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Blanco-Gonzalez A, Manathunga M, Yang X, Olivucci M. Comparative quantum-classical dynamics of natural and synthetic molecular rotors show how vibrational synchronization modulates the photoisomerization quantum efficiency. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3499. [PMID: 38664371 PMCID: PMC11045841 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47477-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
Abstract
We use quantum-classical trajectories to investigate the origin of the different photoisomerization quantum efficiency observed in the dim-light visual pigment Rhodopsin and in the light-driven biomimetic molecular rotor para-methoxy N-methyl indanylidene-pyrrolinium (MeO-NAIP) in methanol. Our results reveal that effective light-energy conversion requires, in general, an auxiliary molecular vibration (called promoter) that does not correspond to the rotary motion but synchronizes with it at specific times. They also reveal that Nature has designed Rhodopsin to exploit two mechanisms working in a vibrationally coherent regime. The first uses a wag promoter to ensure that ca. 75% of the absorbed photons lead to unidirectional rotations. The second mechanism ensures that the same process is fast enough to avoid directional randomization. It is found that MeO-NAIP in methanol is incapable of exploiting the above mechanisms resulting into a 50% quantum efficiency loss. However, when the solvent is removed, MeO-NAIP rotation is predicted to synchronize with a ring-inversion promoter leading to a 30% increase in quantum efficiency and, therefore, biomimetic behavior.
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- Alejandro Blanco-Gonzalez
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, 43403, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, 43403, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, 43403, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, 43403, USA.
- Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, I-53100, Siena, Italy.
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Torres-Davila FE, Chagoya KL, Blanco EE, Shahzad S, Shultz-Johnson LR, Mogensen M, Gesquiere A, Jurca T, Rochdi N, Blair RG, Tetard L. Room temperature 3D carbon microprinting. Nat Commun 2024; 15:2745. [PMID: 38553437 PMCID: PMC10980711 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47076-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 04/02/2024] Open
Abstract
Manufacturing custom three-dimensional (3D) carbon functional materials is of utmost importance for applications ranging from electronics and energy devices to medicine, and beyond. In lieu of viable eco-friendly synthesis pathways, conventional methods of carbon growth involve energy-intensive processes with inherent limitations of substrate compatibility. The yearning to produce complex structures, with ultra-high aspect ratios, further impedes the quest for eco-friendly and scalable paths toward 3D carbon-based materials patterning. Here, we demonstrate a facile process for carbon 3D printing at room temperature, using low-power visible light and a metal-free catalyst. Within seconds to minutes, this one-step photocatalytic growth yields rod-shaped microstructures with aspect ratios up to ~500 and diameters below 10 μm. The approach enables the rapid patterning of centimeter-size arrays of rods with tunable height and pitch, and of custom complex 3D structures. The patterned structures exhibit appealing luminescence properties and ohmic behavior, with great potential for optoelectronics and sensing applications, including those interfacing with biological systems.
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- Fernand E Torres-Davila
- NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
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- NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
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- NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
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- NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
- Renewable Energy and Chemical Transformations (REACT) Cluster, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
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- Laboratory of Innovative Materials, Energy and Sustainable Development (IMED-Lab), Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco
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- Renewable Energy and Chemical Transformations (REACT) Cluster, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.
- Florida Space Institute, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.
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- NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.
- Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.
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Cloward IN, Liu T, Rose J, Jurado T, Bonn AG, Chambers MB, Pitman CL, Ter Horst MA, Miller AJM. Catalyst self-assembly accelerates bimetallic light-driven electrocatalytic H 2 evolution in water. Nat Chem 2024:10.1038/s41557-024-01483-3. [PMID: 38528106 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-024-01483-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/27/2024]
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Hydrogen evolution is an important fuel-generating reaction that has been subject to mechanistic debate about the roles of monometallic and bimetallic pathways. The molecular iridium catalysts in this study undergo photoelectrochemical dihydrogen (H2) evolution via a bimolecular mechanism, providing an opportunity to understand the factors that promote bimetallic H-H coupling. Covalently tethered diiridium catalysts evolve H2 from neutral water faster than monometallic catalysts, even at lower overpotential. The unexpected origin of this improvement is non-covalent supramolecular self-assembly into nanoscale aggregates that efficiently harvest light and form H-H bonds. Monometallic catalysts containing long-chain alkane substituents leverage the self-assembly to evolve H2 from neutral water at low overpotential and with rates close to the expected maximum for this light-driven water splitting reaction. Design parameters for holding multiple catalytic sites in close proximity and tuning catalyst microenvironments emerge from this work.
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- Isaac N Cloward
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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Sinhababu S, Singh RP, Radzhabov MR, Kumawat J, Ess DH, Mankad NP. Coordination-induced O-H/N-H bond weakening by a redox non-innocent, aluminum-containing radical. Nat Commun 2024; 15:1315. [PMID: 38351122 PMCID: PMC10864259 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45721-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
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Several renewable energy schemes aim to use the chemical bonds in abundant molecules like water and ammonia as energy reservoirs. Because the O-H and N-H bonds are quite strong (>100 kcal/mol), it is necessary to identify substances that dramatically weaken these bonds to facilitate proton-coupled electron transfer processes required for energy conversion. Usually this is accomplished through coordination-induced bond weakening by redox-active metals. However, coordination-induced bond weakening is difficult with earth's most abundant metal, aluminum, because of its redox inertness under mild conditions. Here, we report a system that uses aluminum with a redox non-innocent ligand to achieve significant levels of coordination-induced bond weakening of O-H and N-H bonds. The multisite proton-coupled electron transfer manifold described here points to redox non-innocent ligands as a design element to open coordination-induced bond weakening chemistry to more elements in the periodic table.
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- Soumen Sinhababu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, 84604, UT, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, 84604, UT, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA.
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Lyu H, Tugwell TH, Chen Z, Kukier GA, Turlik A, Wu Y, Houk KN, Liu P, Dong G. Modular synthesis of 1,2-azaborines via ring-opening BN-isostere benzannulation. Nat Chem 2024; 16:269-276. [PMID: 37783725 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01343-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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1,2-Azaborines represent a unique class of benzene isosteres that have attracted interest for developing pharmaceuticals with better potency and bioavailability. However, it remains a long-standing challenge to prepare monocyclic 1,2-azaborines, particularly multi-substituted ones, in an efficient and modular manner. Here we report a straightforward method to directly access diverse multi-substituted 1,2-azaborines from readily available cyclopropyl imines/ketones and dibromoboranes under relatively mild conditions. The reaction is scalable, shows a broad substrate scope, and tolerates a range of functional groups. The utility of this method is demonstrated in the concise syntheses of BN isosteres of a PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor and pyrethroid insecticide, bifenthrin. Combined experimental and computational mechanistic studies suggest that the reaction pathway involves boron-mediated cyclopropane ring-opening and base-mediated elimination, followed by an unusual low-barrier 6π-electrocyclization accelerated by the BN/CC isomerism. This method is anticipated to find applications for the synthesis of BN-isostere analogues in medicinal chemistry, and the mechanistic insights gained here may guide developing other boron-mediated electrocyclizations.
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- Hairong Lyu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
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Ayarza J, Wang J, Kim H, Huang PR, Cassaidy B, Yan G, Liu C, Jaeger HM, Rowan SJ, Esser-Kahn AP. Bioinspired mechanical mineralization of organogels. Nat Commun 2023; 14:8319. [PMID: 38097549 PMCID: PMC10721619 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43733-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023] Open
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Mineralization is a long-lasting method commonly used by biological materials to selectively strengthen in response to site specific mechanical stress. Achieving a similar form of toughening in synthetic polymer composites remains challenging. In previous work, we developed methods to promote chemical reactions via the piezoelectrochemical effect with mechanical responses of inorganic, ZnO nanoparticles. Herein, we report a distinct example of a mechanically-mediated reaction in which the spherical ZnO nanoparticles react themselves leading to the formation of microrods composed of a Zn/S mineral inside an organogel. The microrods can be used to selectively create mineral deposits within the material resulting in the strengthening of the overall resulting composite.
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- Jorge Ayarza
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
- James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, 5720 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, 5735 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
- Chemical and Engineering Sciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 Cass Avenue, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
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Wan C, Zhang Z, Dong J, Xu M, Pu H, Baumann D, Lin Z, Wang S, Huang J, Shah AH, Pan X, Hu T, Alexandrova AN, Huang Y, Duan X. Amorphous nickel hydroxide shell tailors local chemical environment on platinum surface for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction. Nat Mater 2023; 22:1022-1029. [PMID: 37349398 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-023-01584-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
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In analogy to natural enzymes, an elaborated design of catalytic systems with a specifically tailored local chemical environment could substantially improve reaction kinetics, effectively combat catalyst poisoning effect and boost catalyst lifetime under unfavourable reaction conditions. Here we report a unique design of 'Ni(OH)2-clothed Pt-tetrapods' with an amorphous Ni(OH)2 shell as a water dissociation catalyst and a proton conductive encapsulation layer to isolate the Pt core from bulk alkaline electrolyte while ensuring efficient proton supply to the active Pt sites. This design creates a favourable local chemical environment to result in acidic-like hydrogen evolution reaction kinetics with a lowest Tafel slope of 27 mV per decade and a record-high specific activity and mass activity in alkaline electrolyte. The proton conductive Ni(OH)2 shell can also effectively reject impurity ions and retard the Oswald ripening, endowing a high tolerance to solution impurities and exceptional long-term durability that is difficult to achieve in the naked Pt catalysts. The markedly improved hydrogen evolution reaction activity and durability in an alkaline medium promise an attractive catalyst material for alkaline water electrolysers and renewable chemical fuel generation.
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- Chengzhang Wan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
- Irvine Materials Research Institute, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
- Irvine Materials Research Institute, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
- California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
- California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
- California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Wang Y, Czabala P, Raj M. Bioinspired one-pot furan-thiol-amine multicomponent reaction for making heterocycles and its applications. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4086. [PMID: 37429878 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39708-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/12/2023] Open
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One-pot multicomponent coupling of different units in a chemoselective manner and their late-stage diversification has wide applicability in varying chemistry fields. Here, we report a simple multicomponent reaction inspired by enzymes that combines thiol and amine nucleophiles in one pot via a furan-based electrophile to generate stable pyrrole heterocycles independent of the diverse functionalities on furans, thiols and amines under physiological conditions. The resulting pyrrole provides a reactive handle to introduce diverse payloads. We demonstrate the application of Furan-Thiol-Amine (FuTine) reaction for the selective and irreversible labeling of peptides, synthesis of macrocyclic and stapled peptides, selective modification of twelve different proteins with varying payloads, homogeneous engineering of proteins, homogeneous stapling of proteins, dual modification of proteins with different fluorophores using the same chemistry and labeling of lysine and cysteine in a complex human proteome.
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- Yuwen Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, 30322, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, 30322, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, 30322, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Mihm TN, Schäfer T, Ramadugu SK, Weiler L, Grüneis A, Shepherd JJ. A shortcut to the thermodynamic limit for quantum many-body calculations of metals. Nat Comput Sci 2021; 1:801-808. [PMID: 38217186 PMCID: PMC10766528 DOI: 10.1038/s43588-021-00165-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2024]
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Computationally efficient and accurate quantum mechanical approximations to solve the many-electron Schrödinger equation are crucial for computational materials science. Methods such as coupled cluster theory show potential for widespread adoption if computational cost bottlenecks can be removed. For example, extremely dense k-point grids are required to model long-range electronic correlation effects, particularly for metals. Although these grids can be made more effective by averaging calculations over an offset (or twist angle), the resultant cost in time for coupled cluster theory is prohibitive. We show here that a single special twist angle can be found using the transition structure factor, which provides the same benefit as twist averaging with one or two orders of magnitude reduction in computational time. We demonstrate that this not only works for metal systems but also is applicable to a broader range of materials, including insulators and semiconductors.
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- Tina N Mihm
- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
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Recent experiments demonstrate the control of chemical reactivities by coupling molecules inside an optical microcavity. In contrast, transition state theory predicts no change of the reaction barrier height during this process. Here, we present a theoretical explanation of the cavity modification of the ground state reactivity in the vibrational strong coupling (VSC) regime in polariton chemistry. Our theoretical results suggest that the VSC kinetics modification is originated from the non-Markovian dynamics of the cavity radiation mode that couples to the molecule, leading to the dynamical caging effect of the reaction coordinate and the suppression of reaction rate constant for a specific range of photon frequency close to the barrier frequency. We use a simple analytical non-Markovian rate theory to describe a single molecular system coupled to a cavity mode. We demonstrate the accuracy of the rate theory by performing direct numerical calculations of the transmission coefficients with the same model of the molecule-cavity hybrid system. Our simulations and analytical theory provide a plausible explanation of the photon frequency dependent modification of the chemical reactivities in the VSC polariton chemistry.
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- Xinyang Li
- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
- The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
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Xu LJ, Lin X, He Q, Worku M, Ma B. Highly efficient eco-friendly X-ray scintillators based on an organic manganese halide. Nat Commun 2020; 11:4329. [PMID: 32859920 PMCID: PMC7455565 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18119-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Scintillation based X-ray detection has received great attention for its application in a wide range of areas from security to healthcare. Here, we report highly efficient X-ray scintillators with state-of-the-art performance based on an organic metal halide, ethylenebis-triphenylphosphonium manganese (II) bromide ((C38H34P2)MnBr4), which can be prepared using a facile solution growth method at room temperature to form inch sized single crystals. This zero-dimensional organic metal halide hybrid exhibits green emission peaked at 517 nm with a photoluminescence quantum efficiency of ~ 95%. Its X-ray scintillation properties are characterized with an excellent linear response to X-ray dose rate, a high light yield of ~ 80,000 photon MeV-1, and a low detection limit of 72.8 nGy s-1. X-ray imaging tests show that scintillators based on (C38H34P2)MnBr4 powders provide an excellent visualization tool for X-ray radiography, and high resolution flexible scintillators can be fabricated by blending (C38H34P2)MnBr4 powders with polydimethylsiloxane.
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- Liang-Jin Xu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA.
- Materials Science and Engineering Program, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA.
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