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Structure, humidity adaptivity, and elasticity of hydrogen-bonded complexes formed by self-assembly of a triblock copolymer and a homopolymer

Polym. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00959B, Paper
Weijie Wang, Hanxin Jian, Hao Huang, Fengfeng Feng, Qingye Meng, Yuli Li, Gang Chen, Shuguang Yang
The tri-block copolymer polystyrene-b-poly(ethylene oxide)-b-polystyrene (SES) and the homopolymer poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) were applied to fabricate elastomers with multi-hierarchical architectures.
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Dibenzobarrelene-Derived Pd-NHCs: Efficient Precatalysts for the Suzuki-Miyaura Polycondensations of Dichloroarenes Monomers

Polym. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY01026D, Paper
Yuman Guo, Hao Wu, Meng-Jiao Zhang, Feng-Shou Liu
The Pd-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura polycondensations (SMPs) has emerged as a powerful method for synthesizing conjugated polymers (CPs). While numerous reports have utilized dibromoarene and diiodoarene derivatives as monomers, research on the...
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A unimolecular artificial cation channel based on cascaded hydrated acid groups

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12,10835-10838
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01508H, Communication
Pengyang Xin, Hailong Yuan, Long Zhang, Qiuhui Zhu, Xunpeng Ning, Yufei Song, Yuqing Shu, Yonghui Sun
Based on the cascade dehydration concept, an amphiphilic unimolecular cation channel was synthesized by attaching multiple carboxyl groups to both sides of hybrid molecule, resulting in excellent cation transport activity and pH-modulated properties.
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Sulfur–tetrazine as highly efficient visible-light activatable photo-trigger for designing photoactivatable fluorescence biomolecules

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12,10839-10849
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01817F, Communication
Shudan Yang, Mengxi Zhang, Axel Loredo, David Soares, Yulun Wu, Han Xiao
Light-activated fluorescence represents a potent tool for investigating subcellular structures and dynamics, offering enhanced control over the temporal and spatial aspects of the fluorescence signal.
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Expression of concern: Surface modification engineering of two-dimensional titanium carbide for efficient synergistic multitherapy of breast cancer

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB90175D, Expression of Concern
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Lei Bai, Wenhui Yi, Taiyang Sun, Yilong Tian, Ping Zhang, Jinhai Si, Xun Hou, Jin Hou
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A biomimetic solution, albumin–doxorubicin molecular complex, targeting tumor and tumor-draining lymph nodes

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01917B, Paper
Rui Guo, Lanlan Zhong, Sirui Ma, Bokai Gong, Chen Shen, Zijun Wang, Li Deng, Dong Zhao, Huile Gao, Tao Gong
Chemotherapy-induced immunologic cell death is haunted by the non-specific distribution of chemotherapeutic drugs and insignificant immune activation effects, which render efforts to inhibit the distant metastasis of tumors frustrated.
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Efficient bionic nanozyme based on AuPt NPs@ZIF-90 used for cyclic catalysis multimodal tumor therapy

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01987C, Paper
Wan Huang, Song Zhang, Li Luo, Yalong Pan, Lijun Han, Yao Yu
Novel efficient bionic nanozyme based on AuPt NPs@ZIF-90 used for cyclic catalysis multimodal tumor therapy.
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Advances in osteoimmunomodulation of biomaterials after intrabone implantation: focus on surface hydrophilicity

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12,11089-11104
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01907E, Review Article
Xinpeng Wei, Linshan Lei, Ling Luo, Ying Zhou, Zheng Zheng, Wenchuan Chen
Hydrophilicity of implantable biomaterials can facilitate osteoimmunomodulation through influencing proteins adsorption, blood clotting, neutrophils activation, macrophages polarization, angiogenesis and osteogenesis to enhance osseointegration.
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Fluorescence sensing techniques for quality evaluation of traditional Chinese medicines: a review

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01886A, Review Article
Yanyu Xiao, Hui Wang, Chenxia Gao, Xinyi Ye, Yuting Lai, Meiling Chen, Xiaoliang Ren
We summarized the advantages and advanced applications of fluorescence sensing technology compared with other analytical techniques, as well as the challenges and prospects of current application in the field of TCM quality evaluation.
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Actor Tunisha Sharma commits suicide on TV show set

Sharma went to the washroom on the set and did not return for a long time. When the door was broken down, she was found hanging inside, he said.





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Surface-enhanced Raman scattering enhancement using a hybrid gold nanoparticles@carbon nanodot substrate for herbicide detection

Analyst, 2024, 149,5277-5286
DOI: 10.1039/D4AN00649F, Paper
Open Access
Naghmeh Aboualigaledari, Anitha Jayapalan, Panesun Tukur, Mengxin Liu, Frank Tukur, Yanling Zhang, Gerald Ducatte, Madan Verma, Janet Tarus, Simona E. Hunyadi Murph, Jianjun Wei
Hybrid nanoparticles composed of gold nanoparticles and carbon nanodots provide great signal amplification in SERS detection of herbicide molecules.
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Utilizing solid-state nanopore sensing for high-efficiency and precise targeted localization in antiviral drug development

Analyst, 2024, 149,5313-5319
DOI: 10.1039/D4AN00946K, Paper
Wei Xu, Lichun Zou, Haiyan Wang, Changhui Xu, Qinyang Fan, Jingjie Sha
The efficient identification and validation of drug targets are paramount in drug discovery and development.
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Capillary-flow driven microfluidic sensor based on tyrosinase for fast user-friendly assessment of pesticide exposures

Analyst, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4AN01203H, Paper
Open Access
Claire E. Hefner, Prakash Aryal, Eric Brack, Todd Alexander, Charles S. Henry
Assessment of pesticide exposure using a fast-flow capillary device (created with Bio.Render.com).
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α-MnO2 catalysts with efficient ozone-catalyzed decomposition under high humidity conditions

Analyst, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4AN01095G, Paper
Jiafan Ji, Qianqian Yan, Yi Chen, Gaosheng Zhao, Bin Jia, Li Xu, Ping Cheng
Ground-level ozone pollution poses significant risks to both ecosystems and human health, necessitating the implementation of effective control strategies. This investigtion concentrated on a monolithic ozone degradation catalyst composed of...
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The efficient triplet states formation of Se-modified PDI dimers and tetramers in solvents

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26,27325-27331
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP00954A, Paper
Feijun Huang, Wenli Su, Yubo Yang, Hang Wang, Zhishan Bo, Pengfei Jing, Wenkai Zhang
The Se-modified PDI oligomers experience triplet states formation in the solvents, but there are differences in the efficiency of triplet state generation due to variations in molecular structure.
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Participation of transition metal atoms in noncovalent bonds

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26,27382-27394
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03716B, Paper
Steve Scheiner
All metals of the d-block are capable of forming σ and π-hole bonds to a nucleophile. Some of these bonds are typical of noncovalent bonds, but others are strong enough to be characterized as a covalent coordinate bond.
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Hyderabad’s physician-musician Dr Bunty has composed for 100 Telugu serials

As a new serial Abhinandana airs on Gemini, Dr Bunty talks about navigating dual vocations




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Musician Jassie Gift on his two-decade-long career, his latest collaboration ‘Thakthom’ and more 

The Afro hip-hop song ‘Thakthom’ is a collaboration with Ireland-based Malayali musicians and influencers Reyan and Melvin




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High triboelectrification and charge collection efficiency of direct current triboelectric nanogenerator achieved by tri-synergistic enhancement strategy

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03784G, Paper
Shuyan Xu, Jian Wang, Chuncai Shan, Kaixian Li, Huiyuan Wu, Gui Li, Shaoke Fu, Qionghua Zhao, Yi Xi, Chenguo Hu
Direct current triboelectric nanogenerator (DC-TENG) utilized air-breakdown effect to collect triboelectrification charges from dielectric tribo-layers, providing a new type of mechanical energy harvesting mode for TENGs, which has demonstrated its...
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Once a physicist: Anna Starkey

Anna Starkey is the creative director of We The Curious – an interactive science centre in Bristol, UK




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Recent progress and prospects of dimer and multimer acceptors for efficient and stable polymer solar cells

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3CS00895A, Review Article
Open Access
Jin-Woo Lee, Jin Su Park, Hyesu Jeon, Seungjin Lee, Dahyun Jeong, Changyeon Lee, Yun-Hi Kim, Bumjoon J. Kim
This review summarizes the recent progress, key design principles and prospects of dimer and multimer acceptors for developing polymer solar cells (PSCs) with high efficiency and long-term stability.
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Degradable biomedical elastomers: paving the future of tissue repair and regenerative medicine

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, 53,4086-4153
DOI: 10.1039/D3CS00923H, Review Article
Ben Jia, Heyuan Huang, Zhicheng Dong, Xiaoyang Ren, Yanyan Lu, Wenzhi Wang, Shaowen Zhou, Xin Zhao, Baolin Guo
This review critically analyzes degradable biomedical elastomers, focusing on their degradation, synthesis, microstructure, and role in tissue repair. It guides experts in balancing degradation with tissue repair for improved applications.
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Ajith Kumar announces his own racing team; Fabian Duffieux onboard as its official racing driver

The new team is set to participate in various international racing series, starting with the competitive 24H European series in the Porche 992 GT3 cup category




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Warm welcome and felicitations mark the return of the Indian hockey team

The tired players, led by Harmanpreet Singh, express satisfaction with the performance at the Paris Olympics




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Underwhelming India wastes chances, goes down to German efficiency




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Our amazing Earth / Patricia Armentrout

Armentrout, Patricia, 1960- author




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Electricity / Victoria M. Williams ; illustrated by Miguel Bustos ; with expert advice from Thomas Banyard

Williams, Victoria (Science writer), author




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Programmed to paint / written and illustrated by Mauricio Abril

Abril, Mauricio, author, illustrator




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Sacrificing values at the altar of valuations

Why the Indian start-up ecosystem urgently requires founders with strong moral values




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Athleticism unlocked: Matchup of esports and fitness

Bengaluru start-up taps gaming’s tech wizardry to add extra dash of energy to recreational sports




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Efficient reduction of nitrate to ammonia on AuPt@ZIF-8 composite film

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05045B, Communication
Yijie Yang, Guorui Tang, Xiaoyun Liu, Liu Yang, Ruimin Gao, Cheng-Peng Li
The nitrate reduction represents a sustainable strategy for water denitrification. Herein we design ZIF-8 coated porous AuPt alloy composite film for electrocatalytic nitrate reduction with superior ammonia yield of (131.5...
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Small-sized starch nanoparticles for efficient penetration of plant cells

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05493H, Communication
Yongxian Chen, Simin Jiang, Yang Wang, Fuxue Zhang, Liu Wang, Li Zhao, Siyu Liu, Junjun Tan, Staffan Persson, Bo Sun, Junsheng Chen, Andreas Blennow
Fluorescent starch nanoparticles used in live cell imaging in plants suggest that small-sized starch nanoparticles can efficiently penetrate plant cells, indicating great potential for applications in plant science and agriculture.
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Mn and Mo co-doped NiS nanosheets induce abundant Ni3+–O bonds for efficient electro-oxidation of biomass

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13392-13395
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04818K, Communication
Pengfei Ren, Zixuan Wang, Wenchao Zhang, Fang Duan, Shuanglong Lu, Mingliang Du, Han Zhu
MnMo–NiS were synthesized for electro-oxidizing ethylene glycol (EG), glycerol (GLY), and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), achieving faradaic efficiencies of 97.5%, 98.6%, and 99.2%, and yield rates of 615.7, 475.5, and 333.9 μmol h−1 cm−2.
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Efficient electrocoupling of CO2 and N2 to urea by a gas-penetrable Bi nanosheet-wrapped Cu hollow fiber

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13420-13423
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04595E, Communication
Jinning Wang, Yuyu Wang, Fang Wang, Jinfu Ma, Zhengguo Zhang, Shixiong Min
A gas-penetrable electrode of Bi nanosheet-wrapped Cu hollow fiber (Bi NSAs@Cu HF) exhibits high activity and stability for urea production from the electrocoupling of CO2 and N2.
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Sb nanoparticles embedded uniformly on the surface of porous carbon fibres for high-efficiency sodium storage

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13428-13431
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04806G, Communication
Yafei Zhao, Kai Xue, Xinyu Liu, Zhiyuan Gao, Junhao Zhang, Yuanjun Liu, Xiangjun Zheng, ZhongYao Duan, Qianqian Fan, Xingmei Guo
Sb nanoparticles (∼5 nm) are embedded uniformly on the surface of carbon fibers to prepare Sb NPs–SCFs, which exhibit excellent sodium storage with a stable capacity of 381.9 mA h g−1 at 1.0 A g−1 after 200 cycles, due to their unique structure.
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Constructing efficient organic solar cells by highly volatile solid additives with controlled phase morphology

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13424-13427
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04675G, Communication
Yueheng Liu, Yetai Cheng, Shenbo Zhu, Zhengdong Wei, Chenyi Zhang, Shuyue Song, Xinyue Cui, Ya-Nan Chen, Andong Zhang, Yahui Liu, Hao Lu, Huawei Hu, Zhishan Bo
We synthesized two highly volatile and low-cost solid additives, PT and TFT.
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Ultra-high Li+ transfer efficiency of in situ grown membrane for high-performance batteries

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13412-13415
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04546G, Communication
Jian Wang, Kang Ma, Yanbo Zhang, Jiawei Chen, Xin Song, Jianmin Zhang
Lewis acid effect of in situ grown nano-Al2O3 promotes lithium salt dissociation to improve Li+ transport efficiency.
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Bioinspired hydrogels: polymeric designs towards artificial photosynthesis

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13314-13324
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04033C, Feature Article
Open Access
Reina Hagiwara, Ryo Yoshida, Kosuke Okeyoshi
This Feature Article outlines the design of polymer networks for water splitting induced by visible light to develop artificial chloroplasts. The network serves as a mediator for photoinduced electron transfer among precisely organised molecules.
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Catalytically transforming legacy phthalate esters from plastic waste into benzoic acid and benzoate plasticizers

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05158K, Communication
Open Access
Simon Windels, Dirk E. De Vos
Upcycling of plastic-waste derived phthalate plasticizers into benzoic acid via a one-pot hydrolysis–decarboxylation process using Cu2O and H-beta 75 in water.
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Sandwich structured Fe3O4@C@MoSe2 architecture for efficient lithium-ion storage

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04631E, Communication
Linan Yang, Chengjie Zhang, Liuyang Cao, Rong Xu, Hongbo Li, Zhanjun Yang, Juan Li
A unique sandwich structure Fe3O4@C@MoSe2 architecture is proposed for high-performance lithium storage. Carbon shell as the connection of in/external structures can not only improve the overall conductivity, but also alleviate...
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Axial oxygen-bridged FeN4O/NC produced by ultrafast joule heating for efficient oxygen reduction reaction

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05604C, Communication
Feng Liu, Xinyu Guo, Yan Zhong, Shaqi Fu, Jingsha Li, Chunmei Zhang, Heng Zhang, Fenghui Ye, Shuai Yuan, Chuangang Hu, Chunxian Guo
Herein, we report an atomically dispersed Fe-N-C catalyst with axial oxygen ligands (FeN4O/NC) firstly synthesized by ultrafast joule heating. The formation of oxygen species between FeN4 and graphene, which offers...
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Pesticide residues above limits detected in curry powders sold in Kerala

Eight samples had no manufacturer details, while the rest were from leading brands




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Beneficial samskaras




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Mesoporous carbon hollow spheres loaded with Fe/Fe3C as efficient solar vapour generation materials

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7168-7175
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00424H, Paper
Jianfeng Gao, Hui Zhang, Zhaoshun Zhang, Changcheng Lin, Qun Yang, Shiwei Shi, Xueqin Zuo, Shaowei Jin, Guang Li
An evaporator has two major advantages: excellent interfacial evaporation efficiency and organic pollution treatment capacity.
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Efficient elimination of Hg(II) from water bodies with acid-modified magnetic biomass spent tea leaves: conditional optimization and application

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7413-7429
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00576G, Paper
Dingli Cheng, Yiwen Li, Xinyu Zheng, Yongfu Guo
To effectively enhance the resource utilization of biomass waste, a acid-modified magnetic biomass spent tea leaves (NiFe2O4/STLs) was prepared via the pyrolysis and co-precipitation methods and used to eliminate mercury (Hg(II)) from water bodies.
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Modification of a MoS2 composite membrane using nano-silica for high-efficiency dye separation

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7439-7448
DOI: 10.1039/D3NJ05932D, Paper
Xiaoyu Yang, Hongdan Wu, Zhihui Zhou, Yehao Zhao, Yuedong Li
A novel MoS2/SiO2 composite membrane with larger interlayer spacing intercalation was prepared by vacuum-assisted self-assembly process using SiO2 nanoparticles, which showed high-efficiency dye separation performance and aqueous stability.
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Citrus sap-stabilized regulated cobalt ferricyanide efficiently enhanced electrocatalytic activity and durability for oxygen evolution

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7070-7080
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00704B, Paper
Muthukumaran Sangamithirai, Venkatachalam Ashok, Arunagiri Gayathri, Murugan Vijayarangan, Jayaraman Jayabharathi
Citrus sap-stabilized RCoFe nanoplatelets were synthesized by simple co-precipitation, and are highly efficient and stable electrocatalysts for solar cell water splitting (1.56 V).
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Nanopolyhedral Zn/Fe-NC derived from bimetallic zeolitic imidazole frameworks as an efficient catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction in an air-cathode microbial fuel cell

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7092-7101
DOI: 10.1039/D3NJ05279F, Paper
Qianwu Wang, Jingzhao Lu, Songlin Liu, Boqu Yu, Bolong Liang
The synergistic effect of Zn, N and moderate Fe doping enhances the ORR performance. The maximum power density of the Zn/Fe-NC-0.5 MFC is 1954 ± 20 mW m−2.
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High proficiency Ag/β-Ag2WO4/V3O4/g-C3N4 heterojunction photocatalyst for the actuation of C(OH)–H bond

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7430-7438
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00395K, Paper
Fereshteh Zolfi, Mahdieh Ghobadifard, Sajjad Mohebbi
Ag/β-Ag2WO4/V3O4/g-C3N4 heterojunction photocatalyst was prepared for the actuation of the C(OH)–H bond with a mechanistic point of view.
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