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TiO2 photoelectrodes modified with organic dyes with pyridine anchoring groups are prepared, which are used as photoanodes of dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cells for efficient water reduction with high photocurrent density and stability in aqueous solutions. Vigorous H2 generation with a production rate of around 250 μmol h−1 is realized with a photoanode of an active area of 5 × 5 cm2. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ultrathin fluoroacrylic emulsion coating wrapped effective microporous non-woven air filtration membranes of 0.2 μm thickness were made for PPE masks with up to 99.9% filtration efficiencies for both 0.3 μm NaCl aerosol particles and oily DEHS aerosols. An ultrasonic dip-coating process was applied for the controllable formation of a nano-protrusion morphology on the fiber surface. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A dual-emissive tris-heteroleptic ruthenium complex is designed, synthesized and applied for the ratiometric photoluminescent detection of amyloid-β (Aβ) aggregation in both steady and transient states. The Aβ aggregation is supported by transmission electron microscopy and confocal laser scanning microscopy analysis. In addition, molecular docking calculations have been performed to gain insights into the interaction mode between the ruthenium complex and Aβ fibrils. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A new small molecular hole-transporting material, 1,3,6,8-tetrakis[N-(p-methoxyphenyl)-N′-(9,9′-dimethyl-9H-fluoren-2-yl)-amino]pyrene (TFAP) was synthesized and applied in CH3NH3PbI3-perovskite solar cells. A best power conversion efficiency of 19.7% with a photovoltage of 1.11 V has been achieved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Two new hole transporting materials (HTMs) based on triphenylamine and carbazole core moieties are designed and applied in planar perovskite solar cells. 18.2% power conversion efficiency (PCE) has been achieved, and 84% of the initial performance can be retained after 50 days. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A neutral dinuclear Ir(iii) Schiff base complex PIBIP has been synthesized and shown to exhibit both piezochromic luminescence (PCL) and aggregation induced emission (AIE) behaviour. An efficient second-level anti-counterfeit trademark and a data encryption device were fabricated using PIBIP as the active material. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Organic-inorganic mixed-valence systems with strongly-coupled triarylamine and cyclometalated osmium have been developed. They display two well-separated redox couples at low potentials. Each of the three readily accessible oxidation states can be distinguished by the absorbance at three different wavelengths. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Diastereo- and enantioselective construction of vicinal tertiary and quaternary carbon centers is a great challenge in synthetic chemistry. Herein, we report a facile and efficient protocol to construct vicinal tertiary and quaternary chiral carbon centers in high yields with high regio-, diastereo- and enantioselectivities via Pd-catalyzed umpolung asymmetric allylic alkylation of hydrazones with monosubstituted allyl reagents by using Kündig-type chiral N-heterocyclic carbene as the ligand. The control experiments revealed that the reaction proceeds via the inner-sphere mechanism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A highly efficient catalyst for Pd-catalyzed cyclopropanation was developed using a bulkier N-heterocyclic carbene ligand, with which the nitriles reacted with mono substituted allyl reagents to afford cyclopropanes in high yields with high cyclopropanation/allylation and enantioselectivities. The reasons for cyclopropanation were investigated and the usefulness of the products was demonstrated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The ITO/active material/Au sandwiched devices of a cobalt(ii) bis-terpyridine complex decorated with two triphenylamine motifs display appealing flash-type resistive switching with a large ON/OFF ratio (＞103) and low operating voltages (＜±3 V). In contrast, devices with the triphenylamine-appended terpyridine ligand show WORM-type memory behaviour. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

1,1,2-Trisubstituted alkenes with a single strongly electronic withdrawing activator, which are unreactive electron-deficient alkenes in transition metal-catalyzed [3+2] cycloaddition with vinyl three-membered heterocycles, were used in the Pd-catalyzed asymmetric cycloaddition of vinyl epoxides, affording multifunctionalized tetrahydrofurans in high yields with high diastereo- and enantioselectivities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tetragonal CsPb2Br5 nanosheets were obtained by an oriented attachment of orthorhombic CsPbBr3 nanocubes, involving a lateral shape evolution from octagonal to square. Meanwhile, the experimental results, together with DFT simulation results, indicated that the tetragonal CsPb2Br5 is an indirect bandgap semiconductor that is PL-inactive with a bandgap of 2.979 eV. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]