as their potential applications in biomedical imaging and biosensing.
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Rise of joyful surrealism, adaptability and de-influencing

Creative ground: Amid the champagne, music and partying, the shifting sands of advertising finds solid ground in this year’s Goafest




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Bird flu found at fourth Dutch poultry farm




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IISc. researchers design fluorogenic probe to detect enzyme linked to early stage of Alzheimer’s

Such a probe can easily be fabricated into a strip-based kit that may enable on-site diagnosis




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Controlling CO2 flux in a CO2-permeable membrane with a H2O driving force

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12,30821-30830
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA05021E, Paper
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Jacqueline A. Penn, Wenting Hu, Ian S. Metcalfe, Greg A. Mutch
A H2O driving force in the opposite direction to CO2 permeation exerts control over CO2 flux in a molten-salt membrane fabricated using hydroxides.
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Report: Bears players went to Eberflus and Poles over Shane Waldron — and some wanted a QB change

On Tuesday, the Bears dumped offensive coordinator Shane Waldron.




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Dangerous ‘influencers’

The likes of Andrew Tate capitalise on the insecurities of young people




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IISc study reveals that picolinic acid can block viruses causing SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A

The study describes the compound’s remarkable ability to disrupt the entry of enveloped viruses into the host’s cell and prevent infection




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A spiritual confluence at Varanasi

The Sankara Math at Hanuman Ghat has been a beehive of activities with the presence of the Kanchi Sankaracharya




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How the Influential Time-Travel Movie La Jetée Was Made (Almost) Entirely out of Still Photographs

In a future where humanity has been driven underground by an apocalyptic event, a prisoner is haunted by the childhood memory of seeing a man gunned down at an airport. A group of scientists make him their time-traveling guinea pig, hoping that he’ll be able to find a way to restore the society they once knew. […]




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An efficient and stable deep-blue oxygen-bridged triphenylborane-based fluorophore with hybridized local and charge-transfer states

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17475-17481
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03114H, Paper
Jichen Lv, Jie Li, Shengnan Wang, Haoran Shen, Lifen Xia, Yuchao Liu, Shanfeng Xue, Dongge Ma, Shian Ying, Shouke Yan
A multifunctional deep-blue HLCT fluorophore with remarkable performance was developed by incorporating a boron/oxygen-based multi-resonance skeleton.
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Unidirectional heat and fluid transfer performances of a thermal diode with fishbone-microstructure wicks

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17386-17394
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03236E, Communication
Ping Li, Jiale Huang, Haifeng Qiu, Liangming Deng, Jiawei Liao, Tuo Jin, Yongfeng Zheng, Jianhua Xiang
A thermal diode is fabricated with remarkable unidirectional heat transfer performance. It shows long-distance heat transmission and working adaptiveness, providing a valuable insight for designing thermal management devices to meet extreme demands.
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Tailoring electromagnetic interference shielding, electrical and thermal properties of poly(vinylidene fluoride) based hybrid nanocomposites with carbon nanofiber and magnetite nanoparticles

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC02880E, Paper
Aleena Sabu, Sabarish Narayanan B. B, Pratheep Kumar Annamalai, Ramanujam Brahmadesam Thoopul Srinivasa Raghava
Flexible polymer nanocomposite films hold great potential for microwave absorption applications and their electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness (EMI SE) can be tailored by optimising the electrical properties such as conductivity....
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Influence of a diketopyrrolopyrrole spacer on the ultrafast nonlinear optical properties and excited state dynamics of dimeric zinc porphyrin molecules

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03281K, Paper
Rahul Murali, Chinmoy Biswas, Sudhanshu Kumar Nayak, Hanping Wu, Xiaobin Peng, Vipin Kumar, Prabhakar Chetti, Venugopal Rao Soma, Sai Santosh Kumar Raavi
This work highlights the significance of adding a DPP unit to the zinc-porphyrin core with ethynylene bridges to enhance third-order NLO properties under femtosecond laser excitation.
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Microfluidic synthesis of monodispersed sharp emitting perovskite CsPbBr3 quantum dots via multidimensional parameterization

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC04104F, Paper
Yunhao Ning, Shuo Guan, Chuantong Cheng, Bao Zhang, Bingyu Qin, Beiju Huang
A microfluidic chip is employed for continuous synthesis of CsPbBr3 perovskite quantum dots, which feature tunable emission across various dimensions and wavelengths, and effects of multidimensional parameters on their properties are investigated.
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High-performance circularly polarized photodetectors based on chiral transfer of achiral poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene)

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03735A, Paper
Xiaocheng Wu, Junjie Liu, Yunhao Xu, Longzhen Qiu, Xiaohong Wang
High-performance circularly polarized photodetectors with photocurrent asymmetry factor (|gph|) as high as 0.58 were prepared by a blending-induced chiral transfer method.
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Modifying the liquid crystalline chessboard tiling - Soft reticular self-assembly of side-chain fluorinated polyphiles

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC04076G, Paper
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Christian Anders, Virginia-Marie Fischer, Tianyi Tan, Mohamed Alaasar, Rebecca Waldecker, Yubin Ke, Yu Cao, Feng Liu, Carsten Tschierske
Development of new functional materials requires the understanding of the fundamental rules of complex superstructure formation in self-assembling systems. Here we report new liquid crystalline honeycombs based on reticular self-assembly...
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A novel deep-blue fluorescent emitter employed as an identical exciplex acceptor for solution-processed multi-color OLEDs

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC04073B, Paper
Jie Pan, Shiyue Zhang, Zhongxin Zhou, Yongtao Zhao, Shujing Jin, Yanju Luo, Weiguo Zhu, Yu Liu
Currently, exciplex-type thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials are emerging as a promising strategy for optimizing organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs). However, achieving highly efficient multi-color OLEDs based on exciplexes remains...
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Europium ions modulated room temperature phosphorescence in dye-encapsulated MOFs for dual-modal fluorescence-afterglow

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03221G, Paper
Jiabo Chen, Renrui Sun, Wanjun Yang, Feifei Xing, Xiaolin Yu, Lining Sun
In recent years, room temperature phosphorescent (RTP) materials have attracted widespread attention in the field of material science due to their exceptional optical properties. In this study, we explore a...
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Swine flu cases on rise

Telangana tops in number of cases; deaths reported from several States in the past two days




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Swine flu hits Telangana hard

Seven deaths and 150 positive cases have been reported since January 1




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Swine flu: 3-member team for Telangana




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TN sets up swine flu call centre

Call 044-24350496, 044-24334811, 9444340496, 9361482899 and 104 for information related to swine flu and fever, diagnostic centres and treatment from government hospitals




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Affordable swine flu vaccine that never made it




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Flu in the air

Public health experts agree that the response to the pandemic depends on constant surveillance and monitoring the evolution of the viral strain




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Swine flu toll mounts across country



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Swine flu: Govt. ‘closely monitoring’ situation across India




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Swine flu deaths soar past 660

Number of people affected by the H1N1 virus breaches the 10,000 mark as it spreads to new places like Nagaland.



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Mizoram reports first case of swine flu




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13 more test positive for swine flu in Jammu and Kashmir




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40 new drug stores granted licence to sell Tamiflu tablets in Delhi




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Centre tells States to operate 24x7 swine flu helplines



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Swine Flu: Live chat with Dr. Subhakar from Osmania Medical College




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9 IPS trainees test positive for swine flu at Hyderabad police academy

Three out of the nine officers, who were admitted to various private hospitals in Hyderabad, have already been discharged while the remaining are in stable condition.




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Swine flu toll rises to 774




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Swine flu claims 38 more lives

13,688 affected by H1N1 virus across the country; Rajasthan, Gujarat worst-hit




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Swine flu toll nears 1000

Health Ministry sources said 965 people have perished due to the disease while the total number H1N1 virus affected has crossed 17,000 till February 25, 2015.




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India, U.S. researchers clash over swine flu strain mutation




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Swine flu claims 47 more lives

H1N1 toll rises to 1,674 and the number of persons affected by the virus exceeds 29,000.




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Blood pressure fluctuations may cause brain function decline: study



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