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Development of diverse aluminium concentration gradient profiles in Ni-rich layered cathodes for enhanced electrochemical and thermal performances

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00433G, Paper
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Xinwei Jiao, Junwei Yap, Junbin Choi, Mengyuan Chen, Devendrasinh Darbar, Gongshin Qi, Xiaosong Huang, Jung-Hyun Kim
Nickel (Ni)-rich cathodes with elemental concentration gradients within particles have attracted great interest due to their considerably enhanced interfacial stability and electrochemical performance for advanced Li-ion batteries.
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Size and orientation of polar nanoregions characterized by PDF analysis and using a statistical model in a Bi(Mg1/2Ti1/2)O3–PbTiO3 ferroelectric re-entrant relaxor

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00240G, Paper
Laijun Liu, Kaiyuan Chen, Dawei Wang, Manuel Hinterstein, Anna-Lena Hansen, Michael Knapp, Biaolin Peng, Xianran Xing, Yuanpeng Zhang, Jing Kong, Abhijit Pramanick, Mads Ry Vogel Jørgensen, Frederick Marlton
Local structure information of relaxor ferroelectrics is key to a clear understanding of their structure–property relationships. The size of polar nanoregions is determined based on the local atomic displacement and dielectric response.
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Cationic Radical Metal–Organic Framework Enabling Low Water Evaporation Enthalpy and High Photothermal Conversion Efficiency for Solar-Driven Water Purification

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA01126K, Paper
Zi-Yu Wang, Rui Wang, Hannah M Johnson, Lei Cai, An-An Zhang, Qiang Zhang, Tianfu Liu
Solar vapor generation is a promising and sustainable strategy to purify seawater and contaminated water sources. Yet, efficient integration between solar capture and desalination remains a critical challenge. In this...
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Boosting the electrocatalytic activity of single atom iron catalysts through sulfur-doping engineering for liquid and flexible rechargeable Zn–air batteries

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00524D, Paper
Tianfang Yang, Bingcheng Ge, XuPo Liu, Zunjie Zhang, Ye Chen, Yang Liu
A practical strategy is reported to design single-Fe atom decorated S/N-doped C (Fe SAs@S/N–C) catalysts with a high Fe loading of 5.45 wt%. The prepared catalysts exhibit excellent performances for liquid and all-solid-state Zn–air batteries.
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Multifunctional buried interface modification for efficient and stable SnO2-based perovskite solar cells

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00108G, Paper
Rui Wu, Junhua Meng, Yiming Shi, Zhengchang Xia, Chunxia Yan, Lisheng Zhang, Wenkang Liu, Jinliang Zhao, JinXiang Deng, Xing Wang Zhang
Buried interface modification with multiple roles is key to boost the performance of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Herein, a multifunctional passivator, N-(2-hydroxyethyl) ethylene diamine triacetic acid trisodium salt (HEDTA-3Na), is...
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Data-driven discovery of carbonyl organic electrode molecules: machine learning and experiment

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00136B, Paper
Jiayi Du, Jun Guo, Qiqi Sun, Wei Liu, Tong Liu, Gang Huang, Xinbo Zhang
In this work, a universal strategy for the identification of high-performance OEMs for LIBs has been illustrated. The predicted molecule, naphthalene-1,4,5,8-tetraone, exhibits excellent electrochemical performance in terms of capacity and lifetime.
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Lightweight, elastic and conductive pure PEDOT:PSS foam for dual-mode sensing

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA01631A, Paper
Haibin Li, Rubai Luo, Jingbo Hu, Shisheng Zhou, Xing Zhou, Bin Du
Pure PEDOT:PSS foam with a multi-scale porous structure and dual-mode sensing characteristics.
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In situ analysis of the oxygen evolution reaction on the CuO film in alkaline solution by surface interrogation scanning electrochemical microscopy: investigating active sites (CuIII) and kinetics

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00628C, Paper
Seokjun Han, Jinoh Yoo, Won Tae Choi
Surface interrogation scanning electrochemical microscopy was employed to assess the electrocatalytic activity of CuO films for the oxygen evolution reaction in an alkaline solution.
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Enhancing CO2 gasification-reforming of municipal solid waste with Ni/CeO2 and Ni/ZrO2 catalysts

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00665H, Paper
Shiyu Zhang, Yibing Peng, Mengna Wu, Qinghai Li, Yanguo Zhang, Hui Zhou
CO2 gasification-reforming facilitates CO2 utilization and yields CO-rich syngas for municipal waste management. Catalysts are essential for enhancing syngas production via catalytic tar reforming.
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Highly Boosted Energy Storage Performance of Few-Layered MoS2 Utilized by Improved Electrode Fabrication: Experimental and Theoretical Studies

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA01713G, Paper
Zeyad M. Abdulhamid, Abhishek C. Lokhande, Adewale Hammed Pasanaje, Daniel S Choi, Nirpendra Singh, Kyriaki Polychronopoulou, Dalaver H. Anjum
Few-layer two-dimensional (2D) molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has great potential in designing high-performance supercapacitors due to its high theoretical specific capacity, tunable bandgap, and fascinating 2D layered structure. However, the lack...
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Green solvents in battery recycling: status and challenges

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3TA07905H, Review Article
Wenyuan Qiao, Ren Zhang, Yikai Wen, Xinyi Wang, Zheng Wang, Guoqiang Tang, Minghao Liu, Hyokyeong Kang, Zafar Said, Jang-Yeon Hwang, Changhui Liu
A green solvent hybrid system will bring about sustainable development in the battery industry by efficiently and environmentally friendly recycling of valuable resources contained in waste batteries.
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Harvesting solar energy with a Ni-MOF-based evaporator for efficient solar thermal storage and steam generation

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00203B, Paper
You Xu, Zhengyun Wang, Xianbao Wang, Zhenzhen Guo, Muhammad Sultan Irshad, Naila Arshad, Jiang Gong, Hongfang Liu, Guangfang Li
A hybrid solar evaporator comprising a Ni-based metal–organic framework material and a phase change material composite was fabricated for high performance solar-thermal energy storage and continuous solar vapor generation.
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Fluorophore branching boosted photo-induced energy transfer in UiO-66 for ultrasensitive and instant hydrazine sensing

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA01549E, Paper
Ying Luo, Da Lei, Maohua Li, Yuansheng Ge, Jiguang Li, Baiyi Zu, Jun Yao, Xincun Dou
Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) have made great progress in the field of fluorescent sensing; however, whether the electronic structure and recognized sites can be adjusted by external functionalization still remains challenging.
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Highly selective and high-performance sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone)-based hybrid membrane enabled by complexed UiO-66-NH2 and sulfonated graphitic carbon nitride for vanadium flow battery

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00988F, Paper
Caiyuan Zhao, Haixia Wang, Lang Li, Liping Liu, Xinrui Cui, Haifeng Shi
A series of sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) (SPEEK) hybrid membranes (SPEEK/NF) with a constant 1 wt% complexed nanofillers (NF) comprising of UiO-66-NH2 and sulfonated graphitic carbon nitride (s-g-C3N4) are prepared...
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The fluorescence distinction of chiral enantiomers: a Zn coordination polymer sensor for the detection of cinchonine and cinchonidine

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03506B, Paper
Wenping Hu, Nan Wu, Dechao Li, Yefang Yang, Shaowen Qie, Shuai Su, Ruijie Xu, Wenting Li, Ming Hu
A Zn coordination polymer was constructed to identify chiral cinchonine and cinchonidine with high sensitivity, selectivity, and reproducibility.
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Pi-extended hypervalent iodine macrocycles and their supramolecular assembly with Buckminsterfullerene

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC04251D, Paper
Krishna Pandey, Samsul Arafin, Grayson Venus, Eli Jones, Yachu Du, Mina Dumre Pandey, Tahir Awais, Lichang Wang, Kyle N. Plunkett
Hypervalent iodine based macrocycles with enlarged aromatic cores can form extended supramolecular assemblies with Buckminsterfullerene.
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Breaking the Trade-off Between ∆EST and Oscillator Strength in Hybrid LR/SR-CT Compounds for Enhanced TADF Performance

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC04549A, Paper
Nikhitha R., Anirban Mondal
Achieving an ideal thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitter requires balancing a minimal singlet-triplet energy gap (∆EST) with a considerable oscillator strength (f), which are typically mutually exclusive. By strategically...
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Stronger Polar Ferromagnetism and Narrower Optical Band Gaps in Two-Dimensional Hybrid Copper Perovskites Induced by Bromine-Substitution

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03532A, Paper
Ceng Han, Jason Allan McNulty, Alasdair Bradford, Alexandra Slawin, Stephen Lee, Philip Lightfoot
Two-dimensional (2D) organic–inorganic hybrid perovskites are attracting great interest due to their structural tunability and rich functional characteristics. Here, we report a series 2D layered hybrid copper (II) halide perovskites...
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Nifty prediction today – November 13, 2024: Bearish. Go short now and on a rise

Nifty 50 November futures can fall to 23,400




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Entrepreneurs in Salem undergo training in business and financial excellence




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Kalpathy car fest: a spectacle of faith and tradition

Chariots of the Sree Visalakshi Sametha Viswanatha Swamy temple start moving through the streets




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Try to stand on your own legs, Supreme Court tells NCP led by Ajit Pawar to stop using Sharad Pawar’s pictures, videos

The Bench asked the Ajit Pawar camp to circulate an online message among its leaders, party workers and representatives against using the pictures or video/audio clips of Sharad Pawar, whether old or new




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BJP accuses Congress of releasing election manifesto during “silence” period in Jharkhand

Mr. Patra claimed that the Congress wanted to give 4% reservation to the Muslim organisations and contractors in public tenders




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Mamata calls for unity of hills and plains; focuses on development in north Bengal

This is her first official visit to Darjeeling in two years; she did not go to the hills even during the 2024 Lok Sabha election campaigns




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BRSV and AISF demand thorough probe into RGUKT student’s death




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Use fog safety devices to ensure punctuality and safety of trains in winters: SCR GM




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India IT spending to reach USD 160 billion in 2025 fueled by application and infrastructure software market growth: Gartner




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EU, Belgium, Denmark and Germany envoys visit Adani's Khavda, Mundra businesses, Gautam Adani says It was a privilege




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India among top 10 countries in patents, trademarks, and industrial designs: WIPO 2024 report




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LTIMindtree expands footprint in US with new innovation facility




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An Efficient All-Visible Light-Activated Photoswitches Based on Diarylethenes and CdS Quantum Dots

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06110A, Edge Article
Open Access
Kezhou Chen, Jiayi Liu, Joakim Andréasson, Bo Albinsson, Tiegen Liu, Lili Hou
All-visible light-activated diarylethene (DAE) photoswitches are highly attractive for applications in smart photoresponsive materials. Photocyclization of DAE via the low-lying excited triplet state through triplet energy transfer (TET) from a...
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Gaining the Molecular Design Principles for Efficient Diarylethene Photoacid and Photohydride Generators Based on Photochemical Reaction Mechanism

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06202G, Edge Article
Open Access
Yifan Su, Dexin Zheng, Lingfeng Ge, Le Yu, David Lee Phillips, Jiani Ma, Yu Fang
Abstract: Photoacid generators (PAGs) and photohydride generators (PHGs) are specific photolabile protecting groups that release acid and hydride, respectively. Over the past decade, great efforts have been devoted to developing...
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Chandigarh's air quality continues to be worse than Punjab, Haryana




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BRO rescues 20 vehicles stuck in snow in J-K's Bandipora




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There will be census in country but not based on caste: Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje




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AI and hi-tech technologies will be used in CCTV arrangements: UP DGP Prashant Kumar on Mahakumbh 2025 preparations




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DRDO conducts maiden flight test of Long-Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM)




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All cases related to loan fraud at Perumbavoor Urban Cooperative Society to be handed over to Crime Branch

Police say 29 cases have been registered. Probe by district joint registrar of Cooperative department finds 26 persons, mostly members of previous director boards, accountable for irregularities to the tune of ₹33.33 crore




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HC modifies the status quo order on maintaining constructions for Tent City in two islands of Lakshadweep




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Uzbekistan to make media, songs and films pass 'moral test'

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has introduced some reforms since coming to power after the 2016 death of dictator Islam Karimov, but rights groups say the country remains deeply authoritarian




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COP29: India, other developing countries demand fair climate finance commitments

India, LMDCs advocate for equitable climate finance at COP29, pushing for transparency, fairness, and flexibility in financial commitments




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Indonesia and Australia hold joint military drills after signing a new defense agreement

The Indonesian and Australian militaries are holding joint combat drills off Indonesia’s main island of Java with about 2,000 troops training in air, maritime, amphibious and land operations




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In vitro identification of oridonin hybrids as potential anti-TNBC agents inducing cell cycle arrest and apoptosis by regulation of p21, γH2AX and cleaved PARP

RSC Med. Chem., 2024, 15,3674-3694
DOI: 10.1039/D4MD00580E, Research Article
Jinhua Ning, Nini Zhan, Zhanpan Wu, Yuzhe Li, Die Zhang, Yadian Shi, Yingxun Zhou, Chuan-Huizi Chen, Wenbin Jin
Oridonin analogue 11a showed significant antitumor efficacy in vitro via cell cycle arrest and apoptosis by regulation of p21, γH2AX and cleaved PARP accumulation, meanwhile, displayed much more stable than oridonin in human plasma.
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New ATP-competitive inhibitors of E. coli GyrB obtained from the mapping of the hydrophobic floor at the binding site: synthesis and biological evaluation

RSC Med. Chem., 2024, 15,3759-3777
DOI: 10.1039/D4MD00498A, Research Article
Lucas Gutierrez, Peter Peršolja, Rodrigo Tosso, Nace Zidar, Danijel Kikelj, Ricardo D. Enriz
A diagram of the active site of E. coli gyrase B, highlighting the hydrophobic subsite, including key residues relevant to ligand binding.
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Furoxan–piplartine hybrids as effective NO donors and ROS inducers in PC3 cancer cells: design, synthesis, and biological evaluation

RSC Med. Chem., 2024, 15,3778-3794
DOI: 10.1039/D4MD00281D, Research Article
Carolyne Brustolin Braga, Julio Cesar Milan, Matheus Andrade Meirelles, Bruno Zavan, Guilherme Álvaro Ferreira-Silva, Ester Siqueira Caixeta, Marisa Ionta, Ronaldo A. Pilli
A novel hybrid integrating piplartine with a furoxan moiety exhibited a sub-micromolar IC50 and extraordinary selectivity for PC3 cells, which was associated with its capacity to release NO, generate ROS, induce DNA damage, and trigger apoptosis.
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Stachydrine, a pyrrole alkaloid with promising therapeutic potential against metabolic syndrome and associated organ dysfunction

RSC Med. Chem., 2024, 15,3652-3673
DOI: 10.1039/D4MD00425F, Review Article
Semim Akhtar Ahmed, Prasenjit Manna, Jagat Chandra Borah
Metabolic syndrome is a multifaceted condition marked by interconnected risk factors, significantly increasing the risk of serious diseases like cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and stroke.
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Pyridinyl 4-(2-oxoalkylimidazolidin-1-yl)benzenesulfonates and their hydrochloride salts as novel water soluble antimitotic prodrugs bioactivated by cytochrome P450 1A1 in breast cancer cells

RSC Med. Chem., 2024, 15,3728-3745
DOI: 10.1039/D4MD00476K, Research Article
Vincent Ouellette, Chahrazed Bouzriba, Atziri Corin Chavez Alvarez, Quentin Bruxelles, Geneviève Hamel-Côté, Sébastien Fortin
New water soluble antimitotic CYP1A1-activated prodrugs named PYRAIB-SOs and their hydrochlorides targeting breast cancers.
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Fexinidazole optimization: enhancing anti-leishmanial profile, metabolic stability and hERG safety

RSC Med. Chem., 2024, 15,3837-3852
DOI: 10.1039/D4MD00426D, Research Article
Abdrrahman Shemsu Surur, Chin Fung Chan, Frieda-Marie Bartz, Iris L. K. Wong, Van T. D. Nguyen, Lukas Schulig, Andreas Link, Tak Hang Chan, Larry M. C. Chow, Patrick J. Bednarski
Structure-guided optimization of fexinidazole led to analog (S)-51, a promising lead compound with superior activity, improved metabolic stability, and enhanced hERG safety
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Design and synthesis of novel multi-target tetrabromophthalimides as CBS and Topo-II inhibitors and DNA intercalators

RSC Med. Chem., 2024, 15,3800-3816
DOI: 10.1039/D4MD00585F, Research Article
Marwa Abdel-Motaal, Dalal Ali Aldakhili, Ayman B. Farag, Ayman Abo Elmaaty, Marwa Sharaky, Nadia A. Mohamed, Saad Shaaban, Abdullah Yahya Abdullah Alzahrani, Ahmed A. Al-Karmalawy
Novel multi-target tetrabromophthalimides as CBS and Topo-II inhibitors and DNA intercalators.
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Asymmetric imidazole-4,5-dicarboxamide derivatives as SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitors: design, synthesis and biological evaluation

RSC Med. Chem., 2024, 15,3880-3888
DOI: 10.1039/D4MD00414K, Research Article
Phuong Nguyen Hoai Huynh, Phatcharin Khamplong, Minh-Hoang Phan, Thanh-Phuc Nguyen, Phuong Ngoc Lan Vu, Quang-Vinh Tang, Phumin Chamsodsai, Supaphorn Seetaha, Truong Lam Tuong, Thien Y. Vu, Duc-Duy Vo, Kiattawee Choowongkomon, Cam-Van T. Vo
Novel asymmetric imidazole-4,5-dicarboxamide derivatives were synthesized, evaluated for SARS-CoV-2 MPro inhibitory activity in vitro, and investigated for binding ability in silico.
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