Photonic features of blue phase liquid crystals under curved confinement

Chem. Commun., 2023, 59,12231-12247
DOI: 10.1039/D3CC03284A, Feature Article
Jeremy Money, Juan G. Munguia-Fernández, Sepideh Norouzi, Mohsen Esmaeili, José A. Martínez-González, Monirosadat Sadati
A discussion of the influence of spatial confinement and curved boundaries on the photonic properties of Blue Phase soft nanocrystals.
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A narrow-band deep-blue MRTADF-type organic afterglow emitter

Chem. Commun., 2023, 59,12302-12305
DOI: 10.1039/D3CC04012G, Communication
Guangming Wang, Shuhui Ding, Jiuyang Li, Zi Ye, Wen Xia, Xuefeng Chen, Kaka Zhang
Narrow-band MRTADF-type organic afterglow materials with emission lifetime > 100 ms, FWHM < 40 nm, and deep-blue emission of CIEy at 0.048 have been achieved.
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Magnetic field-assisted fabrication of quasi-bilayered, multi-responsive and patternable actuators

Chem. Commun., 2023, 59,12314-12317
DOI: 10.1039/D3CC03613H, Communication
Yiping Lu, Jun Wu, Wenjiang Chen, Hu Pan, Yuan Wang, Shumei Gao, Huichen Dong, Yan Wang, Jin Zhou, Hong Huang
A quasi-bilayered, multi-responsive, and patternable actuator composed of Fe3O4-decorated graphene oxide and polyvinylidene fluoride was reported.
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Local reactivity of metal–insulator–semiconductor photoanodes imaged by photoinduced electrochemiluminescence microscopy

Chem. Commun., 2023, 59,12262-12265
DOI: 10.1039/D3CC03702A, Communication
Open Access Open Access
Julie Descamps, Yiran Zhao, Julie Le-Pouliquen, Bertrand Goudeau, Patrick Garrigue, Karine Tavernier, Yoan Léger, Gabriel Loget, Neso Sojic
Photoinduced electrochemiluminescence precisely imaged the hole-driven heterogeneous photoelectrochemical reactivity of n-Si/SiOx photoanodes patterned with Ir microbands.
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Photo-induced scandium-catalyzed biomimetic skeleton conversion of lathyrane to naturally rare eupholathone Euphorbia diterpenes

Chem. Commun., 2023, 59,12290-12293
DOI: 10.1039/D3CC03541G, Communication
Jin-Bu Xu, Peng Wen, Neng Wang, Xiaohuan Li, Jia-Hong Li, Steven De Jonghe, Dominique Schols, Feng-Zheng Chen, Feng Gao
A concise strategy for efficiently constructing naturally scarce eupholathones from abundant lathyranes is reported, which confirms the biogenetic relationship between them from a chemical standpoint.
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Multi-component carbon-based composites containing high crystallinity NiBDC as high-performance electrodes for supercapacitors

Chem. Commun., 2023, 59,12310-12313
DOI: 10.1039/D3CC03392A, Communication
Mei Han, Jingce Bi, Ningning Liu, Zhiqiang Liang, Yi Wang, Zhuopeng Wang, Xia Zhang, Yu Song, Yide Han
A new strategy is developed to fabricate carbon-based composites with high crystallinity of the MOF, and they are applied as electrodes to assemble a supercapacitor with high capacitance and energy density.
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Highly selective CO2 electrolysis in aqueous media by a water-soluble cobalt dimethyl-bipyridine complex

Chem. Commun., 2023, 59,12318-12321
DOI: 10.1039/D3CC03940D, Communication
Open Access Open Access
Tomiko M. Suzuki, Kengo Nagatsuka, Takamasa Nonaka, Yuichi Yamaguchi, Naonari Sakamoto, Takeshi Uyama, Keita Sekizawa, Akihiko Kudo, Takeshi Morikawa
A water-soluble Co complex with dimethyl-bipyridine ligands achieved reduction to CO with almost 100% selectivity in CO2 electrolysis in aqueous solvents.
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Efficient catalytic conversion of CO2 to quinazoline-2,4(1H,3H)-diones by a dual-site anion-functionalized ionic liquid: reconsidering the mechanism

Chem. Commun., 2023, 59,12282-12285
DOI: 10.1039/D3CC03956K, Communication
Tingting Chen, Yujun Guo, Yingjie Xu
[P4442]2[Hy] can simultaneously activate CO2 and 2-aminobenzonitrile due to the two N sites. The H-bond site of [Hy]2− with 2-aminobenzonitrile is confirmed to be –NH2, and the key reaction intermediate is proposed and the mechanism is reconsidered.
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CuBr-mediated synthesis of 1,4-naphthoquinones via ring expansion of 2-aryl-1,3-indandiones

Chem. Commun., 2023, 59,12326-12329
DOI: 10.1039/D3CC03753C, Communication
Xu Zhang, Di Wang, Mengfan Chang, Wanya Wang, Zhi Shen, Xuefeng Xu
A copper-mediated direct insertion of alkenes into unstrained ring 2-aryl-1,3-indandiones provides a one-carbon ring expansion strategy for 1,4-naphthoquinone synthesis.
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