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The local electron density of an atom is one key factor that determines its chemical properties. Regulating electron density can promote the atom's reactivity and so reduce the reaction activation energy, which is highly desired in many chemical applications. Herein, we report an intra-crystalline electron lever strategy, which can regulate the electron density of reaction centre atoms via manipulating ambient lattice states, for Fenton activity improvement. Typically, with the assistance of ultrasound, the Mn 4+ -O-Fe 3+ bond in BiFe 0.97 Mn 0.03 O 3 perovskite nanocrystals can drive valence electrons and free electrons to accumulate on Fe atoms by a polarization electric field originated from the designed lattice strain. The increase of electron density significantly improves the catalytic activity of Fe, decreasing the activation energy of BiFe 0.97 Mn 0.03 O 3 -mediated Fenton reaction by 52.55 %, and increasing the . OH yield by 9.21-fold. This study provides a new way to understand the sono-Fenton chemistry, and the increased . OH production enables a highly effective chemodynamic therapy., (© 2021 Wiley-VCH GmbH.)

The local electron density of an atom is one key factor that determines its chemical properties. Regulating electron density can promote the atom's reactivity and so reduce the reaction activation energy, which is highly desired in many chemical applications. Herein, we report an intra‐crystalline electron lever strategy, which can regulate the electron density of reaction centre atoms via manipulating ambient lattice states, for Fenton activity improvement. Typically, with the assistance of ultrasound, the Mn4+−O−Fe3+ bond in BiFe0.97Mn0.03O3 perovskite nanocrystals can drive valence electrons and free electrons to accumulate on Fe atoms by a polarization electric field originated from the designed lattice strain. The increase of electron density significantly improves the catalytic activity of Fe, decreasing the activation energy of BiFe0.97Mn0.03O3‐mediated Fenton reaction by 52.55 %, and increasing the.OH yield by 9.21‐fold. This study provides a new way to understand the sono‐Fenton chemistry, and the increased.OH production enables a highly effective chemodynamic therapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ferroelectics: Terahertz Probing Irreversible Phase Transitions Related to Polar Clusters in Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3-Based Ferroelectric (Adv. In article number 1901373, J Wu, B Yang, D Zhang, H Yan and co-workers demonstrate the importance of terahertz (THz) technology in decoding the intrinsic structural dynamics of Bi SB 0.5 sb Na SB 0.5 sb TiO SB 3 sb -based ferroelectrics. During DC-field poling cycles, the variated dielectric response probed by reflected-THz beam is coordinated to the permanent change of polar clusters. [Extracted from the article]