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Tightly bonded excitons in chiral metal clusters for luminescent brilliance

Nature Communications
Chiral metal clusters have promise for circularly polarized luminescent materials; however, the absence of a unified understanding of the emission mechanism causes challenges in designing high-efficiency lighting materials based on these clusters.
Zhen Han, Chunbo Duan, Xi-Yan Dong, Yubing Si, Jia-Hua Hu, Yan Wang, Si-Meng Zhai, Tian Lu, Hui Xu, Shuang-Quan Zang   +9 more
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Stereochemical Modulation of Palladacyclopentadienyl Complexes Bearing Diphosphine Ligands: A Key to Enhanced DNA Interaction and Anticancer Activity

European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, EarlyView.
A modular library of structurally robust palladacyclopentadienyl Pd(II) complexes bearing achiral and chiral diphosphines was developed, revealing a strong influence of diphosphine design and ligand chirality on cytotoxicity and selectivity against ovarian cancer cells, including platinum‐resistant models.
Stefania Mautone, Martina Scianna, Isabella Caligiuri, Laura Orian, Pablo Nogara, Nicola Demitri, Flavio Rizzolio, Thomas Scattolin   +7 more
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Microengineering the Liver: Strategies for Constructing Functional Liver‐on‐a‐Chip Devices

Exploration, EarlyView.
This review summarizes recent advances in liver‐on‐a‐chip (LOC) technologies, including fabrication strategies and functional integration approaches, and discusses their promising applications in drug screening and related biomedical fields. ABSTRACT Reliable in vitro liver models are indispensable for researching liver diseases and developing ...
Jie Wang, Ziwei Liang, Jiapu Wang, Zongyi Li, Shaojie Wang, Yan Wei, Xin Xie, Di Huang   +7 more
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Thermo-responsive circularly polarized luminescence from carbon quantum dots in a cellulose-based chiral nematic template

Nanophotonics
Circularly polarized light emitting active materials are of great interest, and the convenient tuning of the circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) remains a significant challenge.
Shi Haidong, Zhu Jiaxin, Deng Yaxuan, Yang Yanling, Wang Changxing, Liu Yihan, Zhang Wanlong, Luo Dan, Chen Da, Shi Yue   +9 more
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Recent advances in multifunctional soft robots: A materials–structures–systems co‐design perspective for synergistic integration

FlexMat, EarlyView.
Abstract Soft robots, engineered from highly compliant materials, offer superior adaptability and safety in unstructured environments compared to their rigid counterparts. Recent advancements, fueled by bio‐inspiration and material programmability, have led to the rapid co‐evolution of their core modules: actuation, sensing, protection, energy, and ...
Qiulei Liu, Zicao Peng, Chong Sun, Haitao Yang   +3 more
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Theoretical Modeling of BODIPY-Helicene Circularly Polarized Luminescence

Organics
Density functional theory (DFT) and its extension, time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT), have become fundamental tools for modeling chiral excited states and supporting experimental chiroptical spectroscopies. In this connection, the interest in understanding the
Giovanni Bella, Giuseppe Bruno, Antonio Santoro   +2 more
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Mini‐Review: Angular Scattering and Directional Effects in Tip‐Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, EarlyView.
Mini‐review: Angular scattering and directional effects in tip‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Felix Schneider, David Baschnagel, Tim Parker, Yang Zhao, Alfred J. Meixner*, Dai Zhang*. This mini‐review examines angular scattering and directional effects in tip‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS), emphasizing their importance for quantitative interpretation
Felix Schneider, David Baschnagel, Tim Parker, Yang Zhao, Alfred J. Meixner, Dai Zhang   +5 more
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Spontaneous and Directed Symmetry Breaking in the Formation of Chiral Nanocrystals

, 2018
The homochirality of biomolecules remains one of the outstanding puzzles concerning the beginning of life. Chiral amplification of a randomly perturbed racemic mixture of chiral molecules is a well-accepted prerequisite for all routes to biological ...
Ben-Moshe, Assaf, Diamant, Haim, Hananel, Uri, Markovich, Gil   +3 more
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Circularly Polarized Luminescence in Rotaxanes and Catenanes

ChemistryEurope
Rotaxanes and catenanes have proven to be key structures in the development of artificial molecular machines with a variety of applications. Among them, the study and modulation of optical properties, mainly light emission, have been widely explored. The
Dr. Arthur H. G. David, Prof. Juan M. Cuerva, Dr. Victor Blanco   +2 more
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Long‐Range Exciton Energy Transfer in Two‐Dimensional Materials

Laser &Photonics Reviews, EarlyView.
This review highlights recent advances in long‐range exciton energy transfer within planar 2D‐material architectures. It emphasizes the emergence of self‐hybridized excitonpolaritons, exciton coupling to surface plasmon polaritons and plasmonic lattices, and the role of dipoledipole transfer pathways in enabling efficient nanoscale energy transport ...
Paul H. Bittorf, Maximilian Black, Hebrew Crispin, Prabhdeep Singh, Parsa Darman, Sara Darbari, Fatemeh Chahshouri, Masoud Taleb, Nahid Talebi   +8 more
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